E pluribus unum or divide et impera? Empires and their Elites
March 29 - 31, 2023 (München)
Organisers:
Michal Biran (HU), Karen Radner (LMU München), Yuri Pines (HU), Johannes Preiser-Kapeller (ÖAW), Jörg Rüpke (Erfurt Universität)
Program (PDF version)
March 29, 2023 (Wednesday)
8:30-9:00: Registration at Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung
9:00-9:15: Introductory remarks
Panel 1. Early empires
- 10:00:11:00 Yuri Pines (HU Jerusalem). Suppression, Cooptation, or Empowerment: Empire and Elites in Early China
- 11:00-12:00 Rhyne King (University of Chicago). Replicating Royal Power: The Satraps of the Achaemenid Persian Empire (550-330 BCE)
12:00-14:30 Lunch (Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung)
Panel 3. Hellenistic and Roman empires
- 14:00-15:00: Kathryn Lomas (Durham University). The Roman Empire and Its Urban and Municipal Elites in the Republican Era
- 15:00-16:00: Clifford Ando/John Weisweiler (University of Chicago). Elites in Roman empire (II)
17:10-18:15: Round Table Discussion: Early empires and their elites: multiplicity of interaction (Chair: Jörg Rüpke)
18:30 Dinner
March 30, 2023 (Thursday)
Panel 4. Elites in the Caliphate
- 9:00-10:00: Andrew Marsham (Queens College, Cambridge). Early Caliphate elites
- 10:00-11:00: Andrew Peacock (University of St. Andrews). The Imperial Elite in the ‘Abbasid Caliphate
11:00-11:20 Coffee break
Panel 5. Byzantine and Middle Period China
- 11:20-12:20: Johannes Preiser-Kapeller (ÖAW). Elite Dynamics, Dominant Coalitions and Imperial Formations in Crisis. Byzantirum and the Holy Roman Empire in the Early Millenium CE in Comparison
- 12:20-13:20: Nicolas Tackett (UC Berkeley). From Universal Empire to Homogeneous State: The Shifting Structure of Political Power across China’s Tang-Song Transition
13:20-14:30 Lunch (Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung)
Panel 6. The Steppe Empires
- 14:30-15:30: Michael Drompp (Rodes College, Memphis TN). Elites in the Türk and Uyghur Empires
- 15:30-16:30: Michal Biran (HU Jerusalem). Elites in the Mongol Empire
16:30-17:00 Coffee Break
Panel 7. Post-Mongol Empires: Russia and Qing
- 17:00-18:00: Aleksey Martyniouk (FU Berlin). Elite Groups of Old Rus' in the Period of Crisis (13th and 14th Centuries)
- 18:00-19:00: David C. Porter (McGill University). Elites under the Qing
March 31, 2023 (Friday)
Panel 8. Post-Mongol Empires: The Muslim World
- 09:00-10:00: Karen Barkey (UC Berkeley). The Ottoman Empire: Elites, Networks and Control
- 10:00-11:00: Gagandeep S. Sood (London School of Economics). Elites under the Moghuls
11:00-11:25 Coffee break
11:25-13:00: Round Table Discussion: Elites and Empires: New Perspectives (Chair: Johannes Preiser-Kapeller)
13:00-13:45 Lunch (Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung)