E pluribus unum or divide et impera? Empires and their Elites
March 30 - April 1, 2022 (München)
Organisers:
Michal Biran (HU), Karen Radner (LMU München), Yuri Pines (HU), Johannes Preiser-Kapeller (ÖAW), Jörg Rüpke (Erfurt Universität)
Program
March 30, 2022 (Wednesday)
8:30-9:00: Registration at Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung
9:00-9:15: Introductory remarks
Panel 1. Early Middle Eastern empires
- 9:15-10:15: Karen Radner (LMU München). Elites in the Assyrian Empire
- 10:15-11:15: Rhyne King (University of Chicago). Replicating Royal Power: The Satraps of the Achaemenid Persian Empire (550-330 BCE)
10:15-11:40 Coffee break
Panel 2. Early China
- 11:40-12:40: Yuri Pines (HU Jerusalem). Suppression, Cooptation, or Empowerment: Empire and Elites in Early China
12:40-13:45 Lunch (Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung)
Panel 3. Hellenistic and Roman empires
- 13:45-14:45: Emily Hemelrijk (University of Amsterdam). Elites in the Hellenistic world
- 14:45-15:45: Kathryn Lomas (Durham University). The Roman Empire and Its Urban and Municipal Elites in the Republican Era
15:45-16:10 Coffee break
- 16:10-17:10: Clifford Ando (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)
March 31, 2022 (Thursday)
Panel 4. Elites in the Caliphate
- 9:00-10:00: TBA. Early Caliphate elites
- 10:00-11:00: Andrew Peacock (University of St. Andrews). The Imperial Elite in the Umayyad and ‘Abbasid Caliphates
11:00-11:20 Coffee break
Panel 5. Byzantine and Middle Period China
- 11:20-12:20: Johannes Preiser-Kapeller (ÖAW). From Servants of the Empire to Dominant Coalition. The Emergence and Transformation
of Elites in the Byzantine Empire, 8th-11th Centuries - 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
- 9:00-10:00: Aleksey Martyniouk (BSU, Minsk). Elite Groups of Old Rus' in the Period of Crisis (13th and 14th Centuries)
- 10:00-11:00: Mark Eliott (Harvard University). Elites under the Qing
April 1, 2022 (Friday)
Panel 8. Post-Mongol Empires: The Muslim World
- 17:00-18:00: Karen Barkey (UC Berkeley). The Ottoman Empire: Elites, Networks and Control
- 18:00-19:00: Corinne Lefèvre (CEIAS, CNRS, Paris). 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)
13:00-14:30 Lunch (Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung)