20-22 MARCH 2024
Final meeting of the program ANR-DFG ATLAS
Location: CASA DE VELAZQUEZ, MADRID
THE CITIES OF LATE ANTIQUITY PUT TO THE TEST OF A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
Writing the history of the cities of late antiquity is a difficult exercise. Their remains have long been neglected and their history poorly understood. Fortunately, for several decades now, renewed attention of researchers has been focused on this object of research, thanks to new readings and interpretations of the sources, as well as advancements in archaeological research. This dynamic has led to a considerable growth in evidence, which is, however, accompanied by a certain regional compartmentalisation of studies. The ANR-DFG Atlas of Ancient Cities of the Southern Iberian Peninsula and North Africa project sought to overcome this compartmentalisation of studies by systematically comparing the history of cities in two regions with similar characteristics. At the end of this project, it seemed necessary to continue this comparative approach, beyond the provinces involved in the project, towards Italy, Greece, the Balkans, Asia and the Orient. Comparisons made on the basis of case studies delimited geographically, temporally and thematically, and thus presenting a clear structural identity, make it possible to identify similarities or differences. It is precisely these similarities and differences, these unexpected peculiarities, that hold the potential for new knowledge, as they raise questions about the conditions under which they emerged, the reasons for their evolution and their ultimate determination. All questions that will help to advance the history of late antique cities.
Program:
Wednesday 20/03
– 18h-20h
Opening
Nancy BERTHIER
Directora de la Casa de Velázquez
Gwladys BERNARD
Directora de estudios EHEHI – Antigüedad y Edad Media
Introduction
Sabine PANZRAM
Universität Hamburg
et Laurent BRASSOUS
UMR 7266 (LIENSs – La Rochelle Université/CNRS)
Jean François BERNARD
IRAA-CNRS / UAR 3155
Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour
and Titien BARTETTE
Iconem Paris
Retour d’expérience d’une approche méthodologique innovante : l’exposition “Villes invisibles”
– 20h
Opening of the exposition
«INVISIBLE CITIES. Towns of late antiquity in Southern Iberia and Northern Africa (300-800)»
Thursday 21/03
–9h30-13h30
Chair
Sabine PANZRAM
Universität Hamburg
Mateusz FAFINSKI
Universität Erfurt
Researching the post-imperial city in a post-transformation world (2005-2023)
Debate:
Javier ARCE
Université de Lille
Stéphanie GUEDON
Nantes Université
Rubén OLMO-LÓPEZ
Universidad de Oviedo
Sabine PANZRAM
Universität Hamburg
Antonio E. FELLE
Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro
Late Antique and Christian epigraphy in Rome. A case-study of changes in epigraphic habit
Debate:
Javier ARCE
Université de Lille
Isabelle MOSSONG
Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik des DAI München
Edward M. SCHOOLMAN
University of Nevada, Reno
Linked civic transformation and landscape change in post-Roman Italy? 3 Case Studies
Debate:
Jesús GARCÍA SÁNCHEZ
IAM Mérida – CSIC Junta de Extremadura
David STONE
University of Michigan
–15h30-18h00
Chair
Laurent BRASSOUS
UMR 7266 (LIENSs – La Rochelle Université/CNRS)
Gideon AVNI
Israel Antiquities Authority and Hebrew University of Jerusalem
From Polis to Madina – a view from Late Antique urban centers in the Eastern Mediterranean
Debate:
Stefan ARDELEANU
RomanIslam – Universität Hamburg
Laurent BRASSOUS
UMR 7266 (LIENSs – La Rochelle Université/CNRS)
Mª Teresa CASAL-GARCIA
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Moheddine CHAOUALI
Institut National du Patrimoine
Patrice CRESSIER
UMR 5648 (CIHAM – Université de Lyon/CNRS)
Sonia GUTIÉRREZ LLORET
Universidad de Alicante
Ada LASHERAS GONZÁLEZ
ATLAS – Casa de Velázquez
Pascale CHEVALIER
Université de Clermont-Ferrand
Les villes des Balkans méridionaux et occidentaux (IVe-VIIe siècle)
Debate:
Stefan ARDELEANU
RomanIslam – Universität Hamburg
Laurent BRASSOUS
UMR 7266 (LIENSs – La Rochelle Université/CNRS)
Mª Teresa CASAL-GARCIA
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Moheddine CHAOUALI
Institut National du Patrimoine
Patrice CRESSIER
UMR 5648 (CIHAM – Université de Lyon/CNRS)
Sonia GUTIÉRREZ LLORET
Universidad de Alicante
Ada LASHERAS GONZÁLEZ
ATLAS – Casa de Velázquez
Friday 22/03
–9h30-13h30
Chair
Laurent BRASSOUS
UMR 7266 (LIENSs – La Rochelle Université/CNRS)
and Sabine PANZRAM
Universität Hamburg
José REMESAL RODRIGUEZ
Universitat de Barcelona
Interdependencias. El poder de las provincias en el imperio romano
Debate:
Touatia AMRAOUI
UMR 7299 (Centre Camille Julian)
Jaime VIZCAÍNO SÁNCHEZ
Universidad de Málaga
David STONE
University of Michigan
Anna GUTGARTS
University of Haifa
Grappling with a multilayered urban legacy – Jerusalem between the Early Muslim and Crusader period and the memory of the city’s Byzantine / Roman past
Debate:
Mª Teresa CASAL-GARCIA
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Patrice CRESSIER
UMR 5648 (CIHAM – Université de Lyon/CNRS)
Sonia GUTIÉRREZ LLORET
Universidad de Alicante
Ada LASHERAS GONZÁLEZ
ATLAS – Casa de Velázquez
Conclusions
Javier ARCE
Université de Lille