“Emperor and Emperorship in Late Antiquity: Images, Narratives, and Ceremonies” - 17-18/02/2017, Pam

We are pleased to announce the conference “Emperor and Emperorship in Late Antiquity: Images, Narratives, and Ceremonies”. This event is the final workshop of Spanish Government-funded Romanitas Principum Research Project. Its aim is to reflect on Imperial representation and its political and social meaning in a time of drastic changes.

FECHA/DATE/DATA: 17-18/02/2017

LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: Universidad de Navarra (Pamplona, Spain)

ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Mª Pilar García Ruiz (University of Navarra, Pamplona): Alessandro Maranesi (Radboud University, Nijmegen)

INFO: mpgarcia@unav.es A.Maranesi@let.ru.nl

INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE: 25 € ( (includes inscription, morning and afternoon tea/coffee breaks, and the cost of two-days lunches)

Deadline: 06/02/2017. Se ruega mandar un email a /please contact /sono pregati di inviare una mail a Mrs Elena Alguacil (ealguacil@alumni.unav.es).

PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA:

Friday, 17th February (University of Navarra. Library Building. Room 0510) 9.15. Reception and Opening. Mª Pilar García Ruiz, University of Navarra and Alessandro Maranesi, Radboud University. 9.30-10.15. Ignazio Tantillo, Università di Cassino, Italy. “Emperors and tyrants. Constantine and the new representation of Roman imperial power” 10.15-11.00. Diederik Burgersdijk, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. “Constantine's Arch: a reassessment in the light of textual and material evidence”

11.00-11.30 COFFEE BREAK 11.30-12.15. Erika Manders, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany. “Constantine and his churches: imperial agency and the emperor’s presence” 13.00-13.45. José B. Torres, University of Navarra, Spain. “Purple and Constantine’s image according to Eusebius” 13.45-14.45. LUNCH 14.45-15.30. Alessandro Maranesi, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.“Constantine, the Sun, and the bottom-up political storytelling” 15.30-16.15. Alan Ross, Southampton University, United Kingdom.“Dialogues of emperorship in panegyric: Julian and Themistius on Constantius” 16.15-16.45 COFFEE BREAK 18.45 (Optional activity) Guided visit to the Museum of Contemporary Art - University of Navarra Saturday, 18th February (University of Navarra. Library Building. Room 0510) 9.30-10.15. Olivier Hekster, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. “Constantius in Rome: the constraints of ceremonial communication” 10.15-11.00. Mª Pilar García Ruiz, Universidad de Navarra, Spain. “Models, antimodels, ancestors and emperorship in Julian’s The Caesars” 11.00-11.30 COFFEE BREAK 11.30-12.15. Álvaro Sánchez-Ostiz, University of Navarra, Spain. “Cosmic Warnings and Imperial Responses: Ammianus’ Astronomical Excursus” 13.00-14.00 LUNCH 14.00-14.45. Fabio Guidetti, TOPOI Excellence Cluster-Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. “Between expressionism and classicism: stylistic choices as means of legitimization in late-4th century imperial portraits” 14.45-15.30. Alberto Quiroga, Universidad de Granada, Spain. “Toying with Theodosius: the manipulation of the imperial image in the sources of the Riot of the Statues” 15.30-16.00. Aitor Blanco Pérez, CNRS. Centre Paul Albert Février (Aix en Provence)/ University of Navarra. “Final Remarks” This conference will be made possible thanks to the generosity of the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Spain, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Navarra, and Radboud Excellence Initiative, Radboud University Nijmegen.