Shaping Good Faith. Modes of Communication in Ancient Diplomacy - 11-12/10/2018, Berlin (Germany)
The conference will focus on the ritual dimension of diplomatic meetings among ancient cultures of Greece, Rome and the Near East between the 6th and the 1st century BC. Particular emphasis will be laid on conceptual differences between formal regulations (wording of treaties, oath formulas, pledges) and possible underlying common ideas or shared values within the framework of diplomatic exchange.
FECHA/DATE/DATA: 11-12/10/2018
LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: TOPOI Building Dahlem, Freie Universität Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Dr Francesco Mari (Berlin); Prof. Christian Wendt (Bochum)
INFO: web - francesco.mari@fu-berlin.de
INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE: Gratis/free/gratuito
PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA: Aquí/here/qui
11.10.2018
09:30 - 09:50 Coffee
09:50 - 10:00 Introduction
10:00 - 12:50
1) MAKING IT HAPPEN: IN RITUALS WE TRUST?
10:00 - 10:50
When rulers meet. Rituals of diplomatic encounter in Classical Greece
Gabriel Herman – Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
10:50 - 11:40
The politics of faithfulness: reciprocity and ritual in ancient Greek diplomacy
Lynette Mitchell – University of Exeter, United Kingdom
11:40 - 12:00
Coffee
12:00 - 12:50
Treaties and trust. Oaths as an element of securing interstate agreements
Sebastian Scharff – Universität Mannheim
12:50 - 13:50
Lunch
13:50 - 16:00
2) ESTABLISHING AND SHAPING GOOD FAITH BETWEEN COMMUNITIES
13:50 - 14:40
Bridging the gap: Using the past to shape good faith in Greek diplomatic speeches
Francesca Gazzano – Università Degli Studi di Genova, Italy
14:40 - 15:30
The role of xenia in diplomatic relations between Greeks and Persians
Dominique Lenfant – Université de Strasbourg, France
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee
16:00 - 17:40
3) NARRATIVES OF GREEK-PERSIAN DIPLOMACY: AUTHORIAL CONTEXTS
16:00 - 16:50
Xerxes' false friends: diplomacy and history during the Persian wars
Pietro Vannicelli – Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza'
16:50 - 17:40
Diplomatic mercenaries: treaties, truces and transactions in Xenophon's Anabasis
Christopher Tuplin – University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
20:00 - 21:00
Conference dinner
12.10.2018
09:00 - 09:20
Coffee
09:20 - 11:00
4) NARRATIVES OF GREEK-PERSIAN DIPLOMACY: CLOSE READINGS
09:20 - 10:10
Artaxerxes’ letter to the Spartans in Book 4 of Thucydides: contexts, style, and interpretation
Edith Foster – Freie Universität Berlin
10:10 - 11:00
From king to King: Persian royal ideology and Macedonian propaganda in the exchange of letters between Darius III and Alexander (Arr. An. II 14)
Francesco Mari – Freie Universität Berlin
11:00 - 11:20
Coffee
11:20 - 13:00
5) THE COMING OF ROME – THE SAME OLD STORY?
11:20 - 12:10
Perseus against Rome: A story of failed diplomacy?
Felix Maier – Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
12:10 - 13:00
Etiquette and Ambition. Partho-Roman Diplomacy and the Roman Republic in Crisis
Christian Wendt – Ruhr-Universität Bochum
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:00
Round Table