The Classical Association of Scotland Annual Conference

‘THE END OF ANCIENT EMPIRES’

University of Edinburgh, Friday 19 – Sunday 21 June 2009

About the conference

The Classical Association of Scotland (founded 1902) is proud to present its first annual conference in a new format.

The primary focus of the conference is on the fall of Rome, but there will also be sessions on the decline, fall, or transformation of other ancient empires or hegemonies, as well as on the historiography of ancient imperialism. The keynote speaker will be Professor T. D. Barnes (Toronto/Edinburgh).

Papers will be 20 minutes long, and will be followed by 10 minutes of discussion. All sessions will take place in the Archaeology Lecture Theatre, School of History, Classics, and Archaeology, High School Yards, Infirmary Street.  

Programme

Accommodation

Booking form

Further Information

Please contact Dr Costas Panayotakis, Honorary Secretary to the CAS, Department of Classics, The University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland.

Tel. no. (direct line): +44 (0) 141 330 4383; fax: +44 (0) 141 330 4459; email: c.panayotakis@classics.arts.gla.ac.uk

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