From: Ralph Mathisen (N330009@VM.SC.EDU)
Date: Thu Jan 23 1997 - 19:55:46 EST
******UPDATED ANNOUNCEMENT******
SHIFTING FRONTIERS IN LATE ANTIQUITY II:
"The Transformation of Law and Society
in Late Antiquity"
The University of South Carolina
Columbia, S.C.
13-16 March 1997
The second interdisciplinary Shifting Frontiers in Late
Antiquity Conference will be held at the University of
South Carolina, March 13-16, 1997. This year's topic is
"The Transformation of Law and Society in Late Antiqui-
ty." The conference will take an interdisciplinary look
at the role played by "the law", very broadly conceived,
in the social and cultural changes that occurred during
Late Antiquity in both the west and the east. Sessions
will cover, for example, the roles of emperors and kings;
the development of "provincial" law; effects on families
and individuals; and the evolution of canon law. A
Registration Form and copy of the conference program are
appended below.
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS
Site, Dates, and Conduct of Conference
The Conference sessions will be held on the University
of South Carolina campus. Sessions will run from mid
afternoon on Thursday, March 13, through the morning of
Sunday, March 16. All sessions will be plenary, and
papers will be approximately 20 minutes each. There will
be regular breaks, with refreshments, allowing ample time
for discussion and personal interaction among the regis-
trants.
Transportation
Those coming by air will arrive at Columbia Metropolitan
Airport (CAE), which is served by Delta, USAir, American,
Continental, and Air South. Shuttle service will be
available for registrants who make known their arrival
and departure times. By land, Columbia is easily acces-
sible by I-20 from Atlanta and the east, I-77 from
Charlotte and the north, and I-26 from the northwest.
Amtrack trains from the northeast also stop in downtown
Columbia.
Accommodations
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Clarion Town
House Hotel, 1615 Gervais St., Columbia, S.C. 29201
(803-771-8711), located in historic downtown Columbia
next to the USC campus. Special conference rates are $59
for courtyard rooms and $65 for tower rooms, single or
double (plus accommodations tax). Please note that the
number of rooms at the Town House is limited, so early
registration is encouraged; and be sure to mention the
"Late Antiquity Conference" when booking rooms.
Registration
Registration for the Conference is $50, and will include
copies of abstracts, two continental breakfasts, Sunday
morning brunch, and three receptions. Registration by
out-of-town attendees who intend to stay at the Town
House should be made by February 15. Students may
register at a reduced rate of $15 to attend the sessions
only. Seating space may be limited, so registration as
early as possible is encouraged.
Further Information
For further information, please contact Ralph W. Mathi-
sen, Dept. of History, Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia,
S.C. 29208. Phone: 803-777-6068; FAX: 803-777-4494;
EMAIL: ralph.w.mathisen@sc.edu.
REGISTRATION FORM
SHIFTING FRONTIERS IN LATE ANTIQUITY II:
"The Transformation of Law and Society
in Late Antiquity"
The University of South Carolina
Columbia, S.C.
13-16 March 1997
Name:_____________________________________________
Last First M.I.
Affiliation (if any):___________________
Address: _______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________
Phone: Office ___________________ Home ______
EMAIL ___________________ FAX _______
Arriving on __________ airline at ______
(time) on _______ (date)
Registration Fee
Full registration fee of $50 includes copies of ab-
stracts, two continental breakfasts, Sunday brunch, and
three receptions; must be enclosed to ensure hotel
accommodations. Students may register for $15.
I wish to register for ____ persons and enclose $_____
Please make checks payable to: Frontiers Conference
And mail to:
Dr. Ralph W. Mathisen/Frontiers
Dept. of History
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity II:
The Transformation of Law and Society in Late Antiquity
Sponsored by
The Society for Late Antiquity
and
Units of the the University of South Carolina:
College of Liberal Arts
Office of the Provost
Department of History
Department of English
Department of Philosophy
Department of Religious Studies
Department of French and Classics
PROGRAM
THURSDAY, MARCH 13
(Gambrell Auditorium)
10:00-12:00 Tour of Historic Sites in Columbia (for
early arrivees)
2:30- 3:30 Registration
3:30- 3:45 Welcomes I, Introductions
3:45- 4:00 Instrumenta studiorum
Michael DiMaio (Salve Regina University)
"The De imperatoribus Romanis WEB Site"
SECTION I. The Imperial Perspective
4:00- 6:15 SESSION I. Law and the Imperial Adminis-
tration
Geoffrey Greatrex (University of Wales,
Cardiff) "Lawyers and Historians in Late
Antiquity"
Michael Kulikowski (University of Toronto)
"Vicars and the Law in Late Antiquity"
Jonathan S. Perry (University of N. Caro-
lina) "'Making Revolution in Silk Gloves':
Law and Society under the Emperor Julian"
Hugh Elton (Trinity College) "The Codex
Theodosianus and Military Recruiting"
Rochelle I.S. Altman (Mesa, Ariz.) "The
Size of the Law: Codex Heights and their
Significance in Imperial Administration"
6:15-7:45 Reception (Donor's Room, Gambrell Hall)
8:00- Plenary Lecture (Sponsored by Dept. of
Religious Studies)
Hagith Sivan (Institute for Advanced
Study)
"Rabbinics and Roman Law: Jewish-Christian
Marriages in Late Antiquity"
FRIDAY, MARCH 14
8:30- 8:45 Welcomes II
8:45-10:30 SESSION II. Law and Imperial Policy: Reli-
gious Issues
Chair: Jacqueline Long (University of Tex-
as)
Dennis Trout (Tufts University) "Lex and
Iussio: The Feriale Campanum and Chris-
tianity in the Theodosian Age"
Joanne Mannell Noel (Montana State Univer-
sity) "Ritual, Religion, and the Law:
Transformations in Architecture under the
Tetrarchy"
Beatrice Caseau (University of Paris-IV,
Sorbonne) "The Christianisation of Law:
The Protection of Religious Buildings"
Abram Hubbell (Somerville, Mass.) "The
Codex Justinianus and the Forced Conver-
sion of Jews in Early Byzantine Society"
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 SESSION III. Emperors, Law Codes, and So-
ciety
Dirk Schlinkert (Institut fuer Geschichte
der Technischen Hochschule, Darmstadt)
"Between Emperor, Court, and Senatorial
Order: The Codification of the Codex Theo-
dosianus"
Laurens E. Tacoma (Leiden University) "The
De Decurionibus Section in the Codex Theo-
dosianus"
1:30- 3:30 SESSION IV: Soldiers and Bandits
Chair: Ronald Weber (University of Tex-
as-El Paso)
Frank M. Clover (University of Wisconsin)
"The Legal Background of the Civil War of
A.D. 470-472"
John F. Shean (University of Wisconsin)
"The Church and the Duties of the Chris-
tian Soldier"
Peter Sarris (All Souls College, Oxford)
"Imperial Law and Provincial Society: The
Case of Men-at-Arms on the Large Estates
of Byzantine Egypt"
Brian McGing (Trinity College, Dublin)
"Bandits Real and Imagined in Greco-Roman
Egypt"
3:30- 4:00 Break
SECTION II. The Personal Perspective
4:00- 5:30 SESSION V. The Law and Ethnicity.
Chair: Thomas Burns (Emory University)
Christopher A. Hoffman (University of Cal-
ifornia, Berkeley) "Magic and Ethnicity at
Rome: A Legal Approach"
Linda Jones Hall (University of Dayton)
"Berytus 'Nutrix Legum': Ethnicity, Class,
and Religion in the City of the Roman Law
Schools"
Yitzchak Kerem (Aristotle University, The-
ssaloniki, Greece) "Involvement of Helle-
nistic Jews in Legal Systems in the Late
Roman and Early Byzantine Periods"
6:00- 7:30 Reception (Donor's Room, Gambrell Hall)
8:00- Plenary Lecture
Jill Harries (University of St. Andrews)
"Bishops, the Law, and Arbitration"
SATURDAY, MARCH 15
8:45-10:15 SESSION VI. The Family, Substantive and
Metaphorical
Antti Arjava (University of Helsinki) "Pa-
ternal Power in Late Antiquity"
Charles Pazdernik (Princeton University)
"Justinian's Novels and the Law of Succes-
sion"
Francisco Javier Lomas Salmonte (Universi-
dad de Cadiz) "Pauperum alimenta. Forms of
Dependance in the Western Latin Churches"
10:15-10:45 Break
10:45-12:30 SESSION VII. Virgins, Saints, and Nuns
Chair: Gillian Clark (University of Liver-
pool)
Judith Evans Grubbs (Sweet Briar College)
"Virgins and Widows, Show-Girls and
Whores: Late Roman Legislation on Women
and Christianity"
Fannie J. LeMoine (University of Wiscon-
sin) "Hysteria, Decorum, and Good Use of
the Devil's Arguments"
Athanasia Worley (University of Illinois)
"The Law of Generation in Methodius' Sym-
posium."
Catherine R. Peyroux (Duke University)
"Canonists Construct the Nun?: Canonical
Legislation about Women Religious in Mero-
vingian and Carolingian France"
SECTION III. The Barbarian Perspective
1:45- 3:00 SESSION VIII. The Law in Barbarian Europe:
Setting the Stage
Chair: John Eadie (Michigan State Univer-
sity)
Karen Eva Carr (Portland State University)
"From Alaric to the Arab Conquest: Visigo-
thic Efforts to Achieve Romanitas"
Alexander C. Murray (Erindale College,
University of Toronto) "Distinguishing
Roman and Germanic Law in Merovingian
Gaul"
Dmitri N. Starostine (University of Michi-
gan) "Law and the Traditional Practice in
Early Medieval Law-Codes"
3:00- 3:30 Break
3:30- 4:45 SESSION IX. The Law in Barbarian Europe:
Provincial Law
Chair: Scott Gwara (University of South
Carolina)
Linda Ellis (San Francisco State Universi-
ty) and Marius Tiberius Alexianu (Alexan-
dru I. Cuza University, Iasi, Romania)
"Duplex ius: The survival of Romano-Byzan-
tine and Customary Law on Dacian/Romanian
Territory"
Mark Greco (Boston University) "The Valer-
ia Archaeological Survey Project: Cultural
and Legal Aspects of 'De-Romanization' in
Eastern Europe"
Michael Jones (Bates College) "The Legacy
of Roman Law in Post-Roman Britain"
4:45- 5:00 Break
5:00- 6:15 SESSION X. The Law in Barbarian Europe:
Landholding and Cultivation
Chair: Pamela G. Sayre (Henry Ford Commu-
nity College)
Boudewijn Sirks (University of Amsterdam)
"The Farmer, the Landlord, and the Law in
the Fifth Century"
Lisi Oliver (Lousiana State University)
"Aethelbehrt's Laet and the Frankish Leto"
Kathy Pearson (Old Dominion University)
"Germanic Law and Barbarian Diet"
6:15- 7:45 Reception (Donor's Room, Gambrell Hall)
Remarks by Dr. John Palms, President, Uni-
versity of South Carolina
8:00- Plenary Lecture
John Matthews (Yale University)
"Interpreting the interpretationes of the
Breviarium"
SUNDAY, MARCH 16
(Clarion Town House Hotel)
SECTION IV. The Ecclesiastical Perspective
8:30- 9:30 SESSION XI. Religion and the Law in the
East.
Chair: Thomas Banchich (Canisius College)
Gillian Clark (University of Liverpool)
"Spoiling the Egyptians: Divine and Human
Law in Late Antiquity"
Victoria Erhart (Dumbarton Oaks) "The Im-
pact of Law and Social Customs on the De-
velopment of Syriac Christian Canon Law in
the Sasanian Empire"
9:30-10:45 SESSION XII. Ecclesiastical Courts
Leslie Dossey (Harvard University) "Legal
Privilege and the Ecclesiastical Courts in
Late Antique North Africa"
Noel E. Lenski (University of Colorado)
"Evidence for the Audientia Episcopalis in
the New Letters of Augustine"
Carolyn Humfress (St. Catherine's, Oxford)
"Bishops as Forensic Advocates"
10:45-12:00 SESSION XIII. Bishops and the Development
of Canon Law
Kevin Uhalde (Princeton University) "Proof
and Reproof: The Repertoire of Confronta-
tional Bishops"
Timothy M. Teeter (Georgia Southern Uni-
versity) "Bishops, Letters of Travel, and
Canon Law in Late Antiqity"
Mary E. Sommar (Syracuse University)
"Pragmatic Application of Proto-Canon Law:
Episcopal Translation"
12:00- Closing Discussion: The Future
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