workshop 2

workshop 2

The project’s second workshop, 'Leadership in times of crisis in the Later Roman Empire' will be held online, 3-5 December 2021, with a focus on the later centuries: the fifth century and beyond.

The Later Roman Empire was fraught with risks and opportunities for leadership, in the imperial, military, civic and church spheres. What we might call in retrospect ’good’ and ‘bad’ leaders and advisors flourished amid the various crises that engulfed Rome and its territories from 300 to 1000 CE. Our workshop will examine some of the significant questions that arise: what forms did crisis- and risk-management take? What input did advisors have to crucial decisions of leadership and the choice of new leaders? What opportunities and risks did the end of one tenure and the beginning of the next offer to enterprising men, and occasionally to women?

Image: Arch of Galerius, Thessaloniki, photo credit Jo DowlingSoka

picture of the Arch of Galerius with battle scene

Keynote speaker 

Professor Lorenzo DiTommaso

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confirmed speakers

Dr Emmanouela Grypeou

Professor Zara Pogossian

Dr Ryan Strickler

Professor Carlo Cereti

Dr Vassilis Adrahtas

Dr Matt O’Farrell

Professor Bronwen Neil

Jo DowlingSoka

Dr Andras Kraft

Dr Peter Edwell

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To register for this free event, please email phoebe.garrett_a_mq.edu.au

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