Roman Continuity and Discontinuity in the Vandal Kingdom

Roman Continuity and Discontinuity in the Vandal Kingdom

Veranstalter
RomanIslam – Center for Comparative Empire and Transcultural Studies (Dr. Rocco Selvaggi; Prof. Dr. Sabine Panzram; Prof. Dr. Umberto Roberto)
Ausrichter
Dr. Rocco Selvaggi; Prof. Dr. Sabine Panzram; Prof. Dr. Umberto Roberto
Veranstaltungsort
Universität Hamburg (Hauptgebäude, AS-Saal), Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1
PLZ
20146
Ort
Hamburg
Land
Deutschland
Findet statt
Hybrid
Vom - Bis
07.12.2022 - 08.12.2022
Von
Rocco Selvaggi, DFG Center for Advanced Study “RomanIslam – Center for Comparative Empire and Transcultural Studies”, Universität Hamburg

Of all the Germanic invasions that plagued the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century, the migration of the Vandals was the longest: They came from Central and Eastern Europe via Gaul (406) and Spain (409) to North Africa (429), where they founded a kingdom that survived for almost a century.

Roman Continuity and Discontinuity in the Vandal Kingdom

This long “journey”, which brought the Vandals into contact and confrontation with very different regions and peoples within the Western Roman Empire, sanctioned the distinctiveness of this people: An open and ill-defined identity, as if this Germanic group were experiencing a perpetual process of ethnogenesis. This phenomenon is particularly evident after the occupation of the North African provinces, when the Vandals were more receptive to the assimilation of romanitas, to such an extent that a distinction between Vandal and Roman identity became increasingly difficult.

The workshop is the first in a series of meetings focusing on the Vandals. The objective of this first meeting is to study the Roman elements of continuity and discontinuity during the Vandal migration and domination, with the further goal of trying to delineate – if possible – a clearer Vandal identity.

Programm

Wednesday, 07. December 2022

15.00
Prof. Dr. Sabine Panzram / Dr. Rocco Selvaggi (Universität Hamburg): Welcome and Introduction

Section 1: Between Vandals and Roman: A Kingdom in Formation
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Sabine Panzram (Universität Hamburg)

15.15
Prof. Dr. Javier Arce (Université de Lille): The Vandal Episode in Hispania

16.00
Prof. Dr. Paolo Tedesco (Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen): Africa at the margins: when history changes, but life stays the same

16.45
Coffee Break

17.15
Dr. Daniel Syrbe (FernUniversität Hagen): How to approach the Vandal state? Considerations based on Political Theory

18.00
Prof. Dr. Susan Stevens (Randolph College): Africans, Romans, Vandals and Christians in a cemetery at Carthage

18:45
Prof. Dr. Umberto Roberto (Università di Napoli “Federico II”): The Vandals and their Roman provincial subjects: collaboration or resistance?

Thursday, 08. December 2022

Section 2: The Perception of the Vandals in the Mediterranean Region
Moderation: Dr. Rocco Selvaggi (Universität Hamburg)

09.00
Dr. Marco Cristini (Istituto Italiano per la Storia Antica): Gemini diadematis heres: The Imitation of the Empire as a Tool of Vandal Foreign Policy

09.45
Prof. Dr. Giampiero Scafoglio (Université Cote d’Azur): The Image of Carthage in the Vandal Age according to the Latin Anthology

10.30
Coffee Break

11.00
Dr. Marzia Fiorentini (University of St. Andrews): Africa calling: Roman emperors against the Vandalic tyrant in Sidonius Apollinaris

11:45
Dr. Ralf Bockmann (Universität Hamburg): Reflections on continuity in Vandal Africa from an eastern Roman point of view

12:30
Prof. Dr. Umberto Roberto (Università di Napoli “Federico II”): Conclusions

Kontakt

Dr. Rocco Selvaggi
E-Mail: rocco.selvaggi@uni-hamburg.de

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