Becoming and Un-Becoming Roman: In-Between

Becoming and Un-Becoming Roman: In-Between

Speakers: Ian Randall, Scott Kennedy
Date & Time: 8 March,19:00 (UTC+3)

For well over a decade now, Byzantine scholars have sought to answer thorny questions of the Byzantines' identity: Were they Greeks? Romans? Or something else? Were they part of a larger Christian commonwealth? How does their art, literature, and material culture reflect their identity? How does that identity permeate after Byzantium? As scholars, should we replace artificial terms such as "Byzantium" and "Byzantine" with "Rome" and "Roman?" What about "Late Antiquity" as a concept? The present seminar series aims to address some of these questions, asking us how did one un-become a Roman? ANAMED is hosting the next session of "Becoming and Un-Becoming Roman" seminar series.