CFP: Tyrannical Government and the People

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CALL FOR PAPERS: TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE

A panel to be held at the Seventh Celtic Classics Conference, with, and at,
L’Université de Bordeaux III and the Ausonius Institute, Bordeaux, 5th-8th
September 2012.

Confirmed speakers include: James McGlew (Rutgers), Ivan Jordovic
(University of Novi Sad), Greg Anderson (Ohio State University), Claudia de
Oliveira-Gomes (Université François-Rabelais, Tours), Efrem Zambon (Venice).

Cruel oppressors or popular heroes? Distant figureheads or approachable
rulers? Exploitative regimes or protectors of the masses? The relationship
between tyrannical rulers and the people has been a topic of contention
among ancient and modern historians alike. This panel will consider rulers
and regimes from archaic Greece to imperial Rome, and across the
Mediterranean, to explore the interdependence between tyrannical and
autocratic rulers and the people, and the ways in which their interactions
influenced political forms and institutions.

Please submit proposals for 40-minute papers, including a title and an
abstract of no more than 250 words, by 15th January 2012; submissions from
postgraduate students are also welcome. The languages of the conference are
English and French, and submissions are invited in either language.

Proposals (and all queries) should be sent to Dr Sian Lewis
(sl50 AT st-andrews.ac.uk), School of Classics, University of St Andrews, St
Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom, KY16 9AL.