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May 15, 2007

 All of the following will take place in Hodges Library Auditorium

 9:00am-9:30am: Introduction by University of Tennessee Dean of Arts and Sciences Bruce Bursten and Marco Institute Riggsby Director Robert Bast


9:30am-10:30am: Prof. Ralph W. Mathisen, University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign
"Putting the Romans back into  Alamannia"

Coffee

11:00am-12:00pm: Dr. Roland Steinacher, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
“Germani: A Purely Fictional Category?”

12:00pm-1:00pm: Dr. Dieter Quast, Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum—Mainz
“The Alamanni: From Hesitant Immigration to Tribal Formation”

Lunch

2:00pm-3:00pm: Prof. Michael Kulikowski, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
“Alamanni and Imperial Politics in the Fourth Century”

3:00pm-4:00pm: Dr. Markus Reuter, Archäologischer Park Xanten
“The Obergermanisch-Raetischer Limes from Severus to Constantine”

Coffee

4:30pm-5:30pm: Dr. Sebastian Gairhos, Stadtarchäologie Augsburg
“The Late Roman Frontier on the Upper Danube”

May 16, 2007

9:00am-10:00am: Prof. Dr. Sebastian Brather, Universität Freiburg
“Romans and Alamans East of the Upper Rhine”

10:00am-11:00am: Dr. Jochen Haberstroh, Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege
“Hillforts and Artefacts: The Main Region in Late Antiquity”

Coffee

11:30am-12:30pm: Dr. Gertrud Kuhnle, Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives
“Le camp légionnaire de Strasbourg et ses environs dans l'Antiquité tardive”

12:30pm-1:30pm: Dr. Markus Scholz, Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum—Mainz
“Late Antique History and Archaeology in Heidenheim and Its Vicinity”

Lunch

2:30pm-3:30pm: Dr. Hubert Fehr, Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege
“Romans, Alamanni, and the Origins of the So-Called Reihengräberfelder”

3:30pm-4:30pm: Prof. Hans Hummer, Wayne State University
“The Alemanni from Gens to Ducatus”

Coffee

5:00pm-6:00pm: Dr. Philipp von Rummel, Universität Freiburg
“Alamanni and Moors: Barbarian Group-Formation in Comparative Perspective”

 

Poster for Conference

Contact

Erin Read

Program Coordinator

The Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Temple Court Room 208

804 Volunteer Blvd

Knoxville, TN 37996

eread1@utk.edu