Convegno ‘New insights on Roman economy and society’ – 26 e 27 giugno

Convegno internazionale New insights on Roman economy and society. Law, economy and society in Roman and late Roman times

26 giugno 2025, ore 14:00 – American Academy in Rome

AAR Lecture Room, McKim, Mead & White Building, Via Angelo Masina, 5 – Roma

27 giugno 2025, ore 9:00 – Accademia Vivarium novum

Villa Falconieri, viale F. Borromini 5 – Frascati

This two-day event brings together scholars of various academic traditions—including Roman law, Roman economy, and Roman society—to explore key themes of Roman history. These include free labor, entrepreneurship for enslaved people and women, legal fiction, and the social realities of life as experienced from the late Roman Republic to the fall of the Roman Empire.

There is growing interest among scholars and widespread recognition of the centrality of these themes for a better understanding of Roman society and law. Much of the new research in these areas has been put forward by the participants of our event. This meeting aims to draw international attention to scholarly innovations of the past few years and provide an opportunity for scholarly debate and the cross-fertilization of ideas.

Cohosted by the American Academy in Rome and Academia Vivarium novum, New Insights on Roman Economy and Society is also organized by the Sapienza Center for the Study of the Mediterranean and Near East in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages and by CASAM, the Center for Advanced Studies on the Ancient Mediterranean – Social and Economic History.

Speakers

• Kim Bowes (Univ. Pennsylvania, USA)
• Edward Cohen (Univ. Pennsylvania, USA)
• Éva Jakab (Univ. Szeged, Hungary)
• Christel Freu (Univ. Paris Saclay, France)
• Richard Gamauf (Univ. Wien, Austria)
• Dennis Kehoe (Tulane, USA) TBC
• Aldo Petrucci (Università di Pisa)
• Martin Schermaier (Univ. Bonn, Germany)
• Jean-Jacques Aubert (Univ. Neuchatel)
• Organized by Marco Maiuro (Univ. Roma, La Sapienza)