public opinion and political culture in rome

PUBLIC OPINION AND POLITICAL CULTURE
IN ROME
Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, 8-9 September 2016
Thursday, 8th September 2016
Escuela de Estudios Hispano-Americanos, CSIC
9.00: Welcome and opening of the conference.
9.30-11.30:
Jeff Tatum, Victoria University of Wellington, Canvassing the elite: communicating sound
values in the Commentariolum Petitionis
Cristina Rosillo-López, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, (How) did Romans perceive and measure
public opinion?
Amy Russell, Durham University, The populus and the public realm in late Republican Rome
11.30-12.00: coffee break
12.00-14.00:
Francisco Pina Polo, Universidad de Zaragoza, Rhetoric of fear in Republican Rome: the
Ciceronian case
Kit Morell, University of Sydney, ‘Who wants to go to Alexandria?’ Pompey, Ptolemy, and
public opinion, 57–56 BC
Raphaëlle Laignoux, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, L’expression publique de l’opinion
des gouvernés : légitimation et délégitimation des prétendants au pouvoir pendant les guerres
civiles
14.00-16.00: lunch break
16.00-18.00:
Enrique García Riaza, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Announcing Victories in the Roman
Republic (III-I BC): Personal Links and Public Opinion
Alejandro Díaz Fernández, Universidad de Málaga, Some cases of scandalous behaviour in
provinces and their impact in the Roman public opinion during the Republic
Wolfgang Blösel, Universität Duisburg-Essen, The imperia extraordinaria of the 70s to the
50s B.C. and public opinion
Friday, 9th September 2016
Escuela de Estudios Hispano-Americanos, CSIC
9.00-10.30:
Kathryn Welch, University of Sydney, Selling Proscription to the Roman Public
Clifford Ando, University of Chicago, The space and time of politics in civil war
10.30-11.00: coffee break.
11.00-13.00:
Alexander Yakobson, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Imperial elite, the Republic and the
Principate - the strange case of Velleius Paterculus
Frédéric Hurlet, Maison Archéologie & Ethnologie René-Ginouvès, L’opinion publique à Rome à
l’épreuve de l’auctoritas du Sénat et du prince. À propos de la notion d’espace public de
Jürgen Habermas et de son application à l’Antiquité
Juan Manuel Cortés Copete, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Adriano y la opinión pública
13.30: Conclusions: Martin Jehne, Technische Universität Dresden
Organizer: Cristina Rosillo-López, Universidad Pablo de Olavide
mcroslop@upo.es
Financed by:
Research project, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad 2013-43496-P, “Opinión pública y
comunicación política en la República Romana (siglos II-I a de C.)”.
Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Plan Propio de Investigación
Together with: Escuela de Estudios Hispano-Americanos, CSIC