Invited Talks and Conference Papers:
2024/10/25 Near Eastern and Greek Coins. Roman Republican Coins. Part of the collaborate presentation ‘Coins as Teaching Tools in the Edgar W. Pyke Collection at the University of Waterloo’, with David Porreca and Wendy Liu. At the 2024 Autumn Symposium: "At the Helm" - Spotlight on Special Collections as Teaching Events, hosted by Mildred Budney, David Porreca, et al., via Zoom.
2024/07/26 ‘Plankten, Symplegaden, Kyaneai sowie Skylla und Charbdis: Wandernde und sich wandelnde Grenzmarkierungen zwischen Seemannsgarn und Deutung kolonialer Erfahrung’. At the International Conference ‘Borders’ hosted by the Ernst Kirsten-Gesellschaft, International Society for Historical Geography of the Ancient World, Trier University, Germany.
2024/07/21 ‘Land Occupation, Intermarriage, and Shifting Identities’. At the workshop: ‘Renegotiating Colonial Settlements in the Legendary Tradition of the Ancient Greeks’, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain.
2024/06/16 ‘How to Be a Citizen? An Exploration of Cicero’s Pro Archia Poeta’. At the workshop, Leiden, Netherlands, and Trier, Germany. (Remote participation)
2024/05/31 ‘Paulus und das römische Bürgerrecht – Ein weitreichendes Missverständnis‘. At the ‘Paulus Studientag’, Würzburg University.
2024/05/29 ‘Scribonius Mithradates und Polemon Eusebes: Zwei Könige des Bosporanischen Reiches’. At the Workshop ‘Amici Populi Romani – Friendship Diplomacy, Networking, and Digital Opportunities’, Leipzig University.
2024/05/10 ‘Life in the Face of Death – A Reason for Optimism? Reflection on Seneca’s Letters to Lucilius I, XXVI, LXI’. At the Ontario Student Classics Conference, Brock University, St Catherine’s, ON.
2024/02/22 ‘The Western Journeys of Jason and Odysseus in the Worlds of Homer, Hesiod, and Mimnermos, and Their Late Arrival in the Black Sea (after 600 BCE)’. Hosted by Dr. Alexander Falileyev for the international circle of scholars from around the Black Sea, Aberystwyth University, Wales. (Remote delivery)
2023/10/18 ‘The Procession of Daphne (166 BCE) and Malleable Ethnic Identities under the ‘God Manifest’ Antiochos IV’. At the Journée d’étude: ‘Hellenistische Geschichte’, Trier University, Germany.
2023/06/30 ‘Aia-Dioskurias-Sebastopolis-Sukhumi: On the Creation, Recreation, and Relocation of Mythohistorical Roots on the Eastern Coast of the Black Sea’. Symposium Peregrinum at Soriano nel Cimino, Italy. (Remote delivery)
2023/06/14 ‘The Careless Representation of the Black Sea on the Tabula Peutingeriana and the Map’s Possible Origin under Julius Caesar’. Monthly Webinar ‘Mondes Pontiques’, at ‘Spartokus a lu’. (Remote delivery)
2023/05/11: ‘The Spotlight, the Stage, & the Curtain: Agency and Representation of the Seleukid Basilissa’. Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of Canada, St. Mary’s University, Halifax, NS.
2023/04/26: ‘Ethnic Reconfiguration in Greek and Roman Foundation Legends – An Exploration of the Ethnic Identity Constructs of the Massaliotes’. Ethnicity and Ethnic Constructs in the Long History of the Ancient Mediterranean and Black Sea, University of Waterloo.
2023/03/24 ‘Mytho-Geography on the Tabula Peutingeriana’. Paper hosted by the Lampeter and West Wales Classical Association. (Remote delivery)
2022/11/25: ‘Agency, Representation, and Dynastic Succession The Role of the Hellenistic Basilissa’. Jornados Docents Internationals. Lideratge Feminí en el Mon Grecoroma, Barcelona, Spain. Invited keynote lecture.
2022/10/20 ‘Seleukos and the Peace after Ipsos’. At the conference ‘Crises, effondrements et rétablissements de l’autorité séleucide’, organized by the Université de Lorraine, hosted at the École française d’Athènes, Greece. (Remote participation)
2022/9/16: ‘Virtual Galatian Identities in Livy’s Account of Cn. Manlius Vulso’s Campaign’. At the conference ‘Definition and Redefinition of Celtic Identity. An Interdisciplinary Approach. University of Edinburgh. Invited keynote lecture. (Remote participation)
2022/07/18 ‘Empire Allegories in the Book of Daniel’. Paper at the conference ‘Translatio et Renovatio Imperii. Legitimacy construction through imperial succession and renewal from antiquity to the 21st century’. Instytut Zachodni, Poznań, Poland.
2022/06/20 ‘Imperial Homecoming(s) and the Ara Pacis Augustae in 13 BC’. Paper at the Symposium Classicum Peregrinum: ‘Returning Home in the Greek and Roman World’, Messina. Remote participation.
2022/05/13 ‘King, Subject Peoples and Army Units: Aspects of Ethnic Identification under the Seleukids’. In the panel ‘Ethnic Identifications, Ethnographic Writing, and Paradoxes of Belonging’, convened by Phil Harland, York University, at the Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of Canada, London, ON.
2022/03/16 ‘Ideological Layers in the Apameia Foundation Mosaics’. Seleukid Lecture Series (3.2), via Zoom. Recording online http://www.altaycoskun.com/seleukid-lectures and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSsRVnhxIdQ&t=124s.
2021/06/17 ‘The Four Beasts in Daniel 7 – An Allegory of Succeding or Rivaling Empires?’. Paper at the Symposium Classicum Peregrinum. Zoom conference. (Cf. 2020/02/28)
2021/05/19 (together with Rabbi Benjamen E. Scolnic, Hamden, CT) ‘The Iron Beast, Its Eleven Horns, and the Three Horns Uprooted by the Eleventh – An Exploration into the Seleukid Allegory of Daniel 7’. Opening lecture of the Seleukid Lecture Series (1.1), via Webex. Recording online on http://www.altaycoskun.com/seleukid-lectures and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaYpwl3AhK4&t=98s.
20/11/2020 “Die Stärke der Seleukiden. Resilienz eines hellenistischen Königshauses (bis 129 v.Chr.)”. Department of Ancient History, University of Leipzig, Germany (via zoom).
28/2/2020 “A Giant and Some Beasts in Daniel’s Prophecies – Allegories that Want to Be Decoded”. At the workshop: Succession of Ancient Empires, University of Waterloo.
22/11/2019 “Antiochos VII Sidetes and the Siege of Jerusalem (154/34 BC): Chronology, Politics and Ideology”. At the conference: Les derniers Séleucides et leur territoire, Nancy, France.
30/8/2019 “In Search of the Sanctuary of Leukothea”. At the Waterloo Study Day.
2/8/2019 “Dynamis and Hellenistic Queenship around the Black Sea in the Shadow of the Roman Empire”. At the workshop: The Northern Black Sea Coast on the Fringes of the Roman Empire (Black Sea Study Day), Sopot near Gdańsk, Poland. Cf. 4/4/2019.
31/7/2019 “The King, His Subject Peoples and His Army Units: Aspects of Ethnic Identity (Construction) under the Seleukids in the 2nd Century BC”. At the Workshop: Warfare, Military & Society in the Seleukid Kingdom (Seleukid Study Day VII), Sopot near Gdańsk, Poland.
27/6/2019 “Polygamy and Seleukid Queenship under Antiochos II – Implications of the Basilissa Title”. At the Celtic Conference of Classics, Lisbon, Portugal. (paper read by E. Almagor)
7/8/2019 “Searching for the Sanctuary of Leukothea in Kolchis”. At the Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of Canada, McMaster University, Hamilton ON.
2 and 4/4/2019 “Queens of Black Sea Kingdoms in the Shadow of the Early Roman Empire”. At the Séminaire d’Histoire Romaine, Sorbonne-Paris and Séminaire d’Histoire, Université du Mans, France.
29/3/2019 together with Richard Wenghofer: “Responses to Seleukid Ideology”. At the conference Culture and Ideology under the Seleucids. An Interdisciplinary Approach, MacQuarie University, Sydney. (skype)
12/11/2018 “Chersonesos Taurike and the Freedom (not yet) Granted by Rome – A New Interpretation of the Embassy of C. Julius Satyrus to Rome in 46 BC (IOSPE I2 691).” At the workshop: Recent Research in Ancient Black Sea Studies in Canada and Beyond (Colloquium Ponticum Canadiense I), Waterloo ON.
12/11/2018 with Gaius Stern: “Brian Rose's 'Dynamis' on the Ara Pacis Augustae.” At the workshop: Recent Research in Ancient Black Sea Studies in Canada and Beyond (Colloquium Ponticum Canadiense I), Waterloo ON.
30/9/2018 “The Resilience of the Seleukid Kingdom – Or: What Broke the Neck of the Strongest Successor Kingdom.” Annual Hellenic Lectury, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.
23/7/2018 “Representation and Non-Representation on Coinage. Questions Concerning the Social and Political Status of Queen Dynamis of the Bosporos.” At the workshop: Power, Status and Symbols in the Black Sea Area in Antiquity, University of Wrocław, Poland.
14/6/2018 “Seleucids and Maccabees from Antiochus IV to Demetrius II (iterum).” At the IXth Enoch Seminar, Villa Cagnola, Gazzada, Milan.
9/5/2018 “Queen Dynamis of the Bosporos: Granddaughter of Mithradates Eupator and Friend of the Romans.” At the Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of Canada, Calgary.
29/9/2017 “Über den Hintergrund der Verbreitung des Kybele-Kultes im Westen des Mittelmeerraumes – Neue Forschungen zum phrygisch-hellenistischen Pessinus” (‘Why Did the Cult of Cybele Spread to the West of the Mediterranean? – Recent Research on Phrygian-Hellenistic Pessinus’). At the International Conference (Humboldt Kolleg): Contact Zones in Europe from the 3rd Millennium BC to the 1st Millennium AD, Russian Academy of Sciences, in cooperation with the Humboldt Foundation (Bonn), Moscow, Russia.
28/9/2017 “King Asandros, Queen Dynamis and Rome: the Bosporan Kingdom in the Generations after Mithradates VI Eupator.” Guest Lecture at the Dmitry Pozharsky University, Moscow.
2/9/2017 “Historical and Ideological Implications of Era Dating in the Orbit of the Seleukid Empire.” At the Workshop: Reception, Response, and Resistance: Reactions to Seleukid Claims to Territorial Hegemony (Seleukid Study Day VI), University of Nipissing, North Bay ON.
17/7/2017 “Queen Dynamis, the Mithradatic Lineage and Rome.” At the International Workshop: Advances in Ancient Black Sea Studies: Methodological Innovation, Interdisciplinary Perspectives and International Cooperation. Archaeological Institute of the Romanian Academy in Iaşi, Romania.
12/7/2017 “Vier Freundschafts- und Bündnisverträge zwischen den Makkabäern und Römern (161–128 v.Chr.)” (‘Four Treaties of Friendship and Alliance between the Maccabees and the Romans, 161–128 BCE’). Guest Lecture, Freie Universität Berlin.
7/4/2017 “The Bosporan Kings: Friends or Enemies of the Romans?” At the panel: Around and Across the Pontos Euxeinos: Recent Research in Ancient Black Sea Studies, 113th Annual Meeting of CAMWS, Kitchener ON.
28/10/2016 “The First Seleukid Queens and the Implications of the Basilissa Title (or the Lac Thereof).” At the Workshop on Hellenistic Queens, Waterloo.
14/10/2016 “The Social War as Test Case for the Principles of Roman Republican Citizenship Policy.” At the International Conference : L'Italie entre déchirements et réconciliations: revisiter la guerre sociale (91-88 av. J.-C.) et ses lendemains, Sorbonne 1 & ANHIMA, Paris.
19/7/2016 “Häretische Ideen zum ‘phrygischen Tempelstaat’ von Pessinus in hellenistisch-römischer Zeit” (‘Haeretical Ideas on the ‚Phrygian Temple State‘ of Pessinus in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods’). Guest lecture at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
17/6/2016 “Bigamy and Seleukid Queenship under Antiochos II.” At the Seleukid Study Workshop, University of Nipissing, North Bay ON.
07/05/2016 “The Bosporan Kings in-between the Mithridatic Tradition and Friendship with Rome: the Usurpation of Asandros Revisited.” At the symposium: The Black Sea Region in the Context of the Roman Empire, hosted by the Committee of Pontian Studies, Nea Smyrni, Athens.
04/07/2015 (St. Vith, Belgien) and 08/07/2015 (Iaşi, Romani) “Heinz Heinen und die Bosporanischen Könige- Eine Projektbeschreibung”.
02/07/2015 “Laodike I. und die Konstruktion der ‚bösen Königin‘ in der politischen Propaganda und hellenistisch-römischen Geschichtsschreibung“, University of Düsseldorf.
22/05/2015 and 22/08/2015 “Simon Maccabee, Friendship with Rome and Seleukid Disintegration: a Case-Study of Triangular Diplomacy (142/41 BC)”, at the Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of Canada, Toronto ON, and at Seleukid Study Day V, Brussels.
12/11/2014 “Ancient Anatolia: the Cradle of Civilization and the Crossroads of Empires – an Overview from the Neolithic Period to the Later Roman Empire.” Public Lecture, International Dialogue Institute, Conrad Grebel University College, Waterloo ON.
22/10/2014 “Revisiting the Latin Rights: from the Foedus Cassianum to the Social War”. At the Conference: Central Italy and the creation of a cultural koinè? The different routes of the “Romanization” (Rome, The British School at Rome and Istituto Svizzero di Roma, 21st -24th October 2014).
20/09/2014 “Keltische Personennamen und Keltische Personennamentraditionen im römischen Galatien”. At the conference: Celts, Romans, Greek – Language and Cultural Contacts in the Roman Empire and Associated Areas, University of Heidelberg.
08/05/2014 “Histoire par les noms in Ancient Galatia. In the panel: “Recent Research in Ancient Asia Minor”, at the Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of Canada, McGill University, Montreal.
14/03/2014 “Mystery Aspects of the Imperial Cult in Galatia”. At the International Workshop “Recent Research on Ancient Galatia”, University of Waterloo.
15/10/2013 “The Seleucid Empire.” Università La Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan.
12/10/ 2013 “Withdrawal of Citizenship in Imperial Athens, 445 BC.” At the Villa Vigoni Gespräche on “Polites – Cives –Citoyen. Ein interdisziplinärer Dialog über Bürgerrecht und Staatsangehörigkeit”, Como, Italy.
12/07/ 2013 “Ethnarch der Juden – Ein Herrschaftstitel im Kontext des seleukidischen und römischen Imperialismus“ (Ethnarch of the Jews’ – A Ruler Title in the Context of Seleucid and Roman Imperialism). At the Interconnectivity Conference, Constanta, Romania.
08/07/ 2013 “Interconnectivity – In memoriam Heinz Heinen.” At the Interconnectivity Conference, Constanta, Romania.
23/05/2013 “Warlordism in Late Hellenistic Anatolia.” At the conference: Multipolarity and Warlordism on the Ancient Mediterranean (Cent. IV-I BCE). Institució Catalana de Recerca – Estudios Avançats (ICREA) & Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.
29/03/2013 “Latène Artefacts and the Locations of Celtic Settlements in Hellenistic Asia Minor. A Pessimistic Review.” At the conference: The Celts and the Classical World: from Ireland to Asia Minor, Moscow (via Skype).
21/02/2013 “Layers of Anti-Seleucid Propaganda and the Representations of Laodice I in Hellenistic-Roman Historiography.” At the Seleucid Study Day IV, McGill University, Montreal.
20/02/2013 “Introduction into Current Trends in Seleucid Studies.” At the Seleucid Study Day IV, McGill University, Montreal.
06/09/2012 “Antiochus Hierax’ Foes and Allies: a New Account of the Seleucid ‘War of Brothers’ (246-228/27 BC).” At the Seleucid Study Day III = Panel at the Celtic Conference of Classics, Bordeaux.
22/05/2012 “Der Kult des Theos Sebastos in Galatien: ein Mysterienkult” (‘The Cult of Theos Sebastos in Galatia: a Mystery Cult?’). On the 2nd Greek-Turkish Epigraphy Symposium (Adrasan – Antalya, 22-26 May 2012). – An English version of this paper was held on the Thesis Workshop, Waterloo, 21 June 2012.
19/05/2012 “Die Eliten von Ankyra und Pessinus in römischer Zeit: Zwischenergebnisse” (‘The Elites of Ancyra and Pessinous in the Roman Period: Preliminary Results’). At the conference of the Research Network on Local Elites in the Hellenistic and Roman Empires, Universität Universität zu Köln (Cologne), Germany.
09/05/2012 “Kings and Tetrarchs of the Ituraeans in the 1st Century BC’”. At the Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of Canada, London ON
09/11/2011 “The Third Syrian War and the War of Brothers Revisited.” At the Seleucid Study Day II, Waterloo Institute for Hellenistic Studies, Waterloo ON.
27/08/2011 “Zur Siegesideologie der frühen Seleukiden” (‘On the Ideology of Victory among the Early Seleucids’). At the conference: Lectiones gratulatoriae Henrico Heinen (paene) septuagesimo, Abtei Himmerod near Trier, Germany.
15/08/2011 “The Soter Cults of Seleucus I and Antiochus I Preceding the So-Called Elephant Victory of ca. 275 BC.” At the ‘Seleucid Study Day’, University of Exeter, UK.
10/06/2011 “Die Eliten von Ankyra und Pessinus in römischer Zeit: Quellenlage und offene Fragen” (‘The Elites of Ancyra and Pessinous in the Roman Period: Sources and Open Questions’). At the conference of the Research Network on Local Elites in the Hellenistic and Roman Empires, Universität Erlangen, Germany (via Skype).
19/02/2011 "Die Tetrarchie als hellenistisch-römisches Herrschaftsinstrument" (‘The Tetrarchy as a Means of Rule in the Hellenistic and Roman World‘). At the conference ‘Client Kingdoms‘, Friedrich-Meinecke Institut, FU Berlin.
11/12/2010 (with David Engels, Brussels/Kyle Erickson, Lampeter): “Construction of Seleucid Royalty: Studies in the Politics and Propaganda of Antiochus I.” At the Workshop: Opportunities for Interdisciplinarity in Hellenistic Scholarship, Waterloo Institute for Hellenistic Studies, University of Waterloo.
04/11/2010 "Neue Forschungen zum Kaiserkult in Galatien" (‘New Research on the Imperial Cult in Galatia’). At the Conference: Der Beitrag Kleinasiens zur Kulturgeschichte, Kleinasiatische Kommission an der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna.
15/07/2010 "Bürgerrechtsverleihungen in der griechisch-römischen Welt. Eine systematische Annäherung" (‘Grants of Citizenship in the Graeco-Roman World. A Systematic Approach’). SFB 600, University of Trier.
02/07/2010 "Citizenship in the Context of Law, Culture, Politics, and Society: the Construction of Romanness in Cicero’s Archiana." At the conference: Integration and Identity in the Roman Republic, University of Manchester.
26/06/2010 "Demographie und Fremdenrechte im klassischen Altertum" (‘Demography and Foreigners’ Rights in Classical Antiquity’). At a workshop of the Collaborative Research Centre = SFB 600, University of Trier.
12/05/2010 "Deconstructing a Myth of Seleucid History: the So-Called ‘Elephant Victory’ over the Galatians Revisited." At the Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of Canada, Université Laval, Québec.
06/05/2009 "Galatian Identity and La Tène Objects in Asia Minor." Dept. of Archaeology and the Migration Network, University of Exeter.
12/03/2009 "New Work on Hellenistic and Roman Galatia. Terror Gallicus, Keltensieg, and Conflicting Perceptions of the Galatians." Dept. of Classical Studies, University of Wales, Lampeter.
A similar talk was given in the Department of Roman History, Université Libre de Bruxelles (18/05/2010), Dept. of Classics & Ancient History, University of Exeter (10/06/2009).
15/11/2008 "Annäherungen an die galatischen Eliten in hellenistischer Zeit" (‘Approaching the Galatian Elite in the Hellenistic Period’). At the 3rd Meeting of the Research Network ‘Eliten unter den hellenistischen Königen’, Dept. of Ancient History, Universität zu Köln.
22/08/2008 "Belonging and Isolation in Central Anatolia: the Galatians in the Graeco-Roman World." At the Hellenistic Workshop ‘Belonging and Isolation’, University of Waterloo.
18/08/2008 "Galatian Place Names Revisited: Intercultural Toponomastics in Central Asia Minor and Galatian History." At the 23rd International Congress of Onomastic Sciences (ICOS XXIII), York University, Toronto.
16/07/2008 "Galatians and Seleukids: a Century of Conflict and Cooperation." At the conference: ‘Seleukid Dissolution. The Sinking of the Anchor’, University of Exeter.
15/05/2008 "Pseudo-Xenophon: ein ‚Alter Oligarch’? Die Athenaion politeia auf dem Prüfstand" (‘Pseudo-Xenophon: an Old Oligarch? The Athenaion politeia Revisited’). Dept. of Ancient History, University of Göttingen.
18/04/2008 "Großzügige Praxis der Bürgerrechtsvergaben in Rom? Zwischen Mythos und Wirklichkeit". (‘Were the Romans Generous in Conveying Their Citizenship? Inbetween Myth and Reality’). At the Colloquia Academica, Mainzer Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz.
19/12/2007 "Von der ‘Geißel Asiens’ zu ‘kaiserfrommen’ Reichsbewohnern. Schlaglichter auf die Stammesbildung der Galater und ihren Einschluß in die griechisch-römische Welt (3. Jh. v.–2. Jh. n.Chr.)" (‘From the ‘Scourge of Asia’ to Devoted Subjects to the Emperor. New Perspectives on the Ethnogenesis of the Galatians and Their Inclusion in the Graeco-Roman World, 3rd cent. BC–AD 2nd cent.’). Public Paper ending the procedure of ‘Habilitation’, University of Trier.
Similar papers were given in the Dept. of Ancient History, University of Rostock (11/07/2007), and the Dept. of History, University of Bremen (09/07/2007)
20/10/2007 "Der Ankyraner Kaiserkult und die Transformation galatischer und phrygisch-galatischer Identitäten in Zentralanatolien im Spiegel der Münzquellen" (‘The Emperor Cult of Ancyra and the Transformation of Galatian and Phrygio-Galatian Identities in Central Anatolia According to the Numismatic Evidence’). At the conference: Zwischen Freundschaft und kultischer Verehrung. Formen zwischenstaatlicher Beziehungen in der griechisch-römischen Welt. SFB 600, University of Trier.
19/10/2007 "Freundschaften, persönliche Nahverhältnisse und das Imperium Romanum" (‘Friendships, Interpersonal Relations, and the Roman Empire’). Introduction to the homonymous panel of the above-mentioned conference.
29/09/2007 "Bericht aus dem Fortgang der Forschungen zu den Galatern" (‘Intermediate Report on Galatian Studies’). At the 2nd Meeting of the Research Network ‘Eliten unter den hellenistischen Königen’, Dept. of Ancient History, University of Frankfurt/Main.
17/05/2007 "The So-Called ius migrandi and Other Rights of the Latins in Republican Rome Revisited". At the conference: ‘Insiders and Outsiders in Greece and Rome,’ Gregynog/University of Wales.
27/04/2007 "Herrschaftsform, Herrschaftswechsel und Inklusionsverhalten. Eine Projektskizze des Arbeitskreises ‘Zugehörigkeitsrechte’" (Typology of Political Constitution, Change of Government, and Modes of Inclusion. A Design for a Project of the Study Group ‘Participation Rights’’). At a workshop of the Collaborative Research Centre = SFB 600, University of Trier.
20/09/2006 "Das antike Galatien und die prägende Kraft der Bilder" (‘Ancient Galatia and the Impact of Images’). At the Habilitandenforum of the 46th Deutscher Historikertag, Konstanz.
22/07/2006 "Galatische Dynasten im Spannungsfeld zwischen Autonomiebestrebungen, Herr-schaftsansprüchen hellenistischer Könige und römischer Hegemonialmacht" (‘Galatian Dynasts and the Conflicts Resulting from Their Desire for Autonomy, the Ambitions of Hellenistic Kings, and the Roman Hegemony’). At the 1st Meeting of the Research Network Eliten unter den hellenistischen Königen, Cologne.
23/06/2006 "Von der ‘Geißel Asiens’ zur ‘romfreundlichen’ Ordnungsmacht – Die Galater in hellenistischer und frührömischer Zeit" (‘From the ‘Scourge of Asia’ to Custodians of Roman Peace. The Galatians in the Hellenistic and Early Roman Periods’. Dept. of Ancient History, University of Göttingen.
05/05/2006 "Auf des Rechtes Schneide: Ausschluß und Vertreibung zwischen Gesetz, Verfahren und sozialer Praxis" (‘Legally Precarious Balance: Exclusion and Expulsion with Regard to Law, Procedure, and Social Practice’). Introduction to the homonymous workshop. Collaborative Research Centre = SFB 600, University of Trier.
05/05/2006 "Bürgerrechtsentzug oder Fremdenausweisung? Reaktionen auf die Immigration nach Rom von 187 bis 173 v.Chr." (‘Withdrawal of Citizenship or Expulsion of Foreigners? Reactions to the Immigration to Rome, 187–173 BC’). At the same workshop.
21/01/2006 "Kelten und Phryger im hellenistischen und römischen Kleinasien. Ein (langwieriger) Ethnogeneseprozeß im Spiegel der Personennamen aus Galatien" (‘Celts and Phrygians in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor. A Prolonged Process of Ethnogenesis According to the Personal Names from Galatia’). At a meeting in commemoration of Herrmann Bengtson, Wuppertal/Germany.
30/09/2005 "Netzwerk Interferenzonomastik – Network for Intercultural Onomastics." At the 22nd International Congress for Onomastic Sciences (ICOS XXII), Pisa.
30/09/2005 "Intercultural Onomastics and Some Patterns of Socio-Political Inclusion in the Graeco-Roman World. The Example of Galatia in Asia Minor." At the same conference. A similar paper had been given on the Second Round Table on Intercultural Onomastics: Recent Research on Celtic, Greek, Iberian, Norman, and Roman Contact Names in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Network for Intercultural Onomastics, University of Trier (12/02/2005).
11/02/2005 with Jürgen Zeidler: "Personennamen zwischen den Kulturen. Was ist Interferenzonomastik und was kann sie leisten?" (‘Personal Names in the Midst of Cultural Contact: What is Intercultural Onomastics, and Which Results Does It Promise’). At the same workshop.
25/10/2004 "Some Foreign Friends of Late Republican Rome. With an Introduction to the Sonderforschungsbereich ‘Strangers and Poor People. Changing Patterns of Inclusion and Exclusion from Classical Antiquity to the Present Day’." Anc. Hist. Dept, Macquarie University, Sydney.
09/07/2004 "Deiotarus amicus populi Romani." At the workshop: Roms auswärtige Freunde in der späten Republik. Collaborative Research Centre = SFB 600, University of Trier.
27/02/2004 "Civitas Romana und die Inklusion von Fremden in die römische Republik am Beispiel des Bundesgenossenkrieges" (‘Roman Citizenship and the Inclusion of Strangers in the Roman Republic: the Case of the Civil War’). At the conference: Recht, Religion und Versorgungskrisen. Wandel von Inklusion und Exklusion Fremder und Armer von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Collaborative Research Centre = SFB 600, University of Trier.
06/12/2003 "Netzwerk Interferenzonomastik (NIO) and Sonderforschungsbereich ‘Strangers and Poor People’ (SFB 600): Perspectives of Interdisciplinary Cooperation." At the Round Table on Interference and Interculturalisation in Onomastics, Network for Intercultural Onomastics (NIO), Classics Centre, Oxford.
06/12/2003 "Research in Interferenzonomastik." At the Round Table on Interference and Interculturalisation in Onomastics, Network for Intercultural Onomastics (NIO), Classics Centre, Oxford.
Nov. 2001 "‘Cover Names’ and Nomenclature in Late Roman Gaul. The Evidence of the Bordelaise Poet Ausonius." At the Annual Meeting of the Society for Onomastics and Kinship Studies, Deutsches Historisches Institut (DHI), Paris.
28/06/2001 "Imperial Constitutions, Chronology and Prosopography. Towards a New Methodology for the Use of the Late Roman Law Codes." At the workshop Resourcing Sources IV, Unit for Prosopographical Research, Oxford.
06/06/2001 "Imperial Constitutions and Chronology of Late Antiquity. On the Allocation of Responsibility in Late Roman Legislation." Roman Law Group, University College London (UCL), London, UK.
08/05/2001 "The Rise of the Gens Ausoniana. Origins, Pinnacle, and Persistence of a Gallic Family." Late Roman Seminar, Corpus Christi College, Oxford.