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DАY 0 – TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25th
The arrival of the participants
17:00 Registration – room 241, “Forvm Romanvm”
18:00 Guided tour of the centre of Belgrade (Boulevard of King Aleksandar, Saint Mark’s church, the Parliament building, Terazije square, Prince Mihailo Street, the Belgrade Fortress – Kalemegdan)
DАY 1 – WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26th
08:30 Registration
09:00 Formal conference opening:
- Prof. Dr Zoran Mirković, Dean of the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, professor of Serbian Legal History
- Emeritus Prof. Dr Sima Avramović, professor of Comparative Legal Tradition at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, head of the Organising Committee
- Prof. Dr Milena Polojac, professor of Roman Law at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, Head of the Department of Legal History
09:30 First keynote lecture: Contesting a “divine” king’s status: a perspective from ancient Egypt
Emeritus Prof. Dr John Baines
- Discussion
10:45 Short break
11:00 FIRST SESSION – QUALITIES OF A RULER / WHAT MAKES A GOOD RULER
Moderator: Emeritus Prof. Dr John Baines
- Philostrati on the values of good governance
Dr Zoja Bojić - Greek Paideia as a prerequisite for a good ruler: the image of Constantius Chlorus and Julian the Apostate through early Christian panegyrics
Petar Nurkić, MA - Too Wise to Be an Emperor? Self-Image and Otherness in the Emperor Julian’s Misopogon
Prof. Dr Dragana Dimitrijević - King of the Mountain? Medieval Hagiorite Perspectives on Ideal Rulership
Dr Zachary Chitwood - Discussion
12:15 Short break
12:30 SECOND SESSION – RELIGION
Moderator: Dr Zachary Chitwood
- “Sinners” Who Were Fit to Rule – the Throne Succession in 15th Century Wallachia: from Diplomatics to History
Dr Liviu Marius Ilie - How to dethrone an Ottoman sultan: the evolution of legal discourse in fetva between 17th and 20th century
Assist. Prof. Dr Fatma Gül Karagöz - The Carbou Affair Revisited: Christianity, Gender, and Colonial Authority in Interwar Haute Côte d’Ivoire (online)
Wallace Teska - Wallensten´s Disposition about the Succession in the Duchy of Frýdlant
Assist. Prof. Dr Marek Stary - Discussion
14:00 Lunch break – Catering at the faculty
15:00 Second keynote lecture: Eupatridae vs. Kakopatridae in Alcaeus’ poetry: pedigree and bodily (im)perfection in the power struggle in archaic Lesbos
Assoc. Prof. Athina A. Dimopoulou
- Discussion
16:15 Short break
16:30 THIRD SESSION – (LEGAL AND) POLITICAL CULTURE
Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Athina A. Dimopoulou
- When Women Rule. Female Parliamentarians In The Weimar Republic (1918-1933) (online)
Prof. Dr Marion Röwekamp - Trials on Stage: The German Documentary Theatre of the 1960s (online)
Dr Zafiris Nikitas - The influence of legal culture on authoritarian rule in post-socialist countries with an emphasis on the Republic of North Macedonia (online)
Prof. Dr Jasna Bachovska Nediḱ
Assist. Prof. Dr Ognen Vangelov - (Un)fit to Rule: Public Speaking Skills of a Candidate
Prof. Dr Daniela Blazhevska - Discussion
20:00 Conference Dinner – Restaurant “Lovac”
DAY 2 – THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27th
9:30 Third keynote lecture: How Woman Became Fit to Rule
Emeritus Prof. Dr William E. Monter
- Discussion
10:45 Short break
11:00 FOURTH SESSION – WOMEN IN POWER
Moderator: Emeritus Prof. Dr William E. Monter
- Sobekneferu (c.1760–c.1755 BCE), first female ruler in Ancient Egypt – an overview of the legitimacy of her reign
Prof. Dr Danijela Stefanović - Agrippina the Younger: empress that never ruled, mother of Nero (online)
Assist. Prof. Dr Mirjana Miškić (Bogunović) - The “Queen Manquant” and “le Roi”: Margaret Beaufort (1441/3-1509) and Anne of France (1461-1522)
Dr Melina Rokai - A Shift Toward Equality In Royal Succession In European Monarchies
Prof. Dr Igor Milinković - Discussion
12:30 Short break
12:45 FIFTH SESSION – GENDER EQUALITY IN GOVERNING
Moderator: Assist. Prof. Dr Nina Kršljanin
- Women fit to govern in Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata” (online)
Pantelis Chalkias, MA - Alexander the Great, Ivan the Terrible and the Gynarchy: Towards the Sources of the First Letter of Tsar Ivan IV to Andrei Kurbskii
Assist. Prof. Dr Fedor Veselov - Paradox Of Deborah In The Protestant Opposition To Gynecocracy In The Sixteenth-Century France (online)
Dr Ki-Won Hong - Electoral Representation Of Women On National And Local Level: Are Women Fit To Govern In Republic Of North Macedonia?
Assoc. Prof. Dr Hristina Runcheva Tasev
Assoc. Prof. Dr Katerina Shapkova Kocevska - Discussion
14:00 Lunch break – Catering at the faculty
15:00 Fourth keynote lecture: Medicine in the service of political calculation in Byzantium
Prof. Dr Peter Schreiner
Prof. Dr Isabel Grimm-Stadelmann
- Discussion
16:15 Short break
16:30 SIXTH SESSION – DISABILITIES AND WEAKNESSES
Moderator: Prof. Dr Peter Schreiner
- Philip III Arrhidaios, king of Macedonia. A puppet king? (online)
Αssoc. Prof. Dr Ioannis Xydopoulos - Baldwin IV The Leper – Fit To Rule, But Unfit To Live Enough
Assoc. Prof. Dr Miloš P. Stanković - “Deformity as a qualification: the case of Byzantine court eunuchs”
Konstantinos Diados, MA - ‘Unfit to rule’ Modern Japan – The debate leading to the replacement of Emperor Taisho by a regent in 1921
Prof. Dr Christian Oberländer - Discussion
DAY 3 – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28th
9:30 Fifth keynote speaker: Crimen laesae majestatis: fit or unfit to rule?
Emerita Prof. Dr Kalliopi Bourdara
- Discussion
10:45 Short break
11:00 SEVENTH SESSION – POLITICS AND POWER
Moderator: Emerita Prof. Dr Kalliopi Bourdara
- Athenian tyrants in the Hellenistic and Roman periods: Challenges to power
Aleksandar Simić, MA - The legal system of Classical Athens as a catalyst for political persecution: The impeachment of Alcibiades
Thomas A. Kompos, MA - Didius Julianus, the Roman Emperor who Assumed the Purple by Giving the Best Offer on the Auction for the Throne
Dr Milan S. Dimitrijević - The “Unfit” Royal Heirs in Ancient and Medieval Georgia
Prof. Dr Mariam Chkhartishvili - Discussion
12:15 Short break
12:30 EIGHTH SESSION – LEGITIMACY AND CLAIMS
Moderator: Prof. Dr Mariam Chkhartishvili
- Acceptance and Rejection of Emperors in the Byzantine Civil War of 1341-1354
Prof. Dr Srđan Pirivatrić - Prince Demetre (Demna) in Georgian Historiography
Sopio Kadagishvili, MA - Comparative Study of Political History and Cultural Anthropolgy on Royal Authority and Monarchical Power
Dr Nasser Michaëlene-Gabryel - “Knight-King”: King Aleksandar I Karađorđević on the protection of the Russian emigration in the 1920s and 1930s
Dr Natalia Turygina - Discussion
14:00 Lunch break – Catering at the faculty
15:00 Sixth keynote lecture: Biblical hermeneutics of disruption: The dissonance between political power and divine grace in the order of succession as a moral warning to rulers
Assoc. Prof. Dr Ioannis Papadopoulos
- Discussion
16:15 Short break
16:30 NINTH SESSION – SUCCESSION
Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Dr Ioannis Papadopoulos
- Controversy in the Georgian Royal Family in 11th-12th Centuries and the falsed Testament of David the Builder
Dr Zurab Targamadze - Adoption And The Fitness To Rule: Legal And Linguistic Perspectives In Mediaeval Bulgaria
Prof. Dr Mariyana Tsibranska-Kostova (online)
Prof. Dr Ivan Biliarsky - Succession and the political context of the “unfit to rule” concept in Serbian medieval history
Prof. Dr Smilja Marjanović-Dušanić (online) - Fit for a Regent? Princess Milica as a Ruler during her Son’s Minority
Assist. Prof. Dr Nina Kršljanin - The Succession Crisis in the Serbian Despotate (1458-1459) and the Prerequisites of a Ruler: None Fit to Rule!
Đorđe Stepić - Discussion
Closing of the conference
DAY 4 – SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29th
Road trip by bus – Belgrade, Fruška Gora, Sremski Karlovci, Belgrade
*Departure at 9:30 AM, in front of the faculty building. Travel by bus to Krušedol (16th century) and Novo Hopovo (15th and 16th centuries) on Fruška Gora, endowments of the Branković noble family, the despots of Serbia. A short tour of both monasteries. The trip by bus to Sremski Karlovci, the seat of the Serbian Metropolitan since 1713. A quick walking tour of the town center. Lunch on the banks of the Danube in Pasent restaurant. Return to Belgrade in the late afternoon/early evening hours.
The departure of the participants