{"id":104,"date":"2022-07-14T12:59:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T12:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp2008.ius.bg.ac.rs\/un-fit-to-rule\/?p=104"},"modified":"2022-10-13T11:40:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T11:40:26","slug":"preliminary-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp2008.ius.bg.ac.rs\/un-fit-to-rule\/2022\/07\/14\/preliminary-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Preliminary programme"},"content":{"rendered":"

Preliminary programme (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n

D\u0410Y 0 – TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25th<\/sup><\/h2>\n

Arrival of the participants<\/p>\n

17:00 Registration<\/p>\n

18:00 Guided tour of the centre of Belgrade (details TBA)<\/p>\n

\n

D\u0410Y 1 – WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26th <\/sup><\/h2>\n

08:30\u00a0Registration<\/p>\n

09:00\u00a0Formal conference opening:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • Prof. Dr Zoran Mirkovi\u0107, <\/strong>Dean of the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, professor of Serbian Legal History<\/li>\n
  • Emeritus Prof. Dr Sima Avramovi\u0107, <\/strong>professor of Comparative Legal Tradition at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, head of the Organising Committee<\/li>\n
  • Prof. Dr Milena Polojac, <\/strong>professor of Roman Law at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, Head of the Department of Legal History<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    9:30\u00a0First keynote lecture: <\/strong>Contesting a \u201cdivine\u201d king\u2019s status: a perspective from ancient Egypt
    \n<\/em>Emeritus Prof. Dr John Baines<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    • Discussion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      10:45\u00a0Short break<\/p>\n

      \n

      11:00 FIRST SESSION \u2013 QUALITIES OF A RULER \/ WHAT MAKES A GOOD RULER<\/h3>\n
        \n
      • Philostrati on the values of good governance\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>
        \nDr Zoja Boji\u0107 <\/strong><\/li>\n
      • Greek Paideia as a prerequisite for a good ruler: the image of Constantius Chlorus and Julian the Apostate through early Christian panegyrics\u00a0 <\/em>
        \nPetar Nurki\u0107, MA\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/li>\n
      • \u00abCaesar is more ours than yours\u00bb. Analyzing the depiction of Roman emperors in Tertullian\u2019s Apologeticum
        \n<\/em>Dr \u00c1lex Corona Encinas<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • Too Wise to Be an Emperor? Self-Image and Otherness in the Emperor Julian\u2019s Misopogon
        \n<\/em>Prof. Dr Dragana Dimitrijevi\u0107<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • Discussion<\/li>\n
      • Short break<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
        \n

        12:45 SECOND SESSION – RELIGION<\/h3>\n
          \n
        • King of the Mountain? Medieval Hagiorite Perspectives on Ideal Rulership
          \n<\/em>Dr Zachary Chitwood<\/strong><\/li>\n
        • \u201cSinners\u201d Who Were Fit to Rule \u2013 the Throne Succession in 15th Century Wallachia:\u00a0 from Diplomatics to History
          \n<\/em>Dr Liviu Marius Ilie<\/strong><\/li>\n
        • No longer fit to rule: the conversion of prince Ilia\u0219 Rare\u0219 of Moldavia to Islam
          \n<\/em>Dr Elena Firea<\/strong><\/li>\n
        • The Carbou Affair Revisited: Christianity, Gender, and Colonial <\/em>Authority in Interwar Haute C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire
          \n<\/em>Wallace Teska <\/strong><\/li>\n
        • Wallensten\u00b4s Disposition about the Succession in the Duchy of Fr\u00fddlant
          \n<\/em>Assist. Prof. Dr<\/strong> Marek Stary<\/strong><\/li>\n
        • Discussion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          14:15\u00a0Lunch break<\/p>\n

          15:15 Second keynote lecture:\u00a0<\/strong>Eupatridae vs. Kakopatridae in Alcaeus\u2019 poetry: pedigree and bodily (im)perfection in the power struggle in archaic Lesbos
          \n<\/em>Assoc. Prof. Athina A. Dimopoulou<\/strong><\/p>\n

            \n
          • Discussion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            16:30\u00a0<\/strong>Short break <\/strong><\/p>\n

            \n

            16:45 THIRD SESSION \u2013 (LEGAL AND) POLITICAL CULTURE<\/h3>\n
              \n
            • How to dethrone an Ottoman sultan: the evolution of legal discourse in fetva between 17th and 20th century
              \n<\/em>Assist. Prof. Dr Fatma G\u00fcl Karag\u00f6z<\/strong><\/li>\n
            • The influence of legal culture on authoritarian rule in post-socialist countries with an emphasis on the Republic of North Macedonia
              \n<\/em>Prof. Dr Jasna Bachovska Nedi\u1e31
              \n<\/strong>Assist. Prof. Dr Ognen Vangelov<\/strong><\/li>\n
            • Trials on Stage: The German Documentary Theatre of the 1960s
              \n<\/em>Dr Zafiris Nikitas<\/strong><\/li>\n
            • (Un)fit to Rule: Public Speaking Skills of a Candidate
              \n<\/em>Prof. Dr Daniela Blazhevska<\/strong><\/li>\n
            • Discussion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              20:00 Conference Dinner \u2013 Restaurant \u201cMadera\u201d (details TBC) <\/strong><\/p>\n

              \n

              DAY 2 – THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27th <\/sup><\/h2>\n

              9:30 Third keynote lecture: <\/strong>How Woman Became Fit to Rule
              \n<\/em>Emeritus Prof. Dr William E. Monter <\/strong><\/p>\n

                \n
              • Discussion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                10:45\u00a0Short break<\/p>\n

                \n

                11:00 FOURTH SESSION \u2013 WOMEN IN POWER<\/h3>\n
                  \n
                • Sobekneferu (c.1760\u2013c.1755 BCE), first female ruler in Ancient Egypt \u2013 an overview of the legitimacy of her reign
                  \n<\/em>Prof. Dr Danijela Stefanovi\u0107<\/strong><\/li>\n
                • Agrippina the Younger: empress that never ruled, mother of Nero
                  \n<\/em>Assist. Prof. Dr Mirjana Mi\u0161ki\u0107 (Bogunovi\u0107)<\/strong><\/li>\n
                • The \u201cQueen Manquant\u201d and \u201cle Roi\u201d: Margaret Beaufort (1441\/3-1509) and Anne of France\u00a0<\/em>(1461-1522)
                  \n<\/em>Dr<\/strong> Melina Rokai<\/strong><\/li>\n
                • Paradox Of Deborah In The Protestant Opposition To Gynecocracy In The Sixteenth-Century France
                  \n<\/em>Dr Ki-Won Hong<\/strong><\/li>\n
                • Alexander the Great, Ivan the Terrible and the Gynarchy: Towards the Sources of the First\u00a0<\/em>Letter of Tsar Ivan IV to Andrei Kurbskii
                  \n<\/em>Assist. Prof. Dr Fedor Veselov<\/strong><\/li>\n
                • Discussion<\/li>\n
                • Short break<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                  \n

                  12:45 FIFTH SESSION \u2013 GENDER EQUALITY IN GOVERNING<\/h3>\n
                    \n
                  • A Shift Toward Equality In Royal Succession In European Monarchies
                    \n<\/em>Prof. Dr Igor Milinkovi\u0107 <\/strong><\/li>\n
                  • Women fit to govern in Aristophanes\u2019 \u201cLysistrata\u201d
                    \n<\/em>Pantelis Chalkias, MA<\/strong><\/li>\n
                  • When Women Rule. Female Parliamentarians In The Weimar Republic (1918-1933)
                    \n<\/em>Prof. Dr Marion R\u00f6wekamp<\/strong><\/li>\n
                  • Electoral Representation Of Women On National And Local Level: Are Women Fit To Govern In Republic Of North Macedonia?
                    \n<\/em>Assoc. Prof. Dr<\/strong> Hristina Runcheva Tasev
                    \n<\/strong>Assoc. Prof. Dr Katerina Shapkova Kocevska<\/strong><\/li>\n
                  • Discussion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                    14:15\u00a0Lunch break<\/p>\n

                    15:15 <\/strong>Fourth keynote lecture:\u00a0<\/strong>Medicine in the service of political calculation in Byzance
                    \n<\/em>Prof. Dr Peter Schreiner
                    \n<\/strong>Prof. Dr Isabel Grimm-Stadelmann <\/strong><\/p>\n

                      \n
                    • Discussion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                      16:30\u00a0Short break<\/p>\n

                      \n

                      16:45 SIXTH SESSION \u2013 DISABILITIES AND WEAKNESSES<\/h3>\n
                        \n
                      • Philip III Arrhidaios, king of Macedonia. A puppet king?
                        \n<\/em>\u0391ssoc. Prof. Dr<\/strong> Ioannis Xydopoulos<\/strong><\/li>\n
                      • Baldwin IV The Leper \u2013 Fit To Rule, But Unfit To Live Enough
                        \n<\/em>Assoc. Prof. Dr Milo\u0161 P. Stankovi\u0107<\/strong><\/li>\n
                      • \u201cDeformity as a qualification: the case of Byzantine court eunuchs\u201d
                        \n<\/em>Konstantinos Diados, MA<\/strong><\/li>\n
                      • The Weakling and the Outsider: Disability and Discrimination in the Reign of King\u00a0<\/em>Ferdinand IV and Queen Maria Carolina of Naples-Sicily
                        \n<\/em>Dr Jonathan Singerton<\/strong><\/li>\n
                      • \u2018Unfit to rule\u2019 Modern Japan \u2013 The debate leading to the replacement of Emperor Taisho by a regent in 1921
                        \n<\/em>Prof. Dr Christian Oberl\u00e4nder<\/strong><\/li>\n
                      • Discussion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                        DAY 3 – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28th <\/sup><\/h2>\n

                        9:30 <\/strong>Fifth keynote speaker:\u00a0<\/strong>Crimen laesae majestatis: fit or unfit to rule?
                        \n<\/em>Prof. Dr Kalliopi Bourdara<\/strong><\/p>\n

                          \n
                        • Discussion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                          10:45\u00a0Short break<\/p>\n

                          \n

                          11:00 SEVENTH SESSION \u2013 POLITICS AND POWER<\/h3>\n
                            \n
                          • Athenian tyrants in the Hellenistic and Roman periods: Challenges to power
                            \n<\/em>Aleksandar Simi\u0107, MA <\/strong><\/li>\n
                          • \u201cThe legal system of Classical Athens as a catalyst for political persecution: The impeachment of Alcibiades\u201d
                            \n<\/em>Thomas A. Kompos, MA<\/strong><\/li>\n
                          • Didius Julianus, The Roman Emperor Who Assumed The Purple By Giving The Best Offer On The Auction For The Throne
                            \n<\/em>Dr Milan S. Dimitrijevi\u0107<\/strong><\/li>\n
                          • The \u201cUnfit\u201d Royal Heirs in Ancient and Medieval Georgia
                            \n<\/em>Prof. Dr Mariam Chkhartishvili<\/strong><\/li>\n
                          • Discussion<\/li>\n
                          • Short break<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                            12:30 EIGHTH SESSION \u2013 LEGITIMACY AND CLAIMS<\/h3>\n
                              \n
                            • Prince Demetre (Demna) in Georgian Historiography
                              \n<\/em>Sopio Kadagishvili, MA <\/strong><\/li>\n
                            • Ruler and Power: Question of Legitimacy
                              \n<\/em>Dr Nasser Micha\u00eblene-Gabryel<\/strong><\/li>\n
                            • Acceptance and Rejection of Emperors in the Byzantine Civil War of 1341-1354
                              \n<\/em>Prof. Dr Sr\u0111an Pirivatri\u0107<\/strong><\/li>\n
                            • Foreign armed intervention to remove an unfit ruler in the law of nations
                              \n<\/em>Prof. Dr Marco Roscini<\/strong><\/li>\n
                            • \u201cKnight-King\u201d: King Alexander I Karadjordjevi\u0107 on the protection of the Russian emigration in the 1920s and 1930s
                              \n<\/em>Dr Natalia Turygina<\/strong><\/li>\n
                            • Discussion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                              14:15\u00a0Lunch break<\/p>\n

                              15:15 <\/strong>Sixth keynote lecture:\u00a0<\/strong>Biblical hermeneutics of disruption: The dissonance between political power and divine grace in the order of succession as a moral warning to rulers
                              \n<\/em>Assoc. Prof. Dr Ioannis Papadopoulos<\/strong><\/p>\n

                                \n
                              • Discussion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                                16:30\u00a0Short break<\/p>\n

                                \n

                                16:45 NINTH SESSION \u2013 SUCCESSION<\/h3>\n
                                  \n
                                • Controversy in the Georgian Royal Family in 11th-12th Centuries and the falsed Testament of David the Builder
                                  \n<\/em>Dr<\/strong> Zurab Targamadze<\/strong><\/li>\n
                                • Adoption And The Fitness To Rule: <\/em>Legal And Linguistic Perspectives In Mediaeval Bulgaria
                                  \n<\/em>Prof. Dr Mariyana Tsibranska-Kostova
                                  \n<\/strong>Prof. Dr Ivan Biliarsky <\/strong><\/li>\n
                                • Succession and the political context of the “unfit to rule” concept in Serbian medieval history
                                  \n<\/em>Prof. Dr Smilja Marjanovi\u0107-Du\u0161ani\u0107<\/strong><\/li>\n
                                • Fit for a Regent? Princess Milica as a Ruler during her Son\u2019s Minority
                                  \n<\/em>Assist. Prof. Dr Nina Kr\u0161ljanin<\/strong><\/li>\n
                                • The Succession Crisis in the Serbian Despotate (1458-1459) and the Prerequisites of a Ruler: None Fit to Rule!
                                  \n<\/em>\u0110or\u0111e Stepi\u0107<\/strong><\/li>\n
                                • Discussion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                                  18:30 TENTH SESSION \u2013 STUDENT SESSION <\/strong><\/p>\n

                                  TBA <\/strong><\/p>\n

                                  Closing of the conference <\/strong><\/p>\n

                                  \n

                                  DAY 4 – SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29th <\/sup><\/h2>\n

                                  Road trip by bus \u2013 visits to monasteries, lunch<\/p>\n

                                  (details TBA)<\/p>\n

                                  Departure of the participants<\/h3>\n

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