IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 208: Beyond the Invasion Narrative: The Roman World and Its Neighbours in Late Antiquity, I - The Tyranny of a Narrative
Monday 11 July 2011, 14.15-15.45
| Organiser: | Guy Halsall, Department of History, University of York |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Guy Halsall, Department of History, University of York |
| Paper 208-b | Late Antiquity and the Theft of History (Language: English) |
| Paper 208-c | Migrationist Archaeology for Modern Politics? (Language: English) |
| Abstract | The subject of the barbarian invasions and the end of the Roman Empire have acquired a particular political relevance in recent years as a historiographical backlash against ideas of 'transition' and 'continuity' have attempted to revive explanations focused on the intrusion of barbarians. This explanation and its attendant view of the Roman Empire as existing in face-to-face confrontation with a hostile barbarian world lend themselves well to modern right-wing xenophobic politics. These three papers address the ways in which US politics, the development of late antique history/history and modern archaeology have come together in an unwelcome combination in the last decade. |