Session: #173

Regular session

UNESCO’s Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Property, originally designating Hadrian’s Wall alone, has since been extended to embrace the Upper German-Raetian Limes, the Antonine Wall and, most recently, the Lower German Limes. Roman frontiers are researched by a multicultural group of scholars: Italian postgraduates examine finds from Cumbria, Canadian researchers study the Vindolanda Trust Leather collection, Turkish and Belgian post-graduates investigate the function and impact of the Limes in the Netherlands. An ever-increasing number of early career colleagues from different backgrounds seek introduction to the established northern European scholarship. The Frontiers of the Roman Empire ECR network and the Dutch research project ‘Constructing the limes’ both take steps in this direction, fostering international collaboration and transdisciplinary approaches. This session offers ECRs from various disciplinary backgrounds the opportunity to present their research in a welcoming international setting. The organizers welcome papers ranging from small finds to bulk data, papers on the application of bio-archaeological methods, the impact and significance of the Limes from antiquity until today, the development of knowledge of frontier infrastructure, frontiers as zones of interaction. The latter can be presented either through a theoretical lens, or through studies of standing remains and/or material culture. During the session, attendees will have a chance to anonymously vote for the most innovative paper, which will then feature in the ECR newsletter and website.

Heritage, Frontiers, Roman, Reception, Theory, Innovative methodology

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Marta Alberti (United Kingdom) ^1,2

Saskia Stevens (Netherlands) ³
Kaja Stemberger Flegar (Slovenia) ⁴
Richard Hingley (United Kingdom) ⁵