Books by Ekaterina Nechaeva
Convened by Ekaterina Nechaeva (Lille) & Khodadad Rezakhani (Leiden) We invite early career schol... more Convened by Ekaterina Nechaeva (Lille) & Khodadad Rezakhani (Leiden) We invite early career scholars interested in researching global Late Antiquity to take part in our initial Research Forum titled Ērān: West and Central Asia in the First Millennium CE. The Research Forum is a place for established scholars and junior researchers involved in the study of the Iranian world in the first millennium CE to come together for a dialogue of ideas, research agendas, and methods. The Forum will last for 5 days and is set around the following themes: of Historiography, Languages of the empire, Religions and Cultures, Material and Visual Culture, Economy and Administration. Early career scholars are encouraged to propose papers in their desired themes, although these might be organised across the week depending on the number of papers in each theme.
Convened by Ekaterina Nechaeva (Lille) & Khodadad Rezakhani (Leiden) We invite early career schol... more Convened by Ekaterina Nechaeva (Lille) & Khodadad Rezakhani (Leiden) We invite early career scholars interested in researching global Late Antiquity to take part in our initial Research Forum titled Ērān: West and Central Asia in the First Millennium CE. The Research Forum is a place for established scholars and junior researchers involved in the study of the Iranian world in the first millennium CE to come together for a dialogue of ideas, research agendas, and methods. The Forum will last for 5 days and is set around the following themes: of Historiography, Languages of the empire, Religions and Cultures, Material and Visual Culture, Economy and Administration. Early career scholars are encouraged to propose papers in their desired themes, although these might be organised across the week depending on the number of papers in each theme.
Hospitalité et régulation de l'altérité dans l'Antiquité méditerranéenne, Fauchon-Claudon, Claire, Le Guennec, Marie-Adeline(éds.), 2022
The Late Antique world was, in many ways, interconnected through mobility of individuals across p... more The Late Antique world was, in many ways, interconnected through mobility of individuals across physical space. Military renegades, as well as religious, intellectual, and political dissidents often chose, or were forced, to move, both within and outside of their home communities and states. Sources show that Roman borders-be it with the Persian empire or with the "Barbaricum"-could be porous, allowing for intense and relatively free cross-border traffic, including that of defectors and refugees. Apart from voluntary defectors and constrained refugees there also existed a third category, that of those forced to move across borders. Frequent military conflicts contributed to the movement of captives and deportees. Cases of defection and captivity among the representatives of the elites followed special patters, often different from those of the "common" population. Thus, in spite of the evident difference between captivity and defection-in the modes of moving across the border, as well as in the degree of agency involved-some significant parallels can be drawn between the two categories.
Drocourt N., Malamut E. (éd), La diplomatie byzantine, de l’Empire romain aux confins de l’Europe (v e–xv e s.), 2020
We would like to invite historians and archaeologists to submit proposals for papers to be delive... more We would like to invite historians and archaeologists to submit proposals for papers to be delivered at a two-day conference (December 13-15, 2018) at the University of Tübingen on migration and mobility across the Roman-Persian frontier in Late Antiquity. The conference will be organised by Ekaterina Nechaeva and Alexander Sarantis as a part of the research activities of the DFG (German Research Foundation) Centre for Advanced Studies Project on Migration and Mobility in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages Project (Directors: While studies of cross-frontier migration in Late Antiquity tend to focus on the northern Rhine and Danube frontiers, the Roman-Persian frontier, running from the Transcaucasian Black Sea coast to the Syrian Desert, also witnessed regular population movements. Whereas the former concentrate mainly on the long-term migration into the empire of groups of 'barbarians', recent social scientific models include a greater variety of types of migration and mobility which can be applied to more flexible discussions of this topic in Late Antiquity. Indeed, where the Near Eastern Roman-Persian frontier was concerned, a wide array of population movements took place, into as well as out of the Eastern Roman empire. Some of these movements could be temporary (whether recurrent or not),
We would like to invite historians and archaeologists to submit proposals for papers to be delive... more We would like to invite historians and archaeologists to submit proposals for papers to be delivered at a two-day conference (December 13-15, 2018) at the University of Tübingen on migration and mobility across the Roman-Persian frontier in Late Antiquity.
See for reviews:
Geoffrey B. Greatrex: "Sehepuntke", 14, 2014, 9
http://www.sehepunkte.de/2014/0... more See for reviews:
Geoffrey B. Greatrex: "Sehepuntke", 14, 2014, 9
http://www.sehepunkte.de/2014/09/25200.html
Doug Lee: "Bryn Mawr Classical Review", 2015.06.25
http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2015/2015-06-25.html
Audrey Becker: "Revue des Études Anciennes", 2015, 117, 2 (p. 719-723)
https://www.academia.edu/14113934/E._Nechaeva_Embassies_-_Negotiations_-_Gifts._Systems_of_East_Roman_Diplomacy_in_Late_Antiquity_F._Steiner_Verlag_2014
Sylvain Destephen: "L’Antiquité Classique", 84, 2015 (462-463)
Papers by Ekaterina Nechaeva
Histos Supplement 9, 2019
This article focuses on the history of editions and translations of Procopius in Russian scholars... more This article focuses on the history of editions and translations of Procopius in Russian scholarship, as well as on the circumstances in which they appeared, and on some major studies of his works in Russian.
Empires and Exchanges in Eurasian Late Antiquity. Rome, China, Iran, and the Steppe, ca. 250–750, 2018
Chapter 23: Ekaterina Nechaeva, Patterns of Roman Diplomacy with Iran and the Steppe Peoples, 357... more Chapter 23: Ekaterina Nechaeva, Patterns of Roman Diplomacy with Iran and the Steppe Peoples, 357-368.
In:
Empires and Exchanges in Eurasian Late Antiquity. Rome, China, Iran, and the Steppe, ca. 250–750, ed. Nicola Di Cosmo, Michael Maas, CUP, 2018.
Studies in Late Antiquity Journal, 2017
The so-called Endless Peace treaty, signed between Rome and Persia in 532, contained several prov... more The so-called Endless Peace treaty, signed between Rome and Persia in 532, contained several provisions that regulated issues of population transfer. According to the famous evidence of Agathias of Myrina, in the treaty there was also a clause guaranteeing safety from persecution and the tolerance of religious beliefs in the territory of the Roman Empire for the seven Neoplatonic philosophers returning from their Persian emigration.
The present article proposes a re-evaluation of the clause mentioned by Agathias by extracting parallel information from an East-Syriac hagiographical source: an anonymous account of martyrdom of the high-profile Persian Christian convert Mar Grigor. The study deconstructs Agathias' evidence regarding the circumstances of the philosophers' emigration and return, and examines the available set of “conventional” sources on how the Endless Peace treaty regulated the status of different categories of displaced people.
The investigation proceeds with an analysis of the Martyrdom of Mar Grigor, arguing for the importance of the East-Syriac hagiographical account for a comprehensive reconstruction of the conditions of the Endless Peace agreement. Assessing information provided by the Martyrdom of Mar Grigor and other available data, the author reveals the high relevance of the East-Syriac evidence for the discussion of the so-called clause of protection.
The scope of the article is to demonstrate, for the first time in historiography, that the clause, included in the treaty to protect the seven Hellenic philosophers upon their return to the Christian Roman Empire, was not unilateral. It is suggested that the same diplomatic agreement contained a similar promise of safe conduct for the Christian Persian general, Pīrān-Gušnasp / Mar Grigor, coming back from Roman captivity to Zoroastrian Persia.
KEYWORDS Mar Grigor, Endless Peace Treaty, Diplomacy, Justinian,
Chosroes, Agathias, Emigration, Extradition
in: Nicolas Drocourt et Éric Schnakenbourg (dir.), Thémis en diplomatie. Droit et arguments juridiques dans les relations internationales de l’Antiquité tardive à la fin du XVIIIe siècle, PUR, 2016, ISBN : 978-2-7535-5123-7, 223-241.
“Voyages, déplacements et migrations”, Actes de la VIe Journée d’études nord-africaines, ed. Déroche Fr., Zink M., 2014
Il y a deux aspects d'une politique de contrôle des migrations : le contrôle de l'entrée et le co... more Il y a deux aspects d'une politique de contrôle des migrations : le contrôle de l'entrée et le contrôle de la sortie. L'équilibre entre ces deux approches peut varier. La réalité de l'Antiquité tardive fournit des éléments pour les deux approches. L'époque était caractérisée par la coexistence de deux grandes puissances : l'Empire romain et l'Empire perse, tous deux entourés par des « cercles » de Barbares plus ou moins dépendants, dont certains étaient sur le point de devenir des royaumes et proto-États. Les deux « super-pouvoirs », dont les régimes étaient presque symétriquement autoritaires, tendaient à contrôler les mouvements de leurs populations et à les limiter considérablement. L'émigration volontaire (quand l'initiative de partir appartenait au « migrant » lui-même), n'était pas, en général, bien perçue par l'État d'origine (pour des raisons très diverses : politiques, économiques, démographiques, militaires, de « sécurité nationale », etc.) et, en conséquence, devenait une fuite. Dans une telle situation, l'immigration ne pouvant devenir massive, l'État d'accueil pouvait facilement trouver intérêt à recevoir les nouveaux arrivants qui avaient échappé à un pouvoir concurrentiel (pour des raisons très diverses ; on peut mentionner ici, et le désir d'obtenir des informations, et le besoin de travailleurs qualifiés).
Ambassadeurs et ambassades au cœur des relations diplomatiques. Rome – Occident médiéval – Byzance (VIIIe s. avant J.-C. - XIIe s. après J.-C.), Audrey Becker et Nicolas Drocourt (éd.), CRULH n°47, Metz, 2012, 436 p., ISBN 2-85730-054-9
47 Ambassadeurs et ambassades au coeur des relations diplomatiques Rome -Occident Médiéval -Byzan... more 47 Ambassadeurs et ambassades au coeur des relations diplomatiques Rome -Occident Médiéval -Byzance (VIII e s. avant J.-C -XII e s. après J.-C.) Études réunies par Audrey Becker et Nicolas Drocourt N. TURTLEDOVE, The
E.Nechaeva, "The Sovereign's Image Abroad: Imperial Portraits in Early Byzantine Diplomacy", Ephemeris Dacoromana, vol. 14, 199-213, 2012
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The ‘Runaway’ Avars and Late Antique Diplomacy, chapter 13 in: “Romans, Barbarians, and the Transformation of the Roman World”, ed. Mathisen R., Shanzer D., Farnham, Ashgate Press, Burlington, 2011, 175-181
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Books by Ekaterina Nechaeva
Geoffrey B. Greatrex: "Sehepuntke", 14, 2014, 9
http://www.sehepunkte.de/2014/09/25200.html
Doug Lee: "Bryn Mawr Classical Review", 2015.06.25
http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2015/2015-06-25.html
Audrey Becker: "Revue des Études Anciennes", 2015, 117, 2 (p. 719-723)
https://www.academia.edu/14113934/E._Nechaeva_Embassies_-_Negotiations_-_Gifts._Systems_of_East_Roman_Diplomacy_in_Late_Antiquity_F._Steiner_Verlag_2014
Sylvain Destephen: "L’Antiquité Classique", 84, 2015 (462-463)
Papers by Ekaterina Nechaeva
In:
Empires and Exchanges in Eurasian Late Antiquity. Rome, China, Iran, and the Steppe, ca. 250–750, ed. Nicola Di Cosmo, Michael Maas, CUP, 2018.
The present article proposes a re-evaluation of the clause mentioned by Agathias by extracting parallel information from an East-Syriac hagiographical source: an anonymous account of martyrdom of the high-profile Persian Christian convert Mar Grigor. The study deconstructs Agathias' evidence regarding the circumstances of the philosophers' emigration and return, and examines the available set of “conventional” sources on how the Endless Peace treaty regulated the status of different categories of displaced people.
The investigation proceeds with an analysis of the Martyrdom of Mar Grigor, arguing for the importance of the East-Syriac hagiographical account for a comprehensive reconstruction of the conditions of the Endless Peace agreement. Assessing information provided by the Martyrdom of Mar Grigor and other available data, the author reveals the high relevance of the East-Syriac evidence for the discussion of the so-called clause of protection.
The scope of the article is to demonstrate, for the first time in historiography, that the clause, included in the treaty to protect the seven Hellenic philosophers upon their return to the Christian Roman Empire, was not unilateral. It is suggested that the same diplomatic agreement contained a similar promise of safe conduct for the Christian Persian general, Pīrān-Gušnasp / Mar Grigor, coming back from Roman captivity to Zoroastrian Persia.
KEYWORDS Mar Grigor, Endless Peace Treaty, Diplomacy, Justinian,
Chosroes, Agathias, Emigration, Extradition
Geoffrey B. Greatrex: "Sehepuntke", 14, 2014, 9
http://www.sehepunkte.de/2014/09/25200.html
Doug Lee: "Bryn Mawr Classical Review", 2015.06.25
http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2015/2015-06-25.html
Audrey Becker: "Revue des Études Anciennes", 2015, 117, 2 (p. 719-723)
https://www.academia.edu/14113934/E._Nechaeva_Embassies_-_Negotiations_-_Gifts._Systems_of_East_Roman_Diplomacy_in_Late_Antiquity_F._Steiner_Verlag_2014
Sylvain Destephen: "L’Antiquité Classique", 84, 2015 (462-463)
In:
Empires and Exchanges in Eurasian Late Antiquity. Rome, China, Iran, and the Steppe, ca. 250–750, ed. Nicola Di Cosmo, Michael Maas, CUP, 2018.
The present article proposes a re-evaluation of the clause mentioned by Agathias by extracting parallel information from an East-Syriac hagiographical source: an anonymous account of martyrdom of the high-profile Persian Christian convert Mar Grigor. The study deconstructs Agathias' evidence regarding the circumstances of the philosophers' emigration and return, and examines the available set of “conventional” sources on how the Endless Peace treaty regulated the status of different categories of displaced people.
The investigation proceeds with an analysis of the Martyrdom of Mar Grigor, arguing for the importance of the East-Syriac hagiographical account for a comprehensive reconstruction of the conditions of the Endless Peace agreement. Assessing information provided by the Martyrdom of Mar Grigor and other available data, the author reveals the high relevance of the East-Syriac evidence for the discussion of the so-called clause of protection.
The scope of the article is to demonstrate, for the first time in historiography, that the clause, included in the treaty to protect the seven Hellenic philosophers upon their return to the Christian Roman Empire, was not unilateral. It is suggested that the same diplomatic agreement contained a similar promise of safe conduct for the Christian Persian general, Pīrān-Gušnasp / Mar Grigor, coming back from Roman captivity to Zoroastrian Persia.
KEYWORDS Mar Grigor, Endless Peace Treaty, Diplomacy, Justinian,
Chosroes, Agathias, Emigration, Extradition
All these photos are done through a circle of foil with a tiny pin hole in it.
No lenses, just the light, the darkness and some dust."
This outgoing mobility could provoke different reactions of the governments of sending countries. Examples range from preventing emigration through exit control and associating it with treason, through persecution of returnees and captives, to — on the contrary — encouraging emigration and exploiting the loyalty of emigrants in the interests of their home state. Scrutiny of acts of emigration and of the state responses to such acts reveals the degree of individual freedom of movement and of decision making. Another important issue is the way acts of leaving shaped the opinions of those who stayed. The workshop will examine the impact of emigration on the communities in sending societies. It will also aim to study the range of public attitudes to emigration in order to offer a new view on cohesion in — and on the points of disruption of — the society. A research dialogue on the topic will contribute to bridging a substantial gap in scholarship, fostering a collective reflection on the subject of migration as a process of leaving.
The workshop is organized by Ekaterina Nechaeva (EURIAS Fellow, Collegium Helveticum) with financial and logistic support from the Collegium Helveticum and European Institutes of Advanced Studies Fellowship Program.
The workshop in Zurich will be followed by a second meeting, focusing on Rome and Byzantium, that will take place in Rome, on Friday, 23 May, 2017.
"Captive Experiences in Late Antique Eastern Mediterranean and West Asia".
Possible angles of research may include but are not limited to the problems of military and civil captivity, challenges of return, ransoming and exchange of captives, shifting loyalties.
The more precise thematic and geographical foci of this prosopographical work, as well as its principal source base, will depend on the candidate’s profile and specialisation.
https://ex-patria.univ-lille.fr/open-positions-phd
International Conference: "Migration and Mobility across the Roman-Persian frontier, 3rd-7th c. A.D."
Tübingen University, Germany
December 13-15, 2018
Submissions
Abstracts of ca. 300 words should be submitted with a CV to
[email protected] by 1st July 2018
Decision notification
Speakers will be contacted with the decision of the review panel by 1st August 2018
PART II: Dissent and Collaboration in Byzantium and the World(s) beyond, 4–7th centuries
The School is aimed at the research of contact and interaction of the Christian cultures along the Silk Road during the ‘long’ Late Antiquity. This was the main formative epoch for the cultural heyday that followed in the medieval period (Pre- as well as Early Islamic).
The religious landscape of Late Antique East was highly diverse yet closely interconnected. The Syriac culture (literature, philosophy, theology) has long served as an intermediary between East and West. Georgia and Armenia under Iranian and Roman influence developed their highly original Christian identities within the Eurasian continuum. The religiously diverse world of Late Antique Iran had a huge impact on the formation of Oriental Christianities, which reached Central Asia following the many ways of communication and exchange along the Silk Roads.