The International Network Impact of Empire was founded at Nijmegen, July 2, 1999. It brings together some 200 ancient historians, classical philologists, archaeologists and specialists in Roman law from all over the world. What binds them – besides the often long-lasting ties of friendship and a heartfelt enthusiasm for exchanging knowledge about the ancient world - are their research interests in the sheer existence of the Roman Empire and the consequences of its actions in the regions it dominated.
Impact of Empire
Publications
The publications in the Impact of Empire book series (Brill) reflect the aims and scope of the network and focus on the consequences of the actions and sheer existence of the Roman Empire in the wide, culturally heterogeneous region it dominated (i.e. a large part of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East).
Workshops
The IMEM workshops explore a variety of themes related to the aims and scope of the network. Workshops are organized by members of the network at their home universities.
- 2024: Opposition to empire: anti-imperial actions and arguments in the shaping of the Roman Empire (Spain, Sevilla)
- 2022: Traditional structures of power in the Roman Empire (The Netherlands, Nijmegen)
- 2019: The Impact of Empire on Roman Landscapes (Germany, Mainz)
- 2017: The impact of justice on the Roman Empire (Belgium, Ghent)
- 2015: Mobility and migration in the Roman world (Italy, Rome)
- 2013: Rome and the worlds beyond Roman frontiers (United States of America, New York)
- 2011: Integration in Rome and in the Roman world (France, Lille)
- 2009: Frontiers in the Roman World (United Kingdom, Durham)
- 2007: The impact of the Roman Empire on the dynamics of ritual (Germany, Heidelberg)
- 2006: The impact of crises on the Roman empire (The Netherlands, Nijmegen)
- 2005: The impact of the Roman army: economic, social, political, religious and cultural aspects (Italy, Capri)
- 2004: Religion, mentality, and cultural identity in the Roman world (Germany, Münster)
- 2003: Transformation of urban life and urban culture under the Roman empire (The Netherlands, Leiden)
- 2002: Representation and perception of Roman imperial power (Italy, Rome)
- 2001: Transformation of economic life in the Mediterranean region and its European hinterland (United Kingdom, Nottingham)
- 2000: Roman Imperial administration and its impact upon the dominated territories (The Netherlands, Leiden)
Organisation
The network's objectives are taken care of by two organisational constructions; the management team and the academic board.
Management team
Chair: Prof. dr. Olivier Hekster, Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen
Contact: Dr. Marleen Termeer, Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen
Prof. dr. Stéphane Benoist, Université de Lille
Prof. dr. Livia Capponi, Università di Pavia
Dr. Nikolas Hächler, Universität Zürich
Prof. dr. Marietta Horster, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Prof. dr. Anne Kolb, Universität Zürich
Prof. dr. Luuk de Ligt, Universiteit Leiden
Prof. dr. Bernhard Palme, Universität Wien
Prof. dr. Francisco Pina Polo, Universidad de Zaragoza
Prof. dr. Rubina Raja, Aarhus Universitet
Prof. dr. Christian Witschel, Universität Heidelberg
Prof. dr. Greg Woolf, University of California, Los Angeles
Academic board
Prof. dr. Nicole Belayche, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris
Prof. dr. Lukas de Blois, Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen
Prof. dr. Christer Bruun, University of Toronto
Prof. dr. Ségolène Demougin, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris
Prof. dr. Werner Eck, Universität zu Köln
Dr. Lien Foubert, Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen
Prof. dr. Peter Funke, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Prof. dr. Andrea Giardina, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
Prof. dr. Françoise Van Haeperen, Université Catholique de Louvain
Prof. dr. Johannes Hahn, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Dr. Gerda de Kleijn, Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen
Prof dr. Marco Maiuro, Sapienza Universitá di Roma
Prof. dr. Onno van Nijf, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Prof. dr. Michael Peachin, New York University
Prof. dr. Marie-Thérèse Raepsaet-Charlier, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Prof. dr. Richard Talbert, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Prof. dr. Willem Zwalve, Universiteit Leiden
Contact information
Location
Visiting address
Erasmusplein 16525HT Nijmegen
Contact person
Dr M.K. Termeer (Marleen)