2024

SCS-28: Personal and Political in Rome and China: New Approaches to Sino-Roman Comparison

In-Person SCS Session Panel

Salon A-2, Lower Level

Organizers
Jordan Thomas Christopher, Loyola Marymount University
Discussants
Hans Beck, The University of Münster
Description
"Personal and Political in Rome and China: New Approaches to Sino-Roman Comparison" expands on the growing interest in cross-cultural comparison between Rome and Early China. This panel's particular interest is in the intersection of cultural beliefs and political development, expanding on the Institutional Comparison approach adopted by Scheidel 2009 and 2015. That Scheidel's approach avoided cultural topics has been noted as peculiar (Christopher 2021), and this panel thus builds on the culturally-grounded-politics approach of by Beck and Vankeerberghen 2021 and Forthcoming.

01 - Metaphor and Microcosm: The Body and the State at the Dawn of Empire in Rome and China

Amy Russell, Brown University

02 - Losers: Dynamic and Discourse of Defeated Generals in Rome and China

Jordan Thomas Christopher, Loyola Marymount University

03 - The Politics of the “New Music” Tradition in Roman Greece and Warring States China

Patrick Huang, University of Western Ontario

04 - Astrologers and Occultists in the Courts of Rome and Han

Yacong Qiu, University of California, Santa Barbara

05 - Occupational Associations and Religion: Early Rome Empire and Tang Dynasty Compared

Jinyu Liu, Emory University