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Daniel Alford on his presentation at the “How Rebellion Ends” Conference, organised by the Social Contexts of Rebellion in the Early Islamic Period (SCORE), 12-13 Sept. 2024, University of Hamburg

While Michael was travelling up to join us in Lille, I was also on my way back from Hamburg, having just presented on the Sasanian Empire’s use of captives in the fifth century at the Social Contexts of Rebellion in the Early Islamic Period (SCORE) conference in Hamburg. I would not recommend making this journey by bus (it’s a bit long!), but the conference itself was a tremendous experience.

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Anna Usacheva joins the EX-PATRIA Project to work on prosopography of across the (Roman-Persian) border ‘Antiochean expansion’.

In December Anna Usacheva arrived from Helsinki to join us a postdoctoral researcher.

Brainstorming and collaboration have started!

Discussing Trust, Uncertainty, and Knowledge bases @ the Entangled Prosopographies of the Later Roman and Byzantine Worlds event.

Presenting the first results of interdisciplinary collaboration between the EX-PATRIA Project and computer scientists from CRIStAL.

Pierre Bourhis and Ekaterina Nechaeva came to Edinburgh to share (on the 8th of December, 2023) their common work in progress with Simon Bliudze and Lionel Seinturier on dealing with uncertainty in historical databases. The Prosopon workshop was extremely stimulating to learn about all the prosopographical projects and meet the people behind them. It was an ideal place to discuss our ideas and get first-hand feedback! Bravo Pierre: a computer scientist among the historians!

Thank you Zachary Chitwood, Charalampos Gasparis, Niels Gaul, and Ekaterini Mitsiou for organising it!

Pierre Bourhis: explaining computer science approaches to historians.

Ekaterina Nechaeva: presenting the EX-PATRIA Project.

Pierre Bourhis discusses assertions and authorities with Tara Andrews.

Niels Gaul, Zachary Chitwood, and Ekaterini Mitsiou: closing remarks.

Talking about East Roman and Sasanian Empires: Nature and Causes of Conflict?

EX-PATRIA @ the Circle for Late Antique and Medieval Studies.

On December 6, 2023, Ekaterina Nechaeva participated in a panel discussion on Roman-Sasanian relations in late antique and medieval studies, together with Geoffrey Greatrex, Scott McDonough, and (literally!) hundreds of colleagues all over the world.

Thank you CLAMS and personally to Parvaneh Pourshariati and Merrill Sovner for organising such an outstanding event and for preparing the video.