This conference is organised with the support of

Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies

and sponsored by

Institute for Ancient History

and Antiquity Studies, Papyrology

and Epigraphy

Faculty of Historical and

Cultural Studies

Dacians and Dacianism Sources and discourses from Antiquity to Modern Times

International Conference Vienna, May 13th-15th 2011

Programme

Friday, May 13th

18:00-20:00 Welcome adresses

Silvia Davidoiu (Romania’s Ambassador to Austria)

Michael V. Schwarz (Dean of the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies)

Fritz Mitthof

Meinolf Arens

Introductory papers

Daci and Getae: Reflections on ethnic designation (Victor Dumitru)

Dacians: Reading material culture and ethnicity (Anne-Marie Avrămuţ)

Current archaeological research in the Orăştie Mountains (Gelu Florea)

Presentation: Pro Dacia (Fritz Mitthof)

20:00-22:00 Evening reception (Vienna City Hall)

Welcome adress: Rudolf Schicker (on behalf of the Mayor of Vienna, Michael Häupl)

Saturday, May 14th

8:30-10:30 Panel 1: Ancient discourses: Texts and images from the Graeco-Roman world

Speaker: Fritz Mitthof (Vienna)

Participants: Dan Dana (Paris)

Cristian Găzdac (Cluj)

Ioan Piso (Cluj)

Karl Strobel (Klagenfurt)

Coffee break

11:00-13:00 Panel 2: Archaeological discourses: The interpretation of material culture

Speaker: Gelu Florea (Cluj)

Participants: Dan Aparaschivei (Iaşi)

Kris Lockyear (London)

Răzvan Mateescu (Cluj)

Gheorghe Alexandru Niculescu (Bucarest)

Ioana Oltean (Exeter)

Lunch buffet

14:00-16:00 Panel 3: Comparative aspects: Ethno-political structures in the Danubo-

Carpathian region from Ancient to Early Medieval Times

Speaker: Meinolf Arens (Munich)

Participants: Csaba La’da (Kent)

Walter Pohl (Vienna)

Roland Steinacher (Vienna)

Zsolt Visy (Pécs)

Daniel Ziemann (Budapest)

Coffee break

16:30-18:30 Panel 4: Political discourses: The origins and development of Dacianism in

Romania

Speaker: Oliver Schmitt (Vienna)

Participants: Robert Born (Leipzig)

Adrian Cioroianu (Bucarest)

Florian Kührer (Vienna)

Daniel Ursprung (Zurich)

19:00 Dinner: Universitätsbräuhaus (Campus, Altes AKH, Alser Str. 4)

Sunday, May 15 th

8:30-10:30 Panel 5: Historical and linguistic discourses: Continuity and change

Speaker: Johannes Kramer (Trier)

Participants: Mircea Babeş (Bucarest)

Doina Benea (Timişoara)

Klaus Bochmann (Leipzig)

Joachim Matzinger (Vienna)

Coffee break

11:00-13:00 Panel 6: Round table: Consent – dissent

Speaker: Thede Kahl (Jena)