Conference organized by

Sebastian Fink (University of Innsbruck), Robert Rollinger (University of Innsbruck), Tijana Krstić (Central European University), Nina Mirnig (University of Vienna), in cooperation with Shigeo Yamada (University of Tsukuba)

Programme

Monday, May 4

18:00–18:30 Opening

Brigitte Truschnegg (Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and History, UIBK)
Silke Meyer (Network of Areas, UIBK)
Introduction by the Organizers

18:30–19:30 Keynote

Shigeo Yamada (University of Tsukuba) Re-evaluating the Reign of Shalmaneser III as a Pre-imperial Phase of Assyria: Radii of Rule, Military Action, and Impact

19:30 Reception

Tuesday, May 5

Chair: Robert Rollinger (University of Innsbruck)

10:00–10:45 Keynote:

Akiko Moroo (Rikkyo University Tokyo) The Radii of Athenian Power: A Study through the Tribute Assessments

10:45–11:15 Coffee Break

11:15–12:00 Zozan Tarhan (University of Sofia / CAS Sofia) “King of the four quarters”: Neo-Assyrian Imperial Strategies across Diverse Regions
12:00–12:45 Yoshiyuki Funada (Hiroshima University) Radii of Imperial Action and the Mobility of Power: Campaigns, Communication, and Shifting Political Centers in the Mongol Empire

12:45–14:00 Lunch Break

Chair: Bernhard Palme (University of Vienna)

14:00–14:45 Manfred Bietak (University of Innsbruck/Austrian Academy of Sciences) Imperial Policy of Thutmose III in the Near East
14:45–15:30 Robert Rollinger (University of Innsbruck) The Achaemenid Empire as a Driver of Afro-Eurasian Integration
15:30–16:15 Yoichi Isahaya (Hokkaido University) Roads of Merchants, Roads of Warriors: Imperial Itinerance in the Golden Horde (13th–14th Centuries)

City tour through Innsbruck’s old town

Dinner

Wednesday, May 6

Chair: Julian Degen (University of Innsbruck)

10:00–10:45 Peter Meis, Patrick Reinard (University of Trier) From Rome through Egypt to the Indo-Pacific World: Imperial Dynamics and Infrastructural Development

10:45–11:00 Coffee Break

Chair: Zozan Tarhan (University of Sofia / CAS Sofia)

11:00–11:45 Jörg Schwarz (University of Innsbruck) From Charlemagne to Genghis Khan. The Reach of Empires in the Middle Ages
11:45–12:30 Keisuke Iwata (University of Tsukuba) Logistics and Route Selection in the Qing Empire’s Transport Strategies toward Tibet: A Case Study of Imperial Reach and Mobility Constraints

12:30–14:00 Lunch Break

Chair: Clemens Leopold Steinwender (University of Innsbruck)

14:00–14:45 Satoshi Ogura (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) North-Western Imperial Frontier of the Mughals: The Case of Kashmir
14:45–15:30 Johannes Preiser-Kapeller (Austrian Academy of Sciences) The Reach of the Network. A Comparative and Quantitative View on Empires of AfroEurasia as Large Complex Systems

15:30–16:00 Coffee Break

Chair: Sebastian Fink (University of Innsbruck)

16:00–16:45 Katsuji Sano (Kawamura Gakuen Women’s University) Assyria and Egypt from Diplomacy to Conquest: Political Interaction and Imperial Rule
16:45–17:30 Kurt Scharr (University of Innsbruck) The Imperial View towards South-East: Mapping Habsburg-Empire 1699–1738 in between Imagination & Reality
17:30–17:45 Response 1 – A Western Perspective on Imperial Dynamics (Bernhard Palme, University of Vienna)

Thursday, May 7

Chair: Milad Abedi (University of Innsbruck)

09:00–09:45 Sanae Ito (Nagoya University) Agents of Communication: Diplomatic and Bureaucratic Messengers in the Neo-Assyrian Period
09:45–10:30 Takahiro Onuma (Tohoku Gakuin University) Crossing Muzart Pass: A Study on the History of North-South Transportation across the Tianshan Mountains

10:30–11:00 Coffee Break

11:00–11:45 Jehan Hillen (University of Innsbruck) The Impact of the Imperial Image beyond its Western Borders
11:45–12:30 Sebastian Fink (University of Innsbruck) From the Pacific to the Atlantic: The Empire Belt and Eurasia

12:30–13:30 Lunch Break

Chair: Sebastian Fink (University of Innsbruck)

13:30–14:15 Friedrich Pöhl (Innsbruck) The Imperial Reach of the Nomadic Lakota Oyate on the Great Plains in the 18th and 19th Century
14:15–15:00 Toshiaki Tamaki (Kyoto Sangyo University) Homo Mobilis and Homo Faber: A Global History of Trade from the Perspective of Mobility
15:00–15:15 Response 2 – An Eastern Perspective on Imperial Dynamics (Sebastian Fink, University of Innsbruck)
15:15–15:45 Discussion and Future Prospects (moderated by Raija Mattila, University of Helsinki)

15:45 Closing

Optional: Hiking tour to the Natterer Boden / In case of bad weather, museum or archive visit

Friday, May 8

Departure