DoSSE Project
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ERC-funded project on the sexual exploitation of people enslaved within the households of the greater Mediterranean world, AD 300-900. Hosted by
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We are very pleased to share that Seth M. Stadel, a DoSSE project alumnus, has published a new article in the Journal of Late Antiquity, entitled 'The Legal Constructions of Christian Slavery in Fars at the End of Late Antiquity'!
Read it, Open Access, here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Read it, Open Access, here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
This new book, by Nathan Leidholm, on 'Slavery and Unfreedom in Byzantine Thought on the Household', looks brilliant (and will obviously be essential reading for us!)
www.arc-humanities.org/978180270120...
www.arc-humanities.org/978180270120...
Slavery and Unfreedom in Byzantine Thought on the Household - Arc Humanities Press
Slavery and family were deeply linked in Byzantine society. When Byzantine writers and theologians envisioned and contextualized both the realities and the i...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
This new book, by Nathan Leidholm, on 'Slavery and Unfreedom in Byzantine Thought on the Household', looks brilliant (and will obviously be essential reading for us!)
www.arc-humanities.org/978180270120...
www.arc-humanities.org/978180270120...
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The first in-depth account of the lives and careers of educated slaves and freedmen in ancient Rome.
Intellectual Property by Harriet I. Flower is now available (2 Dec UK pub).
Read a free preview: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#AncientRome #AncientHistory
Intellectual Property by Harriet I. Flower is now available (2 Dec UK pub).
Read a free preview: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#AncientRome #AncientHistory
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The first in-depth account of the lives and careers of educated slaves and freedmen in ancient Rome.
Intellectual Property by Harriet I. Flower is now available (2 Dec UK pub).
Read a free preview: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#AncientRome #AncientHistory
Intellectual Property by Harriet I. Flower is now available (2 Dec UK pub).
Read a free preview: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#AncientRome #AncientHistory
In Oxford? Erin will be giving a paper at the Late Antique and Byzantine seminar tomorrow: "Why Did the Byzantine Empire Forbid Slave-Owners from Making Eunuchs of their Slaves? Castration, Masculinity, and Identity in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages"
5pm at the Ioannou Centre
5pm at the Ioannou Centre
November 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
In Oxford? Erin will be giving a paper at the Late Antique and Byzantine seminar tomorrow: "Why Did the Byzantine Empire Forbid Slave-Owners from Making Eunuchs of their Slaves? Castration, Masculinity, and Identity in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages"
5pm at the Ioannou Centre
5pm at the Ioannou Centre
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Our latest virtual issue on: "Immobility"
curated by 2023-25 @ihr.bsky.social Past & Present Fellows @anastruillou.bsky.social, Malika Zehni and Lamin Manneh
Can be read below and is free to access:
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curated by 2023-25 @ihr.bsky.social Past & Present Fellows @anastruillou.bsky.social, Malika Zehni and Lamin Manneh
Can be read below and is free to access:
academic.oup.com/past/pages/i...
Immobility
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November 4, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Our latest virtual issue on: "Immobility"
curated by 2023-25 @ihr.bsky.social Past & Present Fellows @anastruillou.bsky.social, Malika Zehni and Lamin Manneh
Can be read below and is free to access:
academic.oup.com/past/pages/i...
curated by 2023-25 @ihr.bsky.social Past & Present Fellows @anastruillou.bsky.social, Malika Zehni and Lamin Manneh
Can be read below and is free to access:
academic.oup.com/past/pages/i...
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📬 In our November blog post, Jamie Wood, former BCDSS Guest Researcher and Prof. of History and Education at Lincoln University (UK), shares insights into the research he conducted during his stay in Bonn: buff.ly/XBlQiLo
#Intermediaries #Christianity #Visigoths
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#Intermediaries #Christianity #Visigoths
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November 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
📬 In our November blog post, Jamie Wood, former BCDSS Guest Researcher and Prof. of History and Education at Lincoln University (UK), shares insights into the research he conducted during his stay in Bonn: buff.ly/XBlQiLo
#Intermediaries #Christianity #Visigoths
@unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de
#Intermediaries #Christianity #Visigoths
@unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de
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(I am teasing a bit, but it's only preserved because a couple of Carolingian scribes thought it worth copying - one wonders what they made of it)
October 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
(I am teasing a bit, but it's only preserved because a couple of Carolingian scribes thought it worth copying - one wonders what they made of it)
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Never heard of this before, what a fascinating source. Would welcome any of my Late Antique friends to send me any relevant literature...
"IT IS AGREED AND MOST EVIDENT THAT ALL MASTERS ARE EVIL..."
So begins the speech of the slave character Pantomalus in the Querolus, the only extant late antique comedy.
It will feature in a slavery sourcebook that we are working on.
Read more in our newest blog post: tinyurl.com/zrmc4a6s
So begins the speech of the slave character Pantomalus in the Querolus, the only extant late antique comedy.
It will feature in a slavery sourcebook that we are working on.
Read more in our newest blog post: tinyurl.com/zrmc4a6s
October 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Never heard of this before, what a fascinating source. Would welcome any of my Late Antique friends to send me any relevant literature...
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Such a fascinating Carolingian source ;)
"IT IS AGREED AND MOST EVIDENT THAT ALL MASTERS ARE EVIL..."
So begins the speech of the slave character Pantomalus in the Querolus, the only extant late antique comedy.
It will feature in a slavery sourcebook that we are working on.
Read more in our newest blog post: tinyurl.com/zrmc4a6s
So begins the speech of the slave character Pantomalus in the Querolus, the only extant late antique comedy.
It will feature in a slavery sourcebook that we are working on.
Read more in our newest blog post: tinyurl.com/zrmc4a6s
October 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Such a fascinating Carolingian source ;)
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The Querolus is a fabulous source. From memory: there is (at least partially) a translation in A.C. Murray's 'From Roman to Merovingian Gaul'. And I wouldn't be surprised if it features in Ray Van Dam's 'Leadership and Community in Late Antique Gaul', because of it mentioning the Bacaudae.
Never heard of this before, what a fascinating source. Would welcome any of my Late Antique friends to send me any relevant literature...
"IT IS AGREED AND MOST EVIDENT THAT ALL MASTERS ARE EVIL..."
So begins the speech of the slave character Pantomalus in the Querolus, the only extant late antique comedy.
It will feature in a slavery sourcebook that we are working on.
Read more in our newest blog post: tinyurl.com/zrmc4a6s
So begins the speech of the slave character Pantomalus in the Querolus, the only extant late antique comedy.
It will feature in a slavery sourcebook that we are working on.
Read more in our newest blog post: tinyurl.com/zrmc4a6s
October 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The Querolus is a fabulous source. From memory: there is (at least partially) a translation in A.C. Murray's 'From Roman to Merovingian Gaul'. And I wouldn't be surprised if it features in Ray Van Dam's 'Leadership and Community in Late Antique Gaul', because of it mentioning the Bacaudae.
"IT IS AGREED AND MOST EVIDENT THAT ALL MASTERS ARE EVIL..."
So begins the speech of the slave character Pantomalus in the Querolus, the only extant late antique comedy.
It will feature in a slavery sourcebook that we are working on.
Read more in our newest blog post: tinyurl.com/zrmc4a6s
So begins the speech of the slave character Pantomalus in the Querolus, the only extant late antique comedy.
It will feature in a slavery sourcebook that we are working on.
Read more in our newest blog post: tinyurl.com/zrmc4a6s
October 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"IT IS AGREED AND MOST EVIDENT THAT ALL MASTERS ARE EVIL..."
So begins the speech of the slave character Pantomalus in the Querolus, the only extant late antique comedy.
It will feature in a slavery sourcebook that we are working on.
Read more in our newest blog post: tinyurl.com/zrmc4a6s
So begins the speech of the slave character Pantomalus in the Querolus, the only extant late antique comedy.
It will feature in a slavery sourcebook that we are working on.
Read more in our newest blog post: tinyurl.com/zrmc4a6s
James will be speaking about 'Slaves and Robbers in Merovingian Gaul' at the Nottingham Medieval Research Forum on Monday 27th October, 5pm (Trent LG6): live-uk-uon.contensis.com/humanities/d...
Nottingham Medieval Research Forum Oct 25 - The University of Nottingham
University of NottinghamUniversity Park
Nottingham, NG7 2RD
live-uk-uon.contensis.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
James will be speaking about 'Slaves and Robbers in Merovingian Gaul' at the Nottingham Medieval Research Forum on Monday 27th October, 5pm (Trent LG6): live-uk-uon.contensis.com/humanities/d...
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Unexpectedly, the OA version of "Mediterranean Connections. The Frankish Kingdoms and the Roman Empire (476–756)", The Medieval Mediterranean 145 (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2025), is already out! (first they told me 27.11, then 30.10) ...Download: brill.com/display/titl...
October 20, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Unexpectedly, the OA version of "Mediterranean Connections. The Frankish Kingdoms and the Roman Empire (476–756)", The Medieval Mediterranean 145 (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2025), is already out! (first they told me 27.11, then 30.10) ...Download: brill.com/display/titl...
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3 more weeks to apply for this... please continue to share widely.
We are looking for a one-year full-time Research Associate to work on Coptic manuscripts in Manchester as part of a wonderful project that connects mss with local communities. Requires strong skills in Coptic, English, & Arabic. Deadline 31/10. Please share! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Research Associate – Coptic in Manchester (UKRI):John Rylands Library
Key collaborators are the Coptic Church in Stockport, Manchester, and the Coptic Church in Llandudno, Wales. The project has an extensive and international advisory board. A PDRA seeking an academic career may find the balance between traditional research and co-creation appealing.
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
3 more weeks to apply for this... please continue to share widely.
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God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is out in the real world with @universitypress.cambridge.org!
I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
October 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is out in the real world with @universitypress.cambridge.org!
I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
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Need cheering up on a gloomy October afternoon? The new issue of Early Medieval Europe is out!
Articles on justice in Bavaria, tolls in Italy, women in 10th-c. Rome, Carolingian kingship, and child slavery: mostly available Open Access 😎https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680254/2025/33/4
Articles on justice in Bavaria, tolls in Italy, women in 10th-c. Rome, Carolingian kingship, and child slavery: mostly available Open Access 😎https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680254/2025/33/4
Early Medieval Europe: Vol 33, No 4
Early Medieval Europe is an interdisciplinary medieval studies journal covering European history from the fall of the Roman Empire up until the 11th century.
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October 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Need cheering up on a gloomy October afternoon? The new issue of Early Medieval Europe is out!
Articles on justice in Bavaria, tolls in Italy, women in 10th-c. Rome, Carolingian kingship, and child slavery: mostly available Open Access 😎https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680254/2025/33/4
Articles on justice in Bavaria, tolls in Italy, women in 10th-c. Rome, Carolingian kingship, and child slavery: mostly available Open Access 😎https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680254/2025/33/4
Looking forward to reading the many fascinating contributions to this new book, especially Jessica van 't Westeinde on Christianisation and the mobility of slaves, and Lisa Bailey on women in service and concepts of grace.
Forthcoming: "Women in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. Studies from Western Europe and North Africa", eds. Éric Fournier and Maijastina Kahlos, www.brepols.net/products/IS-...
Brepols - Women in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
Brepols is an international academic publisher of works in the humanities, with a particular focus in history, archaeology, history of the arts, language and literature, and critical editions of histo...
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October 11, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Looking forward to reading the many fascinating contributions to this new book, especially Jessica van 't Westeinde on Christianisation and the mobility of slaves, and Lisa Bailey on women in service and concepts of grace.
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Reposting because this ought to get more views.
At the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies we are offering 10 fellowships for scholars at any stage in their careers to stay with us for up to 6 months (PhD candidates and senior academics) or 12 months (postdocs) to complete a research project:
www.dependency.uni-bonn.de/images/pdf-f...
www.dependency.uni-bonn.de/images/pdf-f...
www.dependency.uni-bonn.de
October 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Reposting because this ought to get more views.
New on the blog: 'Diverse Tales of Slaves, Sex, & Female Owners'
In this post, James explores how late antique sources show female masters exploiting the bodies of their slaves. It follows from the 'Elite Women and Systems of Dependency' workshop in Bonn.
Link: www.dosseproject.com/diverse-tale...
In this post, James explores how late antique sources show female masters exploiting the bodies of their slaves. It follows from the 'Elite Women and Systems of Dependency' workshop in Bonn.
Link: www.dosseproject.com/diverse-tale...
October 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
New on the blog: 'Diverse Tales of Slaves, Sex, & Female Owners'
In this post, James explores how late antique sources show female masters exploiting the bodies of their slaves. It follows from the 'Elite Women and Systems of Dependency' workshop in Bonn.
Link: www.dosseproject.com/diverse-tale...
In this post, James explores how late antique sources show female masters exploiting the bodies of their slaves. It follows from the 'Elite Women and Systems of Dependency' workshop in Bonn.
Link: www.dosseproject.com/diverse-tale...
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Dame Janet L. Nelson (28 March 1942 – 14 October 2024)
by Alice Rio (All Souls College, University of Oxford)
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by Alice Rio (All Souls College, University of Oxford)
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Dame Janet L. Nelson (28 March 1942 – 14 October 2024)*
Jinty Nelson left a strong mark of her presence in every institution that she was ever a part of, and there is none which does not regard its association w
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October 2, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Dame Janet L. Nelson (28 March 1942 – 14 October 2024)
by Alice Rio (All Souls College, University of Oxford)
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by Alice Rio (All Souls College, University of Oxford)
doi.org/10.1093/past...
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📢 Congratulations to Julia Hillner for her contribution to an article in SPIEGEL Geschichte on slavery & prostitution in the Roman Empire!
(Article in German, subscriber access only)
🔗To the Article: buff.ly/DGw3EZDin: Spiegel GESCHICHTE 5/25 'Roms Kampf um German
@unibonn.bsky.social
@dfg.de
(Article in German, subscriber access only)
🔗To the Article: buff.ly/DGw3EZDin: Spiegel GESCHICHTE 5/25 'Roms Kampf um German
@unibonn.bsky.social
@dfg.de
October 2, 2025 at 7:01 AM
📢 Congratulations to Julia Hillner for her contribution to an article in SPIEGEL Geschichte on slavery & prostitution in the Roman Empire!
(Article in German, subscriber access only)
🔗To the Article: buff.ly/DGw3EZDin: Spiegel GESCHICHTE 5/25 'Roms Kampf um German
@unibonn.bsky.social
@dfg.de
(Article in German, subscriber access only)
🔗To the Article: buff.ly/DGw3EZDin: Spiegel GESCHICHTE 5/25 'Roms Kampf um German
@unibonn.bsky.social
@dfg.de
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15,000+ searchable charters from the early Middle Ages...
Neben unserer Edition mit Übersetzung der frühmittelalterlichen Formeln und unserem e-Lexikon haben wir auch ein ständig wachsendes Urkundenkorpus in unserer Werkstatt. 15.376 Herrscher- und Privaturkunden sind es inzwischen! Frei zugänglich und voll durchsuchbar:
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Willkommen in der Formulae - Litterae - Chartae Werkstatt!
Medieval Latin Formulae and their German translations in the Capitains Format
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October 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
15,000+ searchable charters from the early Middle Ages...
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Jobs for recently-minted PhDs in my department! Come join an excellent place to do interdisciplinary research spanning a vast chunk of space and time!
The Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies is hiring three postdoctoral researchers.
We investigate the causes and mechanisms that contribute to the persistence of strong asymmetrical dependencies across historical and contemporary contexts.
Pre-modern perspectives are very welcome!
We investigate the causes and mechanisms that contribute to the persistence of strong asymmetrical dependencies across historical and contemporary contexts.
Pre-modern perspectives are very welcome!
3 Postdoctoral Positions (100%, TV-L E-13, for 3 years)
full-time, Temporary, EG 13, Reference number: 2025/152
www.uni-bonn.de
September 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Jobs for recently-minted PhDs in my department! Come join an excellent place to do interdisciplinary research spanning a vast chunk of space and time!
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The Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies is hiring three postdoctoral researchers.
We investigate the causes and mechanisms that contribute to the persistence of strong asymmetrical dependencies across historical and contemporary contexts.
Pre-modern perspectives are very welcome!
We investigate the causes and mechanisms that contribute to the persistence of strong asymmetrical dependencies across historical and contemporary contexts.
Pre-modern perspectives are very welcome!
3 Postdoctoral Positions (100%, TV-L E-13, for 3 years)
full-time, Temporary, EG 13, Reference number: 2025/152
www.uni-bonn.de
September 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies is hiring three postdoctoral researchers.
We investigate the causes and mechanisms that contribute to the persistence of strong asymmetrical dependencies across historical and contemporary contexts.
Pre-modern perspectives are very welcome!
We investigate the causes and mechanisms that contribute to the persistence of strong asymmetrical dependencies across historical and contemporary contexts.
Pre-modern perspectives are very welcome!
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To all those who couldn't join us at this time - we hope this workshop will result in something tangible, so keep your eyes open 😊.
September 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
To all those who couldn't join us at this time - we hope this workshop will result in something tangible, so keep your eyes open 😊.
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We had an entire day of stimulating discussions yesterday at the 'Elite Women and Systems of Dependency in Late Antiquity' workshop organised by Grace Stafford and yours truly. We are grateful to @dependencybonn.de for providing funding and assistance for this event.
September 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
We had an entire day of stimulating discussions yesterday at the 'Elite Women and Systems of Dependency in Late Antiquity' workshop organised by Grace Stafford and yours truly. We are grateful to @dependencybonn.de for providing funding and assistance for this event.