The British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS) and the Centre for Mediterranean Studies, Exeter, is pleased to announce a conference on Kingship to be held at Peterhouse, Cambridge. The conference is being sponsored by BIPS and the Iran Heritage Foundation.
The period from Alexander to Machiavelli and the geographical compass of the Middle East and Europe lends itself in particular to such a study because of the many historical, political and intellectual connections and contrasts such a frame represents. European theorists in the medieval period looked back to Alexander and Greek political thought for their models of ideal kingship, just as the Middle Eastern monarchs built on and developed the models of kingship they inherited from Alexander and from the Alexander traditions. The relationship to the divine was similarly important across these periods and places, whether for king as priest, hand of god, or god himself. Likewise, itinerant kingship was found in both the ancient Middle East and medieval Europe.
Full conference fee: £40
One-day attendance: £15
Student fee £20 (full)/£10 (daily)
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