Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity XI: The Transformation of Poverty, Philanthropy, and Healthcare, University of Iowa, March 26–29, 2015

The eleventh biennial Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity conference will take place at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA, March 26–29, 2015. The period of Late Antiquity (A.D. 200–700) witnessed great changes in respect to attitudes towards poverty, philanthropy, and healthcare. The conference aims to bring together scholars in order to explore these issues amidst global concerns over poverty and the provision of healthcare, and questions over the role of private philanthropy in effecting change within these areas.

Sessions:

Thursday, March 26
I. Monasticism, Healing, and the Body

Friday, March 27
II. Ambrose, Aphorisms, and Wealth
III. Poverty and Status in the Latin West
IV. Psychotherapy, Health, and the Body
V: Status and Social Strategy

Saturday, March 28
VI. Charity and Building in Late Antique Rome and the Mediterranean
VII: Philanthropy and Building
VIII. Physicians, Medicine, and the Body
IX: The Birth of the Hospital

Sunday, March 29
XI: Writing Charity and Poverty