The NYU Center for Ancient Studies, in conjunction with Conversations in the Social Sciences, presents
The Ranieri Colloquium on Ancient Studies
Inequality: Ancient and Modern
Thursday-Friday, March 7-8, 2019
Hemmerdinger Hall, Room 102, Silver Center for Arts and Science
32 Waverly Place, or 31 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003
(Enter at 31 Washington Place for wheelchair access)
THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2019
5:15 p.m. WELCOME
Matthew S. Santirocco, NYU
5:30 p.m. KEYNOTE ADDRESS
A Brief History of Inequality
Walter Scheidel, Stanford University
6:30 p.m. DISCUSSION
Walter Scheidel, Stanford University
David Stasavage, NYU
7:00 p.m. RECEPTION
FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2019
MORNING SESSION
10:15 a.m. ‘The Greatest of All Plagues’: Plato on Economic Inequality
David Lay Williams, DePaul University
11:00 a.m. Taxing Rich and Poor in the Ancient Mediterranean
Andrew Monson, NYU
11:45 a.m. Piketty’s Dilemma: Taxation in Fourth Century Athens
Dorothea Rohde, Universität Bielefeld
AFTERNOON SESSION
1:30 p.m. Ancient Equality and Modern Inequalities:
Reflections on the Jury Trial in Ancient Greece and Contemporary America
Sara Forsdyke, University of Michigan
2:15 p.m. The Measure and Mismeasure of Inequality
Walter Scheidel, Stanford University
3:00 p.m. Political Inequality: Ancient and Modern
Melissa Schwartzberg, NYU
David Stasavage, NYU
This conference is cosponsored by the NYU College of Arts and Science and the Department of Classics.
This event is free and open to the public, but an RSVP is required. RSVP at: https://goo.gl/forms/ZSjUJ93Dcy2w2vKx1
For more information, contact the NYU Center for Ancient Studies at 212.992.7978 or at ancient.studies@nyu.edu