The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, the Center for Ancient Studies, the Center for the Humanities, and the Department of Classics present
The Mechanics of Extraction: Comparing Principles of Taxation and Tax Compliance in the Ancient World
Workshop organized by Irene Soto (ISAW) and Jonathan Valk (ISAW)
Friday and Saturday, September 30-October 1, 2016
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Second Floor Lecture Hall
212.992.7800
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
9:30am Introductory Remarks
9:40am A State of Extraction: Navigating Taxation in Ancient Polities
Jonathan Valk (ISAW)
10:05am Taxing Questions: Financing the Chinese Bronze Age
Roderick Campbell (ISAW)
10:30am Discussion
10:50am Coffee Break
11:20am Co-option and Patronage: The Mechanics of Extraction in Southern Mesopotamia under the Third Dynasty of Ur
Steven Garfinkle (Western Washington University)
11:45am Taxation, Aristocratic Autonomy, and Theories of Reciprocity in the Iranian Empire
Richard Payne (University of Chicago)
12:10pm Discussion
12:30pm Lunch Break
1:30pm The Taxation Systems of the Late Bronze Age Aegean
Dimitri Nakassis (University of Colorado, Boulder)
1:55pm Liberty and Duty in Late Bronze Age States
Eva von Dassow (University of Minnesota)
2:20pm Taxation in Hittite Anatolia
Lorenzo d’Alfonso (ISAW)
2:45pm Discussion
3:10pm Tea Break
3:40pm Taxation in Anglo-Saxon England: Archaeological and Historical Approaches
Pamela Crabtree (NYU)
4:05pm Fiscal Transition in Early China: From Warring States to Empires (Late 4th–1st Century B.C.)
Maxim Korolkov (Columbia University)
4:30pm Discussion
This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Please note that separate registration is required for each day of the workshop: September 30th (9:30am-5:00pm) and October 1st (10:00am-4:00pm). To register, please visit isaw.nyu.edu/rsvp