Comparison in Ethnographic Thinking in Antiquity: The Roman Period up to the Late antiquity (1st–7th century AD) (D01 [B04])

• Subject Area: Ancient History
• Term: from 2017 to 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 317664947

The subproject is investigating how comparative ethnographic practices developed from the 1st century AD to Late Antiquity and the Byzantine period (7th century AD) and how they reacted to the new macro- and religious-political changes (consolidation of the Imperium Romanum and spread of Christianity). Particular attention is being paid to the formation of new communities of practice and their role in the transmission and further development of ethnographic models. The focus is on prose by Roman and early Byzantine historians as well as Christian authors (church history, Hagiography).

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1288: Practices of comparisons: Ordering and changing the world
• Applicant Institution: Universität Bielefeld
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Raimund Schulz