Empires - Comparing The Semantics Behind Concept, Metaphor and Ideology

The various concepts of “empire” meant different things at different times and in different contexts.  One of the conference’s lead questions is whether there developed a kind of macro-historical semantics of “empire”, an ideal-type that could be applied to different times and different contexts, or whether the semantics behind the concept, the metaphor or the ideology differed essentially.

This event is planned as a two-day workshop with experts on specific aspects in particular epochs and regions and with young researchers. They do not have to be experts on the historical semantics of the concept, but we encourage all interested to visit or revisit their source materials with which they are familiar from earlier or current research with a particular focus on the semantic field around “empire”.

More Information:
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=184404