Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP1093467

Funded Activity Summary

Crisis management in late antiquity: the evidence of Episcopal letters. Appropriate responses to environmental and social crises, by individuals, communities, governments, religious and charitable organisations, are increasingly under focus in the twenty-first century. Understanding the failures of past leaders as well as their successes is crucial for values-driven policy making. This project reinforces the international reputation of quality Australian research in late-antiquity studies by anchoring contemporary responses to management of crises such as natural disasters, climate change, population displacement, poverty, religious disputes, violence, and social abuses in their historical antecedents. The project will develop and reinforce existing links with scholars in Japan, Korea, Belgium and South Africa.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2010

End Date: 31-12-2012

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $262,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Language Studies | Latin And Classical Greek | Greek | Latin

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Religion and society |

Other Keywords

Greek | Language Studies | Latin | Latin And Classical Greek | Religion and society | Understanding the Pasts of Other Societies

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