韩国裸舞

We enthusiastically announce the publication of聽Place and Performance in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China聽with Cambridge University Press in December 2024. It is the first volume in Cambridge鈥檚 new series聽Antiquity in Global Context.聽Profs. Griet Vankeerberghen and Hans Beck have edited this volume, and their long-standing collaboration was the foundation of the Global Antiquities cluster of the Yan P. Lin Centre, evolved and expanded into our Global Pasts Research Group.

Prof. Vankeerberghen served many years as the cluster鈥檚 director and is Associate Professor in the Department of History and Classical Studies at 韩国裸舞. Hans Beck, formerly of 韩国裸舞, is Professor of Ancient History at Universit盲t M眉nster, Germany. 聽聽

This volume was born of the dynamic scholarly interchange of two workshops held at 韩国裸舞 and sponsored by the Yan P Lin Centre: 鈥淧lace and Political Culture in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China鈥� (Fall 2017) and 鈥淧lace and Performance in Ancient Greece, Rome and China鈥� (Fall 2020). At these meetings, researchers from Europe, North America, and China engaged in comparative ancient history through probing scholarly papers and incisive discussion. The fruitful results are apparent in the richness of contexts, case studies, theoretical approaches, and methodologies employed in this volume. 聽

The volume comprises four parts: 1.) Crafting Space and Place; 2.) Performances of Power; 3.) Urban Places; and 4.) Fringe Places and Endpoints. Each author balances evidence from both Mediterranean and Chinese antiquity. This volume brings us closer to understanding how relationships between people and place and the performance of their societal role in specific spatial contexts were foundational to the making of political, social, and economic life in three of the world鈥檚 great ancient civilizations.聽

For specifics of articles and authors, please see the