Frontiers and mobilities: The Frontiers of the Roman Empire and Europe

Hingley, Richard

doi:10.1017/eaa.2017.17

Frontiers and mobilities: The Frontiers of the Roman Empire and Europe

Hingley, Richard

Authors

Professor Richard Hingley richard.hingley@durham.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor

Abstract

This paper addresses the ‘Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site’ and seeks to introduce into this initiative some concepts derived from recent writings on contemporary mobilities and bordering, exploring the possibility of creating greater engagement between the two academic fields of ’border-studies’ and ‘Roman Frontier Studies’. Exploring the relationship between the Roman Frontiers initiative and the European Union’s stated aims of integration and the dissolution of borders, it argues the value of crossing the intellectual borders between the study of present and past in order to promote the value of the Roman frontiers as a means of reflecting upon contemporary problems facing Europe. This paper addresses the potential roles of Roman Frontier Studies in this debate by emphasising frontiers as places of encounter and transformation.

Citation

Hingley, R. (2018). Frontiers and mobilities: The Frontiers of the Roman Empire and Europe. European Journal of Archaeology, 21(1), 78-95. https://doi.org/10.1017/eaa.2017.17

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Mar 6, 2017
Online Publication Date	Apr 12, 2017
Publication Date	Feb 1, 2018
Deposit Date	Feb 8, 2017
Publicly Available Date	Feb 9, 2017
Journal	European Journal of Archaeology
Print ISSN	1461-9571
Electronic ISSN	1741-2722
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	21
Issue	1
Pages	78-95
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1017/eaa.2017.17

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