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                                                          wird eine
                                                          Wechselbeziehung,
                                                          die bis in die
                                                          Zeit der
                                                          Neolithisierung (10000–4000
                                                          v. Chr.)
                                                          zurückreicht.
                                                          Mit einer
                                                          fortschreitenden
                                                          Arbeitsteilung
                                                          entstanden
                                                          komplexe und
                                                          stärker
                                                          hierarchisierte
                                                          Gesellschaften,
                                                          die eine
                                                          Ausprägung
                                                          staatlicher
                                                          Strukturen und
                                                          Entitäten
                                                          bedingten.
                                                          Staatliche
                                                          Institutionen
                                                          schufen
                                                          wiederum einen
                                                          Rahmen, der
                                                          sowohl die
                                                          Handlungsräume
                                                          von Arbeit als
                                                          auch den
                                                          personenrechtlichen
                                                          Status der
                                                          Arbeitenden
                                                          definierte.
                                                          Die
                                                          Vortragsreihe
                                                          spannt einen
                                                          Bogen von der
                                                          Antike bis zur
                                                          Gegenwart und
                                                          fragt, wie
                                                          Arbeit
                                                          erzeugt,
                                                          organisiert, erzählt
                                                          worden ist.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#231DA3">Alexandra
                                          Wassiliou-Seibt (ÖAW)<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#231DA3">Handel
                                          und Gütertransport in Byzanz.
                                          Die Kommerkiarier als
                                          Wirtschaftsmanager der
                                          byzantinischen Provinzen<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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                                                          style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Zeit:
                                                          Mittwoch, 23.
                                                          Oktober,
                                                          18:00-19:30</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                            Übungsraum Alte Geschichte, </span></span><span
                                          class="apple-style-span"><span
style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"
                                            lang="DE">Hauptgebäude,
                                            Tiefparterre, Stiege 2</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Bereits im 5.
                                            Jh. n. Chr. wurden der
                                            Handel und der
                                            Gütertransport an den
                                            Grenzen des byzantinischen
                                            Reiches ausschließlich von
                                            den <i>comites commerciorum</i>kontrolliert,
                                            die als einzige Funktionäre
                                            des Staates das Recht
                                            hatten, Seide von den
                                            Persern anzukaufen, die
                                            Handelsplätze festzulegen
                                            und bestimmte Händler dafür
                                            einzusetzen. Ihre Kollegen
                                            aus dem 7. und 8. Jh.
                                            jedoch, die jetzt
                                            Kommerkiarioi hießen, hatten
                                            sich zu den eigentlichen
                                            Wirtschaftsmanagern der
                                            byzantinischen Provinzen
                                            entwickelt. Sie sammelten
                                            wohl auch die Naturalabgaben
                                            an bestimmten zentralen
                                            Plätzen (Warenhäusern) und
                                            organisierten sowohl den
                                            Weitertransport eines Teiles
                                            davon (etwa zur Verpflegung
                                            des Militärs und des
                                            Verwaltungsapparates) als
                                            auch den Handelsverkehr vor
                                            Ort. Dass diese Funktionäre
                                            damals die höchsten
                                            Zivilbeamten in den
                                            Provinzen waren, bezeugen
                                            ihre hohen Rangtitel und vor
                                            allem, dass sie auf ihren
                                            Siegeln das Bild des
                                            amtierenden Kaisers
                                            verwenden durften. Damit
                                            wurde zum Ausdruck gebracht,
                                            dass sie in dessen Namen
                                            agierten. Sie wurden jeweils
                                            nur für ein Jahr für eine
                                            oder mehrere Provinzen
                                            bestellt, zumindest
                                            teilweise ist davon
                                            auszugehen, dass sie wie
                                            „Steuerpächter“ ihre
                                            Amtsbereiche „ersteigerten“.
                                            Unser Vortrag wird den
                                            Siegelbefund in den
                                            Vordergrund stellen, weil er
                                            fast die einzige Quelle für
                                            die Blütezeit dieser
                                            Funktionäre (Mitte 7.–Mitte
                                            8. Jh.) ist.</span></span><span
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""
                                              lang="DE">Alexandra-Kyriaki
                                              Wassiliou-Seibt</span></i></span><span
                                          class="apple-style-span"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""
                                            lang="DE">,
                                            wissenschaftliche
                                            Mitarbeiterin am Institut
                                            für Mittelalterfor-schung,
                                            Abteilung Byzanzforschung,
                                            der Österreichischen
                                            Akademie der Wissenschaften,
                                            Lektorin am Institut für
                                            Byzantinistik und
                                            Neogräzistik der Universität
                                            Wien, Mitglied des Editorial
                                            Board der In-ternationalen
                                            Reihe „Studies in Byzantine
                                            Sigillography“,
                                            Forschungsschwerpunkte:
                                            byzantinische Siegelkunde,
                                            Verwaltungsgeschichte und
                                            Prosopographie</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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class="apple-style-span"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:navy;font-weight:normal">Weitere
                                                          Vorträge in
                                                          der Reihe:</span></span><o:p></o:p></h2>
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0px;word-spacing:0px;z-index:auto"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><i><span
style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Sigrid
                                                          Wadauer </span></i></b></span><span
class="apple-style-span"><i><span
                                                          style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">(Universität
                                                          Wien)</span></i></span><b><span
style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><br>
                                                          <span
                                                          class="apple-style-span">Der
                                                          Staat und die
                                                          Erzeugung von
                                                          Arbeit
                                                          (Österreich,
                                                          1880-1938)</span></span></b><span
style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"
                                                          lang="DE">Zeit:
                                                          Mi, 6.
                                                          November,
                                                          18:00-19:30</span></span><span
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                                                          <span
                                                          class="apple-style-span">Ort: Übungsraum
                                                          Alte
                                                          Geschichte,
                                                          Hauptgebäude,
                                                          Tiefparterre
                                                          Stiege 2</span></span><span
style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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0px;word-spacing:0px;z-index:auto"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><i><span
style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Walter
                                                          Scheidel</span></i></b></span><span
class="apple-style-span"><b><span
                                                          style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"> </span></b></span><span
class="apple-style-span"><i><span
                                                          style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">(Stanford
                                                          University)</span></i></span><span
style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><br>
                                                          <span
                                                          class="apple-style-span"><b>Landscapes
                                                          of Empire:
                                                          Public
                                                          Building and
                                                          Labor
                                                          Organization in
                                                          Ancient States</b></span></span><span
style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"
                                                          lang="DE">Zeit:
                                                          Mi, 27.
                                                          November,
                                                          18:00-19:30</span></span><span
style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"
                                                          lang="DE"><br>
                                                          <span
                                                          class="apple-style-span">Ort:
                                                          Aula am
                                                          Campus, Hof
                                                          1.11,
                                                          Spitalgasse 9,
                                                          1090 Wien</span></span><span
style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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0px;word-spacing:0px;z-index:auto"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><i><span
style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Ove
                                                          Sutter</span></i></b></span><span
class="apple-style-span"><i><span
                                                          style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"> (Universität
                                                          Wien)</span></i></span><span
style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><br>
                                                          <span
                                                          class="apple-style-span"><b>Erzählte
                                                          Prekarität.
                                                          Volkskundlich-kulturwissenschaftliche
                                                          Perspektiven auf
                                                          den Wandel der
                                                          Arbeit</b></span></span><span
style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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0px;word-spacing:0px;z-index:auto"><span class="apple-style-span"><span
style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"
                                                          lang="DE">Zeit:
                                                          Mi, 11.
                                                          Dezember,
                                                          18:00-19:30</span></span><span
style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"
                                                          lang="DE"><br>
                                                          <span
                                                          class="apple-style-span">Ort: Übungsraum
                                                          Alte
                                                          Geschichte,
                                                          Hauptgebäude,
                                                          Tiefparterre
                                                          Stiege 2</span></span><span
style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                                          style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Die
                                                          Abstracts der
                                                          Vorträge
                                                          finden Sie </span></span>auf
                                                          der Website
                                                          des FSP unter <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://fsp-wi-ge.univie.ac.at/aktuell">Aktuelles</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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