[Theme] Feeding a Young Capital: The Food Supply of Constantinople in the 4th Century CE

[Date & Time] 15:00–17:00,  May 29, 2026  (Fri.)

[Location] Conference Room 400, Humanities Building, Zhongguancun Campus

[Speaker]
Noel Lenski, John L. H. Downing Professor of Classics and History, Yale University

[Speaker Profile]
Noel Lenski is a distinguished American scholar specializing in Roman history and classical studies. He currently serves as the John L. H. Downing Professor of Classics and History at Yale University. His research focuses on the Late Roman Empire, ancient slavery, ethnic migration and interactions along Roman frontiers.

[Host] Wang Daqing, Renmin University of China

[Discussant] Liu Jinyu, Emory University / Shanghai Normal University