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30 May – 1 June, 2013, Ghent (Belgium), the conference center of Ghent University: Het Pand (Rector Blancquaert zaal), Onderbergen 1, 9000 Gent (Belgium) This conference is organized by the 'Roman Society Research Center' (Ghent-Brussels) and the international research network 'Structural Determinants of Economic Performance in the Roman World'.Work, labor and professions in the Roman world Thursday, 30th May   9:00 Welcome9:30 K. Verboven, Work, labor and professions: what’s in a name ?I. Labor relations 10:00 Laurens Tacoma &#38; Miriam Groen-Vallinga, The value of labour: Diocletian’s Price Edict 10:30 Discussion11:00  Coffee break11:30  Walter Scheidel, Slavery and forced labor in ancient China and the ancient Mediterranean12:00 Arjan Zuiderhoek, Slavery, unfree Labour and wage Labour in the Roman East/Roman Asia Minor 12:30 Discussion13:00 Lunch14:00 Cameron Hawkins, Building a Business in Ancient Rome:  Coercion, Contracts, and the Boundaries of Roman Manufacturing Firm14:30 Claire Holleran, Finding work: the hiring of free labour in the city of Rome 15:00 Discussion15:30 Coffee break16:00 Seth Bernard, Mobilizing the Roman Builder: Scale, Structure, and Economic Performance in the Imperial Construction Industry16:30 Discussion Friday 31 MayII Organization, specialization, skills and learning 9:30 George Grantham, A search equillibrium model for specialization and trade 10:00 Elisabeth Murphy, Roman Workers and their Workplaces: Some Archaeological Thoughts on the Organization of Workshop Labor 10:30 Discussion11:00  Coffee break11:30  Nicolas Tran, Ars and Doctrina: the Socioeconomic Identity of Roman Skilled Workers 12:00 Christian Laes, Educators in Christian inscriptions 12:30 Discussion13:00 Lunch III. Professional organizations (collegia) 14:00 Koen Verboven, Professional associations and organizing the urban population14:30 Jinyu Liu, Work, Occupations, and Group Membership: a Conceptual Analysis 15:00 Discussion15:30 coffee break16:00 Sarah Bond, Ignominy and Monetarii: Mint Workers in the Later Roman Empire 16:30 Discussion19:30 Conference diner Saturday 1 June IV. Identities and ideologies 10:00 Miko Flohr, Work, ideology and identity in urban space 10:30 Catharina Lis &#38; Hugo Soly, Attitudes to Work and Workers in the Ancient World and the Middle Ages: Change or Continuity? 11:00 Discussion11:30 Coffee break12:00 General reflection and project discussion =&#62; More informationRegistration is required, by mail to Koen.Verboven@ugent.beCOSTS Participation = 15 €.Lunch (optional) = 15 € a day (only Thursday and Friday)Diner (optional) 50 €ACCOMMODATION The speakers will be staying in the IBIS Opera hotel.But many other excellent hotels and B&#38;B are available in GhentLooking forward to seeing you Koen Verboven----------------------------------------------------------------------------Prof. dr. Koen VerbovenDir. ‘Structural Determinants of Economic Performance in the Roman World’Co-dir. Roman Society Research Center (Ghent University – Free University of Brussels)Research Group Classical History Departement of History GhentUniversity Universiteitsforum Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 35B-9000 Gent (Belgium)