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October 2025
AUSTRALIAN EARLY MEDIEVAL ASSOCIATION (AEMA) CONFERENCE
Theme: 'Tempestuous Times: Crisis, Change, and Allegory in the Early Medieval and Medieval World'
Hybrid/Melbourne (Australian Catholic University): October 2-4, 2025
The Call For Papers for the 2025 AEMA Conference is currently open and the deadline for abstract submissions is 18 July 2025. Please email your submission to the committee via email at conference@aema.org.au.
Submissions may be in the form of individual papers of 20 minutes duration, themed panels of three 20‐minute papers, or Round Tables of up to six shorter papers (total of one hour). All sessions will include time for questions and general discussion.
A reminder of the key details:
* The dates of the conference will be 2-4 October 2025.
* The theme of this year's conference is 'Tempestuous Times: Crisis, Change, and Allegory in the Early Medieval and Medieval World'.
* The 2025 conference will be fully hybrid, with in-person attendance at the Australian Catholic University, Melbourne Campus.
* Further details regarding registration fees, the conference dinner, and special activities (for in-person attendees only), will be announced in due course via email and the website.
* Current AEMA graduate and ECR members (located outside of Melbourne, Australia) who are accepted to present at the conference in-person are eligible to apply for a travel bursary up to the value of $300 AUD. For more details, or to apply for a bursary, please contact the AEMA committee.
We also wish to encourage all conference presenters, attendees (and also those who may not be able to make it) to consider submitting their research to our journal, JAEMA. You do not have to wait for the conference in order to submit a full version of your paper presentation!
The full text of the CFP may be viewed on the conference page of the website.
Website: https://aema.org.au/2025-conference-cfp/
(CFP closed July 18, 2025)
[ONLINE] COMMEMORATING THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF KARL OTFRIED MÜLLER’S PROLEGOMENA ZU EINER WISSENSCHAFTLICHEN MYTHOLOGIE (1825)
Online/The Research Centre for Greek and Latin Literature of the Academy of Athens: October 9, 2025
Time: 11.00 am New York / 16.00 London / 18.00 Athens / EEST.
Programme (according to time in Athens / EEST)
18.00 Michael Konaris (RCGLL, AA), Introduction
18.10 Wiebke Denecke (MIT), Greetings on behalf of the family of Karl Otfried Müller
18.20 Fritz Graf (Ohio State), Karl Otfried Müller and the Science of Mythology
19.20 Philippe Borgeaud (Geneva), Towards a new reception of Karl Otfried Müller’s Prolegomena zu einer wissenschaftlichen Mythologie in the French-speaking world
19.40 Wiebke Denecke (MIT), Reflections on Smart Historiography: The Göttingen School and Karl Otfried Müller’s History of the Literature of Ancient Greece
To receive the ZOOM link contact mkonaris@academyofathens.gr.
Source: https://listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A2=CLASSICISTS;11ed149a.ex
CLAUDIAN AFTER CLAUDIAN: INFLUENCE AND RECEPTION OF THE POET CLAUDIAN
University of Paris Nanterre, France: October 16-17, 2025
Organised by Étienne Wolff and the THEMAM team, UMR 7041 ArScAn
Since 1970 (the date of Alan Cameron's book), Claudian has been the subject of renewed interest among scholars. The 2000s saw a flourishing of studies on his life and work, including works by Clare Coombe, Florence Garambois-Vasquez, Marie-France Guipponi-Gineste, Delphine Meunier, Gernot Michael Müller and Catherine Ware, not to mention the often important articles devoted to him. And the completion of the publication of his works in the Collection des Universités de France by Jean-Louis Charlet now makes the poet available to French-speaking readers in a scholarly edition.
However, Claudian's influence and reception have received little attention (see Jean-Louis Charlet, ‘Vingt années d'études sur Claudien (1993-2013)’, Revue des Études Tardo-antiques 3, 2013-2014, pp. 259-297, here pp. 265-266 and 279), or at least there is no synthesis on the subject. It is therefore Claudian's survival or Nachleben that we would like to study in this colloquium. Papers may cover:
1. Claudian's influence on later authors (whether writing in Latin or another language), from the 4th century to the modern era;
2. Translations and adaptations of Claudian;
3. Claudian's manuscripts and editions;
4. Quotations from Claudian in florileges and printed works;
5. Judgements made about Claudian's work and their evolution.
Proposals on Claudian's work itself, however, will be considered off-topic.
Each paper will last 25 minutes. The language of the conference is French, but the most common European languages are of course accepted.
The conference proceedings will be published after each paper has been reviewed.
Proposals for papers should be sent to Étienne Wolff (adda-wolff@wanadoo.fr; ewolff@parisnanterre.fr; use both addresses) as soon as possible and in any case before 30 April.
The conference organisers will cover part of the accommodation costs, within the limits of their budget and according to arrangements to be specified at a later date (probably at least one night's accommodation). Participants will be responsible for their own travel costs. There is no registration fee.
Call: https://listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A2=CLASSICISTS;a093bda5.ex
(CFP closed April 30, 2025)
ANTONIO LA PENNA. FILOLOGIA, CRITICA LETTERARIA, STORIA DELLA CULTURA
Pisa (Scuola Normale Superiore), Florence (University of Florence) & livestream: October 20-21, 2025
The Scuola Normale Superiore and the University of Florence are pleased to announce the international conference Antonio La Penna. Filologia, critica letteraria, storia della cultura, to be held in Pisa and Florence on October 20-21, 2025.
The first day of the conference, October 20, will take place in Pisa at the Scuola Normale Superiore (Sala Azzurra, Palazzo della Carovana).
The second day, October 21, will be held in Florence at the University of Florence (Aula Magna del Rettorato).
The conference aims to assess the scholarly achievements of one of the greatest European classicists of the last hundred years, the late Antonio La Penna (1925-2024).
The poster, full program, and additional details are available at the following link: https://www.sns.it/it/evento/antonio-la-penna.
Attendance in person is free of charge and open until venue capacity is reached.
The sessions will also be streamed live on YouTube:
October 20 (Scuola Normale Superiore): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfkerTTArks
October 21 (University of Florence): https://www.unifi.it/webtv.
Please note that the event will not follow a hybrid format. Although the entire conference will be streamed live, only in-person attendees will be able to ask questions directly.
[HYBRID] MOUNTAINS OF GREECE: HERITAGE NARRATIVES FROM THE PAST FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Hybrid/British School at Athens, Athens, Greece: October 22-24, 2025
This special two-day conference aims to shed new light on the heritage of mountain regions in Greece. It explores how that heritage can best be protected for the future, in the context of the current rapid expansion of mountain tourism and development in Greece. How can we activate the huge untapped potential for expanded engagement with history, heritage, and conservation in the mountain landscapes of Greece? How can we ensure a sustainable approach to environmental and cultural preservation?
We define heritage in the broadest possible sense, to include archaeological, botanical, and cultural heritage, encompassing not only physical sites and material culture, but also stories and images of mountain life, from antiquity to the 21st century. The conference brings together academics, writers, artists, botanists, conservationists, policy makers, mountain tourism professionals, and local community representatives to share their distinctive perspectives. We also aim to take a comparative approach, joining up the challenges faced by Greek mountain communities and organisations with similar challenges from other mountain regions around the world.
Organisers: Jason König, Rebecca Sweetman, Maria Christodoulou, Faidon Moudopoulos-Athanasiou
All welcome. The conference will be hybrid. The full programme and registration links will be available soon.
For enquiries, please contact Jason König (jpk3@st-andrews.ac.uk)
Information: https://www.bsa.ac.uk/events/mountains-of-greece-heritage-narratives-from-the-past-for-a-sustainable-future/
Blog: https://mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/all-posts/
Social medial: @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social
[HYBRID] THE IDEAL AND THE UGLY: BODIES THROUGH SENSES, MEDIA AND CULTURAL MEMORY
Online/University of Warwick, UK: October 24, 2025
The “ideal body” has been widely explored and theorized across various disciplines, including history, art, sociology, psychology and medicine. It is an ever-evolving concept shaped and defined by societal norms, personal experiences, and cultural portrayals.
This one-day conference aims to understand the concept of the “ideal” body, the responses to bodies that are deemed “non-ideal” (whether in art, text, or in real life), the emotional experience of people that fall within that category, and the extent to which our senses and culture shape our interactions with such bodies. It invites an interdisciplinary perspective on the definition of the “other” from antiquity to modernity through different media. Through this event we intend to create a space to interrogate the boundaries between “ideal” and “ugly”, challenge our assumptions and beliefs.
The conference will feature a keynote address by Dr. Anastasia Meintani whose research focuses on the representations of the body in Greek and Roman art and challenges traditional notions of the “ideal”. Her most recent book, The Grotesque Body in Graeco-Roman Antiquity, represents a key text in the field.
The conference is designed for audiences interested in how certain bodies are represented and “othered.” Although the main scope is antiquity, it includes contributions from other periods and disciplines, encouraging wide-ranging discussion and interdisciplinary networking.
The event is free to attend, with coffee/tea, light refreshments, and lunch provided.
Registration is essential. You can register your attendance (whether in-person or online) via this link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/SWPkrNRD6w
For further information and queries contact Katarina Kompauerova or Elena Claudi: Elena.Claudi@warwick.ac.uk or kk450@leicester.ac.uk.
Program: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eFcrA2Ceddg8S_slzLGxP-5LQh6zKLZp1uM9xz4RryY/edit?tab=t.0
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November 2025
TRANSMISSION, VARIATION, AND TRANSFORMATION OF “DEUTEROCANONICAL” LITERATURE OVER TIME
Metz, France: November 5-6, 2025
Abstract:
The manuscripts of the Greek Bible include several books that, for historical reasons, were not included in the Hebrew Bible. These so-called ‘deuterocanonical’ books (or “apocrypha”) form a diverse corpus expressing different genres, from narratives to didactic and sapiential texts. Recent studies have moved beyond analyzing these texts solely in relation to the New Testament background, now examining them as integral expressions of the cultural, literary, religious, and political milieu of Second Temple Judaism.
Although the early rabbinic tradition did not assign these texts the same significance that they later held in the Christian tradition, the history of their transmission testifies to how Jewish communities considered them an integral part of Israel's cultural heritage. At the same time, the dynamism of the forms and modes by which these texts were transmitted and received in late antiquity, the Middle Ages, and early modernity reveals a vibrant tradition that offers new perspectives for inquiry into the linguistic, historical, and religious context in which they were produced and received.
Call for papers:
We welcome papers that explore topics such as:
- Transmission and Transformation: Examine how these books were transmitted and how these texts were disseminated and transformed from late antiquity to modern times.
- Textual Variants: Explore the nature of textual variants within the textual tradition of these works and the implications of these differences from both a textual criticism viewpoint and a theological, ideological, and contextual perspective.
- Receptions: Examine how these books were received within communities, including through ancient translations (Syriac, Latin …).
Abstracts (up to 500 words), as well as a short academic biography should be sent before the 31st of July to davide.damico@univ-lorraine.fr. Acceptance will be communicated by the 10th of August.
Venue and organization:
The conference will be held from the 5th to the 6th of November in Metz, France. All questions regarding the organization should be addressed to davide.damico@univ-lorraine.fr.
Source: https://listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A2=CLASSICISTS;3073f4f5.ex
(CFP closed July 31, 2025)
[ONLINE] EuGeStA WORKSHOP: MODERN MASCULINITIES AND CLASSICAL RECEPTION
Online: November 6-7, 2025 - daily: 8am-10.50am UK / 9am-11.50am EU / 6pm-8.50pm Brisbane.
Organised by Alastair Blanshard (University of Queensland); Filippo Carlà-Uhink (University of Potsdam); Anna Chiara Corradino (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa/University of Pisa)
November 6, 2025
Session 1:
8:10am UK/9:10am EU/6:10pm Brisbane
Luis Unceta Gómez, Classical Models for Contemporary Toxic Masculinities
8:40am UK/9:40am EU/6:40pm Brisbane
Fabien Bièvre-Perrin & Tiphaine Besnard, Modern masculinity and the t(h)reat of ancient women
9:10am UK/10:10am EU/7:10pm Brisbane: Discussion
Session 2
9:30am UK/10:30am EU/7:30pm Brisbane
Katharina Wesselmann, ‘Tonight we'll dine in hell!’ Toxic Thermopylae and its Herodotean origins
10am UK/11am EU/8pm Brisbane
Shushma Malik, 2024: Roman Men Return to the Games (Gladiator II and Those About to Die)
10:30am UK/11:30am EU/8:30pm Brisbane: Discussion
November 7, 2025
Session 3
8:10am UK/9:10am EU/6:10pm Brisbane
Alastair Blanshard, Hercules and the Modern Man
8:40am UK/9:40am EU/6:40pm Brisbane
Florian Freitag, The Legacy of Beefcake: Post-Physique and Neo-Physique
9:10am UK/10:10am EU/7:10 Brisbane: Discussion
Session 4
9:30am UK/10:30am EU/7:30pm Brisbane
Filippo Carlà-Uhink, Symposium: Greek Bodies, Greek National Heritage, Pornography and the Construction of Masculinities
10am UK/11am EU/8pm Brisbane
Anna Chiara Corradino, The Mythic Gaze: Re-signifying Adonis and Narcissus in 20th Century Queer Art
10:30am UK/11:30am EU/8:30pm Brisbane: Discussion
Final remarks
Program (PDF): https://eugesta-recherche.univ-lille.fr/fileadmin/user_upload/eugesta-recherche/pdf/eugesta_gender_studies_classical_scholarship/Program-modern-masculinities-6-7-november-2025.pdf
Abstracts (PDF): https://eugesta-recherche.univ-lille.fr/fileadmin/user_upload/eugesta-recherche/pdf/eugesta_gender_studies_classical_scholarship/Abstracts-and-bio-modern-masculinities-6-7-november-2025.pdf
Information about EuGeStA (European network on Gender Studies in Antiquity) events: https://eugesta-recherche.univ-lille.fr/projets/eugesta-project-gender-studies-and-classical-scholarship/conferences-and-other-events
WORKSHOP: COLLECTIONS OF HISTORICAL PLASTER CASTS BETWEEN PHYSICAL PRESENCE AND DIGITAL REPRESENTATION
Leipzig University (Antikenmuseum), Germany: November 6-7, 2025
Plaster cast collections have eventful histories. While the plaster
replicas of ancient sculptures were initially used as demonstrative
objects for art lessons at princely academies, from the middle of the
19th century onwards, it was primarily the archaeological departments at
universities that established increasingly large collections for study
purposes. Especially at the universities and at some museums such as the
Albertinum in Dresden, these plaster cast collections developed into
veritable research laboratories, which strived to recreate the ancient
appearance of the lost original sculptures. After the cast collections
had temporarily lost importance with the emergence of new reproduction
methods and the wider availability of originals, they have now regained
their place in archaeological research, teaching, and outreach
activities. On the one hand, the historical plaster casts from the 18th
to the early 20th century have themselves become historical originals:
They are testimonies to the history of research and collecting as well
as to object biographies. On the other hand, in many places the plaster
cast collections are once again becoming research laboratories, now
applying digital techniques which are developed further on the complex
three-dimensional forms.
Creating digital twins is often at the heart of this digitization. In
this process, the casts lose their physical presence, but they can
become location-independent ambassadors for the real collections which
are ideally accessible worldwide. Digital models generate new research
questions and provide the basis for new research projects, they are used
in archaeological teaching or incorporated into exhibitions. At the same
time, this generates huge amounts of data, for which viable and
sustainable long-term preservation concepts are still lacking in many
places. Between these poles, the question arises regarding the added
value of digitizing the vast amounts of existing plaster copies, which
only in individual cases stand out for their uniqueness.
In this workshop, we would like to focus on the digitization of plaster
cast collections and the use of the resulting digital 3D models:
- How are plaster casts or plaster cast collections digitized? What
logistical requirements need to be taken into account, what techniques
are used and what procedures have proven successful to date?
- To what extent does the digitization of plaster cast collections make
sense? How can synergies be generated?
- How are the numerous digital copies that are created put to good use,
for example in digital museums, databases, research and teaching
projects, and public relations work?
- How can they be effectively stored for the long term so that they may
be used for future projects?
- What does the creation of digital 3D models of the plaster casts imply
for the physical objects in the collections?
We are looking for contributions on current digitization projects in
plaster cast collections and on projects that work with digitized
plaster casts. The workshop languages are preferably German and English,
but we also welcome contributions in other common conference languages.
A contribution towards travel and accommodation costs will be provided.
We look forward to receiving informative presentation proposals in the
form of an abstract with a maximum of 300 words in German or English.
Please send your abstract by February 5, 2025 to:
gipsabguss.workshop.leipzig@web.de
The workshop is part of the project “Vom raumgreifenden Gipsabguss zur
digitalen Punktwolke: Dokumentation und Visualisierung antiker Plastik
am Beispiel des Toro Farnese in der Abguss-Sammlung des Antikenmuseums
Leipzig” (“From Spatial Plaster Casts to Digital Point Clouds:
Documentation and Visualization of Ancient Sculpture Exemplified by the
Toro Farnese in the Cast Collection of the Antikenmuseum Leipzig”).
Organizers: Jörn Lang (Antikenmuseum Leipzig), Katharina Meinecke
(Saarland University), Paula Michalski (Antikenmuseum Leipzig)
Call: https://listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A2=CLASSICISTS;16f81498.ex
(CFP closed February 5, 2025)
DAS MITTELMEER ZWISCHEN FANTASIE UND REALITÄT – KONTRÄRE WELTEN? / THE MEDITERRANEAN BETWEEN FANTASY AND REALITY – CONTRASTING WORLDS?
University of Graz, Austria: November 6-8, 2025
The University of Graz invites you to the international and multidisciplinary conference “The Mediterranean between Fantasy and Reality – Contrasting Worlds?”. It will take place in Graz from November 6 to 8, 2025 and is organised by the core research area “Trans-Medi-terranean Entanglements – Mobilities and Relations in the Mediterranean and beyond.”
The aim of the conference is to bring together researchers in the field of Mediterranean Studies and to present and discuss topics in various disciplines, such as archaeology, art history, cultural studies, history, linguistics, literature, languages, and other fields, and across epochal boundaries as well.
The papers should explore the space between imagination and reality in the Mediterranean in all disciplines and aspects, beyond media and materiality, from antiquity to the present.
The conference spans three days and is divided into sections with different topics; possible subject areas are:
• Contemporary and retrospective, fantastic and utopian, historical and mythical approaches to the Mediterranean
• Existing and imagined Mediterranean connections and relations across geographical borders
• Entangled temporalities in reality and fantasy: crossing temporal boundaries, travelling in time back and forth
• Imagined and existing cities and landscapes in and with reference to the Mediterranean from antiquity to the present day
• Dream and reality in Mediterranean travel literature: desire and disappointment
• Material facts and literary fiction in the Mediterranean region - tensions and convergences
• Coherent or conflicting attitudes in the Mediterranean discourse
Two keynote speakers will frame the lecture programme and provide generalising introductory remarks.
On November 7 an informal accompanying program will take place, details will be announced at a later date.
Papers: Abstract of ca. 300 words in English incl. your name, institution or private address, and email.
Each communication is allotted a scheduled time of 20 minutes, followed by a short discussion. In the abstract, the desired subject area should be indicated.
Deadline for submission of abstract: 20 April 2025
The acceptance of an abstract will be announced by 31 May at the latest.
If you need some more information, feel free to contact us under the email: transmediterranean@uni-graz.at
Organising Committee:
Mediterranean Topographies Cluster of the research focus Trans-Mediterranean Entanglements
Contact persons: Gabriele Koiner, gabriele.erath@uni-graz.at
Elisabeth Trinkl, elisabeth.trinkl@uni-graz.at
Call: [pdf] https://www.propylaeum.de/fileadmin/media/blog/Mediterranean_Conference_Graz_2025_Call.pdf
(CFP closed April 20, 2025)
[HYBRID] HOMER IN A GOLDEN AGE - A GATHERING OF RECENT TRANSLATORS AND READERS OF ANCIENT GREEK POETRY
Hybrid/Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington DC: November 7, 2025
It is my pleasure to bring to your attention our gathering of scholars, performers and translators (mostly of Homer), at the CHS in Washington DC on Friday, 7 November. Participants will talk about performing and producing ancient material, about earlier translators, and about their own work and strategies in rendering Greek poetry into English for contemporary readers. There will be readings from their works by performers, and public discussion between the translators about their different responses to the challenges and opportunities of translation.
Participants include Caroline Alexander, Daniel Mendelsohn, Richard Whitaker, Emily Wilson, and Mario Telò.
Here is the schedule of events:
9.30-9.45 Coffee + Opening Remarks
9.45-11.45 Session 1: Translating Greek Drama for Contemporary Performance Chair: Niall Slater
9.45–10.10 Mario Telò Grooming, "Tragedy, and the Prison Industrial Complex: Translating Sophocles' Philoctetes.”
10.10–10.35 Paul O’Mahony "Tragedy in Communities and Homer Onstage”
10.35-10.50 Refreshment Break
10.50-11.15 David van Schoor "Greek Comedy in a Golden Age: 411 BCE Between Translation and Adaptation"
11.15-11.40 Park Krausen "In Conversation: Producing a new Lysistrata for Performance in 2025"
11.40-11.45 Niall Slater Wrap
11.45-12.30 Session 2: Homer Out of America, Homer in Africa - Chair: Nandini Pandey
11.45-12.25 Caroline Alexander - "On Translating Homer – Again"
12.25-12.30 Park Krausen Reading of selected passages
12.30-1.30 Lunch
1.30 – 2.15 Session 2 Continued: Homer Out of America, Homer in Africa - Chair: Nandini Pandey
1.30-2.10 Richard Whitaker "Translating Homer in African"
2.10-2.15 David van Schoor Reading of selected passages
2.45-4.15 Session 3: Homer Now - Chair: Suzanne Lye
2.45-3.25 Emily Wilson "Re-translating Homer, again and again"
3.25-3.30 Paul O’Mahony Reading of selected passages
3.30-4.10 Daniel Mendelsohn "A New Odyssey"
4.10-4.15 Park Krausen Reading of selected passages
Refreshments Break 4.15-4.30
Final Session: Discussion - Chair: Louise Pratt
4.30-5.30 Questions, Conversations, General Discussion between Translators
5.30 Thanks & Closing Remarks Director Mark Schiefsky, Zoie Lafis
5.45-8.30 Reception Dinner with Public Readings from works discussed during the day. (CHS Main Building)
Please join us online at https://chs.harvard.edu/event/homer-in-a-golden-age/
EIGHTH SELEUKID STUDY DAY (SSD VIII): THE AFTERLIFE OF THE SELEUKIDS. RECEPTIONS AND REINTERPRETATIONS FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT
Utrecht, the Netherlands: November 12–15, 2025
The Seleukid Study Group invites paper proposals for the Eighth Seleukid Study Days (SSD VIII), to be held in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on November 12–15, 2025, and titled: “The Afterlife of the Seleukids. Receptions and Reinterpretations from Antiquity to the Present”.
Paper proposals, including title, abstract (250 w.) and short CV (up to 200 w.), can be sent by Jan. 31, 2025, to Altay Coşkun, Pim Möhring and Rolf Strootman at SSD8Utrecht25@gmail.com.
In recent decades, new studies on the Seleukids have reevaluated the empire’s significance for the longue durée of Ancient History (see e.g., Engels 2011; Strootman 2012; Strootman & Versluys 2017; Canepa 2018; Erickson 2018). No longer seen as a European-style state identified with Syria, recent publications have emphasized that the Seleukid ‘kingdom’ was a universalistic empire, pointing out the pivotal importance of Mesopotamia and Iran for Seleukid rule (Van der Spek 1987; Wiesehöfer 1994; Sherwin-White & Kuhrt 1993; Kosmin 2014; Engels 2017; Stevens 2019; Daryaee et al. 2024; Navas Moreno 2024). Located at the very heart of the Ancient World, the empire was neither simply ‘Eastern’ nor simply ‘Western’, and bridged the temporal and cultural divide between the Achaemenid empire and the Parthian and Roman empires (Engels 2011; Strootman 2014; Coşkun and Engels 2019). Merging Macedonian, Iranian, and Mesopotamian forms of kingship and imperialism (Anagnostou-Loutides and Pfeiffer 2022; Coşkun and Wenghofer 2023), Seleukid influence extended far beyond the empire’s collapse in the later second century BCE. The significance of the Seleukid court for the production of knowledge and literature is now also better understood (see e.g., Visscher 2020).
Already in Antiquity, civic communities and successor dynasties such as the Orontids of Kommagene and the Persian Sasanians actively engaged with the Seleukid legacy (Noreña 2016; Ogden 2017; Strootman 2021). The Seleukid role in the deuterocanonical tradition and the festival of Hanukkah engrained them in Jewish traditions, including still widely read folktales (Coşkun and Scolnic, in prep.). Seleukid coins have been collected and studied since the Renaissance. During the early modern period, the presence of Seleukid-related themes in European art, literature, and opera was ubiquitous, notably the story of Stratonice and Antiochus, which was retold many times on the theatrical stage and in paintings. In the twentieth century, Cavafy brought the Seleukid empire to life in his poems. More recently, the Seleukids made their mark on popular culture through modern media such as tabletop wargames, videogames, podcasts, YouTube, and comics.
Yet the impact and reception of Seleukid history and imperial culture have received very little attention in modern scholarship, and unlike the Achaemenids and Arsakids, the Seleukids still do not hold a place of their own in current reception studies. The aim of this conference is to change this and to open a new research field of Seleukid reception studies that does justice to the empire’s historical geopolitical significance.
For this two-day conference (with a reception the night before and a touristic field trip afterwards) we invite abstracts on the Seleukid afterlife in ancient, medieval, early modern, and modern times. What can we say about the ongoing prestige of the dynasty in Antiquity, as expressed, e.g., by the Philopappos Monument in Athens, the Alexander Romances, or the writings of Late Roman authors, such as Libanios and Malalas? How was its place in history perceived in premodern and modern historiography in Asia and Europe? How were the Seleukids and their ‘world’ represented in art, literature, and the theatre? We especially welcome presentations that engage with the Seleukids in the context of ‘western’ or ‘eastern’ identity. What is the role of Orientalist tropes in representations of the Seleukids, and how did the simultaneously existing European appropriation of the Seleukid empire as a ‘Western’ state impact non-Western views? Last but not least, we want to acknowledge the youngest phase of Seleukid reception: that of active production of art & literature, and thus invite creative contributions also from these fields.
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
Anagnostou-Laoutides, E. and Pfeiffer, S. (eds.) 2022: Culture and Ideology under the Seleucids. Unframing a Dynasty, Berlin.
Canepa, M.P. 2018: The Iranian Expanse: Transforming Royal Identity through Architecture, Landscape, and the Built Environment, 550 BCE–642 CE, Berkeley.
Coşkun, A. and Engels, D. (eds.) 2019: Rome and the Seleukid East. Selected Papers from Seleukid Study Day V, Brussels, 21–23 Aug. 2015, Brussels.
Coşkun, A. and Scolnic, B.E. (eds.) in preparation: Judaean Responses to Seleukid Rule (Seleukid Perspectives 4), Stuttgart.
Coşkun, A. and Wenghofer, R. (eds.) 2023: Seleukid Ideology: Creation, Reception and Response (Seleukid Perspectives 1), Stuttgart.
Daryaee, T., Rollinger, R., Canepa, M. P. (eds.) 2024: Iran and the Transformation of Ancient Near Eastern History: The Seleukids (ca. 312–150 BCE). Proceedings of the Third Payravi Conference on Ancient Iranian History, UC Irvine, February 24–25, 2020, Wiesbaden.
Engels, D. 2011: ‘Middle Eastern “Feudalism” and Seleukid Dissolution’, in K. Erickson and G. Ramsey (eds.), Seleucid Dissolution: The Sinking of the Anchor, Wiesbaden, 19–36.
Engels, D.2017: Benefactors, Kings, Rulers: Studies on the Seleukid Empire between East and West, Leuven.
Erickson, K. (ed.) 2018: The Seleukid Empire, 281–222 BC: War within the Family, Swansea.
Kosmin, P.J. 2014: The Land of the Elephant Kings: Space, Territory, and Ideology in the Seleucid Empire, Cambridge, MA.
Navas Moreno, R. 2024: ‘The Frataraka of Persis’, Karanos 7, 71–97.
Noreña, C.F. 2016: ‘Ritual and Memory: Hellenistic Ruler Cults in the Roman Empire’, in K. Galinsky and K. Lapatin (eds.), Cultural Memories in the Roman Empire, Los Angeles, 86–100.
Ogden, D. 2017: The Legend of Seleucus: Kingship, Narrative and Mythmaking in the Ancient World, Cambridge.
Sherwin-White, S. and Kuhrt, A. 1993: From Samarkhand to Sardis: A New Approach to the Seleucid Empire, London.
Stevens, K. 2019: Between Greece and Babylonia. Hellenistic Intellectual History in Cross-Cultural Perspective, Cambridge.
Strootman, R. 2012: ‘The Seleukid Empire between Orientalism and Hellenocentrism: Writing the History of Iran in the Third and Second Centuries BCE’, Nāme-ye Irān-e Bāstān: The International Journal of Ancient Iranian Studies 11.1–2, 17–35.
Strootman, R. 2014: ‘Hellenistic Imperialism and the Idea of World Unity’, in C. Rapp and H. Drake (eds.), The City in the Classical and Post-Classical World: Changing Contexts of Power and Identity, Cambridge, 38–61.
Strootman, R. 2021: ‘Orontid Kingship in Its Hellenistic Context: The Seleucid Cconnections of Antiochos I of Commagene’, in M. Blömer, S. Riedel, M. J. Versluys, and E. Winter (eds.), Common Dwelling Place of all the Gods: Commagene in Its Local, Regional and Global Hellenistic Context, Stuttgart, 295–317.
Strootman, R., and Versluys, M.J. (eds.) 2017: Persianism in Antiquity, Stuttgart.
Van der Spek, R.J. 1987: ‘The Babylonian City’, in A. Kuhrt and S. Sherwin-White (eds.), Hellenism in the East: The Interaction of Greek and Non-Greek Civilizations from Syria to Central Asia after Alexander, Berkeley, 57–74.
Visscher, M. 2020: Beyond Alexandria: Literature and Empire in the Seleucid World, Oxford and New York.
Wiesehöfer, J. 1994: Die “Dunklen Jahrhunderte” der Persis: Untersuchungen zu Geschichte und Kultur von Fars in frühhellenistischer Zeit (330–140 v. Chr.), Munich.
Information: https://www.altaycoskun.com/ssd8
(CFP closed January 31, 2025)
TELLING BODIES: A CONFERENCE ON CORPOREAL CLASSICAL RECEPTION
University of Edinburgh, Scotland: November 13-16, 2025
As part of the conference we will host "Martha Graham & Greek Myth: Clytemnestra,” an original performance that combines classical philology, visual art and modern dance, and includes excerpts from the Greek-themed dances of the revolutionary 20th century American artist and choreographer Martha Graham.
Confirmed speakers:
Barbara Graziosi (Keynote Lecture. Libanius’ speech In Defense of Dancers (361 CE): Classical Traditions, Cross-Cultural Confluences, and Embodied Practice. Respondent: Jennifer Homans)
Melissa Mueller (Noguchi’s Earth Sculptures: Collaboration, Commemoration, and Corporeal Poetics)
Nina Papathanasopoulou (Telling Emotion in Martha Graham’s Greek-themed Dances and Errand into the Maze)
Rebecca Laemmle (Tantalizing Gestures. Sinners In and After Homer)
Sarah Nooter (Pindar’s Queer Effluence)
Naomi Weiss (Bodies Between Pots and Plays)
Maria Luisa Catoni (Tracing Bodily Traditions: Texts, Stages, Images)
Christian Laes (Aesop Novel 1: A Physiognomical Description of a Telling Body)
Katherine Harloe (Winckelmann, Casanova, and Classical Scholarship in Flagrante)
Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis (Mobility, Materiality and the Epistolary Medium: Elizabeth Leake, a Victorian Case Study of Embodied Classical Reception)
Francesca Beretta ((Em)Bodying Sappho: Italian Queer Receptions (1970s-1980s))
Dan-el Padilla Peralta (Archives of Brown Tongues: Affect and Accent in the Ancient Mediterranean)
Mirko Canevaro (Embodiment and Democratic Class Experience from Athens to Modernity)
Henry Stead (Red All Over: British Communist Receptions of the Ancient Body)
Lilah Grace Canevaro (William Morris and the Embodiment of Dreams)
Brooke Holmes (Posidonius on the Shore)
Alex Purves (Stephen at the Shore: Joyce, Homer, and the Sea)
Peter Kelly (Embodied Wandering: Traversing the Environments of Classical Myth and Irish Poetry)
Katerina Stergiopoulou (The Body in Time: The ‘Days’ Poems of C.P. Cavafy and James Merrill)
Website: https://hca.ed.ac.uk/2025-leventis-conference-telling-bodies.
#CFP [ONLINE] RECEPTION OF THE ANCIENT WORLD IN TRADING, COLLECTING, GAMING AND FORTUNE-TELLING CARDS
Online: November 21-22, 2025
In a world where many aspects of our lives encompass digital and virtual experiences, there has also been a turn towards the physical, and an example of this would be an increasing popularity in cards for gaming, collecting and fortune telling. The ancient world appears in these cards in many ways, for example Wonders of the Ancient World Top Trumps (an informative card game aimed at young learners), Gods and Titans Oracle Cards (fortune telling using characters from mythology) and Magic the Gathering, Theros: Beyond Death (trading cards aimed at adult gamers and collectors).
We would like to invite you to submit an abstract for our online conference on the ancient world and cards on 21-22 November to be held via Zoom. Presentations should be 20 minutes in length, and as well as academic papers we would be interested in workshops and discussions with creative practitioners. Following the conference will aim to publish selected contributions.
Some suggested topics are below, but please do not feel constrained by this list if you have other ideas centred on cards and the ancient world:
a. How the reception of the ancient world in cards developed over time (what is represented/adopted and adapted? are there any patterns? who is the target audience?)
b. Historical accuracy vs adornment in cards for gaming, collecting and fortune telling
c. Ancient world and popular imagination: how do they interact in cards for gaming, collecting and fortune telling
d. Cards in the classroom: pedagogical use of cards and how to implement gamification in the curriculum
e. Case studies (presentation of your own cards / the adaptation of antiquity in an existing stack of cards)
Please submit abstracts of 250 words to Amanda amandapotter@caramanda.co.uk and Guen guendalina.taietti@uab.cat by 15 October 2025, meanwhile please feel free to contact the organisers with any questions.
Call: https://listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A2=CLASSICISTS;e29c281a.ex
[ONLINE] ANNUAL MEETING OF POSTGRADUATES IN RECEPTION OF THE ANCIENT WORLD (AMPRAW)
Location & dates: fully online from Malta Classical Association - November 21-23 [CET timezone] Call: https://classicsmalta.org/current-calls-for-papers/
Deadline August 31, 2025
Previous AMPRAW conferences:
2024: Malta Classics Association/University of Malta/hybrif: November 21-23, 2024. Theme: Rebirth and Renewal - Information.
2023: Superiore Meridionale, Naples, Italy: November 30-December 2, 2023. Theme: Cultures in fragments - Multifaceted approaches to the knowledge of Mediterranean antiquity through partial remains - Program.
2022: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA: November 3-5, 2022 (hybrid). Theme: Islands - Program.
2021: Columbia Uni, New York: November 11-13, 2021 (hybrid). https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/ampraw. Twitter: @AMPRAW2021.
2020: cancelled/postponed due to COVID-19 (intended venue: Columbia University, New York).
2019: Radboud University, Nijmegen (The Netherlands): November 28-30, 2019. https://www.ru.nl/hlcs/conferences/ampraw-2019/ampraw-2019/
2018: University of Coimbra, Portugal: November 8-10 2018. https://ampraw2018.wixsite.com/home/.
2017: University of Edinburgh: 23-24 November 2017 - https://ampraw.wixsite.com/ampraw2017. Twitter: @ampraw2017
2016: University of Oxford: 12-13 December 2016 - https://amprawoxford.wordpress.com/
2015: University of Nottingham: 14-15 December 2015 - ampraw2015.wordpress.com/ - Twitter: @AMPRAW2015
2014: University of London: 24-25 November 2014 - ampraw2014.wordpress.com/.
2013: University of Exeter.
2012: University of Birmingham.
2011: University College London.
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December 2025
ANZAMEMS 15TH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE: ‘POSSIBILITIES’
University of Melbourne, Australia: December 3–5, 2025 (in person)
The 2025 Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies is delighted to announce its 15th Biennial Conference.
For 2025, as well as papers on any area of medieval and early modern studies, the conference committee particularly welcomes papers on the theme of ‘possibilities’. How did medieval and early modern societies imagine, conceptualize, live with, and manage possibilities? What new interpretations are opened up by thinking about the possible in relation to our methods, approaches and attitudes to past societies and their study in the present and into the future?
Possibility is a multifaceted concept, extending from medieval and early modern perceptions of the future and the unknown to philosophical conceptualizations of capability, powers, and potentials. The possible also prompts us to examine what might seem impossible or unknowable in relation to historical subjects and our disciplinary configurations. Because possibility can open up the space of speculation in our work, this conference particularly invites contributions that consider arguments which are possible, but refuse absolute determination; approaches which develop new possibilities for transdisciplinary conversations; and practices open to the possibilities of new technologies in medieval and early modern studies.
Possible topics include:
* Possibility and future-oriented affects: hope, dread, fear, trust
* Contingency and uncertainty: predicting and managing possible futures
* Possible encounters and worlds
* Possibilities of the body: senses, transformations, habits, and identities
* Thinking possibility, impossibility, compossibility, necessity, and actuality
* The art of the possible: politics, pragmatism, compromise, idealism
* The art of the impossible: medieval and early modern worlds in fantasy, science fiction and speculative writing
* Contemporary methods and im/possibility: fabulation, historical speculation, and counterfactuals
* ‘Another university is possible’: reflections on institutions, pedagogy and curriculum
* Material affordances: the possibilities of material worlds
Keynote speakers:
Professor Emma Dillon, Thurston Dart Professor of Music (Medieval Music and Cultures), King’s College London
Dr Kate Franklin, History, Classics & Archaeology, Birkbeck College, University of London
Professor Leah DeVun, History, Rutgers University.
The ANZAMEMS Postgraduate and Early Career Training Seminar will take place on the 2nd December 2025. Details to be announced shortly.
The conference committee invites proposals for individual papers (20 minutes duration) and thematic panels (90 minutes duration and 3 to 4 speakers).
Proposal and deadline: 14th February 2025
Notification of acceptance: 31st March 2025
If an early decision is required, please contact the conference committee: ANZAMEMS-conference@unimelb.edu.au
Proposals for other events such as roundtables or workshops will also be considered; please contact the conference committee directly.
Please note that the ANZAMEMS Conference 2025 will be an in-person only event.
Website with links to proposal submission & travel bursaries: https://conference.anzamems.org/cfp/
(CFP closed February 14, 2025)
THE FUTURE OF THE ANTIQUE: INTERPRETING THE SCULPTURAL CANON
London (Warburg Institute/Institute of Classical Studies): December 10-12, 2025
The University of Buckingham, the Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), the Warburg Institute, and the Institute of Classical Studies (University of London) are organising an interdisciplinary conference, 10-12 December 2025, to celebrate the publication of the new edition of Francis Haskell and Nicholas Penny’s seminal work Taste and the Antique (Harvey Miller/Brepols, December 2024).
Organized by Adriano Aymonino and Kathleen Christian
The conference aims to assess the current state of research, rethinking established methodologies and exploring possible future directions in the field. Its primary goal is to foster discussion among different generations of scholars whose research outputs are often separated by language and methodological barriers. We invite proposals for twenty-minute papers on interrelated topics such as the following, outlined by the book or extending beyond it. Priority will be given to innovative papers focusing on the legacy of antique sculptural models in European/Colonial art and culture since the Renaissance:
* Academy and Canon — examining their establishment, radical alteration, and dissolution in the modern era.
* New Canons — the antique in modern and postmodern theoretical frameworks and practices.
* Antique / Modern Bodies — classical statuary’s influence on human anatomical study; proportioned and disproportioned body concepts; the representation of the male and female body; physiognomy; conceptions of race and ethnicity.
* Empire and its Enemies — political and racial implications of the antique.
* Priorities and Display — the antique within modern museum contexts.
* Restorations and Forgery — reconfigurations of the antique and notions of authenticity.
* Narrative Patterns — the classical language of gesture, story-telling/narrative.
Proposals due by 15 May 2025
Full details: https://ics.sas.ac.uk/events/call-papers-future-antique-interpreting-sculptural-canon
(CFP closed May 15, 2025)
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January 2026
SOCIETY FOR CLASSICAL STUDIES - SCS 2026 ANNUAL MEETING
San Francisco, CA: January 7-10, 2026
Classical reception panels:
A MONSTER OF OUR CREATION: RETHINKING CLASSICAL RECEPTION IN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE (WOMEN’S CLASSICAL CAUCUS)
Call: https://classicalstudies.org/annual-meeting/monster-our-creation-rethinking-classical-reception-children%E2%80%99s-literature-women%E2%80%99s
Deadline: February 10, 2025
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AND THE INTERPRETATION OF VERGIL (VERGILIAN SOCIETY)
Call: https://classicalstudies.org/annual-meeting/contemporary-issues-and-interpretation-vergil-vergilian-society
Deadline: February 22, 2025
FROM DISPERSION TO DIALOGUE: A COMPARATIVE RECEPTION STUDIES PANEL (HESPERIDES)
Call: https://classicalstudies.org/annual-meeting/dispersion-dialogue-comparative-reception-studies-panel-hesperides
Deadline: February 28, 2025
IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP, THEN AND NOW (CLASSICS & SOCIAL JUSTICE)
Call: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTcm8QHkVkErSD_ZgjfjRu5-RWUNwHfFQZ3PvyQL-buR1_UIPOMtAiQ1X-su_Ehz8kI6XfYprpzvU4F/pub
Deadline: March 15, 2025
THE POSTCLASSICAL MAGHREB (ORGANIZER-REFEREED PANEL)
Call: https://classicalstudies.org/annual-meeting/postclassical-maghreb-organizer-refereed-panel
Deadline: February 28, 2025
QUEERNESS BEYOND IDENTITY (LAMBDA CLASSICAL CAUCUS)
Call: https://classicalstudies.org/annual-meeting/queerness-beyond-identity-lambda-classical-caucus
Deadline: March 1, 2025
QUEER ROMAN ARCHAEOLOGY
Call: https://listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A2=CLASSICISTS;5d68009e.ex
Deadline: March 28, 2025
YELLOW GOLD: ORNAMENTALISM, ANTIQUITY, AND THE ASIATIC FEMALE (ASIAN AND ASIAN AMERICAN CLASSICAL CAUCUS)
Call: https://classicalstudies.org/annual-meeting/yellow-gold-ornamentalism-antiquity-and-asiatic-female-asian-and-asian-american
Deadline: March 7, 2025
Website: https://classicalstudies.org/annual-meeting/2026-annual-meeting
NEO-LATIN AT THE BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG (1622-1810): NETWORKS - MODELS - CONTEXTS
Salzburg, Austria: January 15-16, 2026
We are delighted to announce the opening of submissions for the 1st interdisciplinary AMBL workshop to be held at the University of Salzburg on 15 and 16 January 2026. This workshop aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue between researchers at all career-stages (including PhD candidates) from the fields of Neo-Latin, early modern history, law studies and legal history, philosophy, theology, and digital humanities. Contributions will take the form of 30mins presentations followed by a respondent’s comments (5mins) and an open Q&A (20-25mins).
The workshop will be centered around the Neo-Latin writings produced at Salzburg’s Benedictine University (1622-1810), then “the focal point of Southern German Benedictine culture” (Lehner 2011, 36): for a succinct summary of the university’s history, see Schachenmayr 2022 (cf. Brandhuber 2012 for highly readable introductory essays on a wide variety of topics). It will combine wide-ranging survey approaches with detailed case studies offering sustained engagement with individual authors and/or texts. The workshop will build towards a new appreciation of the Benedictine University’s place in intellectual history and will lead to a more refined understanding of its peculiarities.
*Approach and key authors/works*
The 1st AMBL workshop is intended to initiate a long-term research program focused on the Neo-Latin writings produced at the Benedictine University. The sheer bulk of authors and works invites a broad survey approach aimed at collecting, classifying, and making the material accessible in a searchable online database. We propose ‘genre’ as a useful guiding principle to map the territory, with legal, philosophical, and theological writings (representing the university’s three faculties) as well as drama, historiography (including church and monastic history), poetry, didactic materials, and occasional writings as central categories (for this approach to surveying regional Neo-Latinity, see Korenjak et al. 2012). To draw a fuller picture, however, broad survey perspectives need to be supplemented with detailed, well-documented case studies focusing on key authors (e.g. Otto Aicher, Anselm Desing, Paris Gille, Franz, Joseph, and Paul Mezger, Simon Rettenpacher) and their works. For a provisional annotated list of authors and works, see https://www.plus.ac.at/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AMBL-Autoren-und-Werke-Stand-04.01.25.xlsx
*Sections*
We ask participants to prepare contributions for the three (overlapping) sections (1) networks, (2) models, and (3) contexts. Papers in Section 1 offer sustained explorations of personal networks (including secular and religious dignitaries, esp. archbishops, abbots, aristocrats, the university’s rectorate and professorate; patrons, printers, etc.). They primarily focus on elucidating interpersonal (power) relations, self-fashioning strategies, and the functional aspects of particular texts. Contributions to Section 2 investigate the reception of ancient and medieval models within a ‘continuity and transformation’ framework. Papers in Section 3 situate the texts within their wider intellectual, cultural, institutional, historical, religious, and literary contexts, e.g. significant events in the university’s history (such as the ‘sycophantic strife’ of 1740/41), discourses within supra-regional learned communities, and developments in the wider European res publica litteraria.
*Topics*
Topics might include (but are not limited to):
-AMBL digital: towards a searchable database of authors and works—perspectives and challenges
-personal networks at the AMB: towards a digital dataset (for section 1)
-panegyrical writings (e.g. Paris Gille’s Corona gratulatoria [1681], on which see Brandhuber/Fussl 2020) (for section 1)
-Johann Baptist Mayr, court and academic printer—contributions to university life and relationships (for section 1)
-collected inscriptions (e.g. Aicher’s Theatrum funebre [1675] and Hortus variorum inscriptionum [1676], on which see Brandhuber/Fussl 2017) (for section 1)
-university life at the AMB (e.g. as represented by inaugural, funerary, or congratulatory occasional writings, as well as in texts such as Virgilius Gleißenberger’s Boleslais [1722], on which see Klecker 2000) (for section 1)
-school and university theatre at the Benedictine University (see Witek 2009) (for section 1, 2, and 3)
-impact of Ludovico Antonio Muratori’s ideas at the AMB (for the so-called ‘Muratori circle’, see Zlabinger 1970) (section 1 and 3)
-reception of ancient Greek and Roman poetry (e.g. in Thomas Mezler’s and Simon Rettenpacher’s lyric poetry: see Till 2003, 57–8; Wintersteller/Zrenner 2006) (for section 2)
-representations and interpretations of Roman history in legal writings (e.g. in Franz Joseph von Herz zu Herzfeld’s Historia civilis [1734]) (for section 2)
-Thomistic philosophy at the Benedictine University (for section 2 and 3)
-Salzburg’s Benedictine University and German Jesuit Universities (e.g. Ingolstadt, Dillingen)—influences, parallels, and contrasts (for section 3)
-the law faculty’s excellent reputation and supra-regional importance (as demonstrated by significant works such as Ernst Friedrich von Something’s Principia iuris canonici [1691] and frequent requests for legal opinions from Salzburg’s law professors (cf. Brandhuber 2012, 85) (for section 3)
-commentaries, handbooks, and language manuals—didactic materials at the AMB (e.g. Otto Aicher’s Iter poeticum [1674] and Iter oratorium [1675]) (for section 3)
-historiographical method, source criticism, and periodization (e.g. in Franz, Joseph, and Paul Mezger’s Historia Salisburgensis [1692], Roman Sedlmayr’s Historia almae et archiepiscopalis universitatis Salisburgensis [1728], Beda Seeauer’s Novissimum Chronicon [1772]) (for section 3)
-enlightened thinking at the AMB (see Lehner 2011; Wallnig 2019) (for section 3)
-baroque emblem books at the AMB (e.g. the emblems in Paris Gille’s panegyrical writings and the anonymous Vigiliae rhetorum et somnia poetarum [1682] (for section 3)
Both survey and case study approaches are welcome. We are particularly interested in interdisciplinary studies that combine well-proven methodologies with more unconventional ones to deal with the rich material under investigation.
*Call for contributions*
The organizers invite contributions exploring the three sections and topics outlined above (as well as additional perspectives). Expressions of interest may be submitted as soon as possible. Abstracts for 30-minute talks (in German, English, French, or Italian) of max. 500 words should be sent to Bernhard Söllradl (bernhard.soellradl@plus.ac.at) and Gottfried E. Kreuz (gottfriedeugen.kreuz@plus.ac.at) by 31 March 2025. Please indicate your paper’s section in the title and include your name, affiliation, and a short bio. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by 15 June 2025. We will start sharing the paper drafts with participants and assign respondents by 1 December 2025. Selected papers from the workshop will be published in a peer-reviewed edited volume.
For any questions or further information, do not hesitate to contact us at the email addresses given above. We look forward to receiving your submissions!
*References*
Brandhuber, C. (2012) Aus Salzburgs Hoher Schule geplaudert. Hundert Mini-Traktate unter einen Hut gebracht (uni:bibliothek 2). Salzburg.
Brandhuber, C. - Fussl, M. (2017) In Stein gemeißelt: Salzburger Barockinschriften erzählen. Salzburg.
Brandhuber, C. - Fussl, M. (2020) “Iudicium Paridis. P. Pars Gille OSB (1623-1701) aus dem Stift Michaelbeuern. Leben und Werk”, SMGB 131, 247–346.
Klecker, E. (2000) “Episches Theater im Barock”, WSt 113, 335–58.
Korenjak, M. - Schaffenrath, F. – Šubarić, L. - Töchterle, K. (eds.) (2012) Tyrolis Latina. Geschichte der lateinischen Literatur in Tirol. 2 vols. Wien et al.
Lehner, U. (2011) Enlightened Monks: The German Benedictines 1740-1803. Oxford.
Schachenmayr, A. (2022) “400 Jahre Salzburger (Benediktiner-)Universität (1622-2022)”, SMGB 133, 163–200.
Till, D. (2003) “Barockrhetorik in Salzburg. Zur Stellung der Benediktiner im frühneuzeitlichen Rhetorikunterricht”, MGSL 143, 45–72.
Wallnig, T. (2019) Critical Monks: The German Benedictines, 1680-1740 (Scientific and Learned Cultures and Their Institutions 25). Leiden.
Wintersteller, B. - Zrenner, Walter (20062) Simon Rettenpacher. Oden und Epoden (lateinisch/deutsch) (Wiener Neudrucke 11). Wien.
Witek, F. (2009) Gestalten der antiken Historie im lateinischen Drama der Salzburger Benediktineruniversität. Salzburg.
Zlabinger, E. (1970) Ludovico Antonio Muratori und Österreich. Innsbruck. Zlabinger 1970.
Call: https://www.academia.edu/127256431/CfP_Neo_Latin_at_the_Benedictine_University_of_Salzburg_1622_1810_models_networks_contexts_interdisciplinary_workshop_15th_16th_January_2026_Salzburg_ or https://listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A2=CLASSICISTS;bc09bd24.ex.
(CFP closed March 31, 2025)
TRANSLATION AND TRANSFORMATION IN LATE ANTIQUITY
Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Victoria: January 29-30, 2026
Organiser: Michael Hanaghan (ACU) michael.hanaghan@acu.edu.au
Translations proliferated in the Late Antique world (300-700 CE) across a wide range of language groups, including Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic/Syriac, Coptic, and Armenian. Our project, funded by the Australian Research Council (DP250102285), aims to:
* explore how Late Antique translations evolved under patronage and communicated and shaped new knowledge;
* analyse translation across a diverse range of political, social, religious, linguistic, and cultural transformations in Late Antiquity;
* expand our understanding of the range of translation methods used in Late Antiquity, including literal, interpretative, and interlinear translations (typology) across a wide range of text types.
Confirmed Speakers:
Prof. Andy Cain (University of Colorado, Boulder)
Assoc. Prof. Stephen Carlson (ACU)
Dr Christopher Dowson (Humboldt Fellow)
Assoc. Prof. Michael Hanaghan (ACU)
Prof. Bronwen Neil (Macquarie University)
Please send abstracts of 250 words to the conference organiser Michael Hanaghan (michael.hanaghan@acu.edu.au) by 30 September 2025. Papers will be 20 minutes in length followed by questions. The conference will take place in person at the Australian Catholic University’s St Patrick campus in the heart of Melbourne.
There will be some limited travel bursaries available for graduate student and early career presenters to help offset the cost of their attendance.
Call: https://listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A2=CLASSICISTS;72a6878.ex
(CFP closed September 30, 2025)
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February 2026
AUSTRALASIAN SOCIETY FOR CLASSICAL STUDIES (ASCS) 47TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Dates: February 2-5, 2026.
Location: University of Auckland, NZ +/- hybrid.
CFP (and panels) deadline: July 26, 2025 extended deadline August 9, 2025.
Conference website: https://eur.cvent.me/0lP1qe.
ASCS website: http://www.ascs.org.au/.
(CFP closed August 9, 2025)
RENAISSANCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA (RSA)
Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America
Boston MA, USA: February 19-21, 2026
Website: https://www.rsa.org/
THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN AND THE BRITISH MUSEUM: PASTS AND FUTURES
London (Senate House, Malet St, London WC1E 7HU): February 25-27, 2026
The Department of Greece and Rome at the British Museum and the Institute of Classical Studies are inviting proposals for contributions to a conference exploring the past impact and future potential of the Museum’s collections from the ancient Mediterranean world.
This conference is being organised in the context of the British Museum’s ‘Masterplan’, a once-in-a-century opportunity to redisplay and re-interpret the collections from the ancient Mediterranean, Egypt, Assyria and the Middle East for twenty-first century publics. The Department of Greece and Rome is one of the Museum’s curatorial departments leading this work.
To avoid the repetition of old narratives, and to ensure that the redisplay of the galleries is based on a comprehensive reimagining of the Museum’s collections, the Department considers it vital to explore the ways in which the Museum’s collections and displays have influenced (for better or worse) modern constructions of Mediterranean antiquity. We wish to invite the widest possible range of contributions and perspectives to inform this reflection. A dialogue has already begun, in a public seminar series co-organised with our neighbour, the Institute of Classical Studies (Revisiting the Ancient Mediterranean World at the British Museum). This conference, also in partnership with the ICS, aims to extend the conversation. Whether you engage with the Museum and its ancient Mediterranean collection academically, creatively, professionally, or in other ways, we invite you to help us investigate its history and plan for the future.
We will consider proposals for single or paired papers of 20-30 minutes each in length that reflect any line of research relevant to the ways in which the Museum’s ancient Mediterranean collections have shaped and been shaped by culture, politics and society, from the Museum’s foundation in 1753 to the present day. We particularly welcome papers on topics related to the three strands described below, which we have identified as particularly promising areas for exploration. While the focus of the conference will be on the British Museum and on the ancient Mediterranean, we also welcome proposals which introduce cross-institutional, comparative or international perspectives. Proposals for alternative formats, such as panel discussions or creative workshops, are also encouraged.
Artistic engagement
How have artists and other makers (including for example filmmakers and craftspeople) engaged with the British Museum’s collections from the ancient Mediterranean? What was the impact of the collection and its display on artistic practice, and vice-versa? The role of the Parthenon Sculptures in inspiring artists of the early nineteenth century is well-known, as is the extensive use of the Townley and later Graeco-Roman sculpture galleries for the training of artists (Jenkins 1992). There has been vibrant engagement with the classical world, in general, by modern and contemporary artists (Holmes 2017; Squire et al 2018). But there is much more to uncover about artistic engagement with the British Museum’s collection.
Literary engagement
From Lord Byron to HD and beyond, the British Museum is well-known as a site of poetic inspiration and provides a setting and reference-point in numerous works of literature (Ellis 1981; Stallings 2023). What do literary receptions make of the British Museum’s ancient Mediterranean collection? Has attention been concentrated on certain objects or tropes, and which figures and receptions have been overlooked to date? In what ways do the Museum’s collections from the ancient Mediterranean continue to inspire and provoke contemporary literature?
Scholarship and intellectual history
The role of museums in the evolution of academic disciplines is an established topic of study (Marchand 1996; Dyson 2006). We welcome papers that examine how the British Museum’s collections and galleries have been instrumental in shaping approaches to the material culture of the ancient Mediterranean, or to understandings of ancient societies more widely. How has their interrelation with academic disciplines such as Archaeology, Classics, and Art History changed over time? What have been the impacts of the British Museum’s approach to chronological, regional and thematic display, to the representation of different ethnicities, or the division of material into different curatorial departments? Have the particular strengths and omissions of the British Museum collection directed or limited the field of study of the ancient Mediterranean world?
Through all these themes and throughout the conference will be threaded questions of the Museum’s relationship with social, political and historical contexts, including colonialism, imperialism, nationalism, gender, race and class. How and why did collections from the ancient Mediterranean take on such prominence in the British Museum? To what extent has the British Museum reinforced messages of power and control? What histories have been neglected and elided? Are there also narratives of subversion and resistance to be found?
The conference will be held in-person only at Senate House (Malet St, London WC1E 7HU) from Wednesday 25th to Friday 27th February 2026. Abstracts of maximum 300 words should be submitted by Monday 16th June 2025, together with a short (100 words) speaker biography. A limited number of travel bursaries will be available to help support attendance for speakers who cannot access alternative sources of funding. Please indicate in your submission if you would need to apply for a bursary and we will be in touch with details of the separate application process.
Please send paper proposals to Dr Isobel MacDonald (IMacdonald(at)britishmuseum.org).
This conference is co-sponsored by the British Museum and the Institute of Classical Studies, University of London School of Advanced Study.
Call: https://listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A2=CLASSICISTS;78919c5b.ex
(CFP closed June 16, 2025)
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March 2026
#CFP CLASSICAL EPIC STRUCTURES IN NON-EPIC LITERATURE FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD
North-West University (Potchefstroom, South Africa): March 4-7, 2026
For as long as it has existed, epic has been considered as the archetypal literary genre. Grammarians in antiquity placed it at the top of a hierarchy of genres. So, too, have questions of continuity and change within the epic tradition been ever-present in both Classical scholarship and literary scholarship more broadly. Here scholars have largely sought to understand how the conventions of epic are adapted and modified for various times, places, and forms falling under the rubric of “epic”. But what of epic’s influence outside of its own genre?
We are inviting proposals on the conference theme which aims at describing, analysing, and understanding the use of structures from the genre of classical epic in literature that is not epic. Typical epic structures include:
· Type scenes or story patterns
· Epic formulae
· Ekphrasis
· Banquet scenes
· Catalogues
· Myth
· Aetiology
· Similes
· Battle and combat scenes
· Religious games
· Ana- and prolepseis
We welcome papers on literatures other than Latin and Greek, but the connection to Classical structures should be the main focus.
Titles with short abstracts (around 300 words) should be submitted to Dr. Lynton Boshoff (Lynton.Boshoff@nwu.ac.za) or Dr. Johan Steenkamp (Johan.Steenkamp@nwu.ac.za).
Submission deadline: 31 October 2025
The conference aims at publishing a selection of papers in a peer-reviewed edition. We are therefore especially, but not exclusively, interested in philological papers from different theoretical vantage points.
Practical information about the conference:
· The conference will be held at a conference venue on a country lodge on the banks of the Vaal River a short distance outside Potchefstroom. Registration will include accommodation and all meals (about €350.00 per person)
· Information on the conference fee and planned excursions will be communicated to delegates when finalised.
For further information, please, contact
Lynton Boshoff (Lynton.Boshoff@nwu.ac.za) or
Johan Steenkamp (Johan.Steenkamp@nwu.ac.za).
Call: https://listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A2=CLASSICISTS;bb4f1987.ex
[PANEL] THE MINOTAUR: FROM ANTIQUITY TO TODAY
57th Annual Northeast Modern Language Association Convention
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: March 5-8, 2026
A Call for Papers has been announced for the panel “The Minotaur: From Antiquity to Today” at the 57th Annual Northeast Modern Language Association Convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (March 5-8, 2026). Abstracts of 250-300 words along with an author bio (up to 100 words) should be sent to minotaurstudies@gmail.com by 30 September 2025.
CFP: The Minotaur and the Labyrinth from multidisciplinary perspectives, specifically on how the symbol of the Minotaur and the Labyrinth has been used from antiquity to now. How has the Minotaur been used, or abused, throughout time? How has the mythology surrounding it been used to generate or regenerate cultural structures? Referencing Jeffrey Jerome Cohen’s Monster Culture, what does the Minotaur reveal about the cultures he exists within?
The Minotaur is an enduring symbol throughout Western thought: The Minotaur, the bull-human hybrid, the unnatural, adopted son of Minos, the terror of Crete, has found a home outside of his Labyrinth in Western literature. Singular, this monster – or should monster be in quotation marks? – has been used at times to embody the horrors of unnatural desires, and at other times an embodiment of Otherness that ‘had’ to be destroyed, and in still others, an incorporated member who still is somehow odd.
This panel aims to apply the theme of the 2026 NeMLA Convention, (Re)generation, in order to examine the uses of the Minotaur, the Labyrinth in which he resides, and the reason for the shifts in his attendant mythologies from antiquity to today. How has the Minotaur been used, or abused, throughout time? How has the mythology surrounding it been used to generate or regenerate cultural structures? Referencing Jeffrey Jerome Cohen’s Monster Culture, what does the Minotaur reveal about the cultures he exists within?
Perspectives to possibly address:
* Feminist and Queer readings of the Minotaur or the Labyrinth
* Psychoanalytical readings of the Minotaur or the Labyrinth
* Monstrous masculinity and the Minotaur, or monstrous femininity of the Labyrinth
* The role of heroes and “heroes”
* The Minotaur or the Labyrinth in art and art history
* The Minotaur or the Labyrinth as a symbol – of what, and to what end?
* The Economics of the Minotaur or the Labyrinth – who benefits from the Minotaur, and how?
* The Minotaur or the Labyrinth in a specific work or time period
* The Antique Minotaur
* The Renaissance Minotaur
* The image of the Minotaur in modern popular culture
* Anything else! What about Ariadne? What about Minos and Pasiphae?
Please submit a 250-300 word abstract and approx. 100 word author bio to Michael Dalpe at minotaurstudies@gmail.com by 30 September 2025 to be considered for the panel.
Call: https://antiquityinmediastudies.wordpress.com/2025/06/21/cfp-the-minotaur-from-antiquity-to-today/
(CFP closed September 30, 2025)
#CFP [ONLINE] RES DIFFICILES 7 – CHALLENGES AND PATHWAYS FOR ADDRESSING INEQUITY IN CLASSICS
Online Webinar: March 13, 2026 (US Pacific time)
Organizers: Hannah Čulík-Baird and Elke Nash
Since 2020 Res Difficiles has been a venue for addressing inequities within the field of Classics, examining issues arising out of intersectional vectors of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, disability, class, socio-economic status, and beyond. In our papers and conversations, we explore how people on the margins in our texts and contexts are invited—or pushed further from—the center and explore avenues through which such marginalization might be addressed. Following each conference, recordings of conference presentations are made available online at https://resdifficiles.com/. In preparation for Res Diff 7, we invite papers from all those who study and teach the ancient world. Submissions from individuals, pairs, or organizations are welcome, as are submissions from students (undergraduate or graduate), faculty, and K-12 teachers.
Our keynote speaker will be Samuel Agbamu, Lecturer in Classics at the University of Reading.
The conference will be hosted as a Zoom webinar with a capacity of 500. Please note that the time zone of the conference will be US Pacific.
Abstracts of 350 words should be sent electronically to Hannah Čulík-Baird (culikbaird@humnet.ucla.edu) by Monday, January 12, 2026. Papers will be 20-25 minutes with coordinated discussion at the end of each session.
Call: https://resdifficiles.com/cfp/
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April 2026
OBJECT LESSONS: KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION AND ANTIQUITY IN INSTITUTIONAL TEACHING COLLECTIONS ACROSS THE LONG NINETEENTH CENTURY (1750-1940)
Rome, Italy: April 8-11, 2026
Co-hosted by University of Texas at Austin, the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome, and the American Academy in Rome, this conference focuses on the evolution of teaching collections for classical studies and archaeology from about 1750 to 1940. Just as the advent of digital technologies and AI are currently reshaping our academic landscape, scholarship was profoundly reshaped by moments such as J.J. Winckelmann’s Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums and the formalization of the Ashmolean as an archaeological museum under Arthur Evans. Curiosity cabinets gave way to physical teaching collections consisting of casts of ancient gems or sculpture, coin cabinets, and a wide range of archaeological objects, usually comprising representative type-items of modest quality. Advances in material replication such as photographs, paper squeezes, and rubbings introduced new ways to disseminate knowledge of better-known artworks and artifacts. While supporting instruction in art history and archaeology, these collections also served as models for students in fine arts and architecture. As ideas about how to understand the premodern world changed, the organization, display, and use of these collections changed too, responding to art-historical paradigm shifts like Adolf Furtwängler’s reclassification of Winckelmann’s system for sculpture and gems and to new national and imperial political realities. This conference will bring together scholars from various backgrounds to explore such collections in the context of the broader intellectual history of the period and the epistemological and classificatory transformations it witnessed. We hope the contextualization of these collections will also inspire discussion of their ethical use in the future.
Although our center of focus is the classical world, we welcome contributions that discuss institutional teaching collections related to any aspect of antiquity, the middle ages, or archaeology. Some relevant topics may include:
* Intellectual currents that drove changes in institutional collections and their modes of presentation
* Individuals, collections, or institutions that drove changes at the regional, national, or international level
* Provenance and the social contexts of the acquisition of teaching collections
* How paradigm shifts or inflection points in approaches to antiquity transformed teaching collections
* How important historical or geopolitical events precipitated such paradigm shifts
* A historically informed biography of a specific collection that evolved with the times
* The role played by a new technology or genre in transmitting knowledge in new ways
We especially welcome presentations by Ph.D. students and early-career scholars. We hope to lay the foundations for an international community of practice, seeding collaborations that will raise awareness of these collections at their home institutions while engaging with new technological possibilities for their dissemination and classification. We intend to publish the papers delivered at this conference as an edited volume that will spark a larger conversation about the role of teaching collections for classical art and archaeology in both the past and the future.
This conference is co-sponsored by the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome, the American Academy in Rome, and the University of Texas at Austin. Sessions will be held both at the American Academy and the Swedish Institute. Speakers are invited to a tour of the American Academy in Rome’s antiquities; we also expect to include a tour of the collections at the French School in Rome. A welcome reception, one or two catered lunches, and a closing dinner will be provided. We are seeking funding to subsidize travel and accommodation costs for participants.
Submission Guidelines:
Abstract length: 200 words
Languages: English and Italian
Deadline for submission: Friday, August 22nd
Presentation format: Roughly 20-minute presentations, followed by discussion; format will be determined more precisely after we have a full roster of speakers
Please submit your abstract along with your name, your affiliation, and the title of your paper to Amber Kearns (akearns@austin.utexas.edu) by Friday, August 22nd.
We hope to inform all applicants by mid-September. For further inquiries, please contact Amber Kearns (email above) or Rabun Taylor (rmtaylor@austin.utexas.edu).
https://listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A2=CLASSICISTS;88fbe94b.ex
(CFP closed August 22, 2025)
#CFP [ONLINE] MEDITERRANEAN ANTIQUITY IN THE WORK OF H. P. LOVECRAFT
Online (Zoom): April 10-11, 2026
Given the findings of the Pharos Project and other anti-racist scholarly endeavors, it is perhaps not surprising that H. P. Lovecraft, a man as famous for his white supremacy as he is for his cosmic horror, cites Mediterranean antiquity as a personal touchstone. “Few students of mankind, if truly impartial,” he opines, “can fail to select as the greatest of human institutions that mighty and enduring civilisation which, first [appeared] on the banks of the Tiber… If to Greece is due the existence of all modern thought, so to Rome is due its survival and our possession of it” (Lovecraft 2004: 23). So begins Lovecraft’s 1918 essay “The Literature of Rome.” This interest in and dedicated beliefs regarding the superiority of Greco-Roman antiquity threads throughout his work, from the lengthy excursus into the Magna Mater and her rites during “The Rats in the Walls” (1923) to Lovecraft’s collaboration with Sonia Greene on an adaptation of Euripides’ Alcestis (see Jenzen-Jones and Romano 2024 on the Alcestis and e.g. Joshi 2010, Quinn 2011, Salonia 2011, Norris 2016 and 2017, and Krämer 2017 on Lovecraft’s greater engagement with Mediterranean antiquity). This is not to say that Lovecraft limited himself to Greece and Rome within the ancient Mediterranean, however, as even the single example of his short story “Under the Pyramids” (1924) attests, or the realm of writing; as he once recorded: “I have in literal truth built altars to Pan, Apollo, Diana, and Athena, and have watched for dryads and satyrs in the woods and fields at dusk” (cited in Krämer 2017: 94).
Contributions to this virtual conference (which will be held over Zoom on April 10-11, 2026) aim to elucidate the multifarious ways that Lovecraft manipulates the ancient Mediterranean in his criticism and fiction, and particularly, how he maneuvers ancient Greece, Rome, and/or other civilizations in support of his bigotry. Lovecraft’s fascination with Mediterranean antiquity persisted from childhood, and so informed his development as a writer and thinker. Further still, the uses to which he put that fascination, as Robinson Peter Krämer (2017: 116) observes, don’t cohere to “a specific order or system.” This diversity of engagement raises important questions regarding how Lovecraft makes use of different cultures of Mediterranean antiquity at different moments within his philosophy and literature, and how consistent these uses are with each other.
Such an investigation will offer a timely opportunity to further ongoing work on the horrors of Mediterranean antiquity (e.g. Cueva 2024, Kazantzidis and Thumiger, eds. 2025). At the same time, it will contribute to recent investigations into how these cultures themselves have proved to offer fecund material across various genres of speculative and popular fiction (e.g. Rogers and Stevens, eds. 2015, Rogers and Stevens, eds. 2017, Weiner, Stevens, and Rogers, eds. 2018, and Rogers and Stevens, eds. 2019). This is also a valuable time to consider Lovecraft more fully in particular, both due to the renewed publication of his works engaging with Greco-Roman antiquity (e.g. Jenzen-Jones, ed. 2024) and recent discourse on how exactly Lovecraft’s fraught legacy should be navigated (e.g., Flood 2015). The example set by, for instance, the television series Lovecraft Country (HBO, 2020) and its reception might be informative for us as classicists as we reckon with the likewise fraught legacy of our own discipline (see Umachandran and Ward, eds. 2023 for a particularly recent example).
Each session of the workshop will include a paper of between 25-30 minutes accompanied by a response of 5-10 minutes, prepared in advance by an invited respondent, before general Q&A. Abstracts of no more than 500 words are due by November 26 and decisions will be sent out by December 5. A draft of the paper will then be requested by March 10 to allow the respondents time to prepare.
Please find the full CFP, bibliography, and instructions for submitting abstracts on the event website: https://www.carmanromanophd.com/lovecraftconference
If you have any questions or would like any further information, please contact Carman Romano (cromano1@brynmawr.edu) or Kathleen Cruz (kancruz@ucdavis.edu).
[HYBRID] THE CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION - ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Hybrid/Manchester Metropolitan University & University of Manchester: April 10-12, 2026
Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Manchester will host the Classical Association Conference on 10-12 April 2026. Academic events will take place at the Business School of Manchester Metropolitan University, with other events taking place across the venues of the two Universities. Delegates will be supported to make their own arrangements for off-campus accommodation in the local area. More detailed information about practical issues will be distributed when the programme is finalised.
The programme will feature keynote addresses, one of which will be delivered by the CA’s Honorary President, the historian and broadcaster Michael Wood, Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester. You can also look forward to a variety of classically-themed entertainment, receptions, the CA Prizegivings, and much more to still be revealed!
We’re inviting academics, postgraduates, teachers, early-stage researchers, and anyone with an interest alike to submit your ideas for individual papers, panels, lightning talks, workshops, posters, and digital stories. See further below for details on the various formats designed to encourage participation from a wide range of speakers.
Conference themes
We propose the following themes as likely to inspire interdisciplinary and comparativist approaches but encourage other suggestions too. We welcome proposals on all topics across ancient literature and philosophy, ancient history, classical art, archaeology, epigraphy and numismatics, linguistics, critical approaches, popular culture and the reception of the classical tradition. We aim to foster a friendly and inclusive environment, in the hope that panels will juxtapose speakers from different backgrounds, so that postgraduates, academics, and teachers can all share ideas, challenges, and enthusiasms.
The Conference will have a range of delegates: if you would like to target your material specifically at school-age or undergraduate students, please make this clear in your proposal.
* Africa (including, but not restricted to, Egypt) and the Classical World;
* Ancient Political Philosophy;
* Classical Heritage and Global Conflict;
* Classics in North West England;
* Commemorating the Dead;
* Environment, Resources and the Ancient World;
* Inscriptions and their Audiences;
* Papyrology;
* Pedagogy (particularly justice- and access-centred pedagogies);
* Queer Classics;
* The Near East and the Classical World
Types of Session
Anyone can submit a proposal. Please consider which of the following you would like to do:
* present an individual paper
* give a lightning talk
* share a printed poster
* share a digital story
* form a panel of papers
* organise or contribute to a workshop
Please see website for our descriptions of each of these types of sessions.
Please also see website for Speaker Information and details of in-person and online participation.
What to do next
Please submit your proposals to ca2026submissions@gmail.com by 23:59 BST on 15 September 2025. No late submissions will be accepted.
To assist with scheduling, when submitting your email, please let us know if you will NOT be able to attend a particular day of the Conference (e.g. Friday, Saturday or Sunday) and/or if you are expecting to only be able to participate remotely.
Your email must include an attachment in MS Word or PDF format containing the following details, depending upon the type of session you are proposing. The attached document filename must be clearly labelled with your surname and an abstract title (not just ‘CA 2026 Proposal’!). Please make absolutely clear which format you are proposing.
Please see website linked above for details of what to include in your proposal for each of the types of session, including word-limits, abstracts, and presenter details.
We look forward to receiving your ideas at ca2026submissions@gmail.com
To assist with scheduling, when submitting your email, please let us know if you will NOT be able to attend a particular day of the Conference (e.g. Friday, Saturday or Sunday).
Manchester Organising Committee: Jenny Bryan, Peter Liddel, April Pudsey
Website: https://classicalassociation.org/conference/
(CFP closed September 15, 2025)
[PANEL] TRIUMPHAL ARCHES AND CLASSICIZING MONUMENTS IN THE AMERICAS
Confererence: Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians
Mexico City, Mexico: April 15-19, 2026
We’d like to encourage you to submit a paper for our session, Triumphal Arches and Classicizing Monuments in the Americas, at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians. You can do so by visiting the SAH website and the Call for Papers link located here - https://www.sah.org/2026/call-for-papers-mexico-city.
The submissions are due by June 5 (Thursday) at 11:59 pm CDT.
Session Title: Triumphal Arches and Classicizing Monuments in the Americas
Session Description: Mexico City's Monument to the Revolution counts among the many classicizing monuments built in the Americas since 1492. While these freestanding arches, columns, and obelisks initially served to advance political projects such as imperialism, communities have continued to reinterpret, reshape and repurpose them. Past studies have addressed these monuments individually, often in comparison to European precedents.
Forging an intersection between critical monument studies and classical reception studies, this panel brings the classicizing monuments of South, Central, and North America into dialogue with each other for the first time. We aim to sharpen awareness of the role monuments played in the broader phenomenon of classical reception in the Americas. We also seek to understand the role of the Americas in creatively reimagining the classical designs of monuments that have become global in their popularity.
We welcome case studies that consider any facet of triumphal arches and other classicizing monuments in the Americas: their role in settler colonialism; their negotiation of global, regional, and local art and architectural traditions; the social and political contexts of their patronage, dedication, and commemoration; the significance of settings and recurrence in urban design; reception of individual structures over time, including destruction, neglect, and adaptive reuse; and current usefulness for wayfinding and anchoring community gatherings such as protests and farmers’ markets. Ephemeral monuments designed for special events and world’s fairs are also core to this discussion. While assembling case studies from different regions, we also aim to build an international cohort of specialists who are in conversation with each other.
Source: https://listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A2=CLASSICISTS;65543ebb.ex
(CFP closed June 5, 2025)
#CFP [HYBRID] ECOCRITICAL APPROACHES TO ANCIENT PERFORMANCE CULTURE
Online/University of Durham, UK: April 22-24, 2026
Proposals are invited for papers to be delivered at a hybrid conference, convened at the University of Durham by Emma Bentley and Edith Hall, which will address the relationship between ancient Greek and Roman dramatic/mimetic performances and the natural world, including their reception. Ancient performance culture (c.550 BCE-500 CE), under the aegis of the arboreal/vegetal/viticultural/mountain god Dionysus, encompassed tragedy, comedy, satyr play, mime, operatic/balletic pantomime and aquatic/hunting spectacles; these enacted, in venues requiring vast quantities of timber and stone, myths involving creation, plague, flood, fire and marine, tree, metallurgical and agricultural divinities.
Questions to be addressed may include:
How can evidence (textual/artistic/archaeological) for the rich performance culture of the ancient Greek/Roman worlds (North Africa to Ukraine, Portugal/England to Afghanistan) be read to unmask its producers/consumers’ unease with the relationship between humans and their environment?
How can we use dramatic texts and enactments to unravel the ambivalent ancient view of humans’ conflicted relations with nature via (mis)representation/ erasure?
Can we refine an ecocritical method that accommodates ‘traditional’ philological/archaeological analysis but advances beyond the (often woolly) antihumanism of New Materialism, the frequently anthropocentric environmental insensitivity of traditional literary Marxism and the nebulous psychological anti-materialism entailed by the Jungian concept of the ‘ecological consciousness’?
How best can we test the hypothesis that anthropogenic environmental damage has subsequently been legitimised by receptions of the celebration of the exploitation of nature in the canonical performance texts of antiquity?
Can we leverage the creative arts in new receptions of ancient literature to raise awareness of the environmental crisis?
Confirmed speakers include Alicia Stallings, Arnaud Zucker, Alison Sharrock, Joel Christensen, Niklas Bettermann, Jason König, Christopher Schliephake, Magdalena Zira, Andrew Fox, Bill Freeman and Michael Loy. Submissions from Early Career Researchers are particularly welcome.
Please send an abstract of around 300 words to emma.bentley@durham.ac.uk by 1st November 2025.
Call: https://listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A2=CLASSICISTS;63c4cba6.ex
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May 2026
[HYBRID] FEMINISM & CLASSICS IX: COMMUNITIES
Hybrid/Department of Classics at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio: May 7-10, 2026
The program committee for the next Feminism & Classics conference (May 7–10, 2026) invites submissions of abstracts, panels, roundtables, workshops, and innovative presentation formats related to the theme of “Communities.” Presentations for this hybrid conference may be delivered in person in Cincinnati, Ohio or on the virtual conference platform. For more details about the conference theme, see below.
In addition to traditional research papers, the committee is eager to receive proposals related to pedagogy, mentorship, hidden labor, accessibility, creative work, and beyond. We are enthusiastic about participation from K–12 teachers and independent scholars as well as faculty and students from all types of institutions. Grant funding from the Loeb Classical Library has been earmarked to provide registration waivers and other subsidies to students, K–12 teachers, contingent faculty, and others requiring financial assistance. Since this will be a hybrid conference, all participants will have the option to attend events in person, online, or in combination; proposals for both in-person and online presentations and events will be accepted. Thoughtful approaches to ensuring that in-person events are fully accessible to online participants are especially encouraged.
Submission Instructions:
Abstracts and proposals should be sent to feminism.classics@gmail.com by September 12, 2025 as anonymized attachments in Word or PDF format. Please remove all personally identifying information from the attached document, including from the file name. In the body of the message, please list your name, the title of your proposal, and the email address at which you would like to receive communications about the conference.
Individual abstracts should be no more than 350 words (excluding bibliography) and should reflect plans for oral delivery of a paper lasting maximum 15 minutes.
a. Please indicate at the top of your abstract whether you intend to deliver the paper in person or online.
Proposals (for panels, roundtables, workshops, or other innovative modes of delivery) should be no more than 350 words (excluding bibliography). Individual abstracts within proposed panels can each be up to 350 words in addition.
a. Please indicate at the top of the proposal document whether you plan for your event to last 60, 90, or 120 minutes; the number of speakers; and whether each speaker will attend in person or online. Hybrid panels (with some in-person and some online participants) are absolutely acceptable.
b. If you are proposing an innovative mode of delivery, please explain clearly what your plans are and how you will ensure accessibility for online participants. (This explanation can be excluded from the 350 word limit.)
Conference Theme: COMMUNITIES
The organizing theme for this meeting of Feminism & Classics will be COMMUNITIES. Communities formed around human connection and exclusion have long shaped social identities, enforcing or eliding differences in the pursuit of political, intellectual, artistic, or affective goals. In the modern world, when such connections can be made across vast distances at the speed of a computer click, we are primed to reflect on the formation, development, and impact of communities in antiquity—how and why did ancient people come together to collaborate over shared goals or commiserate over shared grievances? How did factors like sex, gender, civic status, social and political capital, disenfranchisement, disability, or ethnos influence the formation of communities? What physical spaces housed ancient communities? What material traces did they leave behind? How did those experiencing exclusion from certain communities respond to being denied the benefits or privileges of membership?
Communities have a powerful influence on the unity or fragmentation of the people with whom they interact. Shared ideologies regularly generate extreme reactions, from empowerment and compassion to anger and fear. These affective conditions may precipitate actions upon other individuals or communities, resulting in increased division, hierarchical power differentials, and desires for resistance—considerations which have long been foundational to feminist scholarship in the Classics and beyond (see Rabinowitz and Richlin 1993, Weiss and Friedman 1995, McManus 1997). Community studies, as an interdisciplinary branch of sociological and anthropological investigations encompassing a number of frameworks and terminologies familiar to scholars in Classics (e.g., ethnography, social network analysis, liminality; see Blackshaw 2009), has also contributed a great deal in recent decades to explorations of antiquity. Scholars in Classics have examined the dynamics of ancient communities based on political networks (Brock and Hodkinson 2000; Broekaert et al. 2020), religious practices (Collar 2013; Muñiz-Grijalvo and Tejedor, 2023), urban infrastructure (Simelius 2024), education and class (Mosconi 2008), provinces and colonies (Christol 2010), women’s associations (Hirschmann 2003), and wealth disparities (Carlà-Uhink et al. 2023), often situating the peoples of antiquity within networks that transcend governed entities and elite social ranks (e.g., Taylor and Vlassopoulos 2015).
Aspirations toward communities of equality have long motivated feminist practitioners; importantly, historical failures of feminist movements to recognize intersectional oppressions and to acknowledge the contributions of women of color and trans women have inhibited the formation of accessible communities within both academic disciplines and political movements. This conference’s focus on communities will therefore necessarily escape the temporal bounds of the ancient Mediterranean world, as disciplinary discourses reflect ongoing concerns about the formation and continuity of a truly accessible global community for the study of antiquity.
With these considerations in mind, we invite submissions to Feminism & Classics IX that reflect on the concept of Communities, broadly conceived. In formulating their proposals for this conference, authors are invited to understand “feminism” from an intersectional perspective that embraces numerous theoretical approaches as relevant and important to the conference’s mission. These may include queer theory, critical race theory, disability studies, ecocriticism, and postcolonial theory, among many others. Possible topics and approaches to the theme of Communities include (but are by no means limited to):
* How social, political, and economic forces shaped ancient communities (and sub-communities) into hierarchical, oligarchic, aristocratic, democratic, and/or autocratic structures
* How access to education, texts, and convivial gatherings contributed to the construction of elite and exclusive communities of literacy in antiquity; how those denied access to such resources still built or maintained communities engaged with storytelling, narrative, and oral traditions
* Communities of care, whether in the ancient world or in our modern discipline (e.g., fostering mentorship, empathy, accessibility, and growth in academia, especially for junior and contingent teachers and scholars)
* Communities of choice, as aligned with or divergent from communities of birth
* Gendered communities, with consideration of the ways in which communities form or exclude based on social perceptions and constructions of gender
* Community building(s), including both the action of forming communities and the physical spaces that may house those communities
* The spaces and tools of community: how sites, objects, and interactions between them constructed or affected communities
* Communities and social identity, with consideration of in-group/out-group dynamics or how/whether individuals fit into certain communities
* Strategies for community-building within and beyond the discipline, including outreach or engagement with the public, collaboration between academia and other spheres, and networks of communal pedagogy
Our commitment to ACCESSIBILITY:
Feminism & Classics is committed to creating a welcoming and accessible hybrid conference that enables all attendees to engage fully with the program. We pledge to take concrete steps to support neurodivergent attendees and attendees with physical disabilities, mental illnesses, and/or chronic illnesses. If you require any accommodations to participate in this event, or have any questions or concerns related to access, please contact our Accessibility Team so that we can make sure your needs are met: femclas.accessibility@gmail.com
We will encourage all conference participants to consult the “Making SCS Presentations More Accessible” document here , created by Zoé Elise Thomas and Clara Bosak-Schroeder, to ensure that their conference presentations and materials are as broadly accessible as possible. As the conference gets closer, we will update the website with more detailed information about on-site and online accessibility.
Contact and Logistics:
For more information about conference logistics, planned events, and our commitment to hosting an accessible and welcoming gathering for all participants, please visit our webpage: https://www.wccclassics.org/femclas9
If you have any questions about the conference, please direct your inquiries to Caitlin Hines (caitlin.hines@uc.edu).
If you require accommodations or have questions about accessibility, please email femclas.accessibility@gmail.com
Works Cited
Blackshaw, Tony. 2009. Key Concepts in Community Studies. SAGE.
Brock, Roger, and Stephen Hodkinson (ed.). 2000. Alternatives to Athens: varieties of political organization and community in ancient Greece. Oxford University Press.
Broekaert, Wim, Elena Köstner, and Christian Rollinger (eds.). 2020. The Ties that Bind: Ancient Politics and Network Research. Journal of Historical Network Research 4. Luxembourg.
Carlà-Uhink, Filippo, Lucia Cecchet, and Carlos Machado (eds.). 2023. Poverty in Ancient Greece and Rome: Realities and Discourses. Routledge.
Christol, Michel. 2010. “L’organisation des communautés en Gaule méridionale (Transalpine, puis Narbonnaise) sous la domination de Rome.” Pallas 84: 15–36.
Collar, Anna. 2013. Religious Networks in the Roman Empire: The Spread of New Ideas. Cambridge University Press.
Hirschmann, V. E. 2003. “Methodische Überlegungen zu Frauen in antiken Vereinen.” In de Ligt, L., E. A. Hemelrijk, and H. W. Singor (eds.), Roman Rule and Civic Life: Local and Regional Perspectives: Proceedings of the Fourth Workshop of the International Network Impact of Empire (Roman Empire, c.200 B.C. – A.D. 476), Leiden, June 25–28, 2003. Brill: 401–414.
McManus, Barbara. 1997. Classics and Feminism: Gendering the Classics. The Impact of Feminism on the Arts and Sciences. Twayne.
Mosconi, Gianfranco. 2008. “‘Musica & Buon Governo’: paideía aristocratica e propaganda politica nell’Atene di V sec. a.c.” Rivista di Cultura Classica e Medioevale 1: 11–70.
Muñiz-Grijalvo, Elena, and Alberto del Campo Tejedor (ed.). 2023. Processions and the construction of communities in antiquity: history and comparative perspectives. Routledge.
Rabinowitz, Nancy Sorkin, and Amy Richlin. 1993. Feminist Theory and the Classics. Routledge.
Simelius, Samuli. 2024. “Networks of Inequality: Access to Water in Roman Pompeii.” Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology 7: 54–74.
Taylor, Claire, and Kostas Vlassopoulos. 2015. Communities and Networks in the Ancient Greek World. Oxford University Press.
Weiss, Penny A., and Marilyn Friedman. 1995. Feminism and Community. Temple University Press.
Website: https://www.wccclassics.org/femclas9
(CFP closed September 12, 2025)
#CFP THE ANCIENT WORLD ON SCREEN CONFERENCE
Commemorating 50+ years of classics and film reception
The University of Granada, Spain: May 14-15, 2026
It is 50 years since the start of Classics and Film reception as an academic discipline, with the publication of early key texts, including The Ancient World in the Cinema (1978) by John Solomon, Classics and Film (1991) edited by Martin M. Winkler, and Projecting the Past: Ancient Rome, Cinema and History (1997) by Maria Wyke. To commemorate this milestone, and to showcase the vast array of different approaches to the Ancient world on different screens (cinema, TV, computer, phone) that have since emerged, we would like to invite you to contribute to an international conference on the Ancient World on Screen to be held from 14-15 May 2026. The conference will be in person at the University of Granada, and will include keynote lectures by Profs Maria Wyke and Francisco Salvador.
Topics within this broad area could include the following:
• Films, Television drama series, animation or documentaries based on the ancient world/mythology
• Video games drawing on aspects of the ancient world
• Ancient world media fandom, including fanfiction and fan art
• Modern screen-based media as a means to engage viewers in the ancient world (YouTube, TikTok etc.)
• VR and immersive experiences, including the use of multi-media in museums and as education/entertainment
• New methodological approaches to the ancient world on screen
Please submit abstracts of 250 words for 20-minute papers in English or Spanish to classicalreceptiongranada@gmail.com by the 1st December, 2025.
Organisers: Dr Javier Martínez Jiménez and Dr Amanda Potter
Call: https://listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A2=CLASSICISTS;b96aca33.ex
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June 2026
#CFP THE RECEPTION OF ANCIENT GREECE IN EUROPE THROUGH THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN TEXTS AND IMAGES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE BOOK (14TH-16TH CENTURY)
International conference - ERC AGRELITA
University of Caen Normandie, France: June 18-19, 2026
This conference aims to explore the literary, artistic, and cultural reception of ancient
Greece through the prism of the relationships between texts and images in Europe from the
14th to the 16th century. How are the different visual and textual forms associated in this
context? How was the alliance between text and image integrated into the processes of
reception of ancient Greece, in the broad sense defined by Lorna Hardwick i.e., both the
reception of its knowledge and texts, and the development of representations of ancient
Greece? What does the collaboration between literary and visual creation bring to the various
forms of reception of ancient Greece? What aspects of Greek antiquity, real or imagined, are
particularly highlighted through the dialogue between texts and images in literary, historical,
and philosophical works?
The conference will take place at the University of Caen Normandie on June 18–19,
2026. It will focus on the dialogue between texts written in Europe from the 14th to the
16th century (editions, translations, and commentaries on ancient Greek works, as well as
new literary, historical, philosophical, and didactic texts) and images. Two main themes will
be considered.
The first theme—texts and images in the book—concerns the dialogue between texts
and images within manuscripts and printed books, from the perspective of their materiality
and content. We will study the different links established between texts and images, the roles
assigned to images in the multiple forms of reception of ancient Greece, and the evolution of
this collaboration between textual and visual representations from the 14th to the 16th
century. Attention will be given to the different forms of illustration and decoration found in
manuscripts and printed works (paintings, engravings, drawings, marginal decorations,
frontispieces, inscriptions, etc.).
The second theme—texts and images outside the book—focuses on the creation of
images that exist outside the book but originate in one or more books, and that illustrate,
develop, or rework a textual tradition about ancient Greece, containing a textual trace or sign
(caption, inscription, poem beneath the image, speech scroll, representation of a book
within the image or visual object, etc.). This corpus includes various categories of works
belonging to visual arts (drawings, engravings, emblems, paintings, sculptures, architecture,
etc.), decorative arts (furniture, goldsmithing, stained glass, tapestry, precious objects, etc.),
performing arts (ceremonies, theater, dance, opera, etc.), or applied arts (fashion, everyday
objects, etc.).
These two themes invite reflection on the importance of intermediality in the reception
of ancient Greece, in other words on the transfers of form and meaning between different
media that contribute to this reception. Furthermore, the intermedial approach is not born ex
nihilo but is founded on a legacy from the theorists of ancient Greek, as Jürgen E. Müller has
pointed out, developing this concept in the 1980s.
The assertion of close links, even kinship, between the different arts is indeed ancient,
as Aristotle already noted, in his Poetics, the similarities between the work of the poet and
that of the painter: “the poet is a maker of representations, just like the painter or any other
maker of images.” Horace’s famous formula, ut pictura poesis , lies at the heart of 2 3
Renaissance art theory, justifying the idea that the work of painters is no less noble than that
of writers. While the dialogue between the arts was strongly affirmed and valued from the
16th century onward, it was not absent in previous centuries, albeit in a less theorized form.
The intermedial perspective thus allows us to address the processes of creation and the
transfers of form and meaning between text and image within a vast interdisciplinary field of
study. Without excluding other approaches, proposals will highlight aspects still little
explored concerning the versatility of artists, the circulation of models, and the strategies of
representation of ancient Greece in the transmission from books to other visual works.
Within the space of the book, our first theme, what types of dialogue are established
between text and image, and in what forms of illustrated books? What roles does the text play
in relation to the image that illustrates it, and conversely, the silent image to the speaking text?
The image illustrates the text, complicates a story, or, on the contrary, selects and simplifies
the narrative; the image interprets the text, allegorizes or personifies a concept, sometimes
alters its meaning, and can make present (“re-present”) what is not said; it deploys an
ornamental function where it is not necessarily expected (in the margin, for example),
gradually gaining autonomy from the text.
Other questions are raised by the second theme : how do images related to ancient
Greece take shape outside the space of the book, while drawing on textual traditions about
ancient Greece? How do they reveal this heritage through the presence of short texts or
textual signs on the image? and how to interpret these different forms of links between text
and image, and these devices of mise en abyme? How do artists use them in their
representations of ancient Greece?
The various ways in which images emerge and are arranged in relation to texts do not
exclude each other, and others undoubtedly remain to be studied in the field of reception
studies of ancient Greece.
Submission guidelines
Proposals for papers, in French or English (title and abstract of 200–300 words), should be
submitted along with a brief CV by December 15, 2025 to the following addresses:
• catherine.gaullier-bougassas@unicaen.fr
• lorene.bellanger@unicaen.fr
After review, notification of acceptance will be sent by January 15, 2026.
Travel and accommodation expenses will be covered according to the regulations of the
University of Caen Normandie.
The conference proceedings will be published in Brepols’ series "Recherches sur les
Réceptions de l’Antiquité" (https://www.brepols.net/series/RRA). Submitted articles must be
original and previously unpublished.
Organization
• Catherine Gaullier-Bougassas, Professor of Medieval French Language and Literature, ERC
Agrelita (Principal Investigator), CRAHAM (UMR 6273), Université de Caen Normandie
• Julie Labregère, Postdoctoral Researcher, ERC Agrelita, CRAHAM (UMR 6273),
Université de Caen Normandie
• Giulia Parma, Postdoctoral Researcher, ERC Agrelita, CRAHAM (UMR 6273), Université
de Caen Normandie
• Lorène Bellanger, Project Manager, ERC Agrelita, CRAHAM (UMR 6273), Université de
Caen Normandie
ERC Advanced Grant AGRELITA • The Reception of Ancient Greece in Premodern French
Literature and Illustrations of Manuscripts and Printed Books (1320–1550): How Invented
Memories Shaped the Identity of European Communities.
The AGRELITA project was launched on October 1st, 2021. It is a 6-year project
(2021-2027), which has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under
the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No
101018777).
For more information on the project: https://agrelita.hypotheses.org
Call: https://agrelita.hypotheses.org/8943
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#CFP [PANELS] 17TH CELTIC CONFERENCE IN CLASSICS
Department of Ancient Classics at Maynooth University, Ireland: July 14-17, 2026
The Celtic Conference in Classics is returning to Ireland next year and will be hosted by the Department of Ancient Classics at Maynooth University, from 14-17 July, 2026. This will be an in-person event.
This first announcement is a Call for Panels, inviting colleagues to submit proposals to the conference organizers by 31 October 2025. Please send on your panel title, abstracts, and the names and affiliation of any proposed speakers to classics@mu.ie.
This will be the 17th Celtic Conference in Classics, and we plan to host approximately twenty specialist panels here in Maynooth with – ideally – fifteen to twenty papers on each panel. (Though smaller panels are also acceptable.) In keeping with the founding principles of the conference, this CCC seeks to promote cross-fertilisation between separate fields and so panel suggestions on any Classical antiquity-related theme are most welcome.
Details about organizing and running a CCC panel can be found on the new Celtic Conference in Classics website.
Any further questions or queries can be directed to your hosts at classics@mu.ie.
Website: https://www.celticconferenceinclassics.org/
Call: https://listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A2=CLASSICISTS;ab685bbd.ex
#CFP THE MARY RENAULT PRIZE
Applications close: July annually.
The deadline for the 2026 Mary Renault Prize competition is: TBA (usually second half July).
The Mary Renault Prize is a Classical Reception essay prize for school or college sixth form pupils, awarded by the Principal and Fellows of St Hugh’s College, and funded by the royalties from Mary Renault’s novels.
The Principal and Fellows of St Hugh’s College offer two or more Prizes, worth up to £300 each, for essays on classical reception or influence submitted by pupils who, at the closing date, have been in the Sixth Form of any school or college for a period of not more than two years. The prizes are in memory of the author Mary Renault, who is best known for her historical novels set in ancient Greece, recently reissued by Virago. Renault read English at St Hugh’s in the 1920s and subsequently taught herself ancient Greek. Her novels have inspired many thousands of readers to pursue the study of Classics at University level and beyond. At least one prize will be awarded a pupil who is not studying either Latin or Greek to A-level standard. The winning essay will be published on the College’s website. Teachers wishing to encourage their students to enter the competition can download, display and circulate the competition poster in the ‘related documents’ section.
Essays can be from any discipline and should be on a topic relating to the reception of classical antiquity – including Greek and Roman literature, history, political thought, philosophy, and material remains – in any period to the present; essays on reception within classical antiquity (for instance, receptions of literary or artistic works or of mythical or historical figures) are permitted. Your submission must be accompanied by a completed information cover sheet. Essays should be between two-thousand and four-thousand words and submitted by the candidate as a Microsoft Word document through the form below.
Website: https://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/prospective-students/outreach-at-st-hughs/essay-competitions/the-mary-renault-prize/
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November 2026
THE 19TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF TAIWAN ASSOCIATION OF CLASSICAL, MEDIEVAL, AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES (TACMRS)
National Central University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan (limited hybrid sessions): November 6-7, 2026
For centuries, the symbiosis between the sea and land has been a central
theme in Western cultures and thoughts: while land provides resources,
manpower, and technology to the sea, the sea opens channels for trade and
communication. As civilizations grew, the conceptual boundary between sea and
land was consistently redefined and reimagined. Maritime trading routes
centered around the Mediterranean began to flourish from the 5th century
onward, fostering economic, cultural, and religious exchanges and
cosmopolitan unities across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. In
the 13th century, when the Venetian merchant Marco Polo ventured East, he
not only revealed broader markets in Asia (for silk, spices, porcelain,
etc.), but also prompted a surge of cultural interests in the East, real or
imagined. At the same time, the Hanseatic League emerged along the Baltic
shores starting in the late 12th century, linking coastal ports and cities
in the name of commerce. Not only did the organization contribute to the
success of commercial exchanges across Europe (such as raw materials,
necessities, and luxury goods), but it also brought political stability in
the regions.
Beyond the realm of commerce, the relationship between sea and land has
been thematized in literary works for centuries. In Virgil’s *Aeneid*, for
instance, the Roman poet describes Aeneas’ westward travels to Italy after
the fall of Troy, tracing the transition between old and new empires
(*translatio
imperii*). Even some of the oldest works of English literature, including *The
Seafarer, *projected contemporary theological questions onto an uncertain
seascape as if to take advantage of this conceptual no-man’s land to
explore questions of religion and poetics side by side. In the 15th
century, English mystic writer Margery Kempe faced perilous seas while
accompanying her daughter-in-law back to Danzig (now Gdańsk). While Kempe
described the experience as soul crushing, she managed to retrieve inner
strength and faith in the midst of it. Shakespeare himself, building on a
by then established tradition, frequently used the motifs of shipwreck
and piracy
to explore the porosity between comedy and tragedy, as seen in *The
Merchant of Venice*, *Twelfth Night*, and even *Hamlet*.
This conference calls for research from scholars working in classical,
medieval, and Renaissance studies under the topic of *The Sea and the World*
(in both English and Chinese). The 2026 international conference will
include primarily in-person sessions with a limited number of hybrid
sessions. For questions of accessibility, including remote presentation
and/or special technological requirements, please email the organizers
before submitting your abstract. We particularly encourage submissions from
MA and PhD studㄝents in the humanities across the country. Conference
participants may also form panels or roundtable topics among themselves
before submission. Suggested topics include the following (but are not
limited to):
- Maritime histories, literatures, and cultures
- Trading routes and the archeology of trade
- *mappa mundi* and cartography
- Piracy and shipwrecks
- Old Norse literature
- Human geography and islands studies
- Ecocriticism
- Emotion studies
- Empire and colonialism
- Subjectivity and alterity
- State borders and boundaries
- Sea voyage and immigration
- The hero’s journey and its adaptations
The conference will be held on November 6-7, 2026 at National Central
University. Please submit your proposal (250 words for English; 500 words
for Chinese) along with a one-page CV to tacmrs.ncu@gmail.com by July 1,
2025. There is no registration fee for the conference. Please note that
presenters should be members of TACMRS if they reside in Taiwan. Membership
application forms can be downloaded from the TACMRS website or upon request
via email. For more information, please visit the TACMRS website at https://
tacmrs.org.tw/.
Conference Coordinators:
· Dr. Yu-Ching (Louis) Wu, Assistant Professor, National Central
University
· Dr. Claudio Sansone, Assistant Professor, National Central
University
Conference Email Address: tacmrs.ncu@gmail.com
Conference website: https://tacmrsncu.wordpress.com/
(CFP closed July 1, 2025)
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January 2027
SOCIETY FOR CLASSICAL STUDIES - SCS 2027 ANNUAL MEETING
Boston, MA: January 7-10, 2027
Website: https://www.classicalstudies.org/annual-meeting/future-annual-meetings
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January 2028
SOCIETY FOR CLASSICAL STUDIES - SCS 2028 ANNUAL MEETING
Denver, CO: January 6-9, 2028
Website: https://www.classicalstudies.org/annual-meeting/future-annual-meetings
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July 2028
FIEC (INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF ASSOCIATIONS OF CLASSICAL STUDIES) XVIIITH CONGRESS
Ljubljana (Slovenia): July 3-7, 2028
Source: http://fiecnet.blogspot.com/2025/09/xviiith-fiec-congress-xviiie-congres-de.html
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