Calls for Papers

Gesture, Stance, and Movement

On 30 October 2020 abstracts (250 words maximum) are due for an international conference entitled Gesture, Stance, and Movement: Communicating Bodies in the Aegean Bronze Age, to be held on 11-13 November 2021 in Heidelberg, Germany. Oral (30 minutes) and poster presentations are invited concerning bodily comportment, communication, and expression in two- and three-dimensional representations from the Aegean Bronze Age. Proposed titles and abstracts should be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Further information is available at https://1drv.ms/b/s!AsBlxa75E5Zl3DP0qemh8SAdigKz?e=GQrIgJ

 

Poseidons Realm XXVI

On 31 October 2020 abstracts (250 words) are due for the conference In Poseidons Realm XXVI: Safety and Waterways, to be held on 3-10 May 2021 in Xanten, Germany. Further information is available at http://www.deguwa.org/.

 

Old Textiles - More Possibilities

On 30 November 2020 abstracts (200 words) are due for the Centre for Textile Research Anniversary Conference Old Textiles - More Possibilities, to be held on 14-18 June 2021 in Copenhagen. With permission, the presentations will be streamed online. Further information is available at https://ctr.hum.ku.dk/calendar/2021/old-textiles---more-possibilities-ctrs-anniversary-conference/.

 

13-ICCS

From 15 September to 31 December 2020 abstracts (300-500) are invited for the 13th International Congress of Cretan Studies (13-ICCS): Upheavals, Ruptures, Discontinuities, Risings, to be held on 6-10 October 2021 in Agios Nikolaos, Crete. For joint proposals for workshops, an overall summary of 200-400 words and abstracts of 300-500 words for each individual contribution should be submitted. Further information is available at https://www.13-iccs.gr/index_en.html. The themes addressed in the congress are:
• Upheavals, ruptures, discontinuities and risings within Crete or in relation to it. They may refer to larger or smaller groups or to efforts in progress, regardless of outcome.
• The influences of historical ruptures and upheavals of all kinds on the shaping of the Cretan landscape, the economic life of the island, the production of tangible and intangible forms of culture, population mobility, food shortages and famine, crop change, and behavioural shifts and adaptations.
• The effects of upheavals, ruptures, discontinuities, and risings on social mobility and stratification, their impacts on the institutional and administrative framework, their influences in broader geopolitical contexts and their consequences on cultural exchanges.

 

EMBERS2021

On 1 December 2020 abstracts (350 words maximum) for 20-minute presentations are due for the Eurasian Metallurgy from Beginning to End: A Research Symposium (EMBERS2021) to be held virtually on 25-26 March 2021, hosted by Wolfson College, University of Oxford. Further information is available at http://flame.arch.ox.ac.uk/embers/. Suggested topics include:
• Cross-craft interaction.
• The use of different materials in metal technology or vice versa.
• Experimental or recent approaches toward metallurgy.
• Reflections on periods of innovation.
• The effect of metal in ritual, burial, agricultural, and domestic contexts.
• The effect of mining or metallurgical activity on the landscape.

 

Global Antiquities

Global Antiquities, a peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to promoting academic work at the crossroads of Classics and Global Studies launching in Autumn 2020, invites submissions from Classicists, Ancient Historians, Archaeologists, and scholars in related fields, whose research is in dialogue with contemporary Globalization Studies. We also welcome papers from post-Classical Historians, Political Scientists, Theorists, and Philosophers, Anthropologists, Sociologists, and other social scientists and humanists whose work on global issues engages with the ancient past. GA welcomes submissions of research articles, book reviews, review articles, translations, and commentaries by scholars across disciplines seeking to understand and illuminate global issues through time, from antiquity to the present day. Further information is available at https://globalantiquities.pitt.edu/GA. Global Antiquities invites submissions on a broad range of topics including (but not limited to):
• poverty, inequality, enslavement, human rights
• war, peace, terrorism, diplomacy
• state formation and development; interstate networks, commerce, and governance
• ancient and modern identities (esp. the role of antiquity in configuring post-Classical identities)
• perceptions and expressions of difference (e.g. in gender, race, religion, ethnicity, ability, nationality, sexual identity, etc.)
• nationalism, indigeneity, citizenship, xenophobia
• migration, mobility, displacement
• center, border, and periphery
• constructions and propagations of culture (esp. across borders)
• illness and public health (including mental health); disability studies
• imperialisms; colonization; exploration and geography
• climate change, the environment, environmental justice
• organization, structures, and movement of knowledge; technology in society
• social movements and activism
• transnational organizations (including criminal) and movements
• perceptions of and attendance to basic needs and threats thereto (e.g. drought, famine)

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