CALL. 19.04.2017: Age, Ageing and Old Age in Greco-Roman Antiquity - Gothenburg (Sweden)
The eighth ARACHNE conference marks 20 years since the start of the Nordic ARACHNE conferences in 1997 and it will focus on ages, the various ages and stages in Greco-Roman life courses and the process of ageing in the Greco-Roman world from Greek Archaic to Roman Imperial times.
FECHA LÍMITE/DEADLINE/SCADENZA: 19/04/2017
FECHA CONGRESO/CONGRESS DATE/DATA CONGRESSO: 25-26-27/10/2017
LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: University of Gothenburg (Gothenburg, Sweden)
ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Lena Larsson Lovén & Agneta Strömberg (University of Gothenburg); Mary Harlow (University of Leicester); Marja-Leena Hänninen (University of Helsinki); Birgitta Leppänen Sjöberg (University of Uppsala); Katariina Mustakallio (University of Tampere)
INFO: call - arachne@class.gu.se
CALL:
Papers and posters are welcome on various topics such as:
Childhood and the status of children
Male and female childhoods
Life between childhood and adulthood
Aspects of status, age and gender
Elderly family members
The process of ageing
Old age
Visualising age in Greek, Etruscan and Roman art
Literary portraits of youth and/or old age
Please submit an abstract of no more than 250 words not later than
Wednesday 19 April 2017 to arachne@class.gu.se