CALL. 31.12.2017: “Manes adite paterni!” Hausgeister in der griechisch-römischen Welt / "Manes
FECHA LÍMITE/DEADLINE/SCADENZA: 31/12/2017
FECHA CONGRESO/CONGRESS DATE/DATA CONGRESSO: 20-21/07/2018
LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: Seminar für Klassische Philologie, Universität Heidelberg (Heidelberg, Germany)
ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Alejandra Guzmán Almagro (LITTERA/Universitat de Barcelona); Silvia Tantimonaco (LITTERA / Becaria DAAD - Universität Heidelberg)
INFO: web - ancientmanes2018@gmail.com
The conference aims to reconsider the confused panorama concerning the different types of supernatural beings (Manes, Penates, Lares, Genii, δαίμονες, ἥρωες, etc.), with special emphasis on the family circle. Focus of the conference will be the Greco-Roman world from the origins to the Early Christianity. The objective is to stress the existence of a continuity among the different traditions concerning the beliefs on the life after death. Proposals are expected to deal with the following subjects: the lexical choice to denominate spirits and ghosts; the ritual and material component of the family death cult and the magical practices against spirits; the philosophical thought about the nature of the spirits as well as on the destiny of the human soul, etc.
The approach is multidisciplinary. In this sense, not only philologists are invited to apply but also philosophers, epigraphists, papirologists, archeologists and historians.
Papers should not withdraw 20 minutes and will be followed by 10 minutes for discussion. Accepted languages are: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. Abstracts (2 pages max., including bibliography) should be sent by the 31 of December 2017 to the following address: ancientmanes2018@gmail.com
The proceedings of the conference will be published in the monographic series of the scientific review Anuari de Filologia Antiqua et Mediaevalia (http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/AFAM/about/submissions) after a double peer-review.
More information in: https://ancientmanesconference2018blog.wordpress.com/