CALL. 15.02.2019: [SESSION 13] Study of Violence from the Region of the Ancient Near East and Its Ne
FECHA LÍMITE/DEADLINE/SCADENZA: 15/02/2019
FECHA CONGRESO/CONGRESS DATE/DATA CONGRESSO: 20-21-22-23/11/2019
LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: Westin San Diego Hotel (San Diego, CA, USA)
ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Vanessa Bigot Juloux, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes(EPHE), Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL); Andrews University; LeannPace, Wake Forest University.
INFO: web - vanessa.bigot-juloux@ephe.psl.eu pacelc@wfu.edu
CALL:
Violence is a common motif that appears throughout the well-studied narrative and historical texts and images from the region of the ancient Near East and its neighbors, from Prehistory to Late Antiquity. Although depicted in both divine and human realms (e.g. Enuma Elish, Stele of Vultures, Chronicles, Battle of Qadesh, Baʿlu Cycle, Torah, Josephus), violence, whether physical or psychological (e.g. interpersonal, corporate, or structural), has been insufficiently studied from the perspectives of intention, motivation and legacy. During this three-year session, we will investigate the topic of violence through different methodological frameworks: in 2019, examining the contexts of violent acts and violent actors (who, why, how) in text and image and the social, moral, and political implications of their violence. We welcome abstracts from art historians, philologists, historians, anthropologists, and scholars interested in extending their analysis of violence beyond the bounds of traditional text-oriented approaches and determinism. We envision an interdisciplinary session attracting papers from Prehistorians, Assyriologists, Bible scholars, Hittitologists, Egyptologists, Aegeanists, and Byzantinists alike. Submission: Abstracts should be submitted via ASOR’s Online Abstract Management System: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/login?redirect=/stages/954/submission Deadline to Submit: February 15, 2019 Please note that presenters must be ASOR members and registered for the San Diego meeting in order to submit an abstract.