[MGSA-L] Fwd: CfP: Refuge and Refugees in the Ancient World

[Karen Rhoads Van Dyck]

Dear All,

Thought this might interest some list members. Comparative papers are also
welcome.

All best, Karen

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Karen Van Dyck
Kimon A. Doukas Chair and Director
Program in Hellenic Studies
Classics Department, Columbia University
http://hellenic.columbia.edu
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From: Evan Luke Jewell <elj2121 at columbia.edu>
Date: Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 12:43 PM
Subject: CfP: Refuge and Refugees in the Ancient World
To:


Dear all,


The Center for the Ancient Mediterranean (CAM) will be a co-sponsor of the
following graduate student conference on November 11-12, 2016. Please
disseminate this CfP widely. (Columbia University graduate students not on
the organizing committee are also welcome to submit abstracts.)


Call for Papers: Refuge and Refugees in the Ancient World

Columbia University Ancient World Graduate Student Conference

*November 11-12, 2016*. Columbia University in the City of New York, USA.

*Keynote Speakers:* Demetra Kasimis (University of Chicago) and Elena
Isayev (University of Exeter)

We invite papers from graduate students working across disciplines related
to the ancient world for a two-day conference which will explore the issues
of refuge and refugees. From representations of refugees and the notions of
“refuge” to their physical traces in the archaeological record, we hope to
discuss how ancient societies experienced and conceptualized the flight and
plight of displaced peoples.

In light of the recent upsurge in work on ancient Mediterranean migration
and exile, as well as current events, new questions arise: What heuristic
value does the term “refugee” have for our understanding of the ancient
equivalent? How do we define refuge and refugees? Where do we look for the
voices of refugees among the ancient evidence? What and where are the sites
of “refuge” attested across the ancient Mediterranean world?

We welcome papers in any disciplinary field––and interdisciplinary
approaches are encouraged––pertaining to the ancient Mediterranean world
and surrounding regions, including Egypt, the Near East and the expanses of
the Roman Empire, and falling within the period spanning from the Bronze
Age to Late Antiquity.

*Potential topics could include:*

•   Literary and artistic representations of flight, refuge, or
supplication, for example in epic, tragedy, vase or wall painting.

•   Classical reception (contemporary engagements with classical
representations of refuge and refugees).

•   Philosophical and theoretical conceptualizations of refuge, for example
in Stoic thought.

•   Locations of refuge, such as sanctuary spaces.

•   Intersections between refugees and the related spheres of ancient
migration, exile, and diaspora.

•   Ancient histories of migration catalyzed by displacement through war or
other factors.

•   The demographic impact of ancient refugees on ancient cities,
landscapes, and economies.

•   Archaeological evidence, for example, hoards and their significance in
tracing ancient refugees.

•   Refugee identity, for example, the transition from being a “refugee” to
becoming a citizen of a new city.

The conference will include  a roundtable on how the content and themes
discussed in the context of the ancient world can be brought into dialogue
with the contemporary refugee crisis.

Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be emailed to
cuconference2016 at gmail.com no later than May 2, 2016. In the body of your
email, please include your name, institution, contact information, and the
title of your abstract. The abstract should be anonymous and sent as an
attachment. Papers should be no longer than 20 minutes in length in order
to accommodate questions.

Housing accommodations will be provided by Columbia graduate students on a
first-come, first-served basis.

For more information please visit: cuancientrefugees2016.wordpress.com

Evan Jewell and the Columbia Graduate Student Conference Committee

*Committee Members:*
Karin Christiaens (Art History & Archaeology)
Maria Dimitropoulos (Classical Studies)
Amelia Eichengreen (Classical Studies)
Elizabeth Heintges (Classics)
Zachary Herz (Classical Studies)
Evan Jewell (Classical Studies)
Carina de Klerk (Classics)
Christopher Jones (History)
Alice Sharpless (Classical Studies)
Jeremy Simmons (Classical Studies)
Joseph Woldman (Art History & Archaeology)

-- 
*Evan Jewell*

Graduate Student in Classical Studies (Ph.D. program)
Coordinator, Center for the Ancient Mediterranean (CAM)
at Columbia University, NYC.
http://centancmed.org
http://classicalstudies.columbia.edu/students/evan-jewell/
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