Elena Isayev, Demetra Kasimis, Marcus Ziemann, Mateo González-Vázquez, Raffaella de Vela, Joe Sheppard, William Reed, Ralph Lange, Mark Francis Mariani, Deridre Klokow, Eliza Gettel, Daniel Healey, Dan Salyers, Krista Dalton, Fiona Sweet Formiatti, Maxwell Stocker, Florencia Fustinoni, Ruggiero Lionetti, Sarah Eisen, Tristan Bradshaw, Alessandra Migliara
The Classical Association of Atlantic States, The Center for the Ancient Mediterranean, Classical Studies Graduate Program, Department of Classics, Department of History, Department of Art History and Archaeology, and the Program in Hellenic Studies
This conference features papers from graduate students working across disciplines related to the ancient world 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?
Papers come from a variety of disciplinary fields 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.
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