[Antiquitas] Final call: CfP: Public and Private in the Roman House and Society, November 7-8, 2014, Institutum Romanum Finlandiae (Rome, Italy)

[Heta Björklund]

Call for Papers: Public and Private in the Roman House and Society,
November 7-8, 2014, Institutum Romanum Finlandiae (Rome, Italy)

*Abstract deadline: May 1, 2014
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E-mail: romanhouse2014 at gmail.com

Ancient Roman houses were designed to suit both the private life of its
occupants and the demands of public life. As a result, the division
between public and private spaces inside the domus was a complicated
topic even for the Romans themselves. Previous scholarship has tended to
treat the domus in terms of a rigid division between public and private,
with the same division acting as a gender marker for (male) political
activities and (female) domestic activities respectively. This strict
division within the household now seems outdated.

The aim of this conference, then, is to take a fresh look at notions of
public and private within the domus by exploring the public and private
spheres of the Roman house from the first century BCE to the third
century CE. The "Public and Private in the Roman House and Society" is
an ongoing project organizing its third major event, building on the
success of a workshop at NYU (October 2012) and a conference at
University of Helsinki (April 2013).

We therefore invite papers that explore the complex relationship between
public and private in Roman society from a variety of perspectives –
historical, archaeological, philological, architectural and
anthropological – in order to further the understanding of the domus as
a place for social, cultural, political and administrative action.
Keynote speakers include Fabrizio Pesando and Joanne Berry.

Potential themes include but are not limited to:
  - Painting the line between private and public spheres. Wall paintings
and decorative art in the debate of public and private.
  - Private houses in Ostia and the city of Rome.
  - Parks and recreation. Nature and garden between public and private
space.
  - Private nights? Night life in the Roman house.
  - Terminology of public and private in the ancient context.
  - Infrastructure, water and sanitation. A public or private task?

The conference is organized by the project Public and Private in the
Roman House (http://romanhouse.org), which seeks to contribute to the
ongoing debate on privacy in the ancient world as well as the issues of
how the limits between public and private spaces were drawn. In an
attempt to gain new perspectives on these questions, the project seeks
to utilize comparative anthropological theories concerning the
conceptualization of the public/private interface.

Please submit your abstract (300 words) as a [word/pdf] file to Mr
Samuli Simelius at romanhouse2014 at gmail.com

Please include your name, academic affiliation and address in your
email.*The deadline for submission of abstracts is May 1, 2014*.

-- 
Heta Björklund

PhD student
Greek language and literature
Faculty of Arts / University of Helsinki

Research assistant
Public and Private in the Roman House (romanhouse.org)
Reinventing the Foundations of European Legal Culture 1934-1964 (foundlaw.org)
Faculty of Law / University of Helsinki

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