[H-verkko] CFP: Public and Private in the Roman House and Society, November 7-8, 2014, Institutum Romanum Finlandiae (Rome, Italy)

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

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 This strict division within the household now seems outdated.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.

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.

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Ilmoituksen lähetti: Heta Björklund <heta.bjorklund at helsinki.fi>
Ilmoitus vanhentuu: 2.5.2014
Lisätietoja WWW-osoitteesta: romanhouse.org