Call for Papers: (Re-)Constructing Ἐλευθερία and Libertas: Thinking and Imagining Freedom in Ancient Greece and Rome
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15. Januar 2026
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Call for papers
(Re-)Constructing Ἐλευθερία and Libertas: Thinking and Imagining Freedom in Ancient Greece and Rome
Frankfurt, 29 – 31 May 2026
Deadline for submissions: 25 February 2026
Despite the plethora of studies in freedom and its varieties, there is still scope for deepening our understanding of this notion. Previous research has focused on reconstructing the idea and notion of freedom and its ramification. The question of how freedom was constructed in Antiquity has been incidentally touched upon for the best. The scope of this conference is to fill this gap and to explore systematically how freedom was conceptualized and imagined in Greece and Rome in various fields such as visual art, literature, historiography, rhetoric, jurisprudence, philosophy and philosophy with a chronological range from the Mycenaean Bronze Age to Late Antiquity. Freedom is thus viewed not as monolithic and static, but as fluid, dynamic, and performative. We are therefore not looking for thematic studies, but papers that investigate the practices, devices and strategies by which freedom was constructed in Antiquity.
Abstracts in English of no more than 300 words with some bibliographical references (which are not included in the word limit) should be sent to Willms@em.uni-frankfurt.de in both pdf and Word format no later than 25 February 2026. Notifications about acceptance will be sent after 15 March 2026. No conference fee is charged, but please note that travel and accommodation expenses will not be reimbursed, and that the conference is an in-person event. A publication of the contributions in an edited volume is planned.
Confirmed key note speaker:
Klaus Vieweg, Professor, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Organizer/Contact
PD Dr Lothar Willms (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)
Willms@em.uni-frankfurt.de
The complete Call for Papers can be found here as a PDF.
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