Call for Papers: Dynamics of urbanity. Configurations of boundaries in pre-modern cities
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25. Februar 2026
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Call for papers
Dynamics of urbanity. Configurations of boundaries in pre-modern cities
Conference
Kiel, 17-18 July 2026
Submission Deadline: 28 February 2026
The conference seeks to approach boundaries and boundary-making as a ubiquitous and pervasive facet of the urban phenomenon and aims to explore this phenomenon by bringing together archaeological and text-based perspectives. Especially in premodern urban contexts (c. 1–1200 CE), we can observe how boundaries were created, maintained, shifted, crossed, or broken, and how they impacted urban societies and urban dynamics. The conference invites archaeologists (Classical Archaeology, Historical Archaeology) to explore the role of the configuration of boundaries and boundary-making in the urban historical landscape. We will address the topic in four closely interconnected sections, focusing on (Roman) Antiquity, Mediterranean Late Antiquity as a transitional phase (“long Late Antiquity”), and the European Middle Ages. In addition, we will examine transitional urbanity, including Sub-Saharan and East African as well as Central Asian perspectives.
While the contributions will primarily focus on archaeological approaches to the analysis of material and immaterial boundaries—especially when developed in dialogue with cultural studies concepts of boundary-making—we explicitly encourage contributions that approach the topic from a comparative or intercultural perspective.
If you are interested in joining us in the summer on the Firth of Kiel, we kindly ask you to contact the chairs by 28/02/2026.
Chairs
Patric-Alexander Kreuz (Urban Archaeology) / Ulrich Müller (Historical Archaeology)
Contact
Patric-Alexander Kreuz
Institute of Classics, Classical Archaeology
kreuz@klassarch.uni-kiel.de
Ulrich Müller
Institute of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
umueller@ufg.uni-kiel.de
The complete Call for Papers can be found at the conference website.
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