Call for Papers: Family Matters - Family Letters. Latin Epistolography between literary readings and social history
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20. August 2025
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Call for papers
Family Matters - Family Letters. Latin Epistolography between literary readings and social history
International Early Career Workshop
Tübingen, July 2-3, 2026
Deadline for submission: September 12, 2025
We propose to investigate concepts and representations of family in Latin letter collections in ways that contribute to the fruitful field of studies in epistolography while also tying our discussion to broader questions of social history. From a literary point of view, we will investigate literary representations and narrativisations of familial relations in letters and ask how concepts of family shaped their production, collection, edition and publication. From a historical angle, we will discuss the peculiarities of the genre as regards its value as a source for social history and explore conclusions that might (or might not) be drawn from them.
We invite abstracts of around 300 words and an additional short biography for each researcher by September 12, 2025 (please address to katharina.blaas@uni-tuebingen.de and lisa.eberle@uni-tuebingen.de). We envision 30 minute papers + 15 minutes of discussion each. If you are unsure if you still count as an ‘early career academic’ from the German perspective, do get in touch! We are in the process of applying for funding to cover the cost of travel and accommodation for speakers. Confirmed speakers include Catharine Edwards (Birkbeck), Angela Ganter (Regensburg), Roy K. Gibson (Durham).
Organisation
Katharina Blaas (Tübingen): katharina.blaas@uni-tuebingen.de
Dr. Lisa Eberle (Tübingen/Edinburgh): lisa.eberle@uni-tuebingen.de
The complete Call for Papers is available for download as a PDF file.
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