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9-10 April 2026: Comedy and Commerce: Ancient Economies in the Light of Comic Texts from Classical Greece to Imperial Rome

11. March 2026, Ansgar Teichgräber - Veranstaltungen

Comedy and Commerce: Ancient Economies in the Light of Comic Texts from Classical Greece to Imperial Rome
International Conference 
Munich, 9–10 April 2026

Bringing together scholars from ancient history, classical philology, archaeology, and papyrology, the conference will explore how Greek and Roman comic texts—comedy and satire alike—shed light on economic practices, legal conditions, social hierarchies, and moral debates surrounding wealth, trade, and social mobility.

The conference brings together interdisciplinary research approaches within a longue durée perspective: the period under investigation ranges from Greek Classical antiquity (5th century BCE) to the Roman Imperial period (2nd century CE). Topics addressed include, among others, trade, monetization, the political dimension of abundance and scarcity, value and the commodity character of (immaterial) goods, the role of law, exchange and purchasability as metaphors, and the moral evaluation of wealth and social mobility. The search for “hard” economic facts is thus combined with the reconstruction of the socio-cultural embedding of economic activity in value discourses and literary representations.

Contact
Dorothea Rohde: dorothea.rohde@uni-koeln.de 
Moritz Hinsch: M.Hinsch@lmu.de

The complete program and further information can be found at the event page on H-Soz-Kult.


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Call for Papers: In, Under and Beside the House. Archaeology and Building Archaeology in Dialogue on the shared object „House“

11. March 2026, Ansgar Teichgräber - Call for papers

In, Under and Beside the House
Archaeology and Building Archaeology in Dialogue on the shared object „House“
Joint Annual Conference 2026 of the Arbeitskreis Hausforschung (AHF) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Archäologie des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit (DGAMN)
Brandenburg a. d. Havel/hybrid, 1-4 October 2026

Submission Deadline: 30 April 2026 

The thematic focus of the conference, as indicated by its title, will be on the house itself, its structural and spatial configurations, its traces in the ground, and its immediate surroundings. Town walls, churches, castles and cemeteries are explicitly excluded from this meeting.

This focused thematic framework is intended to foster fruitful discussions and, ideally, new insights through the joint consideration of identical objects from different perspectives. Contributions that have already been presented within one’s own disciplinary circle are explicitely welcomed for renewed presentation.

Thematic papers should not exceed 20 minutes; short presentations of new research are limited to 15 minutes.

The conference language is German, but papers in English are welcome. As the number of presentations is limited, a selection process may be necessary, conducted by a joint preparatory committee of AHF and DGAMN. The proceedings will be published in a joint volume by the two organising bodies.

Technical facilities for digital image presentations (PowerPoint) will be available. The conference is planned as a hybrid event with online streaming of presentations.

Please submit proposals including the paper title, an abstract of no more than 10 lines, and a short CV with full postal address by 30 April 2026 to:

Contact
Dr. des. Anja Schmid-Engbrodt M.A.
Lindlacher Weg 25, D-50259 Pulheim
Tel. (+49) 171-501 5624
engbrodt@aol.com

The complete Call for Papers can be found at the conference website.


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Call for Papers: Rhetorik Jahrbuch 2027 – Rhetorik und Epideiktik

10. March 2026, Ansgar Teichgräber - Call for papers

Rhetorik Jahrbuch 2027 – Rhetorik und Epideiktik

Einreichungsfrist Abstract: 12. April 2026
Einreichungsfrist Manuskript: 1. November 2026 

Für den Jahrgang 2027 von Rhetorik. Ein internationales Jahrbuch, publiziert bei DeGruyter Brill, planen die beiden Herausgeber ein Jahrbuch mit Beiträgen zum Thema Rhetorik und Epideiktik. Der Band richtet sich an Forscher*Innen, die sich für die Lob- und Tadelrede in der Rhetorikgeschichte und vor allem auch in ihren zeitgenössischen Ausprägungen in Praxis wie Theorie interessieren. Die Bandherausgeber möchten insbesondere auch jüngeren Wissenschaftler*Innen mit Interesse für den Themenbereich die Möglichkeit bieten, einen Artikel beizusteuern.

Interessent*innen melden sich bis zum 12. April 2026 mit einem Arbeitstitel und einem kurzen Abstract von etwa 300 Worten bei: Prof. Dietmar Till (Seminar für Allgemeine Rhetorik, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen) – dietmar.till@uni.tuebingen.de und Dr. Frank Schuhmacher – frank-holger.schuhmacher@uni-tuebingen.de

Beiträge aus Disziplinen wie Literaturwissenschaft, Linguistik, Geschichtswissenschaft, Politikwissenschaft, Medienwissenschaft oder Rhetorik sind gleichermaßen erwünscht.

Das Rhetorik-Jahrbuch publiziert vorzugsweise auf Deutsch, aber auch Texte in englischer Sprache sind willkommen. Die fertigen Manuskripte sollen bis zum 1. November 2026 abgegeben werden. Der Band wird dann im Oktober/November 2027 erscheinen.

Den vollständigen Call for Papers finden Sie hier als PDF-Download.


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19-21 March 2026: 34th Conference of the Mesolithic Working Group

09. March 2026, Ansgar Teichgräber - Veranstaltungen

34th Conference of the Mesolithic Working Group
Key topic: ‘Intercultural contacts during the Late Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods’
Cologne, 19-21 March 2026

General lectures on the Late Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods are planned, as well as lectures focusing on the topic of ‘Intercultural contacts during the Late Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods’.

Venues
Friday, 20 March: Seminargebäude der Universität zu Köln, Raum S21 (https://campusgis2.uni-koeln.de/)
Saturday, 21 March: Philosophikum, Raum H 80 an der Universität zu Köln (https://campusgis2.uni-koeln.de/)

Contact
Dr. Birgit Gehlen
bgehlen.archgraph@gmx.de

The complete programme and further information can be found at the blog of the Mesolithic Working Group and here as PDF-Download.


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10 April 2026: Current Contexts and Transformations of Antiquity (ConTrA)

09. March 2026, Ansgar Teichgräber - Veranstaltungen

Current Contexts and Transformations of Antiquity (ConTrA)
Antiquity between Fan Fiction, Communication and Research
Conference for Young Researchers
Köln, 10 April 2026

Registration Deadline: 2 April 2026

ConTrA 2026 focuses on Antiquity between Fan Fiction, Communication and Research and explores how antiquity is retold, transformed, and perceived today in pop culture, digital media, and contemporary contexts of public engagement. Across six papers and a keynote, the conference brings together early career researchers whose contributions open up new perspectives on the reception of antiquity between research, communication, and fan fiction.

Venue
Archäologisches Insitut, Universität zu Köln, Raum 101
Kerpner Straße 30 / Eingang Weyertal
50931 Köln

Registration
Please send an email to contra.conference@outlook.com by 02.04.2026.
There is also the option to join a shared dinner after the conference (self-paid). If you are interested, please indicate this directly when registering.

Contact
contra.conference@outlook.com   

The complete program and further information can be found here as a PDF-Download.


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27 July – 1 Aug 2026: 13th International Congress of Coptic Studies

06. March 2026, Ansgar Teichgräber - Veranstaltungen

13th International Congress of Coptic Studies
International Association for Coptic Studies (IACS)
Göttingen, 27 July – 1 Aug 2026

Registration Deadline: 31 March 2026 (later registration with higher fees)

The Organising Committee is pleased to welcome you to the 13th International Congress of Coptic Studies in Göttingen. The congress is organised jointly by the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony (Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament) and the University of Göttingen (Institute for Egyptology and Coptic Studies), under the patronage and in close cooperation with the International Association of Coptic Studies.

Venue
Central Lecture Building (Zentrales Hörsaalgebäude, ZHG) on the main Campus of the University of Göttingen

Registration
Registration for the conference is still open, please visit the Congress website through this link. During the registration process participants will be informed about the payment procedure for the applicable fees. We apologise that it is current University policy to allow bank transfers as the only possible payment option. A higher fee will apply to participants registering later than March 31, 2026. We are grateful for your timely registration to facilitate the organisation of the programme and the social events.

Contact
coptic-congress-2026@uni-goettingen.de

The preliminary programme and further information can be found at the conference website.


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25–26 March 2026: Monastic Letter Writing in Late Antiquity. The Role of Epistolary Communication in Monastic Life and Organisation

04. March 2026, Ansgar Teichgräber - Veranstaltungen

Monastic Letter Writing in Late Antiquity 
The Role of Epistolary Communication in Monastic Life and Organisation 
International Conference 
Würzburg, 25–26 March 2026 

The conference aims to explore monastic letters from an interdisciplinary perspective—patristics and church history, philology, and ancient history— considering different languages and specific examples. It will examine the ways in which letters served as a medium for monks’ social interactions and the functions of epistolary commerce in monastic life. A comparison will be made to investigate how late antique monks communicated and acted in letters, in which areas and matters they intervened, which functions letters fulfilled in the process, and the extent to which the form of letter writing was relevant to these activities. 

Venue
Institut für Klassische Philologie, 
Residenzplatz 2, Würzburg 
Griechischbibliothek (Südflügel: R.3.27) 

Registration
Guests are welcome to attend the in-person conference. Please register in advance: sandra.erker@uni-wuerzburg.de   

Organisers
Sandra Erker | Jan R. Stenger (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg)
DFG-funded project: Monasticism and Local Self-Organisation  
DFG PAK 1066: Lokalität und Gesellschaft—Horizontale Bindungskräfte in der Antike

The complete program and further information can be found at the conference website.


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26–27 March 2026: Desacralization in Premodern Europe and Asia. Senses, Spaces and Objects

04. March 2026, Ansgar Teichgräber - Veranstaltungen

Desacralization in Premodern Europe and Asia. Senses, Spaces and Objects
Conference
Potsdam, 26-27 March 2026

Sacrality is a ubiquitous concept in academia. Although recent studies have complicated the notion of the sacred and the profane, their binary construction remains influential. One consequence of this distinction is that processes of sacralization are well-researched, but processes of desacralization are not. The conference brings together experts from ancient, medieval and early modern studies to investigate notions of desacralization in a comparative and trans-epochal framework.

Venue
University of Potsdam
Room: 1.12.1.01

Registration
Please register at simone.wagner@uni-potsdam.de. 

Organization
Martin Christ (Erfurt): martin.christ@uni-erfurt.de 
Simone Wagner (Potsdam): simone.wagner@uni-potsdam.de 

The complete program and further information can be found at the conference website. 


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19.-21. März 2026: Quellenforschung: Epistemologische Voraussetzungen, historische Beispiele und Rezeption eines wissenschaftshistorischen Phänomens zwischen Philosophie und Geschichte

27. February 2026, Ansgar Teichgräber - Veranstaltungen

Quellenforschung: Epistemologische Voraussetzungen, historische Beispiele und Rezeption eines wissenschaftshistorischen Phänomens zwischen Philosophie und Geschichte
Trier/hybrid, 19.-21. März 2026

Die Quellenforschung war im 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhundert eine prägende Methode innerhalb der Altertumswissenschaften. Obwohl sie später vielfach als übermäßig positivistisch kritisiert wurde, prägt sie bis heute grundlegende Debatten über Textgenese, Rekonstruktion und Geistesgeschichte. Auf der Tagung kommen Forschende der Klassischen Philologie und benachbarter Disziplinen zusammen, um dieses wissenschaftsgeschichtliche Phänomen aus epistemologischer und methodischer Perspektive neu zu beleuchten und kritisch zu reflektieren.

Veranstaltungsort
Universität Trier & online 
Online-Teilnahme: https://uni-trier.zoom-x.de/j/62344414606?pwd=fZh2flckKQbsJi5wLQxZrFQUy3kjWC.1

Organisation
Diego De Brasi, Theofanis Tsiampokalos, Piotr Wozniczka
FB II – Klassische Philologie/Gräzistik

Kontakt
quellenf@uni-trier.de

Das vollständige Programm mit weiteren Informationen finden Sie hier als PDF-Download.


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Neues Propylaeum-eBOOK: "Jonathan Ethier: Cooking Food - Creating Culture?"

26. February 2026, Katrin Bemmann - Latest

Die Dissertation von Jonathan Ethier “Cooking Food - Creating Culture? Food Culture as a Concept for Archaeology. A case study from Early Neolithic Southeast Europe” steht im Open Access als Propylaeum-eBOOK zum Download bereit. Das Buch untersucht am Beispiel von Milch- und Subsistenzwirtschaft auf dem Nordbalkan und im Karpatenbecken die Esskultur des Frühneolithikums in Südosteuropa. Mithilfe von Analysen organischer Rückstände und Daten zur Fauna sowie kulturtheoretischer Ansätze verdeutlicht es, wie Essverhalten zwischen Tradition und Innovation verhandelt wird. Jenseits funktionalistischer Erklärungen beleuchtet der Autor auch die symbolische, soziale und ökologische Dimension von Essen und hinterfragt, wie Begegnung, Anpassung und Identität Ernährungsstrategien prägten. So entsteht ein nuanciertes Bild des Übergangs zur Jungsteinzeit.
Der zugehörige Katalog ist bei Propylaeum-DOK veröffentlicht worden.
Der Titel ist zudem im Buchhandel als Printexemplar erhältlich.


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