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Call for Papers: Ancient childhood(s) between biological knowledge and social constructs

24. June 2026, Ansgar Teichgräber - Call for papers

Ancient childhood(s) between biological knowledge and social constructs
IPHIS-Konferenz
Trier, 20-22 May 2027

Submission Deadline: 10 July 2026

Zu deutschen Version

The conference, held within the framework of "IPHIS – Gender Studies in Antiquity," aims to re-examine the question of how childhood(s) were perceived and mediated in antiquity in light of contemporary issues. It will focus particularly on the significance of status inequalities, constructions of biological and social gender, and the multifaceted interactions between these elements. In three broad thematic sections, various sources (literary and documentary texts, visual arts, possibly bioarchaeological evidence) are to be brought into an interdisciplinary dialogue from the perspectives of Classical Philology, Ancient History, Archaeology, and other cultural studies of the Ancient Mediterranean.

In addition to the invited experts, we would also like to give up to four early-career researchers (doctoral candidates at an advanced stage of their studies, or researchers in the early postdoctoral phase — up to approximately two years after completing their doctorate) the opportunity to present their research on childhood in antiquity in a collaborative atmosphere. The conference will result in a collective volume to be published by Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier in the IPHIS-series (https://www.wvttrier.de/c/fachgebiete/altertumswissenschaft/iphis-gender-studies-in-den-altertumswissenschaften). Abstracts of up to 400 words can be submitted until 10 July 2026 to debrasi@uni-trier.de and ambuehl@uni-mainz.de. Speakers are welcome to present in the language of their choice; shared languages of the conference will be German and English. The organizers will be able to cover (part of) the travel and accommodation costs.

Organisation
Diego De Brasi (Trier; debrasi@uni-trier.de) & Annemarie Ambühl (Mainz; ambuehl@uni-mainz.de)

The complete Call for Papers in German and English can be found here as PDF-Download.


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Call for Papers: From the East and Back: manuscript tradition, translation and reception of Historia trium regum by John of Hildesheim

24. June 2026, Ansgar Teichgräber - Call for papers

From the East and Back: manuscript tradition, translation and  reception of Historia trium regum by John of Hildesheim
Vienna/hybrid, 20-22 January 2027

Submission Deadline: 1 August 2026

On the bicentenary of the translation of the Three Wise Kings’ relics from Milan to Cologne in 1164, the Carmelite friar John of Hildesheim composed a work known today as Historia trium regum. The text assembles and reworks narratives concerning the prophecy of the Saviour’s birth and the Star of Bethlehem, the Nativity and the Adoration of the Magi, as well as descriptions of Oriental lands. It survives in more than a hundred Latin manuscripts across Europe and in six incunabula editions. From the fifteenth century onwards, the treatise was translated into a range of vernacular languages. Extant translations are known in English, Flemish, Dutch, French, German, Czech, Polish, and Ruthenian.

Thanks to the support of the Cluster of Excellence "EurAsian Transformations", the conference has no fee; accommodations, travel costs and lunches are also covered for the participants. A peer-reviewed edition of the conference material is planned for 2028. We understand that travel may be complicated for any number of reasons, and while we encourage in-person attendance and community, a virtual presentation and attendance option will be available via Zoom.

Please submit proposals, consisting of a 200-300 word abstract and a short bio, to Aliaksandra.Valodzina@oeaw.ac.at by 1 August 2026. Please also indicate whether you are considering in-person or virtual attendance, if accepted. Notification of acceptance will be sent by 1 September 2026.

Organisation and Contact
Dr Aliaksandra Valodzina
Aliaksandra.Valodzina@oeaw.ac.at

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


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Call for Papers: Praktika im Archäologiestudium

01. June 2026, Ansgar Teichgräber - Call for papers

DGUF-Session "Praktika im Archäologiestudium" im Rahmen der WSVA-Tagung
Bonn, 22. September 2026

Einsendeschluss (verlängert): 31. Mai 2026 15. Juni 2026

Die DGUF beteiligt sich an der Jahrestagung des West- und Süddeutschen Verbandes für Altertumsforschung (Bonn, 21.-25. Sept.) mit einer halbtägigen Session (Di., 22 .9., nachmittags). Der DGUF-Arbeitskreis "Studentische Belange" (mehr) wird dort die Ergebnisse seiner derzeit noch laufenden Umfrage zu Praktika im Archäologiestudium vorstellen und damit als Einstieg ins Thema einen Überblick über studentische Erfahrungen geben. Unser CfP richtet sich an Studierende, die den allgemeinen Überblick durch fokussierte Erfahrungen oder Statements ergänzen wollen, sowie an Lehrende, an Praktika-Geber und Arbeitgeber, die aus ihrer Perspektive das Thema beleuchten wollen. Ziel ist es, gemeinsam eine Zwischenbilanz zu ziehen und Perspektiven zu entwickeln, um den Ist-Zustand weiter zu verbessern. 

Anmeldung
Vortragsanmeldungen bitte bis 31. Mai 15. Juni an vorstand@dguf.de.
Beim WSVA ist eine Anmeldung zur Tagung erforderlich. Tagungswebsite beim WSVA: https://wsva.net/tagungen/

Kontakt
vorstand@dguf.de

Den vollständigen Call for Papers finden Sie auf der Website der DGUF.


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Call for Papers: Study course on Architectural Drawings of the 15th and 16th Centuries

15. May 2026, Ansgar Teichgräber - Call for papers

Study course on Architectural Drawings of the 15th and 16th Centuries
Rome, 19–20 November 2026

Submission Deadline: 30 June 2026 

Deutsche Version hier.

The course lasts two days. On the first day, at the DAI Rome premises, the specific aspects of early modern architectural drawings and their cultural-historical context will be discussed in detail and explored further through short presentations. On the second day, participants will view and analyze original drawings together at the Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, one of Rome’s outstanding collections.

The course is primarily aimed at early-career researchers at PhD or postdoctoral level, as well as those in advanced Master’s programmes in archaeology, art history, architectural research and history. Participants are expected to be willing to give a short presentation, preferably based on their own research on the topic.

If you are interested in taking part in the study course, please send your online application by June 30th 2026 to barbara.sielhorst@rub.de.
Your application should include a CV (two pages) and a letter of motivation (one page) that clearly explains your connection to the course topic. Please send your documents as a single PDF file.
The languages of the course are German, English and Italian.
The organizing institutions will cover travel and accommodation expenses.

Organisation
German Archaeological Institute at Rome in collaboration with the Institute of Archaeological Sciences at Ruhr University Bochum

Contact
barbara.sielhorst@rub.de 

The complete Call for Papers in English and German can be found at the Website of the DAI.


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Call for Contributions: 3rd jDOG Conference

13. May 2026, Ansgar Teichgräber - Call for papers

3rd jDOG Conference
Leipzig, 6-10 January 2027

Submission Deadline: 31 July 2026

The jDOG was established in 2024 as a community of students in the fields of Ancient Near Eastern Studies (Assyriology), Near Eastern Archaeology, and related disciplines under the umbrella of the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft e.V. (DOG). It is dedicated to fostering exchange, collaboration, and networking at an early stage of academic training. Following the positive response to the first and second jDOG-Conferences in Marburg (Lahn) and Munich, the successful format will continue with the third jDOG-Conference in Leipzig. It offers students and PhD candidates a safe, collegial and academically stimulating environment in which they can present their own research projects for discussion in the form of presentations, short presentations or posters. The aim is to use this as a basis for engaging in dialogue, receiving feedback, developing new perspectives and establishing professional contacts.

If you would like to submit a proposal for a contribution, please send an email to jdog.konferenz@orient-gesellschaft.de. Your message should include: your name, university affiliation, current academic level (Bachelor, Master, or PhD), the type of contribution (presentation / short presentation / poster), and an abstract of no more than 300 words outlining the topic, research question, and objective of your submission. If you have any questions, suggestions, or uncertainties about whether your idea is suitable, the organizing team will be happy to assist. The deadline for submissions is 31 July 2026.

Contact
jdog.konferenz@orient-gesellschaft.de

The complete Call for Contributions can be found here as PDF-Download.


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Call for Papers: Emotions in Antiquity

06. May 2026, Ansgar Teichgräber - Call for papers

Emotions in Antiquity
Interdisciplinary conference
Bern, 2-3 October 2026

Submission deadline: 22 May 2026

The conference, hosted by the institute of Jewish Studies, is conceived as a forum for genuine interdisciplinary exchange within the broader field of ancient studies. We invite contributions from Archaeology, Ancient History, Classical Philology (Greek and Latin studies), Jewish Studies, Biblical Studies, and related disciplines. All contributions share a focus on emotions, affects, or emotional concepts in ancient cultures - from the Hebrew Bible to the Graeco-Roman world.

A particular concern of the conference is to bring together early-career researchers and established scholars in substantive dialogue: doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers are explicitly encouraged to apply alongside senior academics. The conference will be structured into thematic sections organised according to research field and period.

Submission
Please submit an abstract including theoretical framework, meta-reflection on the epistemic value of the emotion-focused approach of 300 to 500 words and a brief academic CV until May 22, 2026 to ilija.baumann@unibe.ch 

Contact
ilija.baumann@unibe.ch 

The complete Call for Papers can be found here as PDF-Download.


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Call for Sessions: Tag der Geschichtswissenschaft 2027

29. April 2026, Ansgar Teichgräber - Call for papers

Tag der Geschichtswissenschaft 2027 (German Historians‘ Day)
Regression – Progress
Heidelberg, 21-24 September 2027

Submission Deadline: 30 September 2026

The German Historians‘ Day, the largest conference of the German-speaking historical
profession, will take place in Heidelberg from the 21st until the 24th of September
2027. It reflects the diversity and international ties of current historical research. The
theme of the coming year is “Rückschritte - Fortschritte “ (Regression – Progress).

Alongside session proposals on this subject, it is also possible to suggest other sessions about different themes. The German Historical Scholarship Conference is a venue for discourse in which the great questions and controversies of the historical profession and our times are discussed. For this reason, we want to have sessions which deal with cross-cutting questions and debates. The Association encourages its members to make the Heidelberg Conference into a forum for current historical research across different periods, topics, and methods, thereby reflecting the breadth and diversity of current historical scholarship. We particularly welcome submissions that incorporate related disciplines, which present digital methods, and those that
extend beyond Europe.

Session proposals can be submitted right away. The deadline for the submission of
sessions is September 30, 2026. Please submit your session proposals in German or English through this form.

Contact
heidelberg@tag-der-geschichtswissenschaft.de

The complete Call for Sessions can be found at the conference website (German website with linked English PDF).


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Call for Papers: Memory and Oblivion: Ancient Societies in Perspective

29. April 2026, Ansgar Teichgräber - Call for papers

DAW Conference 2026 
Memory and Oblivion: Ancient Societies in Perspective 
Basel, 23–24 November 2026

Submission Deadline: 30 June 2026

The DAW Conference is a one-and-a-half-day event that has been bringing together both young researchers and experienced scholars from a broad range of disciplines at the University of Basel’s Department of Ancient Civilizations since 2009. The next edition of the conference, which takes place on Monday and Tuesday, 23–24 November 2026, at Hotel Odelya in Basel, will explore the topic Memory and Oblivion: Ancient Societies in Perspective. Confirmed speakers include Leire Olabarria (University of Birmingham) and Verena Schulz (LMU Munich).

The conference organizers, Cinzia Tuena (c.tuena@unibas.ch) and Massimo Cè (massimo.ce@unibas.ch), invite original contributions for a 20-minute presentation; submissions from early-career researchers, including PhDs and postdocs, are particularly welcome. Abstracts of no more than 500 words (excluding bibliography), along with the author’s name, institutional affiliation, and current position, should be submitted in PDF format by 30 June 2026 to c.tuena@unibas.ch with the subject heading DAW Conference 2026: Abstract. All decisions will be communicated to the abstract authors by the end of July.

For further information about the conference, you may consult https://daw.philhist.unibas.ch/en/news-events/events/details/memory-and-oblivion-ancient-societies-in-perspective/ or get in touch with either of the organizers at the email addresses provided above.
 


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Call for Papers: I. Marburger Antikenkolloquium

29. April 2026, Ansgar Teichgräber - Call for papers

I. Marburger Antikenkolloquium
Konferenz für hessische Nachwuchsforschende des Altertums
Marburg, 15.-16. Januar 2027

Einsendeschluss: 1. September 2026

Das I. Marburger Antikenkolloquium ist eine interdisziplinäre Konferenz von und für hessische Nachwuchswissenschaftler*innen des Altertums. Das Kolloquium findet vom 15.-16.01.2027 in Marburg an der Lahn statt.

Ziel des Kolloquiums ist es, an hessischen Universitäten aktiven Nachwuchsforschenden eine Möglichkeit zu bieten, sich über gegenwärtige oder künftige Projekte (Artikel, Abschlussarbeiten, Forschungsprojekte) auszutauschen und untereinander zu vernetzen. Hierbei wird bewusst ein interdisziplinärer Rahmen angestrebt; Forschende aller Fachrichtungen, deren persönliches Projekt sich dem Altertum widmet, sind eingeladen, dieses in einem 20-minütigen Vortrag vorzustellen und danach ausgiebig mit Gleichgesinnten zu diskutieren. Die möglichen Vortragssprachen sind Deutsch und Englisch.

Interessierte senden ein kurzes Exposé (max. 300 Worte) bis zum 01.09.2026 an Daniel Theodorou: dan. 

Kontakt
katharina.fischer[at]uni-marburg.de, phillip.hoehre[at]uni-marburg.de, dan.theodorou[at]uni-marburg.de

Den vollständigen Call for Papers finden Sie auf der Website der Universität Marburg.


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Call for Papers: Networks in Roman Iron Age Barbaricum

27. April 2026, Ansgar Teichgräber - Call for papers

Networks in Roman Iron Age Barbaricum 
Session of the working group Roman Iron Age in Barbaricum at the antiquity associations meeting in Bonn
Bonn/hybrid, 23-24 September 2026

Submission Deadline: 30 April 2026 14 May 2026

During the Roman Empire in Germania magna developments were heterogeneous and diverse. However, they were also characterised by contacts and interactions: connecting elements, whether personal, material or ideological, repeatedly emerged (and disappeared). This led to the formation of networks. These could be stable or unstable, micro-regional or Europe-wide, short-lived or lasting for centuries. Analysing them is an important step towards better understanding the complex cultural history of large parts of Europe in the first centuries AD.

Within this framework, a wide variety of approaches and considerations are welcome, e.g. geographical networks, spatial concepts, routes, transport/traffic, interpersonal networks, economic exchange, forms and spaces of communication, social structures and networks, resilience and continuity, (acteur-oriented) network analyses, micro-networks on site level, and much more. In addition, we offer an open block for recent studies and aspects of heritage management. This call for papers is open, it is not necessary to be a member of the working group. Whether it is a thesis, a new discovery, a dissertation or a large research project – all submissions are welcome! It is planned that it will be possible to participate digitally. 
presentation time: max 20 min 
presentation languages: German, English 
Please submit your abstract (max. 1 page) until 30.04.2026 14.05.2026 via e-mail to: ag_kaiserzeit@hotmail.com  

Organisation
Hannes Buchmann (speaker of the AG)

Contact
ag_kaiserzeit@hotmail.com 

The complete Call for Papers in German and English can be found at Academia.


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