The meeting will include seven sessions for the presentation of scholarly papers. The deadline for the submission of papers (12/15/07) has passed.
(1) Science and technology in the ancient world: This panel will explore new research into science, technology, and society in the ancient world. Papers are welcomed in all aspects of theoretical and applied sciences from the Classical period through Late Antiquity.
(2) Ancient navies and naval power: Papers are solicited for a panel to examine various aspects of naval power in the ancient Mediterranean including, but not limited to, fleet organization, finance, naval technology, strategic objectives and tactics.
(3) From the outside looking in: This panel seeks papers that examine how individuals or communities negotiate their relationships with dominant ethnocultures. Such relationships may be described as accommodation, resistance or the many shades of compromise between the two poles. Especially of interest are strategies that manipulate self-presentation in terms of religion, language, dress, education or other recognizable markers of culture. Although the topic was designed with the engagement of Greek individuals and communities in the social structure and government of the Roman Empire, organizers hope for papers from any period of antiquity.
(4) Echoes of antiquity: memories, recollections and uses of the ancient world in subsequent periods. Papers might focus on the "use" of classical symbols and myths in medieval, early modern or modern society.
(5) Aspects of 'globalization' in the ancient world: Themes might include: A cultural koine in the Early Iron Age Eastern Mediterranean; The 'global' impact of Mesopotamian law codes; Cultural homogenization in the wake of Alexander's conquests; Cultural homogenization and its limits in the Roman empire; Aspects of cultural homogenization in pre-Columbian Meso- and South America (or elsewhere).
(6) Archaeology and ancient history: This session will explore the impact of material remains on the discipline of History. Papers should focus on the implications of archaeological evidence for historical events and interpretations.
(7) Open session: This session is open to the submission of papers that do not fit into any of the above categories.
Please send abstracts of no more than 500 words by mail to:
William M. Murray
Department of History
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Ave., SOC 107
Tampa, FL 33620-8100
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