Space, Place, and Lived Experience in Antiquity

Call For Papers: We plan to hold three sessions in 2010. One session is open, and we invite proposals on any aspect of the unit’s themes. A second session is on the topic “Reading Sacred Landscapes.” This is a joint session with the Archaeology of Religion in the Roman World Section that initiates a series of meetings exploring the intersection of realia and theory. This year's themes include the discovery and/or articulation of the sacred in natural settings, the physical bearings and religious experiences of rural sanctuaries, and the creation and recreation of sacred landscapes in other contexts. Please submit proposals for this session through the Archaeology of Religion in the Roman World Call for Papers. A third session is planned with the Hellenistic Judaism Section. The theme of the session is, What constitutes Jewish space and practice in cities and urban centers in the Greco-Roman world? We welcome papers on any aspect of this theme, which might include such things as city planning and the arrangements of neighborhoods within them, or architecture or architectural decoration of spaces or places that are part of lived experience. Please submit proposals for this section through the Hellenistic Judaism Call for Papers.

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