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Meeting Program Units

2015 Annual Meeting

Atlanta, GA

Meeting Begins11/21/2015
Meeting Ends11/24/2015

Call for Papers Opens: 12/17/2014
Call for Papers Closes: 3/4/2015

Requirements for Participation

Art and Religions of Antiquity


Program Unit Type: Section
Accepting Papers? Yes

Call For Papers: The Art and Religions in Antiquity program unit is sponsoring three sessions at the 2015 annual meeting and co-sponsoring one session with the Violence and Representations of Violence unit, including 3 OPEN SESSIONS. We welcome proposals on the art and material culture of any ancient religious tradition and encourage papers that address the use of art and material culture in the service of religion. For our OPEN SESSIONS, the Art and Religions of Antiquity section especially seeks paper proposals that address the following topics - but all proposals will be considered: 1) Art and Magic: For this session we seek papers that address the role of art and material culture as it relates to magical practice in antiquity. Papers that treat objects of ritual power, objects that were observed and interacted with, physical spaces that were endowed with ritual power, and newly found objects from early Judaism and the ancient Near East are most welcome. 2) Art and Empire: For this session, we seek papers that address the role of art and material culture as it relates to the broader theme of "Empire." Papers that address art and the rituals or practices of "Empire," papers that address religious art in an imperial context, or papers that challenge the relationship between religious art and Empire will be most welcome. 3) The Arts of Violence: We are also co-sponsoring an OPEN SESSION with the The Violence and Representations of Violence unit. We invite papers that consider the intersection of art and violence in the ancient world, including, but not limited to, visual representations of violence, violence against art, iconoclasm, or violence as art (i.e., fatal charades). Paper proposals may be submitted to either program unit. We will also sponsor a fourth session that will consist of invited papers to review the recent book by Lee I. Levine, Visual Judaism in Late Antiquity: Historical Contexts of Jewish Art (Yale University Press).

Program Unit Chairs

Felicity Harley-McGowan
Lee M. Jefferson

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