TRAC '07: London, March 29-April 1, 2007
Call for Papers: Developing Identity in Roman Studies
Deadline: December 15, 2006
This session is intended as a return to the roots of TRAC - to stimulate a
theoretically informed discussion on the use and future of a commonly
flouted but rarely defined interpretive framework. Identity has become a
buzz-word in Roman archaeology, often used with abandon and wanton
neglect. At conferences the word can frequently be seen in the title of
many papers, but few actually go on to use or develop this concept.
Alternately, it has come to act as a de-facto replacement for
Romanization. Is this all that studies of identity have to offer? Is it
really no more that a fashionable product of its time, a useful
replacement for a concept that has fallen out of favour? Or,
does ‘identity’ have to potential to transcend these criticisms and become
an interpretive model in its own right?
We would like to invite papers that look at the potential potency of
identity studies as a theoretical model for approaching Roman archaeology.
Please send a short abstract and contact information before December 15th
to: Jennifer Baird, [log in to unmask] or Judith Rosten, [log in to unmask]
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