International Conference on Tacitus
School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon
26th-28th November 2024
Deadline: 15th May 2024
Organizing Committee: Ana Maria Lóio, Gabriel Silva, Maria Cristina Pimentel, Martim Aires Horta, Nuno Simões Rodrigues, Ricardo Duarte and Ricardo Nobre
Partnership: Centre for History and Centre for Classical Studies (University of Lisbon)
Proposals should be sent to: tacitus@letras.ulisboa.pt
Call for papers
International Conference on Tacitus
(School of Arts and Humanities – University of Lisbon, 26-28th November 2024)
Multus hinc ipso sermo de Tacito
Tacitus and the Paths of History
Presentation
Tacitus is a widely known author but perhaps not studied as much as he deserves. Despite the general interest shown these last decades, there is still much to explore in his work.
In order to foster further investigation of Tacitus, and explore themes and issues that have not yet been fully investigated, the Centre for Classical Studies (CEC) and the Centre for History (CH) of the University of Lisbon are organizing an International Conference, which will take place between 26th and the 28th of November 2024.
Speakers are encouraged to employ philological, historical, political and anthropological approaches in their presentations, which may investigate any of the following topics:
- Characters in Tacitus
- Political, religious, and anthropological perspectives in Tacitus' works
- Reception of Tacitus' works from Antiquity to the present day
- Tacitus and his contemporaries
- Tacitus and his contemporary Rome
- Tacitus and Historiography
- Tacitus and Political Thought
- Tacitus in Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance periods
- Tacitus: style and language
- Tacitus’ Sources
- Warfare in the works of Tacitus
- Women in Tacitus
The abstracts submitted must demonstrate the innovative nature of the research to be presented.
Presentations
All talks will have a maximum duration of 20 minutes, followed by a 10-minute discussion.
Venue
School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon, Portugal
26th-28th November 2024
Organizing Committee
Ana Maria Lóio
Gabriel Silva
Maria Cristina Pimentel
Martim Aires Horta
Nuno Simões Rodrigues
Ricardo Duarte
Ricardo Nobre
Scientific Committee
Ana Maria Lóio
Claudio Buongiovanni
Ellen O´Gorman
Maria Cristina Pimentel
Nuno Simões Rodrigues
Olivier Devillers
Rhiannon Ash
Rodrigo Furtado
Rosario Moreno Soldevila
Victoria Emma Pagán
William Dominik
Partnerships
CEC-ULisboa: Centre for Classical Studies, University of Lisbon
CH-ULisboa: Centre for History, University of Lisbon
Submission of individual abstracts
All those who are interested in giving a paper are warmly invited to submit a proposal by May 15, 2024. Submissions should contain the title of the presentation, an abstract of no more than 500 words, as well as the author’s name, affiliation(s), email, and a short biographical note, and main publications (100 words). Proposals should be sent to tacitus@letras.ulisboa.pt
The Organizing Committee, advised by the Scientific Committee, will choose the 25 proposals that it considers most innovative and relevant from a scientific point of view. Proponents will be informed of the decision by June 10, 2024, so that participants can make appropriate travel plans well in advance of the conference.
Languages and Publications
The languages of the conference will be English, French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. However, for submission for subsequent publication, texts must be presented in English, and will undergo the regular peer-review procedures.
Contacts
This activity is funded by Portuguese national funds through FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., in the framework of the unit/projects UIDB/00019/2020 (CEC-ULisboa) and UIDB/04311/2020, UIDP/04311/2020 (CH-ULisboa).
