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Roman Settlers in the Eastern Mediterranean: Comparing Delos and Phrygia
This lunch talk explores how associations of Roman citizen businessmen and traders employed mechanisms of self-differentiation to claim status, legitimacy, and authority on Delos in the second and first centuries BCE and in Phrygian cities in the first and second centuries CE. The act of making joint dedications with non-Roman populations was crucial to the […]
Theorizing Women in the Ancient World Reading Group
This project puts feminist and gender theory in dialogue with primary sources from the eastern Mediterranean and North Africa. A multi-departmental and cross-disciplinary group, we look together at primary sources from various religious, geographical, and linguistic traditions spanning roughly 500 BCE to 500 CE. During the 2020–2021 academic year, we will discuss the female prophetic […]
Theorizing Women in the Ancient World Reading Group
This project puts feminist and gender theory in dialogue with primary sources from the eastern Mediterranean and North Africa. A multi-departmental and cross-disciplinary group, we look together at primary sources […]