The Rodopis Association is pleased to invite you to the international conference Childhood and Childhoods in the Graeco-Roman World: Forms of Identity, Mutual Influences, and Distinctive Traits, to be held in Venice in Aula Tesa 1 (Ca‘ Foscari Zattere) on the 2nd of May, organised by Sara Borrello (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) and Vincenzo Micaletti (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice).
Programme:
10.00-10.10 Greetings and Introduction: Sara Borrello (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice – Rodopis Association), Vincenzo Micaletti (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice – Rodopis Association)
PANEL I
Chair: Alessandra Valentini (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
Keynote lecture
10.10-10.50 Ann-Cathrin Harders (Bielefeld University): The Same but Different – Experiencing Childhood and Family Dynamics in Ancient Rome
10.50-11.10 Coffee Break
11.10-11.30 Emma Gooch (Newcastle University – ICS, London): Which came First in Ancient Greece and Rome: Birth or Identity? The Evidence of Mother-and-Child Burials and Their Associated Funerary Objects
11.30-11.50 Vincenzo Micaletti (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice – Rodopis Association): M. Aemilius Lepidus’ Guardianship of Ptolemy V and the Roman Embassy of 210 BCE
11.50-12.10 Sara Borrello (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice – Rodopis Association): The Iconography of Verres’ Son and Its Cultural Significance(s)
12.10-12.40 Discussion
12.45-14.45 Lunch Break
PANEL II
Chair: Alessandro Magnani (AMS University of Bologna – Rodopis Association)
14.45-15.05 Roosa Kallunki (Tampere University): The Idea of a Ritual Ontology of Childhood in the Graeco-Roman World
15.05-15.25 Selen Kılıç Aslan (DAI – Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik, Munich): Alimentary Schemes for Children in Lycia and Pamphylia
15.25-15.45 Discussion
15.45-16.15 Coffee Break
Keynote Lecture
16.15-16.55 Carla Salvaterra (AMS University of Bologna): Taxing the Young: Children as Economic Agents and Fiscal Subjects in Hellenistic-Roman Antiquity
16.55-18.00 Final Round Table
Chair: Jasmin Lukkari, (University of Helsinki – University of Milan)
For further information, please contact the organisers: sara.borrello@unive.it, vincenzo.micaletti@unive.it. Remote participation will be possible at this link: https://unive.zoom.us/j/83948289879 – Meeting ID: 83948289879
