Jewish, Christian, and Graeco-Roman Travel in the Hellenistic, Roman, and Early Byzantine Periods (300 BCE–600 CE)

Call For Papers: This consultation explores Jewish, Christian, and Graeco-Roman travel and movement between 300 BCE and 600 CE. In its second year, we will organize three sessions. (1) Views of the Mediterranean. In this invited session we will explore the intricate relations between travel and movement, visual experiences, and identity in travel accounts and travel narratives from the Hellenistic and Roman periods. (2) Migration in the Eastern Mediterranean. In this open session, co-sponsored with the program unit “Exile (Forced Migrations) in Biblical Literature,” we look forward to accepting papers dealing with any aspect of migration in the Eastern Mediterranean from the late Second Temple period to late Antiquity. (3) Travel in Antiquity. This third session is a fully open session, in which we will accept papers dealing with any aspect of travel or movement in the Hellenistic, Roman, and Early Byzantine periods. We particularly encourage the development of interdisciplinary approaches and the integration of Jewish and Christian travel into the broader study of the ancient Mediterranean.

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