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2022 Annual Meeting

Denver, Colorado

Meeting Begins11/19/2022
Meeting Ends11/22/2022

Call for Papers Opens: 1/19/2022
Call for Papers Closes: 3/18/2022

Requirements for Participation

Social History of Formative Christianity and Judaism


Program Unit Type: Section
Accepting Papers? Yes

Call For Papers: This year, we will sponsor or co-sponsor the following calls: (1) "Supernatural Beings" (Co-Sponsored with Syriac Studies unit). We invite proposals that address the topic of angels (as intermediaries, role models, or guardians) in formative Christianity, Judaism, and other religions of the late antique Mediterranean. Proposals may discuss popular beliefs and ritual practices, as well as the impact of magisterial formulations and authorized liturgical functions. We particularly welcome papers that engage with Mika Ahuvia’s recently published book, On My Right Gabriel, on My Left Gabriel: Angels in Ancient Jewish Culture (University of California Press, 2021). (2) For a session on the topic of "Law and lived experience" among communities across the ancient and late antique world, we welcome proposals that address such questions as: How did legal discourse and legislation relate to practices of historiography, community formation, identity marking, and incarceration, as well as to issues of epistemology, gender, and ethnicity? The final two of this year’s sessions (3-4) are dedicated to a future-directed exploration of Elizabeth A. Clark’s scholarly legacy. The first, an invited roundtable co-sponsored with the Religious Worlds of Late Antiquity; Violence and Representations of Violence in Antiquity; and Gender, Sexuality, and the Bible units centers on the exploration of “big ideas” emerging from Clark’s research. The second, an open call co-sponsored with the Religious Competition in Late Antiquity; Violence and Representations of Violence in Antiquity; Religious Experience in Antiquity; and Religious Worlds of Late Antiquity units, invites invite papers showcasing productive engagement with any aspect of Clark’s research, highlighting future trajectories emerging from her expansive oeuvre. We particularly encourage contributions from scholars who have not been explicitly mentored by Clark, including graduate students and early career professionals.

Program Unit Chairs

Mika Ahuvia
Maria Doerfler

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