Greco-Roman Religions

Call For Papers: We are planning four sessions; please indicate the number of the session for which you are submitting. 1: "Movement in and beyond the Ancient Mediterranean: Migrants, Tourists, Pilgrims, Travelers." Recently, scholarly attention has increasingly turned to different modes of movement in premodernity and the effects that movement had on the social, cultural, and religious life of persons and peoples. This session explores how the movement of individuals and people groups, whether forced (e.g., through exile, displacement, or natural disaster) or voluntary (e.g., in pilgrimage, travel, or through imperial expansion), transformed religion within and beyond the ancient Mediterranean. 2: "Goddess Worship in Greco-Roman Antiquity." Ancient Greek and Roman worship of goddesses was commonplace and highly variegated. This panel explores three themes related to this phenomenon: the viability of “Goddess worship” as a scholarly category, regional and chronological variations in these cults, and Greco-Roman goddess worship in relationship with other religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and neopaganism. 3: "New Work in Greco-Roman Religions." We invite papers dealing with any aspect of Greek or Roman religion, including their interactions with Judaism, Christianity, and modern paganism. 4: "Reaching Far and Wide: Elite Values and Wider Social Interactions in Religious Settings across the Ancient Mediterranean" (with the Society for Ancient Mediterranean Religions). While elite influences have shaped both ancient religions and the surviving evidence for them, religious events were also often opportunities during which individuals could encounter others beyond their familiar contexts. This panel invites papers discussing such interactions, including those concerning less mainstream religious ideas and actions.

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