CALL FOR PAPERS – The Arachne IX conference

Detail from Villa Lante's ceiling.

Call for papers
ARACHNE IX
Nordic Network for Women’s History and Gender Studies in Antiquity Gender, Identities, and Social Structures in Greco-Roman Antiquity
Rome 8-10 November 2023

The ARACHNE IX conference will take place at the Swedish and Finnish institutes in Rome between 8-10 November 2023.

The focus of the conference is on gender, engendered identities and social structures in ordinary Greco-Roman life. Papers (20 minutes presentation) and posters can be submitted on various topics related to the conference theme, but we especially welcome contributions on:

  • Reading gender structures in the Greco-Roman Societies
  • Material and immaterial signs of status in everyday life
  • Work structures and occupations
  • Religious practices and identities
  • Ethnicity, status, and identities
  • Slavery and coersive work

Please submit an abstract (max.250 words) for a paper or a poster no later than 9 April 2023 to


Notification of acceptance will be sent out in May, with further information about payment methods.

Conference fee:
150 euros and 80 euros for students and unemployed participants. The fee includes coffee/tea all three conference days, two lunches, and a wine recepetion.