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• 15

  Apr

  2026

  Limoges

  Call for papers - Prehistory and Antiquity

  Anarchy and polyarchy: the legacy of two classical Greek concepts at the crossroads between politics and religion (3rd century BC–5th century AD)

  This conference aims to study the history and evolution of two classical Greek concepts, anarchy and polyarchy, whose legacy, considered from the 3rd century BC to the 5th century AD, unfolds at the crossroads between politics and religion. It will explore the transmission of the classical Greek, and particularly Platonic, condemnation of anarchy and polyarchy, and its connection with the apologia for monarchy in political and philosophical thought during the Hellenistic and Roman periods and in Judeo-Christian thought.

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• 15 Nov 2024

  16 Nov 2024

  Paris

  Conference, symposium - Europe

  Kingship in Sparta from Menelaus to Nabis

  Foundations, practices and representations

  Spartan dual kingship is one of the most astonishing aspects of Sparta's constitution: despite the vicissitudes of history, it was perpetuated with a certain constancy in a particular political system from its mythical origins to its evolution into a monarchy and disappearance in the Hellenistic period. This preservation has been achieved at the cost of constantly reinventing the representation of kings and their institutional function.

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• 13 Mar 2020

  Lyon

  Call for papers - Prehistory and Antiquity

  Transgressing to better rule: shadows and lights of the power in Antiquity

  Open to the whole of the ancient Mediterranean world, this conference is intended to be transdisciplinary. Several approaches can be considered: communications are expected to propose a reflection on forms of power or transgressive acts and to set out their characteristics, as well as their links with the society in which these powers and acts emerge. All types of transgressions can be addressed: social, political, philosophical, religious, literary, linguistic, etc.

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• 06 Jan 2020

  Lyon

  Call for papers - Prehistory and Antiquity

  Ancient deviance: the city and the challenge of transgression

  Le laboratoire junior TAntALE se propose de poursuivre sa réflexion autour de la notion de transgression dans l'Antiquité en s'appuyant sur le concept sociologique de déviance. Qui sont les outsiders antiques ? Les domaines de la religion, – rites à mystère, superstitions, pratiques déviantes au temps du premier christianisme –, de la sexualité, du genre et des rapports sociaux sont autant de thématiques qui pourront être abordées. Quels sont les mécanismes sociaux, juridiques, moraux mis en œuvre par la communauté pour contrôler les pratiques déviantes et les rejeter aux marges de l'espace politique ? Comment la production textuelle peut-elle représenter un espace réflexif où se rejouent ces dynamiques ? Comprendre les ressorts de la déviance dans l'Antiquité grecque et romaine, sa réalité et sa perception, sera l’enjeu de cette troisième journée d'étude. 

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