Transcension: Theorizing Ancient Studies in/as Transdisciplinary Space
Call for Papers, submission deadline October 31, 2023
Workshop
January 19–21, 2024 (online)
Transdisciplinarity/transdisciplinary research is an emerging complex across the humanities and sciences, partly
influenced by policymaking and research management. Conceptualizing Ancient Studies in and as transdisciplinary
space, it seems crucial to theorize what transdisciplinarity constitutes and entails, how we realize that, and what tools
and cooperatives are necessary to conduct transdisciplinary work in a meaningful may. This workshop aims to tackle
these questions and invites scholars from various fields to discuss and theorize while incorporating empirical case
studies. A focal point will be the interaction and integration of Ancient Studies fields with other academic disciplines and
non-academic sectors as well as the connection of Ancient Studies interests with contemporary issues. Note that we
employ a global outlook and consider the label ancient/premodern not limited to Classical and/or Eastern
Mediterranean antiquity often seen as synonymous with the term. We thus encourage prospective participants from a
range of backgrounds to consider participating and sharing their perspectives on how they see transdisciplinarity
factoring into their work, also in relation to inter- and multidisciplinarity as alternativeities.
Together with the Berliner Antike-Kolleg (BAK) and the Institute “Archäologie und Kulturgeschichte Nordostafrikas
(AKNOA)” at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in connection with the 2022/23 BAK Annual Theme “Mit!Reden (Active
Voices)”, I invite papers for the workshop TRANSCENSION : THEORIZING ANCIENT STUDIES IN /A S
TR ANSDISCIPLINARY SPACE which will be held online from 19–21 January 2024. Suggested areas for papers to
address include but are certainly not limited to:
→ Contemporary Issues Seen through/in Ancient Datasets
→ Cultural Reception of Ancient Worlds
→ Digital Humanities
→ Methodology
→ Public Engagement and New Technologies
→ Theory and Interpretive Approaches
Abstracts should be a maximum 400 words, suitable for a 15- to 20-minute presentation.
The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 31 Oc t o be r 202 3 . Please send your abstract
as a Word or PDF e-mail attachment to c h ris t ia n .l a ng e r @ be r l i ne r - an t ike -k o l le g. o r g
with ‘Transcension abstract’ as the subject heading.
Dr Christian Langer, Visiting Research Fellow, Berliner Antike-Kolleg (BAK) | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
www.berliner-antike-kolleg.org/fellows/christian_langer
Workshop
January 19–21, 2024 (online)
Transdisciplinarity/transdisciplinary research is an emerging complex across the humanities and sciences, partly
influenced by policymaking and research management. Conceptualizing Ancient Studies in and as transdisciplinary
space, it seems crucial to theorize what transdisciplinarity constitutes and entails, how we realize that, and what tools
and cooperatives are necessary to conduct transdisciplinary work in a meaningful may. This workshop aims to tackle
these questions and invites scholars from various fields to discuss and theorize while incorporating empirical case
studies. A focal point will be the interaction and integration of Ancient Studies fields with other academic disciplines and
non-academic sectors as well as the connection of Ancient Studies interests with contemporary issues. Note that we
employ a global outlook and consider the label ancient/premodern not limited to Classical and/or Eastern
Mediterranean antiquity often seen as synonymous with the term. We thus encourage prospective participants from a
range of backgrounds to consider participating and sharing their perspectives on how they see transdisciplinarity
factoring into their work, also in relation to inter- and multidisciplinarity as alternativeities.
Together with the Berliner Antike-Kolleg (BAK) and the Institute “Archäologie und Kulturgeschichte Nordostafrikas
(AKNOA)” at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in connection with the 2022/23 BAK Annual Theme “Mit!Reden (Active
Voices)”, I invite papers for the workshop TRANSCENSION : THEORIZING ANCIENT STUDIES IN /A S
TR ANSDISCIPLINARY SPACE which will be held online from 19–21 January 2024. Suggested areas for papers to
address include but are certainly not limited to:
→ Contemporary Issues Seen through/in Ancient Datasets
→ Cultural Reception of Ancient Worlds
→ Digital Humanities
→ Methodology
→ Public Engagement and New Technologies
→ Theory and Interpretive Approaches
Abstracts should be a maximum 400 words, suitable for a 15- to 20-minute presentation.
The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 31 Oc t o be r 202 3 . Please send your abstract
as a Word or PDF e-mail attachment to c h ris t ia n .l a ng e r @ be r l i ne r - an t ike -k o l le g. o r g
with ‘Transcension abstract’ as the subject heading.
Dr Christian Langer, Visiting Research Fellow, Berliner Antike-Kolleg (BAK) | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
www.berliner-antike-kolleg.org/fellows/christian_langer