Organizers

Sadi Maréchal (Ghent University) and Konogan Beaufay (CSCA-University of Cambridge), in collaboration with Maura Medri (Università degli Studi Roma Tre) and the Soprintendenza Speciale ABAP di Roma.

Registration

Now open. Attendance is free, but due to the maximum capacity of the conference room, registration is obligatory through the following link: https://event.ugent.be/registration/RomanBathsAndAgency

Program

The full program is now available here.

Poster session

The poster session is entirely online, including short video uploads and discussion groups for each poster, and will be active during the conference through https://romanbaths2023.virtualpostersession.org/. A list of all the posters can be found in the conference program.

Call for papers

Closed. View the detailed Call for Papers here.

Follow online

The entire conference will be streamed live through the Youtube channel of the Academia Belgica. No registration is required, but a gmail account is necessary if you want to participate in the chat or ask questions.

Keynote lecturers

Em. Prof. dr Fikret Yegül (University of California Santa Barbara)

Prof. dr Monika Trümper (Freie Universität Berlin)

Prof. dr. Maura Medri (Università degli Studi Roma Tre)

Dr. Nathalie de Haan (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen) and dr. Kurt Wallat (Independent researcher)

Em. Prof. dr. Lynne Lancaster (University of Cincinnati)

Book presentation ‘Die Zentralthermen (Terme Centrali) in Pompeji’

On Thursday 19 October (16:15), dr. Nathalie de Haan (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen) and dr. Kurt Wallat (Independent researcher) will present the book ‘Die Zentralthermen (Terme Centrali) in Pompeji. Archäologie eines Bauprojektes’ (Papers of the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome 71), published by Quasar in 2023.

Round Table

On Friday morning 20 October (11:00), a round table will be organized to discuss the creation of a network of scholars willing to contribute to the creation of an online database of Roman baths.

Optional visit to the Baths of Caracalla

In the afternoon of Friday 20 October (15:30-17:30), all attendees can join a free guided visit to the Baths of Caracalla, including the subterranean parts (often closed to the public), offered by the Soprintendenza Speciale ABAP di Roma. Registration is necessary using the registration link for the conference.

Venue

The conference will take place in Rome and will be hosted by the Academia Belgica (Via Omero 8)

Support

The conference is held in collaboration with the Università degli Studi Roma Tre and the Soprintendenza Speciale ABAP di Roma and with the generous financial and logistic support of the Ax:son Johnson Centre for the Study of Classical Architecture (University of Cambridge), the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy - Ghent University, the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome, the 'Structural Determinants of Economic Performance in the Roman World (SDEP)'-network and the Academia Belgica.