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DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF SPANISH STUDIES
The Department of Classical Philology and the Department of Spanish Studies of the
University in Lodz would like to invite you to an interdisciplinary academic
conference entitled
Rome and Iberian Peninsula.
Diversity of mutual relationships from
ancient to modern times.
26–27th April 2017
The history of the Iberian Peninsula did not start with the Roman conquest, but the
entrance of Romans on the Peninsula had a major influence on the history of peoples
residing there. Since the Punic Wars, the Peninsula was gradually conquered, the
administrative division changed, and the social structure was subject to
transformations, just like commercial and economic relations. A remarkable role was
played by linguistic, cultural and religious influences, as the Peninsula was the place
where modern Romance languages of Spain and Portugal were created, and where
Latin literature was written under the Roman influence. This was the place of origin
of Seneca and Martial, who were distinguished for Rome, as well as two emperors:
Trajan and Hadrian. Roman occupation influenced the development of the
construction branch, the road system and technology, and that is still reflected by wellpreserved remains of Roman cities and aqueducts. Even though that Roman power
was eventually forced out of the Iberian Peninsula, consequences of those relationships
proved to be incredibly persistent. The elements of the ancient Rome’s culture are still
present not only on the Peninsula, but also in other countries which were under its
influence.
The aim of our reflections on those issues will be to investigate the state of research on
the aforementioned subject and an opportunity to exchange experiences from research
focused on those issues with Polish and foreign speakers. We also hope that new and
interesting research topics will emerge from discussions and will become a subject of
studies conducted as part of joint projects.
We would like to invite literary scholars, linguists, culture scholars, historians, art
historians, archaeologists and other researchers interested in the subject to take part
in our interdisciplinary conference.
Please, send papers concerning the following topics related to the mutual relationships
between the residents of the ancient Rome and the Iberian Peninsula:
1.
The history of the Roman conquest of the Peninsula.
2.
Political, economic and commercial relations in the ancient times.
3.
Mutual linguistic influences.
4.
Mutual literary influences and inspirations – such as genres, poetry, topics,
topoi and myths.
5.
Reception of Roman literature on the Iberian Peninsula and in other Spanishspeaking countries – imitation, continuation and modification of literary
patterns.
6.
Inspirations in art.
7.
Material culture remains from the Roman times on the Peninsula’s territory.
8.
Population migrations in the ancient times and subsequent eras.
9.
Transport and tourism.
10.
Mutual relationships in the field of religion.
11.
Everyday customs of Romans and their influence on the life of the residents of
the Peninsula.
12.
Reception and validity of ancient Rome’s traditions in the modern culture of the
Iberian Peninsula and of other Spanish-speaking countries.
Languages of the conference: Polish, English, Spanish
Conference fee: 400 PLN / 100 Euro (the fee includes costs of participation, conference
materials, coffee breaks, two lunches, a banquet and a monographic publication
consisting of selected articles).
Suggestions of topics together with an abstract (up to 1500 characters) should be sent
e-mail until the 31st January 2017 to the following organisers’ addresses:
Adriana Grzelak-Krzymianowska, PhD (Polish, English)
[email protected]
Maria Judyta Woźniak, PhD (Polish, Spanish)
[email protected]
The applicants will be informed about their paper acceptance in mid-February. That is
also when practical information will be provided.
Anticipated time of a speech duration: 20 minutes.
The Conference will be held in Training and Conference Centre of the University of
Lodz, Kopcinskiego st. 16/18, Lodz. (It is also the accommodation place. Approximate
costs for a single room 100 PLN/22 Euro
Scientific Committee
prof. Wiaczesław Nowikow
prof. Zbigniew Danek
prof. Joanna Sowa
dr hab. Agnieszka Kłosińska-Nachin
Organizing Commitee:
Adriana Grzelak-Krzymianowska, PhD (Department of Classical Philology)
Maria Judyta Woźniak, PhD (Department of Spanish Studies)