Dear Colleagues,
As part of of the event "Castelli Romani. Myth, Religion and Eno-Gastronomic Traditions", to be held in Velletri between the 7nd and 11th July 2015, Antrocom Onlus and Museum of Religions "Raffaele Pettazzoni" are organizing the conference "Food and The Sacred. Traditions and Symbols" dedicated to the topic of Archaeology and Anthropology of Food.
The conference aims to
investigate from an interdisciplinary point of view the mechanisms
underlying the function that food and nutrition can play in the
context of religious and traditional beliefs. Cultural areas of
interest are the civilizations of the Ancient, Medieval, Modern and
Contemporary World, as well as folkloric or ethnographic contexts .
The papers may deal with
the following issues:
1. The role played by food
symbolism in ritual contexts.
2. The role played by food
symbolism in religious feasts.
3. The role played by food
symbolism in mythical or folkloric tales.
4. The rituals of the
agricultural cycle.
5. Possible "magical"
or therapeutic features present in traditional beliefs related to
food culture.
6. In the context of
current multi-ethnic society what relationships, pertaining to
religious precepts and traditional beliefs concerning food, were
developed by both immigrant and native inhabitants of a particular
place?
7. The contemporary
phenomena of ritual or "neo-traditional" crops of
unscientific character, such as biodynamic agriculture.
8. The story of the
studies.
The conference covers
three thematic areas of research:
1. Religious Anthropology
and Folklore (coordinator Ernesto Renzo - University of Rome "Tor
Vergata")
2. Sociology of Religion
(coordinator Paul Naso - Sapienza University of Rome)
3. History of Religions
(coordinator Paul Scarpi - University of Padua)
Organizing Secretary: Igor
Baglioni (Museum of Religions "Raffaele Pettazzoni")
Scholars interested in
presenting a contribution can send an abstract of no more than one
page (max 2000 characters) to Dr. Igor Baglioni
([log in to unmask]) no later than April 15, 2015. Moreover
they must include:
-the title of the paper;-the chosen area of
research;
-a short biography of the
authors;
-an e-mail address;
-a telephone number.
Acceptance of papers will
be notified (via email) to the interested persons by April 25, 2015.
The complete paper with footnotes and bibliography must be delivered
(again in via email) by June 20, 2015. The delivery of the paper is
binding for the participation in the conference.
Dates to
remember:
Closing
call for papers: April 15, 2015.
Notification
paper acceptance: April 25, 2015.
Delivery
papers: June 20, 2015.
Conference:
7-8-9-10-11 July 2015.
Participation in the
conference is free. The speakers living outside the province of Rome
will be accommodated at a discounted price in the accommodation
facilities at the Museum of Religions "Raffaele Pettazzoni".
The Conference Acts will be published in Religio. Series
of Studies of the Museum of Religions "Raffaele Pettazzoni"
(Edizioni Quasar) and in scientific journals. The papers will be
subject to a final peer review before publication. The conference is
structurally associated with the organization of the event "Castelli
Romani. Myth, Religion and Eno-Gastronomic Traditions"
that organizes the White Nights in the towns of the Castelli Romani
sponsoring the event (Albano Laziale, Ariccia, Castel Gandolfo,
Cisterna di Latina, Genzano di Roma, Lanuvio, Larian, Nemi, Rocca di
Papa, Velletri). Every night the conference
speakers will visit as guests a different Municipality, watch the
planned shows and participate to free guided tours to museums and
monuments of the area. The program will be announced simultaneously
with the conference program.
For
information:
email:[log in to unmask]
web:
http://www.antrocom.org/ciboesacro
Best Regards,
Lucia Galasso
email [log in to unmask]
www.evoluzioneculturale.it
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