This talk presents preliminary data from a new research project that attempts to track women's movements throughout the ancient Mediterranean between 600 BCE and 400 CE. The preliminary data presented is primarily from Greek language grave markers, but also includes some citizenship decrees in Greek cities and includes women identified by approximately 60 ethnics from all over the Mediterranean. Because tombs and grants of citizenship are typically marked by ethnics, it allows us to see women who identify as having come from another location than the one they were buried or became a new citizen in. The primary goals of the project are to 1. understand the extent to which women moved in antiquity, 2. the reasons for movements (migration, enslavement, etc), and 3. to bring women to the surface in economic, social, and political histories where they are typically ignored because the data appears outside of standard literary evidence. This data can provide a foundation for comparative studies on the history of migrations, particularly in the Mediterranean.
Women's Migrations in the Ancient Greek Mediterranean
Subtitle:
Faculty Fellow Lecture Series
Activity Type:
Lecture
Presenter:
Dr. Rebecca Kennedy (Denison University, Classics)
Date:
Wednesday, February 12, 2020 - 16:30
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Location:
4130 Posvar Hall
Contact Person:
Veronica Dristas
Contact Email:
dristas@pitt.edu
Cost:
Free and Open to the Public
UCIS Unit:
Global Studies Center
Other Pitt Sponsors:
Department of Classics
Is Event Already in University Calendar?:
No