Dear all,
With this, we are happy to announce the fourth Ancient World Seminar of
this academic year. On *Tuesday 10 December 2019, dr. Lien Foubert*
(Nijmegen) will give a lecture on:
*"A journey to the edge of Europe: the rise and fall of the spa resort at
Baiae"*
*Abstract*
Since Antiquity, seaside resorts have figured among the most popular sites
of leisure and tourism on the European continent. In many ways these sites
expressed and supported converging trends in European culture and society.
Spa resorts brought together visitors from a range of nationalities in a
shared culture of health, pleasure and recreation. This paper aims to
explore how the Mediterranean spa resort of Baiae in the Bay of Naples
functioned as a significant cultural setting where visitors and local
actors shaped, experienced, discussed shared cultural values in a changing
world throughout the ages.
*About the speaker*
Lien Foubert is assistant professor at the Department of History, Art
History and Classics of the Radboud University Nijmegen. Her research
focuses in particular on the representation of women in the Graeco-Roman
world, using both literary and non-literary sources. After completing a
dissertation on the public and private roles of Julio-Claudian women, she
now concentrates on the subject of travelling women in antiquity.
The session takes place in the *Court Room of the Faculty of Theology and
Religious Studies (OBS 38)*, Groningen, 16.15 – 17.30. Join us for drinks
afterwards!
--
Ayhan Aksu
PhD candidate in Theology and Religious Studies
on behalf of the CRASIS team
University of Groningen
CRASIS is the Groningen institute for Interdisciplinary Studies in Culture,
Religion and Society of the Ancient World. Follow CRASIS on Facebook
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