35.3432, Calls: Obscene Language in Greek and Latin (Panel at the Celtic Conference in Classics)

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Subject: 35.3432, Calls: Obscene Language in Greek and Latin (Panel at the Celtic Conference in Classics)

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Date: 29-Nov-2024
From: Duccio Guasti [duccio.guasti at ugent.be]
Subject: Obscene Language in Greek and Latin (Panel at the Celtic Conference in Classics)


Full Title: Obscene Language in Greek and Latin (Panel at the Celtic
Conference in Classics)

Date: 15-Jul-2025 - 18-Jul-2025
Location: Coimbra, Portugal
Contact Person: Duccio Guasti
Meeting Email: duccio.guasti at ugent.be
Web Site: https://www.uc.pt/cech/16-ccc/calls/call-for-papers/

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Lexicography; Ling &
Literature; Semantics; Sociolinguistics
Subject Language(s): Greek, Ancient (grc)
                     Latin (lat)
Language Family(ies): Indo-European

Call Deadline: 15-Jan-2025

Meeting Description:

The panel focuses on the usage of obscene language
(αἰσχρολογία/obscenitas) in the ancient world.

Call for Papers:

The panel focuses on the usage of obscene language
(αἰσχρολογία/obscenitas) in the ancient world. Of the many types of
words that could be seen as obscene, most pertained to sexual and
scatological vocabulary, but other types of taboos also existed (see
e.g. De Martino & Sommerstein, "Studi sull’Eufemismo," Bari 1999).
Until the 1960s, work on this kind of vocabulary was prevented by the
prudery that inhibited the scholarly community (think of the avoidance
of explicit definitions of sexual terms in Liddell/Scott/Jones’ Greek
English Lexicon).

Systematic works on the subject started therefore to appear only in
the ‘70s. Soon thereafter, Adams’ "Latin Sexual Vocabulary"
(Baltimore, 1982) established itself as the reference work on the
topic for Latin, while for Greek this role has been played by
Henderson’s "Maculate Muse" (New Haven 1975, Oxford 1991), which,
while based mostly on Comedy, also gives insightful information on
words found in other genres. Since the study of sexual and obscene
language in antiquity is continuously evolving, we find it necessary
to organize a roundtable with experts from different subfields to
answer the following questions:
- What language do the Greeks and Romans use to refer to sexuality? Do
“neutral” terms ever exist, or can everything be marked as
euphemistic/dysphemistic?
- What exactly do terms like αἰσχρολογία and obscenitas describe? Were
they unified categories or does the meaning of these words vary
depending on the context?
  - What terms are seen as taboo in the Greek and Roman world? What
terms are considered acceptable euphemisms? What terms are normal in
medicine, in polite society, in rhetoric?
 - What words are used on purpose as dysphemisms? What is the function
of dysphemisms in Greek and Roman satirical and obscene texts? What
advantages/disadvantages do rhetoricians, philosophers, and other
theoretic writers see in the usage of euphemisms/dysphemisms?

We strongly encourage contributions in English. However, contributions
in French, Spanish, Italian, or Portuguese are also welcome. The talks
can last either 20 or 40 minutes (please specify in your abstract).

Everyone interested can send an abstract of no more than 500 words
(plus references) to duccio.guasti at ugent.be by January 15th.



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