GLOBAL PERCEPTIONS AND RECEPTIONS OF ANCIENT HISTORY

International Scientific Conference

We are pleased to announce that the first international conference of the perceptions and receptions of Ancient History will take place in Zagreb (Croatia) from 3^rd to 6^th/7^th November 2026. The conference will be organized by the Faculty of Croatian Studies (University of Zagreb), Archaeological Museum in Zagreb and the Department of Archaeology of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (University of Zagreb).

We would like to invite all scholars with interest in the research of various topics related to with the perception and reception of ancient history from prehistory to the late antiquity, from the medieval times to the modern era. The main topics of the conference will include:

• Arts (architecture, sculpture, paintings, decorative arts, furniture)
• Performing Arts (theatre, music, dance)
• Music (classical music, pop/rock music etc.)
• Popular Culture and Media (literature, comics, film, TV, video/computer games, fashion, photography)
• Travel Culture and Heritage (travelling diaries, culture of travel, tourism, living history, museum and private collections, presentation of heritage)
• Society and Politics (sport, pseudo-sciences, political propaganda)

Conference fee:

Registration by 30^th May 2026:

regular fee 125€

student fee: 75€

Late registration by 30^th August 2026:

regular fee 150€

student fee 100€

The registration fee will include:

Sessions

Conference materials

Coffee breaks

Conference publication (the Book of Abstracts and other conference materials)

Conference Dinner (at the last evening of the conference)

Guiding tour around Zagreb in English

Free visit to the several museums in Zagreb (the list will be announced in the final programme of the conference, late September 2026).

All further information about the conference will be announced at conference web site: [GLOBAL PERCEPTIONS AND RECEPTIONS OF ANCIENT HISTORY – Ancient History | English]

Please submit the abstracts to the gprah.zg2026@fhs.unizg.hr.

Deadline for submission of abstracts 28th February 2026.

Notification of acceptance of your paper will be sent not later than 15^th March 2026.

How to write abstract:

Abstracts should not exceed 250 words.

Abstract should be written at Times New Roman 12, space 1,5, justified.

Title (1^st row), name and affiliation (2^nd row) – both center. Below abstracts: 5-10 keywords.