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The event is part of the activities organized to mark Women's Day
The Roman Theater of Cartagena, whose patronage is integrated by the Autonomous Community, the City Council and the Cajamurcia Foundation, hosts next Wednesday, March 7, the presentation of the book entitled 'Not so distant.
A vision of the Roman woman through current affairs'.
The activity is part of the events to celebrate International Women's Day organized by the regional government.
The work has its origin in a research group coordinated from the University of Almeria and integrated by a multidisciplinary team linked to different Spanish universities and museum centers that, previously, has published other works such as the text 'Women in the times of Augustus.
Social reality and legal imposition '(Tirantlo Blanch, 2016), which was also presented in Cartagena.
Part of this research group will participate in the presentation on Wednesday: Roman Law professor at the University of Almería, Rosalía Rodríguez;
the titular professor of Roman Law of the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Alicia Valmaña;
the titular professor of Roman Law of the University of Vigo María José Bravo;
the titular professor of the Roman Law of the University of Barcelona, ​​María Eugenia Ortuño and the professor of History of Art of the University of Murcia, Jaime Vizcaíno.
'Not so distant' focuses on the search for feminine perspectives and adds to the need to investigate the past to help build the present.
The book offers, from different current issues, an exciting journey to the Roman feminine world, to the history of hundreds of women of great capacity and influence, both in the public and private spheres.
A whole universe of citizens who were mothers, wet nurses, widows, believers, instructors, entrepreneurs ... and also victims of misogyny and trafficking in white women and networks of forced prostitution.
The text gives Roman women the dimension they deserve, taking them out of the silence of history manuals and recognizing their protagonism.
To do this, it is divided into five blocks: The first is submerged in social and legal transcendence and gender issues, the second affects maternity, the third in family models and the fourth addresses the difficult issue of violence and the white slave
The work ends with the formation of Roman women and their first incursions into the religious, political and military.
The journalist and professor at the University of Seville María José Ufarte signs the prologue of this publication whose cover is illustrated with a porcelain work by Faustina la Menor made by the artist from Madrid settled in the Region of Murcia Concha Martínez Montalvo;
a piece that was part of the exhibition 'Creative Genres' that could be seen in Cartagena.
Documentary of the Integra Foundation
Also on the occasion of International Women's Day, on Thursday, March 8, at 8:00 p.m., a new production of the Integra Foundation devoted to the role of women in society will be presented in the auditorium of the Roman Theater Museum. Roman society and, particularly, in the city of Carthago Nova.
The documentary, entitled 'The woman in Carthago Nova', has a duration of 50 minutes, is divided into three chapters and stands out especially for its detailed historical recreations.
During the event, some advances will be screened and will include interventions by the General Director of Information Technology, Heritage and Telecommunications, Juan José Almela;
the director of the Museum of the Roman Theater, Elena Ruiz;
the professor of Roman Law Rosalía Rodríguez, and the director of the production and Imagia Video, Antonio Alpañez.
With these new activities, the Museum of the Roman Theater, the most visited of the Region of Murcia, continues to increase the activities that complement its exhibition program;
some initiatives that are also added to congresses, symposiums and workshops organized for an increasingly wide public.
All the programming of the Cartagena center is available at http://www.teatroromanocartagena.org.
Source: CARM
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