The 5th International Congress on Ancient Thermalism will take place in Varaždinske Toplice (Croatia) (May 17th to 21st, 2027)
We are pleased to inform you that the dates for the 5th International Congress on Ancient Thermalism have been scheduled for May 17th to 21st, 2027. As previously announced, the conference will be held in Varaždinske Toplice (Croatia)—the ancient Roman settlement of Aquae Iasae—and will focus on the topic: The role of the Roman army […]
Important news about the upcoming 5º Conference on Ancient Thermalism 2027
We have some important news regarding the upcoming Congress on Ancient Thermalism, which is due to take place in 2027 !!!! Unfortunately, for personal reasons, the 5th Thermal Conference will not take place in Strumica, North Macedonia, as originally planned. We are extremely grateful for the proposal and the hard work put in by our […]
Call for papers “Workshop on Thermal landscapes: multidisciplinary perspectives”. San Casciano dei Bagni (Italy), 18th September 2026
Università Iuav di Venezia and Università oer Stranieri of Siena invite scholars to submit contributions for a multidisciplinary workshop exploring the complex relationships between animals, landscape and thermalism in antiquity and beyond. The workshop aims to bring together archaeological, historical, anthopological, environmental, and design-orientes perspectives to investigate how thermo-mineral waters have shaped human-animals interactions across […]
End of the 4th International Congress on Ancient Thermalism in Vichy
From 25 to 28 May 2025, the 4th International Congress on Ancient Thermalism was held in the spa town of Vichy (France). REsearchers from more than 10 countries participated, including Croatia, Georgia, Bulgaria, Hungary, North Macedonia, Germany, Italy, France, Switzerland, Austria, and Spain. So it has been an excellent opportunity to exchange knowledge and strengthen […]
Remember!! The 4th International Congress on Ancient Thermalism will be held in Vichy from 26 to 28 May 2025
Organised by the Maison des Sciences Humaines de Clermont-Ferrand (Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS), the Service régional de l’archéologie – DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, this archaeological congress will bring together specialists in ancient curative thermalism to discuss the theme ‘The present and future of Roman healing spas: Investigation, promotion and protection of […]
Provisional programme for the IVth Conference on Ancient Thermalism in Vichy (25-28 May 2025)
The members of the organisation of the IV International Congress on Ancient Thermalism, to be held in Vichy (France) on 26, 27 and 28 May, on the theme of ‘The present and future of Roman healing spas: Investigation, promotion and protection of thermal heritage’, is pleased to share with you the provisional programme of this […]
Workshop “Beyond the Bronze. Communities in transformation and mobility in the excavation of Bagno Grande (San Casciano dei Bagni)”. 29-30 January 2025
Between 29th and 30th January 2025, a new colloquium on the discoveries made in the village of San Casciano dei Bagni will be held in the Aula Magna Virginia Woolf of the Universitá per stranieri di Siena, with interesting and new contributions. The workshop, organised by the researcher J. Tabolli, scientific coordinator of the archaeological […]
Call for papers is already open!: 4th Conference on Ancient Thermalism (Vichy, 26-28th May 2025)
After these months working on the organisation of the 4th Conference on Ancient Thermalism that will take place in Vichy, France (26-28th May 2025), we are pleased to announce that the Call for papers is already open!!!!!! This year, on of the main lines of discussion this year will be “The present and future of […]
The new book on ancient thermalism, derived from the Madrid 2023 Congress, is now available in Open Access at Archaeopress !
Following the interesting congress held at the UAM, Madrid (Spain) in March 2023, a book with some of the interesting contributions made at the congress has just been published by the prestigious publisher Archaeopress. This publication “Thermalism in the Roman Provinces: The Role of Medicinal Mineral Waters across the Empire” presents new research, revisions of […]
New studies on healing waters: Archaeology of thermalism publication
A new publication a on thermal healing spas studies has been published in the prestigious online journal Engramma, nº 214. Derived of an international seminar in Siena, Chianciano Terme and San Casciano dei Bagni, the nº214 of the Engramma journal presents the results of a new season of studies focused on the archaeology of thermal […]
The present and future of Roman spas: Investigation, promotion and protection on thermal heritage Vichy (May 2025)
4th Conference on Ancient Thermalism. The present and future of Roman spas: Investigation, promotion and protection on thermal heritage (Vichy, May 2025) After the development of thermalism in Roman times, a new revival of the thermal tradition took place in the 19th century, giving rise to a very rich thermal culture, together with continuous progress […]
New Workshop in sight: Thermalisme et villes dans l’Occident romain ! (Paris, 16-18th June 2024)
Summer is on its way, and it comes with thermal news… ! We will start the month of June with a Colloquium on Thermalism and cities in the Western Empire, which will take place on the campus of the University of Nanterre, in Paris, the 17-18th June 2024, coordinated by Ricardo González-Villaescusa and Carlotta Franceschelli. […]
Good news! The next “thermal meeting” will take place in Vichy!
We are pleased to announce that the “tradition” of International Conferences on the ancient thermal spas will be renewed in 2025 ! Although different interesting proposals have been presented to host the next congress on thermalism, finally, given the availability of funds and broad support for its management, the next conference will take place in […]
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY (AND THERMAL ;) YEAR 2024 !
The year 2023 has been an excellent year for the Ancient thermalism. For the first time, we have been able to meet after many years, in person, most of the researchers working on ancient thermalism in many countries. The congress in Madrid allowed us to celebrate some incredible days of exchange of experiences, knowledge, concerns,… […]
Training Days “Et Me Te: Etruscology-Medicine-Thermae” (25-27th September 2023)
On 25-27th September 2023, some training days on Etruscology-Medicine-Terme will take place in the cities of Siena, Chianciano Terme and San Casciano dei Bagni (Italy). These sessions, coordinated by Jacoppo Tabelli, from the Università per Stranieri di Siena and scientific director of the archaeological project of the religious and thermal complex of San Casciano dei […]
The exhibition about San Casciano dei Bagni opens in Rome today !
One of the best colection of bronze objets discovered in the Etruscan and Roman thermal sanctuary from San Casciano dei Bagni can be already visited in the Palazzo Quirinale of Rome. Starting 23th June 23, the access is possible in limited numbers (it’s a small exhibition space) with reservation on-line. After a summer break, this […]
New congress on Roman baths (Rome, 18-20 October 2023)
Roman Baths and Agency: The human factor in designing, building, using, experiencing, and maintaining bath buildings in the Roman territories (Rome, 18-20 October 2023) Sadi Maréchal (Ghent University) & Konogan Beaufay (CSCA – University of Cambridge), in collaboration with Maura Medri (Università degli Studi Roma Tre) and with the support of the Axson Johnson […]
The project to create a thermal network is underway !!!
During 2 days, an internacional group of researchers from a very large list of countries (Croatia, Bulgaria, North Macedonian, Hungary, France, Germany, Italy, France, England, Portugal and Spain) participated in the 3rd International Congress on Ancient Thermalism celebrated in Madrid, on 9-10th March 2023. They met at the University Autónoma de Madrid, to present their […]
The provisional brochure of the 3rd International conference on Ancient thermalism is already here!
We are pleased to inform you that the provisional brochure of the 3rd International conference on Ancient thermalism is already here! We will have very different presentations, of some very variated areas of the Ancient Roman Empire: Turkey, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Croatia, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain or North of Africa, so we are sure we […]
New Workshop “Dentro il sacro. Multiculturalismo e plurilinguismo nello scavo del Bagno Grande a San Casciano dei Bagni” (25/26 January 2023)
A workshop talking about the new discoveries of San Casciano dei Bani will take place the next 25-26th January 2023 in the Università per Stranieri di Siena, Aula Magna Virginia Woolf (Piazza Carlo Rosselli 27/28, Siena). Organized by Jacopo Tabolli, Emanuele Mariotti and Ada Salvi, some of the first results on the study of this […]
Last chance to send your abstract proposals to the 3rd International Thermal Congress !!!
As some of you have asked us to extend the deadline for submitting proposals to participate in the Thermal Congress, we have decided to postpone the deadline to 8th January 2023 to give a greater number of researchers from different countries the opportunity to participate in this Thermal Conference. We are sure that we will […]
The call for papers to the 3rd International Congress on Ancient thermalism is already open!
After the 1st International workshop Roman Baths and Thermo-mineral Baths in Urban and (Micro) Regional Perspectives (Kiel 2021); and the 2nd International Workshop Roman Baths and Thermo-mineral Baths: an update on the present state of research (Bern, 2022), we are pleased to inform you that we are already working on the organization of the 3rd […]
Days to talk about the Bathing culture in Budapest (Hungary), 8-15th september 2022
The Conference of the Frontinus Society on the History of Water Management and Hydraulic Engineering that took place in the Museum of the Buda Hill Castle in Budapest (Hungary) from 8-15th September 2022, ended yesterday. It gave participants the opportunity to show some news studies and archaeological excavations, mainly focused on Bathing Culture in Ancien […]
Call for papers for the next 3rd International workshop on Ancient thermalism: “Thermal spas and territory: the role of the mineral-medicinal waters in the Roman provinces” (2023) will be anounced soon !
After, the 1st International workshop Roman Baths and Thermo-mineral Baths in Urban and (Micro) Regional Perspectives (Kiel 2021); and the 2nd International Workshop Roman Baths and Thermo-mineral Baths: an update on the present state of research (Bern, 2022), we are pleased to inform you that we are already working on the organization of the 3rd […]
New colloquium about ancient thermalism will take place in Chaves (Portugal)
Between the 8th and 9th of April , 2022, a Coloquium will be held in the ancient city of Aquae Flaviae (Chaves, Portugal) focused on different aspects of ancient Thermalism, and specifically on the surprising Roman spa discovered in this city only a few years ago. This thermal spa was mainly excavated by the researcher […]
REMEMBER: the Intenational Conference of the Frontinus-Society has changed its dates!!! Budapest, 8-15th September 2022 !!!
As a consecuence of the COVID Pandemic Situation, the new International Conference of The Frontinus-Society on the History of Water Management and Hydraulic Engineering, will take place, if the health situation allows it, this year (2022) from the 8th to 12th September 2022 in Budapest (Hungary). Registrations are possible until 28.02.2022! See Invitation and Call […]
2nd Workshop ROMAN BATHS AND THERMO-MINERAL-BATHS: an update on the present state of research. Programme
2nd Workshop ROMAN BATHS AND THERMO-MINERAL-BATHS – an update on the present state of research On Friday 18th February 2022, the Institute of Archaeological Sciences of the University of Bern will host the 2nd edition of theonline workshop “ROMAN BATHS AND THERMO-MINERAL-BATHS – an update on the present state of research.” Find the program, […]
2nd Online-Workshop ROMAN BATHS AND THERMO-MINERAL BATHS: an update on the present state of research with focus on questions of continuity
A new workshop on Thermal-Mineral Baths will take place in February 2022! The Institute of Archaeological Sciences of the University of Bern (Switzerland) will host this second workshop on February 18th/19th 2022, that will also take place via Zoom. In this new Seminar, the organization proposes to put the focus on questions of continuity. Call […]
Baden/Aquae Helveticae (Switzerland) Research Project and lecture on Roman, medieval and modern spas: A diachronic and interdisciplinary view of a cultural phenomenon
The healing spa of Baden in Switzerland (Canton Aargau), the Roman Aquae Helveticae, looks back to over 2000 years of history. No doubt the sulphurous springs that surge at a temperature of 47°C were already visited and worshipped well before antiquity. The beginning of Baden as a healing spa is strongly linked to the nearby […]
IInd International Congress on Water and Health / IVth International Symposium on Thermalism and Quality of Life
In the next month, the IInd International Congress on Water and Health / IVth International Symposium on Thermalism and Quality of Life (September 15, 16 and 17, 2021) will take place in Ourense (Spain) organized by the Universidade de Vigo. Even if it is specially focused on the thermal industry and hydrology, there will be […]
Online workshop “Roman Baths and Thermo-Mineral Baths in urban and Micro-regional perspectives” (Kiel, 15th–16th January 2021)
From the 15th to the 16th January 2021 will take place the Online-Workshop & Networking Event for Early-Career-Researchers, organized by the Kiel University, entitled “Roman Baths and Thermo-Mineral Baths in Urban and (Micro-)Regional Perspectives”. See full programme. This workshop aims to discuss current research approaches in the field of Roman baths (Session 1, 15 January […]
New Frontinus Conference “Bathing Culture in Budapest” (Budapest, 16th–23rd September 2021)
A new International Conference of The Frontinus-Society on the History of Water Management and Hydraulic Engineering, will take place, if the health situation allows it, from the 16th to 23rd September 2021 in Budapest (Hungary). With the title “Bathing Culture in Budapest”, the Frontinus Conference will be held as a series of lectures and excursions […]