17 X 2024: Verena Fugger (independent), The Power of Bones: on the Agency of Relics in the North Syrian Desert Steppe
Abstract The phenomenon of the cult of martyrs appeared by the mid-4th century and henceforth experienced a rapid boom, both in the East and West of the late Roman Empire. ...
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10 X 2024: Matthias Sandberg (Universität Münster), There and back again: the princeps humilis and the Late Antique Empire
Abstract The presentation examines the transformation of the Roman imperial image, with a particular focus on the reign of Theodosius II (408–450). The reign of Theodosius II represents a deviation ...
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3 X: Laurent Ripart (Université Savoie Mont Blanc), The bipolar organisation of early Lerinian monasticism
Abstract Recent developments in archaeological, philological and historical research have provided us with a renewed documentary base, enabling us to take a fresh look at the genesis of Lerinian monasticism. ...
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13 VI 2024: Phil Booth (Oxford) John of Ephesus as historian
This paper explores various apologetic elements within the Ecclesiastical History of John of Ephesus, which blends elements of historiography, apology, and autohagiography. Starting from the ambiguous status of John and ...
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6 VI 2024: Arietta Papaconstantinou (Aix-Marseille Université), Identifying the governor’s secretaries in eighth-century Fustat: another look at the Aphrodito archive
The Greek letters of the governor Qurra b. Sharīk have been studied repeatedly since their publication, mainly for their content – all the more so as they were translated by ...
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23 V 2024: Anna Sitz (Tübingen), The writing on the wall: the fates of ancient inscriptions in late antique cities
While the fates of ancient statues and temples in late antiquity have been well-researched, what happened to ancient inscriptions in the period of Christianization has not. This lecture examines both ...
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