21 XI 2024: Serena Ammirati (Università Roma Tre), References and cross-references in late antique law books: a few years after REDHIS

Abstract In this paper I seek to show how internal and external quotations and references contained in late antique law books (authors' works and commentaries) use somewhat recurrent expressions, which ...

14 XI 2024: Basemah Hamarneh (Universität Wien), Iconophobia in the Churches of the Levant: (Re)inventing images or seeking salvation?

Abstract Excavations carried out in the Levant have yielded a wealth of archaeological documentation, which has demonstrated the extent of censorship, alteration, and intentional damage, particularly to images of living ...

7 XI 2024: Jakob Riemenschneider (Universität Giessen), Social distinctions and commonalities in sixth-century Gaza

Abstract One of the more common paradigms for the study of late antiquity is that of fragmentation – fragmentation of political entities, fragmentation of Mediterranean identities, and fragmentation in the ...

24 X 2024: Paulina Komar (UW): Wine, Church and economy during Late Antiquity

Abstract Wine held a multifaceted significance in Late Antiquity, serving not only as a staple beverage but also as a symbol of divine communion and social cohesion. At the same ...

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. ...

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 ...