Art and Social Identities in Late Antiquity

This summer, participants of the late antique research programme at Aarhus University co-organised a summer school “Constantinople: Space and Representation in the Late Antique Metropolis” on location in Istanbul. The energetic cohort of students came from Finland, England and Denmark. Among many interesting sites visited were the Hagia Eirene (above), the harbour excavations at Yenikapi, the so-called Palace of Antiochos, the Hippodrome, Hagia Sophia and the Golden Gate (all below the fold). Many thanks to our hosts at the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul who made our stay so pleasant and rewarding as well as Simon Malmberg, Sarah Bassett, Arja Karivieri, and local Turkish colleagues who tirelessly led the group through the streets of Istanbul in search of late antique monuments!