Art and Social Identities in Late Antiquity

Art and Social Identities in Late Antiquity and Religious Identity, Ritual Practice and Sacred Architecture in the Roman Near East cordially invite everyone to a seminar on spolia:

READING SPOLIA
The Re-use of the Past in Late Antiquity: Meanings and Interpretations

Friday 27 March 2009
11.00-14.15
Aarhus University, Bldg. 1414, Aud. 407

NB! Edmund Thomas is unfortunately unable to come, so Hendrik Dey will give his lecture at 11.15, followed by lunch in Stakladen.

11.00
Welcome and introduction

11.15
Edmund Thomas,
Lecturer in Ancient Visual and Material Culture, Durham University
Re-use of inscriptions in Late Antique architecture

12.15 Lunch in Stakladen – registration required: klatmk@hum.au.dk

13.15
Hendrik Dey,
Postdoc, Aarhus University
Spolia and the politics of political legitimacy in the late-third century West: the case of city walls

14.00 Conclusion

Conveners: Rubina Raja and Troels Myrup Kristensen