http://www.lateantiquity.dk A Research Programme at Aarhus University Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:42:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A number of events are currently being planned for 2012, including: "Locating the Individual in Roman Funerary Culture: Patronage, Consumption, and Agency" 10-11 May 2012 Organizers: Stine Birk & Niels Bargfeldt Venues: Aarhus University & Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen "Mapping Movement and Sacred Topography: Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Perspectives on Ancient Pilgrimage" 9 June ... http://www.lateantiquity.dk/archives/184 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), ... http://www.lateantiquity.dk/archives/169 On 25 March, a group of international scholars came to Aarhus to participate in the seminar "The Afterlife of Roman Sculpture II: Late Antique Response and Reception". The organizers would like to thank everybody for their contributions to what was a very fruitful meeting! The seminar was generously funded by ... http://www.lateantiquity.dk/archives/158 Former Art and Social Identities in Late Antiquity postdoctoral fellow Hendrik Dey (now of Hunter College, New York City) has just published The Aurelian Wall and the Refashioning of Imperial Rome, AD 271-855 with Cambridge University Press. Here's the blurb: "This book explores the relationship between the city of Rome and ... http://www.lateantiquity.dk/archives/150 Constantinople - Space and Representation in the late antique Metropolis Study during the summer and meet international lecturers and fellow students in the cosmopolitan city of Istanbul! Constantinople - Space and Representation in the late antique Metropolis is an intensive two week Summer School organized by the Section for Classical Archaeology, Aarhus ... http://www.lateantiquity.dk/archives/114 We are pleased to announce the full programme for our international seminar in March: The Afterlife of Roman Sculpture II: Late Antique Response and Reception Friday 25 March 2011 Preben Hornung Room, Aarhus University Conference Centre Organized by Troels Myrup Kristensen 10.00 Introduction / Troels Myrup Kristensen, Aarhus University 10.15 Keynote: “Late Antique Statues and ... http://www.lateantiquity.dk/archives/103 THE AFTERLIFE OF ROMAN SCULPTURE II LATE ANTIQUE RESPONSE AND RECEPTION CALL FOR PAPERS International Seminar Department of Classical Archaeology, Aarhus University Friday 25 March 2011 In 2008, Aarhus University hosted a seminar on “The Afterlife of Roman Sculpture: Late Antique Perceptions and Practices” that aimed to look ... http://www.lateantiquity.dk/archives/90 The two most recent issues of the Journal of Late Antiquity have featured research from members of the "Art and Social Identities in Late Antiquity" project: Hendrik Dey, "Art, Ceremony, and City Walls: The Aesthetics of Imperial Resurgence in the Late Roman West", Journal of Late Antiquity 3.1 (2010): 3-37. Troels Myrup ... http://www.lateantiquity.dk/archives/86 The Faculty of Theology at Aarhus University will officially open its new "Centre for the Study of Antiquity and Christianity" as well as a new Velux-funded research project on "The Transformation of Religious Identity in the Hellenistic-Roman World, 100-600 AD" on Friday 5 March: Official opening of the Centre ... http://www.lateantiquity.dk/archives/84 We cordially invite everyone to a lecture by Susanne Bangert, Næstved Museum, on Menas ampullae in their social context (in Danish). “Abu Mina og Skt Menas-souvenirs - Små genstande med store perspektiver” Wednesday 17 March 3 pm Aarhus University, building 1414, auditorium 407 http://www.lateantiquity.dk/archives/81