Art and Social Identities in Late Antiquity

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 University in collaboration with the Swedish Research Institutes in Istanbul (SRII) and Rome. It is held at the SRII and can therefore take advantage of its setting in Istanbul to explore the city of Constantinople and give the students a unique firsthand experience of the late antique monuments. The Summer School will also present new and exciting discoveries from the ongoing excavations in the city and its vicinity.

Teaching takes place from 26 June-10 July 2011 at the SRII with daily excursions to famous sites and new excavations in the heart of modern day Istanbul. More information here.

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 Their Literary Afterlife” / Professor Franz Alto Bauer, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

11.15 Coffee break

11.30 Keynote:”The Archaeology of Destruction: Christians, Images of Classical Antiquity, and Some Problems of Interpretation” / Professor John Pollini, University of Southern California, Los Angeles

12.30 Lunch for speakers

Session I: Patterns of Deposition and Re-Use – Chair: Ortwin Dally
13.20 ”Walled-Up Statues: An Unintended Extension in the Lifespan of Sculpture” / Donald White, University of Pennsylvania

14.00 “Exploring the Relationship between Lime Kilns and Sculptural Findspots in the Abandonment Phases at Roman Villas” / Beth Munro, University of Manitoba

14.40 Coffee break

Session II: Regional Perspectives – Chair: John Pollini
15.00 ”The Afterlife of Roman Sculpture in Gaul and the Rhineland” / Philip Kiernan, State University of New York at Buffalo

15.40 ”Sculpture in the Urban Space of Late Antique Athens” / Nadin Burkhardt, Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main

16.20 “Old habits die hard. The statuary record of Asia Minor between the 4th and the 7th century AD” / Ine Jacobs, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

17.00 Coffee break

Session III: The Final Act – Chair: Franz Alto Bauer
17.15 “The Disappearing Imperial Statue: Towards a Social Interpretation” / Benjamin Anderson, Bryn Mawr College

17.55 ”The Sunset of 3D” / Paolo Liverani, University of Florence

18.35 Concluding remarks / Lea Stirling, University of Manitoba

The seminar is generously funded by the Danish Research Council (FKK), the Canada Research Chair in Roman Archaeology, and the Institute of Anthropology, Archaeology, and Linguistics, Aarhus University.

Attendance to the seminar is free and open to the public. If you wish to attend, please register with the conference assistant, Niels Bargfeldt: klanb@hum.au.dk