Art and Social Identities in Late Antiquity

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 Kristensen, “Embodied Images: Christian Destruction and Response in Late Antique Egypt”, Journal of Late Antiquity 2.2 (2009): 224-250.

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 for the Study of Antiquity and Christianity and the Velux project The transformation of religious identity in the Hellenistic-Roman world, 100-600 AD. The significance of conversion and initiation to the formation of religious identity:

15.15: The Dean
15.30: Lecture by Prof. Inge Nielsen, Universität Hamburg: Religious associations in antiquity.
16.30: Reception

Friday 5 March, 15.15-17.30 – Auditorium 2, Building 1441 (Reception in room 110)
Downloadable pdf poster.