Archaeology of lived religion in antiquity

Archaeology of Religion (5-7 November, 2012)
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Archaeology of lived religion in antiquity
Rome, German Archaeological Institute; British School at Rome, Istituto Svizzero di
Roma, and ERC-Research group „Lived Ancient Religion“ at the Max Weber
Centre/University of Erfurt
Programme:
Sunday, 4th November 2012
Arrival
Monday, 5th November 2012
Venue: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
9h - Welcome and introduction (Henner von Hesberg, Christoph Riedweg, Jörg
Rüpke, Christopher Smith)
9.15 1st Panel: Embodiment
Laura Gawlinski (Loyola): Dress and Ornaments
Thierry Luginbühl (Lausanne): Processions, Pilgrimages and Rituals
10.45 break
11.00 Frederick G. Naerebout (Leiden): Moving in Interiors (Ritual Routes, Dance)
Robin Jensen (Vanderbilt): Initiation
12.30 h - Lunch break
14 h – 2nd Panel: Experiences
Valérie Huet (Paris): Watching Rituals
Marleen Martens (Brussel):Communal Eating
Richard Gordon (Erfurt):Temporary Deprivation
16.15 break
16.30 – 3rd Panel: Beyond the Mediterranean: Import, Export and Reception
Greg Woolf (St. Andrews):Northern Barbarians
Marco Galli (Roma): Asian Empires (Gandhara, Buddhist India)
Valentino Gasparini (Erfurt): African borderlands
Lara Weiss (Erfurt): Open and closed spaces in Egyptian Religion
Tuesday, 6th November
9h – 4th Panel: Expressiveness
Alexandra Busch (Roma): Altars
Günther Schörner (Wien): Body Votives
Wolfgang Spickermann (Erfurt): Monumental Inscriptions
11.15 break
11.30 5th Panel: Spaces of Experiences
Archaeology of Religion (5-7 November, 2012)
Richard Neudecker (Roma): Gardens
Joannis Mylonopoulos (New York): Sacred Landscape
13.00 h lunch
14.30 Christopher Smith (Roma): Urbanization and Memoralization
William van Andringa (Rennes): Complex Sanctuaries (Pilgrimage Centres etc.)
Rubina Raja (Aarhus): Open Sanctuaries
16.45 break
17.00 Henner von Hesberg (Roma): Temple Interior
Inge Nielsen (Hamburg): Buildings of Religious Communities
Susanne Gödde (Munich): Theatres
Wednesday, 7th November
Venue: British School at Rome
9.00 Gideon Bohak (Jerusalem): Amulets
9.45 – 6th Panel: Drawing Boundaries
Andreas Bendlin (Toronto): Pure and Impure
10.30 break
10.45 Zsuzsa Varhelyi (Boston): Gods and (Wo)Men
Miguel John Versluys/Eva Mol (Leiden): Imagined Communities
12.15 h – lunch
13.30 – 7th Panel: Problems of Analysis
Steven Fine (New York): Text and Artefact
Eric Rebillard (Ithaca, NY): Hierarchies and Multiplicity of Roles
15.00 break
15.15 Alfred Schäfer (Köln): Intentional Destruction or Depositing?
Jörg Rüpke (Erfurt): Individuality
16.30-17.00 Final discussion
18.00 First Roma/London Lecture (sponsored by the British School at Rome and the
Institute of Classical Studies):
John North (London): Goddesses and Sibyls’
Addresses:
Germanico/Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
Via Curtatone 4
I-00185 Rom
Tel: 0039-06-48881461, Fax: 0039-06-4884973, www.dainst.org
British School at Rome
Via Antonio Gramsci 61
I-00197 Roma
Tel. ++390632649370, Fax. ++39063221201, www.bsr.ac.uk/
[email protected]
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