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Dear all,</p>
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Please find below some information about the upcoming workshop: <b class="">"</b><span style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><b class="">Global
and Local Cultures in the Roman East: From Domination to Interaction"</b>, which is held in the </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;" class="">Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki, on 28–30 November 2018.</span></p>
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The workshop is organized by the <span style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Globalization, Urbanization and Urban Religion in the Eastern Mediterranean in
the Roman and Early Islamic period </span>workshop series, funded by The Joint Committee for Nordic research councils in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NOS-HS) and by the Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence <span style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Changes
in Sacred Texts and Traditions</span>, Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki.</p>
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The workshop is the first in a series of three workshops organized jointly by the University of Helsinki (Raimo Hakola, Rick Bonnie), Aarhus University (Rubina Raja) and the University of Bergen (Simon Malmberg, Eivind Heldas Seeland).</p>
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The program of the workshop can be found using the following link: <font color="#9258c8" class=""><span style="font-style: inherit;" class=""><a href="https://blogs.helsinki.fi/sacredtexts/files/2018/10/Helsinki-workshop_schedules-29102018.pdf" class="">https://blogs.helsinki.fi/sacredtexts/files/2018/10/Helsinki-workshop_schedules-29102018.pdf</a>.</span></font></p>
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The workshop is <span style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">free and open to all</span>. However, we would like participants to <span style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">register</span> using
the following form <b class="">before November 15</b>: <u class=""><font color="#9258c8" face="inherit" class=""><span style="font-style: inherit;" class=""><a href="https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/93066/lomake.html" class="">https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/93066/lomake.html</a></span></font></u></p>
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For further information about this workshop, please email <font color="#9258c8" face="inherit" class=""><span style="font-style: inherit;" class=""><a href="mailto:raimo.hakola@helsinki.fi" class="">raimo.hakola@helsinki.fi</a></span></font> and/or <font color="#9258c8" face="inherit" class=""><span style="font-style: inherit;" class=""><a href="mailto:rick.bonnie@helsinki.fi" class="">rick.bonnie@helsinki.fi</a></span></font>.</p>
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With best wishes,</p>
<div class="">Raimo Hakola and Rick Bonnie</div>
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