[Antiquitas] Passages from Antiquity to Middle Ages IV

[mlhannin at mappi.helsinki.fi]

The programme is now ready and the registration is open for the  
international conference of


Religion, Society and Participation
PASSAGES FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE MIDDLE AGES IV

August 20-22, 2009, University of Tampere, Finland
Organized by: Trivium Centre for Classical, Medieval and Renaissance
Studies, Department of History and Philosophy, University of Tampere  
in collaboration with the Finnish Historical Society and the Classical  
Association of Finland

see: http://www.uta.fi/trivium/passages4/

Keynote speakers:
Maurizio Bettini (Università degli Studi di Siena)
Elizabeth A. Castelli (Barnard College, Columbian University)
Gábor Klaniczay (Central European University)
Celia Schultz (Yale University)


The fourth international Passages-conference focuses on religion in
its social context. Religion is seen as an active, ongoing process  
involving society and community.
The conference aims at broad coverage not only chronologically but
also geographically and disciplinary (all branches of Classical and
Medieval Studies).

The conference will concentrate on:

* Religious rituals in everyday life
* Gendered participation
* Forms of devoted life
* Devotional groups and their functions in society
* Official and nonofficial religious practices and practitioners

For further information, please, contact:
passages at uta.fi

Katariina Mustakallio


-- 
Katariina Mustakallio, Senior lecturer        After: Sept 1, 2009, Director
Department of History and Philosophy          Institutum Romanum Finlandiae
33014 University of Tampere, Finland          Mustakallio at irfrome.org






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