[Antiquitas] Dining Divinely: Banqueting in Honour of the Gods

[Katariina Mustakallio]

Jumalaiset syömingit Uudessa Seelannissa heinäkuussa 2010!

Dead line: October 1, 2009.
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Dining Divinely: Banqueting in Honour of the Gods
July 7-9, 2010

The Department of Classics at the University of Canterbury,
Christchurch, New Zealand
Commensality marked a range of public and private occasions in the  
ancient Mediterranean
world. This colloquium will explore the evidence for banquets and  
feasts held in conjunction
with or as a form of religious observance. Offers of papers from any  
branch of Classical
Studies concerning the following topics are welcomed:
? The archaeological evidence for banquets (architecture, furnishings,  
food remains,
representations of banqueting) with a religious dimension.
? Banquets associated with particular religious festivals or rites, or  
part of private
occasions with a religious dimension (eg funerals).
? Literary or epigraphical evidence for religious banqueting.
An abstract of 250 words indicating the thesis, evidence and  
conclusions of the paper offered
and including the name, academic affiliation, postal address and email  
address of the
presenter should be sent to the conference organiser at the address  
below. Email attachments
and facsimiles are preferred. Papers will be 20-30 minutes long,  
depending on the final
number of participants.
Abstracts must be received on or before October 1, 2009. Authors of  
accepted papers will be
notified by December 15, 2009. The registration fee will be around US $120/?85
(postgraduates US $85/?60).
Organiser:

Alison B. Griffith Ph: ++64-3-364-2987 ext. 8578

Department of Classics Fax: ++64-3-364-2576
University of Canterbury alison.griffith at canterbury.ac.nz
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140
NEW ZEALAND

-- 
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