[Antiquitas] Myöhäisantiikiin seminaari Tvärminnessä 12-13.10.2012: Esitelmäpyyntö

[Ville Vuolanto]

CALL FOR PAPERS

XXI Finnish Symposium on Late Antiquity
Tvärminne, Finland, 12-13 October, 2012
*Popular & Elite: Religious Practices in Late Antiquity *

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The XXI Finnish Symposium on Late Antiquity will be organized on October 
12-13, 2012. The aim of the symposium is to bring together students and 
scholars with an interest in Late Antiquity from a variety of 
universities and disciplines. This year, we explore broadly the 
interaction between popular and elite religious practices in Late 
Antiquity, but suggestions for papers dealing with other topics will 
also be considered. Our main aim is to stimulate interdisciplinary 
dialogue between philology, archaeology, history, theology, art history 
and other disciplines that deal with Late Antiquity. Geographically, the 
focus of the symposium is on the Mediterranean world.

The symposium will be organized in the premises of a zoological research 
station operated by the University of Helsinki at a beautiful location 
at Tvärminne on the southern coast of Finland 
(http://luoto.tvarminne.helsinki.fi/english). It is organized by 
Classical Philology (Department of World Cultures, University of 
Helsinki) together with an interdisciplinary organizing committee (see 
below).

This year's symposium features three specially invited speakers,

-    Guy Stroumsa (Oriental Institute, University of Oxford / The Hebrew 
University of Jerusalem): 'Reading practices in early Christianity and 
the individualization process'. Prof. Guy Stroumsa is the specialist of 
intellectual and cultural history of ancient religions, especially early 
Christianity with a focus on esoteric traditions. He has published e.g., 
Hidden Wisdom: Esoteric Traditions and the Roots of Christian Mysticism 
(1996), Barbarian Philosophy: The Religious Revolution of Early 
Christianity (1999) and La fin du sacrifice: Mutations religieuses de 
l'antiquité tardive (2005, in English The End of Sacrifice: Religious 
Transformations of Late Antiquity (2009).
-    Sarah Stroumsa (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem): 'Mass 
education and elite formation: the Almohad version'. Prof. Sarah 
Stroumsa is the specialist of ancient and medieval Jewish and Islamic 
philosophies. She has published e.g., Maimonides in his World: Portrait 
of a Mediterranean Thinker (2009) and Freethinkers of Medieval Islam: 
Ibn al-Rawandi, Abu Bakr al-Razi, and Their Impact on Islamic Thought 
(1999).
-    Reidar Aasgaard (University of Oslo): 'Childhoods A.D. 400: Three 
saints on Christian upbringing'. Prof. Aasgaard is the specialist of 
ancient religions, esp. Christianity and the history of childhood. Among 
his publications are The Childhood of Jesus: Decoding the Apocryphal 
Infancy Gospel of Thomas, Eugene (2009) and My beloved brothers and 
sisters! Christian Siblingship in Paul (2004).

There is space for a maximum of eight more papers. If you wish to 
deliver a paper, please send a short abstract (of less than 300 words) 
by June 1st, 2012 to Dr. Ville Vuolanto (ville.vuolanto at uta.fi). 
Applicants will be informed by late June whether they have been 
accepted. We have reserved 30 minutes for each presentation, including 
discussion following the paper. Therefore, we recommend limiting the 
papers to 15 minutes.

The seminar is free. We will offer transportation from Helsinki to 
Tvärminne and back, as well as accommodation, meals, coffee and sauna at 
Tvärminne. However, we are not able to cover the costs for travelling to 
Helsinki first, or accommodation there. Registration for the conference 
will start August 15th, 2012.

The Finnish Symposium on Late Antiquity is organized annually since 
1992. It started as a Finnish-language seminar for postgraduate 
students. However, over the years, more and more papers were presented 
by established scholars. Moreover, in many years, a few well-known 
scholars were invited from abroad, and the language of the symposium was 
changed to English, thus making it more and more international. This 
year, for the second time, we do not only have a few specially invited 
guests from abroad, but we invite suggestions for papers from anyone who 
is interested. In keeping with the symposium?s traditions, we encourage 
not only senior, but also junior scholars and postgraduate students to 
participate.

The organizing committee:
-    Maijastina Kahlos (Classics, University of Helsinki)
-    Ulla Tervahauta (Biblical Studies, University of Helsinki)
-    Ville Vuolanto (History, University of Tampere)

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Ville Vuolanto
PhD, Senior Lecturer in History
School of Social Sciences and Humanities
University of Tampere
http://www.uta.fi/laitokset/historia/www/person.php?id=38&lang=en

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