[Antiquitas] Call for Papers: XXII Finnish Symposium on Late Antiquity

[Maijastina Kahlos]

CALL FOR PAPERS

XXII Finnish Symposium on Late Antiquity
Tvärminne, Finland, 8-9 November, 2013
“Spaces – Past and Present”


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The XXII Finnish Symposium on Late Antiquity  
(http://www.helsinki.fi/worldcultures/fsla/index.html) will be  
organized on November, 8-9, 2013. 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 spaces 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, religious studies, art history and other  
disciplines that deal with Late Antiquity.

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  
Classics (Department of World Cultures, University of Helsinki)  
together with an interdisciplinary organizing committee (see below).

The theme of the symposium this year is “Spaces – Past and Present”.  
This theme includes the analysis of spaces in late antiquity such  
experience of space; re-use and interpretation of spatial experience;  
conceptualization of space; imperial presence and border-areas;  
movement and migration; as well as religious and liturgical place.

This year’s symposium features some specially invited speakers, among whom are

Juliette Day (Church History, University of Helsinki). Dr Day is  
university lecturer in Church history and the specialist on the Late  
Antiquity and early Christianity, especially early Christian liturgy.  
She has published e.g., The Baptismal Liturgy of Jerusalem: 4th and  
5th Century Evidence in Jerusalem, Egypt and Syria (2007) and Proclus  
on Initiation in Constantinople (2005).

Zbigniew Fiema (Humboldt Universität, Berlin). Dr Fiema is specialist  
in late antique archaeology and the late antique Near Eastern region.  
He is currently visiting professor in the Winckelmann Institut at the  
Humboldt Universität, Berlin. He has led the excavations of Jabal  
Harun as the research director in the Academy of Finland Centre of  
Excellence “Ancient and Greek Documents, Archives and Libraries” and  
has e.g., coedited Petra - the mountain of Aaron: The Finnish  
archaeological project in Jordan. The church and the chapel (with  
Jaakko Frösen, 2008)

Hagith Sivan (Department of History, University of Kansas). Prof.  
Sivan is specialist in Roman history, early Christianity, Late  
Antiquity, Jewish history and the study of women in Antiquity. She has  
published e.g., Ausonius of Bordeaux: Genesis of a Gallic Aristocracy  
(1993); Between Woman, Man and God: A New Interpretation of the Ten  
Commandments (2004); Palestine in Late Antiquity (2008) and Galla  
Placidia. The Last Roman Empress (2011).

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 May 31, 2013 to Dr. Ville Vuolanto (ville.vuolanto(at)uta.fi).  
Applicants will be informed by June 19, 2013 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 20 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 September 20, 2013.

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, PhD, Classics / Helsinki Collegium for Advanced  
Studies, University of Helsinki maijastina.kahlos(at)helsinki.fi
- Ulla Tervahauta ThD, Biblical Studies, University of Helsinki  
ulla.tervahauta(at)helsinki.fi
- Ville Vuolanto, PhD, History, University of Tampere / University of  
Oslo ville.vuolanto(at)uta.fi

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Maijastina Kahlos
Research fellow, PhD, Docent (adjunct professor) of Latin language and  
Roman literature
Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies
Fabianinkatu 24 (P.O. Box 4)
University of Helsinki
maijastina.kahlos at helsinki.fi
http://www.maijastinakahlos.net/b/
http://www.helsinki.fi/collegium/english/staff/Kahlos/kahlos.htm