[Antiquitas] Save the date: April 29-30th, 2019- WORKSHOP on Imperial Architecture and Identity

[Lorenzon, Marta]

Dear All,

We are please to announce that the workshop "Imperial Architecture and Identity” will be held on April 29-30th, 2019, at the University of Helsinki, in lecture hall 531 (Fabianinkatu 24). 
This workshop main objective is to address the issues of variation within architecture, specifically "Imperial architecture" examining in which ways variation and continuity are perceived and presented. Furthermore, we are interested in studying the range of methodologies and theoretical understandings of imperial identities (e.g., Neo-Assyrian,Persian, Roman, Ottoman) through the medium of architecture. 

The  workshop participants are:
1. Samuli Simelius, University of Helsinki, Finland
2. Antonio Lopez Garcia, University of Helsinki, Finland
3. Marta Lorenzon, University of Helsinki, Finland
4. Rick Bonnie, University of Helsinki, Finland
5. Nora Shawki, American University at Cairo, National Geographic Explorer, Egypt
6. Naima Benkari, Sultan Qaboos University,Oman
7. David Kertai, ISAW and Hebrew University of Jerusalem
8. Louise Revel, University of Southampton, UK
9. Marek Zbigniew Baranski, Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, Poland
10. Nawala al-Mutawalli, University of Baghdad, Iraq

The workshop is organised by the Centre of Excellence in Ancient Near Eastern Empires and the Centre of Excellence in Changes is Sacred Texts and Traditions in collaboration with the ERC project Law, Governance and Space: Questioning the Foundations of the Republican Tradition (SpaceLaw). Please feel free to distribute this to all the people who may be interested.

The workshop is open to all interested scholars and students free of charge, but registration, which will be following in a separate email closer to the workshop date, is kindly required.

Kind Regards
Marta, Rick, Samuli and Antonio