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FOR PAPERS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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lang="FI">Fall and Rise of the
Roman World c. 200–700 CE<o:p></o:p></span></b><br>
<span
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Finnish Symposium on Late Antiquity</span><b style=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman";"
lang="FI"><o:p></o:p></span></b><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tvärminne</span></st1:City><span
style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman";">,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Finland</st1:country-region></span></st1:place><span
style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman";">,
15-16 October, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
XIX Finnish Symposium on Late Antiquity will be
organized on October 15-16, 2010. 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</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman";"
lang="FI">, we explore the aspects of
depression, recovery and renaissance related to the every-day life</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman";">,
but suggestions for papers dealing with other topics
will also be considered.</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Our
main aim is to stimulate interdisciplinary dialogue between philology,
archaeology, history, theology and other disciplines that deal with
Late
Antiquity. Geographically, the focus of the symposium is on the
Mediterranean
world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
year’s symposium features three specially invited
speakers:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: black;"
lang="FI">Kate Cooper
(Manchester): The transformation of the Roman Household at the end of
antiquity</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: black;"
lang="FI">Chris Wickham
(Oxford): Rural realities: Spain and Sicily around 600</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: black;"
lang="FI">Leslie Brubaker
(Birmingham): Embedding sacred images in everyday life: representation
and
transformation of culture in Byzantium</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman";">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman";">There
is space for a maximum of eight more papers. If you
wish to deliver a paper, please send a short abstract <span style=""> </span>(of
less than 300 words) <b>by June 15<sup>th</sup>,
</b>to Dr. Ville Vuolanto (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ville.vuolanto@uta.fi">ville.vuolanto@uta.fi</a>). Applicants will be
informed by July 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. For each paper, we aim at finding a
commentator for a first response of about 5 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
symposium will be organized in the premises of a
zoological research station operated by the <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Helsinki</st1:PlaceName> at a beautiful
location at
Tvärminne on the southern coast of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Finland</st1:country-region></st1:place> (<a
href="http://luoto.tvarminne.helsinki.fi/english">http://luoto.tvarminne.helsinki.fi/english</a>).
Its organizers are the Department of World Cultures of the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Helsinki</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
together with an interdisciplinary organizing committee (see below).
The
seminar fee of 50 euros will cover transportation from <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Helsinki</st1:place></st1:City> to
Tvärminne and back, as well as
accommodation, meals, coffee and sauna at Tvärminne. However, we are
not able
to cover the costs for traveling to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Helsinki</st1:place></st1:City>
first, or accommodation there. Especially for the PhD students it is
possible
to apply for a reduced conference fee of 25 €. Registration for the
conference
will start August 30<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman";">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.<br>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><br>
On behalf of the organizing committee,<br>
<o:p></o:p><br>
<span style=""><span
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style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style=""><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"></span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Maijastina
Kahlos, PhD,
Classical philology, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Helsinki</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><br>
</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ville
Vuolanto, PhD, History,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Tampere</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span>
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Vähäkangas</span></st1:City><span
style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman";">,
<st1:State w:st="on">MA</st1:State>,
Biblical Studies, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Helsinki,<br>
</st1:PlaceName></st1:place></span><small><br>
<br>
<br>
Ville Vuolanto<br>
<br>
</small><small>PhD., </small><small> Lecturer<br>
Depatment of History and Philosophy<br>
33014 University of Tampere<br>
Finland<br>
<br>
tel. +358 -3-3551 6535
<br>
fax. +358-3-3551 6980
<br>
<a href="mailto:ville.vuolanto@uta.fi">ville.vuolanto@uta.fi</a></small>
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