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XXIII Finnish Symposium on Late Antiquity
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CALL FOR PAPERS

XXIII Finnish Symposium on Late Antiquity

 “Conflict in Late Antiquity”

Tvärminne, Finland, 17–18 October 2014

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The XXIII Finnish Symposium on Late Antiquity will be organized on 17–18
October 2014. The aim of the symposium is to bring together scholars and
postgraduate students with an interest in Late Antiquity from a variety of
universities and disciplines. 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 theme of the symposium in 2014 is “Conflict in Late Antiquity”. It will
be approached from a wide perspective, including different types and levels of
conflict and attempts at solving them. Conflict can be discussed from the from
the point of view of politics and competition for power, ethnic conflicts,
conflicts between different areas and peoples of the empire, cultural and
religious conflicts between and within traditions, doctrinal conflict,
interpretation and portrayal of conflict in literature and art, personal
conflicts, and conflicts versus everyday life. We welcome papers that discuss
scholarly approaches to late antiquity, why the sources and scholarship focus so
emphatically on conflict, and what other perspectives can be applied instead.

This year’s symposium features the following invited speakers:

Hagith Sivan (Department of History, University of Kansas). Prof. Sivan is
specialist in Roman history, Late Antiquity, study of women in Antiquity as well
as the Hebrew Bible, Jewish history and early Christianity. She has
written/edited six books: Ausonius of Bordeaux: Genesis of a Gallic Aristocracy
(1993); Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity (1996, co-edited); Dinah's
Daughters. Gender and Judaism from the Hebrew Bible to Late Antiquity (2002);
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). She has writtenarticles on topics ranging from the Roman army in late
ancient Spain to Christian ascetic females, and from the Visigothic kings of
Toulouse to Jewish childhood and to meandering monk Barsauma.

Petri Luomanen (Biblical Studies, University of Helsinki). Prof. Luomanen has
studied Jewish-Christians - i.e. Christians who embraced Christian faith but
kept their Jewish way of life - and hostility expressed against them by both
Christians and other Jews. He has employed social-scientific and cognitive
approaches in his works. His publications include Recovering Jewish-Christian
Sects and Gospels (2012), Explaining Christian Origins and Early Judaism:
Contributions from Cognitive and Social Science (2007, editor with Ilkka
Pyysiäinen and Risto Uro), and A Companion to Second-Century Christian
‘Heretics’ (2005, 2008 editor with Antti Marjanen).

Lucy Grig (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of
Edinburgh). Dr. Grig is specialist in cultural history in Late Antiquity,
including literary and material culture with particular interest in religious
history and popular culture. She has published Making Martyrs in Late Antiquity
(2004) and co-edited (with Gavin Kelly) Two Romes: Rome and Constantinople in
Late Antiquity (2012).

Antti Lampinen (Classics, University of Turku). Dr. Lampinen is specialist in
Greco-Roman ethnographical writing. He finished his doctoral dissertation, Istae
contra omnium religiones. Characterizing Northern Barbarian Religiosity in the
Graeco-Roman Literary Tradition from Hellenism to the Later Empire in 2013.

There is space for a maximum of nine more papers. If you wish to deliver a
paper, please send a short abstract (maximum length 300 words) by 1 June 2014 to
Dr. Ville Vuolanto: ville.vuolanto(at)uta.fi. We encourage not only senior, but
also junior scholars and postgraduate students to participate.

Applicants will be informed by 19 June 2014 whether they have been accepted. We
have reserved 30 minutes for each presentation including discussion, wherefore
we recommend limiting the papers to 20 minutes.

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 an interdisciplinary organizing committee under the auspices of
the center of excellence “Reason and Religious Recognition” in the Faculty
of Theology, University of Helsinki, together with Department of World Cultures,
University of Helsinki.

The seminar is free. We will offer transportation from Helsinki to Tvärminne
and the return journey, as well as accommodation (one night) and meals in
Tvärminne. However, we are not able to cover any travel costs to or
accommodation in Helsinki. Registration for the conference will start 1
September and close on 30 September 2014.

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

The Symposium website:

http://www.helsinki.fi/worldcultures/fsla/index.html

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Ilmoituksen lähetti: Maijastina Kahlos <maijastina.kahlos at helsinki.fi>
Ilmoitus vanhentuu: 2.6.2014