[H-verkko] Tvärminne, Slavery: XXIV Finnish Symposium on Late Antiquity

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Slavery: XXIV Finnish Symposium on Late Antiquity

Tvärminne
11.11.2016 klo 09:00 – 12.11.2016 klo 17:00
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XXIV Finnish Symposium on Late Antiquity

Slavery in Late Antiquity 


Tvärminne, Finland
11–12 November, 2016

The theme of this year’s symposium is Slavery in Late Antiquity. Research on
slavery in the late Roman Empire and in the post-Roman kingdoms has been
expanding and evolving in the recent decades. The theme will be approached from
a wide perspective, including social, economic, political, legal, ideological
and religious levels.

The keynote speakers of the symposium are: Chris De Wet (New Testament and Early
Christian Studies, University of South Africa), Marianne Bjelland Kartzow(New
Testament Studies at the University of Oslo) and Marja Vierros(Classics,
University of Helsinki). Please refer to the programme below.

The symposium is free, but the number of participants we can take is limited. It
will be organized at the Tvärminne Zoological Station on the southern coast of
Finland. We 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 symposium starts on 1 October and closes on 26 October
2016.In order to register as a participant for the seminar, please send an email
to Ville Vuolanto ville.vuolanto(at)uta.fi. Upon applying for participation, you
are kindly asked to provide your contact information as well as to inform us
about special diets etc. Please also mention if you do NOT need the coach
transportation from Helsinki.

The symposium is organised by Maijastina Kahlos, University of Helsinki, Ulla
Tervahauta, University of Helsinki and Ville Vuolanto, University of Tampere /
University of Oslo.

The Symposium is funded by the Centre of Excellence “Reason and Religious
Recognition”, Faculty of Theology; Jaakko Frösen Fund; and Department of
World Cultures, Faculty of Humanities, University of Helsinki.

 

Slavery in Late Antiquity

XXIV Finnish Symposium on Late Antiquity

Tvärminne, 11–12 November 2016

 

Friday 11 November

9.00 Departure by coach from Helsinki

c. 11 Arrival and accommodation

11.30 Opening of the Symposium

11.45 Lunch

 

12.30 Friday session I: Rethinking slavery in Late Antiquity

Chris De Wet:The Captive Monk: Late Antique Slavery and Syrian Ascetical
Theology and Practice

Kate Cooper: Slavery and social exclusion: Christian advice to late Roman
landowners

Arkadii Avdokhin: (Il)legal Freedom? Christ and Redemption from Slavery to Satan
in Late Antique Liturgical Texts

14.15 Coffee

 

14.35 Friday session II: Early Christian discourses

Marianne Bjelland Kartzow: The Paradox of Slavery in Early Christian Discourse:
An Intersectional Approach

P.J.J. Botha:Marking bodies: ritual and discipline in early Christian discourse

 

16:00 Friday session III: Coloni

Uiran Gebara da Silva: Rural Slavery in Late Roman Gaul

Florian Battistella and David Pitz: Colonos, qui fugam meditantur, in servilem
condicionem ferro ligari conveniet(Cod. Theod.5,17,1). Some Observations about
the Relationship between Slavery and the Colonate in Late Antiquity

 

17.00 Sauna/Men

18.30 Sauna/Women

20.00 Dinner

 

Saturday 12 November:

8.00-9.00 Breakfast

 

9.00 Saturday session I: Slavery in the Margins

Marja Vierros: Slaves in the Sixth Century Palestine in the Light of
Papyrological Evidence

Judith Evans Grubbs: From Slave to Saint: the enslavement of St Patrick

Ilkka Lindstedt: Slavery in the early Islamic period in the light of epigraphy

11.45 Lunch

 

12.00 Saturday session II: Living as a slave

Elizabeth Fentress: The Material Culture of Slave quarters in Roman Italy

Mariana Bodnaruk: Inscribing Inequality: Late Antique Slavery in Epigraphic
Evidence

Ilaria Grossi: Tene me ne fugiam et revoca me ad dominum! The relationships
between slaves and owners through late antique collaria

 

14.00 Conclusion of the symposium and coffee

15.00 Departure

c. 17 Arrival in Helsinki

Tiedustelut: Ville Vuolanto (ville.vuolanto at uta.fi), puhelin 050 417 4112
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