Upcoming Events
A seminar and discussion about material religion and silver. This online event will include talks by Dr David Wigg-Wolf and Dr Martin Goldberg.
A seminar and discussion about material religion and bronze. This online event will include talks by Judith Barringer and Katie Manby.
A seminar and discussion about material religion and light. This online event will include talks by Efrosyni Boutsikas and Ruth Bielfeldt.
A seminar and discussion about material religion and dance. This online event will include talks by Dr Audrey Gouy and Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts.
A public lecture at Senate House, University of London. This event is co-hosted with the Accordia Research Institute.
Past Events
An evening lecture by Dr Emma-Jayne Graham. Part of the German Archaeological Institute’s series: Cluster 3 „Körper und Tod. Konzepte – Medien – Praktiken“.
‘From public to private: votive religion returns to the home’. A lunchtime seminar at The Open University by Dr Alexandra Sofroniew (University of California Davis).
A seminar and discussion about material religion and ivory. This online event will include talks by Dr Georgina Muskett and Dr Adam DiBattista.
A seminar and discussion about material religion and hair. This online event will include talks by Professor Mary Harlow and Dr Valerie Hope.
A seminar and discussion about material religion and stone. This online event will include talks by Professor Tyler Jo Smith and Jedediah Caesar.
A seminar and discussion about material religion and wood. This online event will include talks by Michael Bamforth and Katie Rask.
A seminar and discussion about material religion and sound.
This online event will include talks by Dr Angela Bellia and Dr Erica Angliker.
A seminar by Mirjam von Bechtolsheim. Part of the OU PhD ‘Next Generation: Arts’ series.
A seminar and discussion about material religion and water. This online event will include talks by Dr Signe Barfoed and Dr Anna Perdibon.
A seminar and discussion about material religion and bones. This online event will include talks by Dr Angela Trentacoste and Professor Nicola Denzey Lewis.
A seminar and discussion about material religion and lead. This online event will include talks by Professor Richard Gordon and Professor Hugh Bowden.
A seminar and discussion about material religion and fabric. This online event will include talks by Dr Alexandra Sofroniew and Mary Danisi.
A seminar and discussion about material religion and clay. This online event will include talks by Dr Stephanie Langin-Hooper and Dr Anna-Katharina Rieger.
A seminar and discussion about material religion and incense. This online event will include talks by Professor Adeline Grand-Clément and Professor Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme.
A seminar and discussion about material religion and flowers. This online event will include talks by Dr Patricia Baker and Dr Cameron McNeil.
An online workshop organised jointly by the Accordia Research Institute, the Baron Thyssen Centre for the Study of Ancient Material Religion (The Open University) and the Institute of Classical Studies (University of London).
The fifth in a series of online seminars linked to the publication of Dr Emma-Jayne Graham’s book Reassembling Religion in Roman Italy (Routledge 2021). Dr Stuart McKie (Durham University) and Adam Parker (Open University) will join Dr Emma-Jayne Graham (Open University) to discuss approaches to ancient magic.
The fourth in a series of online seminars linked to the publication of Dr Emma-Jayne Graham’s book Reassembling Religion in Roman Italy (Routledge 2021). Professor Robin Osborne (University of Cambridge) and Professor Graham Harvey (Open University) will join Dr Emma-Jayne Graham (Open University) to discuss the nature of ancient divinity.
The third in a series of online seminars linked to the publication of Dr Emma-Jayne Graham’s book Reassembling Religion in Roman Italy (Routledge 2021). Tulsi Parikh (University of Cambridge ) and Professor Phil Perkins (Open University) will join Dr Emma-Jayne Graham (Open University) to discuss the significance of bodies in ancient religion.
The second in a series of online seminars linked to the publication of Dr Emma-Jayne Graham’s book Reassembling Religion in Roman Italy (Routledge 2021). Dr Eva Mol (University College London) and Dr Eleanor Betts (Open University) will join Dr Emma-Jayne Graham (Open University) to discuss the role of objects in ancient religion.
The first in a series of online seminars linked to the publication of Dr Emma-Jayne Graham’s book Reassembling Religion in Roman Italy (Routledge 2021). Dr Claudia Moser (University of California, Santa Barbara) and Dr Jessica Hughes (Open University) will join Dr Emma-Jayne Graham (Open University) to discuss concepts of religious place.
An online seminar by Dr Philip Kiernan from Kennesaw State University, Monday 7th December 2020, 5pm - 6pm (UK time/GMT).