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.
Read moreFlowers - Online - Wednesday 6th October 2021 - 5pm-6.30pm (UK time/BST)
A seminar and discussion about material religion and flowers. This online event will include talks by Dr Patricia Baker and Dr Cameron McNeil.
Read moreThe Archaeology of Pilgrimage in Ancient Italy - Online - Friday 23rd April 2021
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).
Read moreMagic - A Discussion with Dr Stuart McKie, Adam Parker, and Dr Emma-Jayne Graham - Online - Wednesday 14th April 2021 - 5pm to 6.30pm (UK time/BST)
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.
Read moreDivinity - A Discussion with Professor Robin Osborne, Professor Graham Harvey, and Dr Emma-Jayne Graham - Online - Wednesday 24th March 2021, 5pm To 6.30pm (UK Time/GMT)
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.
Read moreBodies - A Discussion with Tulsi Parikh, Professor Phil Perkins, and Dr Emma-Jayne Graham - Online - Wednesday 10th March 2021 - 5pm to 6.30pm (UK time/GMT)
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.
Read moreObjects - A Discussion with Dr Eva Mol, Dr Eleanor Betts, and Dr Emma-Jayne Graham - Online - Wednesday 24th February 2021 - 5pm to 6.30pm (UK time/GMT)
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.
Read morePlace - A Discussion with Dr Claudia Moser, Dr Jessica Hughes and Dr Emma-Jayne Graham - Online - Wednesday 10th February 2021, 5pm to 6.30pm (UK time/GMT)
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.
Read moreThe Gods at Home: Cult Images in Context in the Roman Empire - A Seminar by Dr Philip Kiernan - Online - Monday 7th December 5pm-6pm (UK time/GMT)
An online seminar by Dr Philip Kiernan from Kennesaw State University, Monday 7th December 2020, 5pm - 6pm (UK time/GMT).
Read moreCursing as a Transferable Technology: Provincial Appropriations of a Mediterranean Ritual - a seminar by Professor Greg Woolf - Online - Friday 2nd October 2020, 2pm
An online seminar at The Open University by Professor Greg Woolf from the Institute of Classical Studies, Friday 2nd October 2020.
Read more'Coins lost in puzzling places' - a seminar by Dr Ine Jacobs - Milton Keynes - Thursday 23rd January 2020
A lunchtime seminar at The Open University by Dr Ine Jacobs from the University of Oxford, Thursday 23rd January 2020.
Read moreDivine Saving and ‘Votive’ Religion in Ancient Greece - a seminar by Dr Theodora Jim - Milton Keynes - Thursday 21st November 2019
A lunchtime seminar at The Open University by Dr Theodora Jim from the University of Nottingham.
Read moreSacred Trees and Tree Persons - a seminar by Dr Anna Perdibon - Milton Keynes - Wednesday 16th October 2019
A lunchtime seminar at The Open University by Dr Anna Perdibon from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Read moreMaterializing the Community in the Late Antique Syrian Church - a seminar by Dr Sean Leatherbury - Milton Keynes - Thursday 11th July 2019
A lunchtime seminar at the Open University by Dr Sean Leatherbury from the University of Oxford.
Read moreThe Ritual Ecology of Archaic South-East Italy - a seminar by Dr Camilla Norman - Milton Keynes - Thursday June 13th 2019
A lunchtime seminar at the Open University by Dr Camilla Norman from the Institute of Classical Studies.
Read moreWalls and the Ancient Greek Ritual Experience: a seminar by Professor Michael Scott - 23rd May 2019
A lunchtime seminar at the Open University by Professor Michael Scott from the University of Warwick.
Read moreAncient Material Religion Networking Day - 3rd April 2019
A full day workshop in Camden Town, London.
Read moreThe Official Centre Launch - 25th March 2019
An evening celebration (5.30-8pm) in the Beveridge Hall, Senate House, London, 25th March 2019. The keynote lecture will be given by Professor Esther Eidinow from the University of Bristol.
Read moreParadoxographic mentalité and the sacred - a seminar by Dr Jody Cundy - 21st March 2019
A lunchtime seminar at The Open University by Dr Jody Cundy from the University of Oxford.
Read moreMater Matuta and her ‘Sisters’: a seminar by Professor Maureen Carroll - 14th February 2019
A lunchtime seminar at the Open University by Professor Maureen Carroll from the University of Sheffield.
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