The Late Antique World Seminar (LAWS) presents guest lectures by specialists in Late Antiquity and papers on work in progress by members of the Network, postdoctoral fellows, and PhD and MA students.
Lectures and papers in 2011-2012:
- Friday, 9 September 2011, 2:30 p.m.: Prof. Wendy Mayer (Australian Catholic University), ‘Disambiguation or damnatio memoriae? Cults, Sites, and Their Appropriation by Alternate Religions in Late Antique Antioch’, University of Ottawa, ARTS 509
- Tuesday, 18 October 2011, 2:30 p.m.: Prof. Dr. Josef Wiesehöfer (University of Kiel, Germany), ‘The East Roman-Sasanian Wars of the Early 7th century and Their Impact on Syrian and Palestinian Societies’, University of Ottawa, SIMARD 123
- Friday, 27 January 2012, 2:30 p.m., Prof. Richard Burgess (University of Ottawa), ‘The Long and the Short of It: New Insights into the Late Roman Chronicle Traditions’, University of Ottawa, ARTS 114
- Friday, 10 February 2012, 2:30 p.m., Prof. Ariane Magny (Thompson River University), ‘Le Contre les Chrétiens de Porphyre chez Eusèbe, Jérôme et Augustin : la transmission d'un texte anti-chrétien dans l'antiquité tardive’, University of Ottawa, ARTS 509
- Friday, 16 March 2012, 2:00-5:00 p.m., Late Antique World Graduate Workshop, University of Ottawa, SIMARD 123
- Wednesday, 11 April 2012, 2:30 pm: Dr. Peter Sarris (Cambridge University), ‘The Economics of Salvation: Lay Hostility to Holy Men and the Church in Late Antiquity’, University of Ottawa, ARTS 114
Late Antique World Workshop (LAWW)
The Late Antique World Workshop brings together new and established researchers for detailed presentations and discussions of current research in Late Antiquity. The workshops are organized around specific topics or themes, and are by invitation only.
Past Workshops:
- 4th Annual Coptic Studies Symposium, Saturday, 26 February 2011, University of Ottawa DMS 1140. Click here to see the program.
- Question and Answer Literature in Antiquity: From Teaching to Commenting. An International Workshop, September 25-26, 2010. Click here to see the program and abstracts.
- Stephen Mitchell’s A History of the Later Roman Empire Considered: A Graduate Workshop, September 20-21, 2008, organized by Rajiv Bhola and Robert Edwards, Ph.D. candidates, Department of Classics and Religious Studies, University of Ottawa. Click here for the workshop programme and poster.
- Christian Apocryphal Texts for the New Millennium: Achievements, Prospects, and Challenges. An International Workshop on Christian Apocryphal Literature, September 29-30, 2006. Click here to see the program and abstracts.
