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Woodworking in the Roman ImaginationNov 21Freitag, 21. November 2025 08:24
Woodworking in the Roman Imagination - Call for Papers
Call for Abstracts - Woodworking in the Roman Imagination (Due January 15)
Wood was an omnipresent resource in the Roman world, ingrained in every human’s life, from those living in the most precarious circumstances to the richest and most powerful in the empire. Wood has been extensively studied in terms of its economic and logistical importance, contributing major advances in our understanding of the technology and organisation of Roman woodworking (Meiggs 1982, Ulrich 2007, Scherrer 2011, Absmeier 2015, Visser 2025).
This workshop aims to bring such insights into dialogue with Roman discourses surrounding woodworking in literature, epigraphy and visual culture from the Roman Republic to Late Antiquity. In light of recent reconsiderations of trees beyond strict resources (Hunt 2016, Armstrong 2019, Hallett 2021, Fox 2023, Nichols 2024) and a rising interest in the narration of craft processes in Greco-Roman antiquity (Fanfani/Harlow/Nosch 2016, Webb 2018, Geue 2024,Reitz-Joosse 2024, Rogers 2024), we aim to explore Roman conceptions of living and laboring with wood, relying on, yet transcending, technical questions of how wood was worked in Roman antiquity.
The workshop will take place in Groningen, the Netherlands on June 18 and 19, 2026. Abstracts (ca. 300 words) must be submitted no later than January 15, 2026 via
Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein. and should be accompanied by a short bio (max. 150 words). FACERE will be able to make a contribution to travel and accommodation costs.For more details, see the attached document below.
Warm regards,
Sara Hutchinson
CRASIS Secretary
on behalf of the CRASIS team
University of Groningen
CRASIS is the Groningen institute for Interdisciplinary Studies in Culture, Religion and Society of the Ancient World. Follow CRASIS on Instagram or find out more about us on www.rug.nl/crasis
Wood was an omnipresent resource in the Roman world, ingrained in every human’s life, from
those living in the most precarious circumstances to the richest and most powerful in the
empire. Wood has been extensively studied in terms of its economic and logistical importance,
contributing major advances in our understanding of the technology and organisation of Roman
woodworking (Meiggs 1982, Ulrich 2007, Scherrer 2011, Absmeier 2015, Visser 2025). This
workshop aims to bring such insights into dialogue with Roman discourses surrounding
woodworking in literature, epigraphy and visual culture from the Roman Republic to Late
Antiquity. In light of recent reconsiderations of trees beyond strict resources (Hunt 2016,
Armstrong 2019, Hallett 2021, Fox 2023, Nichols 2024) and a rising interest in the narration of
craft processes in Greco-Roman antiquity (Fanfani/Harlow/Nosch 2016, Webb 2018, Geue 2024,
Reitz-Joosse 2024, Rogers 2024), we aim to explore Roman conceptions of living and laboring
with wood, relying on, yet transcending, technical questions of how wood was worked in
Roman antiquity.
Individual papers will approach depictions of woodworking and human-wood interaction in
artistic, literary and epigraphic media. Together, we seek to trace Roman ideas about
human-wood entanglements from arboriculture and tree-felling to the production of ships,
buildings, tools and other wooden artifacts. This workshop will contribute to a multi-faceted
understanding of the many meanings of woodworking in ancient Rome. It forms part of the
ERC-FACERE project which investigates discourses of making in the Roman world. We look
forward to welcoming Roger B. Ulrich and Carole Newlands as our keynote speakers.
Topics to be addressed might include, but are not limited to, the following:
- How did ideas about woodworking as transmitted through art and literature
influence Romans’ experience of wooden artifacts?
- How were different types of wood depicted and valued, in terms of their practical
application, aesthetic appeal and symbolic potential?
- How does woodworking relate to the religious sphere in the Roman world? What
interactions with trees might be considered transgressive or sacrilegious?
- How and where are mythical woodworkers depicted and how do such depictions
open up questions about artisans’ position and moral boundaries?
- To what extent was woodworking considered a distinct practice in the Roman world,
and in what ways did it relate to, and interact with, other types of making and craft?
- How can we investigate Roman woodworkers’ experiences, drawing e.g. on
experimental archaeology and modern artisans’ perspectives?
- What are the narrative and literary functions of depictions of woodworking (e.g. the
making of a plough, shipbuilding or construction processes), and what can they
reveal of Roman notions about woodworking?
- Which woodworking metaphors are prominent in Roman texts, what domains do
they occur in, and how can they help us to understand the meaning of woodworking
in ancient Rome?
- (Self-)Representations of Roman woodworkers: what are the characteristics of
woodworkers in literature and art? Where do they appear? What do they make and
how does their crafting influence the experience of the spectator?
- How did woodworking relate to Roman notions about the environment? What can
depictions of woodworking tell us about Roman perspectives on deforestation,
sustainable materials, and human-nature entanglement?
Practicalities
The workshop will take place in Groningen, the Netherlands on June 18 and 19, 2026. Abstracts
(ca. 300 words) must be submitted no later than January 15, 2026 viaDiese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein.
and should be accompanied by a short bio (max. 150 words). FACERE will be able to make a
contribution to travel and accommodation costs.
Bibliography
Absmeier, R. 2015. Der Holzbau in der Antike: Überlegungen zum vormittelalterlichen
Holzhausbau. Regensburg.
Armstrong, R. 2019. Vergil’s Green Thoughts: Plants, Humans, and the Divine. Oxford.
Donohue, A.A. 1988. “Xoana” and the Origins of Greek Sculpture. Atlanta, Georgia.
Fanfani, G., Harlow, M., and Nosch, M.L. 2016. Spinning Fates and Songs of the Loom: The Use of
Textiles, Clothing and Cloth Production as Metaphor, Symbol and Narrative Device in
Greek and Latin Literature. Oxbow.
Fox, A. 2023. Trees in Ancient Rome: Growing an Empire in the Late Republic and Early
Principate. London.
Geue, T. 2024. “The Politics of Pesto: Making Metaphor Work (Moretum).” In Working Lives in
Ancient Rome, eds. D. A. Maticic, and J. Rogers, 25-49. Cham.
Hallett, C.H. 2021. “The Wood Comes to the City: Ancient Trees, Sacred Groves, and the
‘Greening’ of Early Augustan Rome.” Religion in the Roman Empire 7 no. 2: 221-274.
Hunt, A. 2016. Reviving Roman Religion: Sacred Trees in the Roman World. Cambridge.
Korn, P. 2013. Why We Make Things and Why It Matters: The Education of a Craftsman.
Boston.
Meiggs, R. 1982. Trees and Timber in the Ancient Mediterranean World. Oxford.
Nichols, M.F. 2024. “Julius Caesar and the Larch: Burning Questions at Vitruvius’ de
Architectura 2.9.15-16.” The Classical Quarterly 74 no. 1: 135-148.
Reitz-Joosse, B. 2024. "Meaning in the Making: Representing Glass Production in Imperial
Rome.” In Valuing Labour in Greco-Roman Antiquity, eds. Flohr, M., and Bowes, K.
131-149. Leiden
Rich, S.A. 2016. Cedar Forests, Cedar Ships: Allure, Lore, and Metaphor in the Mediterranean
Near East. Oxford.
Rogers, J. 2024. “Labor as Religio in Imperial Rome: The fabri tignarii Relief.” In Working Lives
in Ancient Rome, eds. D. A. Maticic, and J. Rogers, 225-262. Cham.
Scherrer, P. (ed.) 2011. Lignum: Holz in der Antike: Akten des öffentlich interdisziplinären
Symposiums im Rahmen des überfakultären Doktoratsprogramms “Antike Kulturen
des Mittelmeerraums” der Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz in Kooperation mit dem
Lehrstuhl für Alte Geschichte der Universität Regensburg und dem Institut für
Holzforschung der Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, 5.-7. November 2009. Graz.
Ulrich, R.B. 2007. Roman Woodworking. New Haven.
Ulrich, R.B. 2009. “Woodworking.” In The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in
the Classical World, ed. J. P. Oleson, 439-464. Oxford.
Visser, R.M. 2025. Relating Roman Rings: An interdisciplinary study using archaeology, data
science and tree rings to understand timber provision in the German Provinces of the
Roman Empire. PhD Thesis. Amsterdam.
Webb, R. 2018. “Odysseus’ Bed: Between Object and Action.” In Dossier: Place aux objets!:
Présentification et vie des artefacts en Grèce ancienne, 65-83. Paris. -
The Materiality of Texts - Annual Meeting and Masterclass CRASIS GroningenNov 21Freitag, 21. November 2025 08:15
Annual Meeting and Masterclass (Due December 10th)
CRASIS invites applications for its fifteenth Annual Meeting and Masterclass, which will take place on 5 (Masterclass) and 6 (Annual Meeting) March 2026 at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. The Annual Meeting and Masterclass is a two-day event, designed to promote discussion and the exchange of ideas about the ancient Mediterranean world across traditional disciplinary boundaries among graduate students, postdocs, and established scholars. Each year, an internationally acknowledged expert in one of the fields represented by CRASIS is invited to teach a masterclass for MA and PhD students and to deliver the CRASIS Keynote Lecture at the annual meeting.
This year we are honoured to welcome Prof. Roberta Mazza (University of Bologna), who will teach the masterclass and deliver the keynote at the Annual Meeting. The theme of the 2026 Masterclass and Annual Meeting will be: The Materiality of Texts. For more information please see the attached call for papers or our website.
PhD and Master students are invited to submit a proposal of a topic (500 words) for the Master Class (5 March 2026), explaining how their own research relates to the theme. Proposals must be accompanied by a short CV of no more than 150 words and submitted no later than 10 December, 2025 via
Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein. . All other researchers are invited to submit a title and abstract (250 words) for a lecture at the Annual Meeting (6 March 2026). If possible, CRASIS will contribute to travel and accommodation costs of graduate students, up to a limit of €200 for participants from outside the Netherlands, and up to €100 for participants from the Netherlands. -
Strong Women of the Ancient Mediterranean WorldNov 19Mittwoch, 19. November 2025 14:11
Call for proposals for an Online Seminar Series
September-December 2026
Title: Strong Women of the Ancient Mediterranean World and their ReceptionOrganisers: Anastasia Bakogianni (Massey University, New Zealand) and Martina Treu (IULM University, Milan, Italy)
Online series sponsored by the EuGeStA Network in collaboration with the Australasian Women in Ancient World Studies (AWAWS) and The Imagines Project.
This online series of meetings brings together scholars and practitioners from both hemispheres to discuss the stories of ancient historical and fictional women who inspire them and their work. We invite speakers to problematise the concept of what a 'strong' woman means to them, and how our ideas about the position and roles of women, gender and female agency have evolved over time. In turn this affects how we receive, interact with and adapt these ancient female figures and their stories.
Each speaker will reflect on their chosen ancient woman/women or group, as a launchpad for a wider examination of the impact of ancient women in recent scholarship and/or in a variety of modern media (including but not limited to the stage, screen and the visual arts). Speakers can choose to focus on the ancient material but must engage with recent scholarly debates on questions of gender, and/or diversity. Practitioners are particularly welcome to present their creative receptions of these ancient female figures, partnering up with a scholar or by themselves with a scholar as a respondent to foster dialogue and the exchange of ideas.
We welcome proposals from interested scholars, postgraduates and practitioners (a title and a short abstract of 200-300 words) by 6th of January. Collaborations between researchers and between scholars and practitioners are most welcome.
Since our goal is to bring together people from both hemispheres, we aim to preserve a balance in terms of numbers between northern and southern speakers. We envisage a seminar series of between 10 and 12 speakers, with around 2 speakers, plus a chair/respondent per session. Dates and times to be decided after the selection of abstracts has been completed.
Southern Hemisphere contact:
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5 funded doctoral positions in Late Antique, Medieval and Early Modern StudiesNov 19Mittwoch, 19. November 2025 14:07
Central European University in Vienna
The Department of Historical Studies at Central European University in Vienna is pleased to announce 5 funded doctoral positions in Late Antique, Medieval and Early Modern Studies. Successful candidates will commence their studies in September 2026, and will receive a tuition-waiver and a living stipend for four years, with opportunities and support to apply for additional funds. Current students have received fully funded fellowships to study in Rome, Prague, Bochum, Uppsala, and Munich.
The PhD in Late Antique, Medieval, and Early Modern Studies covers the time span from approximately 300 to 1700 C.E. We offer specialized guidance in various disciplines and research areas. Our programs are consciously interdisciplinary, and we encourage applications across the range of historical fields, from Art History to Intellectual History, Literary Studies to the History of Science. Applicants are encouraged to contact a potential supervisor in advance of submitting their application. Prospective doctoral candidates wishing to study the later period can consider the department's PhD in Comparative History.
The international faculty of the Department offers specialized guidance in various disciplines and research areas. Our research is geographically focused on Central and Eastern Europe, and the Mediterranean World, and we are developing our expertise eastwards across Eurasia. Doctoral students will benefit from funding and opportunities given by the Department's membership of the EurAsian Transformations Austrian Cluster of Excellence. Doctoral researchers receive focused supervision on their dissertation topics and have access to a diverse range of courses, including source languages<https://historicalstudies.ceu.edu/node/391>, archival research, digital humanities, etc. The program also nurtures practical academic skills such as publishing, grant applications, conference presentations, and event organization. International collaborative opportunities enrich the research experience, supporting graduates in securing prestigious scholarships, fellowships, and academic positions.
Successful candidates are expected to have excellent written and spoken English, as well as proven expertise or the willingness to learn the languages of their historical sources. The application includes a CV, a Research Proposal of 1000-1500 words, a Writing Sample of 10-25 pages of English-language academic text, and two Letters of Recommendation.
For informal enquiries please contact Dr Margaretha Boockmann, PhD coordinator (Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein. <mailto:Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein. >). Prospective students are also encouraged to attend an online info session given by the Department, with the full schedule available on our website.
Closing date: February 4, 2026 @23:45
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Anatomie du chantier urbain. Construire la ville, de l’Antiquité à nos joursNov 15Samstag, 15. November 2025 12:59
Appel à communication
26e Congrès de la Société française d’histoire urbaine : Anatomie du chantier urbain. Construire la
ville, de l’Antiquité à nos jours, Tours, 1er, 2 et 3 avril 2026
Argumentaire :
Qu’ils soient ponctuels ou étalés dans le temps, localisés ou diffus, spectaculaires ou invisibles, les chantiers façonnent
la ville autant qu’ils la révèlent, condensant des logiques multiples : techniques, bien sûr, mais aussi sociales, politiques,
économiques, culturelles et environnementales. Le chantier a constitué un objet d’étude au cœur des renouvellements
de l’histoire des techniques et de l’histoire environnementale, à l’image des congrès récents de la Société des historiens
médiévistes (Shmesp) ou de l’Association francophone d’histoire de la construction (AFHC). Le 26ème congrès de la
SFHU s’inscrit dans la continuité de cette dynamique scientifique en poursuivant l’analyse des chantiers depuis le
champ spécifique de l'histoire urbaine. Le chantier représente ainsi, à la fois, un moment de transition pour la ville ainsi
qu’un espace de cristallisation des potentialités et des dynamiques urbaines.
Pourquoi s’intéresser au caractère spécifiquement urbain des chantiers ? Car au-delà du processus de construction,
l’étape du chantier incarne le moment transitoire par excellence dans la fabrique de la ville, d’abord en tant que
concrétisation ultime d’un projet, mais aussi comme une source de réajustements face aux contraintes techniques,
financières, réglementaires ou politiques. Sa mise en place impose des adaptations du métabolisme urbain, par la
gestion de l’approvisionnement en matériaux, l’évacuation des déblais et la cohabitation avec les réseaux existants. La
pratique du réemploi de matériaux, en général dans la ville même où ils sont récupérés, caractérise toutes les périodes
de l’histoire urbaine. La démolition, programmée ou non, en temps de paix comme en temps de guerre, génère aussi
ses chantiers. Par leur intrusion dans le tissu urbain, ces derniers perturbent ou suspendent le fonctionnement ordinaire
de la ville. Ils sont parfois source de nuisances, surtout lorsque des retards prolongent son impact sur le quotidien des
habitants, ou encore à l’origine d’engagements citadins lorsqu’on songe aux mobilisations opposées à certains
équipements métropolitains (aéroports, centres commerciaux…).
Pourquoi s’intéresser au caractère spécifiquement urbain des chantiers ? Car au-delà du processus de construction,
l’étape du chantier incarne le moment transitoire par excellence dans la fabrique de la ville, d’abord en tant que
concrétisation ultime d’un projet, mais aussi comme une source de réajustements face aux contraintes techniques,
financières, réglementaires ou politiques. Sa mise en place impose des adaptations du métabolisme urbain, par la
gestion de l’approvisionnement en matériaux, l’évacuation des déblais et la cohabitation avec les réseaux existants. La
pratique du réemploi de matériaux, en général dans la ville même où ils sont récupérés, caractérise toutes les périodes
de l’histoire urbaine. La démolition, programmée ou non, en temps de paix comme en temps de guerre, génère aussi
ses chantiers. Par leur intrusion dans le tissu urbain, ces derniers perturbent ou suspendent le fonctionnement ordinaire
de la ville. Ils sont parfois source de nuisances, surtout lorsque des retards prolongent son impact sur le quotidien des
habitants, ou encore à l’origine d’engagements citadins lorsqu’on songe aux mobilisations opposées à certains
équipements métropolitains (aéroports, centres commerciaux…).
Le chantier est, en outre, un espace d’action, de pratiques professionnelles et de mise en œuvre de techniques propres
au secteur de la construction et de l’aménagement des villes. On y expérimente, on y adapte, on y improvise : les
gestes des ouvriers, l’usage des machines ou des dispositifs de sécurité révèlent un monde de savoir-faire en constante
évolution. Ces pratiques témoignent de l’incorporation progressive des normes urbaines, des innovations ou des
procédés industrialisés qui façonnent la matérialité urbaine. La zone de chantier est aussi un espace de rapports de
force, marqué par la pluralité des acteurs et par des hiérarchies mouvantes. On y observe des tensions entre
entreprises générales et sous-traitants, entre encadrants et exécutants, entre décisions administratives et logiques de
terrain. Elle est aussi un lieu de conflictualité sociale, de négociation ou de mobilisation, notamment autour des
conditions d’emploi, de sécurité ou de reconnaissance des métiers. À cela s’ajoute la présence du public – riverains ou
usagers – dont les attentes, les résistances ou les plaintes participent pleinement à la dynamique conflictuelle des
travaux urbains.
Ce colloque propose de replacer le chantier au centre de l’analyse historique de la fabrique de la ville, en le pensant
comme un objet en soi, avec ses rythmes, ses logiques, ses conflits, ses représentations. Il ne s’agit pas de l’aborder
comme une simple étape dans un processus de construction ou comme un arrière-plan du projet architectural, mais
bien comme un moment décisif, à la croisée des problématiques sociales, techniques, économiques, politiques et
symboliques. Parce que le chantier n’est jamais neutre : il remodèle l’espace urbain, assigne des rôles, révèle des
hiérarchies, fait surgir des protestations, génère des récits. Il constitue une scène où se rejouent des équilibres urbains
parfois anciens, parfois inédits. Si les grands travaux emblématiques — percées, monuments, infrastructures
majeures — attirent les regards, le colloque souhaite surtout concentrer l’attention sur les chantiers ordinaires :
alignements de voiries, raccordements de réseaux, constructions ou réfections d’équipements urbains, aménagement
de places, travaux entrepris par des particuliers, interventions de maintenance et rénovation du bâti qui, à l’échelle du
quartier ou de la rue, façonnent le quotidien urbain et racontent tout autant la fabrique de la ville.
En croisant les espaces d’études, les échelles (du chantier de trottoir aux grands travaux d’infrastructure), les périodes
historiques (de l’Antiquité à nos jours) et les approches disciplinaires (histoire sociale et urbaine, histoire
environnementale, histoire politique, économique et des techniques, géographie, sociologie, urbanisme, architecture),
ce colloque entend faire du chantier un prisme pour relire l’histoire des villes.
4 axes sont proposés :
1. Chantiers habités : le cas des hôpitaux urbains
2. Gouvernance et mondes sociaux du chantier : un laboratoire d’expériences urbaines
3. Métabolisme du chantier urbain : du voisinage aux mobilisations environnementales
4. Anamnèse : récits et imaginaires du renouvellement de la ville
Appel (avec précisions sur ces 4 axes)
Comité d’organisation : Laurent Coudroy de Lille, Laurent Cuvelier, Charles Davoine, Lucie Gaugain, Paul Lecat,
Julien Noblet, Virginie Mathé.
Comité scientifique : en plus des membres du comité d’organisation : Florence Bourillon, Philippe Bernardi, Boris Bove,
Youri Carbonnier, Natacha Coquery, Cédric Fériel, Jean-Pierre Guilhembet, Elisabeth Lehec, Frederic Moret, Jean-Luc
Pinol, Allan Potofsky, Olivier Ratouis, Laurence Remy-Buchholzer, Diane Roussel, Stéphanie Sauget, Matthieu
Scherman, Sylvain Schoonbaert, Mélanie Traversier, Jennifer Vanz, Céline Vaz.
Institutions : Université de Tours ; CETIS EA 6298 ; CITERES UMR 7324 ; Société française d’histoire urbaine -
„Reich und schön? – Die Fürstengräber der jüngeren Römischen Kaiserzeit aus Emersleben“Nov 13Donnerstag, 13. November 2025 12:27
Call for Papers
Tagung am 28. und 29. August 2026 in Halberstadt
Der archäologische Sammlungsbestand des Städtischen Museums Halberstadt
beherbergt herausragende und einzigartige Objekte, die von besonderem
wissenschaftlichem Wert sind. Dazu gehören zwei sogenannte Fürstengräber von
Emersleben (Landkreis Harz) mit ihren reichen und spektakulären Grabbeigaben, die
in die 2. Hälfte des 3. Jh. n. Chr. (jüngere Römische Kaiserzeit) zu datieren sind.
Bestandteil der Grabbeigaben sind u. a. prachtvolle Trachtbestandteile aus Gold und
Silber, aber auch bronzenes Ess- und Trinkgeschirr, das aus den römischen Provinzen
importiert wurde.
Die Fürstengräber von Emersleben sind für die Region des nördlichen Harzvorlandes
bisher einmalig und reihen sich in die bedeutenden Prunkgräber der Römischen
Kaiserzeit in Mittel- und Nordeuropa ein.
Anlässlich des 85-jährigen Jubiläums ihrer Entdeckung richtet das Städtische Museum
Halberstadt vom 28. bis 29.08.2026 im Ratssitzungssaal in Halberstadt eine
wissenschaftliche Tagung aus, die thematisch die Fürstengräber von Emersleben und
ihre Entstehungszeit in den Fokus stellt.
Im Rahmen der Tagung soll der aktuelle Forschungsstand der beiden Gräber und ihrer
Grabbeigaben präsentiert werden. Gleichzeitig zielt die Tagung darauf ab, die
Emerslebener Gräber in den Kontext der europäischen Prunkgräber der Römischen
Kaiserzeit zu stellen und aktuelle, insbesondere interdisziplinäre Forschungen, z. B.
zu den Themen Gesellschaft, Bestattungssitten, Mobilität und Handel in der
Römischen Kaiserzeit vorzustellen.
Aus folgenden Themenbereichen erbitten wir Ihre Vorschläge:
1. Aktueller Forschungsstand zur Römischen Kaiserzeit im freien
Germanien und speziell in der Harzregion und Mitteldeutschland
- Verhältnis Römer und Germanen,
- Schlacht am Harzhorn,
- Gesellschaft, Netzwerke und Handel etc.
2. Fürstengräber der jüngeren Römischen Kaiserzeit
- Aktuelle Forschungen zu Fürstengräbern dieser Epoche,
- Vorstellung von Fürstengräbern aus unterschiedlichen Regionen, z. B.
Mitteldeutschland, Norddeutschland und Südskandinavien, Polen, Slowakei,
Rhein-Weser-Gebiet
3. Fürstengräber von Emersleben aus der jüngeren Römischen Kaiserzeit
- Einbeziehung Grabbeigaben in aktuelle Forschungen und Fragestellungen,
- die Gräber im Vergleich zu anderen Fürstengräbern des gleichen Zeithorizonts
Alle an solchen Themen Forschende sind herzlich eingeladen ihre aktuellen
Forschungen zu den vorgeschlagenen Themenbereichen vorzustellen. Insbesondere
Nachwuchsforschende sollen sich angesprochen fühlen, auch ihre Werkstattberichte
vorzustellen.
Die Beiträge in deutscher oder englischer Sprache sollen eine Länge von maximal 20
Minuten haben, um im Anschluss eine Diskussion von 10 Minuten zu ermöglichen.
Es besteht ebenso die Möglichkeit, nur einen Beitrag für den Tagungsband
einzureichen, der im Nachgang zur Tagung geplant ist. Der Umfang soll ca. 10 Seiten
je Beitrag betragen.
Um die Einreichung von Themenvorschlägen mit Titel und einem Abstract (max. 300
Wörter) sowie einen kurzen CV kann bis zum 13.02.2026 per E-Mail an das
Städtische Museum Halberstadt viaDiese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein. erfolgen.
Bis Ende März 2026 erfolgt eine Auswahl der Beiträge.
Anfallende Reisekosten (Ticket und Reservierung 2. Klasse) sowie
Übernachtungskosten werden laut Reisekostengesetz für Referierende vom
Städtischen Museum Halberstadt übernommen. Die Erstattung erfolgt im Anschluss
an die Tagung nach Vorlage der Belege. Sollten Ihnen weitere Kosten entstehen,
können Sie gerne mit uns Rücksprache halten.
Veranstalter
Stadt Halberstadt
Städtisches Museum und Stadtarchiv
Domplatz 36
38820 Halberstadt
Ansprechpartnerin
Caroline Janick, M.A.
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Assistant Professor or Associate Professor ArchaeologyNov 13Donnerstag, 13. November 2025 12:14
The Department of Archaeology at Bilkent University invites applications
for one full-time faculty position at the level of Assistant Professor or
Associate Professor. This position is part of our broader initiative to
build capacity for interdisciplinary research and teaching within one of
Türkiye's leading archaeology departments. We are seeking researchers with
a dynamic, interdisciplinary background and strong research ties to
Anatolia or surrounding regions. Although research area is open, we
especially welcome applications from scholars specializing in Classical
Archaeology, Archaeological Science and/or Digital Archaeology.
Minimum requirements are a PhD in Archaeology at the time of the
appointment, a clearly defined research agenda, and publications in
internationally noted journals or presses. Candidates should be able to
teach specialized topics in their research field at the graduate level, as
well as general courses in Archaeology at the undergraduate level.
The Department of Archaeology is an expanding institution that currently
offers an undergraduate program and a Master's program; a PhD program is
planned for the near future. The Department's programs focus on the
Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages as well as the Greek, Roman and Medieval
archaeology of Anatolia and surrounding regions. Our team of specialists,
who are all active researchers, help students explore the material remains
of the many peoples that have populated and passed through this dynamic
geography. We place importance on hands-on experience for students both in
our departmental laboratories and through an internship program at sites
across the country. The Department is directly affiliated with a number of
outstanding archaeological sites in Anatolia, including Aphrodisias,
Sagalassos and Türkmen-Karahöyük. Further information about the Department
can be found on the department website: http://arkeo.bilkent.edu.tr
Bilkent University, located in Ankara, is a non-profit foundation
university supported by its own endowment. It is home to a vibrant
international community. Its faculty members come from 40 different
countries, and the language of instruction across the university is
English. Bilkent University is committed to a diverse and inclusive
workplace. It is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on
the basis of race, national origin, gender, disability, or age. The
university offers a generous benefits package including on-campus housing,
health insurance, and subsidized private school for faculty members'
dependents in the K-12 levels leading to an IB degree. As research is a
priority at Bilkent University, its support includes grants for conference
travel and the possibility of sabbatical leave following the third year of
employment.
Informal inquiries are welcome and should be addressed to Peter Talloen (Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein. <mailto:Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein. >).
Applicants will need to apply online using the university's online
application system: https://stars.bilkent.edu.tr/staffapp/HART2026
Applications will be accepted until January 16, 2026, 23:59:59 local time
(GMT + 3)
They must upload a (i) cover letter, (ii) CV, (iii) research statement,
(iv) teaching statement, and (v) representative sample of the candidate's
publications. In addition, (vi) candidates are required to provide contact
details for at least three referees.
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Neues von NFDI4MemoryNov 12Mittwoch, 12. November 2025 09:56Save the Date Community Forum 2026Das vierte NFDI4Memory Community Forum findet am 25.11.2026 im Deutschen Museum München im Vorfeld der Konferenz "Das digitale Objekt" statt. Wir werden Sie über diesen Kanal auf dem Laufenden halten, sobald wir mit den Detailplanungen starten. Schon jetzt freuen wir uns, Sie nächstes Jahr in München begrüßen zu dürfen!Aktuelle FAIR Data Fellowship AusschreibungNoch neun Tage läuft die Ausschreibung für die FAIR Data Fellowships 2026. Das Förderprogramm ermöglicht es historisch arbeitenden Personen ihren Datensatz mit Hilfe von Expert:innen aus dem 4Memory Konsortium für eine Publikation aufzubereiten. Für die einmonatige Laufzeit erhalten die Fellows zudem jeweils eine monetäre Förderung von 1.500€. Teilen Sie gerne die Ausschreibung der FAIR Data Fellowships auch innerhalb ihrer Institution und Netzwerks. Internationale Bewerbungen sind ausdrücklich willkommen.Frag4Memory SprechstundeUm das Beratungsangebot von NFDI4Memory zu erweitern bieten wir jeden zweiten Freitag eines Monats eine digitale Sprechstunde von je 30 Minuten für eine erste Einstiegsberatung zu forschungsdatenmanagementrelevanten Themen an. Wir würden uns freuen, wenn Sie dieses Angebot innerhalb ihrer Institution und ihres Netzwerks bewerben können.Books to Bytes Staffel 3Die dritte Staffel unserer beliebten Veranstaltungsreihe Books to Bytes ist vergangenen Monat erfolgreich gestartet. Einmal im Monat werden aktuelle Themen und relevante Anwendungsfelder vorgestellt. Am Fr. 21.11.2025, 10-11:30 Uhr präsentieren Dr. Cindarella Petz & Dr. Sarah Oberbichler (beide DH Lab des Leibniz-Insitut für Europäische Geschichte, Mainz) "Wissenschaftliche Integrität in der Arbeit mit großen Sprachmodellen"Infomaterial NFDI4Memory für Ihre InstitutionSollten Sie Interesse an Infomaterial (Flyer allgemein, Flyer Frag4Memory, Flyer FAIR Data Fellowships) zu NFDI4Memory haben oder Merch für eine Veranstaltung benötigen, schreiben Sie uns gerne an
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Bristol Medieval Studies Summer SchoolNov 09Sonntag, 09. November 2025 10:00
14 June - 4 July 2026, University of Bristol
The Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies and the University of Bristol are delighted to announce the Medieval Studies Summer School 2026, which will run from 14 June to 4 July 2026.
This three-week program is for students (undergraduates, graduates, and postgraduates) who are interested in a foundation in the methodologies needed to examine primary medieval sources and to explore a region of crucial importance in shaping the medieval history of Western Europe.
Students will be working with academics from our internationally recognised Centre for Medieval Studies. This is one of the largest communities of academic medievalists in the UK, giving you a unique opportunity for networking and academic development.
The following main topics will be taught:
- Palaeography (Caroline script, Gothic script, Anglicana and Secretarial) and digital tools for palaeography;
- Codicology (how to work and describe a codex);
- Textual criticism and fragmentology;
- Medieval history of Bristol and the Southwest of England;
- Medieval religion and philosophy;
- Medieval literature in vernacular and Arthurian literature;
- Literature, landscape and nature in the Middle Ages;
- Medieval history of art and architecture;
- Medieval music.
Students will be able to apply the research skills they will learn on at least five field trips to exclusive locations, including Gloucester Cathedral, Wells Cathedral, Windsor, Oxford.The provisional timetable can be accessed on our website.
Tuition fees, which include meals, accommodation, and five guided excursions, are £3,595.We offer an early-bird single 10% discount for:
- students from International Partner Universities and Study Abroad student mobility partners;
- students who apply for two consecutive programmes; or
- groups of 10 or more students from the same university.
Early-bird deadline: 1 March 2026
Application deadline: 3 May 2026.
For more information, please visit our website (https://www.bristol.ac.uk/centre-for-study-abroad/bristol-summer/undergraduate/medieval) or contact the Director, Dr Leonardo Costantini (Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein. ) or the Summer School Team (Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein. ). -
The Materiality of Texts - Annual Meeting and Masterclass CRASIS Uni GroningenNov 09Sonntag, 09. November 2025 09:38
CRASIS Call for Abstracts
CRASIS invites applications for its fifteenth Annual Meeting and Masterclass, which will take place on 5 (Masterclass) and 6 (Annual Meeting) March 2026 at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. The Annual Meeting and Masterclass is a two-day event, designed to promote discussion and the exchange of ideas about the ancient Mediterranean world across traditional disciplinary boundaries among graduate students, postdocs, and established scholars. Each year, an internationally acknowledged expert in one of the fields represented by CRASIS is invited to teach a masterclass for MA and PhD students and to deliver the CRASIS Keynote Lecture at the annual meeting.
This year we are honoured to welcome Prof. Roberta Mazza (University of Bologna), who will teach the masterclass and deliver the keynote at the Annual Meeting. The theme of the 2026 Masterclass and Annual Meeting will be:
The Materiality of Texts
This year’s CRASIS Masterclass and Annual Meeting is dedicated to the materiality of texts. European scholarship has given great importance to textual evidence for the study of the ancient Mediterranean world. Historical narratives of Greek and Latin authors, for instance, have been both the main sources for modern historians’ reconstructions of the past and models for modern writing about empires and other historical and political issues. Similarly, the Bible has been the focus of most research on the origins of Christianity and its relationship with previous, contemporary and subsequent religious traditions, and has also inspired modern European literature. Despite this obsession with texts, far less attention has been paid until recently to the materiality of text-production in antiquity: Who was involved in the process of text-making? What was the relationship between scribes and authors? And what about the skills and technologies involved in writing, copying and disseminating texts, from literature to documents, letters, and in brief any other kind of written words?
Another aspect of the materiality of ancient texts is their physical and archaeological dimensions, considering that papyri, inscriptions, wooden tablets, ostraca, and so on – i.e. things, objects – carried them to us. Are physical copies of texts providing us different, richer or more complex information when closely analysed? And what about the provenance of these ancient physical copies: where were they found, by whom and how did they end up in modern day library or museum collections? Does their provenance matter to current scholarship? What about the future of these ancient manuscripts, will they last forever? Should we envisage more ethical and responsible ways of taking care of and sharing this cultural heritage? This perspective opens a new set of interesting questions connected with both the cultural biographies of objects and the ownership of antiquities, especially if transferred from one country to another illegally or under colonial duress. The politics underpinning the transformation of inscribed ancient objects into collectibles of high economic and academic value, and their circulation through the legal and illegal markets, call for further multidisciplinary investigations on the ontology of ancient textual objects and their various entanglements with people and other subjects during their long existence. It is also hoped that this Masterclass and Annual Meeting will serve to inspire scholars working with texts as material objects in fields/disciplines where this has not typically been a strong focus.
Questions/topics to be discussed may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Production and craft of texts: Who produced texts in antiquity and what can we reconstruct about their lives, identities, social positions and skills? What role do schools and workshops play, both in terms of the development of writing techniques and the impact of economic and social factors on text creation?
- The agency of authors and scribes in antiquity: How might we access and understand the marginalised when thinking of texts as objects - i.e. enslaved scribes, women scribes etc.? What does multiple authorship do to our understanding of a text?
- Theoretical approaches to the entanglement between texts and things
- The text as object: How does the physical format of a text affect how it was read, handled, and experienced? How can texts be studied archaeologically as objects and what can wear patterns, repairs or traces of use tell us about an object’s life history? What role does the heritage of texts as objects play (i.e. digital repatriation, open access repositories, 3D models)? How do we define and understand context when dealing with physical objects? Is only the production or discovery context relevant, or can/should we access others?
- The afterlives of ancient textual artefacts: how do questions of provenance and findspot affect our interpretation of ancient textual artefacts? How should we address the colonial and imperial histories behind major papyrus, manuscript, and inscription collections, e.g. questions surrounding looting and smuggling of unprovenanced objects?
- The conservation and future of ancient texts: What are the responsibilities of modern scholarship and heritage institutions surrounding the conservation and future of ancient texts (ethics, visibility, digital reproductions, local community stakeholders)? What can methodological innovations in how we study material texts (ink analysis, multispectral imaging, XRF, 3D scanning) reveal about their production and use?
About the Keynote Speaker:
Roberta Mazza is a papyrologist at the Department of Cultural Heritage at the University of Bologna. An expert on Egypt during the Roman and Byzantine periods, she has worked closely with the papyri at Manchester’s John Rylands Library, co-curated an exhibition of papyri, portraits and Egyptian contemporary art in 2012, and publishing papyri held in the collection. Her most recent book, Stolen Fragments: Black Markets, Bad Faith, and the Illicit Trade in Ancient Artefacts (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2024) brings issues facing ancient historians, textual scholars, and those working in cultural heritage institutions into spotlight. The book examines the purchase of a 2nd century CE papyrus fragment containing part of the Apostle Paul’s Letter to the Galatians from the New Testament by the billionaire owner of the craft chain Hobby Lobby. Sold without its owners’ consent from the holdings of Oxford University, the fragment is one example of the shadowy goings on in the ancient artifact trade.
Deadline for Abstracts
PhD and Master students are invited to submit a proposal of a topic (500 words) for the Master Class (5 March 2025), explaining how their own research relates to the theme. Proposals must be accompanied by a short CV of no more than 150 words and submitted no later than 10 December, 2024 via
Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein. . If possible, CRASIS will contribute to travel and accommodation costs of graduate students, up to a limit of €200 for participants from outside the Netherlands, and up to €100 for participants from the Netherlands.Information for PhD/ReMa Students
To participate in the Masterclass, Research Master students are expected to submit a paper of 3,000–4,000 words. PhD students submit a paper of 5,000–6,000 words. These papers will be circulated among the master and the participants and are therefore to be submitted no later than 12 February, 2025. During the Masterclass, the participants will introduce their paper, followed by responses from a fellow student and Roberta Mazza.
CRASIS
CRASIS is the interdisciplinary research institute for the study of the ancient world at the University of Groningen and the Protestant Theological University in Groningen. It brings together researchers from Classics, Theology and Religious Studies, Ancient History, Archaeology, Ancient Philosophy, and Legal History, focusing on Greek, Roman, Jewish and Near Eastern civilizations and their mutual interaction.
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