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Grave Symbolism - an interdisciplinary seminar

Seminar hosted by the Research Program for the Study of Religion in cooperation with Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, Aarhus University

Oplysninger om arrangementet

Tidspunkt

Mandag 1. maj 2017,  kl. 13:00 - 17:00

Sted

Room 415, bldg. 1453

Program  

 

  • 13.00-13.05 
    Introduction by Armin W. Geertz 
  • 13.05-13.50 
    Consuelo Manetta: Framing the sky: Coffered ceilings in funerary contexts. Imagery, symbols, and figurative language in the Greek and Roman culture 
  • 13.50-14.05   Coffee/tea, sweets
  • 14.05-14.10 
    Introduction by Anders Klostergaard Petersen 
  • 14.10-14.55 
    Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme: Calling on the dead: Traces of mortuary ritual practices in the Roman Near East 
  • 14.55-15.25 
    Marie Vejrup Nielsen: Mediators of death: The role of the graveyard personnel as agents in the religious field 
  • 15.25-16.00 
    Mark Sedgwick: Sufi tombs and their meanings 
  • 16.00-17.00   Informal reception
  • 18.30              Dinner for speakers