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
Info about event
Time
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