In February 2022 the Oxford University Byzantine Society will host the 24th OUBS International Graduate Conference in Oxford, with papers live-streamed online. Under the overarching theme ‘Reshaping the World: Utopias, Ideals and Aspirations in Late Antiquity and Byzantium’ this conference “seeks to explore the impact utopias, ideals and aspirations had in changing the course of […]
Some of the excellent and ground-breaking research produced by contributors to the ARC Discovery project ‘Memories of Utopia: Destroying the Past to Create the Future (300–650 CE)’ is now available open access: All Essays Available All essays published in Memories of Utopia—The Revision of Histories and Landscapes in Late Antiquity (eds. Bronwen Neil and Kosta […]
In association with the Memories of Utopia project, post-doctoral research fellow Dr. Rajiv Bhola and Dr. Ryan Strickler (University of Queensland) have organised a workshop to take place at the 18th International Conference on Patristic Studies at Oxford University (19-23 August 2019). Details below: Description In Antiquity, the remembrance of the shared past – both […]
Macquarie University’s Museum of Ancient Cultures, New Exhibit On the 21st of November 2018, the Museum of Ancient Cultures (MQ) celebrated the opening of their new exhibit, When Cultures Clash? – a collaborative effort between the Museum and the Professional and Community Engagement Program (PACE), with support from the Centre for Ancient Cultural Heritage and […]
7-10 November 2018 The lush, sprawling grounds of the Leriba conference centre, with its wide variety of indigenous flora and fauna, was accentuated all the more by the unseasonably warm spring weather. In the course of the four day event, an array of provocative analyses on subjects ranging from Dionysius I of Syracuse to Cicero […]
15-16 November 2018 From the convenors, Professors Bronwen Neil and Catriona Mackenzie (Macquarie University) OUR CHOICE OF THEME marks the 25th anniversary of the Huntington thesis, underlining the continuing relevance of the Humanities for understanding the contemporary challenges of human communities and societies in the 21st century. The Symposium brings together speakers from a range […]