Konferenssi

We are delighted to invite you to an international conference So(cially) Ancient! Representing Ancient and Early Medieval Social, Ethnic and Religious Realities in Video Games, organised at the Finnish Institute at Athens on 22–23 October 2026.

Participation is possible both in Athens and on Zoom. Participation is free and open to everyone.

Workshop: ‘Theorising Networks: Relational Frameworks in Archaeology and History’

Scope: Western Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean and their wider connections from Prehistory to Late Antiquity

Time and place: 18-19 March 2027, University of Helsinki

Organisers: Helen Dawson (FU Berlin), Antti Lahelma (University of Helsinki) and Lena Tambs (University of Helsinki)

Abstract submission deadline: 16 November 2026

ENNAKKOTIEDOTE – VARAA PÄIVÄT!

Antiikintutkimuksen päivät tulevat taas!

Konferenssi on tarkoitettu laajasti antiikin kielten, historian, kirjallisuuden, kulttuurin, uskontojen, materiaalisen kulttuurin sekä jälkivaikutuksen tutkijoille ja tuntijoille. Toivomme konferenssista hedelmällistä kohtaamispaikkaa kaikissa uravaiheissa oleville antiikin tutkijoille ja asiantuntijoille. Konferenssin ensisijainen kieli on suomi, mutta myös englanniksi voi esitelmöidä.

Tässä vaiheessa pyydämme vain merkitsemään ajankohdan kalentereihinne. Alkusyksystä pyydämme ehdotuksia esitelmiksi sekä tutkimushanke-esittelyiksi; ehdotusten takaraja tullee asettumaan joulukuun puoliväliin.

The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters is organising the symposium How to Speak of What is Essential? on 29 May 2026 from 9:00 to 18:00 in the Cedercreutz Hall at the House of Science and Letters, Kirkkokatu 6, 00170 Helsinki.

The symposium is organised in connection with the publication of the first Swedish edition of Aristotle’s Metaphysics.

The programme is in Swedish and English.

The symposium is open to the public but requires advance registration.

The workshop is held at the University of Helsinki Main Building, Room U3039 (3rd floor). The address is Unioninkatu 34, but the building can be easily found from the Senate Square.  The workshop will begin at 10.00 am (EEST) with the keynote. Remote participation is possible.

Kasvatuksen foorumi keväisessä Helsingissä 18.-19.4. tuo kunniavieraakseen Italiasta maan tunnetuimman kreikan kielen kääntäjän, filologi Angelo Tonellin, joka nähdään Suomessa nyt ensimmäistä kertaa. Tonelli on yksi Italian johtavista antiikin Kreikan klassikoiden tutkijoista ja kääntäjistä, filologi, runoilija ja teatteriohjaaja, jolla on laaja pedagoginen kokemus itsetuntemustaitojen ja läsnäoloharjoitusten kouluttamisesta. Kasvatuksen foorumissa hän on valmistautunut lausumaan antiikin Kreikan tekstejä yhdessä Marke Ahosen, Helsingin yliopiston – ja Suomen ainoan – kreikan kielen ja kirjallisuuden lehtorin kanssa.

Kaksipäiväisessä konferenssissa tarkastellaan kasvatuksen syvähenkisiä teemoja eri tieteen- ja taiteenalojen näkökulmista. Ohjelma yhdistää pedagogiikan, filosofian, filologian, taiteen, runouden ja musiikin luoden tilan vuoropuhelulle ja uusille oivalluksille.

This workshop brings together an international group of philosophers and classical philologists. In addition to advancing research on various dimensions of Aristotle’s zoological thought, the event supports the ongoing translation and commentary work on these four foundational treatises.

The workshop is organised by the research project ‘History and Diversity in Aristotelian Zoology’, University of Helsinki, in collaboration with the Finnish Institute at Athens. It is generously funded by the Kone Foundation.

The workshop is in hybrid format. To join the workshop online, register in advance to receive the Zoom link.

The FARE WORK workshop is gathering scholars from all over the world to explore the Ancient Near East through a new approach applying concepts from economy and social sciences. Scholars expert in ancient Egypt, Persia, Babylonia, and the Levant will be in dialogue with scholars working with modern theories to discuss the application of new theoretical framework to analyse fiscality and labour in the ancient world. The field theory of Bourdieu will be the main frame of the workshop. After each session, where the scholars present their research, there would be plenty of time for discussions aiming to foster dialogue between the different disciplines, encourage comparison, and help reflecting on which methodologies and theories could improve these fields of studies.

The workshop is born by a partnership between the WORK-IT, led by Jason Silverman, and the FARE Project, led by Nico Dogaer, and will take place on March 4–6 2026 at the University of Helsinki.

We are pleased to invite proposals for the 12th Nordic Patristics Meeting on “Prayer in Late Antiquity”, which will be held 20-22 August 2026 at the University of Helsinki (Finland). The meeting aims to explore the theme of prayer in late antiquity, both as a religious practice, the subject and medium of theological thought, and a socio-religious identity marker. We invite contributions, e.g., on the evolving concept and practice of prayer, its theological foundations, its everyday performance, and/or its role in defining religious communities and identities during the transformative period of late antiquity. Deadline for abstracts is 15 November 2025.

After one year break Symposium Patristicum Fennicum will be held again on August 14, 2025. This year we are celebrating the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and therefore the symposium focuses on the Nicaea, its background, and its meaning for the later theology. Several speakers have contributed to the society’s upcoming publication Kirkko, keisari ja Kristus: Nikean kirkolliskokouksen tausta, teologia ja tulkinta (Studia Patristica Fennica, ed. Joona Salminen). Whole programme will be in English.