Konferenssi

Conference Call for Papers (DL 15 Oct.): Cultural Use of Memory from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern Period

Conference call for papers: ’Cultural Use of Memory from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern Period’.

University of Turku, Finland
May 26–28, 2027.

Turku Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (TUCEMEMS) organises an interdisciplinary conference focusing on the cultural use of memory from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern Period. We welcome proposals from scholars working in fields such as archaeology, art history, classical studies, cultural studies, history, languages and translation studies, literature, and religious studies. The deadline for abstracts is 15 October 2026.

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Filologi Angelo Tonelli vieraana Kasvatuksen foorumi -konferenssissa 18.–19.4.

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.

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Workshop 23.–24.3.: ’Questions Arising from the Aristotelian Zoology’

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.

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Workshop on fiscality and labour in the ancient Near East (Helsinki, 4–6 March 2026)

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.

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Seminaari 2.3.: Kaikuja menneisyydestä – laskennalliset menetelmät menneisyyden tilatutkimuksen apuna

Helsingin ja Oulun yliopistojen yhteishanke A Convolution Method for Reconstructing Past Soundscapes -projekti tutkii miten sisätilojen akustiikka muovaa ihmisten kokemuksia rakennetusta ympäristöstä, keskittyen kahteen osa-alueeseen. Ensiksi tutkimme akustiikan roolia suomalaisissa varhaismoderneissa (puu)kirkoissa HY:n humanistis-yhteiskuntatieteellisen instituutin, HSSH:n, myöntämänCatalyst Grantin tuella, toiseksi syvennymme selvittämään antiikin roomalaisten yksityistalojen tilakokemuksia Pompeijissa ja Herculaneumissa.

Paikka: Helsingin yliopisto. Aika: ma 2.3. klo 9:15-14:30

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Call for papers: “Dynamics of Inequality in the Ancient Mediterranean” workshop, 22-23 October 2026, Helsinki

This workshop aims to build on this growing body of work and to map more clearly the many nuances of ancient inequality. Yet it also poses a question: how can we better interpret the broader patterns of ancient societies amidst an ever-increasing surge of new information that so easily fragments our view of the past?

The workshop is organized by the project Roman Urban Inequality (Urbaani eriarvoisuus antiikin Roomassa), funded by the Kone Foundation and based at the University of Helsinki. Abstracts (maximum 300 words) are invited for 20-minute papers to be delivered in English. Abstracts and any questions should be sent to samuli.simelius@helsinki.fi. The deadline for submissions is 15 February 2026.

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Call for Papers: Prayer in Late Antiquity – 12th Nordic Patristic Meeting in 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.

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Symposium Patristicum Fennicum: Nicaea 325-2025 (14.8.)

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.

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Esitelmäpyyntö: Tietäminen, tietämisen historia, tiedontuottaminen ja tiedonkäyttö antiikista uuden ajan alkuun

Tucemems, Turku Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies sekä Trivium, Tampere centre for Classical, Medieval, and Early Modern Studies kokoavat session tai sarjan sessioita Historiantutkimuksen päiville Jyväskylään 16.-18.10.2025.

Kokoavana teemana on tietäminen, tietämisen historia, tiedontuottaminen ja tiedonkäyttö antiikista uuden ajan alkuun. Deadline 30.1.

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