The Finnish Institute in Rome organises, in collaboration with Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Helsinki, a conference that presents the progress and results of the excavations of Castrum Novum (new fort), the ancient Roman colony now located in the suburbs of Santa Marinella, Rome. The ‘Castrum’ is a place more unique than rare, where you can find a theatre and barracks still perfectly recognisable: in fact, it is...

On Wednesday, May 8 starting at 15:15, the Helsinki Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities (HSSH) welcomes Dries Daems (HSSH Visiting Professor, and Assistant Professor in Spatial Digital Humanities at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) for a talk titled: ”Unravelling the Threads of Connectivity: Integrating computational modeling and network analysis to trace material networks in the Hellenistic and Roman Mediterranean”. The talk will take place in Topelia D-Block, Room 204....

Trivium – Tampere Centre for Classical, Medieval and Early Modern Studies is hosting Dr Oana Cojocaru, visiting scholar from New Europe College, Institute for Advanced Study (Bucharest), and organizing a symposium on Wednesday 24th of April at 16.15–18, in seminar room PinniB3074, Tampere University.

Uutisen lähde: linkki. ”The final Helsinki Research on the Ancient World seminar (HelRAW) takes place with two speakers: Sanni Kiesiläinen (University of Helsinki) and Jamie Vesterinen (University of Helsinki), on the 6th of May at 17:15 in Topelia D112 (Unioninkatu 38, 1st floor). You are warmly welcome to join our speakers at Topelia or Zoom (link below)! Sanni Kiesiläinen: Vertebrate Fossils and Classical Mythology The idea that ancient...

Uutisen välitti Bysantin tutkimuksen seura: linkki. ”Lämpimästi tervetuloa Bysantin tutkimuksen seuran esitelmätilaisuuteen keskiviikkona 24.4. kello 17:15–19. Tieteidentalo (sali 504), Kirkkokatu 6, Helsinki. Dosentti Maijastina Kahlos esitelmöi aiheesta ”Myöhäisantiikin magiaa ja Bysantin velhoja”. Kahlos on Suomen tunnetuimpia antiikintutkijoita ja hän toimii tällä hetkellä vierailevana tutkijana Jerusalemissa (Israel Institute for Advanced Studies). Esitelmä perustuu hänen tuoreimpaan teokseensa Taikakirja: Magia antiikin Kreikassa ja Roomassa (Otava 2023). Tilaisuutta voi seurata myös etänä:...