The rise of early christianity in Greece and the southern Balkans - 26-27/06/2017, Berlin (Germany)
The workshop will stimulate further scholarly discussion on the topic of the emergence and expansion of early Christianity in Asia Minor and Greece in antiquity and provide a final impulse for the publications currently in preparation and focusing on Macedonia, Galatia, the Maeander valley. It will also initiate a consultation for a collective volume edited by C. Breytenbach and C. Zimmermann on the rise of Early Christianity in Attica and Corinthia.
FECHA/DATE/DATA: 26-27/06/2017
LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, (Berlin, Germany)
ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Cilliers Breytenbach ; Julien Ogereau ; Arianna Zischow
INFO: web - cilliers.breytenbach@topoi.org ; julien.ogereau@topoi.org ; arianna.zischow@topoi.org
INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE:
PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA:
26.6.2017
09:00 - 09:15
Welcome Address
Cilliers Breytenbach – Institut für Christentum und Antike, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Klaus Hallof – Inscriptiones Graecae, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
09:15 - 10:00
Early Christianity in Corinth: From Paul to 1st Clement
Larry Welborn – Department of Theology, Fordham University, New York, USA
10:00 - 10:45
Dionysius of Corinth and the history of Corinthian Christianity
Cavan Concannon – School of Religion, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
10:45 - 11:15
Coffee break
11:15 - 12:00
The archaeology of Christian burials in the region of Corinth
Joseph Lee Rife – Department of Classical Studies, Vanderbilt University, USA
12:00 - 12:45
Was Athens a ‘stronghold of paganism’?
The presence of early Christianity in the city and in the Attic countryside: Archaeological evidence from churches, cemeteries and inscriptions
Elli Tzavella – School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Open University of Cyprus
12:45 - 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 - 14:45
Formular der frühchristlichen Grabschriften von Attika und Corinthia: Chronologische und geographische Gesichtspunkte
Erkki Sironen – Department of Classical Philology, University of Helsinki, Finland
14:45 - 15:30
Christian archaeology, history and epigraphy in Achaia and the Peloponnese
Rebecca Sweetman – School of Classics, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 - 17:00
Editorial/Business Meeting: Early Christianity in and around Athens and Corinth
17:00 - 17:30
Pause
17:30 - 19:00
Early Christians in Corinth: Religious Insiders or Outsiders?
Jan Bremmer – Faculteit Godgeleerdheid en Godsdienstwetenschap, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, the Netherlands
19:00 - 20:30
Reception
27.6.2017
09:30 - 10:15
New inscriptions on the presence of Christians and Jews in Roman Macedonia
Pantelis Nigdelis – Department of History and Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
10:15 - 11:00
Early Christian episcopacies in Northern Macedonia: Epigraphy and archaeology
Slavica Babamova – Archaeological Museum of Macedonia, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 - 12:15
Shaping the city: The influence of Christianity in Stobi
Dimitar Nikolovski – National Institution Stobi, Gradsko, Macedonia
12:15 - 12:30
The Early Christian Epigraphy of Southern Thracia: A Preliminary Report
Maya Prodanova – Institut für Christentum und Antike, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 - 14:45
From Aphrodite(s) to Saint-Bishops in Late Antique Cyprus
Georgios Deligiannakis – Department of History and Archaeology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia
14:45 - 15:30
The use of Greek in the early Christian inscriptions from Rome and Italy in III–IV AD
Antonio Enrico Felle – Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Antichità e del Tardoantico, Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy
15:30 - 15:40
Conclusion
Cilliers Breytenbach – Institut für Christentum und Antike, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
16:00 - 18:00
Museum visit (optional)