Date/Time
Date(s) - 13 Nov 2012
5:30 PM - 8:15 PM
Location
Columbia University Faculty House
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University Seminars at Columbia University
SEMINAR ON RELIGION AND WRITING
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
The third meeting of the Columbia University Seminar on Religion and Writing will take place on Tuesday, November 13, 2012, in the Faculty House of Columbia University.
Roger Bagnall, Professor of Ancient History and Leon Levy Director of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, will lead a discussion entitled:
Religious Graffiti from the Graeco-Roman East
Along with ships, gladiators, riddling numerical names of love interests, and sexual organs, religion figures in a number of ways in the mass of Greek graffiti left behind on the walls of the basement in the great basilica of Smyrna (modern Izmir). These religious writings by private individuals in a public space evoke in different ways the imperial cult, an otherwise unknown local divinity, and Christianity; in fact the graffiti include some of the earliest archaeological testimonies to Christian faith. As well as sketching the contents of the graffiti, I will set out some of the difficulties in dating and interpreting them.
We will gather after 5.30 pm either in the bar, if the bar is open, or on the second floor, where dinner will follow at 6:00 pm.The talk will begin at 7:00 pm sharp.
Directions to Faculty House can be found at: http://universityseminars.columbia.edu/resources/directions-to-faculty-house/
If you would like to attend the dinner prior to Prof. Bagnall’s presentation, please confirm by notifying the rapporteur Hannah Barker
([email protected]) no later than TUESDAY, November 6.
For further information about the Seminar on Religion and Writing, please visit our website at https://researchblogs.cul.columbia.edu/islamicbooks/religionwriting/
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