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7 December 2023|News

The Anthropology of Objects: How can Objects Reveal Processes of Cultural and Social Change?

various objects in different stages of production

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The joint workshop organized by Prof. Dr. Stefan Heidemann and Prof. Dr. Kurt Franz (RomanIslam Center (Early Islam) - Universität Hamburg) and...

19 October 2023|Event

Espacios para el diálogo. La diplomacia hispana entre la república y al-Andalus (ss. III a.C. - IX d.C.)

Photo: © Panzram

We would like to invite you to the International Workshop "Espacios para el diálogo. La diplomacia hispana entre la república y al-Andalus (ss. III...

5 October 2023|News

Cities, Objects, and Circulation of Goods in the Maghreb and the Iberian Peninsula

Photo: ©The Walters Art Museum

The RomanIslam Center (Early Islam) and our former fellows Dr. Nouri Boukhchim (Université de Tunis) and Dr. Meriem Marzouki (Université de Tunis)...

27 July 2023|News

“Al-Muhallabiyyat and More”

Photo: © Boukhchim

On Thursday July 27, 2023 the RomanIslam Center organized a Study Day about the “Al-Muhallabiyyat and More”. Amongst the speakers: Kristina Richardson...

19 July 2023|Event

Nouvelles approches de la culture matérielle en Algérie romaine et tardive

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We would like to invite you to the International Workshop "Nouvelles approches de la culture matérielle en Algérie romaine et tardive", July 19-20...

13 July 2023|Online Lecture

Gardens of Power

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We cordially invite you to our interdisciplinary guest lecture “Gardens of power" on Wed. July 13, 2023, 5 -7 pm (German time) on Zoom. For...

11 July 2023|News

Veneration in Motion in Late Antique and Early Medieval Iberia

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Joint Cooperation Workshop between the Project Making a Martyr in Medieval Iberia (589-1080) Universiteit Radboud and the RomanIslam Center...

29 June 2023|Event

Local Memories in Tripolitania: alternative narratives about the Futūḥāt and their aftermath

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We cordially invite you to our guest lecture on Thurs. June 29, 2023, 2 -4 pm (German time). It comprises the lecture "Local Memories in Tripolitania...

28 June 2023|News

Manuscript Collections in Decentralised Regions: Research Challenges and Strategies for Overcoming These

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Photo: © CSMC

We would like to invite you to the informal talk organised jointly by the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Culture and the RomanIslam Center...

22 June 2023|Event

Towns and governors under Diocletian: revisiting the building inscriptions of T. Aurelius Aristobulus and C. Macrinius Sossianus in Africa Proconsularis and Numidia

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We cordially invite you to the Lecture Series "North African urbanitas revisited: new methods and innovative theoretical approaches (3rd c. BC – 9th...

7 June 2023|Online Lecture

Inscribing Power in Coinage

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We cordially invite you to our interdisciplinary guest lecture “Inscribing Power in Coinage" on Wed. June 7, 2023, 5 -7 pm (German time) on Zoom. For...

9 May 2023|Event

Islamication/Islamization

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We would like to invite you to our International Workshop organised with Princeton University: "Islamication / Islamization", May 9-10, Universität...

3 May 2023|Online Lecture

Possessing Prestige: Religious Attitudes toward Objects

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Photo: © Lenk

We cordially invite you to our interdisciplinary guest lecture “Possessing Prestige: Religious Attitudes toward Objects" on Wed. May 3, 2023, 5 -7 pm...

28 April 2023|Event

Trade and Trade Posts between North Africa and Italy

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We would like to invite you to our International Workshop organised with the Deutsches Historisches Institut in Rome: "Trade and Trade Posts between...

26 April 2023|Event

Zooming into the long urban history of Simitthus, re-evaluating the 1980-excavations East of the Roman forum

We cordially invite you to the Lecture Series "North African urbanitas revisited: new methods and innovative theoretical approaches (3rd c. BC – 9th...

20 April 2023|Event

I Vandali e il Mediterraneo. politica, economia, cultura

We would like to invite you to the International Workshop "I Vandali e il Mediterraneo. politica, economia, cultura", April 20-21, 2023, Università di...

12 April 2023|Online Lecture

Prestigious Clothing

We cordially invite you to our interdisciplinary guest lecture “Prestigious Clothing" on Wed. Apr. 12, 2023, 5 -7 pm (German time) on Zoom. For...

6 March 2023|Event

Episcopal Leadership. Shaping Power in Gaul and Hispania (IVth-VIIth centuries)

We would like to invite you to the RomanIslam Center's International Conference "Episcopal Leadership: Shaping Power in Gaul and Hispania ((IVth-VIIth...

15 February 2023|Event

Still 'Caput Mundi'? The Role of Rome between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages in the Mediterranean. Part 2: Different Forms of Urban Competition

We would like to invite you to the RomanIslam Center's International Conference "Still 'Caput Mundi'? The Role of Rome between Late Antiquity and the...

2 February 2023|Event

The reassembly of the sculpture collection of the National Museum of Cherchell (Algeria)

We cordially invite you to the Lecture Series "North African urbanitas revisited: new methods and innovative theoretical approaches (3rd c. BC – 9th...

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The Anthropology of Objects: How can Objects Reveal Processes of Cultural and Social Change?

Espacios para el diálogo. La diplomacia hispana entre la república y al-Andalus (ss. III a.C. - IX d.C.)

Cities, Objects, and Circulation of Goods in the Maghreb and the Iberian Peninsula

“Al-Muhallabiyyat and More”

Nouvelles approches de la culture matérielle en Algérie romaine et tardive

Gardens of Power

Veneration in Motion in Late Antique and Early Medieval Iberia

Local Memories in Tripolitania: alternative narratives about the Futūḥāt and their aftermath

Manuscript Collections in Decentralised Regions: Research Challenges and Strategies for Overcoming These

Towns and governors under Diocletian: revisiting the building inscriptions of T. Aurelius Aristobulus and C. Macrinius Sossianus in Africa Proconsularis and Numidia

Inscribing Power in Coinage

Islamication/Islamization

Possessing Prestige: Religious Attitudes toward Objects

Trade and Trade Posts between North Africa and Italy

Zooming into the long urban history of Simitthus, re-evaluating the 1980-excavations East of the Roman forum

I Vandali e il Mediterraneo. politica, economia, cultura

Prestigious Clothing

Episcopal Leadership. Shaping Power in Gaul and Hispania (IVth-VIIth centuries)

Still 'Caput Mundi'? The Role of Rome between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages in the Mediterranean. Part 2: Different Forms of Urban Competition

The reassembly of the sculpture collection of the National Museum of Cherchell (Algeria)

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