Guest Lecture (Zoom)Cities and their HinterlandWed. Jan. 18, 2023

18 January 2023

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We cordially invite you to our interdisciplinary guest lecture “Cities and their Hinterland" on Wed. Jan. 18, 2022, 5 -7 pm (German time) on Zoom. For registration please contact romanislam@uni-hamburg.de(Katharina.Mewes"AT"uni-hamburg.de)

The format comprises the lectures "Leptis Magna: city, territory, and long-distance contacts" by Katia Schörle (Centre Camille Jullian, Aix-Marseille Université) and "Conduits and Politics: The Water Supply of Damascus in the Umayyad Period" by Edmund Hayes (Radboud Universiteit).

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