Guest Lecture (Zoom)Cities in CompetitionWed. July 13, 2022

13 July 2022

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We cordially invite you to our interdisciplinary guest lecture "Cities in Competition" on Wed. July 13, 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 "Late antique capitals in Italy: Rome and/versus Ravenna" by Neil Christie (University of Leicester) and "Tlemcen in the Early medieval Maghern: Reconsidering the Construction of Narratives on Competition between Cities" by Jennifer Vanz (Université Paris-Est Créteil).

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