Guest Lecture (Zoom)Conzeptualizing Public SpacesWed. May 11, 2022

11 May 2022

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We cordially invite you to our interdisciplinary guest lecture "Conzeptualizing Public Spaces" on Wed. May 11, 20212 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 "Forum complexes and urban transformation in the cities of southern Gaul in late antiquity" by Simon Loseby (University of Sheffield) and "What room for the 'public space' in Islamic law?" by Christian Müller (CNRS Paris).

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