Guest Lecture (Zoom)Ivories in Roman and Islamic ContextsWed. Nov. 15, 2023

15 November 2023

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We cordially invite you to our interdisciplinary guest lecture “Ivories in Roman and Islamic Contexts" on Wed. Nov. 15, 2023, 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 "Roman Ivory – A Brief (Trans)Cultural Biography of a Luxurious Material" by Kasper Grønlund Evers (Copenhagen University) and "From Trans-Saharan to Trans-Iberian: Early Islamic Ivory and Ivories" by Rose Walker (The Courtauld Institute of Art, London).

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