Guest Lecture (Zoom)Prestigious ClothingWed. Apr. 12, 2023

12 April 2023

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We cordially invite you to our interdisciplinary guest lecture “Prestigious Clothing" on Wed. Apr. 12, 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 "Power dressing in the desert: new evidence of Iron Age clothing from the Sahara" by David J. Mattingly (University of Leicester) and "Prestigious textiles from Baghdad in Iberia? On Textile Inscriptions, Patterns and Looms" by Corinne Mühlemann (Universität Bern).

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