THE RISE OF EARLY CHRISTIANITY IN GREECE AND THE SOUTHERN BALKANS
The workshop will bring to a conclusion the group’s research activities on the authorisation of early Christian knowledge claims in Greece, and offer an overview of the research findings in the light of the Inscriptiones Christianae Graecae (ICG) database.
The workshop will stimulate further scholarly discussion on the topic of the emergence and expansion of early Christianity in Asia Minor and Greece in antiquity and provide a final impulse for the publications currently in preparation and focusing on Macedonia, Galatia, the Maeander valley. It will also initiate a consultation for a collective volume edited by C. Breytenbach and C. Zimmermann on the rise of Early Christianity in Attica and Corinthia.
PROGRAM
26.6.2017
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09:00 - 09:15
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Welcome Address
Cilliers Breytenbach – Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Klaus Hallof – Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
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09:15 - 10:00
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Early Christianity in Corinth: From Paul to 1st Clement
Larry Welborn – Fordham University, New York, USA
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10:00 - 10:45
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Dionysius of Corinth and the history of Corinthian Christianity
Cavan Concannon – University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
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10:45 - 11:15
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Coffee break
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11:15 - 12:00
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The archaeology of Christian burials in the region of Corinth
Joseph Lee Rife – Vanderbilt University, USA
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12:00 - 12:45
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Was Athens a ‘stronghold of paganism’?
The presence of early Christianity in the city and in the Attic countryside: Archaeological evidence from churches, cemeteries and inscriptions
Elli Tzavella – Open University of Cyprus
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12:45 - 14:00
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Lunch break
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14:00 - 14:45
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Formular der frühchristlichen Grabschriften von Attika und Corinthia: Chronologische und geographische Gesichtspunkte
Erkki Sironen – University of Helsinki, Finland
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14:45 - 15:30
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Christian archaeology, history and epigraphy in Achaia and the Peloponnese
Rebecca Sweetman – University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
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15:30 - 16:00
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Coffee break
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16:00 - 17:00
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Editorial/Business Meeting: Early Christianity in and around Athens and Corinth
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17:00 - 17:30
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Pause
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17:30 - 19:00
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Early Christians in Corinth: Religious Insiders or Outsiders?
Jan Bremmer – Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, the Netherlands
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19:00 - 20:30
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Reception
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27.6.2017
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09:30 - 10:15
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New inscriptions on the presence of Christians and Jews in Roman Macedonia
Pantelis Nigdelis – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
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10:15 - 11:00
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Early Christian episcopacies in Northern Macedonia: Epigraphy and archaeology
Slavica Babamova – Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje
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11:00 - 11:30
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Coffee break
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11:30 - 12:15
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Shaping the city: The influence of Christianity in Stobi
Dimitar Nikolovski – National Institution Stobi, Gradsko, Macedonia
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12:15 - 12:30
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The Early Christian Epigraphy of Southern Thracia: A Preliminary Report
Maya Prodanova – Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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12:30 - 14:00
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Lunch break
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14:00 - 14:45
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From Aphrodite(s) to Saint-Bishops in Late Antique Cyprus
Georgios Deligiannakis – University of Cyprus, Nicosia
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14:45 - 15:30
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The use of Greek in the early Christian inscriptions from Rome and Italy in III–IV AD
Antonio Enrico Felle – Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy
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15:30 - 15:40
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Conclusion
Cilliers Breytenbach – Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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16:00 - 18:00
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Museum visit (optional)
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