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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF LATE ANTIQUE PAGANISM
LATE ANTIQUE ARCHAEOLOGY 2005, MEETING 2
KULeuven, Belgium, 25th-26th November 2005
FRIDAY 25TH NOVEMBER
**Paganism in late antiquity**
09.10-09.50 Peter Van Nuffelen (KUL-Exeter)
Eusebius of Caesarea and the concept of paganism.
09.50-10.30 Eberhard Sauer (Edinburgh)
Pagan survival: spring sanctuaries in the late antique world.
**Temples in the West**
11.20-12.00 Gareth Sears (Birmingham)
The fate of temples in Africa and Cyrenaica
12.00-12.40 Jorge López Quiroga and Artemio Martínez Tejera (Madrid)
The fate of temples in late antique Hispania:
between paganism and Christianity
**Temples in the East**
14.00-14.40 Laurence Foschia (Athens)
The fate of temples in Greece
14.40-15.20 Georgios Deligiannakis (Oxford)
Late paganism on the Aegean Islands and Christianisation
15.20-16.00 Lies Vercauteren and Peter Talloen (KUL)
The fate of temples in Western Asia Minor
**Archaeology and Material Culture**
16.40-17.20 Peter Talloen (KUL)
Material culture in the East: from Pagan to Christian.
17.20-18.00 Prof. Arnold Provoost and Koenraad Demarsin (KUL)
The co-existence of Pagans and Christians in late antique Rome:
a material perspective
SATURDAY 26TH NOVEMBER
**Religious Statues**
09.00-09.40 Beatrice Caseau (Paris)
Religious statues in late antiquity:
from veneration to ridicule.
09.40-10.20 Ine Jacobs (KUL)
Production to destruction? Pagan statuary
in Asia Minor during late antiquity.
11.10-11.50 Luke Lavan (KUL)
The urban function of surviving pagan statues in late antiquity: some
thoughts.
11.50-12.30 Georgios Deligiannakis (Oxford)
Christian attitudes towards pagan statuary:
the case of Anastasius from the city of Rhodes.
All sessions will be held in the Klein Aula, Maria-Theresia College,
Hogeschoolplein, Leuven, beginning at 9am on both days. Admission: 15 Euros/
5 Euros student & unwaged. To reserve a place contact
[log in to unmask] or write to LAA2005, Sagalassos Project,
Blijde Inkomstraat 21, 3000 Leuven, Belgium, before 20th November. Meals can
be bought in the immediate vicinity. For accommodation, maps & travel tips
see www.lateantiquearchaeology.com. With early booking, Leuven can be
reached on the conference weekend from Paris for 49 euros, Cologne &
Amsterdam ca. 32 Euros (www.thalys.com, tariff smilys), Madrid & Rome 100
euros, Dublin 70 Euros, London & Berlin ca. 150 euros, Athens ca. 200 euros
(see www.skyscanner.net).
Hotels / youth hostel: http://www.leuven.be/ (choose language in green
tourism icon on left side of page)
At 4 km from the centre is the Monastery of the Paters Oblaten,
Pellenbergstraat 160 at Kessel-Lo (Leuven). You pay 15 Euro first night and
10 Euro all following nights, for a single room plus breakfast.
Reservations: [log in to unmask]
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Dr Luke Lavan,
Sagalassos Archaeological Project,
Blijde Inkomststraat 21
B-3000 Leuven,
Belgium
Tel: 0032 16325529
Fax: 0032 16325094
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www.lateantiquearchaeology.com
website.lineone.net/~luke_lavan/LUKE.HTM
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