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Faculty of Classics

 

Cambridge Late Antiquity Network Seminar (CLANS):  Lent Term 2025

Seminars will take place in the Faculty of Classics on Fridays and begin at 2.30pm.

Convenors: Mathijs Clement (mjgc3), Ella Kirsh (img23), Harvey Phythian (hcp41), Alexandra Zhirnova (az416)

 

24 January, room G.21:

Geoffrey Greatrex, 'What sort of Late Antiquity? Reflections on P. Brown, Journeys of the Mind'

 

31 January, room 1.04:

Rosamond McKitterick, 'The Collectio Quesnelliana 'canon law' compilation in Einsiedeln Stiftsbibliothek MS 191 (s. VIIIex) and its implications'

 

28 February, room 1.04:

Andy Merrills, 'Triple Tongued Kings: Making sense of rulership in Aksumite Ethiopia'

 

7 March, room G.21:

Julia Hillner, 'Late Roman Emperors in Love'

 

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