Previous events

Saturday 23 March 2024, at 16:00 Coventry, UK

A presentation by Eelco Glas at the Classical Association Conference (22-24 March 2024) at the University of Warwick (Coventry, UK).

19 Mar

Tuesday 19 March 2024, at 09:00 University of Leeds

A presentation by Gillian Glass at the University of Leeds (Leeds, UK).

26 Feb

3 days, Monday 26 February 2024, at 09:00 - 28 February

A presentation by Elisa Uusimäki in the conference on ‘The Bible, the Language and the Context: Recontextualization of the Hebrew Bible in Antiquity’ at the University of Southern Bohemia (CZ).

9 Feb

Friday 9 February 2024, at 09:00 Aarhus University

A presentation by Gillian Glass at the workshop "Women as a Code": Cultural Paradigms of the Feminine in Antiquity.

7 Feb

289 days, Wednesday 7 February 2024, at 16:00 -

A presentation by Elisa Uusimäki in the Hydra Seminar on ‘Er der en slange i haven?’ in the Young Academy of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (DK).

18 Jan

Thursday 18 January 2024, at 17:00

A presentation by Elisa Uusimäki in the Symposium on ‘Local and Historical Knowledge: Keys for Rethinking Contemporary Planetary Issues’ at the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (DK).

20 Dec

338 days, Wednesday 20 December 2023, at 11:50 -

Title of Gillian Glass' presentation: “The Mysteries Revealed to Aseneth and Enoch: Authority, Gender, and Access to Divine Knowledge”

Title of Elisa Uusimäki's presentation: "Women, Travel and Transformation in the Hebrew Bible and Beyond"

1 Dec

Friday 1 December 2023, at 09:00

For the program, see: aias.au.dk/events/nils-klim-symposium

30 Nov

Thursday 30 November 2023, at 17:00

Title of lecture: Pursuing Distant Partners - Travelling for Love and Companionship in the Hebrew Bible

20 Nov

Monday 20 November 2023, at 13:00

A presentation by Gillian Glass at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in San Antonio, Texas (USA).

An Intersectional Analysis of Ancient Jewish Travel Narratives

“Look what a fine piece of land this Andros is!” (Flacc. 157): Space and Identity in Philo’s In Flaccum

A City of Refuge in Foreign Territory: How Aseneth Recreates Homeland in Diaspora

Women’s Forced Mobility in the Light of Deut 21:10-14 and its Ancient Reception

Women as City: Aseneth and/or City of Refuge

Slangens visdom

To Travel or Not to Travel? Ancient Perspectives on Human Mobility

Aarhus-Helsinki seminar on Women in Jewish and Christian Antiquity

The Nils Klim Symposium: Travel and Religion in the Ancient Mediterranean

Guest lecture: Søren Lorenzen (Bonn)

‘So Tobias went out…’: Tobias’ Travel in the Book of Tobit as Bildungsroman