Workshop on ”Pre-monastic Schools in Alexandria” at Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University, June 10-11, 2013. Guest scholars: Marco Rizzi (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano), Blossom Stefaniw (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz), Edward Watts (University of California, San Diego).
Monday, June 10
9.00 Samuel Rubenson: Welcome & Presentation of the research programme (MOPAI)
10.00 Edward Watts: ”Imperial Impluses: The Structure, Setting, and Evolution of Fourth Century Education”
11.00 Coffee
11.15 Text seminar (Watts)
13.00 Joint lunch
14.00 Marco Rizzi: ”Alexandrian Christianity and the Transformation of Ancient Philosophical School-teaching”
15.00 Coffee
15.30 Text seminar (Rizzi)
18.00 Joint dinner
Tuesday, June 11
9.00 Blossom Stefaniw: ”Reading Blind: Noetic Method in the Teaching of Didymus”
10.00 Text seminar (Stefaniw)
11.30 Coffee
11.45 Concluding discussion (Rubenson)
13.00 Joint lunch
Workshop on databases in cooperation with Sharing Ancient Wisdoms (SAWS), King’s College London, at Lund University, June 12-14, 2013.
International conference on ”Early Monasticism and Classical Paideia” at The Old Bishop’s palace, Lund University, October 9-12, 2013.
Invited scholars: Roger Bagnall (New York University), Peter Gemeinhardt (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen), Mariachiara Giorda (Università degli Studi di Torino), Kim Haines-Eitzen (Cornell University), Chrysi Kotsifou (The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute), Hugo Lundhaug (University of Oslo), Anastasia Maravela (University of Oslo), Ellen Muehlberger (University of Michigan), Arietta Papaconstantinou (University of Oxford), Daniele Pevarello (University of Cambridge), Cornelia Römer (Deutschen Archäologischen Institut, Kairo), Mark Sheridan (Pontificio Ateneo S.Anselmo, Rome), Arthur Urbano (Providence College).
Participation is limited and by invitation only. If you have a special interest and would like to attend the conference, contact the conference coordinator Henrik Rydell Johnsén (henrik.johnsen@teol.lu.se).
