The Baron Thyssen Centre for the Study of Ancient Material Religion at The Open University https://xitter.cf/t.co/6bTnv9A4qr
Milton Keynes, England
Joined September 2018
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Academics Dr Dominic Dalglish and Dr Stuart McKie explore our long and fascinating relationship with the moon, ahead of a new exhibition as part of the annual #EuropeanLunarSymposium, hosted by The OU in Scotland in Dumfries.
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ALT Marble sarcophagus with the myth of Selene and Endymion © The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Please join us for our next seminar on The #Materials of #Ancient #Religion, with Dr David Wigg-Wolf and Dr Martin Goldberg talking about #silver and ancient #ritual. Online, Monday 13th May, 5pm UK time.
Full joining instructions are on the website openmaterialreligion.org/eve…
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Two experts from The OU help to demystify the latest findings of an archaeological excavation in volcano-hit Pompeii in a new OU/BBC co-production.
Pompeii: The New Dig, is begins at 9pm on Monday 15 April, on BBC Two.
Read more: ounews.co/arts-social-scienc…
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In chapter 2 of our new book 📖 🖊️
@e_jgraham examines the procession of Vestals on the #AraPacis, drawing attention to how humans and objects combined to produce a variety of haptic and embodied ritual experiences!
#classicstwitter
@OU_Classics @OpenMatRel @OpenUniversity
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In chapter 4 of our new book 📖 🖊️
my co-editor Abigail Graham (@abby_fecit from @instclasstudies & @the_bsr) examines ritual dynamics of Salutaris’ procession in Ephesus, drawing attention to how ritual failure can make for a more memorable ritual experience!
#classicstwitter
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In chapter 5 of our new book 📕 🖊️
Early Christianity scholar Steven Muir explores how the interplay of haptic and visual engagement with religious objects and spaces created an emotionally-heightened ritual experience for pilgrims to Jerusalem!
Check out Steven Muir’s new essay, “Objects and ritual in Egeria’s fourth-century pilgrimage: The Props of my Faith,” in Senses, Cognition, and Ritual Experience in the Roman World!
cambridge.org/ca/universityp…
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CALL FOR PAPERS for EAA session #1089 Ritual Variance in Graeco-Roman Religions: Cognitive and Sensory Theoretical Perspectives
Submit at: submissions.e-a-a.org/eaa202…
Submission deadline: Feb. 8th 2024
Please share this call with your colleagues!
#roman #archaeology #ritual
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Woohoo, new article alert 🚨🚨
This paper is a sensory exploration of pierced teeth amulets in Roman Britain, centralising the role and experience of pain in their use.
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I had a great time at the @OU_Classics @OpenMatRel PGR workshop at @instclasstudies yesterday. Lots of discussion & lots to think about! Thanks to everyone who organised the day.
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Fun day @OpenMatRel Graduate Workshop on Material Religion. It was great to meet other postgraduates working on ancient religion in different regions.
ALT A PowerPoint slide of a Roman carving of two men and a cow. Graduate Workshop in Ancient Material Religion - Institute of Classical Studies - October 17th, 2023
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V fruitful workshop @instclasstudies @OpenMatRel #votive finds! Now evening lecture about San Casciano dei Bagni
This afternoon we had the pleasure of talking with Dr Jacopo Tabolli about the amazing #votive finds from San Casciano dei Bagni. Listen now on #TheVotivesProject podcast channel thevotivesproject.org/2023/1…
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‘What is material religion and what does it mean to you’?
If you’d asked me this question a year ago my answer would be very different to what it is today. Relations, entanglements, things, vibrancy, the list goes on!
Ready for the @OpenMatRel PG workshop in London next week!
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Is anyone I know on here heading to the @OU_Classics @OpenMatRel Graduate Workshop event at @instclasstudies in London on Tuesday 17th October? If so, I’ll see you there! Come say hello 👋
openmaterialreligion.org/eve… – at Yorkshire and The Humber, England
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A genuine treat to see the recently discovered shrine with its protective snakes in Region IX #Pompeii.
An offering of burnt figs & dates had been left on the altar, overlooked by the painted figure of the ‘genius paterfamilias’ who holds a cornucopia and patera.
#FrescoFriday
ALT Two snakes in relief slither across a red background. Below on the white sockle another painted snake with is brown scales and yellow underbelly curls its way through some undergrowth. To the right a plastered altar with a fresco above of a figure tending to a fiery altar
ALT Two deep orange bearded snakes in relief slither across a red background.
ALT A painted snake with is brown scales and yellow underbelly curls its way through some undergrowth.
ALT A plastered stone altar with low raised edges with a fresco above of a figure holding a patera and cornucopia tending to a fiery altar
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Couldn’t be happier with the just-revealed cover page of the @CUPAcademic volume Abigail Graham (@abby_fecit) and I have co-edited 😁
#religion #cognition #sensorystudies #sensoryarchaeology #cognitivescienceofreligion #ritual #archaeology #classicstwitter
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I’m really looking forward to this, plus I’ll not have been back from my trip to Rome long so I’ll have lots of #MaterialReligion thoughts in my head. – at Snaith, England
We're hosting a one-day workshop and networking event for postgrads working on #ancient #materialreligion topics on Tuesday October 17th at the Institute of Classical Studies in London - more info here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/postgradu…
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Join us for a workshop on inclusivity and diversity in the study of ancient material culture! In person day now fully booked but still spaces online! @instclasstudies
@CucdEdi @StA_Classics @UniRdg_Classics @BSAthens eventbrite.com/e/towards-a-m…
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We have two new short-term roles helping to add South Italian material to the #BeazleyArchive Pottery Database! More details here: carc.ox.ac.uk/carc/news/Two-… Short deadline so please spread the word.
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I'm delighted that from the 2023/4 academic year the Oxford MSt and MPhil in Classical Archaeology will include my special option on 'Gandharan Art and the Classical World' @school_of_arch @GandharaConnect ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate…
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Meet tomorrow's Solstice sunrise at 4am with a ceremony led by Prof Graham Harvey & Dr Luidmila Nikanorova with storytelling, activities, tours & interactive talks during the day at Crawick Multiverse
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@religion_ou @OU_Classics @OU_Literature @CMVerse
