Helsingin yliopistossa järjestetään iso uskontotieteen konferenssi EASR 2016 (European Association for the Study of Religion) 28.6.-1.7.2016 eli aivan parin viikon kuluttua. Ohjelma on monipuolinen, ja antiikin uskonnot ovat vahvasti edustettuina.
Itse olen mukana kolmessa paneelissa:
- Panel: Parallels and differences between Late Antiquity and Europe today (Chairs: Peter Antes & Mar Marcos Sanchez)
Peter Antes: Europe’s Identity in the cultural memory of today
Mar Marcos Sanchez: Interreligious Dialogue: Past and Present
Giovanni Filoramo: In the mirror of Late Antiquity. Religious pluralisms in comparison
Maijastina Kahlos: Waiting for Immigrants
- Panel: The words of religious pluralism (II) (Chair: Alessandro Saggioro)
Maijastina Kahlos: #RELIGIOUS FREEDOM “Religious freedom” in the Ancient Context – The cases of Tertullian and Ambrose
Mar Marcos Sanchez: #ABUSE AND COERCION Peithô and Bia in Ancient Political and Religious Debate
Juana Torres: #DIALOGUE & CONFLICT The role of logos in resolving religious conflict (II-V centuries). The ”Debates against pagans”: Dialogue or Dispute?
Eduard Iricinschi: #SHARING Sharing Religious Practices between Manichaeans and Christians in Fourth-Century Egypt
- Panel: Relocating religious identities and memories of the past in the Antiquity and the Middle Ages (Chair: Maijastina Kahlos)
Marika Rauhala: Negotiating the Masculine Ideal: Gender Stereotypes in Ancient Religious Discourse
Marja-Leena Hänninen: Parallel or Alternative Identities: Religious Communities of Ostia in the Early Imperial Era
Antti Lampinen: Memories of the Subaltern: ‘Ethnicising Religion’ in Roman Literature, c. 100-300
Katja Ritari: Dealing with the Pre-Christian Past: Pagans and Christians in Early Medieval Irish Narratives Concerning the Conversion
