News
- ERC grant awarded to Pawel!
In January came the happy news that Pawel was awarded with an ERC Starting grant to start a new, parallel project, based at the Faculty of History of the University of Warsaw, which will explore the changes in the culture of commemoration at the close of the Roman Imperial period, and the influence which craftsmen, […]
- Philipp Pilhofer gives a talk for EpIdentity
Philipp Pilhofer (Humboldt Universität Berlin) gives a talk on the sanctuary of Saint Thekla at Ayatekla, near Seleucia (today Silifke, Turkey) ‘A very pleasant spot to walk and spend time’ – Thecla’s cave at Seleucia 14 October 2021 Philipp Pilhofer, an internationally recognized authority on the epigraphy of Isauria and Cilicia (both parts of the […]
- Karolina starts her Erasmus fellowship at the University of Edinburgh
On 1 October, Karolina braved the hardships of travelling during the COVID pandemics, and arrived at Edinburg, to start her Erasmus fellowship. She will work there on her BA thesis, exploring the religious use of oils by early Eastern Christians, and will stay in touch with the rest of the team, working online. Image: Stinglehammer, […]
- Tomek sets off for a field campaign at “Marea”
As usual in mid-September, Tomek joined the excavation team at “Marea”/Northern Hawwariya near Alexandria in Egypt. During the next two months he will be participating in our project meetings via Zoom.
- Pawel gives a talk at The Hippolytus Workshop
On 2 and 3 September 2021 Pawel participated in a workshop on the so-called statue of Saint Hippolytus and its inscriptions, now in the Vatican Library. The workshop was organized by András Handl (Marie Curie fellow at the KU Leuven), and gathered a number of leading experts in statuary studies, epigraphy, chronology, and early Christian […]