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28–30 September 2026: Global Gods in Local Contexts: 'Oriental Cults' between the Danube and the Adriatic

26. August 2026, Ansgar Teichgräber - Veranstaltungen

Global Gods in Local Contexts: 'Oriental Cults' between the Danube and the Adriatic
International Conference
Vienna/Hainburg an der Donau, 28–30 September 2026

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The 2026 conference brings together archaeologists, historians, and specialists in ancient religion to examine how these cults were transmitted, adopted, and reshaped across diverse communities between the Danube and the Adriatic. Rather than viewing them as fixed or uniform phenomena, the conference approaches them as dynamic traditions whose meanings, practices, and material expressions were continuously negotiated through interaction with local cultural, social, and political contexts.

Locations
Day 1 and 3
Otto Wagner Postsparkasse, Georg-Coch-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna, Room 2-3, 3rd Floor

Day 2
Kulturfabrik Hainburg, Kulturplatz 1, 2410 Hainburg an der Donau

Organization
Nirvana Silnović (Austrian Archaeological Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences)
Eduard Pollhammer (Office of the Lower Austrian Provincial Government, Department of Art and Culture, Archaeological Park Carnuntum)
Inga Vilogorac Brčić (Department of History, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb)
Aleksandra Nikoloska (Research Centre for Cultural Heritage “Cvetan Grozdanov,” Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts)

Contact
Nirvana Silnović: Nirvana.Silnovic@oeaw.ac.at

The complete programme and further information can be found at the conference website.


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Call for Papers: 20. Tag der Antiken Numismatik 2026

26. August 2026, Ansgar Teichgräber - Call for papers

20. Tag der Antiken Numismatik
Münster, 20.-21. November 2026

Einreichungsfrist: 6. September 2026

Die Veranstaltung soll u. a. dem wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs eine Plattform bieten, um neueste Forschungen und Projekte untereinander und mit Münzfreundinnen und -freunden zu diskutieren, sowie Möglichkeiten schaffen, den Blick auf das Material zu erweitern. Ziel ist es, alle an antiken Münzen Interessierten zu fruchtbarem Austausch zusammenzubringen und Kontakte untereinander zu fördern.

Wir freuen uns auf Beiträge, die universitäre Abschluss- und Qualifikationsarbeiten aus dem Bereich der Antiken Numismatik vorstellen, sowie auf Präsentationen von laufenden oder auch geplanten numismatischen Projekten. Sowohl Wortbeiträge als auch Poster-Präsentationen sollen ihren Platz finden. Ganz bewusst verzichten wir auf eine thematische Einengung. Der Erfolg der Veranstaltung zeigt, dass das Format mit seiner zuvor nicht planbaren Themenbreite, die die Vielfalt numismatischer Arbeit spiegelt, jedem TAN sein neues, eigenes Profil verleiht, das die Vielzahl von Gästen anspricht und damit das intendierte Miteinander von Wissenschaft und Öffentlichkeit fördert.

Den einleitenden Abendvortrag am Freitag wird in diesem Jahr Dr. Andrew Burnett halten. 

Ihre Anmeldungen von Kurzbeiträgen, Referaten und Poster-Präsentationen richten Sie bitte mit einer kurzen inhaltlichen Zusammenfassung bis zum 6. September 2026 an katharina.martin@uni-muenster.de. Nach Ablauf dieser Deadline werden wir Sie zeitnah informieren, ob Ihre Beitragsmeldung angenommen ist.

Organisation
Stefan Kötz – Achim Lichtenberger – Katharina Martin

Kontakt
katharina.martin@uni-muenster.de

Den vollständigen Call for Papers finden Sie hier als PDF-Download und weitere Informationen auf der Website der Veranstaltungsreihe.


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1-2 October 2026: Rediscovering Fulgentius: Beyond the Shadow of Augustine

26. August 2026, Ansgar Teichgräber - Veranstaltungen

Rediscovering Fulgentius: Beyond the Shadow of Augustine
International Conference
Tübingen, 1-2 October 2026

This conference endeavours to reexamine Fulgentius’s life, works, and intellectual legacy through an interdisciplinary approach that brings together theological, historical, and literary perspectives. By uniting specialists in Late Antiquity from diverse backgrounds, we aim to reassess the place of Fulgentius within the broader continuum of North African Christianity and late antique intellectual culture.

Venue
Theologicum Tübingen
Liebermeisterstraße 12
72076 Tübingen

Contact
David Burkhart Janssen
Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultät
Lehrstuhl für Kirchengeschichte II mit Schwerpunkt Alter Kirche
david-burkhart.janssen@uni-tuebingen.de

Martina Carandino
Worcester College (Oxford University)
martina.carandino@history.ox.ac.uk

The complete programme and further information can be found at the conference website.


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Call for Papers: Kiel Conference 2027: Social, Environmental, and Cultural Connectivity in Past Societies IX

24. August 2026, Ansgar Teichgräber - Call for papers

Kiel Conference 2027: Social, Environmental, and Cultural Connectivity in Past Societies IX
Kiel, 8–12 March 2027

Submission Deadline: 15 October 2026

The ROOTS Cluster of Excellence at Kiel University invites proposals for presentations or posters for the Kiel Conference 2027. The conference aims to bring together interdisciplinary perspectives to investigate the roots of social, environmental, and cultural phenomena, as well as the processes that have significantly shaped past human development.

The presentations are scheduled for 15 minutes plus 5 minutes of discussion. 
Poster presentations are also possible. Abstracts are limited to 2,500 characters (incl. spaces) and may include up to 5 references. 
Registration for the conference will be possible from November onwards.

Conference President
Prof. Dr. Martin Furholt

Scientific Coordination
Dr. Franziska Engelbogen

Organisation
Jule Christ
Jennifer Schüle-Hansen
Anna-Lena Heyn

Contact
kielconference@roots.uni-kiel.de

The complete Call for Papers can be found at the conference website.


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23–25 September 2026: Humility across Times and Cultures: Concepts, Practices, Artifacts

20. August 2026, Ansgar Teichgräber - Veranstaltungen

Humility across Times and Cultures: Concepts, Practices, Artifacts
Conference
Zurich, 23–25 September 2026

The conference aims significantly to broaden both the geographical and chronological scope of the inquiry into historical conceptions and practices of humility. The focus spans the period from 250 CE to 1500 CE and draws on sources from a wide geographical area, including Western Europe, Byzantium, and the Middle East. By centering these regions, we seek to map humility within a space that, for all its cultural diversity, was shaped in significant ways by the three Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. While we do not assume that humility was exclusively or primarily a religious value, there is reason to believe that within the Abrahamic traditions, it was indeed upheld as a virtue, frequently positioned in opposition to pride, which was often viewed as the most dangerous and diabolical of vices.

Conference panels will be organized along both chronological and thematic lines, encompassing European Christian regions, Byzantium, Jewish communities, and Islamic territories. Special attention will be given to the physical and social spaces in which humility was conceived and enacted, as well as to the interplay between humility and gender. 

Organization
The conference is organized by Silvia Negri (Universität Zürich, Historisches Seminar) and James Weaver (University of Oxford), within the framework of the project “Humility in theory and practice. Historical approaches across cultures”.

Venue
UZH, RAA-G-01, Rämistrasse 59, 8001 Zürich

Contact
Larissa Herzog (UZH, Historisches Seminar)
SekNegri@hist.uzh.ch

The complete programme and further information can be found at the conference website.


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8-10 October 2026: Ignored Intertexts: New Approaches to Greek-to-Latin Allusions

20. August 2026, Ansgar Teichgräber - Veranstaltungen

Ignored Intertexts: New Approaches to Greek-to-Latin Allusions
Munich, 8-10 October 2026

Registration Deadline: 22 September 2026

Venue
Philologicum München

Registration
The conference papers will be circulated in advance. To receive access to the papers, please register by 22 September by emailing saskia.schomber@lmu.de.

Organization
Regina Höschele, Florence Klein and Saskia Schomber

Contact
saskia.schomber@lmu.de 

The complete programme and further information can be found at the conference website.


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Call for Papers: Motte-and-Bailey Castles in Medieval Europe – Research, Reconstruction and Heritage Management

19. August 2026, Ansgar Teichgräber - Call for papers

Motte-and-Bailey Castles in Medieval Europe – Research, Reconstruction and Heritage Management
International Conference and 33rd Annual Conference of the Wartburg Society for the Study of Castles and Palaces (WBG)
Lütjenburg, 6–9 May 2027

Submission Deadline: 30 September 2026

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Taking Lütjenburg as its starting point, the conference aims to focus on the phenomenon of motte-and-bailey castles across its full thematic scope. In addition to case studies of individual sites, overview papers may also present entire regions. Particular attention will be given to questions of chronology, architectural form, defensive elements and the respective history of use, including continuity into the late medieval and early modern period. A second section will address reconstructions of motte-and-bailey castles and hillforts both on full-scale (1:1) and using virtual reality as part of ‚public history‘, experimental archaeology and cultural tourism, as well as museum education, whilst also examining the general heritage conservation challenges involved in preserving castle sites. The third section will extend beyond the narrower topic of motte-and-bailey castles: it focuses on current research into castles and palaces in the conference region of East Holstein and neighbouring areas. The conference will be accompanied by an excursion to castles in the vicinity of Lütjenburg.

Presentations should not exceed 20 minutes, with the option of a subsequent 10-minute discussion. The conference languages are primarily German and English.

Proposals for papers should be submitted, together with an abstract of no more than half a page, by 30 September 2026 to the Chair of the WBG by email (gvbueren@juelich.de). It is planned to publish the proceedings in a volume of the series ‘Forschungen zu Burgen und Schlössern’ (Michael Imhof Verlag). Speakers will be exempted from the conference fee. Whether any further costs can be covered will depend on the successful acquisition of additional third-party funding.

Contact
gvbueren@juelich.de

The complete Call for Papers can be found at the conference website (in German) und here as PDF-Download (in English).


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Call for Papers: Vergangenheit vergegenwärtigen. Historisch-politische Kulturen im Italien des 1. Jts. v. Chr.

19. August 2026, Ansgar Teichgräber - Call for papers

Vergangenheit vergegenwärtigen. Historisch-politische Kulturen im Italien des 1. Jts. v. Chr.
Internationale Tagung und 25. Treffen der AG Etrusker & Italiker des dArV e.V.
Salzburg, 19.-20. Februar 2027

Einreichungsfrist: 31. Oktober 2026

Wie erinnern politische Gemeinschaften an ihre Vergangenheit – und was entscheiden sie zu vergessen? Welche Rollen spielen historische Narrative, Rituale, Bilder, Monumente und Räume bei der Entstehung und Stabilisierung sozialer und politischer Ordnungen? Das 25. Treffen der dArV-Arbeitsgemeinschaft ‘Etrusker und Italiker‘ widmet sich den Verflechtungen von Erinnerung und Politik im Italien des 1. Jahrtausends v. Chr. Der Blick richtet sich auf die italischen und etruskischen Gemeinschaften ebenso wie auf die Magna Graecia und reicht bis in die republikanische Zeit.

Willkommen sind Beiträge, die sich mit den historisch-politischen Kulturen Italiens im 1. Jahrtausend v. Chr. befassen und theoretisch-methodische Reflexionen mit konkreten Fallstudien verknüpfen. Der Call for Papers richtet sich sowohl an Nachwuchswissenschaftler:innen als auch an erfahrene Kolleg:innen.
Deadline: 31. Oktober 2026 | Abstract: 200–300 Wörter | Beiträge: 20 Minuten Vortrag, 15 Minuten Diskussion. 

Kontakt
present.past.conference@gmail.com

Organisation
Matthias Hoernes und Alexander Sokolicek
Universität Salzburg

Raffaella Da Vela und Robinson Krämer
Sprecher*in der AG Etrusker & Italiker

Den vollständigen Call for Papers auf Deutsch, Italienisch und Englisch finden Sie hier als PDF-Download.


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Neues Propylaeum-eBOOK: Sokrates revised and revisited

19. August 2026, Katrin Bemmann - Latest

In "Sokrates revised and revisited. Überlieferung, Diskurs, Inszenierung", herausgegeben von Judith K. Bohl, Veronika Brandis, Guido Pfeifer, werden die Ergebnisse des gleichnamigen kooperativen Projektes, das 2021/22 am Lessing-Gymnasium und an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main stattgefunden hat, vorgestellt. Dazu fand ein wissenschaftliches Symposium sowie eine Inszenierung des Prozesses statt. Die anlässlich des Symposiums gehaltenen Vorträge sind hier publiziert und spiegeln den aktuellen Forschungsstand zum Sokratesprozess wider und verdeutlichen das große Potential der kreativen Auseinandersetzung mit der antiken Überlieferung.
 


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9-11 September 2026: Officer Disobedience in Military Organizations across Epochs and Cultures

18. August 2026, Ansgar Teichgräber - Veranstaltungen

Officer Disobedience in Military Organizations across Epochs and Cultures
Bonn/hybrid, 9-11 September 2026

This transdisciplinary workshop aims at establishing individual elite disobedience in military organizations (to be differentiated from collective forms of unrest such as mutinies) as a new field of historical research. Such acts are underresearched to date, but they have proven to be consequential. The workshop brings together scholars who present case studies ranging across three continents (Africa, Asia and Europe) and from antiquity to the late twentieth--century.

Registration
The space at the venue is restricted, leaving room for only a small number of additional participants. It will, however, be possible to participate online via Zoom. Persons who would like to do so are kindly asked to contact Patrick Schmidt via email (patrick.schmidt@uni-rostock.de). He will provide them with the Zoom link for the workshop.

Venue
University of Bonn, IMPULSE - House for intellectual Innovation and Creativity, Adenauerallee 131, 53113 Bonn

Contact
Patrick Schmidt: patrick.schmidt@uni-rostock.de  

The complete programme and further information can be found at H-Soz-Kult.


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