PSCO 62 | Religion and the Military in Antiquity

Co-chairs: Reyhan Durmaz, Simcha Gross, and Jeremy Steinberg

 

All of the talks will start at 6:30 pm Eastern Time. For Zoom links, please email pscoseminar@sas.upenn.edu.

 

September 26, 2024 (Hybrid)

“May Your Fasting Be Armor to Our Country”: Soldiers, Paramilitary Action, and Religion in Late Antiquity

Reyhan Durmaz, University of Pennsylvania

Dinner to be provided at 5:30 for in-person attendees.

 

October 10, 2024 (Zoom)

The Ark of the Covenant at War and Peace: Festivals and Commemoration in the Biblical Ark Traditions

Julia Rhyder, Harvard University

 

February 20, 2025 (Zoom)

“And He Did Not Care For His Own Life”: Priests, Ritual, and Violence in the Late Babylonian Elam Narratives

Céline Debourse, Harvard University

 

March 6, 2025 (Zoom)

Voices from the Frontline: Nostalgia and Resistance in Arabic Poetry of the Early Islamic Conquests

Pamela Klasova, University of Chicago

 

April 24, 2025 (Zoom)

Romanes Eunt Domus: Bilingualism and Language Interference in Roman Judea and Syria

Catherine Bonesho, UCLA

 

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