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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