The Rise of Christianity in Asia Minor and on Cyprus

The Rise of Christianity in Asia Minor and on Cyprus

Veranstalter
Cilliers Breytenbach / Stephen Mitchell / Philipp Pilhofer, Topoi/Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Veranstaltungsort
Topoi Haus Mitte, R1.03
Ort
Berlin
Land
Deutschland
Vom - Bis
22.06.2018 - 23.06.2018
Von
Dr. des. Philipp Pilhofer

The workshop will stimulate further scholarly discussion on the topic of the emergence and expansion of early Christianity in Asia Minor and on Cyprus in antiquity. A special focus is set on the Christianisation process in the province of Cappadocia. Several recently published volumes prepared by the Topoi research groups will be presented during the workshop.

Programm

22.6.2018

14:00 - 14:15
Welcome
Cilliers Breytenbach, Stephen Mitchell, Philipp Pilhofer – Topoi/Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

14:15 - 15:00
Constantinople and Asia Minor: The Matter of Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in the Fourth Century
Turhan Kaçar – İstanbul Medeniyet Üniversitesi, Turkey

15:00 - 15:45
Caesarea and the Cult of Saints
Aude Busine – Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgique

15:45 - 16:15
Coffee break

16:15 - 17:00
Gregory of Nazianzus and Early Christian Village Poetry
Christiane Zimmermann – Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

17:00 - 17:30
Inscribing Caria: The Perseverance of Epigraphic Traditions in Late Antiquity
Anna Sitz – Harvard University, USA

17:30 - 18:00
Book presentations

18:00 - 18:30
Break

18:30 - 19:30
378: An Exact Date for the Rise of Christianity at Sagalassos?
Peter Talloen – Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

23.6.2018
09:00 - 09:45
Balancing between Paganism and Judaism: The Early Christianity in Cappadocia
Margherita Cassia – Università degli Studi di Catania, Italy

09:45 - 10:30
Martyrs, Monks, and Heretics in the Rocky Cappadocia
Gaetano Arena – Università degli Studi di Catania, Italy

10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break

11:00 - 11:45
The Christian Epigraphy of Cyprus
Daniela Summa – Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften

11:45 - 12:30
Heis Theos and Hypsistos Theos in Late Roman Cyprus
Georgios Deligiannakis – Open University of Cyprus

12:30 - 14:00
Lunch break

14:00 - 14:30
Changing Patterns of Maledictions and Penalty Formulas in Late Antique Inscriptions
Canan Arıkan – Universität Wien, Austria

14:30 - 15:15
Hagiographic Traditions and the Spread of Christianity in Sebasteia and Lesser Armenia
Stephen Mitchell – University of Exeter, United Kingdom

15:15 - 15:30
Concluding remarks

Kontakt

Philipp Pilhofer

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Theologische Fakultät, Lehrstuhl für Ältere Kirchengeschichte
Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin

philipp.pilhofer@kilikien.de

http://www.topoi.org/event/45492/