Thursday, May 30th 2019
15:00–16:00
Welcome – Stephan Westphalen and Christian Witschel, Heidelberg
Introduction – Stefan Ardeleanu and Jon C. Cubas Díaz, Heidelberg
16:00–18:00 Session 1: North Africa
Identity, Community and the Funerary Landscape at Bulla Regia in Late Antiquity – Moheddine Chaouali, Tunis / Corisande Fenwick, London
Materializing Death in Late Antique North Africa: Microregional Epitaphic Habits and Funerary Rituals Contextualized – Stefan Ardeleanu, Heidelberg
From Jorf Torba to Foum Larjam: Late Antique Painted Tombs of the North-Western Sahara – David Mattingly, Leicester / Youssef Bokbot, Rabat
18:00–18:30 Coffee Break
18:30–19:30 Session 2: Egypt
Hierarchien und soziale Phänomene in der Nekropole des Paulosklosters in Theben-West/Oberägypten – Ina Eichner, Vienna
Protection for Eternity – Graves in Late Antique and Byzantine Egypt – Laura Willer, Heidelberg
19:30 Reception
Friday, 31st May 2019
9:00–10:30 Session 3: Near East
Appropriation, Invention, and Continuity: an Overview of Burial Practices from Roman to Late Roman Syria – Lidewijde De Jong, Groningen
Funerary Costums in Sacred Spaces. The Archaeological Evidence in the Provinces of Palaestina and Arabia – Davide Bianchi, Vienna
Christian Burials and Cemeteries in Proto-Byzantine Provincia Arabia (4th-7th cent. AD) – Pierre-Louis Gatier, Lyon
10:30–11:00 Coffee Break
11:00–13:00 Session 4: Asia Minor
Funerary Monuments as Textual Monuments. A Peculiar Mortuary Practice in Imperial Asia Minor re-considered – Evelien Roels, Heidelberg
Burials on the Move. The Mortuary Landscape of Ephesos in Late Antiquity – Martin Steskal, Vienna
Depicting the Self – Fulfilling Common Expectations. The Individual and the Collective in the Funerary Landscapes of Rough Cilicia – Jon C. Cubas Díaz, Göttingen/Heidelberg
13:00–14:30 Lunch Break
14:30–16:00 Session 5: Southeastern Europe
Late Antique Burials in Corinth – Jeremy Ott, Berkeley
Late Antique Rich Burials in the Balkan Provinces (in the Diocese of Thrace, and the Northern Provinces of Eastern Illyricum) – Julia Valeva, Sofia
Late Roman, Early Christian and Early Medieval Graves at Salona – Emilio Marin, Zagreb
16:00–16:30 Coffee Break
16:30–18:30 Session 6: Italy and Rome
Spazi, monumenti, epigraphic habit: considerazioni sulle necropoli tardoantiche della parte orientale della Venetia et Histria – Fulvia Mainardis, Triest
The Roman Catacombs: Reflections on Ownership, Spatial Use, and the Typology of Tombs. The Cases of Domitilla, Randanini and Marcellino e Pietro – Norbert Zimmermann, Rome
Paesaggi epigrafici nelle necropoli della Roma tardoantica: alcuni casi esemplari per una epigrafia archeologica – Antonio Felle, Bari
Papal Epitaphs and Burial Places in Medieval Rome – St. Peter’s and St. John Lateran as Funerary Landscapes – Wolf Zöller, Heidelberg
18:30 Reception
Saturday, 1st June 2019
9:00–10:00 Session 7: Germaniae
Changing Burial Rites – Changing Identities? Late Antique Burial Practices on the Rhine Frontier – Roland Prien, Heidelberg
Transformation and Disappearance. Inscriptions in the Funerary Culture of Germania Superior in Late Antiquity – Jonas Osnabrügge, Heidelberg
10:30–11:30 Session 8: Galliae
Inscriptions funéraires en contextes: de la nécropole à la tombe. Quelques exemples de l'Aquitaine tardo-antique – Morgane Uberti, Madrid
Levis aesto terra – Christliche Bestattungskultur im spätantiken Trier – Hiltrud Merten, Trier
10:00–10:30 Coffee Break
11:30–12:30 Session 9: Hispaniae
Framing the Funeral World in Late Antique Hispania. Permanence and changes in funeral rites and practices – Jorge López Quiroga, Madrid
Bestattung und Kommemoration im frühchristlichen Hispanien. Inschriftliche, ikonographische und materielle Aspekte – Achim Arbeiter, Göttingen
12:30–13:00 Conclusions – Kate Cooper, London / Philipp von Rummel, Berlin