Kalender Termine

On 27 November, Dr. Francesca Diosono from LMU Munich will give a lecture at the Department of Christian Archaeology on ‘Villa San Silvestro: Tracing a Late Antique Rural Community in Italy's Central Apennines’.

On 4 December, Dr Benjamin Fourlas from LEIZA (Leibniz Centre for Archaeology) will give an evening lecture at the Department of Christian Archaeology on "Die Christianisierung des Gast- und Festmahls im 4. und 5. Jahrhundert - Eine Neubewertung von Bildsprache und Bedeutung der reliefverzierten nordafrikanischen Terra Sigillata"

On 8 January 2026, Prof. Dr. Joanita Vroom from Leiden University will give an evening lecture at the Department of Christian Archaeology on ‘Artifacts Telling Complex Stories: The Dynamics of a Byzantine Industrial Zone in Chalcis (c. 10th-13th century)’.

Prof. Dr. Monika Trümper (FU Berlin) will give a lecture on 20 November 2025 entitled "Das Gymnasium von Agrigent". "In Greek culture, gymnasiums were the central place for the athletic and intellectual education of young people. Of the few known examples of such buildings in the western Mediterranean, the gymnasium in Agrigento is the most important and largest. It was partially excavated between 1960 and 2005, and since 2020 a team from the Free University of Berlin has been excavating there. The results of five field research campaigns are presented, including a lecture hall and a large architectural inscription. The complex – as is now apparent – provided space for a wide range of athletic exercises, especially swimming, which is rarely found in archaeological evidence, but was also a place for performances and intellectual activity."

"Since 2019, various investigations have been carried out in the area of the Cotone River in the east of Selinunte. These investigations have shown that today's valley is a silted-up bay where the ancient eastern harbour of the city was located. The lecture will focus on presenting the observations for the archaic and classical phases of the zone and discussing the harbour zone in terms of its functional zones and diachronic development. Recent investigations have revealed that in the Archaic period there appears to have been a fortified harbour area with neighbouring monumental architecture. This connection can be easily compared with the urban planning of other Greek colonies."