Committee for the Study of Late Antiquity

The Committee for the Study of Late Antiquity (CSLA) fosters interdisciplinary discussion and cooperation among University members who study the period extending from 200 to 800 CE in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

Comprised of specialists in history, classics, religion, art and archaeology, and Near Eastern studies, the CSLA provides a forum for discussion among students, faculty, visiting scholars, and members of the Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton Theological Seminary. The committee also organizes a program of public lectures, often in collaboration with other departments and programs.

The CSLA is under the aegis of the Council of the Humanities.

Upcoming Events

Lecture: Mark Johnson, "Octagonal Churches and Their Functions in Late Antiquity"

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Lecture: Mark Johnson, "Octagonal Churches and Their Functions in Late Antiquity"
Mon, Mar 25, 2019, 4:30 pm
Location: McCormick 106
Speaker(s):
Mark Johnson
Brigham Young University

Workshop: "The Filologos and the Antiquarius"

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Workshop: "The Filologos and the Antiquarius"
Fri, Mar 29, 2019, 4:00 pm to Sun, Mar 31, 2019, 5:00 pm

Studying Language and Objects in Renaissance Europe

Location: 211 Dickinson Hall

Stewart Lecture: Karen King, "Reimagining the World: 'The Gospel of Mary'"

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Stewart Lecture: Karen King, "Reimagining the World: 'The Gospel of Mary'"
Mon, Apr 1, 2019, 4:30 pm

When early followers wrote narratives about Jesus, they were not just telling his history, they were engaged in reimagining the world.  Four of...

Location: East Pyne 010
Speaker(s):
Karen King
Harvard University

Lecture: Joseph Sanzo, "At the Crossroads of Magic and Anti-Magical Discourse: The Classification of Ritual in a Late-Antique Coptic Codex (Leiden, Ms. AMS 9)"

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Lecture: Joseph Sanzo, "At the Crossroads of Magic and Anti-Magical Discourse: The Classification of Ritual in a Late-Antique Coptic Codex (Leiden, Ms. AMS 9)"
Wed, Apr 3, 2019, 4:30 pm

Scholarship over the past several decades has properly recognized that slanderous statements against magic were not typically meant to describe...

Location: Scheide Caldwell House, Room 103
Speaker(s):
Joseph Sanzo
University of Warwick
"At the Crossroads of Magic and Anti-Magical Discourse: The Classification of Ritual in a Late-Antique Coptic Codex (Leiden, Ms. AMS 9)"

Seminar: Todd Berzon, "The Problem of Speech's Presence in Late Ancient Christianity"

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Seminar: Todd Berzon, "The Problem of Speech's Presence in Late Ancient Christianity"
Tue, Apr 9, 2019, 4:30 pm
Location: 1879 Hall
Speaker(s):
Todd Berzon
Bowdoin College

Faber Lecture: John Duffy, “Literary Style and Theological Substance in the Homilies of Sophronios of Jerusalem”

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Faber Lecture: John Duffy, “Literary Style and Theological Substance in the Homilies of Sophronios of Jerusalem”
Wed, Apr 10, 2019, 4:30 pm

In writing about Sophronios of Jerusalem two ninth-century authors comment specifically on the patriarch’s literary style and correct beliefs.

Location: Scheide Caldwell House, Room 103
Speaker(s):
John Duffy
Harvard University

Conference: "Ērānshahr in the Age of Transition: West and Central Asia Between Late Antiquity and Islam"

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Announcements

Peter R. Brown Prize, Deadline for submission: June 1, 2019

The Committee for the Study of Late Antiquity sponsors the annual Peter R. Brown Prize for the best graduate student essay on any subject relating...

AnneMarie Luijendijk and Tina Shepardson
Tina Shepardson Lecture

On Friday, December 7, Tina Shepardson, Department Head and Lindsay Young Professor, Department of Religious Studies at the University of...

Uncovering Antioch
Uncovering Antioch

From 1932 to 1939, a team of archaeologists from Princeton University led an excavation at Antioch, an ancient city located in modern-day Turkey...

Peter R. Brown with Alyssa Cady and Merle Eisenberg
Peter R. Brown Prize 2018

Peter Brown, the Philip and Beulah Rollins Professor of History, Emeritus, was present to award his namesake prize, which is given annually to the...

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