Archive of Faber Lectures

Supported by the Eberhard L. Faber 1915 Memorial Fund in the Council of the Humanities

Faber Lecture: John Duffy, “Literary Style and Theological Substance in the Homilies of Sophronios of Jerusalem”
Wed, Apr 10, 2019, 4:30 pm4:30 pm

In writing about Sophronios of Jerusalem two ninth-century authors comment specifically on the patriarch’s literary style and correct beliefs. Both of those elements will be highlighted in this lecture. It will explore some of the unusual features of his rhetoric, which place him in the Asiatic, rather than the Attic, camp. It will also draw…

Location
Scheide Caldwell House, Room 103
Speaker
Faber Lecture: Caroline Humfress, "Law Before Islam"
Mon, Apr 9, 2018, 4:30 pm4:30 pm

Over the last few decades, early Islam has become increasingly ‘Late Antique’. In the fields of legal and religious history, recent research into early Islam has begun to draw new and exciting points of comparison and contrast between early Christian, Jewish (Rabbinic) and early Islamic law and legal practice. Deliberately taking early Islam as…

Location
Scheide Caldwell House 103
Speaker
Faber Lecture: John Matthews, "Lost Monuments of Fourth-Century Constantinople"
Thu, Feb 16, 2017, 4:30 pm4:30 pm
Location
East Pyne 010
Speaker
Faber Lecture: Dimitri Gutas, "Aristotle 600-1200 AD: The Syriac and Arabic Phase"
Tue, Oct 6, 2015, 4:30 pm4:30 pm
Location
010 East Pyne
Speaker
Faber Lecture: Christopher Jones, "Isidore of Pelusium, Sophist and Monk"
Wed, Mar 25, 2015, 4:30 pm4:30 pm

Cosponsors: 

the Eberhard L. Faber 1915 Memorial Fund in the Council of the Humanities the Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies in celebration of their 35th Anniversary of Hellenic Studies at Princeton.
Location
East Pyne 010
Speaker
Faber Lecture: Averil Cameron, "Dialoguing in Late Antiquity"
Wed, Apr 23, 2014, 4:30 pm4:30 pm
Location
010 East Pyne
Speaker
Faber Lecture: Susanna Elm,"Pagan Challenge – Christian Response, Emperor Julian & Gregory of Nazianzus"
Tue, Mar 5, 2013, 4:30 pm4:30 pm

Cosponsored by: Department of Art and Archaeology, Department of Classics, Department of History, Department of Religion, and Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies with the support of the Stanley J. Seeger Hellenic Fund

Location
010 East Pyne
Speaker
Faber Lecture: Alan Cameron, “The Life, Work and Death of Hypatia”
Wed, Nov 14, 2012, 4:30 pm4:30 pm

Cosponsored by: Department of Art and Archaeology, Department of Classics, Department of History, Department of Religion, and Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies with the support of the Stanley J. Seeger Hellenic Fund

Location
010 East Pyne
Speaker