Dear all,
With this, we are happy to announce the sixth Ancient World Seminar of this
academic year. On *Tuesday 17 March 2020, Dr Mark Jackson* (Newcastle
University), will give a lecture on:
*“Filling the Gaps; New Evidence for Old Questions?”*
*Abstract*
The impact of invasions pervades the narratives about the transformation of
society during late antiquity. In the frontier region of Isauria in the
Taurus Mountains and on the island of Naxos in the Cyclades emerging
archaeological evidence of the kind traditionally neglected by
archaeologists reveals the experience not of elites but of people often
less studied in the archaeological record. These data help us to reshape
the traditional narratives for the period between the 6th and 9th centuries
AD and to ask different questions to tell new stories about people’s lives.
Such work seeks to refine existing narratives and to set new agendas for
the future that include a closer study of the more humble subjects of
empire who made up the majority of the population.
*About the Speaker*
Dr Mark Jackson is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology and Head of Archaeology
at Newcastle University, UK. His main research interests are the
archaeology of Roman, Byzantine and early Islamic periods in the Eastern
Mediterranean. He has extensive field experience from projects in Turkey,
Cyprus and Greece. He was Co-director for the Byzantine on the Kilise Tepe
Archaeological Project and has worked on excavated material from elsewhere
in Turkey including at Alahan and Çatalhöyük and on several surveys. In
recent years has been leading a team working on the artefacts from the
Apalirou Environs Project, Naxos. He also has a research interest in the
history of archaeology and early archaeologists – especially Gertrude Bell
– and is responsible for 8,000 photographs in the Gertrude Bell Archive
which was recently made a UNESCO International Memory of the World.
The session takes place in the *Court Room of the Faculty of Theology and
Religious Studies (OBS 38)*, Groningen, 16.15 – 17.30. Join us for drinks
afterwards!
--
Ayhan Aksu
PhD candidate in Theology and Religious Studies
on behalf of the CRASIS team
University of Groningen
CRASIS is the Groningen institute for Interdisciplinary Studies in Culture,
Religion and Society of the Ancient World. Follow CRASIS on Facebook
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