Empires of Faith

Leverhulme-funded research project at the @britishmuseum and @UniofOxford on religion & material culture in Antiquity, Late Antiquity, & early Medieval Eurasia.

[Medieval Art Research @MedievalArtRes]

Join the upcoming @Cambridge_Uni Medieval Art Seminar with Dr Maria Lidova for the talk: ‘Christ, Fire, Gospels: Images of Theophany in the Chapel of Galla Placidia in Ravenna’

📅 1 March 2021, 17:00 (GMT)

@cambtweetart @camedieval #medievaltwitter https://t.co/WnhN8CFgmp

[Adam Parker 🤟🤖 is in need of biscuits. @adamarchaeology]

Come join us in @OpenMatRel at @OU_Classics : Funded PhD Studentship in Ancient Material Religion, closes 11/01/19
https://t.co/WTTGosr3rZ

#PhD #academia #phdchat

[Krasis @AshmoleanKrasis]

If you’d like to get involved with #Krasis04 as a #KrasisScholar or if you have students you think might, then dig out our application form here and get in touch.
https://t.co/Mi20odQ0mT

[Dr. Helena Guzik @helenaguzik]

Excited to share the CfP for an upcoming conference that I'm organizing w/ @AlvarescorreaS: "Pilgrimage and the Senses" (7 Jun 19). Interdisciplinary exploration of sensory experiences of pilgrimage across cultures/history & keynote by @katerudy1! DEADLINE: Jan 20. Please share!

[Dr Rachel Wood @rklwood]

Oh, hi there. @EOFOxford @ThinkSee3D @bodleianlibs @britishmuseum @AshmoleanMuseum

[Paul Collins @P_T_Collins]

A truly magnificent exhibition @britishmuseum - marvellous to see Ashurbanipal’s reliefs with the attention (and lighting) they so deserve.

[Empires of Faith @EOFOxford]

@llewelyn_morgan Toga sans person? I.e. dumped on the floor after a hard day, most of the pain of which was probably caused by having to wear a toga in the first place.

[Empires of Faith @EOFOxford]

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[Empires of Faith @EOFOxford]

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[Peter Frankopan @peterfrankopan]

Great opportunity for a Research Associate in Late Antique Egyptian Art @UniofOxford. Please RT so your favourite #Egypt #NorthAfrica #LateAntique or #ByzantineArt specialist hears about it https://t.co/wPwlr8V1QC

[Kate Fulcher @Kate_Fulcher]

Pots of brightly coloured paint from a tomb at Hawara (Roman), excavated by Petrie and now @britishmuseum. They were analysed by Russell while president of the Chemical Society @RoySocChem - iron oxides, red lead (minium), gypsum, Egyptian blue, and madder

[Marlena Whiting @MarlenaWhiting]

Please consider signing this petition to save the last teaching post in Classical Archaeology left in Finland.
https://t.co/jsfazzTBdX

[Peter Stewart @PeterCNStewart]

Amazing! @AshmoleanMuseum has put 44,500 collection objects online. Many tens of 1000s still to come...

[TORCH Oxford @TORCHOxford]

Here it is: the podcast of In Search of the Phoenicians w/ @josephinequinn, Hindy Najman, Stephanie Dalley & John Watts. Watch here: https://t.co/btGx0lmPHb

[CARC @CARC_Oxford]

Save the date: 'ANCIENT BRITAIN AND CLASSICAL ART, 500 BC - AD 800' - the 2018 CARC workshop on 27-28 September. Details to follow soon [photos from @AshmoleanMuseum]

[TORCH Oxford @TORCHOxford]

Did the Phoenicians really exist? That's what we'll be discussing w/ @josephinequinn, Stephanie Dalley, Hindy Najman and John Watts on 25 April at Book at Lunchtime. Make sure to register for your place here: https://t.co/crL83XjITN

[Empires of Faith @EOFOxford]

Excellent news @AshmoleanMuseum - hard work paying off! https://t.co/aeLuVEtnra

[Oxford Mail @TheOxfordMail]

More than 3.2 million people visited Oxford's top tourist attractions last year - and here's where they all went https://t.co/fBLU8ymmOb

[Empires of Faith @EOFOxford]

@amelia_dowler @_emmatweets Opening to @peterfrankopan and @DrKCMCross

[University of Oxford @UniofOxford]

Don't miss Imagining the Divine: Arts and the Rise of World Religions: closing February 18 @AshmoleanMuseum https://t.co/l9vh1Ewato

[Apollo Magazine @Apollo_magazine]

One final weekend to catch the @AshmoleanMuseum's comparative display of religious art from late antiquity, reviewed by Sameer Rahim https://t.co/Fpe5Kv8cCH