Schedule

Monday, 24.03.2025

13:15 –13:30András Handl & Consuelo Manetta
Welcome & Introduction
13:30 – 14:30Consuelo Manetta, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
Religion, Mobility, and Cultural Identity: The Thracians in and outside Rome during the Imperial Periods
14:30 – 15:30András Handl, University of Bern / KU Levuen
Networks of Displacement: Approaching Migration and Mobility in the Letters of Cyprian
15:30 –16:00Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00Rens Tacoma, Leiden University
Migration and Religion in a Changing World (1c-6c CE)
17:00 –17:30Discussion
17:30 –Reception

Tuesday, 25.03.2025

9:00 – 10:00Ekaterina Nechaeva, University of Lille
“Religious Freedom,” Diplomacy, and Cross-Border Mobility Between Rome and
Sasanian Iran
10:00 – 10:30Coffee break
10:30 – 11:30Olof Heilo, Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul
Religious Symbols in and of Migration, from Late Roman to Early Muslim Jerusalem 
11:30 – 12:00Discussion
12:00 – 13:30Lunch
13:30 – 14:30Madalina Toca, University of Bamberg
From Caesarea to Edessa via Italy: (The new life of) Basil’s letters in a West Syriac Context
14:30 – 15:00Coffee break
15:00 – 16:00Dan Batovici, University of Vienna
Crossing the Mediterranean: Notes on the Career of Clement of Rome in the Medieval East
16:00 – 17:00Final discussion and conclusion
18:00 – 19:00Guided walking tour in Leuven

Wednesday, 26.03.2025

9:15 – 10:45Kick-off meeting of the Migration, Mobility and Religion Research Network