News and events

Upcoming events

  • 15-16 May 2025 – University of Groningen – International workshop ‘Religious Temporalities and the Ancient City’ – see the call for papers
  • 20-21 October 2025 – Wrocław, Poland Sanctuaries as inscribed spaces conference

Deep-mapping the Asklepieion of Pergamon The current project Deep-mapping the Asklepieion of Pergamon, has been presented at the events listed here (largely by invitation).

  • 26.11.2024 – University of Utrecht ‘Deep-mapping the Asklepieion of Pergamon – Christina Williamson & Alexandra Katevaini – – Seminar for ‘Sanctuaries and the Sacred’ study network
  • 06.06.2024 – CIAC: panel 35 Digitally Enlivening Ancient Space‘Deep-mapping the Lived Space of the Asklepieion of Pergamon’ – Christina Williamson & Alexandra Katevaini
  • 05.06.2024 – CIAC: panel 6bis Urban Religion through the Lens of Urban Archaeology – ‘Ephemeral rituals and urban timescapes: object memory and social histories at sanctuaries of Asklepios in Epidauros and Pergamon’ – Christina Williamson & Pim Schievink
  • 31 May: we will also present this paper at the OIKOS day in Amsterdam
  • 12.03.2024 – University of Groningen, MA History ‘Atelier Living Heritage
  • 21-23.02.2024 – Universität Erfurt, ‘Urban Co-Temporalities: Historical and Theoretical Approaches’, workshop of the project ‘Religion and Urbanity: Reciprocal Formations’ (FOR 2779) – ‘Deep-time narratives and co-temporalities at urban sanctuaries in the Graeco-Roman world‘– Christina Williamson
  • 11-12.12.2023 – Universität Münster, Belonging and Sacred Places in Antiquity‘, international workshop of the Cluster of Excellence ‘Religion and Politics’ – keynote Timeless roots. Divine narratives and ritual practices as anchors of urban belonging‘ – Christina Williamson – see program
  • 22-24.03.2023 University of Erfurt, International Graduate School of the Max-Weber-Kolleg and the University of Graz, PhD workshop ‘Community, Ritual and the power of memory’ – keynote Sliding Timescapes. Redefining sacred communities through ritual practice in the Graeco-Roman world‘ – Christina Williamson
  • 17.03.2023 – University of Groningen, MA History ‘Atelier Living Heritage’ – Students create the story map On the Road to Healing – the Via Tecta of the Asklepieion near Pergamon with a workshop on building ArcGIS Story Maps. See also blog ‘Story maps in the classroom’
  • 23.02.2023 University of Trento,Memory, space and mindscapes in ancient Greece’, conference of the project Public history in ancient Greece. Archaeology, memory, and mindscapes’ – ‘Urban mindscapes and sacred timescapes: the Asklepieion of Pergamon‘ – Christina Williamson
  • 01.02.2023 University of Groningen, Data Round Table – Open(ing) Geospatial DataDeep-mapping the Asklepieion of Pergamon – approaches and challenges– Christina Williamson & Alexandra Katevaini
  • 08.12.2022 University of Uppsala, workshop ‘More than a place of worship. Complexity of sacred sites in the ancient world’ – co-organizer and speaker – Christina Williamson – see blog
  • 16-18.11.2022 Weimar, Urbanity: History, Concept, Uses‘, Annual Conference of ‘Religion and Urbanity: Reciprocal Formations’ (FOR 2779) – ‘Sanctuaries as Urban Timescapes: the Asklepieion of Pergamon‘ – Christina Williamson
  • 07.11.2022 Radboud University of Nijmegen, Seminar Radboud Ancient and Medieval (RAM) Lecture Series – ‘Deep-mapping the Asklepieion of Pergamon‘ – Christina Williamson & Alexandra Katevaini – see blog
  • 17.09.2022 University of Groningen, Arts Festival – Project ‘Tales from the Asklepieion of Pergamon’– Alexandra Katevaini & Christina Williamson – see blog
  • 31.08.2022 Budapest/online: EAA (European Archaeological Association) Annual Meeting 2022, panel 407 ’Digital Religioscapes: Current Methodologies and Novelties in the Analysis of Sacr(aliz)ed Spaces’ – ‘Creating a Deep-map of the Asklepieion of Pergamon: Process and Pitfalls in Digitizing a Religioscape’– Alexandra Katevaini & Christina Williamson
  • 27.06.2022 University of Cork: EASR (European Association for the Study of Religion) Annual Meeting 2022, panel ’The Emancipation of Ancient Religions in the Digital Age’ – ’Deep-mapping of the Asklepieion of Pergamon. Emancipating the data through GIS’ 
  • 18.05.2022 University of Uppsala: Classical Archaeology and Ancient History seminar – ’Deep-mapping the Asklepieion of Pergamon’ – Christina Williamson & Alexandra Katevaini
    see story map: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/f57e64f85db744698d874fd9b8130813
  • 25.03.2022 University of Groningen, MA class ‘Atelier Living Heritage’ – Project ‘Heroes in the Asklepieion‘ with workshop on building ArcGIS Story Maps – Christina Williamson & Alexandra Katevaini – see blog.
  • 29.11.2021 Johannes Gutenberg Universtität Mainz: Guest lecture series Klassisches Archäologie/Alt Geschichte – ‘Deep-mapping sanctuaries. The Asklepieion of Pergamon’ – Christina Williamson & Alexandra Katevaini – see story map: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a9ea30ae5ed647c7a0650153935898b9
  • 05.11.2021 DAI Istanbul Pergamon: TransPergMikro project Meeting / Werkstattgespräch –‘Deep-mapping the Asklepieion of Pergamon’ – Christina Williamson & Alexandra Katevaini
  • 25.05.2021 Swedish Institute at Athens: The Athens Greek Religion Seminar – ‘Deep-mapping the Asklepieion of Pergamon’ – Christina Williamson & Alexandra Katevaini
  • 19.05.2021 University of Groningen: Ancient History Research Collective, Brown Bag Seminar – ‘Deep-mapping the Asklepieion of Pergamon’ – Christina Williamson & Alexandra Katevaini
  • 06.05.2021 HIERON: 2021 Spring Meeting ‘Asking about Asklepios’ – ‘Deep-mapping the Asklepieion of Pergamon’ – Christina Williamson & Alexandra Katevaini

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