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ICS Classical Archaeology and Art Seminar

An Islamic Late Antiquity? A Mini-Lecture Series, May 2018

May 2nd 5pm, Room 349

The Temple, Church and First Mosque at Damascus: New Perspectives

Prof. Alain George (University of Oxford) May 9th 5pm, Room G7

Conflict, Conversion and Collaboration: Egypt’s monastic communities under Early Islamic rule

Dr. Louise Blanke (University of Oxford) May 16th 5pm, Court Room (1st floor)

Late Antique Arabia: new insights from the Sasanian fort of Fulayj, Oman

Dr. Derek Kennet (Durham University) and Dr. Seth Priestman (British Museum).

May 23rd 5pm, Room 349 Brave new world: the Patriarchate of Jerusalem at the end of

Late Antiquity (650-800) Dr. Daniel Reynolds (University of Birmingham)

All talks held at 5pm in South Block, Senate House, London WC1E 7HU

(please note rooms vary weekly) Convenors: Corisande Fenwick (UCL), Hugh Kennedy (SOAS), Marie Legendre (SOAS) (Inquiries: c.fenwick@ucl.ac.uk ).