Exhibitions/Apr 02, 2015

Liturgy and Aesthetics in Late Antiquity

Liturgy and Aesthetics in Late Antiquity, Syracuse University, April 10–11, 2015

Keynote Address, April 10, 4:30 pm, 204 Tolley Humanities Building
The Transmission of Liturgical Joy in Byzantine Hymns on Easter
Derek Krueger (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)

Workshops
Friday, April 10, 2:00–3:45pm: Asses and Other Liturgical Animals
Panelists: Geoffrey Benson, Colgate University; Virginia Burrus, Syracuse University; Patricia Cox Miller, Syracuse University

Saturday, April 11, 9:00–10:45am: Poetic Pathos and Pity
Panelists: Suzanne Abrams Rebillard, Cornell University; Georgia Frank, Colgate University

Saturday, April 11, 11:00am–12:30pm: Blood and Bouquets
A group discussion of martyrial aesthetics in Prudentius's poem for the martyr Eulalia from his P eristephanon.

All workshops will take place in 307 Tolley Humanities Building
Space is limited; for further information, please contact Virginia Burrus.

Organized by Late Antique Religion in Central New York Sponsored by the Central New York Humanities Corridor from an award by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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