Commemorating the Dead: Texts and Artifacts in Context
The Shohet Conference on Roman, Jewish and Christian Burials
Schedule
Sunday, May 22, 2005
2-2:45 p.m. Welcome, Swift Lecture Hall
with an Introduction to Project Insights and Methodology by Provost
Richard Saller
2:50-4:00Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, Housing the
Roman Dead
with responses from Brandon Cline (University of Chicago) and Young-Ho
Park (University of Chicago)
4:00-4:15 Break
4:15-5:25 Robin Jensen, Dining with the Dead
with responses from Fanny Dolansky (Univesity of Chicago) and Meira
Kensky (University of Chicago)
5:30-6:30 Reception in the Common Room (all invited)
Monday, May 23, 2005
9-10:15 a.m. John Bodel, From Columbarium to Catacomb:
Communities of the Dead in Pagan and Christian Rome
with responses from Brad Peper (Vanderbilt University) and Patricia
Duncan (University of Chicago)
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-11:40 Carolyn Osiek, The Patronage of Women
and Roman and Christian Burial Practices
with responses from Annette Huizenga (University of Chicago) and
Matthew Perry (University of Chicago)
11:40-1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00-2:00 Round-table
The Use of Archaeology in the Study of Ancient Religion
Susan Stevens, The Mortuary Landscape of Roman and post-Roman Carthage
Panel response: Anne Marie Yasin (Northwestern) Joan Downs (Michigan); Rebecca
Waltenberger (University of Chicago); Terri Bendarz, R.S.M. (Brite Divinity)
2:00-3:10 David Balch, Houses of the Dead and of the Living:
Endymion in Earliest Christian and Roman Art
with responses from Janet Spittler (University of Chicago) and Joel Dries (University
of Chicago)
3:10-3:25 Break
3:25-4:25 Deborah Green, Sweet Spices in the Tomb:
An Initial Study on the Use of Perfume in Jewish Burials
with responses from Karen Stern (Brown University) and Annal Frenz
(University of Chicago)
4:25-4:30 Conclusion and Announcements
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
9-10:05 a.m. Round-table
The Politics and Polemics of Archaeology and Ancient Religion
Amy Hirschfeld, The Intellectual History of Catacomb Archaeology
Panel Response: Leslie Hoppe, O.F.M. (Catholic Theological Union);
Jay Weaver (University of Chicago); Jennifer Stabler (University
of Maryland)
10:05-10:20 Break
10:20-11:30 Margaret M. Mitchell, The Abercius
Inscription: Envisioning Context and Meaning
with a response from Lee Jefferson (Vanderbilt University)
11:30-12:00 Conference Conclusion:
The Value of Interdisciplinary Research: The Next Steps
