Guest lectures by Prof. Christian Laes & Prof. Marxiano Melotti

Two guest lectures in connection with the opening of the exhibition Ostia, Gateway to Rome in Tampere, organised in collaboration with The Institute for Advanced Social Research (IASR).

Wednesday October 30th, University of Tampere, PinniB 4113, 10 – 12.30

10.15 Prof. Christian Laes (University of Manchester) Inscriptions and Roman social history: encountering ‘the common people’

11.30 Prof. Marxiano Melotti (Università degli studi Niccolò Cusano) Between past and present. The liminal identity of Ostia

Christian Laes is an ancient historian, specialized on the childhood, family and disability history: https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/christian.laes.html

Marxiano Melotti is a cultural anthropologist, specialized on cultural heritage, tourism, and the use of the past:  the https://unicusano.academia.edu/MarxianoMelotti

 

Welcome!

 

The guest lecture seminar is organized by History/Faculty of Social Sciences and Trivium – Tampere Centre for Classical, Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Tampere University

More information/lisätietoja: Ville Vuolanto ville.vuolanto@tuni.fi

 

The Ostia exhibition opens on Friday, November 1st: see http://vapriikki.fi/en/nayttelyt/ostia-the-gate-to-rome/; information: Marjo Meriluoto-Jaakkola Marjo.Meriluoto@tampere.fi