Religions of Late Antiquity Research Seminar

The Religions of Late Antiquity Seminar (formerly the Patristics Seminar) meets in even weeks during term time.The seminar gathers graduate students, scholars and visiting scholars in the University interested in religions of late antiquity (Christianity, Judaism, cults of the Greco-Roman and near eastern worlds) and their interactions. It shares a common interest with the Cambridge Late Antiquity Network Seminars (CLANS), which engage with the late antique and early medieval periods from a range of disciplines and interdisciplinary perspectives (including Classics, History, Theology and Religious Studies). 

Lent Term 2024-25

Meetings will be held in the Faculty of Divinity,

 Lightfoot Room, Mondays 2:00 - 3:30pm

In the Lent Term, we want to focus on the “Research” element in the Seminar’s designation. Cambridge PhD Students will introduce us to their recent research and invite conversation.

3 February

Abraham Wu: ‘Conscience in Augustine’

17 February

Kathleen McCulloch: ‘Latrocinium? An analysis of the Syriac Acts of Ephesus II’

3 March

Sea Yun Joung: ‘The Letters of Maximus the Confessor

Convenor: Prof Thomas Graumann tg236@cam.ac.uk

 All colleagues, undergraduate and postgraduate students, from within and outside the faculty, are warmly welcome.