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). 

Michaelmas Term 2024-25

Meetings will be held in the Faculty of Divinity,

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

In the Michaelmas Term 2024, the Religions of Late Antiquity Seminar (ROLA) joins forces and holds joint sessions with the Cambridge Late Antiquity Network Seminars (CLANS). We hope to strengthen mutual collaboration and foster exchange and discussion across disciplines over joint interests in this fascinating period.

Monday 21 October

Peter Sarris (Trinity, History), ‘Justinian, the Empire, and the Church’

Monday 4 November

Lea Niccolai (Trinity, Classics), ‘Exegesis and Zoology in Origen and Porphyry’

Monday 18 November

Thomas Graumann (Homerton, Divinity), ‘Arguments and Argumentation in Late Antique Church Councils’

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