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• 27 mar 2019

  19 mai 2019

  09 oct 2019

  Paris | Saint-Germain-Laval

  Lecture series - Ethnology, anthropology

  The mythology of festivities, masks and mascarades

  Dans le cadre du cycle de conférences dont le thème est « Mythologie des fêtes, des masques et des mascarades », le Groupe Île-de-France de mythologie française organise trois rencontres publiques et gratuites au cours de l'année 2019 : Du masque de Childéric aux mascarades de la mi-carême » ; « Les énigmes du Chaudron de Gundestrup » et « Les masques de Cernunnos ».

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• 31 oct 2016

  Rome

  Call for papers - History

  Meanings of rituals

  Incense and religion in ancient societies

  Although several studies have drawn attention to the role of incense as an ingredient in ritual and a means of communication between men and gods, there remains no comprehensive examination of the practical functions and cultural semantics of incense in the ancient world, whether as a purifying agent, a performative sign of a transcendent world, an olfactory signal to summon the deity, a placatory libation, or food for the gods. Moreover, recent archaeological research has provided evidence (alongside literary, epigraphic and iconographic evidence) that the physical origins and chemical constituents of incense are complex and diverse, as are their properties : resins, vegetable gums, spices, and a welter of aromatic products that could be exhibited and burned before ancient eyes and noses. These were components of a multi-sensory religious experience in which music, colourful costumes, lavish banquets and tactile encounters defined the ritualsensibilities of the community.

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• 30 jui 2014

  Le Mans

  Call for papers - History

  Furnishing and sanctuary in the western Roman provinces (late 1BC-5AD)

  The place of craftsmanship in production in sacred spaces and in practices

  Rencontres Instrumentum sur la culture matérielle et le statut des mobiliers dans les lieux de culte des provinces romaines occidentales, entre -50 et 500. Sont concernés les objets ayant été mis au jour en contexte cultuel et/ou relevant d’une pratique religieuse, qu’ils soient offerts ou qu’ils constituent les accessoires de cette pratique : récipients (en céramique, verre, bronze, …), luminaires, statuaire et autels, figurines, pièces d’armement, ex-voto, outils, monnaies, instruments de musique et d’écriture, anneaux, tablettes de defixio.

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• 18 oct 2012

  Brno

  Study days - Middle Ages

  The Face of the Dead and the Early Christian World

  The theme chosen for this meeting is the study of funerary images in the transition between late antiquity and the Middle Ages. The central question will a reflection on the function of the funerary images in a broad sense, but also their impact on the early christian world. The choice of the chronological time also shows the second intention of the colloquium: this is an attempt to explain why the ancient funerary tradition of the image will eventually disappear, replaced by other figures of the representative functions. Through various media - from the mosaic and painting, through sculpture and ending with gilded glasses - there will be presented one of the nodal representation of the self: the human face on the border between life and death.

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