In particular, the programme will ask for:
• the determination of segments of time: beginnings and ends, ambiguity and transition, the completeness of months and years;
• the political role of calendars, both as propaganda and as counter-culture;
• the role rituals and liturgy play in the construction of time;
• the function of narrative and/ or scripture(s) in mapping time;
• the development of calendar landmarks across different religious and cultural traditions.
The project team will be supported by IAS Fellow Dr Jonathan Ben-Dov, a specialist in Ancient Near Eastern and Jewish calendars. The team is also fortunate to be able to interact with a further IAS Fellow , Professor Robert Hannah, an expert on Greek and Roman calendars.
The programme will culminate in an international conference on the construction of time in antiquity on 2nd and 3rd March 2013; the publication of an edited volume is also planned. Theology and Religion is the lead department, with a strong research record in the area of calendars and festivals in the Bible, ancient Judaism, early Christianity, the Orthodox church, as well as shared interests with the Project on Spirituality, Theology, and Health, co-sponsored by the School of Medicine and Health. Other collaborators include the departments of Classics and History, as well as the Institute of Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
The lectures are free and open to the public and do not require registration. The international conference is open to students and academics; please contact Dr Lutz Doering (
lutz.doering@
durham.ac.uk) for further information and registration. For details of dates, times, and locations, please see the calendar of events at the back of this programme.
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