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SUMMARY:Fall 2021 Welcome Reception
DESCRIPTION:You are cordially invited to attend the Center for the Study of Religion Fall 2021 Welcome Reception. We look forward to seeing you there!\n  \nEvent Flyer\nRSVP Below:\n[gravityform id=”115″ title=”false” description=”true”]\n  \n 
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SUMMARY:To Appeal to the Judge of the Netherworld: the Role of Literary Figures in Mesopotamian Incantations
DESCRIPTION:Mesopotamian incantations were\, at their core\, practical texts with specific purposes\, whether that was the protection of a dwelling from future threats or driving out a malevolent demonic force afflicting an individual. Throughout the extensive corpus of such texts\, found in languages such as Sumerian and Akkadian from the third to first millennium BCE\, we see several persistent tropes. Incantations may cluster in categories\, according to form and function; draw upon the legitimation of a number of deities; and even directly reference texts outside the ritual and religious sphere\, including\, notably\, literary texts. This talk focuses on the ways in which incantations incorporate literary figures and imagery\, examining in particular references to the Epic of Gilgamesh. By far Mesopotamia’s most well-known text\, the Epic of Gilgamesh is a narrative concerned with journeys\, particularly those of its eponymous protagonist. Here he journeys outside the bounds of the text itself\, invoked in several incantations consigning antagonistic figures such as witches or ghosts to the Netherworld. Although the literary texts focus on Gilgamesh’s standing as king and his skill in battle\, in incantations he is presented in another role entirely\, as a judge of the dead. This different focus underscores the adaptability of such characters across textual categories\, as well as the larger scope of connections between the texts themselves. \n  \n\nGina Konstantopoulos is an Assistant Professor in Assyriology and Cuneiform Studies in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at UCLA. Her research centers on religion\, magic\, and literature in Mesopotamia\, with a particular focus on the role of demons and monsters in Sumerian and Akkadian texts. Her current research examines the creation of distant and imagined lands and notions of space and place in the ancient Near East\, particularly the intersection of distant space and empire in the first millennium BCE. She has previously held research positions at the University of Tsukuba\, University of Helsinki\, and Institute for the Study of the Ancient World\, New York University. \n  \n Event Flyer\nRSVP Required:\nThe event will be offered as a hybrid event allowing attendees to participate in person or via Zoom. RSVP is required for all attendees. \n[gravityform id=”117″ title=”true” description=”true”]
URL:https://religion.ucla.edu/event/to-appeal-to-the-judge-of-the-netherworld-the-role-of-literary-figures-in-mesopotamian-incantations/
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SUMMARY:The Constantinian Compromise:  Senators\, Bishops and the Emperor in Late Antique Rome
DESCRIPTION:Given the historic role played by the victorious Constantine in spreading Christianity\, it is ironic that senatorial aristocrats were more cooperative with Constantine than were the early fourth-century bishops of the city. Although the bishops of Rome and the clergy\, along with other Christians\, benefitted greatly from the restoration of their property and the recognition of their legal standing under Constantine\, their resistance to imperial intervention in the Donatist controversy marginalized the bishop of Rome for centuries to come\, as I demonstrate based on a range of texts and documents from the fourth-fifth centuries. \n  \nEvent Co-Sponsored by the UCLA Department of Classics and the UCLA Department of History \n  \nMichele Renee Salzman is Professor and Chair of History at the University of California at Riverside. Her research focuses on the religious and social history of late antiquity. She is the author of numerous books and articles\, including The Making of a Christian Aristocracy (Harvard University Press\, 2002); and The Letters of Symmachus: Book 1 Translation with Michael Roberts\, Introduction and Commentary by Michele Renee Salzman\, (Society of Biblical Literatures\, 2011; Brill Press\, 2012). Her new book\, The Falls of Rome: Crises\, Resilience and Resurgence in Late Antiquity (Cambridge University Press\, 2021)\, offers a new perspective on the fate of this vast city and the remarkable families who returned again and again to renew it in the last three centuries of its empire. She is the recipient of numerous awards\, with Fellowships from the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton\, the NEH\, the American Academy in Rome\, and the Bogliasco Foundation.\n \n  \nEvent Flyer\n  \nRSVP Required for Zoom Access:\nThe event will be offered via Zoom only. \n[gravityform id=”114″ title=”false” description=”false”]
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