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Urban Network Evolutions

News

Research assistant Eleanor Quasebarth Neil has graduated from Trinity College Dublin

On behalf of UrbNet, we congratulate Eleanor on this great achievement.

Associate Professor Sarah Croix receives grant from the Augustinus Foundation for a new research project on social upheaval in times of religious change

The Augustinus Foundation has granted nearly 5 million DKK to Associate Professor Sarah Croix for a new research project to be conducted in close…

Building Bridges: 35th Annual Conference of Academia Europaea and Conference of the Young Academy of Europe

Professor Rubina Raja will be delivering one of the keynote lectures at the Building Bridges conference, 26-28 November 2024, Wrocław, Poland.

Aggersborg

New book by Søren M. Sindbæk.

Journal of Urban Archaeology 10

JUA 10 has been published.

Shattered Economies: The Role of Glass Fragments in Early Roman Wall Mosaics as a Factor in Understanding Aspects of the Roman Economy and Society

New publication by Cristina Boschetti and Rubina Raja.

The Impact of Archaeological Practice on the Study of Roman-Period Urbanism in the Near East

New publication by Michael Blömer, Olympia Bobou, and Rubina Raja.

RAC/TRAC 2026: Aarhus - Roman Archaeology Beyond the Fringes of the Empire

UrbNet is thrilled to announce that, following a successful bid prepared by its team, Aarhus University has been selected to host the next joint Roman…

Urban Religion through the Lens of Urban Archaeology

New publication by Rubina Raja and Jörg Rüpke.

The Thomas Spencer Jerome Lecture Series in Rome

In the beginning of December, Rubina Raja will be delivering the Jerome Lectures at the American Academy in Rome.

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Events

Forgotten cities and towns: Rediscovering past urban societies through legacy data

10 Dec
Tuesday 10 December 2024, at 09:20

Workshop organised by Sarah Croix, Rowan English, Rubina Raja and Charlotte Marie Brühe Jensen. NOTE: Only open to invited participants.

Legacy Data in Urban Archaeology: Unleashing Past Excavation Records in Current Research

11 Dec
Wednesday 11 December 2024, at 09:15 Centre for Urban Network Evolutions, Aarhus University, Moesgård Allé 20, 8270 Højbjerg, Denmark (bldg. 4230)

PhD course organised by Sarah Croix, Rowan English, Rubina Raja and Charlotte Marie Brühe Jensen.

Portraying the individual in the Roman East Local-Imperial Entanglements in Sculpture, Mosaics and Paintings (1st–4th centuries AD)

12 Dec
Thursday 12 December 2024, at 09:00 Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Copenhagen

Conference organised by Rubina Raja.

Carving the Individual: Self-Representations in Rock-Cut Monuments in the Parthian, Roman, and Sasanian Near East (2nd c. BCE‒3rd c. CE)

6 Mar
2 days, Thursday 6 March 2025, at 09:00 - 7 March Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Copenhagen

Conference organised by Ilaria Bucci (Aarhus University) and Rubina Raja (Aarhus University).

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Current and upcoming visitors

  • Elizabeth Murphy (Florida State University)
    1 August - 31 December 2024
  • Kirstine Haase (Odense Museum)
    9-12 December
  • Charlotte M. Brühe Jensen (Nordjyske Museer)
    9-12 December
  • Ward Cloë (Munich University)
    9-12 December
  • Michael Blömer (University of Münster)
    9-12 December
  • Gitte Hansen (University of Bergen)
    9-12 December
  • Trine Borake (Museum Vestsjælland)
    9-12 December
  • Michael Fulford (University of Reading)
    9-12 December
  • Ben Morton (University of Cardiff)
    9-12 December
  • Amalie Skovmøller (University of Copenhagen)
    12-13 December
  • Barbara Borg (Scuola Normale Superiore)
    12-13 December
  • Bert Smith (University of Oxford and Bilkent University)
    12-13 December
  • Christopher Hallett (UC Berkeley/Aarhus University)
    12-13 December
  • Dietrich Boschung (University of Cologne)
    12-13 December
  • Jane Fejfer (University of Copenhagen)
    12-13 December
  • Kutalmış Görkay (Ankara University)
    12-13 December
  • Maureen Carroll (University of York)
    12-13 December
  • Michael Blömer (University of Münster)
    12-13 December
  • Michael Koortbijian (Princeton University)
    12-13 December
  • Nadežda Gavrilović (Vitas Archaeological institute Belgrade)
    12-13 December
  • Sheila Dillon (Duke University)
    12-13 December

Past visitors

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Location

Centre for Urban Network Evolutions (UrbNet)
Aarhus University
Moesgård Allé 20,
DK-8270 Højbjerg
Denmark

Building 4230, 2nd floor

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Contact

Centre director

Rubina Raja

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Deputy director

Søren Michael Sindbæk

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Centre administrator

Sine Grove Saxkjær

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