The lecture series is entitled Contextualizing Roman Ruins in the Near East and focuses on the rich and complex urban cultures in the Near East with a focus on the Roman and Late Antique periods, but also casts a net much wider with an outlook to the earlier and later periods, i.e. those of the Hellenistic and Early Islamic times.

2 December 6:00pm: Greek and Local Heritages in Urban Landscapes of the Near East: Cultural Amnesia versus the Longue Durée

4 December 6:00pm: A World of Local Cultures in a Roman Sea: The Rise of Urban Landscapes in the Near East

9 December 6:00pm: The Long Late Antiquity: From Cities to Villages and Back Again

The Thomas Spencer Jerome Lecture Series is among the most prestigious international platforms for the presentation of new work on Roman history and culture. The Jerome Lectures are delivered at both the American Academy in Rome and the University of Michigan and deal with phases of the history or culture of the Romans or of people included in the Roman Empire, and with other topics in historiography and the philosophy of history and the reception of classical culture.

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