Monthly Archives: December 2014

New postdoctoral research project in Oslo

Posted on December 18, 2014 by nordbyz

Thomas Arentzen has attained funding from the Research Council of Norway for a postdoctoral research project at the University of Oslo. The project Bodies in Motion: Religion and Corporeality in Late Antiquity will explore late ancient and early Byzantine texts. … Continue reading →

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Things that are not mosques: neo-Byzantine cathedrals

Posted on December 2, 2014 by nordbyz

A few days ago, the picture of a ballot box in front of Westminster cathedral – the metropolitan Catholic cathedral of London – evoked some sneering twitter remarks about “mosques” from a member of the nationalist British UKIP or UK independence party. The jeering response from social media … Continue reading →

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