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2019–2020 Topic: Looking at Home: Domestic Space and Early Christianity

Except as otherwise noted, all sessions will be held in the Second Floor Lounge (Room 254) of Cohen Hall at the University of Pennsylvania and will run from 7:00-8:30 p.m., preceded by an informal dinner, starting at 6:00 p.m.

Thursday, 12 Sept. 2019 7:00–8:30 p.m. Cohen Hall, Penn		“Matrimony and Magic in Late Antique Society” Reyhan Durmaz (Religious Studies) and Simcha Gross (Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations)
Thursday, 24 Oct. 2019 7:00–8:30 p.m. Cohen Hall, Penn		“Parents and Children in Christian and Jewish Antiquity” Marjorie Lehman (Jewish Theological Society) and Maria Doerfler (Yale)
Thursday, 5 Dec. 2019 7:00–8:30 p.m. Cohen Hall, Room 392, Penn		“A Bad Romance: Domestic Violence in Late Antiquity” Jenny Barry (University of Mary Washington)
Thursday, 20 Feb. 2020 7:00–8:30 p.m. Cohen Hall, Room 204, Penn		“Tales from the Crypt: Interactions between the Living and the Dead in the Ancient Mediterranean” Dr. Liana Brent (Wolf Humanities Center) and Dr. Melissa S. Cradic (Katz Center)
Thursday, 26 March 2020 cancelled due to pandemic		“Why Work?: Comparative Constructions of Domestic Labor” Dr. Pratima Gopalakrishnan (Katz Center) and Dr. Marion Katz (NYU)
Thursday, 23 April 2020 cancelled due to pandemic		“Encounters with Women as Lessons for Men in the Testament of Reuben” Anna Cwikla (University of Toronto)

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