The Fourth Annual ToRS-Saxo PhD Seminar

Morning Session

Chair: Rune Olsen, PhD fellow, ToRS, University of Copenhagen

9:30-9:40 Coffee and introductions

9:40-10:20  Elite and local culture in the Roman Empire

Kristian Kanstrup Christensen (PhD student, The Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen)

10:20-11:00 Gerasa: mortars matter!

Kristine Thomsen (PhD student at Centre for Urban Network Evolutions, Department of History and Classical Studies, Aarhus University)

11:00-11:40 ”What you see is what you get” – ancient physiognomy between Rome and India

Karsten Johanning (PhD fellow, The Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen)

11:40-13:00 Lunch

Afternoon Session

Chair: Giuseppe Sanfratello, PhD fellow, Saxo, University of Copenhagen

13:00-13:20 Coffee

13:20-14:00 Socio-Economic Documents from ancient Egypt

Rune Olsen (PhD fellow, ToRS, University of Copenhagen)

14:00-14:40 The Amer-indian Settlement of the Virgin Islands

Casper Toftgaard (PhD fellow at Nationalmuseet and The Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen)

14:40-15:00 Final discussion and evaluation

Committee organizers

Giuseppe Sanfratello, PhD Fellow at The Saxo Institute, Department of Greek and Latin.

Rune Olsen, PhD Fellow at Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies (ToRS).