R.I.P. Walter Burkert
In memoriam Walter Burkert, by Christoph Riedweg (in German). Burkert, who passed on a week ago today, was the author of countless invaluable studies on ancient Greek religion and culture, […]
Gnostic Countercultures: Intrigue and Terror (Rice University, Houston, 26-28 March)
Upcoming in Texas, a taste of something completely different: “Members of this congress will explore the Gnostic in Western culture from the ancient world to the modern New Age, tracing […]
Symposium in Berlin on “The Nag Hammadi Texts in the Literary and Theological History of Early Christianity,” 7-10 October 2015
Courtesy of the Berlin working-group for the study of Coptic Gnostic literature (see below for the original advertisement, in German): “From 7-10 October 2015, there will be a symposium at […]
Sharing and Hiding Religious Knowledge
Sharing and Hiding Religious Knowledge: Strategies of Acculturation and Cultural Resistance in Early Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Traditions When: April 22-24, 2015 Where: University of Groningen, Netherlands Website From the […]
Spring 2015 program for the Mid-Sweden University higher seminar on Esotericism from antiquity to modern times
The MSU higher seminar is a webinar that features the discussion of precirculated papers pertaining to Esotericism, broadly construed; it is organized by the Swedish Gnosticism specialist Prof. Jörgen Magnusson. […]
Rhetoric and Religious Identity in Late Antiquity
Rhetoric and Religious Identity in Late Antiquity When: April 23-25, 2015 Where: University of Exeter Website From the conference website: The topic of religious identity in late antiquity is highly […]
Job posting: directeur d’études “Gnose et manichéisme,” EPHE (section Sciences religieuses)
Vacant professorships in Gnosticism and Manichaeism do not come up often, but this one has, at EPHE in Paris – details here.
AncientEsotericism.org :: Network for the Study of Esotericism in Antiquity 