Accommodation and Living in Sacred Context
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Dates
November 24–25, 2025
Location
Otto Wagner Postsparkasse, Vienna
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The workshop focusses on questions connected to the accommodation of visitors and the living of affiliated personnel in varying sacred context from Greek Antiquity to the Islamic Period. The evidence presented and analysed includes both classical studies and archaeological sources with a special emphasis on concrete indications of (even collective) lodging in dialog with monumental remains. Within 5 large chronological sections selected examples of sacral pagan, Christian, Jewish and Islamic origin will be placed in a wider context to discuss elements of continuity and transformation, discontinuity and the establishing of particular forms of architecture and organisation.
Participants
Austrian Academy of Sciences, OeAW-OeAI
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Since 1.1.2021, the Austrian Archaeological Institute (OeAI) focuses on the foundational research in the field of archaeology and classical studies at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW). The core mission is the investigation of human history from the Quaternary period up to the modern era, taking into consideration all material archaeological sources and written traditions. The institute consists of the three departments Prehistory and Western Asia/North African Archaeology, Historical Archaeology and Classical Studies, which cover the entire professional curriculum and the variety of methods of the disciplines represented. Interdisciplinarity and professional interconnections distinguish the Institute, which is expressed in the creation of central facilities for Archaeological Sciences, Digital Archaeology and Classics and Heritage Science. The extensive research infrastructure of the Institute consists of laboratories, workshops, a technical pool and mobile equipment, as well as archives, collections and the largest archaeological professional library in Austria.
