Between Cult and Control
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Date
January 29, 2026
Location
Kiel, CAP 3, Lecture Hall 2
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Lecture, Prof. Dr. Kaja Harter-Uibopuu: Between Cult and Control. Everyday life in sanctuaries in Hellenistic and imperial Greece and Asia Minor
In Hellenistic and imperial poleis, regulations from Greek sanctuaries made public in inscriptions – traditionally referred to in research as leges sacrae, more recently also as cultic norms– often regulated not the sacred but everyday administrative life. Using epigraphic examples from mainland Greece and Asia Minor, the lecture will demonstrate how officials monitored compliance with the codes of conduct for visitors to sanctuaries and participants in cult ceremonies, and what insights the legal texts can provide into the actual conduct of cult festivals.Key Speaker: Kaja Harter-Uibopuu
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Classical Archaeology at Kiel University
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Our department is part of the Institute of Classical Studies at the Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel (CAU). Since 2018, Classical Archaeology in Kiel has had two professorships – a general professorship and a second specializing in urban archaeology. Classical Archaeology is involved in the Cluster of Excellence Roots – Connectivity of Society, Environment and Culture in Past Worlds and in the academy project IMAGINES NUMMORUM. With theERC Advanced Grant FRAGILE IMAGES, a large EU project in image science is based at the Kiel Institute.
