Conference: "Semantic Fragilities"

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In-Person

Date: February18,2026

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The conference will draw on ancient rhetoric and imagery in order to analyse the semantic functions of ambiguity. Its focus will be on polyvalent images in periods of political, social or religious transition such as Late Antiquity in order to understand the extent to which open images are used to navigate between competing and concurrent interests and worldviews.

Participants & Organizers

Classical Archaeology at Kiel University(Host, Organizer)

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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.