Day 1: Mountains and the Historian
Programme

09:30-09:45 Introduction
09:45-10:45 Jason König (University of St Andrews, UK) ‘Mountain Peoples and Mountain Environments in Classical Antiquity and Beyond’
10:45-11:45 Christian Sahner (University of Oxford, UK) ‘Mountains, “Heterodoxy,” and Missionaries: The Case of North Africa, Syria, and Iran during the Early Middle Ages’
11:45-12:00 Coffee
12:00-13:00 Katharina Winckler (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria) ‘Foreigners and Locals: The Control of Transport Routes and Territories in the Early Medieval Alps’
13:00-14:30 Lunch
14:30-15:30 Joshua Wright (University of Aberdeen, UK) ‘Archaeology in High Asia: Mobility, Transhumance, and Urbanism’
15:30-15:45 Coffee
15:45-16:45 Mihailo Popović (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria) ‘Terrifying Aspects of Mountains and their Wilderness in the Medieval Balkans and How to Overcome Them’
Date: 30 May 2024, 9:30 (Thursday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Venue: Radcliffe Humanities, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Colin Matthew Room (ground floor)
Speakers: Jason König (University of St Andrews, UK), Christian Sahner (University of Oxford, UK), Katharina Winckler (Austrian Academy of Sciences), Joshua Wright (University of Aberdeen, UK), Mihailo Popović (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
Part of: 2-Day Workshop: Mountains and the Historian
Booking required?: Required
Booking email: christian.sahner@ames.ox.ac.uk
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Belinda Clark