The aim of the international Passages from Antiquity to the Middle Ages series of conferences is to bring together scholars of various fields of study to examine and discuss various phenomena during the longue durée from Antiquity to the Middle Ages.

Passages VII – Neighbours or Strangers? Conflict, Negotiation, and Collaboration in Multicultural Communities, University of Tampere, Finland, August 23-25 2018.

Professor Bryan Ward-Perkins will be delivering a keynote lecture entitled ‘Unity and conflict in the late-antique cult of the saints’. 

The full conference programme is available here: https://events.uta.fi/passages/programme/