Past events
Below, you can find a list of past events that were organized and (partially) funded by OIKOS. It also lists past antiquity-related events (co)organized by members of OIKOS.
Please note that the list only includes events that were organized by OIKOS from 1 January 2021, when the University of Groningen received the OIKOS secretaryship from the Radboud University in Nijmegen.
Hellenistic and Imperial Greek Epigram
From:Th 25-06-2026Until:Fr 26-06-2026Where:Leiden (t.b.a.)
‘The Garlands of Meleager and Philip in Dialogue: International Conference on Hellenistic and Early Imperial Greek Book Epigram’
From:Th 25-06-2026Until:Fr 26-06-2026Where:Leiden University (t.b.a.)
Conference - Ancient Weather Perspectives. Perceptions, representations and realities (400-700)
From:We 24-06-2026Until:Fr 26-06-2026Where:Ravenstein
Workshop: Woodworking in the Roman Imagination
From:Th 18-06-2026Until:Fr 19-06-2026Where:Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, t.b.a.
Workshop: Landscapes of Power: The Colonial Legacies of the Corpus Agrimensorum Romanorum
When:Fr 05-06-2026Where:Groningen
Anchoring Innovation Workshop 'Anchoring Objects. Material culture and the dynamics of innovation in the ancient world.'
From:Th 04-06-2026Until:Sa 06-06-2026Where:Leiden
Amsterdam Classics Seminar
When:We 03-06-2026 4.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m.Where:University of Amsterdam (Workshop Room on the ground floor of the Bushuis (48 Kloveniersburgwal), Amsterdam)
Conference: Staging the Heroine. The Construction and Performance of Female Heroism in Literature, the Visual Arts and Theatre (c. 1350-1800)
From:We 03-06-2026Until:Fr 05-06-2026Where:Leiden University
OIKOS day
When:Fr 29-05-2026Where:Universiteit Gent
Inaugural lecture by Rutger Allan
When:Fr 22-05-2026 3.45 p.m. - 5.00 p.m.Where:Aula VU Main Building, De Boelelaan 1105, Amsterdam
Publishing in peer reviewed journals - session 2
When:Fr 22-05-2026 12.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m.Where:Amsterdam, t.b.d.
The values of poikilia in late classical Greece
From:Tu 19-05-2026Until:We 20-05-2026Where:Leiden University (t.b.a.)
MECANO Spring School
From:Mo 18-05-2026Until:Th 21-05-2026Where:Nijmegen
OIKOS research group Classical Literature: Workshop on Ecocriticism
When:Fr 08-05-2026Where:University of Amsterdam
Book presentation Basil Nelis: 'Revenge in Seneca's Tragedies: Anger, Philosophy, and the Feminine'
When:Fr 01-05-2026 3.30 p.m.Where:Leiden University, Lipsius building (room 148)
Anchoring Athenian Democracy: Origins, Crises, Legacies
From:Tu 14-04-2026Until:We 22-04-2026Where:NIA (Athens)
Latin Epigraphy on location
From:Fr 20-03-2026Until:Su 29-03-2026Where:KNIR (Rome)
Workshop: Meteorology in the first millenium
From:Th 19-03-2026Until:Fr 20-03-2026Where:Ghent
Anchoring Innovation Expert Meeting
From:Th 19-03-2026Until:Fr 20-03-2026Where:t.b.a.
KNIR/OIKOS Course Excavating National Pasts
From:Fr 06-03-2026Until:Fr 20-03-2026Where:KNIR (Rome)
CRASIS Masterclass
From:Th 05-03-2026Until:Fr 06-03-2026Where:Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
International PhD Days
From:Mo 02-03-2026Until:Th 05-03-2026Where:Oxford
Publishing in peer reviewed journals - session 1
When:Fr 20-02-2026 2.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m.Where:Leiden, t.b.d.
OIKOS/UG/UGhent course Ancient Greek cities: A lived history of the Greek Polis
From:Mo 02-02-2026Until:Mo 01-06-2026Where:Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Book presentation + debate session on AI
When:Fr 30-01-2026Where:Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (RMO), Leiden
OIKOS research group Language of Literature - The biennial OIKOS Greek and Latin linguistics conference
From:Fr 16-01-2026Until:Sa 17-01-2026Where:Hotel Zonne, Rembrandtweg 17, Noordwijk aan Zee
Workshop: Disorienting Empire: Republican Latin Poetry's Wanderers
When:Mo 13-10-2025 09.30 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.Where:Leiden (t.b.a.)
OIKOS Ancient World Spring School
From:Mo 16-06-2025Until:Mo 23-06-2025Where:NIA, Athens
OIKOS Dag / OIKOS Annual Meeting
When:Fr 23-05-2025Where:Utrecht, t.b.a.
'Jews, Christians and Mithraists. Urban Traces and Traditions of three "Oriental" Religions in Imperial Rome'
From:Tu 22-04-2025Until:Mo 05-05-2025Where:Rome (KNIR)
A Relational Approach to Innovation - Day Seminar
When:We 09-04-2025Where:Leiden (t.b.a.)
OIKOS International PhD Days
From:We 19-03-2025Until:Fr 21-03-2025Where:De Hoeve van Nunspeet, Nunspeet
Congress: Language and Cultural Interaction in the Ancient World - The Impact of Inscriptions
From:Th 06-03-2025Until:Fr 07-03-2025Where:Groningen, t.b.a.
MSAC-OIKOS Seminar
From:We 12-02-2025Until:Fr 14-02-2025Where:Landhaus Rothenberge / Münster
Career and Presenting (yourself)
When:Fr 24-01-2025 09.45 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.Where:Utrecht, Janskerkhof 13, Stijlkamer 0.06
OIKOS Masterclass
From:Fr 16-06-2023Until:Sa 24-06-2023Where:KNIR, Rome