The UCLA Graduate Student Association for the Study of Late Antiquity is pleased to announce its Fourth Annual Graduate Student Conference on 10 April 1999 in the Tom Bradley International Center. The conference is intended to bring together any scholars with an interest in Late Antiquity, for what promises to be a stimulating day of presentations and discussion.

A continental breakfast and snacks will be provided. A reception will follow the day's events.

Saints Brigid and Saba: The Limits of Late Antiquity
Jim Emmons, University of California, Santa Barbara

Coercive Constructions: Monks and the Discourse of Volatility
Thomas Sizgorich, University of California, Santa Barbara

Isidore of Seville and the End of the Ancient City in Spain
Scott de Brestian, University of Missouri, Columbia

Viewing Salvation in Late Antiquity
Jason Moralee, University of California, Los Angeles

Representations of Cities in the Mosaics of Jordan: Examples from the Churches of Umayyad Age
Nicola Aravecchia, University of Minnesota

The Transformation of the Curia Iulia into the Church of Saint Hadrian
Robert Winn, Catholic University of America

Dining Out of Context: Convivium and the Development of Architectural Space between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
Barbara Polci, University of East Anglia, Norwich

The Tom Bradley International Center is located on the corner of Strathmore and Circle Drives in the western part of the UCLA Campus. UCLA is located just east of the Sunset Boulevard exit of the 405 Freeway. Please contact the conference coordinator for specific directions, or download directions in GIF or PDF format. Parking will be available in UCLA Parking Structure 8, across Strathmore Drive for $5.

For further information, please contact: Scott McDonough, Conference Coordinator
E-mail: sjm1@ucla.edu
Phone:
310.824.5607
310.383.7358
http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~sjm1/lateantiquity