The Late Antiquity Reading Group (LARG)
at Yale invites all students, faculty, and members of the public who are interested in late antiquity to gather together. We discuss common,pre-circulated works in progress or recent publications in the field. Often, guest scholars join us to discuss their new work.
We will meet several times during the academic year. Due to the pandemic, we will meet virtually this semester.
Materials for each discussion will be circulated three to four weeks in advance. We ask that you read the material in advance of each meeting. To be added to the group’s mailing list or to receive the materials for our next meeting, please contact Austin Andrews (austin.andrews@yale.edu). You can also join YLARG’s Facebook group to stay up to date on upcoming events.
Co-Conveners: Austin Andrews and Jake Horton
Faculty Advisors: Maria Doerfler and Noel Lenski
YLARG is Made possible through the generous support of Archaia, the MacMillan Center,
the Yale Program of Jewish Studies, the Yale Divinity School, and the Yale Departments
of Religious Studies, Art History, Near Eastern Civilizations and Languages, and Classics.
Fall 2025:
September 25 Lenk, Roman Identity & Lived Religion: Baptismal Art in Late Antiquity
October 30 Bonar, The Author in Early Christian Literature, ft. Dr. Chance Bonar via Zoom
November 13 Mullen & Woudhuysen (eds.), Languages & Communities in the Late & Post-Roman Western Provinces
Spring 2026:
January 29 Invited Lecture: “Late Antique Urbanism in the Balkans: Cities Old and New,” Carolyn Snively (Professor Emerita, Gettysburg College)
March 5 Doerfler, Death & the Afterlife in Syriac Christianity: Creating Social Identity & Emotional Communities, ft. Professor Maria Doerfler (Religious Studies) in person
April 2 Grig, Popular Culture & the End of Antiquity in Southern Gaul, c. 400–550
Contact Austin Goodwin Andrews (austin.andrews@yale.edu) & Jake Horton (jacob.horton@yale.edu) to join the LARG email list and receive readings in advance.