Programme

The I Workshop on Ancient Materialities will take place from 14 to 17 September 2026 at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).

Registration Desk: Room 9030A

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Monday • 14 September 2026

Morning (09:00–12:00)

Short Course
Art? Artifact? Edmund Burke Feldman's Method in the Communication of the Archaeology of Western Asia
Ms. Kayssa Mavrides
Room 9024F

Afternoon (13:00–14:00)

Coffee Break
Room 9030A

Afternoon (14:00-14:15)

Workshop Opening and Welcome Address
Prof. Matheus Treuk (UERJ)
Room 9024F

14:15–16:15

Keynote Lecture
Digging in Ancient Western Asia in Post-Conflict Time: Problems, Challenges and Opportunities
Prof. Davide Nadali
Sapienza Università di Roma
Room 9024F

16:15–17:00

Discussion

Tuesday • 15 September 2026

Morning (09:00–12:00)

Short Course
Art? Artifact? Edmund Burke Feldman's Method in the Communication of the Archaeology of Western Asia
Ms. Kayssa Mavrides
Room 9024F

Afternoon (13:00–14:00)

Coffee Break
Room 9030A

Afternoon (14:00–16:00)

Keynote Lecture
Katadesmoi: The Materiality of Hatred and the Desire to Destroy the Enemy in Classical Athens
Prof. Maria Regina Candido (NEA/PPGH/UERJ)
Room 9024F

16:00–17:00

Questions and Discussion
Room 9024F

17:00–18:00

Free Time

Wednesday • 16 September 2026

Morning (09:00–12:00)

Short Course
Art? Artifact? Edmund Burke Feldman's Method in the Communication of the Archaeology of Western Asia
Ms. Kayssa Mavrides
Room 9024F

Afternoon (13:00–14:00)

Coffee Break
Room 9030A

Afternoon (14:00–16:00)

Keynote Lecture
Bodies and Matter: The Materiality of Death in Neolithic Malta
Prof. Omar N'Shea
University of Malta (Valletta)
Room 9024F

16:00–17:00

Questions and Discussion
Room 9024F

17:00–18:00

Free Time

Thursday • 17 September 2026

Morning (09:00–12:00)

Short Course
Art? Artifact? Edmund Burke Feldman's Method in the Communication of the Archaeology of Western Asia
Ms. Kayssa Mavrides
Room 9024F

Afternoon (14:00–16:00)

Academic Paper Sessions
Room 9024F

• 14:00–14:15 — Junio Cesar Rodrigues Lima
  Quando as pedras falam: uma proposta metodológica para interpretação histórica da cultura material a partir de Cesareia Marítima
• 14:15–14:30 — Sofia Amélia Rego D'Andrea
  A história sociocultural do mitreu de Vercovicium a partir dos altares ao Mitra
• 14:30–14:45 — Thiago Moreira de Oliveira Marcelino
  "Eu sou Mesha, filho de Kamos, rei de Moab": uma análise sobre a revolta moabita a partir da Estela de Mesha e da Bíblia Hebraica
• 14:45–15:00 — Jerrison Patu de Melo Alves
  A relação entre a Pérsia e Atenas nos séc. VI e V AEC: A partir da antropologia econômica de Karl Polanyi
• 15:00–15:15 — Flavio Gomes Figueira Camacho
  As Materialidades da Alimentação Medieval
• 15:15–15:30 — Maria Eduarda de Almeida Vaz
  Imortalidade em fragmentos: a agência apotropaica dos "tijolos mágicos" egípcios
• 15:30–15:45 — Matheus da Silva Carmo
  Os grafites de Khirbet Beit Lei e a materialidade do culto a YHWH
• 15:45–16:00 — Amanda Müller Guadiz
  Animais da alteridade: representações de camelídeos em arte Aquemênida sob uma perspectiva ecocrítica

Afternoon (14:00–16:00)

Academic Paper Sessions
Room 9024F

16:00–17:00

Questions and Discussion
Room 9024F

17:00–18:00

Closing Ceremony
Room 9024F

Friday • 18 September 2026

Morning (09:00–12:00)

Field Visit
Guided visit to the Archaeological Complex of Nova Iguaçu

Saturday • 19 September 2026

Morning

Free Time

Optional tour of Rio de Janeiro with the invited speakers.