Philippi – Philosophies, People, and Paul
Our 2022 Annual conference was held on Saturday 7th May 2022 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM (UTC+11) at
Macquarie University Arts Precinct Conference Room, Macquarie University, 25 Wally’s Walk, NORTH RYDE NSW 2113
Our keynote speaker was Dr Cédric Brélaz (PhD University of Lausanne 2004, Dr. habil. École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris, 2013), who is the Professor of Ancient History at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He was a member of the Swiss Institute in Rome, a Foreign Member of the French School of Archaeology at Athens, and a Visiting Fellow at the universities of Oxford, Princeton and Harvard. His research focuses on Greek political institutions and culture in the Hellenistic and Imperial periods, on Roman provincial administration in the Eastern Mediterranean, and on Early Christianity in its imperial context. He is currently a member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.
The Day
| TIME | SPEAKERS | DETAILS |
| 8.30am-9.00am | Registration | Tea and Coffee available |
| 9.00am-9.05am | Welcome | |
| 9.05am-9.45am Key Speaker | Cedric Brelaz (Zoom) SSEC Fellow 2022 | From Philip of Macedon to Paul the Martyr: Competing Memories in the Roman Colony of Philippi (1st–6th cent. CE) |
| 9.50am-10.30am | Chris Forbes | What changed for Paul and the Pauline Mission in Philippi? |
| 10.30am-10.50am | Morning Tea | Tea, coffee and refreshments provided |
| 10.55am-11.35am | Julien Ogereau | Philippi after Paul: What on Earth Happened to Paul’s Beloved Church? |
| 11.40am-12.20pm | Jim Harrison | TBA |
| 12.20-12.30pm | Alanna Nobbs | Book Celebrations |
| 12.30pm-1.20pm | Lunch Break | Tea, coffee and lunch provided |
| 1.25pm-2.05pm | Amelia Brown | Roman & Late Roman Philippi between Thessalonica, Byzantium & Samothrace |
| 2.10pm-2.50pm | Don Barker | TBA |
| 2.50pm-3.10pm | Afternoon Tea | Tea, coffee and refreshments provided |
| 3.05pm-3.45pm | Lyn Kidson | Business women, family networks, and Lydia of Thyatira |
| 3.50pm-4.30pm | Paul Barnett | Philippi and the Romans |