Activities

Upcoming events:

• Workshop 1, “Materiality, Religion, and the Senses” (Leiden, 11 December 2025)
• Workshop 2, “Materiality, Religion, and the Environment” (Leiden, 19 March 2026)
• International Conference, “Ancient Religions and the Materiality of Danger” (Leiden, 14–16 December 2026)

Awards:

• The H.S. Versnel Prize for the Best (Res)MA Thesis (deadline: 31 January 2026)

Past events:

• International Conference, “Divination and Authority in Graeco-Roman Antiquity” (with dr. Jens Fischer, Potsdam, 22–24 October 2025)

Future initiatives (under consideration):

• H.S. Versnel, Selected Papers on Religion and Mentality in the Graeco-Roman World
• The Henk S. Versnel Memorial Lecture series
• A joint educational project with the universities of Bologna, Cracow, and FU Berlin
• The Non-Anthropomorphism of Ancient Gods (2028)