Activities

Upcoming events:

• The Inaugural Henk S. Versnel Memorial Lecture by Professor David Frankfurter: The Materiality of Evil (14 December 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: TBD)

Past events:

• Erasmus visit and lecture by Dr Péter Kató (Eötvös Loránd University Budapest), “Sacrifice and Social Imaginary in Hellenistic Kos” (16 April 2026)
• Workshop 2, “Materiality, Religion, and the Environment” (Leiden, 19 March 2026) | Report
• Workshop 1, “Materiality, Religion, and the Senses” (Leiden, 11 December 2025) | Report
• 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)