Lived Time in Late Antique Egypt
Lived Time in Late Antique Egypt is a research project developed by Sofie Remijsen and funded by the VIDI programme of the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
The project examines how time was used and experienced in daily life. Its overall aim is to explain how late-antique multicultural communities in Egypt managed to live together, and how the everyday practices of all men and women had a vital role in reshaping late antique society.
Below you find an overview of all developments concerning the project.
Past summer, I had the opportunity to present my ongoing PhD project at the 31st International Congress of Papyrology. Because the main idea of this project was born during my time as a research assistant in the Lived Time project, I only found it fitting to rewrite my paper into a post for the Lived …
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This summer the 31st Papyrological Conference was held in Cologne from the 28th of July until the 2nd of August. As this conference is organized only once every three years, this was the only occurrence within the time limits of the Lived Time project, so the team was well represented by Sofie Remijsen, Kevin Hoogeveen, …
In the fourth SUMMER SPECIAL of the podcast series Oudheid (“Antiquity”), Elsa Lucassen tells us about her PhD research on the changing festival calendar in Late Antique Egypt (published online on July 23, 2025). Elsa examines the feasts that were celebrated and discusses the question whether a common festival calendar existed for everyone or whether …