Project director, Prof. Dr. Axel Gering, will speak as part of the guest lecture programme of the Winckelmann-Institut at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The lecture will take place Wednesday January 15 2025 at 18.00 in room 2091/92. The presentation is titled “Neue Altäre: Die neuesten Ergebnisse des Ostia-Forum-Projekts“.

Below, you can find the full programme for the academic year of 2024-2025. All the lectures take place at the same location at the same time unless otherwise stated.

Project director, Prof. Dr. Axel Gering, will speak as part of the guest lecture programme of the Universität Bonn. The lecture will take place Thursday November 28 at 18.15 and the presentation is titled “Das Ostia Forum Projekt. Ausgrabungskampagne 2023. Von der Spätantike bis in die römische Republik“.

Friday November 8, Daniel Damgaard received his doctorate with the title “The Forum of Ostia. Its Origin and Diachronic Development in Republican Times”.

He will continue his work in OFP through a postdoc fellowship from the Carlsberg Foundation having a one-year duration. The title of his postdoc is a direct continuation of his doctorate – The political and religous centre, 27 BCE – 117 CE

Daniel Damgaard will defend his dissertation Friday November 8 2024 at 10.00 in room 2095b of the Winckelmann-Institute, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

For more information, see below

As part of the Giornate Europee del Patrimonio (European Heritage Days), a group of visitors passed by the excavations currently being carried out by the OFP in rooms TFR.

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The Ostia Forum Project will be represented by its director, Prof. Dr. Axel Gering, and PhD candidates, Sophie Menge, Johannes Trockels, and Daniel Damgaard at the BerGSAS Workshop on New Research in Rome and Ostia, 18-19 July 2024.

The Carlsberg Foundation has granted an Internationalisation Fellowship to Daniel Damgaard. He will continue his work in the Ostia Forum Project, where his postdoc project will concern the Forum phases of the 1st century CE – thus in direct continuation of his PhD project. The postdoc project will commence directly after the final assesment of the PhD.

Ph.D. student Sophie Menge has been interviewed by the Stiftung Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin about the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

The article is in German.

For the eight time, the École Francaise de Rome will host the Ostian seminar. The Ostia Forum Project is represented by three of its members. Prof. Dr. Axel Gering and ph.d. candidate Sophie Menge will be presenting the newest research on the sanctuary discovered in rooms TFR. Ph.d. candidate Daniel Damgaard will be presenting his newest research on the first Forum and its Republican phases.

The seminar will take place between March 21-23 2024. For more on the seminar, see the programme below.

From September 2 until October 13 2024, the annual excavation campaign will take place in the heart of Ostia. Once again, the focal point is the further examination of a hitherto unknown sanctuary. In that regard, the Ostia Forum Project is looking for eight participants, who can partake for the entirety of the campaign. All costs will be covered by the project.

For more information, see the document below (in German).