The Department of Ancient Studies cordially invites you to our Annual Living Antiquity Lecture 2025 where we showcase the range of our research and show appreciation to our community of colleagues, students and friends of the department.

The lecture is generously funded by the family of Sheelagh Fitzpatrick in her memory.

This year the speaker is our very own Dr Renate van Dijk-Coombes who will speak on the topic:

‘No Kings? No Gods! Royal Ideology in Southern Mesopotamia at the End of the Third Millennium BCE’.

Date: 7 October 2025
Time: 19h00 for 19h30
Venue: STIAS (Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study)

Dress code: Smart (or come as you are)

Drinks and delicious snacks will be served.

Please RSVP via this link before 1 October 2025 for catering purposes.

We look forward to seeing you there!

The lecture will also be streamed online for those who are not in Stellenbosch and cannot attend in person. The link will be shared closer to the event.