Sacred Installations: The Material Conditions of Relic Collections in Early Christian Churches

Ann Marie Yasin is associate professor of classics and art history at USC. Her research interests include monuments and commemoration; social lives of ancient objects and buildings; material culture of ancient religion; and the history of collecting and displaying Roman and early Christian antiquities. Her book, Saints and Church Spaces in the Late Antique Mediterranean: Architecture, Cult and Community, examines how the increasing popularity of saint veneration affected the architectural space and social function of early Christian churches.