The Byzness, 9th February 2025
Oxford University Byzantine Society
THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY BYZANTINE SOCIETY
The Byzness, 9th February 2025
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NEWS AND EVENTS
2. CALLS FOR PAPERS
3. JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
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For those who may have missed it, OUBs would like to share with you the details of our upcoming Graduate Conference:
Entitled “Byzantium and its environment” the conference will run from the 1st-2nd March here in Oxford, as well as online via Zoom. The focus will be on natural and environmental history throughout the Late Antique and Byzantine period.
For the full schedule and abstracts, as well as details of how you can register, please see here.
1. NEWS AND EVENTS
Byzantine Studies Lectures (NHRF), February 2025 - Old Money in Early Byzantine contexts: Rethinking Late Roman Pottery
The Byzantine Studies Lectures of the Institute of Historical Research (National Hellenic Research Foundation) continue on Monday February 17 with a hybrid lecture on:
Old Money in Early Byzantine contexts: Rethinking Late Roman Pottery – Guy Sanders Emeritus Director, Corinth Excavations, American School of Classical Studies at Athens
16:00 GMT
The lecture will be hosted by Princeton Athens Center: 3 Timarchou Str. 11634 Athens
To join via Zoom please follow the link here.
Index of Medieval Art: Database Training Session on March 25, 2025
The Index will be holding a new online training session for anyone interested in learning more about the database! It will take place via Zoom on Tuesday, March 25, 2025 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm EST.
This session, led by Index specialists Maria Alessia Rossi and Jessica Savage, will demonstrate how the database can be used with advanced search options, filters, and browse tools to locate works of medieval art. There will be a Q&A period at the end of the session, so please bring any questions you might have about your research!
Further information and registration can be found here.
Ottoman Summer Program (OTSP) (ANAMED)
Organized by Koç University Research Center for Anatolian
Civilizations (ANAMED), this five-week intensive in-person summer program aims
to develop students' reading and comprehension skills and earn them expertise
in a variety of Ottoman sources, including archival documents, manuscripts, and
epigraphic material. The material will present a wide array of content and
narrative types.
The program is designed to accommodate the needs of participants entering with
different levels of Ottoman literacy. Persian, Arabic, and modern Turkish
classes complement Ottoman classes.
Applications are due 10 March 2025.
You can visit our website for details.
Roundtable Discussion: The Routledge Handbook of Byzantine Visual Culture in the Danube Regions
Please join us for a virtual roundtable discussion on The Routledge Handbook of Byzantine Visual Culture in the Danube Regions, 1300–1600 (Routledge, 2024) on 26 February 2025 from 12:00 – 1:30 EST. The lecture will consist of a presentation from the editors and shorter reflections from invited contributors to this volume. For more details and the zoom link, please visit the link here.
2. CALLS FOR PAPERS
"Knowing me, knowing you: The Practices, Discourses, and Materiality of Intimacy in Byzantium." - Association des étudiants du monde byzantin
The Association des étudiants du monde byzantin is delighted to announce that the Sixteenth International Meeting of Early-Career Byzantinists will take place on 3-4 October 2025. The focus for this year is a subject that will, we are sure, be close to many of your hearts: "Knowing me, knowing you: The Practices, Discourses, and Materiality of Intimacy in Byzantium." The call for papers is available on our website here.
Presentations should last about 20 minutes and may be given either in English or in French. Proposals (250 to 300 words) accompanied by a short biographical note including the author’s current institution, level of study (Masters, PhD, postdoctoral), and subject of research should be sent to aemb....@gmail.com by the 31st of March 2025. The Meeting will be held in person, in Paris, on the 3rd and 4th of October 2025. The AEMB may be able to cover travel costs for presenters who are unable to receive funding from their home institution. Successful applicants must join the AEMB.
3. JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Visiting Assistant Professor of Medieval History, Kenyon College
Kenyon College, a highly selective, nationally-ranked liberal arts college in central Ohio, invites applications for a one-year visiting assistant professor in Medieval History beginning July 1, 2025. The successful candidate will teach both survey and seminar-level courses in medieval history in Europe and the broader Mediterranean world. We are seeking candidates whose research and teaching feature a global approach to studying medieval history. The visitor will also benefit from Kenyon students’ passionate interest in the humanities and strengthen their credentials with a year of teaching at Kenyon. Candidates should have a record of excellent teaching and a Ph.D. in hand or be near completion by the beginning of the appointment.
Applications should include a cover letter, CV, an unofficial
graduate transcript, and contact information for three professional references.
Candidates advancing to the interview stage will be asked to submit a statement
of teaching philosophy that addresses the pedagogical inclusion of a diverse
student population and an unofficial graduate school transcript.
To apply, candidates should visit the online application site found here.
Review of applications will begin on March 15 and continue until the position
is filled. Candidates submitting materials by March 15 will be guaranteed full
consideration. If you have any questions, please email Nurten Kilic-Schubel,
chair of the search committee, at kil...@kenyon.edu
Kenyon College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and applications from members of all underrepresented groups are encouraged. It is the College's policy to evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, physical and/or mental disability, age, religion, medical condition, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by institutional policy or state, local, or federal law. Kenyon College has a strong commitment to supporting diversity, equity and inclusion. Please visit our Diversity at Kenyon website.
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Alexander Johnston
MPhil in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies
President, Oxford University Byzantine Society
http://oxfordbyzantinesociety.wordpress.com