The Byzness, 25th May 2025
Oxford University Byzantine Society
THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY BYZANTINE SOCIETY
The Byzness, 25th May 2025
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NEWS AND EVENTS
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Just a reminder to start for all of our graduate members here at Oxford, the deadline for submitting manifestos for society elections is this coming Friday (30/05). Please do send them to this email (byzantin...@gmail.com).
The AGM itself is set for the following Thursday, the 5th of June. If you’re a graduate student here at Oxford and are interested in being a part of next year's OUBs committee please do send me any questions you may have.
1. NEWS AND EVENTS
Negotiating Catenae and Catena Research Conference, 4th June, KU Leuven
KU Leuven Huis van tSestich (Naamsestraat 69, room 02.10)
Conveners: Meredith Danezan, Christina Kreinecker, Emanuele Scieri, Reinhart Ceulemans
Catena research is a rich and simulating domain, gathering contributions from a variety of disciplines, including manuscript studies, patristic exegesis, Byzantine literature, Septuagint scholarship, and New Testament textual criticism. While scholars working in these areas are generally aware of one another’s work, meaningful collaboration remains limited, and a cohesive network dedicated to catena research has yet to emerge. Greater cooperation, particularly at the early stages of research, would significantly benefit the field, especially in advancing our understanding of the dynamics of catena literature. This workshop aims to bring together the catena expertise currently present in Leuven, reflecting ongoing research across several institutes and departments, including LECTIO, Biblical Studies, and Greek Studies. A particular focus will be on sharing and comparing insights gained from recent and ongoing work on individual biblical books within a single catena tradition, with the goal to explore how their findings can inform and enrich one another.
Attendance is free but registration is required. You can register by sending an email to meredith...@kuleuven.be.
For abstracts and more information see here.
Programme
09:00 Welcome with Coffee
09:30 Introductory words by the conveners
Session 1: Dynamics of the Catena in Tyrnavos, Municipal Library 25
Chair: Arnaud Perrot (Tours University, CESR, IUF)
09:45–10:30 Meredith Danezan (FWO, Leuven)
From Marginal Catena to Full-page Catenae: The Tyrnavos Catena on the Proverbs and Its Relative Catenae
10:30–11:15 Francesco Celia (Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, Padova)
The Tyrnavos Catena on Ecclesiastes: Contents and Sources
11:15–12:00 Reinhart Ceulemans (KU Leuven)
The Song of Songs in the Tyrnavos Catena: Characteristics and Position in the Tradition
12:00–12:30 Discussion
12:30 Lunch Break
Session 2: Problems and Methods in Catena Research
Chair: Christina Kreinecker (KU Leuven)
13:45–14:30 Tiphaine Lorieux (FWO, Leuven)
Nomadic Excerpts: Connecting Catenae Through Cyril’s Fragments
14:30–15:15 Andrew Patton (KU Leuven)
Tracing the Development of Catena Traditions Through Text and Manuscript: Reclassifying the Type A Catenae on Luke
15:15 Coffee Break
15:45–16:30 Emanuele Scieri (LECTIO Special Collections Fellow)
Chains in the Making: Approaches to Studying Multilayered Catena Manuscripts
16:30–17:00 Lara Sels & Reinhart Ceulemans (KU Leuven)
Presentation of the Catena Section in Francis Thomson’s Cartotheca of Slavonic Translation Literature (KU Leuven Special Collections)
17:00 Discussion and closing remarks by the conveners
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Alexander Johnston
MPhil in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies
President, Oxford University Byzantine Society
http://oxfordbyzantinesociety.wordpress.com