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THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY BYZANTINE SOCIETY
The Byzness, 9th May 2021
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1. NEWS AND EVENTS
2. CALLS FOR PAPERS
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JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
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1. NEWS AND EVENTS
Seminari Cassiodorei
In conjunction with the publication, by the publishing house L‘Erma di Bretschneider of the last of the five volumes dedicated to the Variae (text, translation, commentary), directed by Andrea Giardina and edited by him together with Giovanni Alberto Cecconi and Ignazio Tantillo, with the collaboration of Fabrizio Oppedisano, The Istituto Italiano per la Storia Antica is organizing a series of seminars on Cassiodorus, the ‘Seminari Cassiodorei’, coordinated by Pierfrancesco Porena. The seminars will be broadcast on the Facebook page of the Istituto italiano per la storia antica.
https://www.storiaantica.eu/seminari-cassiodorei/
Friday, April 30, 4.30 pm (CET)
Pierfrancesco Porena (Roma Tre), ‘Gioco di ombre a Costantinopoli: Cassiodoro, papa Vigilio, Giustiniano’
Friday, May 28, 4.30 pm (CET)
Valérie Fauvinet-Ranson (Paris X Nanterre), ‘Cassiodore: l’homme et ses livres’
Friday, June 18, 4.30 pm (CET)
Ilaria Morresi (‘Sapienza’ Università di Roma), ‘Ravenna dietro Vivarium. La conversio di un uomo politico’
Friday, September 24, 4 pm (CET)
Andrea Giardina (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa / Istituto Italiano per la Storia Antica), Fabrizio Oppedisano (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa), ‘Cassiodoro nella transizione della guerra gotica’
Friday, October 2, 4 pm (CET)
Andrew Wallace-Hadrill (Cambridge), ‘Cassiodorus between ancient and modern city’
Epigraphical Workshop “How to read late antique inscriptions in North Africa” (Zoom), 14 April 2021, 5-7pm (German Time)
The RomanIslam – Center for Comparative Empire and Transcultural
Studies, University of Hamburg,
would like to invite you all to their Epigraphical Workshop “How
to read late antique inscriptions in North Africa”, headed by Nathalie Klinck and Sabine Panzram.
The workshop will take place on Thurs. May 6, 2021, 3 -7 pm (German
time) on Zoom and will comprise
the following lectures:
"Inscribing reliquaries: the case of North Africa" by
Elisa Pallottini (Università “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara” / Universiteit
Utrecht);
"Recording time in church:
inscriptions of late antique North Africa" by
Morgane Uberti (Université Bordeaux Montaigne / Freie Universität Berlin);
“Le culte des martyrs en Afrique du Nord durant la
crise donatiste (IVe-Ve siècles) d'après la documentation épigraphique” by
Bruno Pottier (Centre Camille Jullian / Université d’Aix-Marseille).
Please confirm your participation by May 5,
2021 to rocco.s...@uni-hamburg.de. You will then receive a link enabling you to access
the event.
https://www.romanislam.uni-hamburg.de/documents/workshops/workshop-epigraphy-late-antiquity-flyer-new.pdf
Talks @IHAC: Savvas Kyriakidis on Byzantine Army Structure (Thu, 13 May, 9:00 AM GMT summer time)
The Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations (IHAC), Northeast Normal University, Changchun (China) is pleased to announce the talk of Dr Savvas Kyriakidis (Hellenic Open University): Army Structure: Roman Continuity and Byzantine Change
Date: 13 May 2021 (Thu), 16.00-17.30 PM Chinese Standard Time (IHAC, Changchun, China) = 9.00-10.30 AM GMT summer time (London etc., UK) = 10.00-11.30 AM CET summer time (e.g. Göttingen, Germany) = 11.00-12.30 EEST (e.g. Bulgaria) online via zoom. To register and receive the zoom meeting information, send an email to the organizer Sven Günther (sve...@aol.com / svengu...@nenu.edu.cn).
First OEBG-SPBS Joint Online Lecture: Nikolaos Zagklas ‘The Power of Rhetoric in the Byzantine Classroom and Beyond: Fluid Relations and Intersections between Prose and Poetry’, 25 May 2021, 17.00 UK time, 18.00 Austrian time
The First Joint Online Lecture of the Austrian Byzantine Association and the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies will take place on Tuesday, 27 May.
Nikolaos Zagklas (University of Vienna) will present ‘The Power of Rhetoric in the Byzantine Classroom and Beyond: Fluid Relations and Intersections between Prose and Poetry’
Respondent: Foteini Spingou, University of Edinburgh
Pre-registration for this online event is mandatory. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email. For Zoom-safety reasons, after you confirm your data, you will receive the link to the event a few days or hours before the lecture.
Ewa Wipszycka's Warsaw Late Antique Seminar 13 May: Emmanouela Grypeou (Stockholms Universitet): The Reckoning of the Soul: The development of the motif of the Demonic Tollhouses in late antique Eastern Christianity
On 13 May (4.45 Warsaw time), at Ewa Wipszycka's Warsaw Late Antique Seminar, Emmanouela Grypeou (Stockholms Universitet) will present a paper The Reckoning of the Soul: The development of the motif of the Demonic Tollhouses in late antique Eastern Christianity. We are meeting on Zoom at the usual link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83501284547?pwd=aWt5a1Jla2ZmbUgzN1lyL0c4N1lsUT09
Troisième séance des Dialogues byzantins (Zoom): Milan Vukašinović, 10 mai 2021 10:00 AM Paris
La deuxième séance des Dialogues byzantins de l'AEMB aura lieu ce lundi (10 mai) à 10h00 sur Zoom. Milan Vukašinović présentera, « Moi au pluriel : Autobiographies byzantines du XIIIe siècle ».
Participer à la réunion
Zoom
https://zoom.us/j/93322772864?pwd=Uy9mUUMxbER5dFJGLzZXb2szQTJRUT09
ID de réunion : 933 2277 2864
Code secret : byzance
Online Conference: Ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine engraved gems (11-12 May 2021)
An international e-conference on archaeological and archaeogemological approaches
Date: May 11-12, 2021 / Izmir, Turkey, online via zoom
Organizer: Ergün Laflı
To receive the detailed program, abstracts, and zoom links for the conference days, please send an email to Ergün Laflı (ela...@yahoo.ca).
Shifting Frontiers XIV: Registration Open!
Registration is now open for Shifting Frontiers XIV: Scale and the Study of Late Antiquity, June 3-5, 2021.
Registration is free and open to all. Please visit the conference website to register for this event (via Zoom webinar) and to see the program: https://u.osu.edu/shiftingfrontiersxiv/
International Network Impact of Empire - flash conference (Online). Thursday 27 May 2021 13:00 - 19:15
The 15th workshop of the International Network Impact of Empire , which was planned for May 2021 in Nijmegen, has been postponed. The organizers have decided to organize a 'flash conference' instead: a one-day, wholly online event, with four papers on the subject of the planned workshop, with substantial time for discussion. This will take place on Thursday 27 May.
Program
1.00-1.15 p.m. Olivier Hekster: opening
1.15-1.35 p.m. Diego Chapinal-Heras: ‘Religion and control in the Roman colony of Dion’
1.35-1.50 p.m. discussion (breakout room)
1.55-2.15 p.m. discussion (plenary)
2.30-2.50 p.m. Nikolas Hächler: ‘Notions of tradition for the justification and establishment of usurped rulership in the Gallic and Palmyrene Empires’
2.50-3.05 p.m. discussion (breakout room)
3.10-3.30 p.m. discussion (plenary)
3.30-4.15 p.m. BREAK (breakout rooms)
4.15-4.35 p.m. Francesco Bono: ‘A rethoric memory of Rome in Justinian’s Novellae’
4.35-4.50 p.m. discussion (breakout room)
4.55-4.15 p.m. discussion (plenary)
4.30-4.50 p.m. Anne Hunnell Chen: ‘Facing East and West: Rethinking the Ideological Work of “Tetrarchic” Portraits’
4.50-5.05 p.m. discussion (breakout room)
5.10-5.30 p.m. discussion (plenary)
5.30-6.45 p.m. BREAK (breakout rooms)
6.45-7.15 p.m. Closing
Registration
For organisational purposes, the organizers need those who are interested in participating to sign up, so that they have relevant emails and numbers. This will enable them to organise break out rooms. After signing up, you will receive relevant information and links nearer the time of the meeting. Please send an email to Doortje Swaters and Ellen Theuws, via ime...@ru.nl.
2. CALLS FOR PAPERS
YILLIK: Annual of Istanbul Studies 3 (2021) and 4 (2022)
YILLIK: Annual of Istanbul Studies invites contributions for its third and fourth volumes to be published in December 2021 and December 2022.
YILLIK is a peer-reviewed, open access, international academic journal featuring cutting-edge research on Istanbul’s past and present, published by the Istanbul Research Institute in print and online (via DergiPark).
YILLIK: Annual of Istanbul Studies is accepting submissions of original research articles, opinion pieces (Meclis), book and exhibition reviews in Turkish or English, by researchers working on any period of the city through the lens of history, history of art and architecture, archaeology, sociology, anthropology, geography, urban planning, urban studies, and other related disciplines in humanities or social sciences.
Articles submitted for publication in the journal are first evaluated by the Editorial Board. Articles deemed suitable by editors in terms of subject matter and quality will be sent to two anonymous reviewers elected among the multidisciplinary Advisory Board in accordance with their expertise, or recommended by the Advisory Board. Reports from the double-blind reviewers are combined with the comments of the editors and sent back to the author. Depending on their quality and relevance, articles may be accepted or rejected, or the author may be asked to revise the work.
The review process is mandatory for research articles, while book and exhibition reviews along with the Meclis pieces only require editorial evaluation. The editors of the YILLIK pledge to complete the submission process as quickly and constructively as possible. Our aim is to limit the duration of the evaluation process, from the submission to the journal to the forwarding of reviewer reports to the author, to 6 weeks.
The deadline for the submission for the third volume, to be published in December 2021, is June 15. Some of the accepted articles with revisions may be published in the fourth volume in December 2022.
Every year, one of the articles written by a student or recent PhD will be awarded the YILLIK: Annual of Istanbul Studies Early Career Article Prize. For details, click here.
Those who wish to submit a book or exhibition review are strongly recommended to ask for the opinion of the Editorial Board in order to avoid duplicate reviews.
YILLIK: Annual of Istanbul Studies conforms to Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition. Before submitting your article, please refer to our submission & publishing style guide.
For the “YILLIK: Annual of Istanbul Studies Publishing Ethics and Peer Review Statement” click here.
Peer-reviewed article submissions must be made through Dergipark.
For other submissions and questions: istanbu...@iae.org.tr
‘From Fragment to Whole: Interpreting Medieval Manuscript Fragments’, University of Bristol, September 16 (online)–17 (in person), 2021
This conference, hosted by the Centre for Medieval Studies, is devoted to the study of manuscript fragments, and what these fragments can tell us about lost books, medieval and post-medieval book history, and textual history. Research questions may include, but are not limited to:
- What different does the manuscript fragment make to the textual tradition of the text it contains?
- What can manuscript fragments tell us about the lost literature of the Middle Ages and about changing tastes?
- How can we use the evidence from manuscript fragments to piece together the lost book from which it derives snd what do means do we have at our disposal to do so?
- How should we catalogue and preserve manuscript fragments?
- What do manuscript fragments tell us about the history of manuscript fragmentation and its agents (e.g. early printers, book collectors, auctioneers, book vandals)?
We invite papers that address these questions on a basis of a particular case (or particular cases) as well as papers on broader methodological issues involved in the explication and contextualization of manuscript fragments.
Please send a brief abstract to cms-pu...@bristol.ac.uk by 31st May 2021, indicating interest in an online or in person event. Further information about the conference will be made available at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/medieval.
3. JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Professorship in Classics / Greek philology (University of Zurich)
The University of Zurich invites applications for
a professorship in Classics / Greek philology.
The position should be filled by 1st February 2023.
Candidates are expected to represent outstanding scholarship in the field of
Greek philology. Their research should have a strong focus on philosophy in
antiquity and late antiquity and on the history of religions. Knowledge of
textual criticism, textual transmission and an active interest in digital
philology are an asset. Future job holders are expected to participate in
interdisciplinary cooperation at the University of Zurich.
Candidates must hold a PhD degree and are expected to have completed their
habilitation or equivalent academic qualifications. In addition, candidates are
expected to have relevant teaching experience and to hold a degree in Latin
philology.
The University of Zurich is an equal opportunities employer and in particular
strives to increase the percentage of women in leading positions. Therefore,
qualified female researchers are encouraged to apply.
The closing date for applications is 7 June 2021. Details on the application
procedure are available on www.phil.uzh.ch/jobs.html. For further
information please contact Prof. Heiko Hausendorf (Heiko.Ha...@ds.uzh.ch), head of the professorial
appointment committee.
Trinity College Dublin International Byzantine Greek Summer School 2021 (online) - application deadline 30 April
This is a reminder that the deadline for course and bursary applications to IBGSS 2021, hosted online by Trinity College Dublin, is Friday 30 April. All levels are likely to fill up completely, so please apply by the deadline to avoid disappointment.
Course dates:
Level 1 Beginners: 12–23 July 2021
Level 2/2.5 Intermediate: 26 July – 6 August 2021
Level 3 Advanced Reading: 26 July – 6 August 2021
To apply:
Download the application form at www.tcd.ie/Classics/byzantine
Online course fee: €350/two weeks
Deadline: 30 April 2021
There are a limited number of student bursaries available for this course.
Visiting Assistant Professor in Art History, Oklahoma State University
The Department of Art, Graphic Design and Art History at Oklahoma State University seeks a Visiting Assistant Professor in Art History for the 2021-2022 academic year as a sabbatical replacement. The preferred area of specialization is in the art of the pre-modern and/or early-modern Mediterranean world (classical, medieval, and/or early modern). An interest in global interactions between Europe and other regions is also welcome (such as the Atlantic world, Africa, the Middle East, or South Asia). This is a non-tenure track position, and the teaching load is 4/4. This position is contingent upon available funding.
Ph.D. preferred but A.B.D. candidates will be considered. The ideal candidate will have teaching experience beyond a teaching assistantship. Teaching assignment will consist of lower division surveys for majors and non-majors as well as courses in the area of specialty.
Application should include cover letter, CV, teaching philosophy statement, diversity statement, and a list of three references. To apply, please visit the OSU jobs page.
Oxford University Byzantine Society
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THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY BYZANTINE SOCIETY
The Byzness, 16th
May 2021
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1. NEWS AND EVENTS
2. CALLS FOR PAPERS
3.
JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
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1. NEWS AND EVENTS
Online Conference: Epiphanies of the Saints in Late Antique Literature. University of Warsaw, 21 May 2021
The international conference “Epiphanies of the Saints in Late-antique Literature”, hosted by the University of Warsaw, will take place on May 21, 2021. Keynote addresses will be given by Vincent Déroche, Stephanos Efthymiadis, Danuta Shanzer, and Bryan Ward-Perkins.
Advanced registration is required; the deadline to do so is 16th May 2021. The link to register and to the zoom conference can be found here.
Aesthetics, Art, and Architecture in the Caucasus Lecture Series
The series is organized by Max-Planck-Institut - Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz in cooperation with the George Chubinashvili National Research Centre for Georgian Art History and Heritage Preservation.
The first two talks announced will be:
Mariam Didebulidze: Georgian Medieval
Mural Painting in the Context of Byzantine and Eastern Christian Art: The 13th-century Wall Painting of the Church
at Kintsvisi as an Example of Cultural Interactions
18 May 2021, 3:00pm (Rome):
https://www.khi.fi.it/en/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/2021/05/mariam-didebulidze-georgian-medieval-mural-painting-in-the-context-of-byzantine-and-eastern-christian-art.php
and
Nina Chichinadze: “Royal Icons” of Medieval
Georgia
25 May 2021, 3:00pm(Rome):
https://www.khi.fi.it/en/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/2021/05/nina-chichinadze-royal-icons-of-medieval-georgia.php
Online Lecture by Dr. Tristan Schmidt, 20 May 2021, 5 PM (Istanbul time)
The Bogazici University Byzantine Studies
Research Center cordially invites you to an online lecture by Dr. Tristan
Schmidt. The lecture, entitled "Selecting the Generals: Byzantine Senior
Military Commanders in the Late 11th and 12th Centuries" will be held on
Thursday, May 20th, 2021 at 5 PM (Istanbul time). To register, please send an
e-mail to byzantin...@boun.edu.tr, and a Zoom link will be provided.
For more information visit http://byzantinestudies.boun.edu.tr/index.php?page=events&id=60
Quatrième séance des Dialogues byzantins : Véronique Petiteau. Monday 17 May, 10am (Paris Time)
La quatrième séance des Dialogues byzantins de l'AEMB aura lieu ce lundi (17 mai) à 10h00 sur Zoom. Véronique Petiteau, docteur en histoire de l'art et archéologie présentera, « La sacralisation du pouvoir en Serbie médiévale. Territoire, architecture et image (fin du XIIe siècle - milieu du XIVe siècle) ».
Sujet : Dialogues
byzantins - Quatrième séance - Véronique Petiteau
Heure : 17 mai 2021 10:00 AM Paris
Participer à la réunion Zoom
https://zoom.us/j/99757526807?pwd=TzlreUdNNXF2QlNTRzRTZHB2ZC9BUT09
ID de réunion : 997 5752 6807
Code secret : byzance
Séminaire ‘Histoire urbaine de l’Orient romain tardif’ : Luke Lavan (University of Kent) ‘Public Space in the Late Antique City’. Thursday 20 May 2021, 14:00-16:00
Dans le cadre du séminaire « Histoire urbaine de l’Orient romain tardif »
Luke Lavan (Lecturer in Archaeology, University of Kent) présentera son ouvrage récent : Public Space in the Late Antique City
Jeudi 20 mai 2021 de 14h à 16h en visioconférence (écrire à catherin...@ephe.psl.eu pour obtenir le lien)
"Méditerranée médiévale” Seminar, Monday 17 May, 17:00-19 :00
The eighth seminar session of the “Méditerranée médiévale” seminar will take place online on Monday 17 May. Raúl Estangüi Gómez (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, UMR 8167 Orient & Méditerranée) will present on “Les relations des derniers empereurs byzantins avec les autres puissances méditerranéennes à travers l'étude diplomatique des actes produits par la chancellerie à destination de l'étranger (XIVe-XVe siècle)”.
To join, please follow this link: https://zoom.univ-paris1.fr/j/93916445424?pwd=RWxDbmtURWxPMlVSejBpSU81UVdmQT09
Online Lecture: “Byzantine Ship Design and Its Legacy in the West: Transmission and Application of Shipbuilding Knowledge in Venice and Beyond”, 17th May 2021 5:30 pm CST
The Wittgenstein Project Team will host a virtual lecture and discussion with Lilia Campana, featuring her current work on “Byzantine Ship Design and Its Legacy in the West: Transmission and Application of Shipbuilding Knowledge in Venice and Beyond”. After a 45-minute lecture by Dr. Campana, there will be time for discussion, moderated by Prof. Dr. Claudia Rapp.
In the Eastern Mediterranean, the period spanning from the 7th to the 11th century was a time of considerable progress in the technology of ship construction. Archeological data from Byzantine shipwrecks document the transition from shell–first to skeleton–first construction, suggesting the use of whole–moulding methods, a new, revolutionary ship design process devised by Byzantine shipwrights based on Euclidean geometry to produce superior vessels. Fourteenth–century Venetian maritime manuscripts provide the earliest textual and visual evidence for Byzantine whole–moulding methods, implying that, by the Late Middle Ages, they were adopted by the shipyards of European maritime states. Completely revolutionizing ship construction concepts, Byzantine whole–moulding methods created sturdier ships, able to safely cross oceans, eventually launching Europe into the Age of Exploration.
Dr. Lilia Campana is a maritime and naval historian of the medieval and early modern Mediterranean, specializing in the history of shipbuilding technology, with a focus on the application of ancient mathematics, geometry, and mechanical arts in ship design. Her research on Byzantine shipbuilding and ship design is supported by the Archaeological Institute of America, the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collections, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. She is currently an Affiliated Scholar at the Institute of Nautical Archaeology at Texas A&M University.
Advance registration required.
Ottoman History Reading Group (Meclis) & Late Antique and Byzantine Seminar Book Discussion: ‘Bronze Horseman of Justinian in Constantinople. A Cross-Cultural Biography of a Monument’ with Elena N. Boeck, DePaul University. 18 May (Week 4) 6.00-7.15 pm (UK time) via TEAMS
The reading group will discuss the new biography of an amazing monument of Byzantine Constantinople and its Ottoman afterlife. It will begin with a brief introduction by the author and continue with the Q&A.
If you plan to attend, please email asli.ni...@orinst.ox.ac.uk
Workshop on Byzantine Studies. 17 May , 11:30 am
Dr. Elena Ene D-Vasilescu is organizing a workshop on-line about Byzantine iconography on the 17th of May, 11: 30 am.
The details of the meeting are as follows:
Meeting ID: 762 7316 8290
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/76273168290?pwd=NkQvZTRtZGVWZG12d0tnRkdyM2t1UT09
Passcode Bx7CDW
2. CALLS FOR PAPERS
Call for Papers, ‘History of Illuminated Manuscripts’ (Online). Deadline 15 June 2021
The International Society of History of Illuminated Manuscripts calls researchers of the discipline to communicate their ongoing investigations in a webinar that will take place on 17th and 18th September 2021. To participate, please send the title and an abstract to storiadell...@gmail.com. The deadline is 15th June 2021. The papers will be published, in synthetic form (max 2500 characters and 1 illustration) in a special section of “Rivista di storia della miniatura”. Presentations must not exceed 15 minutes.
The webinar is open to the members of the Society in compliance with the
registration and to researchers of the discipline who meet the necessary
registration requirements and wish to join the Society.
3. JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Migration and Mobility in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, University of Tübingen. Deadline: 31 May 2021
The Centre for Advanced Studies “Migration and Mobility in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages” at the University of Tübingen, Germany invites applications for resident fellowships starting in the year 2021 and 2022. The fellowships are available for a duration between one and twelve months.
The Centre for Advanced Studies, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), brings together scholars from a wide range of disciplines working on migration and mobility in Europe and the Mediterranean between 250 and 900 CE. The overall aim of the Centre is to explore new approaches to migration and mobility in this period and to set the scholarly debate in the field on a new footing.
Fellowships are available for scholars at all stages of their academic career who have completed their doctoral degree and established an independent research profile. Applicants should be engaged in a research project in any relevant discipline that is related to the Centre’s interests in migration and mobility in the period and area in question. The Centre also welcomes applications from scholars working on migration and mobility in the contemporary world whose research has a strong focus on theoretical and methodological issues.
Fellows are required to reside in Tübingen, where they pursue their own research project while also participating in the colloquia held at the Centre. For the duration of their stay fellows receive a remuneration covering accommodation, travel, and/or living expenses in accordance with their needs and the pertinent regulations of Tübingen University and the DFG.
The deadline to apply for the fellowship is 31st May 2021. Full information and the application form can be found on the university’s website.
Scholarship opportunity: ‘Visualizations and Material Cultures of the Heavens in Eurasia and North Africa’, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Deadline: 31st May 2021
The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, Department III: Artifacts, Action, Knowledge, directed by Prof. Dr. Dagmar Schäfer, offers several Visiting Scholarships (residential, 3–12 months) to take place in the period September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2023. The deadline to apply is 31st May 2021. To submit an application, visit the Max Planck Institute’s career page.
The centre invites scholars to apply for participation in the Working Group “Visualizations and Material Cultures of the Heavens in Eurasia and North Africa (4000 BCE–1700 CE)” of Department III. The Working Group’s research focuses on visual representations and material objects in the creation, change, and movement of astral knowledge across space and time. A growing image database serves as the main tool to collect and research the manifold objects and their imagery, the practices and relations of their production, reproduction and transmission, and their roles in organizing knowledge and creating meaning in different sociocultural contexts like politics, rituals, religion or medicine. We welcome scholars working on the visualization of astral knowledge in any time period before 1700 CE, preferably focused on one of the following geographical regions: East Asia, Southeast Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Central Asia, Asia Minor, Egypt, North Africa, and Europe (with an emphasis on Slavonic, Caucasian, Black Sea, or Celtic cultures).
The Max Planck Institute welcomes applications from scholars in every field within history, history of science and technology, art history, archaeology, philology, cultural history, religious studies, or museum studies, with a focus on visual representations or objects and some preference for research addressing the multilingual and transregional nature of the project. Successful applicants are expected to advance their own research project under the Working Group’s overall research agenda, and to actively contribute to the Working Group activities during their period of affiliation. In particular, they are expected to systematically and comparatively identify and discuss relevant visual materials in the framework of the Working Group’s protected image database. They are also encouraged to actively take part in the scientific life of the Institute with its many academic activities like conferences, workshops, seminars, and colloquia.
Visiting scholars receive a stipend commensurate with rank and experience for their period of residence, and reimbursement for a return ticket to and from their place of residence.
Dan Slusanschi School for Classical and Oriental Languages. Deadline: 16 May 2021
The Dan Slusanschi School for Classical and Oriental
Languages is still accepting applications for our 2021 Online Summer Courses.
This summer we are offering Coptic, Biblical Hebrew, Ancient Greek, Latin, and
Old Slavonic at various proficiency levels:
Coptic
Beginners – July 12 – August 6
Biblical Hebrew
Lower Intermediate – June 14 – July 9
Old-Slavonic
Intermediate – July 19 – July 30
Latin
Beginners – June 28 – June 25
Lower-intermediate – July 12 – July 23
Upper-Intermediate – June 21 – July 2
Ancient Greek
Beginners – June 14 – July 2
Lower-Intermediate – July 12 – July 23
Intermediate – June
21 - July 2
Upper-Intermediate – July 5 – July 16
Advanced – June 28 – July 9
Applications consisting of a cover letter and a CV should be sent to cces...@gmail.com by May
16th, 2021. The course fee is 150 Euro. More details on the contents of
each course as well as on the instructors for each group are available on the
school website, at www.ecum.ro.
All questions regarding programs and courses can be directed to this
email cces...@gmail.com
Postdoc Position in Roman History (Roman Egypt), 32 months, Basel University/Switzerland
The Department of Ancient Civilizations invites
applications for a 60% Postdoc position in Roman History, tenable for 32 months
from August 2021. The Postdoc project forms part of the SNSF-funded research project 'The
Roman Egypt Laboratory: Climate Change, Societal Transformations, and the
Transition to Late Antiquity' led by Prof. Dr. Sabine Huebner at the
Institute of Ancient History. For further information please see:
https://ancientclimate.philhist.unibas.ch/en/project/.
The project and academic scope of the Postdoc project
The interaction between climate change, environmental stress, pandemics, and
societal transformations is increasingly attracting the interest of the
scientific community and the general public alike, as contemporary concerns
about global warming and the appearance of new infectious diseases grow. The
'Roman Egypt Laboratory' approaches the problem from a historical perspective
and examines the influence of climate change and pandemics as a driver of
economic and socio-political change during the crisis of the Roman Empire in
the 3rd century CE. The project will apply groundbreaking and innovative multidisciplinary
approaches to the complex relationships between climate variability and
environmental change on the one hand and the ability and capacity of human
society to adapt to these challenges on the other. Due to its unparalleled
evidence, the Roman province of Egypt can serve as a case study to test such
hypotheses. This project is thus designed as a laboratory for reviewing the
methodological and practical issues relevant to the ways in which natural
scientists, historians, and archaeologists may collaborate in the study of past
societies.
Your position
The advertised Postdoc in Ancient History contributes to the overall research
question by compiling and analyzing the historical evidence in regard to the
political and social history of the period, concerning, e.g., sociopolitical
crises, external military pressure, invasions, riots and civil war,
usurpations, disease occurrences, and local or centrally organized persecutions
of minorities in third-century Roman Egypt. The advertised Postdoc will preferably
conduct their research focusing on, but not exclusively dealing with, the
papyrological evidence, and is expected to cooperate with the other historical,
archaeological, and climatological subprojects.
Your profile
Applicants should hold a PhD in Ancient History, Documentary Papyrology, or
related fields, demonstrate a profound competence in Roman Egyptian history, be
highly motivated to conduct innovative transdisciplinary research at the
crossroads of ancient history, archaeology, digital humanities, and
paleoclimatology, display an excellent control of English and of other research
languages, and be able to work autonomously within an internationally and
institutionally diverse environment.
What is offered
A stimulating research environment at the Department of Ancient Civilizations
with one of the world's leading research libraries in Classical Studies and
Papyrology. The Institute of Ancient History hosts the 'Basel Climate Science
& Ancient History Lab' (https://ancientclimate.philhist.unibas.ch/en/lab/)
directed by Prof. Dr. Sabine R. Huebner, accommodates multiple ongoing
large-scale research projects on Graeco-Roman Egypt, and a graduate education
specialized in digital papyrology and the history of Graeco-Roman Egypt. The
salary and the conditions of employment will be those of the University of
Basel.
Duration: 32 months, starting in August 2021 or later
Salary: approx. 50,000 Swiss francs ($ 55,500 or € 45,500) / year.
Working language: English
Application / Contact
The University is looking forward to receiving your complete application. Applicants should submit a motivation letter, a current CV (including a list of publications) and a copy of their academic degrees via the online application portal of the university (see button below) till 10 June 2020. Two confidential letters of reference should be sent by the referees directly to Prof. Dr. Sabine Huebner (sabine....@unibas.ch). Applications not submitted via the online application portal of the university will not be considered. Questions about the position can be addressed to Prof. Dr. Sabine Huebner, Department of Ancient Civilizations, University of Basel, Petersgraben 51, CH - 4051 Basel (sabine....@unibas.ch).
Newton International Fellowships Scheme 2021
The British Academy is now inviting applications to the Newton International Fellowship scheme, which is run jointly with the Royal Society. The application form is now available online on the Flexi-Grant Application system. The deadline for applications is Wednesday 16 June 2021, 5pm UK time.
Purpose of the scheme
The Newton International Fellowships aim to attract the most promising early-career post-doctoral researchers from overseas in the fields of the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities from around the world. The fellowships enable researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution with the aim of fostering long-term international collaborations.
Eligibility
Applicants must have a PhD or be in the final stages of their PhD and should have no more than seven years of active full-time postdoctoral experience at the time of application. Additionally, applicants must be working outside the UK and not hold UK citizenship. For further information and a full list of eligibility criteria, please consult the scheme notes.
Level of award
Newton International Fellows will receive an allowance of £24,000 (tax exempt) to cover subsistence and up to £8,000 to cover research expenses in each year of the fellowship. A one-off payment of up to £3,500 for relocation expenses in year one only is also available. Awards include a contribution to the overheads incurred, at a rate of 50% of the total award to the visiting researcher.
Applicants may also be eligible to receive alumni funding following the tenure of their fellowship to support networking activities with UK-based researchers.
Applying for this scheme
Applications are available online on the Flexi-Grant application system:
Deadline for submission and organisation approval: Wednesday 16 June 2021, 5pm UK time.
Results expected: November 2021
Awards available to start date between 1 January 2022 – 30 June 2022 (preferably the first of the month).
Postdoctoral positions including Greek and Latin (digital) philology, Uppsala University. Deadline for applications: 31 May 2021
The Department of Linguistics and Philology invites applications for one to three postdoctoral positions in one or more of the following subjects:
- Assyriology
- Comparative Indo-European Philology
- Greek and Byzantine Studies
- Indology
- Iranian Languages
- Latin
- Semitic Languages
- Sinology
- Turkic Languages
The subject affiliation of each position will be decided by the objectives of the research project proposed by the applicant. The duties mainly consist of research in the interface between the main subject area and the interdisciplinary field of digital humanities. The applicant must submit a plan for the objectives and timeline of the project. Digital humanities will be understood as research in the humanities which uses digital methods, materials, and tools to renew and enrich the research processes. The work must have its primary focus in one or more of the above-mentioned subject areas by taking its point of departure in material motivated by linguistic, philological, and/or literary research questions belonging to these subject areas. The duties also include collaborating with other researchers and teachers in cultivating the scholarly environment of the Department. In addition, teaching and supervision corresponding to up to 20% may be included in the position. The holders of the positions are expected to carry out most of work the in Uppsala.
Requirements: To qualify for an employment as postdoctor the candidate must hold a PhD degree, or a foreign degree equivalent to a PhD degree, in a relevant subject area. The PhD degree must have been obtained no more than three years prior to the application deadline. The three year period can be extended due to circumstances such as sick leave, parental leave, duties in labour unions, etc. Documented research competence in both Digital Humanities and at least one of the above-mentioned subject areas is also required. Proficiency in written and spoken English is an additional requirement. The applicant must also have personal qualities of the kinds that are required to fulfill the employment well.
Assessment: In the selection among eligible applicants, the main emphasis will be laid on skills and originality in research, but the scope and diversity exhibited by the applicant’s previous work will also be considered. Previous work that fruitfully combine digital and more traditional approaches in linguistics, philology and/or literary studies will be regarded as a highly relevant merit. The selection criteria will also consider the how well the research plan clarifies how the proposed project is based on the applicant’s previous work and the ways in which the project has a potential to enrich and strengthen the existing scholarly environment at the Department. Projects which cover several of the above-mentioned subject areas will be regarded as particularly valuable. As teaching might be included in the position, documented pedagogical skills will be important. In this recruitment, the University will mainly consider candidates who, after a comprehensive assessment of their documented merits, expertise, and skills, are judged to have the best ability to perform the duties of the position, and to contribute to a favourable development of the research environment.
Application procedure: An up to five pages long (excluding references) project proposal must be enclosed with the application. It should describe the research the applicant intends to carry out during the postdoctoral employment, including a publication plan. The application should also include a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, and attested copies of certificates and other documents referred to in the application. All merits should be documented in way that allows both quality and quantity to be assessed. Preferably, contact information to at least two reference persons (e-mail address and phone number) should be submitted with the application.
In the event of divergent interpretations of the English and Swedish versions of this announcement, the Swedish version takes precedence.
Salary: Individual salary.
Starting date: 01-09-2021 or as otherwise agreed.
Type of employment: Temporary position for 2 years according to central collective agreement.
Scope of employment: 100 %
For further information about the position please contact:
The assistant head of department, Mats Dahllöf, e-mail: mats.d...@lingfil.uu.se.
Please submit your application by 31 may 2021, UFV-PA 2021/1811.
For more information, please visit: https://uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:400800
2021 Online Byzantine Greek Summer School, Bogazici University Byzantine Studies Research Center
The Byzantine Studies Research Center of Bogazici University is pleased to announce the organization of its fourth Byzantine Greek Summer School from July 29 to August 18, 2021. Students will have the chance to participate in an intensive program in Medieval Greek with Prof. Niels Gaul and Dr. Foteini Spingou. The language of instruction is English, and the classes will be held online. Students will receive a certificate of participation upon successful completion of the program.
Application deadline: May 31, 2021
For more information, please see the visit http://byzantinestudies.boun.edu.tr/index.php?page=events&id=59
Post-Doctoral Fellowship: ERC Advanced Grant 2020 AGRELITA. Deadline for Applications: 15 June 2021
The ERC Advanced grant project AGRELITA “The reception of ancient Greece in pre-modern French literature and illustrations of manuscripts and printed books (1320-1550): how invented memories shaped the identity of European communities”, led by Prof. Catherine Gaullier-Bougassas (Principal Investigator), is now accepting applications for 4 postdoctoral positions, starting on 1st October 2021. AGRELITA is based at the University of Lille and funded for five years by the ERC (2021-2026). Travel in France and abroad is to be expected.
Contract duration: 3 years, with a possible renewal of 2 years. Deadline to apply is 15th June 2021.
Project
Until now the reception history of ancient Greece in pre-modern Western Europe has focussed almost exclusively on the transmission of Greek texts. Yet well before the revival of Greek’s teaching, numerous vernacular works, often illustrated, contained elaborate representations of ancient Greece. AGRELITA will explore a large corpus of French-language literary works (historical, fictional, poetic, didactic) produced from 1320 to the 1550s in France and Europe, before the first direct translations from Greek to French, as well as the images of their manuscripts and printed books. The study of these works and their illustrations (text and image’s dialogue and powers of each) will allow to analyse the representations of ancient Greece from the unexplored perspective of the elaboration of a new memory. They thus will be studied in relation to their political, social and cultural context, as well as in relation to works in related European literature and their illustrations. Situated at the frontiers of literary studies, book and art history, visual studies, cultural and political history and memory studies, AGRELITA proposes a re-evaluation of the role played by ancient Greece in the processes of identity formation in Western Europe. The project also aims to contribute to a general reflection on the formation of memories, legacies and identities.
Tasks
Four post-doctoral fellows will be recruited, two with a predominantly “textual analysis” profile and two with a predominantly “image analysis” profile; all of them will share the study of the links between texts and images. The post-doctoral fellows will work in a team with the Principal Investigator, the project manager, the associate researchers and the visiting researchers.
Main Tasks:
– The analysis of an already
identified corpus of texts from the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries and the
identification of new texts that contain representations of ancient Greece
(texts available in the form of modern editions or from 14th – 16th centuries
manuscripts and prints)
– The collection of data and the drafting of notes on the texts, authors,
artists, manuscripts, prints, and Greek data present; their entry into a
database already begun
– The scientific analysis of textual and visual representations of ancient
Greece, of the links between texts and images
– The regular production of original scientific articles, which will appear in
the collective volumes of AGRELITA and in specialised journals, in French and
in English
– Representing the AGRELITA project at external conferences and workshops in
France and abroad, and publishing the papers
– Contributing to an anthology of texts and images (in collaboration with the
whole team)
– Participating in all
AGRELITA activities: weekly team meeting in Lille, monthly seminar in Lille,
bi-annual workshops in Lille, two conferences…
– Contributing to the scientific organisation of these seminars, workshops,
conferences; identifying colleagues to be invited, making contacts…
– Contributing to the reception of invited researchers
– Contributing to the editing of the planned collective volumes (rereading,
correction, formatting of manuscripts sent to publishers)
– Contributing to the website and the blog
– Contributing to the reflection on the implementation and development of
AGRELITA
Qualifications and Required Skills
– PhD in French literature of
the Middle Ages and/or the Renaissance, in history of art of the Middle Ages
and/or the Renaissance (manuscripts and illuminations, early prints, paintings
and engravings), or in cultural and/or political history of the 14th-16th
centuries.
– Good analytical skills of texts and images, as well as the relationships
between texts and images
– Good knowledge of Middle French and Renaissance French
– Palaeographic skills for reading and transcribing manuscript and printed
texts from the 14th-16th centuries
– Knowledge of Latin and Ancient Greek
– Ability to master a large corpus and to conduct comparative studies
– Ability and taste for interdisciplinary studies
– Experience and/or willingness to work in a team
– Sense of initiative
– Proficiency in scientific writing in French and also in English.
– Ability to maintain a website and blog
Working Conditions and Modalities
– Location: University of Lille. The four positions are based at the University of Lille and are attached to the ALITHILA Literary Analysis and history of language, located on the Pont de Bois campus in Villeneuve d’Ascq. Weekly team meeting in Lille, monthly seminar in Lille, as well as bi-annual workshops and two conferences. Some travel is required in France and abroad.
– Employer: University of
Lille
– Type of contract: fixed-term contract
– Duration of the contract: 3 years, with a possible renewal of 2 years
– Working time: 100%
– Estimated starting date of the contract : 1st October 2021
– Remuneration: depending on experience
How to Apply
Application file to be sent
in digital format (pdf) by 15 June 2021 at the latest to:
catherine...@univ-lille.fr
The file should include
– A Curriculum Vitae (Education, Experience, Publications)
– A letter of motivation, which explains and presents the interest for the
reception of Antiquity
– A pdf of the thesis and a pdf of the thesis report
– The names and contact details of two referees, at the end of the CV file.
The selected candidates will be auditioned at the end of June/beginning of July, in person if possible, if not by video. Response by 15 July 2021 or end of July.
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Lorenzo Saccon
DPhil Candidate, Faculty of History
President, Oxford University Byzantine Society
http://oxfordbyzantinesociety.wordpress.com
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1. NEWS AND EVENTS
Jacques van der Vliet's MWCCE lecture, Wednesday, May 26, 2021, at 4pm CET
Next Wednesday, May 26, at 4 p.m. CET, Jacques van der Vliet will present a paper entitled "The Apocalypse of Paul (Visio Pauli) in the Literary Landscape of Egypt." This is part of the online lecture series "Material and Written Culture of Christian Egypt," which is organized once a month by the Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament project and the Seminar for Egyptology and Coptic Studies, University of Göttingen.
The lecture will be streamed via Zoom; if you want to receive the access link or subscribe to the lecture series mailing list, please send an email to Alin Suciu (asu...@uni-goettingen.de).
Cours sur les bibliothèques de Jean-Luc Fournet
Le cycle de cours sur les bibliothèques de l'Egypte de l'Antiquité tardive dispensé par Jean-Luc Fournet au Collège de France vient de s'achever. Les vidéos, accompagnées de résumés, sont maintenant toutes disponibles sur le site du Collège:
Le calame et la croix : la christianisation de l'écrit et le sort de la culture classique dans l'Antiquité tardive. Les bibliothèques (1):
https://www.college-de-france.fr/site/jean-luc-fournet/course-2019-2020.htm
Le calame et la croix : la christianisation de l'écrit et le sort de la culture classique dans l'Antiquité tardive. Les bibliothèques (2):
https://www.college-de-france.fr/site/jean-luc-fournet/course-2020-2021.htm
Religious Sites of the Eastern Roman Empire: Competitive sharing in Late Antiquity? Workshop on 4 June 2021
Hosted by the University of Fribourg (Switzerland), "The Religious Sites of the Eastern Roman Empire: Competitive sharing in Late Antiquity?" will take place online on Friday, June 4th, 2021 as part of the SFNS research project: “Religious Competition in Late Antiquity” https://relab.hypotheses.org/conferences
The papers will focus on shared uses of the same site among groups of individuals of different religious affiliations, as well as their implications for the construction of identities.
Information and registration : frances...@unifr.ch and maureen...@unifr.ch
Program
9h10-9h30
Francesco MASSA & Maureen ATTALI (Univ. Fribourg) Introduction
9h30-10h20
Capucine NEMO-PEKELMAN (Univ. Paris-Nanterre) L’habillage juridique des appropriations violentes des lieux de culte Discutant : Jean-Jacques AUBERT (Univ. Neuchâtel)
10h20-11h10
Katharina HEYDEN (Univ. Bern)
Hierapolis/Mabbug in Late Antiquity – A Place of Competition between Atargatis, the Syrian Goddess and Mary, the Mother of God?
Discutant : Philippe BORGEAUD (Univ. Genève)
11h40-12h30
Rubina RAJA (Univ. Aahrus)
Competitive Sharing or non-Sharing of Sacred Spaces and their Urban Locations: Churches and Temples in Late Antique Gerasa Discutant : Michel FUCHS (Univ. Lausanne)
14h-14h50
Peter TALLOEN (Univ. Süleyman Demirel, Isparta) Competitive Sharing in Late Antique Asia Minor: Religious Sites or a Different Arena?
Discutante : Marie-Françoise BASLEZ (Sorbonne Univ., Paris)
14h50-15h40
Gaetano SPAMPINATO (Univ. Fribourg)
“Heretical places” in Ancient Heresiology. Two Cases of “Competitive Sharing” in the Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis?
Discutant : Gregor EMMENEGGER (Univ. Fribourg)
16h10-17h
Georgios DELIGIANNAKIS (Univ. Nicosia)
Competitive Religious Sharing: A View from Late Roman Cyprus Discutant : Lorenz BAUMER (Univ. Genève)
17h-17h50
Mariachiara GIORDA (Univ. Rome III)
Sharing Monasteries: Mapping Late Antique Religious Competition at Alexandria Discutant : MATTIAS BRAND (Univ. Zürich)
17h50
Nicole BELAYCHE (EPHE, PSL Paris)
Conclusions
Invitation to Colloquium: The Economy of Labour in Late Antiquity (Tuesday 15 June, 9:00am-4:00pm EDT)
The one-day colloquium "The Economy of Labour in Late Antiquity" will take place via Zoom on Tuesday, June 15th 9:00am-4:00pm (Eastern Daylight Time). Speakers will include Noel Lenski (Yale University), Christel Freu (Université Laval), Paolo Tedesco (Universität Tübingen), Darian Totten (McGill University), and Elizabeth A. Murphy (Florida State University). You can find more information by clicking and viewing the poster.
All those interested should register here. A Zoom link and complete program will be circulated to registered attendees prior to the event.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the colloquium organizers at economy...@gmail.com
Georgia Project Lecture Series: Aesthetics, Art, and Architecture in the Caucasus
25th May 2021, 15:00 (Rome):
Nina Chinchinadze: "Royal Icons" of Medieval Georgia.
To participate please register in advance via Zoom: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcscuGorj8qHNX4HDo71mmOfgSAlgBd2k85
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information
about joining the meeting.
1st June, 2021, 1500 (Rome): Robert G. Ousterhout: Three Critical Moments in
Caucasian Architecture.
To participate please register in advance via Zoom: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvfu-gqjspG9HUVfOfUOnbINdX8FzXIjFm
Registration for these lectures is essential.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Public Leverhulme Lectures “The Reception of Neoplatonism in Armenia”, Visiting Professor Valentina Calzolari: Weeks 5-8 University of Oxford, May-June 2021
Thursday, May 27, 5pm UK 3me
The “Libraries of the Neoplatonists” in Armenia(n): When, How, and Why Did Greek Texts Studied at the Neoplatonic School of Alexandria Find their Way to the Armenian World?
https://zoom.us/j/93981829974?pwd=UlJZR25McnV1ZzVWaGdtcnJpSkxvdz09
Thursday, June 3, 5pm UK 3me
The Armenian Transla3ons of David the Invincible’s Works and the Pioneering Role of the Translators: David’s Introduction to Philosophy
https://zoom.us/j/93981829974?pwd=UlJZR25McnV1ZzVWaGdtcnJpSkxvdz09
Thursday, June 10, 5pm UK 3me
The Recep3on of the Neoplatonic Works in Armenia in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period
https://zoom.us/j/93981829974?pwd=UlJZR25McnV1ZzVWaGdtcnJpSkxvdz09
Thursday, June 17, 5pm UK 3me
The Construc3on of the Legend of David the “Invincible” in the Armenian Tradi3on in the Middle Ages and the Modern Era
https://zoom.us/j/93981829974?pwd=UlJZR25McnV1ZzVWaGdtcnJpSkxvdz09
The four Leverhulme Lectures will stress how late ancient Neoplatonism was received and transmitted to Armenia over the centuries. Special emphasis will be placed on the corpus of the Armenian translations of the Greek commentaries on Aristotelian logic by David, a Neoplatonist who taught at the School of Alexandria in the 6th century. Moreover, they will examine the construction of the legend of David in the Armenian tradition, and its contribution to the fashioning of Armenian identity, both cultural and national - a contribution which endured to the end of the 19th century.
Professor Valentina Calzolari teaches Armenian Studies at the University of Geneva and is corresponding member of the Institut de France (Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres). Her research interests lie in the Alexandrian School of Neoplatonism and its reception in Armenia and the wider Middle East, in apocryphal literature, and in Armenian literature of the modern and contemporary period, in particular post-genocide literature and women's writing. She is currently Leverhulme Visiting Professor at Oxford, working on a translation into French of the sixth century author David the Invincible's Prolegomena to Philosophy. The lectures are online and open to anyone interested. For more information on Professor Calzolari, see
https://orinst.web.ox.ac.uk/people/valentina-calzolari
Organiser: Theo M. van Lint, Calouste Gulbenkian Professor of Armenian Studies, Faculty of Oriental Studies and Pembroke College theo.v...@orinst.ox.ac.uk
ENCODE Project Conference “Bridging the Gap with Linked Open Data”, 25 May 2021, 14:00-18:00 (CET)
The
online workshop “Bridging
the Gap with Linked Open Data”, organized by the Hiob Ludolf Centre
of Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies, in cooperation with the University of
Bologna (Project ENCODE) will take place on 25 May 2021, 14:00-18:00.
For those interested in attending, please follow
the link below, where you will find the programme and details:
https://site.unibo.it/encode/en/agenda/bridging-the-gap-with-linked-open-data-en
Conference announcement - "Metamorfosi del classico in età romanobarbarica"
The University of Sassari (Dipartimento di Storia, Scienze dell’Uomo e della Formazione) and the University of Siena (Dipartimento di Filologia e Critica delle Letterature Antiche e Moderne) are delighted to announce the International Conference Metamorfosi del classico in età romanobarbarica, which will be held online on 17 and 18 June 2021.
Conference Programme
Thursday 17 June
15:00 Introduction
Alessandro Fo (Università di Siena)
15:15 Antonella Bruzzone (Università di Sassari) Mundum tibi nullus ademit. Il paradiso non-perduto per Ila in Draconzio
16:00 Joop A. van Waarden (Radboud Universiteit - Nijmegen) Epistolary Politeness in the Long Fifth Century in Italy and Gaul: Symmachus and the Metamorphosis of ‘You and I’
Chair: Roberto Palla (Università di Macerata)
Break
17:15 Raffaele Perrelli (Università della Calabria) Claudiano e l’elegia: sondaggi e qualche certezza
18:00 Gavin Kelly (University of Edinburgh) Titles and Other Paratexts in the Collection of Sidonius’ Works
Chair: Raffaella Tabacco (Università del Piemonte Orientale)
Friday 18 June
9:00 Filomena Giannotti (Università di Siena) Ceu flos succisus aratro. Metamorfosi di un topos classico in Ennodio (carm. II 86 = 204 Vogel)
9:45 Fabio Gasti (Università di Pavia)
Dal Titano ai martiri torinesi: un percorso ennodiano fra poesia e fede
Chair: Mario Lentano (Università di Siena)
Break
ore 11.00 Marco Formisano (Universiteit Gent)
Paesaggi trasgressivi. Un’interpretazione territoriale della poesia tardoantica
ore 11.45 Silvia Mattiacci (Università di Siena)
Presenza di Fedro e ‘metamorfosi’ della favola tra IV e V secolo
Chair: Luigi Piacente (Università di Bari Aldo Moro)
Free access to the Conference is available through the following link:
https://unisi.webex.com/meet/metamorfosidelclassico
Cultural Encounters in Anatolia in the Medieval Period: The Crusaders in Anatolia, online 27 & 28 May
Registration is now open to attend Cultural Encounters in Anatolia in the Medieval Period: The Crusaders in Anatolia Symposium. The symposium will be held online on May 27-28, 2021 due to pandemic.
Starting from Spring 2014, Koç University VEKAM has been organizing international symposiums to introduce various cultures that lived in Anatolia and to support research in these fields of study under the title of “Cultural Encounters in Anatolia in the Medieval Period”.
After the symposiums on the Georgian Kingdom, Ilkhanids, and Italians in Anatolia, within the scope of the series, this year’s theme is specified as “The Crusaders in Anatolia”.
Symposium will be in Turkish and English. Simultaneous translation will be available.
Registration is required. For further information and registration please see https://vekam.ku.edu.tr/en/events/thecrusaders/
Online Conference: “Umayyad Syria: A Context for the Qur’an?”, 2-4 June 2021
The international interdisciplinary colloquium "Umayyad Syria: A context for the Qur'an?", organized by Anne-Sylvie Boisliveau and Mathilde Boudier, will take place on June 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 2021, in a hybrid form at the University of Strasbourg. The colloquium will be in French and in English.
For the programme and more information please visit: http://archimede.unistra.fr/fr/activites-de-recherche/programmes-de-recherche/equipes/equipe-i-territoires-et-empires-dorient-teo/la-syrie-omeyyade-un-contexte-pour-le-coran/
Online lecture: Sien De Groot, Reading and Writing the Areopagite. Book Epigrams as Witnesses to the Transmission of the Corpus Dionysiacum. Tuesday 25 May 2021, 16:00 CET (Online, Zoom)
The fifth lecture of the first Speaking From the Margins lecture series, organized by the Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams (Ghent University) will be given by
Sien De Groot (Ghent University), on “Reading and Writing the Areopagite. Book Epigrams as Witnesses to the Transmission of the Corpus Dionysiacum”
Date: Tuesday 25 May 2021
Time: 16:00 CET
Location: online via Zoom. No registration required.
For the abstract and the link to the meeting, please visit https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/news-events/57.
You can find more information about the Spring 2021 Series of the Speaking
From the Margins lectures on the DBBE website: https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/pages/outreach#lectures.
If you missed our previous talk by Alessandra Palla, you can watch the
recording here.
The presence of Plotinus: the self, contemplation, and spiritual exercise in the Enneads
“In the center of “The School of Athens”, a famous fresco by Raphael, we can see Plato and Aristotle, the two philosophers who may have been indeed the greatest thinkers of antiquity. However, the scholarly endeavor of the last century has demonstrated with increasing consistency that Plotinus – although his name and legacy is not so popular – could well stand next to them, especially so, because he attempted to synthetize the views of those great masters of the past. His presence in the Western philosophy was, perhaps, a more silent one, but also very influential. Since Late Antiquity, Christian, Jewish and Muslim philosophers were inspired by him as well as Renaissance Platonists and German Idealists. In year 2020, 1750 years had passed by since Plotinus died in a Campanian villa during what seemed to be the last wave of an ancient pandemic, usually called the “Cyprian plague”. Or, as he saw it, since his final ascent from “the divine in us to the divine in the All”. The conference was planned for the year 2020 to celebrate Plotinus’ presence in the Western tradition, but had to be postponed for obvious reasons.
One of the topics which has recently attracted a lot of scholarly attention is Plotinus’ view of the self. It seems original, interesting and refreshing in the midst of our “culture of narcissism”, where we tend to be preoccupied more than ever by concepts such as the self, self-realization, identity, and individualism. What we would like to discuss, however, is not only Plotinus’ philosophical view of the self, but the connections between his concept of the self and the practical dimension of his philosophy, famously described by Pierre Hadot as “spiritual exercise” and “the way of life”. During the three days of our online meeting, we will explore the connections between Plotinus’ view of the self, its contemplative knowledge of the divine realities, which is the goal of philosophical life, and the practical methods of arriving at this knowledge and at the transformation of the self."
Those interested in attending the conference remotely, please, contact Mateusz Stróżyński for further details (email address: monos...@gmail.com).
Contact: Mateusz Stróżyński monos...@gmail.com https://amu.academia.edu/MateuszStróżyński
PROGRAM
Day 1: The self
Wednesday, 16 June 2021
Session Chair: Mateusz Stróżyński
14h30 (CEST) Opening of the conference
15h00 Keynote lecture
The demiurgic Intellect and individual intellects in Plotinus
Lloyd Gerson (University of Toronto)
16h30 Break
17h00 Plotinus: the self as the logos of the particularized soul
Siobhan Doyle (University College Dublin)
18h00 The self as potential for self-consciousness and independence
Yady Oren (University of Jerusalem)
Day 2: Contemplation
Thursday, 17 June 2021
Session Chair: Maria Marcinkowska-Rosół
15h00 Keynote lecture
Beginning to resemble the ground on which you walk: Ennead V.8.10.30
Sara Ahbel-Rappe (University of Michigan)
16h30 Break
17h00 The dimmest intellection: Nature’s creation and awareness in Plotinus
Ágoston Guba (Gyula Moravcsik Institute, RCH, ELKH.)
18h00 Beauty and spiritual exercises in the ascent towards God in Plotinus
Luciana Gabriela Santoprete (Laboratoire d’Études sur les Monothéismes,
CNRS)
Day 3: Spiritual Exercise
Friday, 18 June 2021
Session Chair: Krystyna Bartol
15h00 Keynote lecture
Rhetoric, philosophy, and spiritual exercise in Plotinus
Christian Tornau (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg)
16h30 Break
17h00 Everywhere and nowhere: the textual indeterminacy of the undescended soul in
Plotinus as performative anagogic writing
Nicholas Banner (Independent)
18h00 Imagination and spiritual exercise in Plotinus
Mateusz Stróżyński (Adam Mickiewicz University)
19h00 Closing remarks
Online Conference: Materiality in the Eastern Mediterranean World, 28th-29th May 2021
The Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies (CEMS) at Central European University (Vienna/Budapest) is proud to announce the 7th International Graduate Conference on “Materiality in the Eastern Mediterranean World”, Vienna, 28-29 May 2021. The conference will provide a forum for graduate and advanced undergraduate students working on the Eastern Mediterranean to present their current research, exchange ideas, and develop scholarly networks.
The aim of this conference is to explore how a turn towards materiality can help us to understand the Eastern Mediterranean world. The conference seeks research that investigates the role of physical “things” in history. How are material culture, technology, and the physical environment entangled in historical processes? How has the physical world shaped and been shaped by forms of social life in the Eastern Mediterranean? How have ideas and emotions been put into practice and how have they been embodied in material objects (e.g. artifacts, relics, and manuscripts)? How could materiality in the Eastern Mediterranean differ from other regions?
Keynote lecture by Charlie Barber, May 29, 6:30 pm: Formlessness and Potentiality: Reflections on Art and Materiality in Fourteenth-Century Byzantium: ‘The first part of this paper will offer some readings of the definitions and use of Matter in a variety of writings, primarily from the early-fourteenth century. Formlessness, Potentiality, and Harmonics will be discussed as aspects of Materiality. Works by George Pachymeres and Theodore Metochites will be a particular focus. The second part of the paper will propose a reading of the use of marble in Metochites’ church of the Holy Savior in Chora. I will argue that the display of marble in the church was more than a demonstration of material resources. Its presence speaks to the very identity of the monastery.’
Charlie Barber is the Donald Drew Egbert Professor of Art & Archaeology at Princeton University.
Advance registration is not required. To access the conference, please visit the CEU Events website.
Byzantium at Ankara Seminar: “Lilith, Xnoubis and the Others: living in-between Faith, Magic, and Spells”, Thursday 27 May, 18:00 (Istanbul Time)
Byzantium at Ankara is happy to announce the last seminar of the Spring 2021 Seminar Series; on Thursday 27 May (h. 18.00 Istanbul Time), Sercan Yandim (Hacettepe University) will deliver a paper entitled: "Lilith, Xnoubis and the Others: living in-between Faith, Magic, and Spells."
For further info and registration, go to https://www.byzantiumatankara.net/program-1 or send an email to byzantiu...@hotmail.com.
Ewa Wipszycka's Warsaw Late Antique Seminar. 27 May: Enno Friedrich (Universität Graz), Pindaricus Fortunatus? How well did Venantius Fortunatus (Gaul, 6th c. CE) know Pindar (Greece, 5th c. BCE)?
On 27 May (4.45 Warsaw time), at Ewa Wipszycka's Warsaw Late Antique Seminar, Enno Friedrich (Universität Graz), will present a paper “Pindaricus Fortunatus? How well did Venantius Fortunatus (Gaul, 6th c. CE) know Pindar (Greece, 5th c. BCE)?”. We are meeting on Zoom at the usual link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83501284547?pwd=aWt5a1Jla2ZmbUgzN1lyL0c4N1lsUT09
Abstract
Venantius Fortunatus, late antique author of occasional poems, letters, saints’ lives and one hagiographical epic, mentions Pindar, one of the nine canonical lyricists, several times in the letters and poems, which form his collection of carmina. While direct intertextual references of a Latin poet in Gaul in the sixth century CE to a poet of archaic Greece would be extraordinary, Venantius Fortunatus seems to suggest to his recipients that he has first-hand knowledge of Pindar. A natural link between Pindar and Venantius Fortunatus, which could have made the Greek a desirable model for the Venetian, is their shared expertise in occasional praise poetry. In my paper I am going to follow this lead and search for traces of direct intertextuality between Pindar’s remaining poems and Fortunatus’s carmina in his words, style and choice of subjects. As part of this endeavor, I will reflect on the methodological difficulties of determining direct intertextuality beyond reasonable doubt.
2. CALLS FOR PAPERS
Poetry in Late Byzantium and Beyond (13th to 15th Centuries). Conference at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, 9–11 February 2022
The composition and consumption of poetry was fundamental for the cultural life of the Byzantines, from the beginning of the Empire until its end in the middle of the 15th century. In the schools, poetry was omnipresent both as an object of study (such as that of Homer, the tragedians, and Gregory of Nazianzus, as well as of more contemporary authors, e.g. Michael Psellos or Theodore Prodromos), and as a teaching method (didactic poems, metrical schede). Epigrams were omnipresent in Constantinople and elsewhere, inscribed on the surfaces of churches and towers, icons, and portable objects, as well as in many other places and settings. Members of the upper class regularly gathered in literary salons, the so-called theatra, where rhetorical texts were read in both prose and verse. Moreover, beyond its undoubted aesthetic value, the writing and patronage of poetry could have a significant impact on the social standing of authors and patrons alike. While these aspects have recently been studied for the poetry produced from late antiquity up to the twelfth century, the poetic production of the late Byzantine period (13th to 15th c.) has been largely neglected. This conference will, for the first time, shed light on the corpus of late Byzantine poetry in its entirety. We invite the submission of papers with a focus on metrical texts from the Byzantine world from the 13th to the 15th centuries.
Organizer: Dr. Krystina Kubina
Please send a title of your paper and an abstract (max. 300 words) to Krystina Kubina (krystin...@oeaw.ac.at) no later than June 30, 2021. The speakers will be notified by the end of July. Travel and accommodation expenses (3 nights) will be covered.
For further information, see https://www.oeaw.ac.at/fileadmin/Institute/imafo/pdf/forschung/byzanzforschung/sites/Call-for-Papers_Late-Byzantine-Poetry.pdf
Call for Papers: PhD Candidates and Early-Career Researchers “Securing Power in the Sixth-Century Roman Empire” Online Workshop, University of Cambridge, 7 December 2021
Imperial power in the sixth-century Roman empire could be fragile. ‘Every emperor had to perform a delicate balancing act to remain in power’ by responding to and accommodating the shifting demands of public opinion and various interest groups: senators, bureaucrats, bishops, soldiers and generals, urban factions, and more (Greatrex 2020; Meier 2016; Kaldellis 2015; Bell 2013; Pfeilschifter 2013). Each of these groups have individually assumed increasingly important roles in political narratives of the period, but comparatively little attention has been paid to how those in power – emperors, patriarchs, governors, magistrates, and others – were subjected to pressures and attempted to build power bases across these interest groups.
In particular, modern scholarship has established a boundary between “secular” and “ecclesiastical” politics which sixth-century century political actors neither experienced nor refrained from crossing as they tried to secure or challenge power. The purpose of this workshop is to close these artificial divides and to explore how power was contested and secured “without limits”, in order to take better account of the interconnectedness of the sixth-century world, the flexible array of political pressures to which those in power were subjected, and the sometimes unexpected consequences of responding to these pressures. The goal of this approach is to produce a more holistic, comprehensive understanding of sixth-century power struggles.
PhD candidates and early career researchers are invited to read the full call for papers and a list of suggested topics at the following link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I0WgdIvwhyMezCo2RRHaGyeXVxIgds70/view?usp=sharing
The deadline for submitting abstracts is 31 August 2021 and the workshop will take place online on 7 December 2021. The organisers envisage the publication of a volume based on the papers delivered at the conference, dependent upon a peer-review process.
Euro-Mediterranean Entanglements in Medieval History, German Historical Institutes of Paris and Rome. Deadline for submissions: 15 June 2021
The German Historical Institutes of Paris and Rome are launching an online seminar series on “Euro-Mediterranean Entanglements in Medieval History” in the academic year 2021/2022. The events will take place every two months on the following dates: 28th September 2021, 23rd November 2021, 25th January 2022, 29th March 2022, and 24th May 2022. They are aimed at both young scholars and established scholars from all medieval disciplines. The intention is to create an international and interdisciplinary forum where diverse topics and methodological approaches can be presented and discussed.
The Institutes cordially invite interested researchers to present and discuss their ongoing or recently completed work before an international audience.
The geographical area is deliberately not clearly defined and includes Europe, as well as the Mediterranean region in its broadest sense. Also comprised are interconnections between the Euro-Mediterranean area and other world regions. The following topics are in focus:
Cross-regional, transcultural, and interreligious entanglements (processes/results)
Overlapping Spaces: Between geographic borders and cultural contacts
Social networks and interpersonal relations
Mobility and migration
Transfer, diffusion and adaptation (of ideas, knowledge and material objects)
The seminar will focus on discussion. Presenters are therefore asked to submit a paper of max. 5000 words to the coordinators 10 days before the event. In the online seminar itself, only a 10-minute keynote presentation will be given. A subsequent 10-minute commentary by a specialist will stimulate the discussion, for approximately 45 minutes. The seminar will be held in English.
Please send an abstract (1-2 pages) and short curriculum vitae (with list of publications, if possible) by 15th June 2021 to asag...@dhiparis.fr and wo...@dhi-roma.it.
Call for Papers: 5th Edinburgh International Graduate Conference in Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies, “Sites of Encounter and Cultural Exchange (500-1500 CE)”, 4-6 November, 2021. Deadline for submission: 30 June 2021
From the Conference Organization Committee, Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Society,
University of Edinburgh:
“Sites of encounter and cultural exchange are crucial to the construction of meaningful narratives concerning the Mediterranean and West Asian past. These sites have at times been excluded from wider historiographical narratives which seek to centre them within the nation-state; such narratives exclude the marginalised and serve to other anything considered syncretic or alien. Scholarship has, in the last half century, acquired a new-found appreciation for the history of cultural exchange, and the spaces – be they physical, textual, or imagined – where such interpersonal and intercultural contact occurs. Our conference aims to bring together these multifarious ‘sites of encounter’ in order to gain a more complex understanding of the Mediterranean and West Asia in the period between 500 and 1500 C.E.
We invite papers and posters that address issues including, but not limited to:
· Sites of Encounter in Material Culture: Attestation of sites of encounter and cultural contact in material culture; the archaeology of physical sites of encounter; cultural encounter in Art History.
· Frontiers: Frontiers as sites of encounter; life on the frontier; the vision of states/societies from the periphery; the treatment of the frontier in texts.
· Marginality: Encounter with the socially marginalised on ethnic/gender/sexual (etc.) grounds; legal systems as sites of encounter between the marginalised and non-marginalised; encounters between the free and unfree.
· Multilingualism: Tracing multilingualism; intercultural contact and multilingualism; translation and the transmission of knowledge and texts.
· Religion as a Sites of Encounter: Syncretic belief systems; the translation and cross-cultural reception of religious, spiritual, and magical texts.
· Mapping and Geographical Writings: Conceptualisations and articulations of geographic space; spatial representations in both images and texts; intercultural exchange of geographical knowledge.
· Commercial Networks and Trade: The reconstruction of regional and trans-regional commercial networks; trade networks as nexuses for intercultural encounter and contact; urban spaces and commercial exchange.
Additionally, we are pleased to welcome our keynote speakers, the eminent Byzantinist Leonora Neville (University of Wisconsin, Madison) and the equally eminent Armenologist and Islamic Historian Alison Vacca (University of Tennessee, Knoxville).
This conference will be hosted online by the Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Society of the University of Edinburgh on the 4th to the 6th of November, 2021. We welcome papers and posters from Postgraduate Students and Early Career Researchers from all disciplines with an interest in Late Antique, Islamic or Byzantine studies.
Papers: Presentation must be approximately 20 minutes in length, delivered in English.
Posters: Participants will present their research at a poster session held in individual break-out rooms; conference participants will have the opportunity to visit electronically those presenting. Posters will need to be confirmed by the 21st of October, 2021. We strongly encourage undergraduate, masters and first-year PhD students to submit posters of their dissertations or research.
To apply, please respond with an e-mail including whether you hope to present a paper or poster, an abstract of no more than 300 words, and a small academic biography of no more than 120 words to edib...@ed.ac.uk. The deadline for submitting papers and posters is the 30th of June, 2021.
Registration Fees:
Student Speakers: £15 before September 15th, 2021; £20 thereafter.
Non-Student Speakers: £35 before September 15th, 2021; £40 thereafter.
The committee intends to have the conference proceedings published in a peer-reviewed volume after the conference. Moreover, selected presenters may be invited to publish their studies by the peer-reviewed Edinburgh Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies Journal, a recently formed journal that will publish its inaugural volume in 2022.
Please address any questions to edib...@ed.ac.uk”
3. JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
4 three-year PhD positions at the University of Freiburg
“The Research Training Group 2571 “Empires: Dynamic Change, Temporality and Post-Imperial Orders” funded by the German Research Council (DFG) invites applications for 4 three-year PhD Positions. Application deadline is July 7, 2021
The Research Training Group (RTG), comprising the historical disciplines of Ancient, Medieval, Early Modern, Modern and Contemporary, Eastern European and Eastern Asian History and the disciplines of Sociology, Political Science, Romance Studies and English Literary Studies as well as (via the EUCOR network) Islamic Studies, investigates imperial transformations leading up to the emergence of post-imperial orders with a focus on the effects, adaptations and medial reflections of imperial temporal orders.
Dissertations are expected to focus on three main lines of research: the transformation and temporalities of imperial a) spaces, b) economies, and c) institutions and normative structures.
For further information on the RTG please visit: www.grk2571.uni-freiburg.de.
The RTG is committed to support gender, ethnic and cultural diversity and strongly encourages international applicants.
We expect:
· excellent Master’s degree or equivalent, preferably in a field of study relevant to the Research Training Group
· willingness to complete a dissertation on a topic that is applicable to the research focus of the Research Training Group
· members are required to participate in the structured study program and in the events and activities of the Research Group
· with the exception of research stays abroad, the PhD candidates are required to take residence in Freiburg for the duration of the program
· the doctorates are carried out at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
We offer:
· a structured study program that supports individual research and prepares doctoral candidates for an academic career and other related professional fields
· intensive professional and interdisciplinary exchange
· opportunities for international academic networking and career advancement
· continuous supervision by two professorial members of the RTG
· funding for up to six months abroad at a research institute (https://www.grk2571.uni-freiburg.de/partners) cooperating with our program, as well as travel costs for attending conferences in Germany and abroad
Please submit the following documents (in English or German):
· letter of motivation (1-2 pages)
· CV
· copy(s) of the university certificate(s) including a transcript of records
· outline of the proposed research project (7-10 pages) including an abstract describing the topic (1 page), working title, state of the art, main research questions, theoretical approaches and methodology, and a time schedule
· names of two academic referees whom we may contact regarding the scientific qualification, personal suitability and quality of the application and the project
The positions are in accordance with the Academic Fixed-Term Contract Law (WissZeitVG) and they are to be filled on a fixed-term basis for the duration of the doctoral process, initially for a period of up to 3 years. An extension for the successful completion of the doctorate is possible within the time limits of the WissZeitVG.
The salary will be determined in accordance with TV-L E13 (65 %).
We are particularly pleased to receive applications from women for the positions advertised here.
Please send your application including supporting documents mentioned above citing the reference number 00001586, by 07.07.2021 at the latest. Please send your application to the following address in written or electronic form:
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i. Br.
GRK 2571 „Imperien“
Platz der Universität 3 (Poststelle im Kollegiengebäude III)
79098 Freiburg
E-Mail: kon...@grk2571.uni-freiburg.de
For further information, please contact Prof. Dr. Peter Eich on the phone number +49 761 203-5453 or E-Mail peter...@grk2571.uni-freiburg.de.”
Tenure-track position in Mediterranean History at Haifa
The Haifa Center for Mediterranean History (HCMH) and the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Haifa, Israel, are pleased to announce a new call for applications for a tenure track position in Mediterranean history.
The Center is looking for candidates with proven academic excellence in their fields of expertise, together with an extensive background in Mediterranean studies, and a fully-developed Mediterraneanist approach guiding their research. The candidate should be firmly rooted within the historical discipline, with openness to other fields of knowledge in the social sciences.
The position is open to any rank, although senior scholars are particularly
encouraged to apply.
Preference will be given to applications received by 31 July 2021.
For further details see https://hcmh.haifa.ac.il/index.php/opportunities-for-researchers/tenure-track-positions
Oxford University Byzantine Society
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THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY BYZANTINE SOCIETY
The Byzness, 30th May 2021
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1. NEWS AND EVENTS
2. CALLS FOR PAPERS
3. JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
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1. NEWS AND EVENTS
SWW Late Antiquity Network 2nd Annual Colloquium - registration open
The 2nd Annual Postgraduate/Early Career Colloquium 'Connectivity and Networks' will take place on Thursday 3rd June 2021.
Registration and full programme here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/connectivity-and-networks-colloquium-tickets-156476763211
Online lecture from the Georgia Project Lecture Series. Robert G. Ousterhout, ‘Three Critical Moments in Caucasian Architecture’, 1st June 2021 3:00pm (CEST) / 9:00am (EDT)
The speaker says: ‘In this talk, I shall examine three important periods in the development of Georgian and Armenian architecture, focusing on what I perceive as moments of creativity and innovation in design, planning, and decorative details. For each ‘moment,’ I shall focus on once specific monument, while attempting to situate it within the broader perspective of Christian and Islamic architecture in the East. Much of what I say will derive from my 2019 book, Eastern Medieval Architecture: The Building Traditions of Byzantium and Neighboring Lands. For the seventh century, I shall focus on the church of the Holy Cross at Jvari, which rises prominently on a hill above the medieval Georgian capital of Mtskheta. The development of the domed octagon church type may have made its first appearance here – a remarkably innovative design that proved popular across the Caucasus and beyond. For the tenth century, I examine the Church of St John the Baptist at Oshki (Öşk Vank), the grandest of tenth-century churches, built ca. 963-73 by David the Great and his brother Bagrat. The domed basilica follows a traditional plan, but the remarkable variety in its decorative details and vaulting forms is virtually unprecedented and establishes a model for late Caucasian and Seljuk building.
For the thirteenth century, I focus on the development of the gavit or zhamatun in Armenia, with a close look at the Monastery at Geghard. These were multi-purpose spaces that could serve as meeting halls, burial places, overflow from the church, or even the setting for services when the main church was not used. While church architecture remained conservative, the gavit displays a bravura array of vaulting forms. In all, variety seem the key concern, with forms, such as the muqarnas vault, that reflect the close interaction with the Seljuks in this period’.
Robert G. Ousterhout is Professor Emeritus in the History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author most recently of Visualizing Community: Art, Material Culture, and Settlement in Byzantine Cappadocia, Dumbarton Oaks Studies 46 (Washington, DC, 2017); and Eastern Medieval Architecture: The Building Traditions of Byzantium and Neighboring Lands (Onassis Series in Hellenic Culture: Oxford University Press, 2019), as well as co-editor of Piroska and the Pantokrator, with M. Sághy (Budapest: Central European University Press, 2019); and The Holy Apostles: A Lost Monument, a Forgotten Project, and the Presentness of the Past, with M. Mullett, Dumbarton Oaks Symposia and Colloquia (Washington, DC, 2020). His fieldwork has concentrated on Byzantine architecture, monumental art, and urbanism in Constantinople, Thrace, Cappadocia, and Jerusalem. Since 2011 he has co-directed the “Cappadocia in Context” graduate seminar, an international summer field school for Koç University. He was just awarded the 2021 Haskins Medal by the Medieval Academy of America for Eastern Medieval Architecture.
To participate please register in advance via Zoom: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvfu-gqjspG9HUVfOfUOnbINdX8FzXIjFm
Online Lecture ‘Subterranean Hagia Sophia: Revealing the Waters Below the Hagia Sophia’, 1st June 2021 17:00 pm GMT
Since 2005, Çiğdem Özkan Aygün has directed an interdisciplinary survey of the subterranean remains in the area of Hagia Sophia. Speleologists, professional photographers and divers have also supported the survey and documentation. Most finds have been new to scholarship and unexpectedly rich and informative about the history and construction techniques of the structures. They have opened a door into the monument’s unexplored relation with water management. This survey has proven that the area around Hagia Sophia was crucial for the water supply distribution over the first hill of the city, where the ancient water supply line ended. Further exploration beneath the Hippodrome and Topkapı Palace area revealed connections in the water supply. This talk will explain the relation of subterranean structures to the water supply system and present their 3D models and a short documentary.
Discussant: James Crow, University of Edinburgh
Please register in advance here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/9616207635673/WN_Csqzthj7Sf6NKttNwRHFuQ
Online seminar series. Forgotten Christianities - An Early Career Research Seminar
Forgotten Christianities is a new initiative sponsored by The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH) through the 'Critical Thinking Communities' initiative and the Ancient World Research Cluster (Wolfson College, Oxford).
For the purposes of this project, ‘Forgotten Christianities’ are defined as those Christian linguistic and ethnic self-defined groups which traditionally have been overlooked by mainstream academia including, Georgian, Syriac, Armenian, Ethiopic, Coptic, and Arabic Christianity. The “Forgotten Christianities” seminars will explore critical theories of identity formation, communal memory, and intellectual exchange in the history of the Eastern and Oriental Churches.
Each session will bring together doctoral students from various fields such as history, archaeology, theology, and the social sciences. Spanning Late Antiquity, the early Islamic era, and the Middle Ages, they will provide a diachronic and kaleidoscopic view of these historical communities and their self-representation. Participants are invited to engage critically with a range of theoretical frameworks and methodologies, such as postcolonial studies, memory studies, the history of ideas, and the development of cultural, religious, and social identity. Through exploring Christianities outside of Western Europe, the seminars aim to contribute to the paradigm shift which decentralises academic interest from a Eurocentric perspective, while showcasing the interconnectedness of societies.
The conveners Bogdan Draghici (DPhil in Oriental Studies - Syriac, Wolfson College), Dan Gallaher (DPhil in History - Armenian/Byzantine Studies, Balliol College), Alexis Gorby (DPhil in Classical Archaeology, St John’s College) can be contacted at forgottench...@gmail.com. Proposals by current DPhil/Ph.D. students and early career researchers for future sessions are welcome.
Seminars will be held on Zoom. Registration links to each event are at the bottom of the page -
https://torch.web.ox.ac.uk/forgotten-christianities#/
7th of June, 5PM BST
Valentina Grasso (Cambridge)
Christianities in the Sixth-Century Red Sea: Kālēb of Aksūm and Abraha of Ḥimyar
Jesse Siragan Arlen (UCLA)
The Making of a Monastic Academy: Intellectual and Ascetic-Mystical Education at the Monastery of Narek
14th of June, 5PM BST
Joseph Glynias (Princeton)
Ibrahim the Protospatharios, the Melkites of Antioch, and Local Autonomy under Byzantine Rule
Kyle Brunner (NYU/ISAW)
Creation and Maintenance of Communal Boundaries Real and Imagined in Syriac Hagiography during the Early Islamic Period
21st of June, 5PM BST
Augustine Dickinson (Hamburg)
Martyrs of God and Pillars of Faith: Literature and Identity in the Stephanite Movement
Nevsky Everett (SOAS)
The Ark of the Covenant and the Cross in Isaac of Nineveh and the Adversus Judaeos tradition
28th of June, 5PM BST
Emily Chesley (Princeton)
“I am going to go beyond the bounds”: Creating Miaphysite Community through a Woman’s Biographical Mimro
Samuel Noble (KU Leuven)
Abdallāh ibn al-Faḍl’s Conception of Philosophy: Byzantine Falsafa
Announcement of Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection 2021-2022 Library Research Fellows
George Paganelis announces the Library Research Fellows for 2021-2022 along with their project titles.
· Dr. Konstantina (Nadia) Georgiou, Independent Scholar, U.K.; Project Title: "Gatekeeping Networks and Patronage: The Role of Diasporic Greek Americans in the Promotion and Dissemination of Translated Modern Greek Literature"
· Ms. Ioanna Kipourou, Doctoral Candidate, University of Graz, Austria; Project Title: “'Mr. Greek' — The Making of a San Franciscan Civic Leader: A Memoir of Peter G. Boudoures (1893-1982)"
· Mr. Panos Koromvokis, Doctoral Candidate, Panteion University; Project Title: “Behind the Counter: Representations of the Greek-American Diner in 20th-Century Greek America”
· Dr. Theodora Patrona, Teaching Fellow, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; Project Title: "Setting the Scene: The Obscure Greek-American Cultural Production of the Early Twentieth Century"
· Mr. Thanasis Sotiriou, Doctoral Candidate, University of Crete; Project Title: "Byzantine Local Aristocrats and Turkish Conquerors in Asia Minor (1260-1330)"
· Prof. Fevronia Soumakis, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Queens College, CUNY; Project Title: “The Political and Social Activism of Katy Vlavianos and the Ladies Philoptochos Society”
2. CALLS FOR PAPERS
International Colloquium "Mythographica & Paramythographica Graeca, I: the transmission of texts". Deadline for abstract submission: 5 September 2021
The International Colloquium "Mythographica & Paramythographica Graeca, I: the transmission of texts" at Universidad de Granada is conceived as a meeting space for the dissemination, discussion and reflection of researches on the transmission of Greek mythographic texts in a broad sense (manuscripts, editions, translations, comments, etc.). Although the Colloquium will focus primarily on mythography, contributions on the presence of mythographic materials in other types of scholarly literature (eg., paradoxography and paraemiology) are welcome.
Interested persons can send an abstract (in Spanish, French, English or Italian) until September 5, 2021 (1000 characters maximum, including spaces and a short bibliographic note) to: coloquiomyth...@gmail.com.
Proposals will be evaluated by the Organizing Committee, with the advice of the Scientific Committee. The result will be communicated before September 20th, when the final program will be published. Participation in the Colloquium will preferably be in person, but in justified cases, video-conference’ modality will be admitted.
Greek Islands under the Control of Western Rulers, 13th-15th Cent.: Searching for Their Identity through Their Patronage (Deadline 30th June 2021)
After the Fall of Constantinople in 1204 to the armies of the Fourth Crusade and the signing of the treaty of Partitio Terrarum Imperii Romaniae, the majority of the Greek islands (in the Aegean, the Ionian Sea and Crete) gradually passed under the control of the Latins, initiating a new era of conflict and coexistence between the local populations, the new rulers and the settlers. The Venetians, the Genoese, the Hospitallers et al., within this cultural environment, funded the construction, the decoration, or the renovation of secular and religious buildings, as well as the production of artefacts. These initiatives constitute the irrefutable evidence of their presence in the Greek islands. Documents, inscriptions, coats of arms, donor portraits and other visual material can provide us with crucial information about the identities of the commissioners and their role within the local communities, and thus help us fill in some of the missing pages of the history of each island or complexes of islands. With the financial support of the Society for the Medieval Mediterranean, through the Simon Barton Postgraduate & ECR Conference Prize, we would like to invite you to the virtual conference Greek Islands under the Control of Western Rulers (13th -15th cent.). Searching for their Identity through their Patronage, which will take place on 3 and 4 December 2021 via Zoom. The conference aims to promote research on Latin patronage and how this reflects the status of the patrons in the Greek islands under western rule (13th-15th c.) and the interrelationship between the Byzantines and the Latins. Papers are expected to focus on the investigation of the various aspects of the patronage and what these initiatives can tell us about the process of the production of architecture and art (physical materials of the monuments and the objects, aesthetic taste of the commissioners, etc.), their profile (financial and social status, education), their social position within the local communities, their relations with the central or the local administration and the ways they used patronage to promote their status. Broader issues, such as the integration of the two cultures and their parallel development, devotional practices and beliefs, the social and political fermentations created by this coexistence, et al. are expected to be examined as well.
Postgraduate students and early career researchers from various disciplines (history, archaeology, history of art, epigraphy and palaeography) are particularly encouraged to participate in. Emphasis will be given to interdisciplinary approaches.
Presentations will be given in Greek or in English. Please send your title and an abstract (about 300 words), written in Greek or in English, to
latinpatrona...@gmail.com, no later than the 30th of June 2021. Paper proposals should also contain the full name of the participant, affiliation, e-mail address, phone number and 5 keywords that best represent the content of your paper. Notifications of acceptance and relevant information will be sent via e-mail by July 202
View the text of the call here https://www.academia.edu/45660022/GREEK_ISLANDS_UNDER_THE_CONTROL_OF_WESTERN_RULERS_13_th_15_th_CENT_SEARCHING_FOR_THEIR_IDENTITY_THROUGH_THEIR_PATRONAGE
3. JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
M.A./Ph.D. Scholarships and Travel Grants in Byzantine Studies (2021-2022)
Applications are now open for the 2021-2022 Andrew W. Mellon M.A./Ph.D. scholarships and short-term travel grants offered by the Bogazici University Byzantine Studies Research Center.
For more information please visit http://byzantinestudies.boun.edu.tr/index.php?page=events&id=61
Position as Lecturer in Late Medieval History, King’s College London (Deadline 14th June 2021)
The Department of History at King’s College London seeks to appoint a Lecturer specialising in Late Medieval History (1200-1500). Preference may be given to applicants specializing in Southern Europe and/or the Mediterranean region. You will conduct and publish high quality research in the subject, seek external research funding and engage in impact-generating activities. You will develop new modules in your area of specialism, and contribute to the planning, organisation and delivery of other teaching activities. You will assume pastoral and administrative responsibilities, and participate actively in the life and culture of the department. A strong research track record, excellent teaching ability, outstanding interpersonal skills and a collaborative ethos are essential for the role.
KCL particularly welcomes applications from black and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented in the Department of History. All applications from members of groups with protected characteristics that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the Equality Act are welcomed. This post will be offered on an indefinite contract.This is a full-time post – 100% full time equivalent.
Skills, knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
1. PhD in Medieval History completed
2. Excellent research expertise in Late Medieval History
3. Ability to convene, teach and assess modules relating to medieval history across the undergraduate curriculum
4. Ability to engage students and support their learning
5. Demonstrable administrative and interpersonal skills, a collaborative ethos, and capacity for team-working
6. Strong track record in research relative to career stage
7. Experience of teaching and supporting students at UG level
Desirable criteria
1. Experience of teaching and supporting students at PG level
Further information
Interviews for shortlisted candidates will be held in early July. The selection process will include a presentation and an interview. To assist in the shortlisting process, applicants are asked to include a copy of an article or chapter (either published or intended for publication) and a proposal for a collaboratively taught module.They should make clear in their supporting statement how they meet each of the selection criteria for the post using examples of their skills and experience. This may include experience gained in employment, education, or during career breaks (such as time out to care for dependants). Applicants should include a separate short statement describing past experience that promotes diversity and inclusion, broadly understood, and/or plans to make future contributions to more inclusive representation of racialized and other minorities in the applicant’s core discipline, or in the academy more broadly. Please note that we are able to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
Deadline to apply is 14th June 2021. For complete information, visit the job posting here.
Job Opportunity: Associate Lecturer/Lecturer in History (pre-1700), University of Sydney (Deadline 17th June 2021)
The School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry (SOPHI) is seeking to appoint an Associate Lecturer / Lecturer in History (pre-1700) from candidates who hold a relevant PhD, an outstanding research profile and demonstrated teaching excellence. The Associate Lecturer / Lecturer in History (pre-1700) will be expected to pursue an active research program, produce high quality publications, participate in the department’s research culture, contribute to teaching at all levels and undertake appropriate administrative roles and curriculum development as required.
We are seeking an academic who can bring their expertise in areas outside of Western Europe and North America as well as one or more of the following thematic areas – Indigenous history (including comparative Indigenous history); race and cultural identity; mobility and migration; women, gender and sexuality; environment and climate. Interdisciplinary expertise, with versatility and breadth across geographic areas and time periods also forms a key component to this opportunity.
The successful candidate will teach large introductory units of study in History and INGS (International and Global Studies) as well as the opportunity to develop specialised higher-level units and to supervise Honours, Masters and PhD students in their fields of speciality. The successful candidate will also be expected to participate in the curriculum transformation currently underway at the University and to be willing to teach into interdisciplinary units.
The school is seeking applications from scholars who are committed to decolonizing methodologies/approaches and public engagement and outreach, including utilising museum collections.
To be considered for this position please ensure you submit the below documents as part of your application:
– Current CV (including two referees of international standing)
– Supporting statement which addresses the below criteria:
- a PhD (in hand or near completion) in History or a closely related discipline
- an active research program with significant potential for publication in highly regarded peer-reviewed international journals and presses
- demonstrated teaching excellence (including capacity to teach introductory units of study as well as specialised higher-level courses) and ability to supervise Honours students, doctoral and other postgraduate research, in fields of speciality
- capacity to communicate their research in well-regarded peer-reviewed international publications as well as community outreach and public engagement channels
- capacity to seek research funding from internal and external sources
- a collegial approach and ability to contribute to curriculum development and undertake other academic administrative duties
The application form can be found here.
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THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY BYZANTINE SOCIETY
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June 2021
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1. NEWS AND EVENTS
2. CALLS FOR PAPERS
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1. NEWS AND EVENTS
Conference: ‘The Reception of Plato from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages’. 6-8 June 2021
Supported by the Australian Research Council and Macquarie University (Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides) and the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (George Steiris and Geoge Arabatzis)
Information about the program, featuring 47 speakers and 4 keynote lectures, can be found here: Home | PLATO RECEPTION CONF (wixsite.com)
The schedule issued includes sessions in local Athens time plus Australia time plus East USA/Canada time AND the time at each speaker’s zone. SCHEDULE TIP: London time = Athens time minus 2 hours; Central European time = Athens minus 1 hour.
The keynote speakers are (in alphabetical order):
Dirk Baltzly (University of Tasmania)
Kevin Corrigan (Emory University)
Lloyd Gerson (University of Toronto)
Ilaria Ramelli (Durham/Cambridge/Catholic University of the Sacred Heart)
There is no registration for the conference but you will need to email Eva.Anagnost...@mq.edu.au for a copy of the links and/or any further queries. The conference will be held on the Webex, the preferred platform of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. It is extremely similar to Zoom!
The Anatomy of Ritual: Votive Body Parts in Greco-Roman Antiquity and Beyond’, The Warburg Institute, 8th June 2021 17:30 – 19:00 GMT
Dr Jessica Hughes works at The Open University and is a co-founder of The Votives Project, a website and network for people who study, create or use votive offerings or other related ways of communicating with the divine. In this paper, she will introduce her research on anatomical votives in classical antiquity, the models of human body parts which were dedicated in sanctuaries all over the Greco-Roman world. She will discuss a range of votive materials, techniques, forms, and findspots, and consider how these objects can help us understand changing ideas about divine power and human frailty in the ancient Mediterranean. The seminar will also look at how the anatomical votive tradition developed in later times, drawing in particular on material from the Catholic Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary in the modern Italian city of Pompeii. How do these nineteenth- and twentieth-century metal anatomicals relate to the terracotta models that were dedicated in Roman temples down the road in ancient Pompeii? And how can this kind of comparative work contribute to our debates about material devotion and cultural memory?
This event is part of
the A Material World: Devotion events series, which brings together
academics and heritage professionals from a wide range of disciplines to
discuss issues concerning historical devotional materials, their conservation,
presentation, display, and reconstruction.
Organisers: Rembrandt Duits (Acting Curator, The Photographic Collection, The
Warburg Institute) and Louisa McKenzie (PhD student, The Warburg Institute).
All sessions during 2020-2021 will be delivered online.
Ewa Wipszycka's Warsaw Late Antique Seminar, 10 June 2021. Teresa Wolińska (Uniwersytet Łódzki), Was Al-Harith (Arethas) a king? The Use of the Title of Basileus in Procopius’ Writings
On Thursday, 10 June (4.45 Warsaw time), at Ewa Wipszycka's Warsaw Late Antique Seminar, Teresa Wolińska (Uniwersytet Łódzki), will present a paper Was Al-Harith (Arethas) a king? The Use of the Title of Basileus in Procopius’ Writings. We are meeting on Zoom at the usual link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83501284547?pwd=aWt5a1Jla2ZmbUgzN1lyL0c4N1lsUT09
Abstract
In order to ensure the safety of their eastern provinces, Byzantine rulers strived to create a buffer zone between their lands and those of Persia and to maintain permanent alliances with certain Arab tribes. In the 6th century the tribe of Ghassānids was selected as the main ally of the Eastern Empire.
During the reign of Justinian I the leadership of the Ghassānid tribe passed to Al-Ḥarīth II ibn Djabala al-Ghassāni (Arethas) from the Djafnid family. According to Procopius of Caesarea, emperor Justinian I granted Arethas a royal dignity (ἀξίωμα βασιλέωϛ). While the fact that during the reign of Justinian I other foederati of the Byzantines were subjected to the rule of the Djafnids is rather uncontested, Arethas’ royal title has long been the subject of a hot debate.
It is necessary to look in detail into the issue of Arethas’ title in the context of such notions as king/emperor (basileus), royal power and royalty in the works of Byzantine writers, especially of Procopius. Particularly interesting sound the titles of Barbarian rulers - of Hephtalites, Axumites, Goths, Wandals, Ethiopians, Lazi and others. An analysis of particular cases where the Byzantine chronicler is using the word basileus to define alien countries’ rulers will allow to see the case of Arethas in a wider context and to answer the question if his case was so exceptional indeed.
2. CALLS FOR PAPERS
Call for Papers: ‘Reading Beauty in Late Antiquity’, Maynooth University (online conference), 26 November 2021. Organiser: Cosetta Cadau (Maynooth University). Deadline for Application: 31 August 2021
The
Department of Ancient Classics and the Arts and Humanities Institute at
Maynooth University are delighted to announce the conference ‘Reading Beauty in
Late Antiquity’, which will take place on the 26 of November 2021 at Maynooth
University (via MS Teams).
Aesthetic canons of Classical tradition undergo a redefinition in the Late Antique period, opening a broad field of research that lends itself to a stimulating and potentially cross-disciplinary discussion among scholars who work on Greek, Roman, and Christian literature, philosophy, social history, and theology. Traditional models, which include literary topoi, philosophical theories, and the aesthetic canons of Classical art are re-elaborated, integrated in, or rejected to some extent by the Christian tradition, in an effort to redeploy Classical tradition and make it accessible (or not), usable and/or functional to support new ideological concerns and prescriptions.
This conference will focus on how beauty of the body, its perception, and its evaluation, is reflected in literary texts of the third to the sixth century AD, and how such representations are both shaped by traditional literary and philosophical models and informed by contemporary social, cultural, and religious concerns. We welcome papers on Greek or Latin texts, from any prose or poetic genre, and focusing on the conceptualization of beauty, understood in its broadest sense.
In light of the vast scholarship about conceptualizations of the beauty of the body and the evolution of aesthetic ideas through to Late Antiquity (e.g. Neri, Konstan, Goldhill, Brown), the conference aims to explore three main areas:
· to understand how conceptualizations of the ‘visual’ in ancient thought lead in Late Antiquity to a literary scopophilia that permeates traditional and Christian texts, in which the culture of the gaze often produces spectacularized or ekphrastic portraits of paradigmatic figures. Representations of bodies in, e.g., Late Antique epigrams, epic texts, philosophical treatises, chronicles, panegyrics, and historical accounts, often reflect an implied ambition to perfect physical appearance and raise questions about the meaning and definition of ideals of perfection.
· to investigate how physical beauty can be seen as an arena of evolving ethical evaluation, in which bodily representation can be interpreted as the reflection of inner qualities to the outside world. Perception of what is visible to the outside world becomes the channel through which the audience reads, interprets, and is educated on ethical matters through the text, independently of the authors’ intentions.
· to examine how Classical philosophical conceptualizations about aesthetics and the beautiful shape or inform Christian ideas about beauty, particularly in relation to the idea of beautiful soul (e.g. how Platonic ideas of beauty are re-elaborated by Christian figures such as Augustine).
Moreover, body-related representations cross all literary genres, and often lend themselves to metaphorical and/or metaliterary interpretations (e.g. the humanization of the Church of Hagia Sophia in Paul the Silentiary).
Some of the topics that we are hoping to address are:
· the good, the bad and the ugly: aesthetics and moral qualities in the transitioning culture of Late Antiquity, between Classical legacy and Christian ideology
· exploitation, fruition, and evaluation of physical appearances
· contexts of body shaming
· representations of body parts within the Christian discourse of physical and spiritual purity
· conceptualizations of virginity and asceticism with reference to the body
· the range of responses to the beautiful: what are the aims of glorifying, vilifying, or belittling an individual’s beauty?
· the value and price of beauty: what does it mean to pursue beauty and to be beautiful, and why is this aspiration still relevant at this time?
Submission of Proposals
We invite papers of 25-30 minutes in length, leaving 10-15 minutes for questions and discussion. As papers are selected for the conference, efforts will be made to form panels that are aligned by either period, theme, or genre. Since the conference will be conducted entirely online through Microsoft Teams, we kindly ask contributors to submit abstract and papers in English only. Please submit titles of proposed papers together with abstracts of 300-500 words (excluding bibliography) for consideration to Dr Cosetta Cadau (cosett...@mu.ie) by the 31st of August 2021.
Call for papers: ‘Ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine fibulae An international e-conference in honour of Dr Maurizio Buora’ (Online, Zoom) 12-13 May 2022. Deadline for Applications: 1 January 2022
For applications, our e-mail address is as follows: terra...@deu.edu.tr
Website: https://deu.academia.edu/ErgunLAFLI/Congressus-internationales-Smyrnenses
Call for Papers: ‘(Re-)Constructing Late Antique Armenia (2nd-8th Centuries CE): Historiography, Material culture, Immaterial heritage’, Masaryk University, Czech Republic, 21-22 February 2022. Deadline for Submissions: 30 June 2021
What is the place of Armenian arts and culture within the Late Antique Mediterranean space? Since the eighteenth century, scholars have attempted to provide answers to this thorny question. In doing so, researchers from Western Europe and Russia have often approached Armenia from a colonial or orientalist perspective, marginalizing or neglecting elements of its material and literary cultures. Armenia was thus presented, amongst others, as a bridge between the “Persian East” and the “Byzantine West”. Conversely, Armenian scholars have defended the uniqueness and originality of what became their “national” heritage. Both perspectives, ultimately, contributed to the isolation of Armenian arts and culture.
Recent investigations, however, highlight the necessity of re-considering Armenian material and literary cultures within broader Mediterranean area and emphasize the Late Antique cultural exchanges and interactions rather than specific cultures. Furthermore, the continuous contacts with other cultures of Western Asia cannot be neglected either.
The present conference aims to tackle these issues in two distinctive ways: on the one hand, by recontextualizing of the historiographical frameworks from the nineteenth to the twentieth century; on the other hand, by introducing new perspectives that examine the place of Armenia within the Late Antique world through the analysis of its material, visual, literary, and immaterial heritage. Our aim is to bring together scholars from different fields of studies, including, but not limited to, art history, history, archaeology, religious studies, as well as philology.
Papers proposing a transdisciplinary approach – including collaborative contributions – are warmly welcome. At the same time, we are interested in contributions exploring a larger framework.
The conference is sponsored by the Center for Early Medieval Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, which will provide partial or complete funding of travel expenses as well as full accommodation.
The conference is organized
as part of the project Cultural Interactions in the Medieval Sub-Caucasian
Region: Historiographical and Art-Historical Perspectives (Czech Science
Foundation – Swiss National Science Foundation); in collaboration between the
Department of Art History, University of Fribourg and the Center for Early
Medieval Studies, Department of Art History, Masaryk University, Brno.
Organizers:
Ruben Campini, Ivan Foletti, Annalisa Moraschi, Adrien Palladino – Masaryk
University, Brno, Czech Republic
Paper proposals of no more than one page, accompanied by a short CV, shall be
submitted until June 30, 2021 to palladin...@gmail.com.
Acceptance notification will
be sent by July 15, 2021.
More information can be found here: https://www.earlymedievalstudies.com/EN/index.html
Call for Papers: British Archaeological Association Post-Graduate Conference, 27 November 2021. Deadline for Submissions: 31 July 2021
The BAA invites
proposals by postgraduates and early career researchers in the field of
medieval history of art, architecture, and archaeology.
Papers can be on any aspect of the medieval period, from antiquity to the later Middle Ages, across all geographical regions.
The BAA postgraduate conference offers an opportunity for
postgraduate students and early career researchers at all levels from
universities across the UK and abroad to present and discuss their research,
and exchange ideas.
Proposals of around 250 words for a 20-minute paper, along with a CV, should be sent by 31st July 2021 to postgr...@thebaa.org
Call for Papers: ‘The (Un)Needed Sciences: Perspectives of Discussion Among Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, and History’. Deadline for Submissions: 25 July 2021
From the University of Bologna:
‘In the framework of the
multidisciplinary PhD Program in History and Archaeology. Studies on Heritage,
Memory and Cultures (Department of History and Cultures – DISCI, University of
Bologna), the 35th cycle PhD students are organising a workshop with the aim to
connect researchers embracing a variety of methodological approaches. We would
like to address the problems pertaining the importance of social sciences and
humanities and their role in the ongoing global situation.
How could historical, archaeological and anthropological researches be useful?
Which social, ethical, relational function might social sciences and humanities
fulfill? Which are the possible perspectives of the critical study of our past,
while living in a future-oriented society? How could social sciences and
humanities contribute to the discussion and understanding of contemporary
issues?
The aim of the workshop is to discuss, in an informal and thought-provoking
way, the role played by archaeological, historical and anthropological research
and its ways of inter-acting or communicating with the society. Young
researchers, PhD students, Post- Doctoral fellows and independent scholars are
invited to submit their proposals focusing on their personal experience. The
research areas should be (but are not restricted to) Archaeology, Ancient,
Medieval and Modern History, Cultural Anthropology.’
General topics might be related to:
• Utility and social value of the research activities;
• Resilience and crisis adaptation;
• Gender balance: beyond the gender equality idea;
• Cultural heritage and museums: what challenges to be addressed?
• Public History, public archaeology and digital humanities.
The workshop will be held via Teams (hosted by the University of Bologna) on 5th – 6th October 2021. Participation is free and open to everyone.
The university asks all those interested in participating to submit their
proposals for papers suitable for 15 minutes presentations. Please send
abstracts to disci.scienzainutile- phdwo...@unibo.it.
The deadline will be 25th July 2021 and notification of acceptance will be sent
by 5th September 2021.
Proposals must contain:
– Name of the applicant
– Institution (if present)
– A brief CV
– A proposed title for the paper
– Abstract (max 250 words)
We accept papers in Italian, English and Spanish.
Papers will be organised in panels, according to common topics or areas of
interest. At the end of the workshop, a round table will allow the general
discussion and the results will be finalised in a report and through a mindmap,
which will contribute in the public debate concerning the topics of the
workshop.
For further information please contact us by sending an email to:
disci.scienzainutile- phdwo...@unibo.it
3. JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Post-doctoral Fellowship: ‘Global at Venice – Research and Training for Global Challenges’ Cofund Fellowship Programme 2021. Deadline for Application: 30 June 2021
The first call for the “Global at Venice – Research and Training for Global Challenges” Cofund Fellowship Programme is now open.
The programme, funded through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions COFUND scheme, gives 15 talented researchers from all over the world the opportunity to undertake their research and training activity at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. The programme is supported by the University’s corporate partners, including research centres, non-academic networks of spin-offs, and small and medium enterprises, where Fellows will have the opportunity to complete secondments, bridging the gap between academic and applied research, and between research and market.
The first call for proposals will award a maximum of 8 Fellowships each lasting 24 months.
Applicants are requested to submit their research proposal in one of the six interdisciplinary Research for Global Challenges Institutes (RGCI) that will support them with their individual research and training needs:
- Research Institute for Complexity (Science of complex economic, human and natural systems)
- Research Institute for Digital and Cultural Heritage (Creative arts, cultural heritage and digital humanities)
- Research Institute for Social Innovation (Public governance, welfare and social innovation)
- Research Institute for International Studies (Cross cultural and area studies)
- Research Institute for Green and Blue Growth (Environmental technology and green economy)
- Research Institute for Innovation Management (Economics and management of innovation and entrepreneurship)
Applicants are required to choose a potential supervisor whose role is to integrate the research within the Research for Global Challenge Institute.
Research Fellows of any nationality on the date of the deadline (5 pm CET 30 June 2021) must meet the following criteria to apply:
- Be in possession of a PhD degree awarded not later than 8 years prior to this call deadline.
- Have at least one major publication without their PhD supervisor (either accepted, in press or published) at the time of deadline.
- Have not resided or carried out their main activity in Italy for longer than 12 months during the 3 years prior to the call deadline, in compliance with the MSCA mobility rule.
Deadline for applications is 30th June 2021. To apply, visit the Institute for Global Challenges site.
Istanbul Research Institute Grants (2021 – 2022). Deadline for Aplications: July 5, 2021
The Istanbul Research Institute offers a variety of scholarship programs to researchers working on projects related to its departments of Byzantine, Ottoman, Atatürk and Republican-Era studies, and its “Istanbul and Music” Research Program.
Istanbul Research Institute grants fall into four categories:
· One scholar will be awarded Post-Doctoral Research and Writing Grant
· One scholar will be awarded Research and Write-Up Grant for PhD Candidates
· Five scholars will be awarded Travel Grants
· Five scholars will be awarded Conference Grants
Applications can be prepared in English or Turkish.
Deadline for applications: July 5, 2021
Please check Istanbul Research Institute’s website for application requirements. For inquiries: fello...@iae.org.tr
Research Assistant Position, Archäologischen Institut, Abt. Christliche Archäologie und Byzantinische Kunstgeschichte, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. Deadline for Application: 17 June 2021
For more information about this job opportunity, please following the following link (in German): https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/305402.html?cid=15551
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THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY BYZANTINE SOCIETY
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1. NEWS AND EVENTS
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1. NEWS AND EVENTS
New OUBS Committee
The full OUBS committee for 2020-21 has now been elected:
President: Alberto Ravani
Secretary: James Cogbill
Treasurer: Arie Neuhauser
IT Officer: Tom Alexander
As I step down, I would like to wish the new committee the best of luck for the upcoming year.
Lorenzo Saccon (former President)
Talks @IHAC: Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner on The Codex Theodosianus in Context (Mo, 14 June, 10:30 AM GMT summer time)
The Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations (IHAC), Northeast Normal University, Changchun (China), is pleased to announce the talk of Prof Dr Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner (University of Tübingen): ‘The Codex Theodosianus in Context’
Date: Monday, 14 June 2021, 10:30 AM GMT summer time (London) = 11:30 AM CET summer time (Tübingen) = 17.30 PM Chinese Standard Time (IHAC, Changchun).
To register and receive the zoom-information please send an email to Prof Dr Sven Günther (IHAC, NENU, Changchun): svengu...@nenu.edu.cn / sve...@aol.com.
International Conference NetWood, June 24th-25th 2021
The postponed international conference ‘NetWood. Wood Networks in Egypt from Antiquity to Islamic times’ will finally be held on June 24th and 25th, 2021 by Zoom from 9:00 am (UTC+2).
The aim of this conference is to study in a diachronic and transdisciplinary way the economic and social networks that developed in Egypt around the exploitation of wood, from the Pharaonic period to the Ottoman period.
More information can be found at the following link: https://www.academia.edu/49052539/Update_NetWood_conference_programme_and_registration_details_online_24_25_June_2021
Aesthetics, Art, and Architecture in the Caucasus Lecture Series: ‘Antony Eastmond: Byzantium and Georgian art: commonwealth or colonialism in the Caucasus?’. Tuesday 15 June 2021 15:00 (Rome)
To register, please click here
It is kindly requested that you mute your microphone during the presentation.
Monday, 21 June 2021, 17:00 CEST: Event on the occasion of
Prof. Claudia Rapp's 60th birthday
I kindly would like to make you aware of an event on the occasion of Prof. Claudia Rapp’s 60th birthday which will take place via Zoom on Monday, June 21st, 2021, 17:00 CEST.
For the programme and the link for registering (“Anmeldung unter”), see: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/fileadmin/Institute/imafo/pdf/forschung/HI/EINLADUNGSBLATT_Ein__virtuelles__Fest_fuer_Claudia_Rapp_21._Juni_2021_17.00.pdf
RomanIslam Lecture Series – “Sacred Spaces: Churches and Mosques within the society” on Wednesday 16 June 2021, 5-7pm (German Time) on Zoom
You are cordially invited to the interdisciplinary guest lecture “Sacred Spaces: Churches and Mosques within the Society” on Wed. June 16, 2021, 5-7 pm (German time) on Zoom.
The format comprises the lectures “Blocked Passageways: An Exploration of Somatic
Time in ‘Converted’ Buildings” by Ann Marie Yasin (University of Southern
California) and “The Past as Presence: Christians, Muslims, and the Generation
of Sacred Topography in Medieval Syria” by Stephennie Mulder (The University of
Texas at Austin).
Please confirm your participation by June 15, 2021 to mailto:roman...@uni-hamburg.de. You will then receive a link enabling you to access the event.
2. CALLS FOR PAPERS
Call for Papers: 5th Edinburgh International Graduate Conference in Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies (4th-6th November, 2021). ‘Sites of Encounter and Cultural Exchange (500-1500 CE)’. Deadline for submissions: 30 June 2021
‘Sites of encounter and cultural exchange are crucial to the construction of meaningful narratives concerning the Mediterranean and West Asian past. These sites have at times been excluded from wider historiographical narratives which seek to centre them within the nation-state; such narratives exclude the marginalised and serve to other anything considered syncretic or alien. Scholarship has, in the last half century, acquired a new-found appreciation for the history of cultural exchange, and the spaces – be they physical, textual, or imagined – where such interpersonal and intercultural contact occurs. Our conference aims to bring together these multifarious ‘sites of encounter’ in order to gain a more complex understanding of the Mediterranean and West Asia in the period between 500 and 1500 C.E.’
The organisers invite papers and posters that address issues including, but not limited to:
· Sites of Encounter in Material Culture: Attestation of sites of encounter and cultural contact in material culture; the archaeology of physical sites of encounter; cultural encounter in Art History.
· Frontiers: Frontiers as sites of encounter; life on the frontier; the vision of states/societies from the periphery; the treatment of the frontier in texts.
· Marginality: Encounter with the socially marginalised on ethnic/gender/sexual (etc.) grounds; legal systems as sites of encounter between the marginalised and non-marginalised; encounters between the free and unfree.
· Multilingualism: Tracing multilingualism; intercultural contact and multilingualism; translation and the transmission of knowledge and texts.
· Religion as a Site of Encounter: Syncretic belief systems; the translation and cross-cultural reception of religious, spiritual, and magical texts.
· Mapping and Geographical Writings: Conceptualisations and articulations of geographic space; spatial representations in both images and texts; intercultural exchange of geographical knowledge.
· Commercial Networks and Trade: The reconstruction of regional and trans-regional commercial networks; trade networks as nexuses for intercultural encounter and contact; urban spaces and commercial exchange.
Additionally, they are pleased to welcome their keynote speakers, the eminent Byzantinist Leonora Neville (University of Wisconsin, Madison) and the equally eminent Armenologist and Islamic Historian Alison Vacca (University of Tennessee, Knoxville).
This conference will be hosted online by the Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Society of the University of Edinburgh on the 4th to the 6th of November, 2021. Papers and posters from Postgraduate Students and Early Career Researchers from all disciplines with an interest in Late Antique, Islamic or Byzantine studies are welcome.
Papers: Presentation must be approximately 20 minutes in length, delivered in English.
Posters: Participants will present their research at a poster session held in individual break-out rooms; conference participants will have the opportunity to visit electronically those presenting. Posters will need to be confirmed by the 21st of October, 2021. The organisers strongly encourage undergraduate, masters and first-year PhD students to submit posters of their dissertations or research.
To apply, please respond with an e-mail including whether you hope to present a paper or poster, an abstract of no more than 300 words, and a small academic biography of no more than 120 words to edib...@ed.ac.uk. The deadline for submitting papers and posters is the 30th of June, 2021.
Registration Fees:
Student Speakers: £15 before September 15th, 2021; £20 thereafter.
Non-Student Speakers: £35 before September 15th, 2021; £40 thereafter.
The committee intends to have the conference proceedings published in a peer-reviewed volume after the conference. Moreover, selected presenters may be invited to publish their studies by the peer-reviewed Edinburgh Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies Journal, a recently formed journal that will publish its inaugural volume in 2022.
Please address any questions to edib...@ed.ac.uk
3. JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Research Fellowships "The Early History of the Codex", Oslo
Applications are invited for 2 three-year postdoctoral positions in the research project The Early History of the Codex based at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society in Oslo.
More information here.
PhD position on ERC project Caliphal Finances (Re-advertised with international fees)
The PhD position for the ‘ERC project: Caliphal Finances, The Finances of the Caliphate: Abbasid Fiscal Practice in Islamic Late Antiquity’, is being re-advertised, now covering UK or International level of tuition fees and with a start date in January 2022.
You can find a short account of the aims of the project here:
Caliphal Finances | The University of Edinburgh
PhD studentship:
The candidate will select a topic of Abbasid fiscal history for their dissertation, based on the study of papyrus documents written in Arabic dating to the 8th-10th century CE. It is imperative that they have previously studied Classical Arabic at the undergraduate and/or graduate level.
The award is open to UK AND overseas students. It will cover the UK or International level of tuition fee and an annual stipend of £15,285 and will be awarded for a maximum of three years of study and a fourth year for writing up; subject to satisfactory annual progress.
Applicants need to apply for the PhD programme in the first instance and then apply for the scholarship, the deadline for both the PhD and Scholarship applications is the 16th of August 2021.
Applicants are encouraged to get in touch with marie.l...@ed.ac.uk before applying to discuss their prospective topic.
How to apply: PhD European Research Studentship | The University of Edinburgh
Oxford University Byzantine Society
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THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY BYZANTINE SOCIETY
The Byzness, 20th
June 2021
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1. NEWS AND EVENTS
2. CALLS FOR PAPERS
3.
JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
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1. NEWS AND EVENTS
Online Lecture: Ethiopic Manuscripts & Global Books with Kristen Herdman, Beinecke Library, June 21 2021, 16:00PM (Eastern Time)
Kristen Herdman is a PhD Candidate in the Medieval Studies program. Her research interests are rooted in art historical approaches to manuscript studies, with special attention to fifteenth-century medieval devotional books and the complex relationship between text and image.
Herdman will discuss Ethiopic Manuscripts in the Beinecke Library collections and the overall Global Books initiative: https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/collections/highlights/global-books-beinecke-library
Although best known for Western books and manuscripts, the Beinecke has a rich collection of non-Western materials that has been part of its teaching and research collection since the nineteenth century. As part of its Global Books initiative, new pages will be posted approximately every other week that explain the history of these books with extensive images and links to other materials, both in Yale’s collections and beyond. These pages were authored by Herdman under the direction of Ray Clemens, curator of Early Books and Manuscripts.
Register for the lecture here.
Online Conference: ‘Pluriversality at Play: Art and material culture in the thirteenth-century Mediterranean’, University of St Andrews, 17-18 June 2021, 2:15pm-6pm (BST)
The Mediterranean has always been a ‘contact zone’, a place of convergence and divergence, of peaceful co-existence, as well as of war and conflict. Although the medieval Mediterranean was an area of cultural commonalities, it was also a place of religious, political and military oppositions.
It was a fluid space of communication, negotiation and contestation for Muslim, Jewish and Christian worldviews, as well as a locus of ambiguities, syncretism and blurred boundaries, a zone that enabled borderline cultures to emerge and flourish.
This workshop, organised by Dr Anthi Andronikou, aims to relocate regional arts and cultures within a broader Mediterranean context from an interdisciplinary point of view. Scholars in the fields of Byzantine, Islamic, Jewish and Western Medieval studies will probe interconnections across different ethnic, political, artistic and confessional spheres through historical and art historical perspectives. The workshop is part of the global encounters and exchanging theme of the School of Art History.
Keynote Lectures by Anne Derbes, Robert Hillenbrand, Katrin Kogman-Appel, Amy Neff.
Advance registration required. Register here.
If you would like to join this online conference, please complete this form so that we may add you to the Microsoft Team.
More information about this event
Symposium ‘Le Psautier de Paris (BnF, Grec 139)’, 2-3 July 2021, École des chartes, Paris (Broadcasted via Zoom)
A symposium on the Paris Psalter (BnF gr. 139) will be held on July 2 and 3 at the École des chartes, Paris. The conference will be broadcast via Zoom. Registration is compulsory before June 30. The link to the videoconference will be sent the previous day.
For a programme of the event and for registration, please visit: http://www.chartes.psl.eu/fr/psautier-paris-bnf-grec-139.
Culture & Identity Through Change, Friday 25 June 2021, 2.00-3.30 pm (BST)
You are cordially invited to attend the fourth session of the University of Exeter online seminar series on change and resilience in antiquity.
Friday 25th June, 2.00-3.30 pm (BST)
Culture & Identity Through Change (Chair: Irene Salvo)
2.00 Eleni Bozia (Florida): Exile or cosmopolitanism: The Janus-faced
cultural migrations of the Imperial Roman world
2.30 Irene Selsvold (Gothenburg): Death in transition in Late
Antiquity: An assemblage-approach to changing burial practices in a transition
period
3.00 Luise Frenkel (São Paulo): The cult of saints in Late Antique
Carthago
The following overarching questions will be explored:
- How did ancient individuals attempt (or not) to
handle and adapt to change, offset negative consequences of transformation, and
plan for the future?
- What created/creates a resilient individual or society? How do we cultivate
resilience? To what extent can ancient responses to change and strategies of
resilience help us answer these questions and promote resilience in the
modern world?
- In which ways did a sense of belonging face transient political
structures?
- Can the study of ancient religions escape dichotomies?
- Were cultural identities conforming or resisting to the coming and going of
social relationships?
Please register at this link to attend: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIkcO2rpzMsH9EpfwosDkrBFGIGh_rPBmsU.
Recordings of previous sessions are now available on the following webpage: http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/changeandresilienceinantiquity/recordings/.
Online lecture: Georgi Parpulov, ‘A Typology of Metrical Paratexts’, (Zoom) Tuesday 22 June 2021, 16:00 CET
You are all very welcome to the final lecture of the first Speaking From the Margins lecture series, organised by the Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams (Ghent University), which will take place next Tuesday.
Georgi Parpulov (University of Birmingham), A Typology of Metrical Paratexts
Date: Tuesday 22 June 2021
Time: 16:00 CET
Location: online via Zoom. No registration required.
For the abstract and the link to the meeting, please visit https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/news-events/58.
You can find more information about the Speaking From the Margins lectures on the DBBE website: https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/pages/outreach#lectures. If you missed one of the previous talks, you can watch the recordings on DBBE’s YouTube channel.
Maria Lidova: ‘Written on the tablets of the heart’: The Art of Icon Painting by a Georgian Monk at Sinai 22 June 2021, 3:00 pm (Rome)
The next talk organized by The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz in cooperation with the George Chubinashvili National Research Centre for Georgian Art History and Heritage Preservation within the lecture series: Aesthetics, Art, and Architecture in the Caucasus, will take place on:
Tuesday 22 June 2021 15:00 (Rome)
Maria Lidova: ‘Written on the tablets of the heart’: The Art of Icon Painting by a Georgian Monk at Sinai
for more details : https://www.khi.fi.it/en/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/2021/06/Maria-Lidova-Written-on-the-tablets-of-the-heart.php
2. CALLS FOR PAPERS
Call for Papers: The British Archaeological Association’s Post Graduate Conference, 27 November 2021. Deadline for submissions: 31 July 2021.
The BAA invites proposals by postgraduates and early career researchers in the field of medieval history of art, architecture, and archaeology. Papers can be on any aspect of the medieval period, from antiquity to the Later Middle Ages, across all geographical regions.
Proposals of around 250 words for a 20-minute paper, along with a CV, should be sent by 31st July 2021 to postgr...@thebaa.org.
Conference will take place online Saturday 27th November 2021.
Call for Papers: ‘Image and Narrative in Romanesque Art’. Rome 28-30 March 2022. Deadline for submissions: 31 July 2021.
The British Archaeological Association will hold the seventh in its series of biennial International Romanesque conferences in association with the British School at Rome on 28-30 March 2022.
The theme of the conference is Image and Narrative in Romanesque Art, and the aim is to examine the deployment and nature of imagery in the 11th and 12th centuries. While illustrated codices, sequential pictorial narratives, apse mosaics, devotional statues were well established before c.1000, several important new image types and settings came into being over the Romanesque period – moralizing programmes, historiated cloisters, figuratively enriched portals, imagery in glass. How might we understand image and narrative in the Latin West between c.1000 and c.1200? We welcome proposals for papers concerned with narrative modes, the significance of spatial positioning, accessibility and visibility, the uses and physical trappings of devotional images, the relationship between static and portable forms, and the extent to which media play a role in the development or importation of new iconographical formulae. Are images invested with singular meanings, or are they intentionally polysemous? Does the interest in architectural ‘articulation’ initiate a new understanding of the expressive and aesthetic potential of imagery, and/or emphasise its didactic purpose? Are viewers provided with guidance as to interpretation – through inscriptions or compositional and visual triggers? What are the preconditions for change – theology, monasticism, political and ecclesiastical reform? How does medium and setting affect imagery?
Proposals for papers of up to 30 minutes in duration should be sent to John McNeill and Grazia Fachechi on romanes...@thebaa.org by 31 July 2021. Papers should be in English. Decisions on acceptance will be made by the end of August.
The Conference will be held in the British School at Rome (immediately north of the Borghese Gardens) from 28-30 March, with the opportunity to stay on for two days of visits to buildings in and around Rome on 31 March and 1 April.
Call for Papers: PhD Candidates and Early-Career Researchers “Securing Power in the Sixth-Century Roman Empire” Online Workshop, University of Cambridge, 7 December 2021
Imperial power in the sixth-century Roman empire could be fragile. ‘Every emperor had to perform a delicate balancing act to remain in power’ by responding to and accommodating the shifting demands of public opinion and various interest groups: senators, bureaucrats, bishops, soldiers and generals, urban factions, and more (Greatrex 2020; Meier 2016; Kaldellis 2015; Bell 2013; Pfeilschifter 2013). Each of these groups have individually assumed increasingly important roles in political narratives of the period, but comparatively little attention has been paid to how those in power – emperors, patriarchs, governors, magistrates, and others – were subjected to pressures and attempted to build power bases across these interest groups.
In particular, modern scholarship has established a boundary between “secular” and “ecclesiastical” politics which sixth-century century political actors neither experienced nor refrained from crossing as they tried to secure or challenge power. The purpose of this workshop is to close these artificial divides and to explore how power was contested and secured “without limits”, in order to take better account of the interconnectedness of the sixth-century world, the flexible array of political pressures to which those in power were subjected, and the sometimes unexpected consequences of responding to these pressures. The goal of this approach is to produce a more holistic, comprehensive understanding of sixth-century power struggles.
PhD candidates and early career researchers are invited to read the full call for papers and a list of suggested topics at the following link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I0WgdIvwhyMezCo2RRHaGyeXVxIgds70/view?usp=sharing
The deadline for submitting abstracts is 31 August 2021 and the workshop will take place online on 7 December 2021. The organisers envisage the publication of a volume based on the papers delivered at the conference, dependent upon a peer-review process.
3. JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
1 Postdoctoral and 2 Doctoral Research Assistants, University of Tübingen. Deadline for submissions: 18 July 2021
The DFG-funded Emmy-Noether Research Group „Religious Conflict and Mobility between Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Byzantium and the Greater Mediterranean, 700-900”, based at the Department of Ancient History, University of Tübingen, is looking to hire 1 Postdoctoral and 2 Doctoral Research Assistants at the earliest possible date.
The Research Group aims to conduct the first detailed investigations into how religious conflicts were bound with the movement of people and ideas across the wider Mediterranean, including the Near East and Eastern Europe. Religious conflict is here understood as a pervasive, diverse phenomenon at a variety of interrelated levels, that proceed from the core of the investigation, ‘Orthodox’ Christendom beneath the Patriarchate of Constantinople: inter- and intraconfessional conflict with the other Patriarchates, particularly Rome and the ‘Melkites’; missionary activity; interreligious conflict between Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Read more here: https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/201982.
The Postdoctoral Research Assistant will ideally hold (or have otherwise fulfilled all requirements towards) a PhD in the fields of Byzantine and/or Islamic History. They are expected to work on the early reception of Byzantine Canon Law by the ‘Melkite’ (i.e. Dyothelite Chalcedonian Christian) communities of the Near East under Islamic rule. Besides Greek, strong knowledge of Classical (and preferably Christian) Arabic is crucial for this position.
The Doctoral Research Assistants will have completed an MA in the same fields or be about to do so. One of the Doctoral Research Assistants is expected to produce an extensive study of the correspondence of Patriarch Photius of Constantinople (858-67 and 878-86) highlighting aspects relevant to the overall thematics of the Research Group. The second Doctoral Research Assistant is invited to explore phenomena relating to the persecution of ‘Manichaeism’ in the Early Medieval Near East from a comparative perspective, i.e. in both Byzantium and the Caliphate. Knowledge of both Greek and Arabic is required for this second doctoral position.
All positions are for 4 years, with an interim evaluation at the end of 2023 (independently from the start date). They should lead to a German ‘Habilitation’ for the Postdoctoral Researcher Assistant and to a PhD in Medieval History for the Doctoral Research Assistants. All position holders will be regular employees of the University of Tübingen, with salary being paid according to the German Collective Agreement for Civil Servants (TV-L) Level 13, at 65% for the Doctoral researchers (from ca. 1,700 Euros/month after taxes in year 1 of employment) and full time for the Postdoc (from ca. 2,400 Euros/month). Teaching is encouraged but not required.
Applications (a cover letter, a CV including publications, a list of 4 references, and a thesis summary for the Postdoctoral position) should be sent by July 18, 2021 to federico....@uni-tuebingen.de (also for all inquiries).
Oxford University Byzantine Society
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THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY BYZANTINE SOCIETY
The Byzness, 27th
June 2021
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1. NEWS AND EVENTS
2. CALLS FOR PAPERS
3.
JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
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1. NEWS AND EVENTS
Workshop announcement: ‘Narrating Relationships in Holy Lives from the first millennium AD’ Department of Classics & Ancient History, University of Exeter via Zoom, Monday 12 July 2021: 14.15- 19.30 in BST (GMT+1)
14.15-14.30 Introduction: Alice van den Bosch & Becca Grose
14.30-15.00 Christa Gray (Reading) “Faith and friendship: other lives in Jerome’s hagiography” (Chair: Richard Flower, Exeter)
15.00-15.50 Panel 1: Relationships in Holy Lives (chair: Emma Loosley, Exeter)
Stavroula Constantinou (Cyprus) “Narrating Friendship in Byzantine Hagiography”
Edmund Hayes (Nijmegen) “Begetting the Imam: Family and Procreation in Narratives of the Twelver Mahdi”
(30 mins break)
16.20-17.35 Panel 2: Narrators and narrative choices in Holy Lives (chair: Morwenna Ludlow, Exeter)
Nic Baker-Brian (Cardiff) “Is there a Narrator Here? The Role of Narrative and Narration in Manichaean Kephalaia”
Chontel Syfox (Wisconsin-Madison) “Rewriting Leah: The Feminine Ideal in the Book of Jubilees”
Jillian Stinchcomb (Brandeis) “Narrating the visit of the Queen of Sheba to Solomon’s Court in Late Antique Sources”
(30 mins break)
18.05-18.35 Christian Sahner (Oxford) “How to construct a holy life in the early Islamic period” (Chair: István Kristó-Nagy, Exeter)
18.35-19.20 Roundtable. Host: Arietta Papaconstantinou (Reading)
Organisers: Alice van den Bosch (Exeter)
& Becca Grose (Reading & Exeter)
Please contact the organisers at narrating...@gmail.com if
you have any questions about the event, or if you would like
to enquire about attendance.
Poster submissions are still welcomed until July 1st 2021. Please see the website for a copy of the call: https://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/narratingholylives/ Any eventual updates to the schedule will also be posted on the website.
Cities on the Edge: Exploring Late Antique urbanism in the Southern Caucasus (AD 300–600), 21-22 October 2021
Conference organised by Dr. Emanuele E. Intagliata (UrbNet, Aarhus University) and Dr. Paul Wordsworth (University of Oxford).
The conference will be held 21-22 October 2021, and it is possible to attend in person (Aarhus, Denmark) or virtually.
Registration
Deadline for physical participation: 1 October 2021
Deadline for virtual participation: 15 October 2021
Registration form: https://events.au.dk/cities-on-the-edge/signup
Conference website
https://urbnet.au.dk/news/events/2021/citiesontheedge/
Outline
The urban transformations that unfolded in Late Antiquity (AD 300–600) were directly responsible for creating the physical framework upon which cities across most of Europe and the Middle East would later develop. Because of this, Late Antique urbanism has attracted considerable attention by modern scholarship.
Within this growing research field, studies on Byzantine urbanism have mostly prevailed. These have primarily focused on those phenomena through which the Classical (Roman and Greek) form of urbanism was replaced by the medieval one – for example, the Christianisation of cities, the privatisation of space, and the reuse of architectural material for the construction of new buildings. By contrast, Sassanian cities have received relatively less attention. This research gap is primarily due to the lack of archaeological investigations and the resulting difficulties in conducting comparative based studies. However, broader overview studies are now beginning to appear also thanks to reappraisals of old data from past excavations.
There is a major methodological flaw in studies dedicated to Late Antique cities in Europe and the Middle East – whether Byzantine or Sassanian, for these are often based on reviewing the archaeological record of a handful of sites situated in territories close to the centres of power (for example, present-day Greece, Turkey, and Iran). When cities on the borderlands of Empires are discussed, their construction is often quickly dismissed as instrumental for frontier defence. However, to what extent is this true? How did their being ‘on the edge’ contributed to their flourishing or collapse? Did frontier cities conform to a type of urbanism visible in other imperial territories or they reflect local planning and building traditions? Finally, how do these cities compare to each other?
The southern Caucasus is ideal to explore these questions. The region sits in a prominent geographical location between the Black and the Caspian Seas, at a crucial crossroads of routes and civilisations between Europe and Central Asia. In Late Antiquity, the Southern Caucasus was contended by Rome, which controlled western Georgia and, in the 6th century, expanded into Central Colchis, and Sassanian Persia. Increasing archaeological activities in the area and reassessment of old data, often conducted by local scholars, have contributed greatly to a better understanding of Late Antique urbanism. Yet, until now there has been little attempt to go beyond a site-based approach and look at this topic with a wider perspective. The fact that most of the excavation reports are written in Russian, Georgian, and Armenian, has added an extra level of complexity to this endeavor that has translated into a lack of relevant literature in western scholarship.
Registration now open: Modern Economics and the Ancient World: Were the Ancients Rational Actors? (29-31 July 2021, online)
To receive the abstracts and the zoom link, please send an email to the following address: Prof. Dr. Sven Günther, svengu...@nenu.edu.cn / sve...@aol.com
“Were the ancients rational actors? Is the rational-actor model a suitable tool to analyze their behavior? We want to answer the question in different ways. One way would be to ask the ancient texts directly. Another could be to use the rational-actor model to analyze the behavior of the ancients (in the economy, politics, or any other area of social life) and see whether the results are plausible.
In our conference, we explore the chances and limits of these approaches. The underlying question in each section is the extent of rational activity and actions that can be discovered by various methods of analyzing ancient societies across the globe. In particular, the papers focus on one of the following panel topics: 1.) Ancient texts: From theory to practice – How did the ancients think economy, and how do we reconstruct the ancient thoughts?; 2.) Economic analysis of the economy (e.g., landed property and real estate / financial investments / demand and supply); 3.) Economic analysis of politics and of other areas of social life (e.g., institutions and institutional change / taxation / public spending / social networks / law / religion / moral behavior).”
Schedule
(all times are CET summer time (UTC +2) / 25 minutes talk plus 20 minutes discussion)
Day 1 (Thu, 29 July 2021)
10.00–10.30: Introduction (Sven Günther & Roland Oetjen)
10.30–11.15: Key-Note Lecture: George Tridimas (Belfast): Religion without clergy. The case of Ancient Greece
Break
13.00–13.50: Talk 1: Nicolas Krocker (Munich): On the sense and use of the Historical School of Economics for the analysis of ancient Roman economic history
13.50–14.40: Talk 2: Lothar Willms (Heidelberg): Adam Smith, Plato, and the Stoics – The birth of modern economic rationality and the classical heritage
Break
15.00–15.50: Talk 3: José Remesal Rodríguez (Barcelona): Alte Ideale und die Anpassung an die neue Realität: Columella’s de re rustica, ein Überlebenshandbuch für eine Elite?
15.50–16.40: Talk 4: Daniel Silvermintz (Houston): A city fit for business: examining the economic sphere in the Republic's healthy city
Break
17.00–17.50: Talk 5: Constantine Karathanasis (St. Louis): Enter homo oeconomicus: Aristophanes on incentives and civic behavior
17.50–18.40: Talk 6: Kathryn Kelley (Toronto): Trouble brewing in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia
Day 2 (Fr, 30 July 2021)
8.30–9.20: Talk 7: Roland Ferenczi (Budapest/Hamburg): Trade, markets and money in the Old Tamil Caṅkam literature
9.20–10.10: Talk 8: Patrick Reinard (Trier): Price variations and economic strategies in the Roman imperial period
Break
10.30–11.20: Talk 9: Juan Carlos Moreno García (Paris): The rationale behind land transactions in ancient Egypt: investment, markets and private strategies
11.20–12.10: Talk 10: Bertram Schefold (Frankfurt): Land and credit in the history of economic thought. Traditional China and premodern Europe. Dian and pactum antichriseos
Break
14.00–14.50: Talk 11: Michael Leese (Durham, NH): Hoarding and rationality in Greco-Roman antiquity
14.50–15.40: Talk 12: Alain Bresson (Chicago): The Anonymus Iamblichi and the logic of money supply
Break
16.00–16.50: Talk 13: Michael Kozuh (Auburn): Ancient accounting and rational behavior
16.50–17.40: Talk 14: Jason Hagler (Philadelphia): Are the moderns rational actors? The view from Warring States Qin
Day 3 (Sa, 31 July 2021)
8.30–9.20: Talk 15: Christian Canu Højgaard (Amsterdam): Rational actors and the ancient Israelite jubilee legislation
9.20–10.10: Talk 16: Thibaud Nicolas (Paris): Was the sungod Shamash a deus oeconomicus? Rationality and religion in the management of economic affairs in Old-Babylonian Sippar’s temple «Ebabbar»
Break
10.30–11.20: Talk 17: Hannah Ringheim / Averil Ringheim (Zürich): Rational actors in ancient cult: Egyptian temples as economic hubs in the third century BCE
11.20–12.10: Talk 18: Peter Sarris (Cambridge): ‘The encircling presence of death’ – Governmental responses to bubonic plague in the sixth century AD
12.15–13.00: Final Discussion
2. CALLS FOR PAPERS
Call for Papers: ‘Saints in the Slavic Christian world (900-1400)’, Online, 9 November 202. Deadline for Submission: 30 September 2021
Papers are sought for “Saints in the Slavic Christian world (900-1400). Assessing culture, power, religion and language in Slavic hagiographies and religious literature”, an online seminar to be held on Tuesday 9 November 2021, featuring
Dieter Stern, University of Ghent: ”Founder saints and the consolidation of Christianity among the Slavs”
and
Emil Hilton Saggau, Lund University: ”Killing the Tsar again – power, revenge and warriors in early Slavic hagiographies”.
The various Slavic realms of the early medieval period converted to Christianity in different pace and modes. This religious turn was also one that encompassed cultural and social change, which is mostly visible in the broad ranges of Slavic hagiographies and religious literature airings after 900. The formation of Slavic saints provide in-roads into the Slavic societies and their cultivation and localization of Christian culture and religion. The early Christian Slavic literature calls for further examination and assessment to shed further light on the shaping of culture, power, religion and language, which we hope this seminar will provide room for.
In this seminar, a range of scholars are invited to present and discuss this particular Slavic sense of Christianity in order to bring together different perspectives and methods on the topic. We invite speakers to focus on the brokering and shaping of Slavic Christian culture, power, religion and language, as its comes to the surface in these types of sources.
Papers
focusing on conversion, power and hagiographies are in particular welcomed, as
well as papers that discuss the development of Slavic saints and hagiographies
in relations to Byzantium, Scandinavia or Western Europe.
The seminar is open for additional speakers.
More details on the website of the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University.
Please send a title, abstract
(200 word) and short bio to emil....@ctr.lu.se before 30 September 2021.
Jointly hosted by Lund University, Ghent University and the Balkan History Association.
Call for Papers: Sixth International Conference on the Ancient Novel (21-24 Sept 2022). Deadline for Submission: 30 November 2021
The Sixth International Conference on the Ancient Novel (ICAN VI), with the theme ‘Roads less travelled’, will take place from 21st to 24th September 2022 and will be hosted in hybrid form, both in Ghent (Belgium) and online.
Proposals are hereby invited for papers and panels. The conference is open to all areas of study related to the ancient novel.
If you wish to present a paper or panel at ICAN VI, you are requested to submit an anonymized abstract with a maximum of 400 words. The deadline for abstract submission is 30th November 2021.
Further information and submission guidelines can be found at https://www.novelsaints.ugent.be/call-papers-ican-vi.
3. JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
MA in Greek Civilization (Distance Learning Program, U. of Nicosia, Cyprus)
The Distance Learning Program in Greek Civilization, entirely offered in English, provided by the University of Nicosia, Cyprus, provides an in-depth acquaintance with all major aspects of Greek civilization through space and time (history, literature, visual arts, language, philosophy, theatre, music, dance and cinema). It is taught by recognized scholars in each field, exclusively in English, and through the distance learning platforms of the University of Nicosia, one of the leaders in this domain in the European academic scene.
The program start date has been changed to October 2021 and further information can be found at: https://www.unic.ac.cy/greek-civilization-ma-1-5-years-or-3-semesters-distance-learning/ or in the attached brochure.
For more information, please contact Acting Program Coordinator, Dr. Avra Xepapadakou, at xepapa...@unic.ac.cy.
Position: 50% DH technical assistant, Basel/ Switzerland, 2 years. Deadline for Application: 10 July 2021
The Department of Ancient Civilizations invites
applications for a position as 50% DH technical assistant (21 h/week), tenable
for two years from August 1, 2021 or later, as part of the SNSF-funded
research project 'Urban Biographies of the Roman and Late Antique Worlds:
Antinoopolis and Heracleopolis in Egypt, c. 100 – c. 650 CE' led by
Prof. Dr. Sabine Huebner.
Your position
The Digital Humanities Technical Assistant will work closely together with the
team of historians and archaeologists and construct and update the project's
website on the homepage of the University of Basel. She/he will also devise the
online platform for the collection, organization, and visualization of data for
the project (papyrological, epigraphic, numismatic, and archaeological
materials paired with geographic coordinates) compatible with existing online
databases (e.g., papyri.info, trismegistos.org, pleiades.stoa.org). Towards the end of the
project, the data should be made available on an accredited open access digital
repository. She/he will also work on the construction of an online exhibition
on education and culture in the Roman city of Antinoopolis.
Duration: 24 months, starting in August 2021 or later
Salary: approx. 42,000 Swiss francs (€ 38,500 $ 46,000) / year.
Working language: English
More info: https://jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stellen/dh-technical-assistant/60623c75-aa85-435a-947f-144132081842
Application / Contact
Applicants should submit a motivation letter, a current CV and a copy of their
highest/most recent academic degrees via the online application portal of the
university (https://jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stellen/dh-technical-assistant/60623c75-aa85-435a-947f-144132081842) until
July 10, 2021. Contact details of two referees should be sent directly
to Prof. Dr. Sabine R. Huebner (sabine....@unibas.ch).
Applications that are not submitted via the online application portal of the
university will not be considered. Questions about the position can be
addressed to Prof. Dr. Sabine R. Huebner (sabine....@unibas.ch).