OxByzList: The Byzness

[Oxford University Byzantine Society]

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THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY BYZANTINE SOCIETY
The Byzness, 30^th August 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 International Workshop "Armenia & Byzantium Without Borders III" (Vienna, 10–11 September 2021)

The Moving Byzantium Project (Project Leader, Prof. Claudia Rapp) financed by the FWF (Austrian National Research Foundation) is organizing the virtual international workshop "Armenia and Byzantium Without Borders III" on 10-11 September 2021.

Organizers: Dr. Emilio Bonfiglio (Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen) & Prof. Dr. Claudia Rapp (University of Vienna / Austrian Academy of Sciences), in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Theo Maarten van Lint (University of Oxford) and Dr. David Zakarian (University of Oxford).

Programme and abstracts: http://rapp.univie.ac.at/

Pre-registration is mandatory. For this reason, please contact Dr Ekaterini Mitsiou (Coordinator, Moving Byzantium Project), ekaterin...@univie.ac.at. You will receive an e-mail with a Zoom link in time for the event.

Contact: Dr Ekaterini Mitsiou (Coordinator, Moving Byzantium Project): ekaterin...@assoc.oeaw.ac.at; ekaterin...@univie.ac.at

 

Online Conference: Amassing Perspectives: Recent Trends in Syriac Iconography (Princeton University, 17-18 September 2021)

Registration is open for Amassing Perspectives: Recent Trends in Syriac Iconography, a virtual conference on medieval Syriac iconography and visual culture. 

The plenary lecture will be delivered by Prof. Emma Loosley Leeming (University of Exeter) on “Syriac Iconography: How a ‘Provincial’ Style Came to Encompass Asia.” Roundtable sessions arranged around pre-circulated papers will follow on a variety of themes, including church architecture, manuscript illuminations, networks of artistic exchange, and theorizing Syriac artistic viewing. 

Monastery wall paintings in Syria and Egypt, the illuminations of the Rabbula Gospels, and the architecture and decorations of churches in regions as diverse as Turkey and India are just some of the rich visual culture extant from the late antique and medieval Syriac tradition. Though there is a long tradition of studying Syriac visual culture, there have been few monographs dedicated to the topic in recent decades. This conference gathers diverse scholars from across the globe whose research touches on all aspects of Syriac iconography and visual culture in any geographic region from late antiquity throughout the Middle Ages, to roughly 1400 C.E. The conference will sum up the status quaestionis of research into Syriac art and architecture and spell out major desiderata for the field going forward.

This conference is hosted by the Department of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University. To register, please visit the conference website here. This conference is free and open to the public.

 

Online Conference: ‘The Romanesque Picture Door of St Maria im Kapitol – New Research Results and Theses’, 21-23 October 2021

Registration is now open for the online research colloquium ‘The Romanesque Picture Door of St. Maria im Kapitol – New Research Results and Theses’, which will be held virtually from 21-23 October 2021.

The two-winged door of the former church of canonesses, St. Maria im Kapitol of Cologne, is one of the most significant artworks of the Romanesque period. It is the earliest wooden door with relief scenes that has survived from medieval Europe. Twenty-five high relief pictures present the childhood and youth of Christ on the left door leaf and the Passion on the right leaf. For present- day observers the wood of the door is visible almost all over the surface. However, it once had an elaborate polychromy. It was already in the processes of conservation at the end of the 1980s when two Romanesque polychrome phases were discovered. Thirty years later, in 2018, an extensive study of the picture door by means of state-of-the-art technological methods was conducted. It comprised the technical structure of the polychromy, the materials, the composition as well as the color canon of both phases on all parts of the door and provided numerous new findings.

In order to appreciate the significance of this unique work of art, however, further comprehensive cross-range research had to be carried out which will be presented at the occasion of the conference. Scientists of various specialist disciplines, e.g. art and history science, natural science, art technology, building research and epigraphy examined the picture door from their respective point of view. Thanks to the latest building history research, the comparison to book illumination, and the viewing in an urban and international context we are expecting new insights regarding the picture door and its function in St. Maria im Kapitol.

The conference is sponsored by the Cologne Institute of Conservation Sciences and the Institut für Restaurierungs- und Konservierungswissenschaft. To register for free and to see the program, which includes papers in German and in English, please visit https://www.th-koeln.de/hochschule/cics—forschungskolloquium-st-maria-im-kapitol_86140.php.

 

Online Conference: Romanesque and the Year 1000 Online Conference, British Archaeological Association and Dommuseum Hildesheim, 7-10 September 2021

The British Archaeological Association will hold the sixth in its biennial International Romanesque conference series as an online Zoom webinar from 7- 10 September 2021. Daily sessions will run from 13.30-18.00 (British summer time) – 14.30-19.00 (Central European summer time).

The theme is Romanesque and the Year 1000, and the aim is to examine transformations in the art and architecture of the Latin Church around the turn of the millennium. The 30 years to either side of the year 1000 witnessed remarkable developments in iconography and stylistic expression. It saw portable devotional statues come into being, the revival of bronze-casting, the re- emergence of architectural relief sculpture, and the application of novel, or at least re-understood, architectural forms. In addition to the above, individual papers are concerned with the impact of objects from the Carolingian past and Byzantine present, royal patronage, monastic reform, the organization of scriptoria, ‘authorship’, changes in representational strategies, and regional affiliation.

Speakers include Marcello Angheben, Claude Andrault-Schmitt, Jordi Camps, Hugh Doherty, Eric Fernie, Shirin Fozi, Barbara Franzé, Richard Gem, Agata Gomolka, Lindy Grant, Cecily Hennessy, Wilfried Keil, Sophie Kelly, Bruno Klein, Florian Meunier, Jesús Rodríguez Viejo, Tobias Schoo, Markus Späth, Béla Zsolt Szakács, Elizabeth Valdez del Álamo, Eliane Vergnolle, Michele Vescovi, Rose Walker, and Tomasz Weclawowicz.

The online conference programme will be published in early August and posted on the BAA website.

You can register for all four days with one registration here:  https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yd_UOZFVQQeD7ZfvzHVQtQ

 

Fifteenth Century Conference Programme Now Available, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Bristol, 2-4 September 2021

The draft programme is now available and can be downloaded here.

There is also an information sheet available here. 

A list of hotels is available here. Hotels need to be booked separately from the registration process for the conference.

(Please note these documents may be updated between now and the conference.)

Registration will open very shortly, with the link posted on the Fifteenth Century Conference website.

All enquiries to: Helen....@bristol.ac.uk

 

2.         CALL FOR PAPERS

 

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.

 

We invite PhD candidates and early career researchers 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. We envisage the publication of a volume based on the papers delivered at the conference, dependent upon a peer-review process.

 

Matt Hassall (mh...@cam.ac.uk)

Silvio Roggo (sb...@cam.ac.uk)

 

Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture at International Medieval Congress 2022

To encourage the integration of Byzantine studies within the scholarly community and medieval studies in particular, the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture seeks proposals for a Mary Jaharis Center sponsored session at the 2022 International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, July 4–7, 2022. We invite session proposals on any topic relevant to Byzantine studies.

The thematic strand for the 2022 Congress is Borders. 

Session proposals must be submitted through the Mary Jaharis Center website. The deadline for submission is September 3, 2021. Proposals should include:

·       Title

·       100-word session abstract

·       Session moderator and academic affiliation

·       Information about the three papers to be presented in the session. For each paper: name of presenter and academic affiliation, proposed paper title, and 100-word abstract

·       CV

Applicants with be contacted by mid-September about the status of their proposal. The Mary Jaharis Center will submit the session proposal to the International Medieval Congress and will keep the potential organizer informed about the status of the proposal.

The session organizer may act as the moderator or present a paper. Participants may only present papers in one session.

If the proposed session is approved, the Mary Jaharis Center will reimburse a maximum of 4 session participants (presenters and moderator) up to $600 maximum for European residents and up to $1200 maximum for those coming from outside Europe. Funding is through reimbursement only; advance funding cannot be provided. Eligible expenses include conference registration, transportation, and food and lodging. Receipts are required for reimbursement.

Please note that all listed speakers and the moderator should be prepared to participate remotely should health conditions necessitate a virtual conference or should local conditions make travel inadvisable for a participant. In the case of remote participation, the Mary Jaharis Center will reimbursement participants for conference registration.

For more information on how to submit proposals, please visit the MJC website.

CFP: ICMA Sponsored Sessions for Kalamazoo 2022 (deadline 15 September 2021)

The International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA) will sponsor two sessions at the 57th International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, MI (9-14 May, 2022). 

Naples and Beyond: World-Wide Cultural Networks

The city and the kingdom of Naples in the late medieval period have attracted much exciting scholarly attention in the last two decades. No longer swayed by Vasari’s bitter commentary on Naples, recent research has been applying new methods and new digital technology to understand the city and its environs. This double session on Naples seeks to build on this recent scholarship by considering Naples as a world city and center of cultural production whose art, artists, and architecture were not only distinct but also influential beyond the boundaries of the kingdom of Naples to the wider Mediterranean, Europe, and other continents between c.1250 and c.1435.

Session 1:  Within Naples: The City and the Regno c. 1250-1435

The only monarchy in Italy, Naples had a unique position in contrast to the many city-states of northern Italy. A powerful fiefdom of the papacy with a firm military and political grip over the entire peninsula during the fourteenth century, how did that powerful position manifest itself in art, architecture, and material culture?  If Naples should be considered not on the periphery of mainstream Italian art but a center of it, then what aspects allow us to consider it as such? Please submit proposals that consider, but are not limited to, the following questions:

·       Representations of kingship/queenship and themes of personal and dynastic glorification

·       Patronage of religious orders

·       Medieval topography of Naples, including digital mapping or reconstruction/ maps as palimpsests

·       Local saints and pilgrimage; nuns, religious leaders/preachers in Angevin Naples

·       Importation of artists (painters, architects, goldsmiths, sculptors, scribes and illuminators) – materials and materiality

Session 2: Beyond Naples: Angevin Naples and its Reach beyond the Regno c. 1250-1435

A port city, Naples was a complex site of artistic mobility and exchange during the medieval period. What impact did the art and artists of late medieval Naples have on the global stage? And equally, what impact did the wider connected world have on Naples? Please submit proposals that consider, but are not limited to, the following questions:

·       The movement of art, other objects of material culture, and artistic materials between Naples and the wider Mediterranean and beyond

·       Trade, especially maritime trade, as a trigger of cultural and artistic innovation

·       Royal, diplomatic, cultural, commercial, and artistic relationships between Naples and other Italian city states, the wider Mediterranean, Europe, Africa, and Asia

Please submit abstracts no later than 15 September through the ICMS Confex website. We will send out notifications in the latter half of September. Please direct all questions or concerns to janis....@ttu.edu and dgal...@udel.edu. Since the International Congress on Medieval Studies will be run virtually in 2022, the ICMA (via a Samuel H. Kress Foundation grant) will cover the conference fees of those participating in the ICMA- sponsored session(s).

The ICMA Student Committee is also organizing a session on Naples, New Approaches to the Art and Architecture of Angevin and Aragonese Naples (1265-1458). To promote stronger networks between ICMA student and senior scholars, Janis Elliott and Denva Gallant will moderate the Student Committee session.

CFP: Identity Abroad in Central and Late Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean (deadline 12 September 2021)

Life in the central and late Middle Ages was characterised by high levels of mobility and migration. Shifts in political, economic, cultural and religious life encouraged and sometimes forced individuals and groups to move ‘abroad’ permanently or temporarily, to places nearby or further afield.

Organisers from the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford invite papers for their upcoming conference Identity Abroad in Central and Later Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean, to be held at Cambridge 7-8 January 2022. 

The position and impact of these ‘foreigners’ in societies has been widely discussed. However, what is less considered is how they understood and (re)presented themselves. Our conference aims to explore the construction, expression, and practical significance of different forms of social identity among individuals and groups living ‘abroad’ in Europe and the Mediterranean in the period from the eleventh to the fifteenth century.

We invite proposals for 20-minute papers from graduate and early career researchers working across all relevant disciplines in the Humanities and Social Sciences. By bringing together a variety of different perspectives, the conference not only aims to consider how ‘identity abroad’ functioned in specific contexts, but also to emphasise developments, patterns, and divergences. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

•       Individuals and groups living ‘abroad’, such as merchants, artisans, pilgrims, scholars, diplomats, soldiers, exiles, ethnic and religious minorities, and captives and enslaved people

•       Voluntary or forced, temporary or permanent migration

•       Importance of political allegiance, language, cultural heritage, and faith in identity construction

•       Means of identity expression, such as written production and material culture

•       Relations between different ‘foreign’ individuals and groups

•       Interaction and assimilation/resistance to assimilation with ‘local’ populations, institutions, and rulers

•       Impact of gender, socio-economic background, and other types of differences

•       Theoretical treatments of the concepts of ‘identity’, ‘foreignness’, and ‘abroad’ in the Middle Ages

Abstracts of 250 words and a short biographical note should be sent to identity...@gmail.com by 12 September 2021. For more information, visit their website here and follow @identityabroad on Twitter.

Please note: Currently, the organisers plan to hold the conference in person in Cambridge, UK. However, this may change to reflect developments relating to Covid-19. Information will be regularly updated on their website.

 

Authority in Late Antiquity: Call for Papers

Leeds International Medieval Congress, 4-7 July, 2022

The Postgraduate and Early Career Late Antiquity Network

 

Notions of authority are impossible to escape in the study of the Late Antique world. The authority of particular narratives have, in some cases, remained so pervasive that they have heavily shaped and tainted our perceptions of particular people and events. Ideas of ecclesiastical and religious authority are clearly articulated by our sources, some of these coming directly from the authority of the emperor or episcopal elite. Authority also existed elsewhere and could be communicated via material culture, and was an intrinsic aspect of private lives. We can gain a lot through further interrogating these ideas of authority and what they mean. How and by whom was authority acquired and exercised in Late Antiquity? Who is being privileged by narratives and representations of authority? Who is being silenced? How should we go about detecting these authoritative voices and representations? 

We invite postgraduate and early career researchers from a variety of backgrounds to present and discuss on authority in its many late antique forms across a series of panels. The Late Antiquity Network was founded in 2012 to provide a platform for junior scholars working on a range of geographical and disciplinary areas within the period. We have held a number of workshops and conferences that aim to provide opportunities for junior researchers to present their research and build connections with others in the field and to discuss their work in a constructive environment. The participants in these panels are strongly encouraged to interpret authority in late antiquity within the context of their research interest. Applications from masters students, those in the early stages of their PhD, and those without a current institutional affiliation are particularly encouraged. Papers should be no more than 20 minutes, leaving 10 minutes for discussion and question time. 

 

Some suggested topics for discussion include: 

·      ·Religious authority 

·      ·Political authority

·      ·Authority and the author

·      ·Legal authority

·      ·Domestic and private authority

·      ·Ecclesiastical authority

·      ·Cultural and artistic authority

·      ·Authority in narrative

·      ·Debating authority

The deadline for abstracts (approx. 250 words) is midnight (GMT) September 4, 2021. Please include a brief academic bio noting your research and career stage. 

Abstracts and any questions can be sent to lateantiq...@gmail.com 

 

With best wishes,

Nicola Ernst (Exeter) and Ben Kybett (Cambridge)

LAN Steering Committee  

 

Cfp Noster delectat error. L’errore tra filologia e letteratura (25th-26th November 2021)

We are delighted to announce the Call for Papers for the International Postgraduate Conference “Noster delectat error. L’errore tra filologia e letteratura”, promoted by the University of Pisa and the PhD Course in Classics of the Universities of Florence, Pisa, and Siena (Dottorato Pegaso). 

The notion of error reveals its wide range of shades in the very nouns by which it was generally referred both in Greek and Latin. In this regard words such as ἁμάρτημα and error had moral, cognitive, and physical senses and could be used either for a moral fault or a theoretical-epistemological uncertainty or mistake. Taking as starting point the variety of interpretations of these words and of the notion of error in itself, the Conference aims to investigate this theme from different points of view and to promote a study of Greek and Latin texts under an often-neglected perspective, which might be instead very fruitful and a harbinger of new reflections. 

Papers might address (but are by no means limited to) any of the following topics: 

·       The role of errors in the definition of a stemma codicum; types of errors; interpolations; errors of evaluation in manuscripts’ recensio.

·       Usus corrigendi of scribes and copyists in papyri and medieval manuscripts (correction marks; supra lineam, marginal or intercolumn additions; etc.). 

·       “Errors” in the reception of texts and their authors (false attributions; improper, partial, mystifying readings; ideological interpretations). 

·       Forms of thought and representation regarded as transgressive, innovative, dangerous, or extravagant; examples of deviant behaviour; character’s mistakes; contrast between virtues and vices; mala exempla; lexicon of the error. 

·       The role of the error in the development of the plot (missed or wrong anagnorisis; tragic error; etc.). 

·       Error understood as deviation from the rule, rupture of the canon, trans- gression of the model, departure from the norm (literary, linguistic, behavioural, etc.).

·       Polemics in philosophical and religious texts; ways of expressing polemics and criticism towards opponents; mystification and misunderstanding of the original thought; orthodoxy, heterodoxy, and dissidence. 

·       Literary and political failures. 

The Conference will be held online on Thursday 25th and Friday 26th November 2021. The participants will be invited to give a 20-minute presentation, followed by questions and discussion. The languages will be Italian and English. 

The keynote speakers will be Mario De Nonno (Università di Roma Tre), Elena Giusti (University of Warwick), and Giuliana Leone (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II). 

The participation in the Conference is open to postgraduate students and early-career researchers who have completed their PhD by no more than two years. Those interested in participating are invited to send a short academic biography and an abstract of no more than 250-300 words to nosterdel...@gmail.com by Wednesday 15th September 2021. 

Results will be notified by Friday 1st October 2021. 
Conference proceedings will be evaluated for publication. Please feel free to direct any queries about the conference to the address nosterdel...@gmail.com. 

 

Call for Papers: ‘From Prophet of Israel to Miracle-Working Saint: the Transformations of Elijah’s Story in Jewish and Christian Iconographic Traditions’, ICMA, 9th-14th May 2022 (Deadline 10 September 2021)

The prophet Elijah is one of the most venerated figures in both Jewish and Christian traditions. Although the account of his deeds (1 and 2 Kings) offered ample material for exegesis, art historiography has paid little attention to the representation of Elijah’s story in late antique and medieval visual culture (ca. 3rd–15th centuries). This session aims to reassess the development of the prophet’s cult in different periods and religious contexts by gathering new evidence for the pictorial articulation of his narrative cycles.

Already in the 3rd-century CE, the mural decoration of the synagogue at Dura-Europos comprised a significant selection of episodes which affirmed the Tishbite’s capacity for performing miracles as a divine confirmation of his prophetic ministry. Later on, in medieval Byzantium, the supernatural powers of controlling the weather and raising the dead became a crucial element of Elijah’s profile as a thaumaturge saint. Moreover, his ascetical life was interpreted as a monastic archetype, usually regarded alongside the exemplum of John the Forerunner. In this new devotional context, the visual narrative of the prophet’s life was reshaped as a proper hagiographical cycle, a change simultaneously attested by 13th-century Balkan frescoes and Russian icons. Additionally, during the Middle Ages, certain scenes from Elijah’s story, such as the prophet being nourished by a raven or an angel, were equally used as autonomous elements of broader iconographic programs, acquiring multiple theological and liturgical meanings. A comparative analysis of these occurrences is still lacking.

Therefore, the main scope of this session is to stimulate research towards a more refined understanding of the circulation of biblical and hagiographical traditions correlated with the prophet Elijah. Bringing together a wide range of iconographic material and relating it to existing bibliography about homiletic texts and hymnography, this session will address a fundamental question about how images dynamically negotiated Jewish spiritual heritage in different areas of late antique and medieval Christendom. Proposed papers may include, but are not limited to:

•       Local iconographic versions of Elijah’s narrative in East and West (3rd–15th centuries)

•       The use of autonomous episodes from the prophet’s life in different iconographic contexts

•       Jewish elaborations on Elijah’s legend

•       Elijah as a model of monastic life in Christian texts and images

•       The integration of Elijah’s image in the series of Old Testament figures (e. g. the selection of prophets in middle and late Byzantine domes)

•       Elijah and the widow of Sarepta: a gender perspective

Each speaker will be given 20 minutes to present his/her paper. Please send abstracts of maximum 400 words, together with a short presentation, to the organizers: Dr Barbara Crostini (crostini...@gmail.com) and Andrei Dumitrescu (andreid...@gmail.com).

The deadline to submit papers is 10th September 2021. 

Full information can be found here: https://wmich.edu/medievalcongress/call

 

Call for Papers: “The Lost Latin Historiography of Late Antiquity” at the Leeds International Medieval Congress, 4-7 July 2022

Sponsor: National Science Centre Poland project “The Missing Link. The Lost Latin Historiography of the Later Roman Empire (3^rd - 5^th Century)”

Organizers: Paweł Janiszewski and Aleksander Paradziński 

“The Missing Link. The Lost Latin Historiography of the Later Roman Empire (3^rd-5^th Century)” project, funded by the National Science Centre Poland, aims to collect and study cases of lost or fragmentarily preserved history works composed in Latin in the Later Roman Empire in accordance with Classical historiographic models, such as political narratives, chronicles, annals and biographies, as well as the authors of these works themselves and socio-cultural milieu of their literary activity. In line with this goal we invite scholars at all career stages to submit proposals for twenty minute papers relating to the subject of “The Lost Latin Historiography of Late Antiquity”. 

Suggested topics for papers include, but are not limited to:

·       Identity and biographies of authors of lost history works

·       Reception of Classical historiographic models in Late Antiquity

·       Transmission of fragments

·       Regional idiosyncrasies of history writing in the Roman Empire

·       Audiences and networks of authors – composing history as a social activity

·       Defining history – categories and boundaries of form and content of historical genres in Late Antiquity

·       History writing in the post-Roman West – continuity or a break?

·       History of the scholarship on the lost and fragmentarily preserved Latin historiography

Please send paper proposals in English of no more than 300 words to Aleksander Paradziński (a.k.par...@uw.edu.pl) by 19 September 2021. Please note that conveners are, regrettably, unable to cover the congress registration fee and travel expenses. 

 

Call for Papers: 2022 International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 9-14, 2022, Kalamazoo, MI [Online])

Session Title: Decentering the Self: Liminality and Marginality in Self-Presentation

Sponsored by Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Stanford University

Recent work on subjecthood and patronage in Byzantine studies has shown the import of formulas and models, especially in light of liturgical and literary ones, for understanding and presenting the self. At the same time, theories of queerness and intersectionality have been used to bring greater awareness to previously overlooked medieval identities. Drawing on these discourses, this panel revisits traditional sites of self-presentation, such as seals, donation images, and objects of commemoration to ask how these issues were visualized. How did patrons with marginal or liminal identities represent themselves? Or why would a patron choose to represent themselves via a figure whose identity did not fit neatly into societally defined categories? For example, why would a man choose an angel as his emblem? At stake is how we recognize and interpret medieval self-identification. Speakers are encouraged to address de-centered subjects, either patrons or iconographies, and ask how the arena of self-presentation can aid our understanding of what liminal and marginal meant to medieval patrons and viewers. 

We welcome papers exploring these themes from Late Antiquity to the Late Middle Ages and from any geographic area. Please submit abstracts of 300 words via the ICMS Website (https://icms.confex.com/icms/2022am/cfp.cgi). For questions please contact Alexis Gorby (alexis...@arch.ox.ac.uk) and Lora Webb (lo...@stanford.edu).           

Deadline for Submissions: Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Submission via ICMS website: https://icms.confex.com/icms/2022am/cfp.cgi

 

Call for Papers: Ninth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 20-22 June 2022 (Deadline 31 December 2021)

The Ninth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies (20-22 June 2022) is a convenient summer venue in North America for scholars to present papers, organize sessions, participate in roundtables, and engage in interdisciplinary discussion. The goal of the Symposium is to promote serious scholarly investigation into all topics and in all disciplines of medieval and early modern studies.

The plenary speakers for this year will be David Abulafia, of Cambridge University, and Barbara Rosenwein, of Loyal University, Chicago.

The Symposium is held annually on the beautiful midtown campus of Saint Louis University. On campus housing options include affordable, air-conditioned apartments as well as a luxurious boutique hotel. Inexpensive meal plans are also available, although there is a wealth of restaurants, bars, and cultural venues within easy walking distance of campus. While attending the Symposium participants are free to use the Vatican Film Library, the Rare Book and Manuscripts Collection, and the general collection at Saint Louis University’s Pius XII Memorial Library. The Ninth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies invites proposals for papers, complete sessions, and roundtables. Any topics regarding the scholarly investigation of the medieval and early modern world are welcome. Papers are normally twenty minutes each and sessions are scheduled for ninety minutes. Scholarly organizations are especially encouraged to sponsor proposals for complete sessions. The deadline to submit is 31 December 2021. You should submit a title and abstract of no more than 250 words. 

For more information and to submit a paper, session, or roundtable, visit https://www.smrs-slu.org/.

 

Call for Papers: Mary-Anne: Iconographies and Layers of Meaning (Deadline 10 October 2021)

The proposed volume concentrates on representations of the Virgin Mary and Saint Anne in the Middle Ages by bringing into discussion new approaches on their iconographies. In certain instances, Mary’s life incorporates episodes of Saint Anne’s allowing, thus, multiple readings and multiple layers of meaning in the same (visual) representation.

The volume is dedicated to the iconography of the Virgin Mary and Saint Anne, generally speaking, from any geographic area. This implies that any aspect of Marian or Saint Anne’s iconography is accepted, starting with general or particular episodes of Mary’s/Anne’s life, development(s) of iconographic details or specific iconographies.

The volume aims at approaching such representations in a comparative manner either by focusing on the visual-textual relationship or by highlighting influences and movements of iconographies from one geographic area to the other.

Please submit a 600-800 word abstract celarly underlying the main argument and potential outcomes of the essay. Proposals should have an abstract format written either in a PDF file or Word document and be accompanied by a short CV, including email, current affiliation, rank and title/name. Please submit all relevant documents by 10 October 2021 to Andrea-Bianka Znorovsky, Ca’Foscari University, Venice, Italy, andrea.z...@unive.it.

From the organiser: 

While some of the abstracts have been secured, I am still looking for ones that address the below topic for a volume being considered for publication with Brepols Publishers.

I am looking for very clear, specific case studies (not a general view on a topic). This can be either iconographic or textual study (or text and image, etc.) which does not rephrase previous research, but rather presents new aspects, new interpretations, other perspectives/approaches. Please, clearly underline the main argument and potential outcomes of the essay.

 

Cfp: Languages as Barriers, Languages as Bridges (Leeeds IMC 2022)

 

Intra- and Inter-Lingual Negotiations across Ethnical, Political, Religious, Social, Cultural, and Gender Boundaries in the Late Antique and Medieval Mediterranean

 series of sponsored sessions organized by:

 

Yuliya Minets, Jacksonville State University, AL

Mirela Ivanova, University of Oxford/University of Sheffield

Paweł Nowakowski, University of Warsaw

 

Language is one of the key factors that keep society together, but it can be a barrier as well a bridge. Being a powerful tool of connection and disjunction, language brings people together but also forces them apart. 

Having successfully completed the series of sessions ‘Changing Winds and Great Storms: The Dynamics of Speech Communities and Forms of Their Linguistic Self-Expression in the Eastern Mediterranean (324–1204)’ at the Leeds IMC 2021, we plan to carry on our conversation at IMC 2022, this time shifting the emphasis to the issues of intra- and inter-lingual negotiations across ethnical, political, religious, social, cultural, and gender boundaries in the Late Antique and Medieval Mediterranean. We would like to focus on several aspects:

·       Real-life and imaginary communication across various linguistic divides (Greek-Latin, Greek-Syriac, Greek-Coptic, Greek-Slavonic, Greek-Arabic, Latin-Germanic, Syriac-Coptic, Syriac-Arabic, Persian-Syriac, and others) in the Middle Ages and Late Antiquity. This may include all sorts of verbal and paralingual interaction attested in epigraphical and material records, in documents, historical accounts, and religious narratives, in travelogues and fiction; cases of individual bilingualism and multilingualism; using interpreters and tools; second language acquisition etc.

·       Interplay between languages/dialects and various forms of group identity – ethnical, political, local, religious, social, professional, economic, cultural, and gender. In the Late Antique and Medieval Mediterranean, these identities were consolidated across language boundaries as well as along them. While their links to certain languages were never fixed or absolute, interested parties every so often employed discursive strategies that contributed to building up associative ties between languages, ethnic, local, or social groups, and religious movements.

·       Linguistic impact of the cultural and demographic transfer in borderland areas around the Mediterranean and the resulting linguistic changes, both rapid and dramatic and slow and gradual. The terms ‘borders’ and ‘borderlands’ are broadly defined here and include frontiers between the Late Roman/Byzantine Empire and other states and peoples, inner borders between provinces, geographical regions, and smaller localities in Byzantium, Sassanid Persia, Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphate, the political and tribal entities in South Arabia, the Nubian kingdoms, the Successor Kingdoms in the West, and others. We are interested in papers that explore linguistic processes taking place at the liminal zones among villagers, town dwellers, inhabitants of garrisons, as well as interactions between the sedentary, semi-sedentary, nomadic peoples, monks, hermits, and outcasts.

Other topics may include:

·       the influx of new peoples and their linguistic impact;

·       the mobility of individuals and groups and their linguistic choices; 

·       one’s native tongue/tribal tongue as an element of identity; 

·       acculturation and linguistic change;

·       assimilation and linguistic change;

·       lost/abandoned languages of antiquity; individuals and communities abandoning their language following a spatial displacement;

·       forced preservation of a language following a displacement;

·       cultural appropriation of languages or dialects. 

 

Titles and abstracts of up to 300 words for 20 minutes talks should be submitted to Yuliya Minets, Jacksonville State University (ymi...@jsu.edu), Mirela Ivanova, University of Oxford/University of Sheffield (mirela....@univ.ox.ac.uk), or Paweł Nowakowski, University of Warsaw (pawel.no...@uw.edu.pl). Please, indicate your academic status and affiliation (if applicable).

Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2021.

We encourage linguistic diversity at our sessions, though in accordance with the guidelines of the Organizing Committee, we will ask for a short outline in English to be distributed among the attendees if the talk is given in a different language. 

The proposal for this series of sessions (three or four, depending on the interest) will be submitted to the Organizing Committee of the Congress for approval. The sessions are sponsored by the research project ‘Epigraphy & identity in the early Byzantine Middle East’ (National Science Centre, Poland, grant Sonata 15 and the University of Warsaw, Faculty of History). We will apply for external funding which may allow us to cover the conference fee for the participants of our sessions. For details on conference fees, see the Congress website.

 

 

Cfp: 57th International Congress on Medieval Studies, May 9-14, 2022

Armenian Studies: Literature and Art I and II, Organizer: Dr. Michail Kitsos

 

Papers are sought for two sessions: Armenian Studies: Literature and Art I and II to be proposed for the 57th International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo, ONLINE: May 9-14, 2022), organized by Dr. Michail Kitsos (University of Toronto)

Classical and medieval Armenian literature and material culture offer a plethora of information about Armenian history, culture, theology, and politics during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Despite the importance of classical and medieval Armenian sources, these remain understudied. Armenian Studies I & II: Literature and Art aim to demonstrate the importance of the study of classical and medieval Armenian literary sources and material culture and to highlight the role of Byzantine and Medieval Armenia by exploring literary contacts, interactions, the perception and the impact of Byzantine cultural tradition on the Armenian life, and exchanges between Armenia and its neighbors.

These two sessions aim to demonstrate the importance of classical and medieval Armenian sources and material culture for the study of Byzantium and beyond in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. We welcome papers that study different literary genres such as chronicles, theological treatises, narratives, letters, legal texts, as well as various forms of artistic expression in order to explore points of interaction, cultural exchange, literary contacts, and polemics between Armenia and its neighbors. Through these sessions, we aim to provide a multifaceted perspective of the role of medieval Armenia between Byzantium and Islam.

 

To submit a paper proposal, you are kindly requested to do so no later than September 15, 2021 using the conference portal: wmich.edu/medievalcongress/call.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the organizer: Dr. Michail Kitsos at mki...@umich.edu

 

Subordination and Insubordination in Post-Classical Greek: Syntax, Context and Complexity (Ghent University, May 12-14, 2022)

The noted absence of grammars dealing exclusively with the syntax of Post-Classical Greek (III BCE – VI CE) has recently generated an increasing amount of studies dealing with the Post-Classical syntax of subordination and insubordination. The main aim of this conference is therefore to investigate the syntax of subordination from different perspectives in an expanding research area of the Greek language, and, at the same time, to stimulate debate on the relationship between subordination, linguistic complexity and sociolinguistic characterization in historical corpora (of both literary and non-literary texts). Keynote speakers are Brian Joseph, Alessandro Vatri and Marja Vierros.

We welcome both synchronic and diachronic contributions dealing with the strategies of subordination and insubordination in Post-Classical Greek. We also encourage the application of different theoretical approaches to (in)subordinate clauses and the use of computational and digital tools for linguistic analysis.

A full version of the Cfp can be found at https://www.postclassicalsubordination.ugent.be/ .

Interested scholars are invited to submit English abstracts (600 words max.) for 20 minute papers to postclassical...@ugent.be by October 10, 2021. Notification of acceptance will be given by the 10th of November.

Call for Participants: Studying East of Byzantium VIII: Material Culture (Deadline 13 September 2021)

The Arthur H. Dadian and Ara Oztemel Chair of Armenian Art at Tufts University and the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture at Hellenic College Holy Cross in Brookline, MA, are pleased to invite abstracts for the next Studying East of Byzantium workshop: Studying East of Byzantium VIII: Material Culture.

The three-part workshop intends to bring together doctoral students studying the Christian East to reflect on how to study the material world of the Christian East, to share methodologies, and to discuss their research with workshop respondents, Marica Cassis, University of Calgary, and Kate Franklin, Birkbeck, University of London. The workshop will meet on November 19, 2021, February 18, 2022, and June 6–7, 2022, on Zoom. The timing of the workshop meetings will be determined when the participant list is finalized.

The workshop invites doctoral students working in any discipline of East Christian studies to discuss the role of material culture—monuments, archaeological sites, artifacts, images—in their research and to consider questions such as: how can the tools of the study of material culture assist in understanding the realities of the Christian East? What is the difference between material culture and art-historical and archaeological approaches? How does attention to the non-verbal world harmonize with or challenge historical narratives based on textual study?

Participation is limited to 10 students. The full workshop description is available on the East of Byzantium website (https://eastofbyzantium.org/upcoming-events/). Those interested in attending should submit a C.V. and 200-word abstract through the East of Byzantium website no later than September 13, 2021.

For questions, please contact East of Byzantium organizers, Christina Maranci, Arthur H. Dadian and Ara Oztemel Chair of Armenian Art, Tufts University, and Brandie Ratliff,

Director, Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture at con...@eastofbyzantium.org.

East of Byzantium is a partnership between the Arthur H. Dadian and Ara Oztemel Chair of Armenian Art at Tufts University and the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture at Hellenic College Holy Cross in Brookline, MA. It explores the cultures of the eastern frontier of the Byzantine Empire in the late antique and medieval periods.

 

3.         JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
POSITION DESCRIPTION
Assistant Professor, History of Medieval Christianity

Princeton Theological Seminary invites applications for a tenure-track position in the History of Medieval Christianity. The research and publication specialization is open. We invite applications from scholars who work on medieval Christianity’s theological, cultural, and social aspects. Candidates must be prepared to teach an introductory survey course on early and medieval church history. Ability and/or experience in teaching courses on the varieties of medieval Christianity beyond Europe, and on the interactions among Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the middle ages is desirable.

The successful candidate will teach in all of the Seminary’s degree programs (M.Div., M.A.C.E.F., M.A.T.S., Th.M., and Ph.D.), pursue an active scholarly research agenda, and participate in the life of the Seminary. As Princeton Theological Seminary is related to the Presbyterian Church (USA), faculty members are expected to work constructively within an ecumenical ethos informed by the Reformed Tradition. Women and candidates from underrepresented communities are especially encouraged to apply.

A letter of interest and curriculum vitae (including bibliography) should be uploaded to the online application site at: https://tns-apps.ptsem.edu/FacultyApplicationMedieval/. The appointment is expected to commence July 1, 2022. Review of applications will begin September 15, 2021.

Those wishing to nominate others for this position are invited to contact Jacqueline Lapsley, Dean of Academic Affairs, at academ...@ptsem.edu.

 

Visiting PhD scholarship – Mediterranean History (University of Haifa)

 

The Haifa Center for Mediterranean History (HCMH) invites international PhD students to conduct research on a project relating to the history of the Mediterranean, during one or two semesters. 

HCMH, which began its work in 2016, promotes the historical study of the pre-modern Mediterranean at the University of Haifa, and aims to connect it to the vibrant international networks of Mediterranean research. 

Proposed PhD projects should engage meaningfully with a Mediterranean theme and show relevance to the current historiographical discourse. They will be mentored by a Haifa researcher from one of the Humanities departments, such as History, Maritime Civilizations, Archaeology, Art History, Middle Eastern History, Israel Studies, and Jewish History. For a list of researchers affiliated with the Center click here. 

The scholarship criteria are as follows: 

 

A. The student is enrolled in a doctoral degree program at a non-Israeli accredited institution of higher education.
The scholarship will be open to students from all countries. 

 

B. The student has completed their first year of doctoral studies successfully. An approved PhD prospectus is recommended.

Applicants should supply the following documentation: 

1.    Updated CV.

2.    List of publications (if any).

3.    Summary of the doctoral research proposal, including the topic and its importance, sources and its expected
contribution to the field (2 pages).

4.    One-page statement of your academic goals during the scholarship period, including the requested dates.

5.    Two letters of recommendation – must be sent by the referees directly by email. 

·      One from the Master's thesis supervisor or from the PhD supervisor

·      One from your hosting academic advisor at the University of Haifa.

 

Please note that this is a competitive scholarship. The HCMH academic committee will evaluate all applications and inform the candidates of their decision. Successful applicants will be granted $4,000 per semester in scholarship funds. No other costs involved will be covered. Shorter stays (two months minimum), including summer visits, may also be proposed. 

This is an open call for applications. Every application will be considered upon submission.
Application materials should be emailed to Ms. Shiri Barnhart, HCMH administrator, at hc...@univ.haifa.ac.il. 

 

 

Professeur·e assistant·e en PTC (tenure track) en langue et littérature grecques antiques — Université de Lausanne

 

La Section d’archéologie et des sciences de l’Antiquité de la Faculté des lettres de l’Université de Lausanne (Suisse) met au concours un poste de professeur·e assistant·e en PTC (tenure track) au rang de professeur ordinaire en langue et littérature grecques antiques.

 

Entrée en fonction : 1er août 2022

Durée du contrat : 2 ans, renouvelable 2 x 2 ans, au maximum 6 ans*

Taux d'activité : 100% 

Langue d'enseignement: français 

Lieu de travail : Lausanne-Dorigny

 

Délai de postulation : 5 septembre 2021

 

Informations complémentaires sur les activités et le profil: https://www.unil.ch/carrieres/emplois

 

Seules les candidatures adressées via la plateforme de recrutement seront prises en compte: https://www.unil.ch/carrieres/emplois

 

 

*La personne nommée professeur·e assistant·e en prétitularisation conditionnelle (tenure track) est engagée pour un mandat de deux ans, renouvelable deux fois sur proposition du Décanat. Une procédure d’évaluation est initiée en principe au terme du 8ème semestre, soit au début du troisième mandat de deux ans. Au terme de cette procédure, la Faculté propose (ou non) à la Direction de l’UNIL la titularisation au rang de professeur·e ordinaire.

 

 

Announcing Dumbarton Oaks Fellowships and Grants in the Humanities 2022-2023

Fellowships

Fellowships are awarded to Byzantine, Garden and Landscape, and Pre-Columbian scholars on the basis of demonstrated scholarly ability and preparation of the candidate, including interest and value of the study or project, and the project’s relevance to the resources of Dumbarton Oaks. 

Applications and instructions are available online.

Fellowships are awarded to scholars who hold a PhD or appropriate final degree at the time of application, or who have established themselves in their field, and wish to pursue their own research. Application deadline: November 1

Junior Fellowships are awarded to degree candidates who at the time of application have fulfilled all preliminary requirements for a PhD or appropriate final degree, and plan to work on a dissertation or final project while at Dumbarton Oaks, under the direction of a faculty member from their own university.
Application deadline: November 1

Dumbarton Oaks is delighted to announce three new fellowship awards this year:

The Flora Clancy Summer Fellowship in Maya Studies for Latin American Researchers is available to scholars in the field of Maya studies on any level of advancement beyond the first year of graduate study (post-Licenciatura) who are academically based in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, or El Salvador. Application deadline: November 1

The I Tatti–Dumbarton Oaks Joint Fellowship is available to early-career scholars whose work explores cross-cultural contacts in and beyond the late medieval and early modern Mediterranean. Application deadline: November 1

Summer Fellowships in Mellon Urban Humanities, “Landscapes of Civil and Human Rights” are available for scholars engaged in narratives and counternarratives of remembering, studying, and stewarding the legacy of civil rights histories and their place-narratives in the United States. Application deadline: November 1.

 

Grants

Project Grants support scholarly projects by applicants holding a PhD or the equivalent. Support is generally for archaeological research, preservation of historic gardens, and the recovery, recording, and analysis of materials that would otherwise be lost.
Application deadline: November 1.

 

 

Tenure-Track Assistant or Associate Professor in Ancient History
Harvard University

Position Description: The Department of the Classics seeks to appoint a tenure-track professor in Ancient History. Applications are invited from candidates specializing in any aspect of the ancient Mediterranean world from the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity. The appointment is expected to begin on July 1, 2022.

The tenure-track professor will be responsible for teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels and will be expected to participate fully in the activities of the Department of the Classics, the Ancient Studies program, and Harvard’s broader community of scholars of the ancient world.

Basic Qualifications: Doctorate or terminal degree in Ancient History
or related discipline required by the time the appointment begins.

Additional Qualifications: An inclusive vision for the study of the ancient world, promise of scholarly excellence, and a strong commitment to teaching are desired.

Special Instructions: Please submit the following materials through the ARIeS portal
(https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/10456) no later than Thursday, September 2, 2021. Applicants are encouraged to submit their materials as early as possible in order to ensure timely receipt of letters of recommendation.

1. Cover letter
2. Curriculum vitae
3. Teaching and advising statement, describing philosophy and practices
4. Research statement
5. Statement on past, current, and anticipated future efforts to encourage diversity, inclusion, and belonging
6. Names and contact information of 3–5 referees, who will be asked by a system-generated email to upload a letter of recommendation once the candidate’s application has been submitted. Three letters of recommendation are required, and the application is considered complete only when at least three letters have been received. At least one letter must come from someone who has not served as the primary advisor for the candidate’s undergraduate, graduate, or postdoctoral projects.
7. Writing sample of approximately 25 pages double-spaced.

Timetable to Appointment: It is anticipated that two rounds of interviews will be conducted by video- conference October 13–24 and finalists’ campus visits will take place November 1–18.

Harvard is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions or any other characteristic protected by law.

Contact Information: Professor David F. Elmer, Chair, Search Committee, Department of the Classics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138. Contact Email: tt...@fas.harvard.edu

 

 

Four Research Associates, Post-Doctoral Researchers (Full time; pay scale 13 TV-L)

fixed term (18 months), as part of the ERC Consolidator Grant Project “AntCoCo”.

Job description:

As part of an ERC-funded project on fully extant late antique constitutions (which are legal enactments usually taking the form of highly formalized letters), you will independently contribute to the common research effort. One main goal is the production of a critical edition of the unabridged constitutions with translation and notes. Apart from that, the constitutions will be investigated from various viewpoints. Research topics include their highly elaborate prose, techniques employed by ancient translators of constitutions, a study of their legal content from a technical perspective, and in particular their communicative function (for constitutions include comprehensive introductions with little legal content which however served for communicating to the population).

Your profile:

•       Excellent doctoral degree preferably in one of the following fields: Classical Philology (Latin or Greek), Ancient History, Roman Law.

•       Proficiency in Latin and Ancient Greek (except for legal historians who just need to possess proficiency in Latin); good to excellent knowledge of the modern languages generally used in Classics (i.e., English, German, French, and Italian) 

•       Proven publication record

•       Willingness and ability to open up a new field of research

•       High level of work discipline

 

General Information:

The University of Bamberg is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from female candidates. Among candidates otherwise equally qualified preference will be given to candidates with disabilities.

The University of Bamberg has been certified by the Hertie Foundation as a family-friendly university and is committed to providing measures to help reconcile professional and family life.

 

Application: 

Please send your application via e-mail as one combined PDF document to peter.ri...@uni-bamberg.de. Use English, German, French, or Italian for authoring your application.

Your application must include: 

•       a succinct cover letter indicating your intended starting date, any relevant details which cannot immediately be gleaned from your CV, as well as any unfinished business you may need to complete (also, if applicable, explain how you intend to take care of it while being employed in a 100% project position). Please, keep this covering letter brief. Do not expound your motivation for applying.

•       a CV including a list of publications (and of reviews of your work, if applicable)

•       a table of your skills in the various relevant languages; if possible, add confirming evidence such as exam results, participation in courses, texts you have authored in these languages, or similar.

•       a sample of scholarly texts authored by you (max. 20 pages, if possible, published material; if not, then some part of a text submitted for publication, or of your thesis; while I am not interested in your cover letter writing skills, I am very much interested in your academic writing, so please select this sample carefully)

•       graded university transcripts and certificates

•       your answers (not more than two Word pages) to a short test which you can download from www.riedlberger.de/call2021

Note: nobody is expected to excel at all questions. The various questions test different skills. Some will be easier for, say, legal historians than for, say, Latin philologists, and vice versa. Do not feel discouraged if you cannot answer some questions at all. 

Please do not include any letters of recommendation with your application.

I have put together some further information which might be of interest to prospective candidates; you can find the document at www.riedlberger.de/inf-applicants

If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me at peter.ri...@uni-bamberg.de. (Note: some career advisors claim applicants can improve their chances of success by writing to a possible employer without any good reason, just in order to establish contact. These career advisors are wrong.) Candidates invited for an interview may be reimbursed for travel costs in accordance with the applicable legal provisions.

 

Deadline: The positions will remain open until filled. Review of applications will begin on October 15, 2021.

 

Contact:

Prof. Dr. Peter Riedlberger

Professor of Late Antique History and Culture

E-Mail: peter.ri...@uni-bamberg.de

Website: www.riedlberger.de

 

 

Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Research Fellowship in the History and Culture of the Countries of the Silk Roads, 2022-2026, King’s College, Cambridge (Deadline 6 September 2021)

 

Through a generous donation, King’s College Cambridge is able to invite applications for a four-year Research Fellowship from those who are completing or have recently completed a doctorate and who intend to pursue a research project on some aspect of the Silk Road countries, societies, and cultures of Asia from the Western borders of China to the Mediterranean Sea, as well as their relationships with China in the East and Europe in the West. The research project’s discipline may address, amongst other issues, Environmental History, Religion, Art, Maritime History, China before 1911, Ottoman Empire, and Russian Central Asia, but applicants should not feel constrained by this list.

This Research Fellowship is part of a broader programme of studies of the countries of the Silk Roads, which includes lectures, seminars and conferences, as well as graduate scholarships and further Research Fellowships. As well as pursuing their own research project, the successful candidate will be expected to play an active role in developing the programme and in organizing academic activity concerned with the countries of the Silk Road.

This post-doctoral Fellowship is intended to encourage research into the Silk Roads and the countries of the Silk Roads by enabling the successful candidate to complete a substantial research project on their own choosing. Projects may concern any aspect of the countries, societies, and cultures of the Silk Roads, from the Western borders of China to the Mediterranean Sea, and of the Silk Roads themselves, that is to studies of relationships and the movement of materials, knowledge, and technologies between China and the Mediterranean, at any period to the present day.

The ideal candidate for this Research Fellowship will have a strong background in a relevant discipline and be completing or have completed an outstanding doctoral thesis. It is not a requirement that the candidate’s doctoral studies or the work that they submit in support of their application should have concerned questions of the Silk Roads specifically, but candidates will be expected to show in their applications both how their future work relates to the work that they have already done. The successful candidate will be expected to engage broadly with the whole college community.

Graduates of any university are eligible. Candidates will usually have completed their PhD but must not have undertaken more than 3 years of postdoctoral work by 1 October 2022 (i.e. your PhD cannot have been granted before 30 September 2019).

For complete information and instructions on how to apply, visit https://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/research/research-fellowships

 

 

UGent Vacancy: Full-time Doctoral Research Fellowship

 

The Novel Saints: Ancient Fiction and Hagiography Research Centre at Ghent University (Belgium) is seeking well-qualified applicants for a full-time doctoral research fellowship on The Holy Romance. Characterization and concepts of fiction in Italo-Greek hagiography. The project is funded by the Flemish Research Foundation (F.W.O.-Vlaanderen).

 

The successful applicant will examine literary and rhetorical constructions of character and concepts of narrative and fiction in Lives, martyr acts, and encomia written in Greek between the 5th and the 13th centuries and describing the lives of Christian saints and martyrs of Sicily and Southern Italy.

 

The successful applicant will start employment no later than 1st October 2022. In order to be eligible, candidates must have obtained their MA degree at the time of application or demonstrate that they will have that degree in hand by the start of their doctoral fellowship.

 

Further information about how to apply can be found at https://www.novelsaints.ugent.be/news/vacancy-fully-funded-phd-fellowship-4-years-ghent-university-belgium.

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Alberto Ravani

DPhil Candidate, Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, Sub-faculty of Byzantine and Modern Greek

President, Oxford University Byzantine Society

byzantin...@gmail.com  

http://oxfordbyzantinesociety.wordpress.com

https://twitter.com/oxbyz

[Oxford University Byzantine Society]

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THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY BYZANTINE SOCIETY

The Byzness, 5^th September 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

 

Silence and Syria Project: Pop-Up Library Michaelmas 2021

A pop-up library featuring more than hundred books by Syrian authors (in Arabic, English, and Kurdish) will be created in Blackwell Hall at Weston library in Michaelmas Term, opening on Monday 18 October, and running through to Friday 26 November. 

The pop-up library will be open to the public Monday- Saturday and a series of events are planned to take place at the ‘Library’. Events include authors readings, i.e. Khaled Khalifa; book signings; a graphic novel workshop with Hamid Sulaiman; cookery workshop; a collaboration with the Walk with Amal Project; a launch event with the Syrian Voices project (an oral history project based at the faculty). 

The project organisers are now looking to connect with researchers working on Syria and would be very happy to support academic engagement around the topic. There is a small pot of funding available. This could be an academic panel, a workshop, a PER activity, or any other ideas that come to mind. Opportunities are open for anyone including undergraduate and graduate students. For those with an interest in Queer History, there is a special section in the library with Queer Syrian books. 

The project team are also looking for students to get involved with the library as for example ‘library volunteers’ to support our ‘staff librarians’ Nuha and Maryam. 

If you are interested in getting involved, or know of students who might please send suzan....@history.ox.ac.uk an email by September 15.

Silence and Syria is a collaborative project of the Silence Hub and the Oxford Network for Armenian Genocide Research and is generously supported by the TORCH Humanities Cultural Programme. You can read more about it here: https://www.torch.ox.ac.uk/article/announcing-syria-and-silences-pop-up-library

 

Communities and Networks in Late Medieval Europe, International Virtual Conference, 9-10 September 2021: Registration now open

Registration is now open for Communities and Networks in Late Medieval Europe. Register at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/communities-and-networks-in-late-medieval-europe-c-13001500-registration-165407840303

Historical research has witnessed a rapidly growing interest in ‘networks’ since the turn of the twenty-first century, as seen in ambitious endeavours such as the foundation of the Journal of Historical Network Research in 2017. This is due not only to the utility of networks in describing interrelations between historical actors, but also to the adoption of the concepts and methodologies associated with social network analysis (SNA).

Communities and Networks in Late Medieval Europe aims to build on and contribute to this expanding field of research by exploring how the descriptive, conceptual, and methodological tools provided by the study of networks can deepen our understanding of the complex sets of relationships between and within different types of communities in the specific context of the last two centuries of the European Middle Ages. The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries were a time of great political, socio-economic, and cultural change in Europe: the period in question, therefore, offers numerous exciting opportunities (and challenges) for the application of network-based approaches to the study of community dynamics.

You can find the conference programme at https://communitiesandnetworks21.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/communities-and-networks-in-late-medieval-europe-c.-1300e280931500.pdf

 

Conference: What Does Animation Mean in the Middle Ages?, the A. Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw, Poland and the University of Bergen, Norway, 16-19 September 2021

The conference will take place in Białystok at the A. Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw – Branch Campus in Białystok, H. Sienkiewicza 14, 15–092 Białystok, Poland. The conference will run in a hybrid form. Members of the public who want to participate in it virtually, through Microsoft Teams, are kindly asked to contact Ms. Anna Lach: anna...@e-at.edu.pl

Full information about the conference can be found here: https://atb.edu.pl/blog/2021/08/24/what-does-animation-mean-in-the-middle-ages/

 

Collis Lecture (Virtual): Prof. Vassilaki, Viewing St. Catherine's Monastery at Sinai September 26

Maria Vassilaki, Professor Emerita, Byzantine Art History

University of Thessaly (Volos, Greece), and Member of the Benaki Museum Board of Trustees (Athens, Greece)

 

September 26, 2pm-3pm EST (USA) via Zoom! See the flyer. 

THE DR. JOHN AND HELEN COLLIS LECTURE– An Annual Lecture Devoted to Ancient Greek and Byzantine Art

Saint Catherine’s Monastery is located in Sinai, a place associated with well-known events narrated in the Old Testament, making the region the ultimate locus sanctus (holy place). Built in Egypt in the mid-sixth century by emperor Justinian on the site of Moses’s Burning Bush at the foot of Mount Sinai, the fortified monastery remains intact to this day. In this lecture, Maria Vassilaki investigates how and when the Sinai landscape was transformed from a mere background setting into an independent composition.

Register for this virtual lecture: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/viewing-saint-catherines-monastery-at-sinai-tickets-164359687249

 

Online Conference. Amassing Perspectives: Recent Trends in Syriac Iconography, 17-18 September 2021

Monastery wall paintings in Syria and Egypt, the illuminations of the Rabbula Gospels, and the architecture and decorations of churches in regions as diverse as Turkey and India are just some of the rich visual culture extant from the late antique and medieval Syriac tradition. Though there is a long tradition of studying Syriac visual culture, there have been few monographs dedicated to the topic in recent decades. This conference gathers diverse scholars from across the globe whose research touches on all aspects of Syriac iconography and visual culture in any geographic region from late antiquity throughout the Middle Ages, to roughly 1400 C.E. The conference will sum up the status quaestionis of research into Syriac art and architecture and spell out major desiderata for the field going forward.

The Syriac tradition has been rooted in politically sensitive regions in the world, and its rich material heritage remains vulnerable to destruction and illegal sale on the black market. We hope to draw attention to this area and to provide a means and opportunity for the study of its artistic and architectural legacy. Given the academic significance of such a conference, it is hoped that the conference proceedings will develop into an edited volume, reflecting state-of-the-art research on Syriac visual culture.

The virtual conference will take place on September 17–18, 2021. It is structured around roundtable workshop sessions for pre-circulated papers, disseminated to registered participants approximately one month in advance. The conference is hosted by the Department of Art & Archaeology at Princeton University, with additional support from the Committee for the Study of Late Antiquity (CSLA) and the Center for Collaborative History (CCH).

Advance registration required.

 

2.      CALL FOR PAPERS

 

‘The Materiality in the Fourteenth Century II: Art and Architecture’, ICMS Kalamazoo, 9-14 May 2022 (Deadline 15 September 2021)

The art and architecture of the fourteenth century reflect the social changes and political upheavals that defined the period in Europe. Scholars have increasingly employed the materiality of art—its physical features and characteristics—to critically investigate expanding trade networks, modes of production, and the relationship between artist, patron, and viewer. This session builds on this momentum to explore the social and cultural function of art and architecture in the fourteenth century. Submissions are invited to examine the materiality of art and architecture from any disciplinary and theoretical perspective; interdisciplinary approaches are particularly encouraged. Potential papers might comprise, but are not limited to, investigations of the relationship between an object’s material and form; examinations on shifts in artistic production; applications of visual and formal analysis; or considerations of the ritual, political, and economic significance of objects and their materials. This session invites submissions on all forms of art and architecture including from Latin, Byzantine, and Islamic contexts.

This session is the second of three panels sponsored by the 14th Century Society centered on the discussion of materiality during the fourteenth century. Please submit paper proposals by September 15th through the ICMS Confex website (https://icms.confex.com/icms/2022am/cfp.cgi). Please contact Gabriela Chitwood (gchi...@uoregon.edu) with any questions and concerns.

‘Legacy and Afterlife of the Middle Ages’, ICMA Sponsored Session, CAA Annual Conference 2022, 16-19 February (Deadline 16 September 2021)

How are the Middle Ages remembered? In recent years the Middle Ages have set the scene for a variety of popular TV series; contemporary identity is often connected to a medieval past; and medieval history has even been appropriated to justify the horrific actions of extremist groups. As scholars we know that popular views of the Middle Ages are often absurdly and dangerously misrepresented, but if a false vision of the Middle Ages is accepted as true on screen, in objects, or architecture, what effect does that have on the psyche of viewers today?

This session invites papers from diverse fields to interrogate how memory, legacy, and myths of the Middle Ages live on today, in tangible or intangible ways. Possible topics may include neo-Gothic revivals, the endurance of religious expression for faith communities today, as well as 19th-century and fantasy medievalisms from Tolkien to Game of Thrones. In light of the content thread recommended by CAA for 2021 –social justice— we specifically encourage submissions that consider race, gender equality, sexuality, including queer pre-modern identities, and justice for Indigenous communities in the Americas. For example, potential topics might examine the appropriation of medieval symbols in contemporary hate groups or how medieval women are portrayed on screen. At a time when popular culture has renewed attention on the Middle Ages, it is critical to reflect not just on medieval attitudes towards their own material culture and visual arts, but how our own perspectives are shaped by their real and imagined legacies.

Please submit abstracts directly to the chair by September 16th. More specific submission instructions can be found at the CAA Annual Conference website here.

 

Saints in the Slavic Christian World (900–1400): Assessing Culture, Power, Religion and Language in Slavic Hagiographies and Religion Literature, Online, November 9, 2021

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. The session invites 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.

Please send a title, abstract (200 word) and short bio to emil....@ctr.lu.se  before 30th September 2021.

Jointly hosted by Lund University, Ghent University, and the Balkan History Association.

 

DELTION OF THE CHRISTIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY (DChAE) 43 (2022) dedicated to the memory of CYRIL A. MANGO – NEW Deadline 24^th October, 2021

As already known the eminent Byzantinist Cyril A. Mango passed away on the 8th of February, 2021. The Board of the Christian Archaeological Society (ChAE), of which he was an honorary member, acknowledging his enormous contribution to Byzantine Studies has decided to honour him by dedicating to his memory the 43rd volume of the Deltion of the Christian Archaeological Society/DChAE (2022). Greek and foreign archaeologists and historians of Byzantine art and architecture are invited to contribute to the volume with original studies related to the Early Christian and Byzantine periods (300-1453). Due to Cyril Mango’s multi-faceted activity as a scholar, historians and philologists are also invited to contribute to the volume with original studies related to the history of art. As with previous honorary volumes, submissions should not exceed the 5,000 words (text and footnotes) and contain no more than eight photographs and drawings/plans. 

 

In accordance with the editorial guidelines of the Deltion of the ChAE, each submission will be evaluated for approval by two anonymous reviewers designated by the Society’s Board. Papers submitted for consideration should be prepared following the Guidelines for Authors:

http://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/deltion/about/submissions#authorGuidelines

All papers should be submitted in a single file, pdf and word, avoiding any mention of the author’s name and any acknowledgements in the footnotes. Submissions must be placed in the electronic platform of the Deltion of the Christian Archaeological Society: https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/deltion/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions

 

The submitted file must include in the following order 

(a) the title of the paper, 

(b) an abstract of max. 80 words,

(c) at least four keywords indicating the period, the place, general and specific subject and finally the site and the monument, encompassed by the paper, 

(d) the text with footnotes, 

(e) a summary of ca. 1,000 words,

(f) the list of the Figures with subtitles and their provenance/copyrights. 

 

At the end of the file, the illustrations in law resolution must be included (one figure in each page). In case that the language of the paper is other than the English, all the above information (a, b, c) must be in English. Once the paper has been accepted for publication, the final text must be submitted together with the author’s name and affiliation, the acknowledgments and the illustrations as high-resolution digital file (at least 300 dpi). Due to the implementation of the electronic version of the Deltion of the ChAE, and in accordance with established international practice, authors of papers accepted for publication are kindly requested to provide the necessary licences for the study and the publication of the archaeological material and also to sign a contract with the Christian Archaeological Society, in which copyright matters are clarified. Authors who have not yet made their subscription to the electronic platform of the Deltion of the

ChAE must do it following the instructions in the link below:

https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/deltion/user/register

 

 

‘Performing Death I & II’, ICMS Kalamazoo, 9-14 May 2022 (Deadline 15 September 2021)

Papers are sought for two sessions:

Performing Death I: Grief and Emotion in the Medieval Mediterranean, and
Performing Death II: Ritual and Remembrance in the Medieval Mediterranean
to be proposed for the  57th International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo ONLINE: May 9–14, 2022)

Sponsor: CU Mediterranean Studies Group/Mediterranean Seminar

Dying is inevitable; and, thus, caring for the dead became a defining characteristic of humanity – even predating the emergence of homo sapiens as a species. Yet, there appear to be significant differences across cultures as to how mourning is expressed and ritualized both in terms of physical and symbolic death. The medieval Mediterranean provides an opportunity to analyze such ritualization as expressed in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam within the same broad historical and regional context. Examining various Mediterranean traditions of mourning will help us better understand grief in the Medieval West and today.

Papers are sought that examine the emotional, social, gendered, and cultural contexts of mourning among Christians, Muslims, and Jews across the medieval Mediterranean. The aim is to better understand grief, both in the past and today. How was death understood and ritualized from an emotional point of view? What was the role of religion in establishing appropriate models and rituals? How was the expression of grief, whether in history, literature, or art, shaped by social norms, and expectations and by the emotional communities’ individuals belonged to? Was there an emotional Mediterranean culture of “lamenting” that transcended ethno-religious divisions?

Those interested in submitting a paper proposal to any of the two sessions (Performing Death I and II), please do so before September 15, 2021, using the conference portal: wmich.edu/medievalcongress/call

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact the organizer: Nuria Silleras-Fernandez at sill...@colorado.edu 

 

Byzantium Bizarre: Storytelling through sacred spaces – Kalamazoo 2022 (deadline 15 September)

 

The organisers (Dr. des. Catherine Keane and Dr. Katharina Palmberger) invite the submission of abstracts for our session “Byzantium Bizarre: Storytelling through sacred spaces” at the 2022 International Congress on Medieval Studies, taking place online from May 9-14, 2022. Church architecture, sacred locations and legend can produce a bizarre interplay in the late antique and Byzantine Mediterranean. Particularly interesting are extraordinary churches that tell a story or have a legend, tradition, or mythology attached to them, revealing the human fascination toward the bizarre. In the panel, the organisers look forward to discussing these sociocultural aspects of Byzantine churches, particularly those linking material to the sacred spaces, architecture, and archaeology.

 

Please submit the abstract for your paper (300 words abstract plus a short description of 50 words) by September 15, 2021, through the conference portal at wmich.edu/medievalcongress/call.

 

Dr. des. Catherine Keane (cke...@gmail.com) and Dr. Katharina Palmberger (katharina....@gmail.com), the organizers of this panel, are happy to answer any of your questions. 

 

 

3.      JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

 

Job Opportunity: University Professor of Economic and Social History of the Late Medieval and Early Modern Ages (Deadline 29 September 2021)

 

At the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies of the University of Vienna the position of a University Professor of Economic and Social History of the Late Medieval and Early Modern Ages (full time, permanent position) is to be filled.

The professorship focuses on the field of Economic and Social History of the Late Medieval and Early Modern Ages (13th–17th centuries). Research and teaching experiences should cover both periods, and successful candidates are expected to offer classes crossing topics and periods at the Bachelor, Master, and PhD level and for the Teacher training programme: History, Social Studies and Political Education (Teaching Subject). With respect to research and research-based teaching, the professorship will contribute to the established main research area “Economy and Society – A view from history and cultural studies” of the Faculty for Historical and Cultural Studies. Successful candidates are expected to have a strong interest in theories and methods of social sciences and economics.

The University of Vienna expects the successful candidate to acquire, within three years, proficiency in German sufficient for teaching in bachelor’s programmes and for participation in university committees. In addition, the University of Vienna expects the successful candidate to be prepared to take over responsibility on the organisational level of the Faculty and the University, if necessary.

The deadline to apply is 29th September 2021. To apply, visit https://personalwesen.univie.ac.at/en/jobs-recruiting/professorships/detail-page/news/economic-and-social-history-of-the-late-medieval-and-early-modern-ages/

 

 

Job Opportunity: Professorship in Mediterranean Archaeology with a Focus on Greek and Roman Archaeology, University of Zurich (Deadline 1 October 2021)

 

The University of Zurich invites applications for a professorship in Mediterranean archaeology with a focus on Greek and Roman archaeology. The position should be filled by 1 February 2023.

 

The future holder of the position is expected to represent the field of Mediterranean archaeology with a focus on Greek and Roman archaeology in research and teaching across the board. They should have built an outstanding, internationally visible reputation in cultural analysis of the ancient Mediterranean world. Knowledge and expertise in field research (excavations, surveys) and visual studies (Bildwissenschaften) is expected, in particular with regard to digital methods and techniques (spatial archaeology). The University of Zurich offers manifold possibilities of cooperation in imaging techniques, Big Data science and various forms of participatory research.

 

In addition, candidates are expected to share responsibility for the various archaeological study programs and to participate in interdisciplinary programs in ancient studies (Altertumswissenschaften) and the ZAZH – Zurich Center for the Study of the Ancient World. Moreover, the Archaeological Collection (museum) is affiliated to the professorship, for which significant impulses are expected in terms of its development and research transfer. Furthermore, participation in disciplinary and interdisciplinary cooperation structures in the national and international context as well as in committees of the University’s self-administration are part of the tasks.

 

A completed habilitation or comparable excellent scientific achievements and publications in the relevant field are required at the time of application. The language of instruction may be English. Non-German speaking candidates are expected to acquire a working knowledge of German within the first three years of their appointment. In addition, international networking and relevant experience in interdisciplinary research and teaching contexts are expected. Furthermore, didactic aptitude and experience in administration and personnel management are required.

To apply, visit https://www.phil.uzh.ch/de/fakultaet/berufungsverfahren.html

 

 

POSITIONS AVAILABLE: ELIZABETH A. WHITEHEAD DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR

Deadline: October 31, 2021

 

Term: Early September to June 1.

Eligibility: A senior scholar working in any area related to the mission of the School who possesses a significant record of publication and teaching and is affiliated with a Cooperating Institution. Preference will be given to those who have not received recent funding from the School. Previous holders of the Whitehead may apply if the previous term was at least five years prior.

Project: The Whitehead Distinguished Scholar shall pursue research on a project that utilizes the facilities of the School and enriches its academic program. Whitehead Scholars also participate in the academic life of the School in a variety of ways, especially by working closely with Regular and Student Associate members of the School during the winter term (late November to late March) on the subject of their expertise, and by joining School trips and excursions throughout Greece. A more detailed description of this position and a list of past Scholars’ work with members is available on the School’s website: https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/apply/fellowships-and-grants/postdoctoral-and-senior-scholars 

 

Applicants are encouraged to consult with the Mellon Professor, Brendan Burke, well in advance of the October 31 deadline when planning their proposed contributions to the academic program of the School.

Compensation: Stipend of $40,000 plus round-trip coach airfare to Athens, board at Loring Hall for the Whitehead Scholar (one-half senior rate for spouse and dependents), School housing, and hotel and transportation on up to four of the five field trips (western and northern Greece, Peloponnesos, central Greece, Crete, and the Corinthia and Argolid) and transportation on all winter Attica excursions.

 

Application: On or before October 31, applicants should submit the following materials online:  

• Brief statement of interest (1 page)
• Curriculum vitae (max. 3 pages) including list of publications
• Statement of current and projected research (max. 3 pages)
• Proposed contribution to the academic program (max. 3 pages)
• Account of the frequency and length of earlier visits to Greece

Link to online application form:
https://ascsa.submittable.com/submit/115754/elizabeth-a-whitehead-distinguished-scholars-application-form 

Applicants should ask three recommenders to submit letters of reference by October 31.
The appointments will be announced by January 15.

 

 

Job Opportunity: Assistant Professor of Medieval European History, Williams College (Deadline 1 October 2021)

 

Description

The Department of History at Williams College seeks to make a tenure-track appointment in medieval European history, to start July 1, 2022. Specialists in all regions of Europe and all methodological approaches are welcome to apply. Applicants should be able to position their research and teaching with respect to the premodern world at large, whether connectively or comparatively. The teaching load in the department is 2-2 plus a January-term course every other year, and faculty have considerable autonomy in developing the curriculum in their fields.

 

Qualifications

The candidate should be a dedicated scholar with a Ph.D. in hand or expected by September 2022.

 

Application Instructions

Please send the following application materials to the department chair, Roger Kittleson, via Interfolio (http://apply.interfolio.com/90316): a letter of application which includes a summary of current and future scholarship, teaching interests and experience, and ability to work effectively with a broadly diverse student population; a curriculum vitae; separate one-paragraph descriptions of proposed courses (please include one survey and two specialized courses); and three letters of recommendation. The deadline for receipt of materials is Friday, October 1, 2021.