The Byzness, 3 March 2026
Oxford University Byzantine Society
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THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY BYZANTINE SOCIETY
The Byzness, 8th February 2026
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1. NEWS AND EVENTS
2. CALLS FOR PAPERS
3. JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
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THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY BYZANTINE SOCIETY
The Byzness, 8th February 2026
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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
Dear all,
Welcome to week 7, and apologies for the delay in getting this edition of The Byzness out! This past weekend the OUBS hosted our conference, Decline & Flourish, which was a great success! Thank you to our speakers for their fantastic and engaging papers, to our chairs for their poignant questions, and to all the attendees who decided to spend their weekend at St Peter’s instead of outside in the sun. The OUBS committee had such a wonderful time, and we’re so proud of how it all turned out.
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Best,
Nidanu
For those wishing to submit an event, call for papers, job or scholarship opportunity to the Byzness please send details to the committee at byzantin...@gmail.com indicating the relevant list for The Byzness our external to Oxford and year-round newsletter or The Byzantine Lists our Oxford-centered events and circulated only in term-time. Please keep listing brief and include all relevant information in the body of the notice. Outside of exceptional circumstances, we only share events once.
Passing of Prof. Eleni Glykatzi-Ahrweiler
It is with sadness that we share the news of the death of Prof. Eleni (Hélène) Glykatzi-Ahrweiler, who passed away in Athens on February 16 at the age of 99. More information about her extraordinary career and lasting contributions to Byzantine studies can be found on her Wikipedia page.
"Who Wrote Your Bible?" with Candida Moss - March 18, 2026, Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus, 140 West 62nd St.
Candida Moss will present a lecture on Who Wrote Your Bible? Enslaved Scribes and the Material History of Scripture. A reception will follow.
There will also be a livestream link available on our events page. All are welcome to RSVP here. We hope to see many of you there!
International workshop On the Trail of the Bible of Niketas: A Transverse Approach to Catenae will take place at Brussels and KU Leuven, on March 30-31, 2026.
The event will comprise two sessions:
30 March (Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels): an introductory seminar on Greek palaeography and exegetical catenae;
31 March (KU Leuven): a research day bringing together international specialists to present recent work on the catenae of the Bible of Niketas, examining their editorial logic, sources, and intellectual context from a transverse perspective.
More information and full programme: https://www.arts.kuleuven.be/grieks/nieuws/niketas
Yale University’s graduate student-led Late Antique Reading Group, Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 16:00 (EST) (UTC-5)
Yale University’s graduate student-led Late Antique Reading Group invites you to a discussion of Maria Doerfler’s recent Death & the Afterlife in Syriac Christianity: Creating Social Identity & Emotional Communities. Please read the Introduction, Chapter 2, and Chapter 7, linked here, in advance of our discussion. Professor Doerfler will be in attendance. Contact the co-organizers with any questions.
Zoom: https://yale.zoom.us/j/95113529535
Second edition of the series I pomeriggi di Syriaca
During the new edition, entitled Traduzioni e traduttori: Scuole, testi, generi, stili, we will continue to investigate the topic of Syriac translations and translators, with a specific focus on the following aspects:
4 March (17.00 CET) Philological and translational considerations pt 2. Marco Pavan: Una traduzione senza padre n? madre: Le lettere ad Virgines dello Pseudo-Clemente di Roma. Resp: Guido Venturini
22 April (17.00 CET) Church Fathers pt 2. Alessandro De Blasi: Syro-Naziazena. Lettori e traduttori siriaci di Gregorio di Nazianzo. Respondent: Emiliano Fiori
20 May (17.00 CET) Epigraphy. Marco Morigi: Traduzione o trasformazione? Un testo magico siriaco e la sua Vorlage mandaica. Respondent: Flavia Ruani
17 June (17.00 CET): Lexicography. Mara Nicosia: Traduzioni, stratificazioni e innovazioni: un sguardo sulla lessicografia siriaca. Respondent: Margherita Farina
1 July (17.00 CET): Medicine. Matteo Martelli: TBD. Respondent: Vittorio Berti
23 September (17.00 CET): Mystic. Valentina Duca: Di persuasioni e di silenzi: sulle radici greche del vocabolario contemplativo dei mistici siriaci. Respondent: Sabino Chial?
21 October (17.00 CET): Relationship between historiography and hagiography. Claudia Tavolieri: Agiografia e storiografia: la narrazione devota e le ragioni della storia. Respondent: Giorgia Nicosia
11 November (17.00 CET): Syriac or Greek? Problems with identifying the original.Gianmarco Tondello: Dal greco al siriaco o dal siriaco al greco? Il caso dei Dormienti di Efeso. Respondent: Annunziata Di Rienzo
9 December (17.00 CET): Multiple translations. Giovanni Gomiero: Traduzioni o tradizioni? Il problema storico e testuale degli Apophtegmata Patrum in siriaco. Respondent: Chiara Faraggiana Di Sarzana
To receive the Zoom link to attend or for more info, please send an email to mara.n...@unipd.it or giorgia...@ugent.be.
"Are the Dogs Running Today?" Garden and Landscape Studies Public Lecture with Bathsheba Demuth, Dumbarton Oaks, Thursday, March 5
This talk blends history, ecology, and personal experience to explore the long relationship between people, sled dogs, and salmon in the Yukon River watershed. In the Yukon basin, in northwestern Canada into Alaska, dogsledding and fishing have long been deeply intertwined parts of living close to the land for Indigenous peoples and rural communities. This talk looks at the stakes of a changing environment and climate—changes that could alter where we live and the animals we live with, from domestic dogs to wild salmon. Learn more and register on our website.
Dumbarton Oaks, April 24 and 25 | Byzantine Studies Symposium
"Book Biographies: Towards a Cultural History of Byzantine Manuscripts" explores aspects of the lifecycle of Byzantine manuscripts from inception to the present day, including work in paleography, codicological analysis, art historical interpretation, and descriptive cataloguing.
Dumbarton Oaks, May 8 and 9 | Garden and Landscape Studies Symposium
"Migration and Place Histories: What Does Migration Mean for Places?" seeks new frameworks for understanding and witnessing the relationship between migration and place to give full attention to the complexity and richness of how people who move shape place, and in so doing, define belonging on their own terms.
Hybrid Workshop ‘Voicing Enclosure in Byzantine Historical Writing: Spaces, Characters, and Authors’, 24 April 2026
We cordially invite you to the upcoming international workshop on the topic ‘Voicing Enclosure in Byzantine Historical Writing: Spaces, Characters, and Authors’, which will take place on 24 April 2026 at the Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame (Main Reading Room, 715 Hesburgh Library), and online via Zoom.
The workshop program and abstracts are available on our website: https://medieval.nd.edu/news-events/events/2026/04/24/seventh-annual-byzantine-fellowship-workshop/. The registration link can be found at the webpage above. For further information, please contact the convener at: cpap...@nd.edu
Warsaw Late Antique Seminar
12.03 Aaron Butts (University of Hamburg), The Connected Histories of Ethiopic and Syriac Christians
19.03 Korshi Dosoo (CNRS, UMR 8167 Orient et Méditerranée, Paris), Magic by the Psalms in the Coptic Tradition
26.03 Haggai Olshanetsky & Lev Cosijns (University of Oxford), Cluedo in the Eastern Desert: Who, or What, Killed Berenice and Myos Hormos? Plague, Climate, War or Competing Trade Routes
The full programme can be consulted at the seminar website.
Conference: Studying Non-Elites in the Medieval Caucasus (13 & 14 March: Brussels)
Studying Non-Elites in the Medieval Caucasus. First International Conference of the Medieval Caucasus Network, Brussels, 13th-14th March 2026.
Registration: https://www.vub.be/en/event/studying-non-elites-in-medieval-caucasus
Location: Green Room, U-Residence, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 2 Boulevard de la Plaine, 1050 Etterbeek, Belgium.
Hellenic Society event - Pots, Gods and Gold: new research at the British Museum, Tuesday 7 March 2026
What was served and stored in Greek finely-decorated pots? What would small copper-alloy (bronze) statuettes of deities have looked like in the Roman period, and why do they look the way they do now? And what was happening in the jewellery workshops of the Eastern Mediterranean in the 7th-6th centuries BC, at the time of the proverbially rich King Croesus? Join us for an evening where researchers from the Departments of Greece and Rome and Scientific Research at the British Museum will present exciting new results from three current projects addressing these themes.
6- 6.15 Tom Harrison: Introduction
6.15 - 6.45 Nelly von Aderkas: Containing Commodities: Determining Organic Residues in Greek Decorated Pottery
6.45 - 7.15 Katie Manby: Roman gods through time: the decoration, display and later restoration of ‘bronze’ statuettes in the British Museum's collection
7.15 - 8.00 Aurélia Masson-Berghoff, Frederik Rademakers and Aude Mongiatti: Gold jewellery in the time of Croesus.
8.00 – 8.30 Reception
No booking is required. Guests are welcome. This is an in-person event (Room G22/26, Senate House, London, UK) and will not be live-streamed, but a recording will be available afterwards.
NEW EXHIBITION | ALL PHANAR IS HERE: HOUSEHOLD, NEIGHBORHOOD, COURT, AND THE CITY
Date: 11.03.2026—24.01.2027
Curators: Namık Günay Erkal, Firuzan Melike Sümertaş, Haris Theodorelis-Rigas
Location: ANAMED Gallery
ANAMED's research project on Phanariot Materialities in the Ottoman Empire sees light on 11 March with the exhibition All Phanar Is Here: Household, Neighborhood, Court, and the City. Curated by Namık Günay Erkal, Firuzan Melike Sümertaş, and Haris Theodorelis-Rigas, the exhibition aims to reassemble the fragments of the Phanariots' once-shared rich cultural heritage spreading across the Golden Horn, Wallachia-Moldavia, and the shores of the Bosphorus. Supported by Koç Holding and Vehbi Koç Foundation, and enriched by TED University Department of Architecture and Koç University KARMA XR Lab, the exhibition retraces the Phanariots' footsteps via unexpected routes, rare books, and 3-D immersive reconstructions. The exhibition presents original paintings and books from the Ömer M. Koç Collection, the IMM Atatürk Library, DAI, the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Orientalist Painting Collection, İAE, Sismanoglio Megaro, and the Koç University Suna Kıraç Library. Through documents, photographs, and drawings compiled from numerous national and international institutions and collections, the eighteenth-century lives of the Phanariots are made visible to the audience. An exhibition catalog presenting nine articles by the experts in the field accompanies the exhibition.
OPENING PANEL
Date: 12.03.2026, Thursday, 17:00
Speakers: Maria Georgopoulou, Johann Strauss, Namık Günay Erkal, Firuzan Melike Sümertaş, Haris Theodorelis-Rigas
Location: ANAMED Auditorium.
On the occasion of the launch of ANAMED's new exhibition, curators share the floor with Maria Georgopoulou (Gennadius Library) and Johann Strauss (Emeritus, University of Strasbourg).
Byzantine Greek Summer School, Universität Wien, 13-24 July 2026
Submissions to be sent before 22 March 2026. Information: https://www.byzneo.univie.ac.at/aktivitaeten/byzantine-greek-summer-school/2026-byzantine-greek-summer-school/
Summer School. Reading and Analysing Ottoman Manuscript Sources, Institut français du Proche-Orient (Amman), 13-17 September 2026
Submissions to be sent before 15 March 2026. Information: https://cetobac.ehess.fr/appel/summer-school-reading-and-analysing-ottoman-manuscript-sources
Collège de France, 18 février-15 avril 2026
Jean-Luc Fournet, Le calame et la croix : la christianisation de l’écrit et le sort de la culture classique dans l’Antiquité tardive (7). Les écoles (4) : l’enseignement professionnel dans le domaine de l’écrit. Programme et calendrier: https://www.college-de-france.fr/fr/agenda/cours/le-calame-et-la-croix-la-christianisation-de-ecrit-et-le-sort-de-la-culture-classique-dans-antiquite-24
Seminar: Collège de France, 19 février-16 avril 2026
Jean-Luc Fournet, Papyrus inédits ou nouveautés papyrologiques. Programme et calendrier : https://www.college-de-france.fr/fr/agenda/seminaire/papyrus-inedits-ou-nouveautes-papyrologiques
Exhibition Musée de la Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, 11 février-14 juin 2026
Chypre à la BNF. Collections de la BNF et de la Fondation culturelle de la Banque de Chypre. Informations : https://www.bnf.fr/fr/agenda/chypre-la-bnf
Ancient language course offerings from Catholic University of America for summer 2026.
There is a full menu of live, online, intensive courses in ancient languages, from the elementary through the advanced levels. We will be offering Syriac, Coptic, Classical Armenian, Old Georgian, Intensive Biblical Hebrew, Ancient Greek, and Latin.
Tuition is $580/credit hour, and sections are purposely kept small to guarantee close interaction and support. Each course carries either 3 or 6 credit hours and is charged accordingly ($1740 or $3480). 6 credit hour courses are the equivalent of one academic year of study.
Additional information is available on our Summer Program website (https://ancient-medieval.catholic.edu/academics/summer/index.html) and in the attached flyer, which includes the full schedule with dates. Please feel free to circulate it widely. A text-only version of the flyer's contents can also be found below. For those with questions, feel free to reach out to me (til...@cua.edu) or to cua-ancien...@cua.edu.
Ancient Languages of Anatolia Summer Program (ALA), 20 July – 14 August 2026
Organized by Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED), this four-week intensive summer program aims to develop the skills necessary for exploring the earliest historical records of Anatolia.
The program will include:
- Hittite and Akkadian classes for two weeks,
- One-week introductory workshops on Sumerian, Hurrian, Luwian, and Lycian,
- A Cuneiform Epigraphy Workshop, and a Materiality of Cuneiform Writing Workshop.
The program's language is English. Applications are due 21 March 2026. You can visit our website for details.
Ottoman Turkish Summer Program (OTSP), 29 June – 31 July 2026
Organized by Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED), this five-week intensive in-person summer program aims to develop students' reading and comprehension skills and earn them expertise in a variety of Ottoman sources, including archival documents, manuscripts, and epigraphic material. The material will present a wide array of content and narrative types. The program is designed to accommodate the needs of participants entering with different levels of Ottoman literacy. Persian, Arabic, and modern Turkish classes complement Ottoman classes.
Applications are due 21 March 2026. You can visit our website for details.
Autumn School “Accessing Byzantine Seals with New Digital Methods”, Antalya, 8–17 October 2026
The Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies at the University of Cologne is organizing the Autumn School “Accessing Byzantine Seals with New Digital Methods” (Antalya, 8–17 October 2026). The call for applications can be found in the attached document.
The application deadline is 31 March, and applicants will be informed of the outcome by the end of April. Five scholarships of € 500, sponsored by the Volkswagen Foundation, are available. For further information, please visit https://uni.koeln/SF6RJ.
2. CALL FOR PAPERS
CfP: The Emergence of Mo nasticism in Late Antiquity, January 7–10, 2027
Organized by Young Richard Kim (University of Illinois Chicago) and Mark Letteney (University of Washington). At the meeting of the Society for Classical Studies in Boston, Massachusetts (January 7–10, 2027) the Society for Late Antiquity will sponsor a session on the emergence of monasticism in Late Antiquity.
We welcome abstracts on any topic addressing monastic movements in western Eurasia during the period from roughly 200 CE — 800 CE. The purpose of this panel is to invite substantive interaction across a range of methodologies, including archaeological and material approaches as well as investigations of the literary corpus arising from and about monks. Possible topics include: reports on new archaeological work in monastic settlements or reevaluations of previously published material sources; analysis of the rich papyrological evidence for monks and monasteries, including evaluating how they appear in and interact with broader Egyptian society; connective and comparative analyses of regional monastic movements, for instance between Greece and Asia Minor, Syria, and Egypt; studies of individual persons or literary traditions like the Apophthegmata Patrum or the tradition of late ancient monastic Lives; and any other topic which enlightens the formative period of monasticism in western Eurasia, including precursors to the tradition.
Papers may last no longer than twenty minutes, and will be followed by five minutes for questions. The session will conclude with an extended period of discussion between panelists and audience members. Please send abstracts that follow the guidelines for individual abstracts (see the SCS Guidelines for Authors of Abstracts) by email to Mark Letteney (University of Washington) at lett...@uw.edu by March 6, 2026. Please ensure that the abstracts are anonymous.
CfP: PARATEXTES POLYGRAPHES ET PLURILINGUES DE L’ANTIQUITÉ À L’ÉPOQUE MODERNE, 30 juin 2026
La journée d’études Paratextes polygraphes et plurilingues vise à offrir un espace de discussion scientifique en appréhendant la catégorie de paratexte sous l’angle des dispositifs graphiques et linguistiques qui accompagnent un texte, en orientent la compréhension et en reconfigurent la réception. Dans une telle poétique du seuil, ces dispositifs engagent une véritable grammaire visuelle susceptible de guider l’usage du texte jusqu’à construire des parcours de lecture. Les organisateurs entendent ainsi accorder une attention particulière à cette vivacité des appareils paratextuels qui, au sein de la production tant manuscrite qu’imprimée, peuvent se manifester dans une variété considérable de langues anciennes classiques (latin, grec) et de langues orientales (syriaque, copte, ge’ez, arménien, géorgien, arabe, vieux slave), ainsi que dans de nombreuses langues modernes. Par ailleurs, le choix d’embrasser aussi bien les manuscrits que les imprimés veut également encourager certaines contributions à s’attarder sur les continuités, les transferts et les reconfigurations entre cultures scripturaires et typographiques.
L’étude de ces paratextes plurilingues, quelles que soient les traditions textuelles concernées, permettra d’interroger les pratiques d’écriture, les modalités de lecture et les transmissions textuelles au sein d’aires culturelles tout aussi multiples que connectées. Parallèlement, l’intérêt porté aux pratiques polygraphes – entendues ici comme l’ensembledes manifestations graphiques qui accompagnent, transforment ou enrichissent les textes – vise à éclairer la diversité des gestes et des outils qui construisent le paratexte et conditionnent l’interprétation des textes (cela inclut donc annotations, marginalia, corrections et commentaires manuscrits, mais aussi préfaces, postfaces, tables des matières et d’autres sections imprimées).
La journée se tiendra le 30 juin 2026 à l’Institut des civilisations du Collège de France (52, rue Cardinal Lemoine, salle Françoise-Héritier). Les propositions pour des interventions de 25 minutes (en français ou en anglais) sont à envoyer à l’adresse paratex...@proton.me et doivent comporter un titre, un abstract (300 à 400 mots) et une courte biographie scientifique.
La date limite pour l’envoi des propositions est fixée au 9 avril 2026. À l’issue de cette journée, une publication des actes est prévue dans la collection « In margine : Exploring Premodern Paratexts » (Brepols).
CfP: XVIIe Rencontres internationales des jeunes byzantinistes (Paris, 2-3 octobre 2026)
L’appel à candidatures pour les XVIIe Rencontres internationales des jeunes byzantinistes (Paris, 2-3 octobre 2026), sur le thème “Innover dans la Nouvelle Rome. Pensées, pratiques et réponses à la nouveauté dans les mondes byzantins”, reste ouvert jusqu’au 22 mars 2026!
Les communications, d’une durée de vingt minutes, peuvent être données en français ou en anglais. Les propositions de communication (250 à 300 mots), accompagnées d’une brève biographie incluant l’institution de rattachement, le niveau d’études actuel (master, doctorat, post-doctorat) et le sujet de recherche, sont à envoyer à l’adresse aemb....@gmail.com. Pour plus de renseignements : https://www.aembyzantin.com/xviie-edition-2-3-octobre-2026/
CfP: “Anthologies, Canons, Catalogues: Preserving and Ordering the Ancient World.” 10-11 June 2026
PhD candidates, postgraduate specialization students, and early-career researchers who have obtained their degree no more than two years ago are invited to submit an original abstract for either an oral presentation or a poster (maximum 400 words in both cases, excluding title and bibliography), specifying the preferred format.
Submissions, accompanied by a short academic profile (maximum 100 words), must be sent by 28 February 2026 to the email address: conv.antcla...@gmail.com, indicating in the subject line “Doctoral Conference Proposal” and specifying the relevant section (Archaeology; Philology; Epigraphy and History). For possible – though not exclusive – approaches to the theme, follow the following link: https://bsana.net/announcements/category/call-for-papers/
The body of the email should include the title of the contribution, the name(s) of the candidate(s) - if it is a group proposal- , the institutional affiliation(s), and an email address for correspondence. Submissions may be in Italian or English and should be provided in both anonymized .doc(x) and .pdf formats. The outcome of the evaluation will be communicated by 31 March 2026.
Each presentation will have a maximum duration of 20 minutes, while posters will be displayed in a dedicated session. Selected speakers are invited to present their contributions in person. Individual panels, featuring keynote speakers, will be organised according to the relevant section and thematic or methodological affinity. The Conference Proceedings will be published under the supervision of the Scientific Committee. The Conference will take place on 10-11 June 2026 at the Department of Humanities and Philosophy, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via Columbia 1, 00133 Rome, Italy. There is no registration fee. Information regarding registration, the conference venue, accepted proposals, and the detailed programme will be communicated via email. For further information, please contact: conv.antcla...@gmail.com.
CfP: CLANS Workshop 'The Trade in Religious Imagination in Late Antiquity' (24 April)
The Cambridge Late Antique Network Seminar (CLANS) invites abstracts for a one-day workshop on religion, space, trade, and their interaction in the late-antique Mediterranean and beyond. This workshop, entitled ‘The Trade in Religious Imagination in Late Antiquity’, seeks to explore how people across the expanses of the Roman and Sasanian Empires, and those at their borders, engaged with religion. We are especially interested in moving beyond current narratives of coexistence or simplified contestation, inviting participants to think of theoretical approaches to the problems of understanding religion and identity in this period. The workshop will take place on Friday 24 April.
We would like to reflect on how the networks associated with religious activity might change how we view our case studies in different regions. How did different areas and communities learn about, consume, and interpret religious material from elsewhere? We are interested in the formation of religious identities that jar against or were dominated by hegemonic ideas and practices – thus, in turn, how dominant cultures absorb and contain antagonistic identities beyond oppression or acceptance. The idea of ‘trade’ is of central importance to this workshop. We are interested in religious ideas contextualised in space and through movement – how premodern societies responded to and accessed mobile spiritual offerings that were not just available but sold and consumed. We want to link space to power, asking how established trade routes – Roman or otherwise – allowed some religious communities to form while precluding others from flourishing.
We welcome contributions of 20 to 30 minutes. We give participants the opportunity to discuss a set of primary sources and critically engage with one or two pieces of recent scholarship rather than delivering a traditional argumentative paper. We hope that this will create an open and interdisciplinary discussion challenging current narratives of religion in the first millennium. We also strongly encourage early-career researchers to send in proposals in order to generate stronger discussions across a range of expertise. The workshop will be held at the University of Cambridge.
Interested applicants are invited to submit a short proposal of around 300 words outlining how their current research interacts with the themes of this workshop, and indicating which materials and topics they would contribute to the workshop. Please send proposals to cl...@classics.cam.ac.uk by Friday 13 March 2026. Participation in the one-day workshop will be free, but we will unfortunately not be able to provide or refund accommodation.
CfP: Spatial History Workshop: Spaces and Identity, University of Oxford, 22 May 2026
Submissions to be sent before 15 March 2026. Information: https://www.torch.ox.ac.uk/event/call-for-papers-spatial-history-workshop-spaces-and-identity
CfP: Symposium. Illuminating the Dark! Night History from Byzantion to Istanbul, Pera Museum, Istanbul, 4-5 June 2027
Submissions to be sent before 13 June 2026. Information: https://en.iae.org.tr/Event-Detail/Call-for-Papers-Illuminating-the-Dark-Night-Histories-from-Byzantion-to-Istanbul/1296
CfP: ‘Late Antique Encounters’ Conference, Ghent Centre for Late Antiquity, 3-5 February 2027
Submissions to be sent before 15 May 2026. Information: https://www.gcla.ugent.be/laec-2027/
CfP: Conférence. Mysticism(s) beyond the West, University of Oxford, 29 June-1 July 2026
Submissions to be sent before 1 March 2026. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20140011/call-abstracts-mysticisms-beyond-west
CfP: Atelier doctoral : Les mondes méditerranéens et l’Italie méridionale au Moyen Âge “Jean-Marie Martin” 2026. Sources pour l’histoire du genre (Ve-XVe s.), École française de Rome, 29 June-2 July 2026
Submissions to be sent before 17 April 2026. Information: https://www.efrome.it/en/la-recherche/actualite-et-appels/news/atelier-doctoral-les-mondes-mediterraneens-et-litalie-meridionale-au-moyen-age-jean-marie-martin-2026
3. JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Applications Open | Bliss Symposium Awards
Dumbarton Oaks is delighted to announce the Bliss Symposium Awards, designed to engage graduate and advanced undergraduate students in our three areas of specialization through supported participation in annual symposia. Up to six awards will be offered for each Dumbarton Oaks symposium. Up to three awards will be available to students at Harvard University, with which Dumbarton Oaks is affiliated, and up to three will be offered to students from other US and international institutions. Awardees will be expected to assist with light conference logistics, such as the facilitation of discussion, and will be asked immediately following the symposia to write and submit a short feature on a defined topic related to the scholarship presented.
Apply by Sunday, March 15 for Byzantine Studies (to be held April 24 and 25, 2026) and Garden and Landscape Studies (to be held May 8 and 9, 2026).
Dumbarton Oaks One-Month Research Awards, Dumbarton Oaks, for the period July-December 2026
Submissions to be sent before 15 March 2026. Information: https://www.doaks.org/research/fellowships-and-awards/one-month-research-awards
Paris-Rome Fellowship in Digital Art History 2026/27, Institut national d’histoire de l’art (INHA), Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History
Submissions to be sent before 15 March 2026. Information: https://www.inha.fr/en/recherche/appels/on-going/paris-rome-fellowship-in-digital-art-history-2026-27/
Chercheurs associés de la Bibliothèque nationale de France 2026-2027
Submissions to be sent before 4 May 2026. Information: https://www.bnf.fr/fr/actualites/appel-chercheurs-et-chercheuses-2026-2027
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THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY BYZANTINE SOCIETY
The Byzness, 7th March 2026
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1. NEWS AND EVENTS
2. CALLS FOR PAPERS
3. JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
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The Byzness, 7th March 2026
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1. NEWS AND EVENTS
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3. JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
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1. NEWS AND EVENTS
Dear all,
Welcome to week 8! The committee is looking forward to heading to Sicily in just over a week, where we’ve got an itinerary full of exciting sites.
Please note the declaration of solidarity with Ilia State University below, whose admissions rate has been cut drastically.
If you don’t follow us yet, you can find us at the following handles:
Instagram: @ox_byz
Bluesky: @oxunibyzantinesoc.bsky.social
X/Twitter: @oxbyz (if you do follow us on X, we are transitioning over to Bluesky, so please do follow us there in the first instance)
Best,
Nidanu
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Petition: Declaration of Solidarity with Ilia State University (Tbilisi, Georgia)
A Declaration of Solidarity with Ilia State University has been initiated by members of the international academic community in response to the recent legislative changes affecting university autonomy, academic freedom, and international engagement in Georgia.
As you may be aware, amendments adopted in December 2025 and February 2026 introduce significant structural changes to the governance, academic programming, admissions, quotas, control over research areas, and international participation of public universities. The state-imposed quota for Ilia State University reduced admissions to approximately 360 students—cut by 92%—and limited admissions primarily to selected pedagogical and STEM fields, thereby effectively eliminating disciplinary diversity across the institution.
These measures pose profound challenges to the foundational principles upon which modern universities operate, including institutional autonomy, academic freedom, and openness to global scholarly exchange. In this context, colleagues, partners, and members of the global academic community have come together to express their personal solidarity with Ilia State University and with the broader academic community in Georgia. The Declaration affirms shared academic values and calls for the protection of university autonomy, meaningful consultation with academic institutions, and continued alignment with the principles of the European Higher Education Area.
If you feel comfortable, please consider signing this Declaration as an individual expression of academic solidarity. Please note that this is a personal initiative. Signatures are collected in an individual capacity, and institutional affiliations are listed for identification purposes only and do not imply formal institutional endorsement.
Your voice, as a respected colleague and member of the international academic community, would carry meaningful weight during this critical time.
If you are willing to sign, please sign the form and include your name, institutional affiliation or status, and country.
The Hellenic Society is looking for new members to join our Council from June 2026.
The Society is a Charity so Council members will be Charity Trustees. The Council meets three times a year: usually a Thursday afternoon in November and March and a Saturday in June (when the AGM is also held). The Council meets in person, but it is possible to join meetings online if necessary. The Council conducts all the formal business of the Society, such as receiving reports from the Society’s committees, approving financial expenditure, and planning future policy, including regarding the Library. Council members are also asked to play an active role in supporting and promoting the activities of the Society such as by encouraging new members and advertising the Society’s events and grants within their own institutions. Council members serve for three years.
The Council will nominate a number of names to go forward to election at the AGM in June. If you would like to be considered for nomination, then please send a brief statement setting out your reasons for wishing to join the Council and any relevant experience, and a short c.v. Please note that you do not have to be holding a post at an academic institution. We particularly encourage younger members to apply, but all Council members must be full members of the Society. Council members are not remunerated, but travel expenses are paid for attendance at meetings.
Please send all expressions of interest to me (off...@hellenicsociety.org.uk) by Wednesday 18 March, 2026.
Byzantium & Bloomsbury: an online one-day workshop, 1 April 2026
A one-day online workshop, 1 April 2026, 10am-5pm, organised by The Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies
This one-day online workshop will focus on the interest of members of the Bloomsbury Group in Byzantium, especially Byzantine art.
Speakers include:
Elizabeth Berkowitz, “A Modern-made Byzantium”?
Niamh Bhalla, More than a Method: Boris Anrep’s St Patrick Mosaic at Mullingar and the Dialectics of Universalism, Continuity and Irish Particularity
Rowena Loverance, “Degraded and conventional” or “awfully swell”? Roger Fry’s Use and Abuse of Byzantine Art
Christopher Reed, Byzantium in/as Modern Art; or, How to Avoid “A Nasty Wooly Realism about the Sheep”
Jane Williams, “A breath in the modern world.” Boris Anrep’s Mosaics: A Russian Contribution to the Enthusiasm for Byzantium
For further information and registration: Byzantium and Bloomsbury – SPBS
Workshop Announcement: Meteorology in the First Millennium (University of Ghent, 19-20 March 2026)
The workshop (in person & online), organised by the University of Ghent, is part of a series about 'Weather, knowledge and experience in Late Antiquity' together with another about ‘Ancient weather perspectives. Perceptions, representations and realities' which will take place in Nijmegen in June 2026.
This workshop studies how ideas and practices in relation with the weather were woven into the cultures and societies of the Mediterranean world in the first millennium. It does so via two basic assumptions. First, that practices of weather prediction and reporting are never just that: they simultaneously translate and operationalize scientific, political, and/or religious positions. Second, that such hybridizing was particularly prevalent in ancient meteorology, which - unlike its modern counterpart - was not only expected to yield material but ethical benefits for its practitioners. Many historians of science have pointed out that in astral science, divination, or meteorology, the pursuit of knowledge merged seamlessly with moral and political government (Taub 1998; Taub 2003; Lehoux 2010).
The workshop is therefore interested in exploring how the scientific, socio-political, religious, and ethical dimensions of meteorology were interwoven. This entanglement was facilitated because ‘nature’ not only acted as a descriptive or analytic concept but was also deeply normative (Daston & Vidal 2004). Accordingly, natural events and human responses to them were often approached in the light of broader ethical, political, and religious concerns. Building on Pierre Hadot’s influential analyses of Greco-Roman philosophy, historians of science have increasingly pointed out that premodern natural science and mathematics, too, were often primarily prized for their direct ontological effects on practitioners (Hadot 1995; Van Damme 2012). To a much greater extent than is often realized, engagement with natural phenomena was valued in terms of practical regimens, personal paideia, or askesis. This confirms the observation that relations between theoretical epistèmè and ethical praxis were drawn very differently in past conceptions of natural knowledge and recalls Michel Foucault’s insistence on the historical importance of a recognizable tradition of ‘technologies of self’ in antiquity. This workshop argues that these methodological options are particularly helpful in uncovering and analyzing the specificity of Late Antique agency and resilience in relation to meteorological phenomena. It is anticipated that the moral authority of weather phenomena looms large in non-meteorological treatises, but are built on meteorological assumptions, thus avoiding the simplistic distinction between scientific and non-scientific interpretations.
To register for in-person or online participation, or for any questions, please contact angelo....@ugent.be.
25-26 March 2026 | International conference "Monastic Letter Writing in Late Antiquity: The Role of Epistolary Communication in Monastic Life and Organisation”
The (in-person) conference will take place at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg on 25–26 March 2026 and is organised by the DFG-funded project Monasticism and Local Self-Organisation. It aims to explore monastic letters from an interdisciplinary perspective – patristic and church history, philology, and ancient history – considering different languages and specific examples.
Venue:
Institut für Klassische Philologie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg,
Residenzplatz 2, Griechischbibliothek der Residenz / Südflügel (R.3.27)
Guests are welcome to attend:
Please register for in-person participation: sandra...@uni-wuerzburg.de
Organisers:
Sandra Erker and Jan R. Stenger (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg)
Further information:
Conference programme: https://www.klassphil.uni-wuerzburg.de/fileadmin/04010000/2026/March_2026__Programm__Webversion.pdf
Conference announcement: https://www.klassphil.uni-wuerzburg.de/fileadmin/04010000/2026/Plakat__March_2026__Webversion.pdf
DFG-PAK 1066 "Lokalität und Gesellschaft - Horizontale Bindungskräfte in der Antike"
https://www.theologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/at/projekte/lokalitaet-und-gesellschaft/
Call for Applications: Join the BSANA Graduate Student Committee!
The Graduate Student Committee of the Byzantine Studies Association of North America (BSANA) is currently accepting nominations and self-nominations for vacancies on the Committee for the 2026-2028 term. The Graduate Student Committee (GSC) comprises eight to twelve members, appointed for a two-year term on a rotating basis. There are up to eight openings to be filled this round, for the positions of:
BSC Conference Officer (1)
Communications Officer (1)
Long-term Digital Projects Officer (1-2)
Secretary (2)
Treasurer (1)
Engagement Opportunities (non-BSC events) Officer (1)
Nominations are open to all graduate students, worldwide, who are members of BSANA and have at least two years remaining in their program of study.
The GSC represents and promotes the participation of graduate students within BSANA and the broader academic community. The GSC is dedicated to building a community that reflects diversity in race, gender, geographic distribution, public/private institutions, and MA/PhD membership. We seek to represent students in all related fields of Byzantine Studies in North America and aim to increase graduate attendance at the BSC through student-oriented events, including a guaranteed session.
Our responsibilities include organizing a graduate session and social events annually at the BSC, as well as presenting an annual report at the BSC member’s meeting. We also seek to bring graduate students together virtually through speaker sessions, professional development events, and social hours. GSC members are asked to attend the Committee's annual business meeting at BSANA (either in person or virtually) during their term, to collaborate on various long-term projects within the Committee, to contribute to deliberations on paper abstracts in advance of the annual BSC, and to communicate regularly with the group via email and online meetings. Ideal applicants are expected to work well both independently and collaboratively, as part of a team. Previous experience with organizing conference panels and social events is not required, but is appreciated.
Interested applicants should submit the following by the extended deadline of 15 March:
A brief CV (2 pages maximum), to be uploaded as part of the Nomination Form
New members will be selected by returning Committee members virtually in March. If you have any questions, please contact us at bsana...@gmail.com.
Byzantine Studies Lectures (NHRF), 16 March 2026
The Byzantine Studies Lectures of the Institute of Historical Research (National Hellenic Research Foundation) continue on Monday March 16 with a hybrid lecture on: State Service and Civic Religion in the 9th-12th Centuries, Leonora Neville, University of Wisconsin-Madison (18:00 EET)
The lecture will be hosted by Princeton Athens Center: 3 Timarchou Str. 11634 Athens. Those who wish to attend in person must register following this link:
https://forms.gle/ya3W3e7UXDot4uBm8
To join via Zoom please follow the link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hzMozQY5T_6Wli-_QffLYA
2. CALL FOR PAPERS
CfP: « L’INEGALITE DANS L’ANTIQUITE TARDIVE ET LE MOYEN ÂGE. Traces archéologiques d’un problème structurel".
Le IXe Séminaire International d'Archéologie Médiévale et Moderne, organisé par la Càtedra Roses d'Arqueologia i Patrimoni Arqueològic de la Universitat de Girona, aura lieu le 8-9 octobre à Roses. Les propositions doivent être soumises avant le 15 juin en utilisant le formulaire sur le site web de la Càtedra Roses d’Arqueologia i Patrimoni Arqueològic de Roses: https://www.udg.edu/ca/catedres/roses-darqueologia/transferencia/seminaris ou par courrier électronique à cat.rosesa...@udg.edu. La proposition doit comprendre : le titre, le(s) auteur(s), le résumé (150 mots). Préciser s'il s'agit d'une communication ou d'un poster.
Thème
L’inégalité constitue une problématique présente tout au long de l’histoire. Toute société qui met l’accent sur les différences entre ses membres, en établissant la domination de certaines personnes sur d’autres, pour quelque raison que ce soit, génère de l’inégalité. Les inégalités, qu’elles soient sociales, économiques, politiques, religieuses ou de genre, sont si présentes dans les sociétés qu’il est impossible d’écrire l’histoire sans tenir compte de leur existence et de la manière dont elles sont abordées.
Pratiquement tous les aspects des sociétés peuvent être analysés sous l’angle de l’inégalité. L’inégalité liée à la position sociale et économique, mais aussi au genre, à la religion, à l’origine… sont des questions qui laissent souvent des traces archéologiques ; depuis la distribution et l’accès différencié aux biens, jusqu’aux divers problèmes anthropologiques présentés par des individus d’origines sociales différentes (santé, alimentation, blessures…).
Les structures hiérarchiques aux niveaux social, économique et même culturel ou religieux peuvent être analysées de manière générale au sein d’une société, mais aussi étudiées à l’échelle régionale ou microterritoriale, en partant des communautés locales.
L’inégalité sociale peut être étudiée archéologiquement à partir de multiples perspectives et approches. Au sein d’une communauté, elle s’exprime souvent à travers des éléments très visibles, comme l’habitat (des maisons les plus modestes aux grands palais comme expression de pouvoir et de statut), la présence d’objets du quotidien et d’outils spécialisés, mais aussi dans l’analyse du monde funéraire, les études alimentaires ou les pathologies…
Dans le domaine religieux également, l’inégalité sociale et de genre se manifeste, non seulement dans le traitement des différentes communautés religieuses, avec la création de quartiers ou de cimetières spécifiques, mais aussi au sein d’une même confession, par la création d’espaces funéraires séparés, par exemple.
L’archéologie du paysage, à l’échelle locale ou régionale, montre un accès hétérogène aux espaces privilégiés et aux ressources, ainsi qu’une stratification territoriale dépendante des centres de pouvoir (châteaux, monastères, villes…). Les circuits de production, de distribution et de consommation, ainsi que la création de zones de spécialisation économique, peuvent constituer des preuves de stratégies d’exploitation et de hiérarchisation. L’établissement de centres de pouvoir (châteaux, monastères) agit comme un catalyseur de l’occupation territoriale à travers un système de planification hiérarchique qui institutionnalise l’inégalité.
Le IXe Séminaire international d’archéologie médiévale et moderne a pour objectif d’approfondir l’étude des inégalités dans un cadre chronologique allant de l’Antiquité tardive au Bas Moyen Âge, selon la perspective la plus large possible, permettant à la fois des visions générales et l’étude d’aspects spécifiques.
Le séminaire propose d’analyser la trace archéologique de l’inégalité aux niveaux suivants :
Social
Genre
Cycles de production
Anthropologique ; bioarchéologie et inégalité (alimentation, pathologies…)
Espaces d’habitat. Stratification urbanistique des établissements. Centres de pouvoir comme manifestation de l’inégalité…
Le monde agricole, en interne et dans la relation ville-campagne
Le territoire. Occupation des espaces privilégiés et marginaux, accès aux ressources…
Culture matérielle et outils
Alimentation
Relations interreligieuses (traitement des communautés minoritaires : juive, musulmane, etc.)
Stratification sociale dans les espaces sacrés et les cimetières
Tout autre aspect où se manifeste l’inégalité
Le séminaire vise à offrir une vision aussi large que possible des nouvelles connaissances que l’archéologie a apportées à ces questions ces dernières années. Pour cette raison, des communications ou des posters pourront être présentés sur une grande variété de thèmes dans une perspective multidisciplinaire, mais toujours avec une approche archéologique, allant de macroanalyses territoriales à des études de cas plus spécifiques ou à des recherches sur des matériaux variés. Le séminaire entend offrir aux groupes de recherche et aux chercheurs travaillant sur cette vaste période dans une perspective archéologique l’occasion de présenter les résultats de leurs travaux et, surtout, de créer un forum de rencontre et de débat favorisant l’échange d’idées et de propositions.
Publication
Les organisateurs prévoient de publier les actes du séminaire avec les communications et les posters présentés.
Inscription et frais
Le séminaire est gratuit
CfP: Autumn School: Accessing Byzantine Seals with New Digital Methods (Antalya, 8–17 October 2026)
The Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies at the University of Cologne is organizing the Autumn School “Accessing Byzantine Seals with New Digital Methods” (Antalya, 8–17 October 2026). The call for applications can be found in the attached document.
The application deadline is 31 March, and applicants will be informed of the outcome by the end of April. Five scholarships of € 500, sponsored by the Volkswagen Foundation, are available.
For further information, please visit https://uni.koeln/SF6RJ, or feel free to drop me a line!
CfP: CLANS Workshop 'The Trade in Religious Imagination in Late Antiquity' (24 April)
The Cambridge Late Antique Network Seminar (CLANS) invites abstracts for a one-day workshop on religion, space, trade, and their interaction in the late-antique Mediterranean and beyond. This workshop, entitled ‘The Trade in Religious Imagination in Late Antiquity’, seeks to explore how people across the expanses of the Roman and Sasanian Empires, and those at their borders, engaged with religion. We are especially interested in moving beyond current narratives of coexistence or simplified contestation, inviting participants to think of theoretical approaches to the problems of understanding religion and identity in this period. The workshop will take place on Friday 24 April.
We would like to reflect on how the networks associated with religious activity might change how we view our case studies in different regions. How did different areas and communities learn about, consume, and interpret religious material from elsewhere? We are interested in the formation of religious identities that jar against or were dominated by hegemonic ideas and practices – thus, in turn, how dominant cultures absorb and contain antagonistic identities beyond oppression or acceptance. The idea of ‘trade’ is of central importance to this workshop. We are interested in religious ideas contextualised in space and through movement – how premodern societies responded to and accessed mobile spiritual offerings that were not just available but sold and consumed. We want to link space to power, asking how established trade routes – Roman or otherwise – allowed some religious communities to form while precluding others from flourishing.
We welcome contributions of 20 to 30 minutes. We give participants the opportunity to discuss a set of primary sources and critically engage with one or two pieces of recent scholarship rather than delivering a traditional argumentative paper. We hope that this will create an open and interdisciplinary discussion challenging current narratives of religion in the first millennium. We also strongly encourage early-career researchers to send in proposals in order to generate stronger discussions across a range of expertise. The workshop will be held at the University of Cambridge.
Interested applicants are invited to submit a short proposal of around 300 words outlining how their current research interacts with the themes of this workshop, and indicating which materials and topics they would contribute to the workshop. Please send proposals to cl...@classics.cam.ac.uk by Friday 13 March 2026. Participation in the one-day workshop will be free, but we will unfortunately not be able to provide or refund accommodation.
CfP: “The Periphery at the Center” (Bilkent University, 14–16 October 2026)
We are pleased to share the call for papers for the conference entitled “The Periphery at the Center.” Islands and Islandness in the Late Antique, Medieval, and Early Modern Mediterranean, which will be held at the Department of History, Bilkent University, from 14 to 16 October 2026.
The conference aims to explore the role of islands and concepts of islandness in the Mediterranean world across Late Antiquity, the medieval period, and the early modern era. We warmly invite proposals from scholars working in relevant fields, and we particularly encourage Byzantinists to apply
3. JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Career Development Fellowship in Ancient Greek - 16 March 2026
https://www.merton.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
Merton College, Oxford proposes to appoint a fixed-term Leventis Early Career Researcher who will hold a Career Development Fellowship in Ancient Greek on the basis of that appointment. The successful candidate will be appointed from 1 October 2026 (or as soon as possible thereafter) for a period terminating no later than 30 September 2030. This is a prestigious career development post which will provide a promising academic with opportunities to develop as a researcher and university teacher.
The main duties of the post will be: to undertake innovative research in the broad area of Ancient Greek; to contribute to the wider academic research projects in the University in Ancient Greek, including establishing productive research collaborations with other academics in Oxford or elsewhere; to teach undergraduates studying Classics for an average of six weighted hours per week in full term; and to share in the organisational and pastoral responsibilities for students of the College studying Classics. The Fellow will be entitled to free meals, medical insurance, research expenses and other benefits.
The successful applicant will hold, or be near completion of, a doctorate in Ancient Greek and will demonstrate achievement (commensurate with the candidate’s career) in research in Ancient Greek at a standard which will contribute to and enhance the national and international profile of Classics at Oxford. The ability to provide effective tutorial (small group) teaching to high-achieving undergraduates is essential. The postholder will also need to demonstrate aptitude for a full range of college academic duties; the willingness to undertake the wider duties and obligations of a Fellow of the College; and commitment to a personal career development plan.
The duties and skills required are described in more detail in the further particulars which also contain details on eligibility criteria and how to apply.
Those wishing to apply for this post should e-mail their application documents (as specified in the further particulars) to vaca...@merton.ox.ac.uk and then complete the online application form.
The deadline for candidates to submit any queries in relation to the post or application process is 09.00 (UK time) on Monday 9th March 2026. Any enquiries should be directed in the first instance to the HR Team at vaca...@merton.ox.ac.uk. The closing date for applications is 09:00 (UK time) on Monday 16th March 2026. Interviews are expected to be held on Friday 24 April 2026.
MZAW Visiting Professorship in Cultural History of the Ancient World (LMU Munich)
MZAW Visiting Professorship in Cultural History of the Ancient World Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Fakultät für Kulturwissenschaften Münchner Zentrum für Antike Welten (MZAW)
Possible appointment period: 1 October 2026 – 31 July 2027 Application deadline: 15 March 2026 Fee-based honorarium: €20,000 for one semester or €40,000 for two semesters.
The Münchner Zentrum für Antike Welten (MZAW) invites applications for a Visiting Professorship in Cultural History of the Ancient World for either one semester or two semesters, starting on October 1,2026.
The Münchner Zentrum für Antike Welten (MZAW) is the interfaculty research network of ancient studies at LMU Munich, advances joint research initiatives, and fosters networking within and beyond Munich’s departments, collections, and institutions dedicated to the study of the ancient world. Established in 2011, the MZAW Visiting Professorship has been awarded to a series of renowned scholars from around the world (https://www.mzaw.unimuenchen.de/gastprofessur/index.html), who have enjoyed excellent conditions for both research and scholarly interaction at LMU.
In the academic year 2026/27 the MZAW Visiting Professorship is open for either one semester (winter or summer semester) or two semesters. Applications are invited from outstanding international and domestic scholars specializing in the anthropology, history, art and archaeology, literature and linguistics, philosophy, religion, or law of the ancient world. The Center’s regional foci include the ancient Mediterranean (Greece, Rome, and Byzantium), ancient Egypt, the ancient Middle East and Near East, ancient northern Europe, and ancient China.
At MZAW, the successful applicant will:
- pursue an original research program relevant to the study of antiquity, opening up innovative interdisciplinary perspectives,
- propose an annual theme of relevance across the MZAW that fosters collaboration between different areas of study.
- teach one graduate seminar per semester,
- organize one public academic event per semester (lecture, panel discussion or conference).
Requirements include a university degree, an outstanding doctorate, as well as excellent academic achievements and a promising research program. For the duration of the appointment, residence in Munich is expected.
LMU Munich is an equal opportunity employer. The University continues to be very successful in increasing the number of female faculty members and strongly encourages applications from female candidates. LMU Munich intends to enhance the diversity of its faculty. Applicants with disabilities will be given preference in the case of essentially equal qualifications.
Please include in your application:
- a cover letter stating the preferred term (winter or/and summer semester) and the specific motivation for working with the MZAW, including a proposal for an interdisciplinary annual theme (max. 2 p.),
- a CV including a list of publications (max. 5 p.),
- a description of the proposed research project (max. 5 p.),
- a summary of the project description (max. 350 words),
- two writing samples
Please send a single pdf-file via email no later than March 15, 2026 to:
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Münchner Zentrum für Antike Welten (MZAW)
Prof. Dr. Ruth Bielfeldt z.H. Frau Dr. Caroline Veit Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1 80539 München
E-Mail: mz...@mzaw.lmu.de
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 'The Last Historians of Rome'. Edinburgh, 24 months
We invite applications for a 2-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship on the 'Last Historians of Rome' project, based in the Department of Classics at Edinburgh and funded by a Standard Grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The Last Historians project seeks to edit, translate, and reinterpret five historical writers from the later fourth century AD, and the appointee will work on the Historia Romana of Eutropius, producing a new critical edition in collaboration with Prof. Justin Stover. The role could suit either an early-career scholar of classical philology with an interest in Roman history, a specialist in Latin manuscripts and textual editing, or an ancient historian with outstanding Latin and Greek. We are willing to support a successful candidate for a visa. The deadline is Friday 20 March. For full details, see the advertisement, with a link to a job description, here: https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/13693
University of Oxford, Regius Professorship of Greek - 13 April 2026
The Faculty of Classics and Christ Church College are seeking applications for the Regius Professorship of Greek, with effect from 1 October 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.
The Regius Professorship of Greek, established by Henry VIII in 1541, is one of the pre-eminent chairs of ancient Greek in the UK and is internationally among the most respected in the world of Classics. The Regius Professor will be elected to a non-stipendiary Ordinary Studentship (i.e. Fellowship) at Christ Church.
The Faculty welcomes applications from those with expertise in any area of Greek Language and Literature, but you should have broad interests and sympathies to be able to contribute to and promote what is a wide and increasingly interdisciplinary research field in Oxford. You will be expected to supervise graduate students, to lecture to undergraduates, and to give lectures and seminars suitable for graduate students. You should be willing to provide advice and supervision on a broad range of subjects beyond your own research specialism. You will be expected to exercise academic leadership through your own research and teaching, by seeking research grants, by promoting a culture of obtaining research funding amongst colleagues and graduate students, and by building relationships with potential donors to Oxford Classics.
You should have a distinguished record and strong international profile in research and publication in Greek Language and Literature, indicating the potential to produce further significant work during the tenure of the chair. In addition to excellence in your own research, teaching and supervision, you should have the academic leadership skills to be able to support colleagues to foster outstanding research and teaching, and to act as an advocate for Greek and wider Classical studies within the University and beyond.
The closing date for applications is 12:00 noon UK time on Monday 13 April 2026.
Informal enquiries are welcome and may be made in strict confidence to Professor Llewelyn Morgan, Faculty Board Chair (llewely...@classics.ox.ac.uk).
Vanderpool Fellowship at the Athenian Agora - 15 March 2026
The Joan and Eugene Vanderpool Fellowship at the Athenian Agora supports research on any aspect of the Athenian Agora, including but not limited to history, archaeology, literature, epigraphy, architecture, art history, and biodiversity. The fellowship was established by family and friends of Joan and Eugene Vanderpool to honor their lifelong commitment to Greece and the Agora Excavations in particular.
Eligibility: Ph.D. holders and graduate students working on any aspect of the Athenian Agora from antiquity to the present are eligible. Open to all nationalities.
Terms: The School awards at least one fellowship each year. The fellowship includes a stipend of $5,000 and a waiver of up to two months of membership fees for residency in Athens while working on the proposed project. Costs of travel, lodging, board, visas, and incidentals can be paid from the stipend. Applicants may also include costs for the photographs/photographic permission and preparation of illustrations in their budgets. Applicants should specify and justify the proposed duration of work in Athens and related costs. The award is to be used between July 1, 2026 and June 30, 2027. A final report is due at the end of the award period. The ASCSA expects that all publications that result from research conducted as a Fellow of the ASCSA acknowledge the support of the ASCSA and that copies be contributed to the appropriate library of the School and to the research library of the Agora.
Application: Submit an online application form for the “Joan and Eugene Vanderpool Fellowship.” An application consists of a curriculum vitae, description of the proposed project (up to 750 words), a statement of the status of any needed permissions, a timeline and budget of the proposed project, and two letters of reference to be submitted online. Student applicants must submit transcripts or the equivalent from all post-secondary education. Transcripts in scripts other than Latin or Greek must be translated into English.
ARIT FELLOWSHIPS for 2026 - April 1 2026
The American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) announces 2026 ARIT Fellowships for Research in Turkey. Awards are offered for research in ancient, medieval, or modern times, in any field of the humanities and social sciences. Tenures range from one to three months.
Scholars and advanced graduate students engaged in research on ancient, medieval, or modern times in Turkey, in any field of the humanities and social sciences, are eligible to apply. Student applicants must have fulfilled all requirements for the doctorate except the dissertation by June 2026. Non-U.S. applicants who reside in the U.S. or Canada are expected to maintain an affiliation with an educational institution in the U.S. or Canada.
Applications due April 1, 2026
https://aritweb.org/fellowships/arit-research-fellowships/
Call for Applications: Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection Hellenic Research Fellowship Program 2026-2027
Thanks to generous ongoing funding, the university library is pleased to offer the continuation of the Hellenic Research Fellowship Program (HRFP) for a 14th year. The HRFP, the only residential fellowship program west of the Mississippi in Hellenic studies, provides opportunities for visiting scholars and writers-in-residence to spend time in Sacramento, CA, conducting research and crafting their creative works using the resources of the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection. To date, nearly 50 fellows have benefitted from their residencies, which have contributed to a variety of scholarly and creative works.
The HRFP provides a limited number of fellowships in the form of reimbursement to help offset transportation and living expenses incurred in connection with the awards. The fellowship application deadline is April 10, 2026. No late applications will be considered. See below for full program information and application instructions.
Consisting of the holdings of the former Speros Basil Vryonis Center for the Study of Hellenism, the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection, part of the Donald & Beverly Gerth Special Collections and University Archives, is a research collection of international significance for the campus and Sacramento regional communities, as well as for scholars around the globe. Currently numbering over 83,000 volumes and 500 linear feet of personal papers and institutional archives, it comprises a large circulating book collection, journal holdings, electronic resources, non-print media, rare books, archival materials, art, and artifacts. With its focus on the Hellenic world, the collection contains materials from antiquity to the present across the social sciences and humanities relating to Greece, its neighboring countries, and the surrounding region. There is a broad representation of languages in the collection, with a rich assortment of primary source materials. For further information about the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection, visit https://library.csus.edu/tsakopoulos.
For the full Hellenic Research Fellowship Program description, application instructions, and list of previous fellows, see: https://library.csus.edu/tsakopoulos-hellenic-collection/hrfp. Questions about the Program can be directed to George I. Paganelis, Curator, Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection (paga...@csus.edu).