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THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY BYZANTINE SOCIETY
The Byzness, 12th April 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,

The OUBS Committee hopes you have all had a restful and enjoyable Easter weekend. For those celebrating Easter with the Orthodox calendar this weekend, we wish you a very happy Easter Sunday.

As a brief update, the OUBS can now be found at a new Instagram handle: @oxbyzsoc. Frustratingly, Meta decided to permanently delete our account, without the possibility of appeal. Whilst we are sad to lose a page filled with so many wonderful posts and memories, we do hope that you will follow us over on our new account to keep up with everything that we are doing.

Instagram: @oxbyzsoc

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)

All my best,

Madeleine.

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.

Conference Celebrating 100 Years of the Gennadius Library (1926–2026)

A Conference Celebrating 100 Years of the Gennadius Library (1926–2026): From Private Libraries to Public Knowledge. Collecting, Curating, and the Future of Libraries

April 21–22, Cotsen Hall (9 Anapiron Polemou str.)

Starting from the Gennadius Library, the symposium takes us on a journey from the world of private collections to their transformation into vibrant centers of knowledge for all.

We explore the history of printing, classification, and the organization of knowledge, while also opening up the conversation on the challenges and opportunities of open knowledge in the digital age.

The President of the Hellenic Republic, Mr. Constantine An. Tassoulas, will deliver the opening remarks of the conference.

Simultaneous interpretation will be available. Free admission.

Online Lecture: Contested Space: Land, Law and Society in Early Medieval Armenia (April 28)

The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture and the Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies at Harvard University are pleased to announce the final lecture in the 2025–2026 East of Byzantium lecture series.

Contested Space: Land, Law and Society in Early Medieval Armenia

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 | 12:00 PM (EDT, UTC -4) | Zoom

Tim Greenwood, University of St Andrews

There are two visions of late Antique and medieval Armenia which sit uneasily together: as a site of longstanding political, cultural and confessional contention, often accompanied by violence and as a site of remarkable societal resilience in the face of repeated initiatives by hegemonic authorities – Arsacid, Sasanian, Roman, and Islamic – to assert control. Many of the leading houses prominent in the fourth century were also prominent in the seventh century and some retained their prominence, seemingly unbroken, into the eleventh century and beyond. Although scholars have analysed the complex historical narratives preserved in the rich Armenian literary tradition, the juridical landscape in which these narratives played out remains largely uncharted.

Through a series of case studies, this paper explores that landscape and analyses the ownership and transmission of land across late Antique and early medieval Armenia. It proposes that the Armenian elite utilised legal mechanisms deriving from Iranian jurisprudence to define and preserve inalienable family properties. It focuses on charitable foundations set up for the soul.

Tim Greenwood is Bishop Wardlaw Professor in the School of History at the University of St Andrews, Correspondant étranger of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Institut de France, and Fellow of the British Academy. He specialises in the study of late Antique and medieval Armenia, including interactions with, and reflections of, Sasanian Iran, Byzantium and the wider Persianate and Islamicate worlds.

Advance registration required. Register: https://eastofbyzantium.org/upcoming-events/

Contact Brandie Ratliff (mjc...@hchc.edu), Director, Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture with any questions.

An East of Byzantium lecture. EAST OF BYZANTIUM is a partnership between the Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies at Harvard University and the Mary Jaharis Center that explores the cultures of the eastern frontier of the Byzantine empire in the late antique and medieval periods.

Byzantine Studies Lectures (NHRF), April 2026

The Byzantine Studies Lectures of the Institute of Historical Research (National Hellenic Research Foundation) continue on Monday April 20 with a hybrid lecture on:

The Μanuscript Τradition of the Ekthesis Nea (Ηandbook of the Patriarchal Chancellery), Late 14th to Mid 15th Century

Raúl Estangüi Gómez, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

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/XDHyLdiJUFE6deba8

To join via Zoom please follow the link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_clG45GcZSwiqBgXtFMDxRw

Online Lecture: The Spatial and Material Turn in Monastic Archaeology: A Retrospective

The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture and the Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies at Harvard University are pleased to announce the next lecture in the 2025–2026 East of Byzantium lecture series.

The Spatial and Material Turn in Monastic Archaeology: A Retrospective

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 | 12:00 PM (EDT, UTC -4) | Zoom

Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom, Brandeis University

Spatial readings of monuments and landscapes have fundamentally changed how archaeologists approach settlements and their relationship to the environment. On a more intimate scale, the evolution of materiality studies has further enriched how archaeologists interpret the creation, use, and disuse of objects within communities. In this lecture, I explore how the evolution of archaeological theory regarding space, placemaking, and the movement of things alters our understanding of the natural and cultural landscape associated with the early monastic movement in Egypt.

Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom, Associate Professor, holds the Myra and Robert Kraft and Jacob Hiatt Chair in Christian Studies and has a joint appointment in the Departments of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies and Classical and Early Mediterranean Studies at Brandeis University. She is an archaeologist and historian of ancient and early Byzantine Christianity in the eastern Mediterranean world (circa 300–1000 CE) with a specialization in the archaeology and history of monasticism.

Advance registration required. Register: https://eastofbyzantium.org/upcoming-events/

Contact Brandie Ratliff (mjc...@hchc.edu), Director, Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture with any questions.

Warsaw Late Antique Seminar on 9 IV 2026: John Merrington (Austrian Academy of Sciences/University of Oxford), Rationality after Rome

On Thursday, 9 April, at 4.45 p.m. (CET), John Merrington (Austrian Academy of Sciences/University of Oxford), will present a paper Rationality after Rome. We are meeting in Room 203 at the Faculty of Law and Administration (UW Main Campus), but you can join us on Zoom at this link.

Abstract

Edward Gibbon believed that the Fall of Rome had meant the triumph of the irrational. Persistent though it may be in the public imagination, this line of argument finds little support among historians today, many of whom would consider ‘reason' a concept too contaminated by cultural prejudice to be of any analytical value. And yet, notions of rationality and irrationality persisted in the post-Roman centuries as a language for assessing moral and intellectual status. Why was that? And how were notions of rationality reconfigured to meet the demands of the post-Roman age? To address these questions, I consider how Augustine of Hippo, Gregory the Great, Bede, and Alcuin projected notions of the irrational into the biblical past. Finally, I demonstrate through two case studies that Christian thinkers mobilised these histories of rationality in their discussions of how to convert ‘pagan’ peoples at the periphery of Latin Europe.

Forthcoming seminars

16.04 Andrew Wilson (University of Oxford), The Archaeology of the Third-Century Crisis

23.04 Maria Mossakowska-Gaubert (CNRS, UMR 8167 Orient et Méditerranée, Paris /UW), Silk in Late Antique Egypt: Texts and Textiles

30.04 Anastasiia Lyakhovich (UW), Between Languages, Landscapes, and Power: Linguistic Strategies of Naming Space in Middle Byzantine and Medieval Armenian Hagiography

The full programme can be consulted at the seminar website.

Summer online languages courses | Catholic University of America

We wish to inform you of the summer language course offerings from Catholic University of America. There is a full menu of live, online, intensive courses in ancient languages for summer 2026, 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.

More information is available on our Summer Program website (https://ancient-medieval.catholic.edu/academics/summer/index.html), and I have included the full schedule below with dates. For those with questions, feel free to reach out to me (til...@cua.edu) or to cua-ancien...@cua.edu.

2. CALL FOR PAPERS

CFP: “The Urban Environment” The Mediterranean Seminar Fall 2026 Workshop (18 & 19 September: Barcelona)

Roman and Helleno-Persian antiquity endowed the Mediterranean with a highly-developed urban character which survived the crises of Late Antiquity and flourished during the medieval revival (characterized by the expansion of Islam, the stabilization of Byzantium, and the emergence of Frankish power). Throughout, cities served as centers of administration, of religious and secular culture, of patronage and production, of growth and innovation. The cities of the premodern Mediterranean constituted nodes of defense and bases for expansion. As gateways and ports (whether maritime or terrestrial), they were centers of production, distribution, and consumption. Some held great symbolic significance. As urban environments, they tended to be ethno-religiously diverse and sometimes impressively cosmopolitan. To some, they represented the prospect of liberty and prosperity; to others, contamination and moral compromise. They were not static: over time, and especially with changes of political or religious regime, cities varied in size, function, and lay-out. New cities were founded and others abandoned or repurposed. In an overwhelmingly agrarian premodern world, the urban character of the Mediterranean set it apart from its hinterlands and was an essential element driving the historical and cultural processes that defined the region and helped lay the foundations of modernity.

The Mediterranean Seminar and the American College of the Mediterranean will host the Fall 2026 Mediterranean Studies Workshop on Friday the 18th and Saturday the 19^th of September 2026. We will convene in Barcelona – a paradigmatic example of the medieval urban environment. Founded by Carthaginians and conquered by Romans, in the early Middle Ages Barcelona turned landwards, languishing until the late twelfth century, when it was revived as a sea-port. From there it evolved into a major commercial center, the capital of a dynastic enterprise that stretched from the Iberian Peninsula to the Aegean and was deeply engaged with the African, European and West Asian hinterlands, before declining in power and prestige as the Iberian Peninsula and the Mediterranean took a global turn.

The two-day event will feature two keynote speakers, three workshop papers, and three round-table sessions.

Our featured scholars are:

• Francesc Muñoz (American College of the Mediterranean)

• Patrick Lantschner (History: University College London)

We seek papers that deal with any aspect of the urban environment as it relates to the Mediterranean world in any period but with a focus on Late Antiquity through Early Modernity. These aspects may be literal or metaphorical, historical or imagined, as seen from diverse disciplinary perspectives: economic, social, cultural, or political history; literature; history of philosophy, religion, science, or medicine; art and art history; musicology; anthropology; or any related humanities or social science disciplines. Our Mediterranean world comprises the sea and its hinterlands, stretching into continental Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Black Sea and Central Asia, and the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean. While our primary laboratory is the premodern Mediterranean, we welcome proposals from across historical eras, as well papers which focus on other regions in which analogous or related processes can be observed.

Proposals are welcome from scholars of all ranks from across all disciplines of the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Junior scholars, graduate students, contingent faculty, scholars of underrepresented communities, and those whose work engages with historically marginalized groups are particularly encouraged to apply.

Papers may address either specific case studies or larger historical, cultural, artistic or historiographical dynamics and apparatuses. Comparative, interdisciplinary, and methodologically innovative papers are of particular interest. Our Mediterranean world is construed as the center of the historical West, including southern Europe, the Near East and North Africa and stretching into continental Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Black Sea and Central Asia, and the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean. While our primary laboratory is the premodern Mediterranean, we welcome proposals from across historical eras, as well papers which focus on other regions in which analogous or related processes can be observed.

For the workshop program, we invite abstracts (250 words) for unpublished in-progressarticles or book or dissertation chapters relating to the urban environment of the Mediterranean. The deadline for workshop proposals is 1 June 2026 via this form. To complete the form you will need a (provisional) title and abstract (±250 words) of your proposed presentation, a prose biographical paragraph (±250 words), and a 2-page CV (pdf).

Successful applicants will submit a 35-page (maximum) double-spaced unpublished paper-in-progress for pre-circulation by 1 September 2026.

As only three workshop papers can be accepted, workshop applicants are encouraged to also apply for a round-table (using a separate form).

For the three round-table conversations, we invite abstracts (±250 words) for position papers that respond to one of the prompts below. The deadline for application proposals is 1 June 2026 via this form. To complete the form you will need a (provisional) title and abstract (±250 words) of your proposed presentation, a prose biographical paragraph (±250 words), and a 2-page CV(pdf). Round-table presenters will submit a 3-5 page “position paper” in response to their round-table prompt by 6 September 2026. Position papers are informal “op-ed” pieces with minimal scholarly apparatus.

Applicants are welcome to indicate more than one round-table topic if appropriate for their proposal.

Round-table topics

1. Centers of Power: How did the physical and administrative structure of cities contribute to the articulation of power and the establishment of social relations? How did elites use the urban environment, and how did subalterns? How did the urban environment contribute to dynamics of engagement, innovation, subversion or control?

2. The Shape of the City: Were there particular the physical and social structures and lay-outs of Mediterranean cities. How were these shaped by Mediterranean dynamics and how did they contribute to them. How did individuals, collectives and communities of diverse social, ethnic, confessional and cultural orientations interact with the urban environment and with each other?

3. The City Imagined: How was the urban environment viewed and depicted in art and across the various genres of literature (including fiction and non-fiction, prose, poetry, and scientific, moral or religious texts)? What anxieties, tensions, aspirations, and possibilities did the urban environment evoke?

This is an in-person meeting only. The workshop language is English. Participants agree to be present and actively participate in the entirety of the program.

Meals and accommodation will be provided for workshop presenters and for round-table presenters as budget permits.

Subject to our final budget, travel funds will be provided for workshop presenters only (international presenters up to $1000).

A separate call for non-presenting participants will go out in July.

This workshop is organized by Brian A. Catlos (University of Colorado Boulder), Sharon Kinoshita (University of California Santa Cruz) and Ignasi Perez (American College of the Mediterranean). It is sponsored and organized by the American College of the Mediterranean, together with the Mediterranean Seminar and the CU Mediterranean Studies Group, and hosted by the American College of the Mediterranean.

CALL FOR PAPERS: 52nd annual Byzantine Studies Conference (Oct 22-25, 2026)

DEADLINE: May 25, 2026

The Fifty-Second Annual Byzantine Studies Conference (BSC) will be held in South Bend, Indiana, from Thursday, October 22, through Sunday, October 25, 2026. The conference will be hosted by the University of Notre Dame. The local arrangements chairs are Alexander Beihammer, Professor of Byzantine History and Co-Chair of the Byzantine Studies Committee, Medieval Institute; Alexis Torrance, Associate Professor of Byzantine Theology and Co-Chair of the Byzantine Studies Committee, Medieval Institute; and Jeff Wickes, Associate Professor of Syriac Christianity and Robert M. Conway Director of the Medieval Institute.

The BSC is the annual forum for the presentation and discussion of papers on every aspect of Byzantine Studies and on related topics relevant to the field. Conference attendance is open to all, regardless of nationality or academic status.

The Program Committee invites proposals for papers and thematic panels on all topics and in all disciplines related to Byzantine Studies, broadly construed. Paper proposals for the 2026 BSC may be submitted in the form of individual papers or as part of organized panels.

To deliver your paper at the BSC, you must be a member of BSANA in good standing and either enrolled in a graduate program at the time of submission or hold a graduate degree in any field related to Byzantine Studies. We encourage undergraduate attendance but do not accept submissions from undergraduates.

You can join or renew your membership in BSANA and pay your dues according to your current status at: https://bsana.net/members/

For instructions on how to submit a proposal and to learn about funding opportunities, please see visit the BSANA website: https://bsana.net/annual-conference/

CfP: Mini-Conference: “Distant Past(s) – Current Future(s): Digitization, Digital Objects and Datafication Approaches in Ancient and Medieval Studies”

Pre-Conference Event at DH2026 “Engagement” (27–31 July 2026) in Daejeon, South Korea

Organizers: Marina Sartori & Victoria G. D. Landau

Date & Time: Tuesday, 28 July 2026 – 09:00-17:30 UCT+9 (Check your start time here)

Venue: Daejeon Convention Center & Zoom (hybrid)

Bringing together scholars of ancient civilizations and medieval studies, museum professionals, librarians and curators, collection custodians and caretakers, educators as well as technical experts well-versed in bridging evidence of the past and digital approaches, this conference intends to offer a forum of exchange, best practices, ideas and possible avenues centered around ancient and medieval topics, objects and materials.

The mini-conference welcomes submissions on the topics of ethics, accessibility (open vs. closed), reuse of data, modelling, mapping, object and data ownership, imaging (incl. IIIF), methods of increasing engagement, curation, sustainability and more. Contributions from interdisciplinary areas such as game and media studies, (meta)data science and (open access) publishing are also appreciated.

This conference will have a hybrid format, with both on-site and online contributions. All talks will be recorded and made available after the conference. Virtual participation is open both to persons attending DH2026 and those who are not and is completely free (no DH2026 registration required for online attendees).

In-person speakers are required to register for DH2026.

Short abstracts (250–300 words) are to be submitted via the mini-conference website [https://vlandau.notion.site/distant-pasts-current-futures-2026] only. Scholars and practitioners at all career stages re welcome, and ECRs (Early Career Researchers) are strongly encouraged to submit.

Abstract Submission Deadline: 01.05.2026, 23:59 UTC+1 (Check your submission time here)

Call for Sessions: Mary Jaharis Center Sponsored Panel, 52nd Annual BSC

As part of its ongoing commitment to Byzantine studies, the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture seeks proposals for Mary Jaharis Center sponsored sessions at the 52nd Annual Byzantine Studies Conference to be held at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, October 22–25, 2026. We invite session proposals on any topic relevant to Byzantine studies.

Session proposals must be submitted through the Mary Jaharis Center website. The deadline for submission is May 8, 2026.

If the proposed session is accepted, the Mary Jaharis Center will reimburse a maximum of 5 session participants (presenters and chair) up to $800 maximum for scholars traveling from inside North America and up to $1400 maximum for those coming from outside North America. Funding is through reimbursement only; advance funding cannot be provided.

For further details and submission instructions, please visit https://maryjahariscenter.org/sponsored-sessions/52nd-bsc

Contact Brandie Ratliff (mjc...@hchc.edu), Director, Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture, with any questions.

3. JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships in Rome

Are you an early career researcher with a PhD, eager to spend two years in Rome working on the historical humanities within a vibrant scholarly milieu? If so, this call is for you. Deadline 15 April 2026.

The Norwegian Institute in Rome (DNIR) invites expressions of interest from excellent postdoctoral researchers who wish to apply for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF) with DNIR as their host institution.

The 2025 MSCA-PF call opens on 6 April and the deadline for submission is 9 September. The deadline for expressing interest to DNIR is 15 April 2026.

We are particularly keen to hear from candidates whose projects engage with DNIR’s research profile and who are motivated to make full use of our unique location and research environment.

About the Norwegian Institute in Rome

The Norwegian Institute in Rome is Norway’s principal humanities centre abroad, fostering collaboration between the University of Oslo, Norwegian partner institutions, and leading Italian research centres. It supports research and teaching on the history of Rome, Italy, and the wider Mediterranean – from antiquity to the present – with a particular focus on the material dimensions of the region’s cultural heritage.

We welcome proposals from a wide range of disciplines within the historical humanities. Areas of special interest include, but are not limited to (in no particular order):

Greek and other non-Roman cultures in premodern Rome and Italy
Digital humanities projects with a historical – especially archival – focus
The history of Nordic scholars, collectors, artists and writers in Rome and Italy
Classical archaeology, with emphasis on archaeological theory and funerary culture
Difficult heritage in a broad sense (monuments, artefacts, documents)
The visual and material culture of Rome, with special focus on ritual and liturgy
Greek and Latin epigraphy in Rome, from antiquity to the modern period
The history of libraries, archives and collections in Rome

More information about ongoing research at the Norwegian Institute in Rome can be found here. More information about Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions can be found here.

Why apply with DNIR as your host?

Being based at the Norwegian Institute in Rome offers a number of distinctive advantages for MSCA fellows:

Rome as a research base – Work in a historically rich city with direct access to key sites, monuments, and institutions.
Top collections and infrastructure – Use leading libraries, archives, and specialised collections in Rome and elsewhere in Italy.
Strong international networks – Connect with researchers in Italy, Norway, and across Europe through DNIR’s established collaborations.
Tailored academic events – Organise workshops, seminars, and conferences in a setting that attracts both local and international scholars.
A focused, supportive environment – Join a small, dynamic research community with excellent administrative and practical support.

Tailored support for selected MSCA applicants

Selected candidates will receive support from DNIR and the Faculty of Humanities (HF), University of Oslo, in developing their MSCA-PF application. This includes the opportunity to participate in:

Digital Master Class for MSCA applicants on 12–13 May: An intensive workshop focused on writing competitive MSCA proposals.
Digital Q&A for all MSCA applicants at the Faculty of Humanities 26 August, 10:00–11:00: An opportunity to ask questions and receive feedback close to the final stage of proposal preparation.

Eligibility (please read carefully)

MSCA PF is open to excellent researchers of any nationality. Researchers must be in possession of a doctoral degree. At the call deadline, researchers must have a maximum of 8 years full-time equivalent experience in research, measured from the date that the researcher was in a possession of a doctoral degree.

Mobility rule: the researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Norway for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the call deadline 9 September 2026.

How to express your interest?

Potential applicants are invited to send the following documents before 16 April 2026:

Curriculum Vitae
Brief project outline (max. 1 page), including:

Provisional project title
Main research question(s) and objectives
Methodology and sources

A short statement on why DNIR is an appropriate host institution for your project

Please send your expression of interest directly to: Director Prof. Han Lamers
Email: han.l...@roma.uio.no

Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an online conversation to discuss project fit, supervision, and the further development of the application.

Further information can be found here.

Assistant Professor in Classical Greek Language and its Legacies, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

We are delighted to advertise for an Assistant Professor in Classical Greek Language and its Legacies. This is a tenure-track position and is based in the Department of Classics in the School of Histories and Humanities. The primary purpose of this post is to consolidate and expand teaching provision in Classical Greek language and to broaden the scope of research into Classical Greek and its reception, with a new research strand in the legacies of the Classical Greek language. Applicants should have a research specialism in any aspect of Classical Greek language and its reception in any one of a range of areas (philology, literature, history, material culture, philosophy and science, politics and institutions) and be able to contribute to the Department's active engagement with the ongoing presence of the Classics in the modern world. We particularly welcome specialisms that expand our horizons to explore the legacy of Greek and Greek Studies beyond Europe. The successful applicant will be expected to contribute to core teaching needs in Classical Greek language (especially elementary Greek language provision) for Joint Honours (JH) Classical Languages (Greek), our Common Entry programme, Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology (CLAHA), and depending upon research specialisms, across our other joint honour degree programmes in Ancient History and Archaeology (AHA) and Classical Civilisation (CC) and to the School's multidisciplinary degree in Ancient Medieval History and Culture (AMHC). They will also offer advanced undergraduate and taught postgraduate (MPhil) modules relating to their areas of research and supervise postgraduate research.

Applications should be submitted by midday on Monday April 27th 2026.

More details can be found via the following link (search under School of Histories and Humanities): https://tcd.ie/hr/vacancies/ and informal enquiries about this post should be made to the Head of Classics, Dr Ashley Clements (clem...@tcd.ie).

Job Posting: Asst Prof in Classical Greek Language and its Legacies, Trinity College Dublin

Applications should be submitted by midday on Monday April 27th 2026.

William St Clair Fellowship at the School of Advanced Study: Applications now open

To honour the life and work of William St Clair, the St Clair family has established an Early Career funded fellowship at the School of Advanced Study to help support the research and professional development of early career researchers in languages, literatures and cultures. Fellows are expected to pursue their own research during the five months of the Fellowship and to contribute to the work of the Institutes of Classical Studies, English Studies, and Languages, Cultures and Societies, as appropriate.  A distinguished independent scholar, William St Clair was a Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of English Studies, whose wide-ranging multi-disciplinary research interests encompassed literary history and biography, Romanticism, archaeology and classical antiquities, and the history of the book and publishing, particularly open-access publishing. We invite applications from early career scholars who have active research interests in any of these areas.

The Fellows will be based in the Institutes of Classical Studies, English Studies, and Languages, Cultures and Societies, as appropriate.

Applicants are invited to submit a research proposal on a topic of their choice. This should specify as an objective a defined outcome for the research carried out during the period of the fellowship, such as a grant proposal, an article, a chapter in a book and/or a detailed proposal for a book.

The fellowships will last five months. Because of the nature of the funding, successful applicants must be available to take up the fellowship by 01st October 2026 at the earliest or by the end of June 2027 at the latest. Fellows will receive a stipend of £2,000 per month; this may be used as a contribution towards travel and/or accommodation costs during the fellowship, though residence in London is not a requirement of these posts. Payment will be made in two instalments during the course of the Fellowship, at commencement and in month three. The overall payment is £10,000 or pro rata if the fellowship is terminated early. Some additional funding will be available to support events and activities.

The fellowships are intended to support early-career researchers without a permanent academic post. In order to be eligible for the scheme, early-career scholars (i.e. scholars within eight years of their PhD award, not including any period of career break) must have been awarded their PhD by the start of the fellowship. Independent researchers without a PhD would not normally be eligible. 

The application can be found here: https://universityoflondon.smapply.io/prog/william_st_clair_fellowship_2026/

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