The Byzness, 1st June 2025
Oxford University Byzantine Society
THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY BYZANTINE SOCIETY
The Byzness, 1st June 2025
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NEWS AND EVENTS
2. JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
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1. NEWS AND EVENTS
Transmitting and Preserving Languages in the Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean, Oxford, 05/05/25
Venue: Balliol College, Gillis Lecture Theatre and Massey Room (Oxford OX1 3BJ) & online
Convenors: Daniel Gallaher and Ugo Mondini (University of Oxford)
The workshop explores how and why languages were taught, learned, and sustained across the diverse and shifting socio-cultural landscapes of the late medieval and early modern Mediterranean. Integrating history with historical sociolinguistics and adopting a comparative and cross-disciplinary perspective, the workshop aims to identify shared trends, comparable elements, and distinctive features in language learning and transmission. This approach offers a renewed perspective on the interconnected Mediterranean world—a region where multilingualism, mobility, and intercultural exchange were and are central to daily life. The impact of these dynamics on language teaching, preservation, and use has often been underestimated.
The event will include dedicated time for discussion and reflection, allowing participants to engage in a broader conversation about language, identity, and cultural transmission. At its core, the project reimagines the medieval and early modern Mediterranean, not merely as a space of teaching, learning, and multilingual exchange.
Speakers: Speakers: Samet Budak (ANAMED Koç University); S. Peter Cowe (UCLA); Erica Field-Marchello (Exeter College, Oxford); Mark Janse (University of Cambridge); Michiel Leezenberg (University of Amsterdam); Giorgia Nicosia (Ghent University); Lucy Parker (University of Nottingham).
To register for online attendance, please contact Ugo Mondini at ugo.m...@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk.
2. JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
ICBS 2026 Grants for Younger Scholars by the AIEB
Purpose of the grant: participation at the 25th International Congress of Byzantine Studies, Vienna, 24-29 August 2026, with a paper or poster presentation.
Amount: Registration is covered and 370 Euros will be granted.
Maximum number of grants: 50
Eligibility: Presenters of papers or poster presentations whose contribution has been accepted by the Program Committee. They must be PhD Students in Byzantine Studies, independent scholars holding a PhD, or PhD holders in academic employment. Applicants of all nationalities except permanent residents of Austria are eligible. Applicants should be under the age of 40 (born 1986 or later).
Application Process: Applications should include a short motivation letter (no longer than one page), a CV and a letter of support.
PhD students must submit a letter of support from their supervisor. Independent scholars holding a PhD should submit a letter of support from a senior scholar. Scholars in academic employment holding a PhD should submit a letter of support from their immediate supervisor, the director of their post-doctoral research program or a senior scholar.
Please send the application, all within one pdf file, to pro...@icbs2026.org. The subject heading should be in Latin letters: last name, first name, AIEB Grant.
The deadline for submission is 31 July 2025.
Successful grant recipients will be informed by 30 September 2025.
Payment of the grant: Upon receipt of the grant notification, recipients will receive a special link for registration without payment (as the registration fee will be covered by the grant). For the grant of 370 Euros, recipients with a bank account in the European Union should then communicate their banking details for a wire transfer of the funds by writing to aiebgra...@gmail.com. For those with a bank account outside the European Union, the grant will be made available in cash at the registration desk of the conference on Monday 24 August 2026 only.
Associate Curator and Study Centre Manager - Icon Museum and Study Center, Massachusetts
The Icon Museum and Study Center, founded in 2006 by the American entrepreneur Gordon Lankton, welcomes approximately 6,000 visitors annually. It houses the most comprehensive collection of historic Russian icons in the United States, along with a growing collection of Greek, Veneto-Cretan, and Ethiopian icons. The Museum’s mission is “to illuminate the art of the sacred icon for a global audience.” It offers galleries where visitors can engage with the history, beauty and spiritual depth of icons. The Museum’s Study Center promotes object-based learning and multidisciplinary research, with a commitment to sharing new insights into Eastern Christian art with wide audiences in the United States and abroad through a range of academic and public programs.
Position overview
They are seeking a dynamic Associate Curator and Study Center Manager to join our dedicated team of eight staff members. The ideal candidate is a collaborative professional with strong organizational, communication, and writing skills, and is capable of working to the highest museum standards.
The candidate will be responsible for organizing and managing two exhibitions per year at the IM+SC, as well as for implementing and managing the Study Center’s programs and activities in close coordination with the Study Center Committee.
The full listing can be found on their website here.
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Alexander Johnston
MPhil in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies
President, Oxford University Byzantine Society
http://oxfordbyzantinesociety.wordpress.com
Oxford University Byzantine Society
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Alexander Johnston
MPhil in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies
President, Oxford University Byzantine Society
http://oxfordbyzantinesociety.wordpress.com