Oxford Lisings Week 2 (Jan 27-Feb 2)

[Oxford University Byzantine Society]

Dear members of the OUBS,

We hope the term has started off well for you! Below are the Week 2 listings; please see the attached document for the full term's schedule, abstracts, and complete details. 

Monday:

27.01.25, 2.15pm, Horton Room, Weston Library:

Seminar in Palaeography and Manuscript Studies: Julia King: ‘Manuscripts in and Out of Syon Abbey’

 

27.01.25, 3.00 pm, Lecture Room, Institute of Archaeology:

Medieval Archaeology Seminar: Caroline Croasdaile (University of Oxford): ‘Portable Reliquaries? English Late Medieval Containment Jewellery’

 

27.01.25, 5.00 pm, Wharton Room, All Souls College; for Teams access join group “Medieval History Research Seminar” (team code rmppucs):

Medieval History Seminar: Nora Berend (University of Cambridge): ‘Stephen I of Hungary: medieval myths and modern nationalism’

 

27.01.25, 5.00 pm, Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre, 66 St Giles', Oxford, OX1 3LU:

Classical Archaeology Seminar: Issues in Contemporary Museum Archaeology: Emily Magnuson and Christina Evans (Ashmolean Museum): ‘Fundraising’

 

27.01.25, 5.15 pm, Maison Française d'Oxford; for registration see this link:

Maison Française d'Oxford Book Presentation: Boudewijn Sirks (All Souls College, University of Oxford), with discussants Bryan Ward-Perkins (Trinity College, University of Oxford) and Yann Rivière (EHESS, Paris): ‘The Colonate in the Roman Empire’

Wednesday:

29.01.25, 1.00 pm, Room 206, Clarendon Institute:

Introduction to Coptic Linguistics: Nominal Morphosyntax (Texts: Epitaphs, BM EA 54358, BM EA 54356, UC16850)

29.01.25, 5.00 pm, Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre; for online join here:

Late Antique and Byzantine Seminar: Phil Booth (University of Oxford), ‘John of Ephesus: Historian on the Edge’

 

29.01.25, 5.00 pm, online (for registration see this link):

Treasure Seminar: Lauren Morris (Charles University): ‘Treasure and archaeology: reflections on the Begram hoard and the interpretation of deposits of valuable objects’

 

29.01.25, 5.15 pm, Lecture Theatre 2, St Cross Building:

Medieval English Research Seminar: Tamara Atkin (University of Oxford): ‘On Fragments: The Material and Textual Value of Manuscript and Print Binding Waste’

 

Thursday:

30.01.25, 10.00 am, Harris Seminar Room, Oriel College:

Ethical Readings Seminar: Obscurity: Christoph Markschies (Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften/Humboldt-Universität): ‘Obscurity as driving force in Origen's Bible Philology and Interpretation’

 

30. 01.25, 12.30 pm, Massey Room, Balliol College:

Oxford Centre for Early Medieval Britain and Ireland: Lunch and Launch

 

30.01.25, 2.00 pm, Bahari Room, Weston Library; for registration please contact meron.pi...@ames.ox.ac.uk:

Jewish History and Literature in the Graeco-Roman Period: Peter Toth (Bodleian Library): ‘The Hebrew Bible in Greek: Translation and Transmission’

 

30.01.25, 4.00 pm, Seminar Room, Corpus Christi College:

Late Roman Seminar: Neil McLynn (Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford): ‘Marcella’s Jerome’

 

30.01.25, 5.15 pm, KRC Lecture Room, Khalili Research Centre:

KRC Research Seminar: Beatrice Spampinato (Kunsthistorisches Institut, Florence): ‘Anatolian language carved in stone: reading the walls of Ani across Christian and Islamic visual culture’

As always, please let us know if you have any events you'd like to share with the OUBS community.

Best wishes, 

Sophia Miller

MPhil in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies

Secretary, Oxford University Byzantine Society

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