OxByzList: Hilary Week 7 Oxford Listings, 1-7 March

[Oxford University Byzantine Society]

Dear all,

Thank you to all the speakers, chairs, and attendees of the OUBS conference! It's been such a success with so many fascinating and engaging papers, and we hope everyone has enjoyed it just as much as the OUBS committee have. It's been an incredible experience, and we're so happy with the result. Now we're looking forward to the OUBS trip, which is just over two weeks away. Next stop, Sicily!

But before then, please enjoy all that Oxford has going on, listed below.

Monday

02/03/2026, 16:30 - Robert Beddard Room, Oriel, OX1 4EW
Patristics Research Seminar - Mayamiko Kachipacha (Oxford): ‘The Function of Repetition: Ascetic Paraenesis and Moral Formation in Gregory of Nyssa’

02/03/2026, 17:00 - Wharton Room, All Souls College, OX1 4AL; for Teams access join group “Medieval History Research Seminar” (team code rmppucs)
Medieval History Seminar - Jo Story (Leicester): ‘Insular Manuscripts: Why Membrane Matters’

[Please note: this session will be in-person only, not hybrid – this is due to restrictions governing the sharing of unpublished data by grant partners]

Tuesday

03/03/2026, 10:00 - Visiting Scholars Centre, Weston Library, Broad Street, OX1 3BG

Oxford Centre for Early Medieval Britain and Europe - Jo Story (University of Leicester): ‘Reading’ manuscript membrane: bioarchaeology of early medieval books

A practical demonstration of the techniques being used in the INSULAR manuscripts project. This will follow Jo's paper at the Medieval History seminar the day before. Places limited. To reserve one, please email tristan...@humanities.ox.ac.uk

Wednesday

04/03/2026, 12:15 - Lecture Room, Campion Hall, OX1 1QS
Syriac Lunch Seminar - Phil Booth: ‘A Lost Miaphysite History from Late Antique Egypt’
Participation is open to graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from all academic fields and is by invitation. Those interested in attending are kindly asked to contact Katherine Painter (katherin...@theology.ox.ac.uk) by the Sunday prior to the date(s) they wish to attend so that complementary lunch can be provided.

04/03/2026, 16:00 - Basement Room 42, Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles’, OX1 3LU
Numismatics Society - Annual General Meeting & Elections

04/03/2026, 17:00 - Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles’, OX1 3LU
Late Antique and Byzantine Seminar - Alasdair Grant (Hamburg): ‘Ubiquitous and Universal? Rebellion and State Formation between Byzantium and Early Islam’

Thursday

05/03/2026, 16:00 - Seminar Room, Corpus Christi College, OX1 AJF
Late Roman Seminar - Claire Sotinel (Université de Paris-Est Créteil): ‘Constantine and the Invention of Religion’

05/03/2026, 17:15 - KRC Lecture Room, Khalili Research Centre, 3 St John St, OX1 2LJ
Khalili Research Seminar - Günseli Gürel (Khalili Research Centre): ‘Picturing marvels, magic and monsters at the Ottoman court, 1574-1603’ 

Friday

06/03/2026, 09:30 - Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles, OX1 3LU
Byzantine Text Seminar - Dr Bazzani: The seminar sessions will focus on the text of St. Theodore Stratelates by Mercurios the Grammarian
To sign up and receive the work materials, email marina....@classics.ox.ac.uk

06/03/2026, 12:00 - Visiting Scholars Centre, Weston Library, Broad Street, OX1 3BG

Lectures on the History of the Bible: From Manuscripts to Print - Vernacular Bibles of the Middle Ages

This course offers an illustrated introduction to the transmission and history of one of the world’s most influential texts: the Bible. Beginning with the Hebrew Bible and the earliest biblical papyri and manuscripts, it traces the development of biblical texts over more than two millennia, from the premodern Mediterranean world to the first printed editions of the Late Middle Ages. Drawing on some of the Bodleian Library’s most remarkable biblical treasures, the lectures provide direct insight into how the copying, translation, and circulation of the Bible shaped the history of the book and, more broadly, human culture. Particular emphasis is placed on first-hand engagement with manuscripts in different languages, scripts, layouts, and visual traditions.

No prior knowledge of biblical languages is required. By the end of the course, participants will have gained a basic familiarity with biblical manuscripts across multiple traditions and will be able to identify key scripts, layouts, and illustrative features, as well as appreciate their cultural and historical significance.

Places are limited. To register interest and secure a place, please contact the lecturer at peter...@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

If there are any events you would like to share with the OUBS, please get into contact with us.

Kind regards,

Nidanu

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Nidanu O'Shea

DPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Secretary, Oxford University Byzantine Society

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