OxByzList: Hilary Week 3 Oxford Listings, 1-7 February
Oxford University Byzantine Society
Monday
02/02/2026, 16:30 - Robert Beddard Room, Oriel, OX1 4EW
Patristics Research Seminar - Nathan Coundon (Oxford): ‘From Logic to Heresy: the Philosophical Foundations of the Trinitarian dispute between Basil of Caesarea and Ennomins of Cyziens’
02/02/2026, 17:00 - Wharton Room, All Souls College, OX1 4AL; for Teams access join group “Medieval History Research Seminar” (team code rmppucs)
Medieval History Seminar - Anna Molnár (Reading): ‘Nuns’ Financial Literacy and the Private Banking Activities of Female Religious Organisations in the Later Middle Ages’
02/02/2026, 17:00 - Online, for registration please contact maren....@student.uni-tuebingen.de
Tübingen Byzantine and Near Eastern Seminar - Marie-Adélaïde Nielen & Solène Girard (Paris): Special Event on the Old Charters at the Archives Nationales and Their Restoration
in Collaboration with the ICFA Tübingen and the Institute of Medieval History
Tuesday
03/02/2026, 14:00 - New Seminar Room, St John’s College, St Giles, OX1 3JP
Europe in the Middle Ages - Tom Johnson (Oxford): ‘‘He hath payd his part’: The Political Economy of Fishing Doles in Late-Medieval England’
Wednesday
04/02/2026, 12:15 - Lecture Room, Campion Hall, OX1 1QS
Syriac Lunch Seminar - Roey Porat (HUJI): ‘Visual Contemplation: The Rabbula Gospels and Severus of Antioch’
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.
04/02/2026, 17:00 - Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles’, OX1 3LU
Late Antique and Byzantine Seminar - Claudia Rapp (Vienna) and Michael Whitby (Birmingham), ‘Mark the Deacon: The Life of Porphyrius of Gaza’ (in collaboration with Translated Texts for Historians and LUP)
Thursday
05/02/2026, 16:00 - Seminar Room, Corpus Christi College, OX1 AJF
Late Roman Seminar - Emma Greensmith (St John’s): ‘Epic Wrath in Roman Heaven: The Curious Case of the Vision of Dorotheus (P. Bod. 29)’
05/02/2026, 16:30 - Online via Microsoft Teams. The link can be obtained by emailing Ugo Mondini (ugo.m...@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk) by the day before each session
JFF Project Euripides Byzantinus: Euripides and the Middle Ages - Patrick Finglass (University of Bristol): ‘Iphigenia in Aulis: Transmission and interpretation’
05/02/2026, 17:15 - KRC Lecture Room, Khalili Research Centre, 3 St John St, OX1 2LJ
Khalili Research Seminar - Maria Judith Feliciano (CSIC, Madrid): ‘The silk core, or lessons from medieval Iberian textile studies’
Friday
06/02/2026, 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 the Miracles of St Artemios.
To sign up and receive the work materials, email marina....@classics.ox.ac.uk
06/02/2026, 12:00 - Visiting Scholars Centre, Weston Library, Broad Street, OX1 3BG
Lectures on the History of the Bible: From Manuscripts to Print - The New Testament
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
http://oxfordbyzantinesociety.wordpress.com