Byzness Addendum

Call for applications The European Institutes for Advanced Study (EURIAS) Fellowship Programme is an international researcher mobility programme offering 10-month residencies in one of the 16 participating Institutes: Berlin, Bologna, Brussels, Budapest, Cambridge, Delmenhorst, Freiburg, Helsinki, Jerusalem, Lyon, Marseille, Paris, Uppsala, Vienna, Wassenaar, Zürich. The Institutes for Advanced Study support the focused, self-directed work of outstanding researchers. The fellows benefit from the finest intellectual and research conditions and from the stimulating environment of a multi-disciplinary and international community of first-rate scholars. EURIAS Fellowships are mainly offered in the fields of the humanities and social sciences but may also be granted to scholars in life and exact sciences, provided that their proposed research project does not require laboratory facilities and that it interfaces with humanities and social sciences. The diversity of the 16 participating IAS offers a wide range of possible research contexts in Europe for worldwide scholars. Applicants may select up to three IAS outside their country of nationality or residence as possible host institutions. The Programme welcomes applications worldwide from promising young scholars as well as from leading senior researchers. The EURIAS selection process has proven to be highly competitive. In order to match the Programme standards, applicants have to submit a solid and innovative research proposal, to demonstrate the ability to forge beyond disciplinary specialisation, to show an international commitment as well as quality publications in high-impact venues. For the 2014-2015 academic year, EURIAS offers 39 fellowships (20 junior and 19 senior positions). All IAS have agreed on common standards, including the provision of a living allowance (in the range of € 26,000 for a junior fellow and € 38,000 for a senior fellow), accommodation (or a mobility allowance), a research budget, plus coverage of travel expenses. APPLICATION AND DEADLINE – Applications are submitted online via www.eurias-fp.eu, where, you will find detailed information regarding the content of the application, eligibility criteria, selection procedure, etc. – The deadline for application is July 5th, 2013. Late applications will not be considered. SELECTION PROCEDURE – Scientific assessment by two international referees – Pre-selection by the EURIAS international Scientific Committee – Final selection by the IAS academic boards – Publication of results (January 2014) CALENDAR OF ACTIONS Application deadline → July 5th, 2013 Results of the preselection by EURIAS Scientific Committee → Mid-October, 2013 Publication of IAS final selections → Mid-January, 2014 Arrival of fellows → September/October 2014 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA Please check on the following pages : - www.eurias-fp.eu/eligibility-requirements - www.eurias-fp.eu/types-fellowships   AVAILABLE FELLOWSHIP POSITIONS For the academic year 2014/2015, EURIAS Fellowship Programme offers 39 positions distributed as follows. city / country Institutes Junior positions Senior positions Berlin, Germany Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin 1 1 Bologna, Italia Istituto di Studi Avanzati 1 0 Brussels, Belgium Flemish Academic Centre for Science and the Art 0 0 Budapest, Hungary Central European University-Institute for Advanced Study 2 0 Cambridge, United Kingdom Centre for research in the arts, social sciences and humanities 1 0 Delmenhorst, Germany Hanse – Wissenschaftskolleg Institute for Advanced Study 1 1 Freiburg, Germany Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies 0 2 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies 1 1 Jerusalem, Israel Israel Institute for Advanced Studies 2 4 Lyon, France Collegium de Lyon 2 2 Marseille, France L’institut d’études avancées d’Aix-Marseille 1 1 Paris, France Institute for Advanced Study of Paris 2 2 Uppsala, Sweden Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS) 1 2 Vienna, Austria Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen 1 1 Wassenaar, Netherlands Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study 3 1 Zürich, Switzerland Collegium Helveticum 1 1   * due to exceptionnal circumstances, the Flemish Academic Centre for Science and the Arts, Brussels will not welcome EURIAS fellows for the academic year 2014-2015

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1. NEWS
2. CALL FOR PAPERS
3. JOB OPPORTUNITIES

4. STUDENTSHIPS

5. EVENTS

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1. NEWS

New Series: Brill’s Late Ancient Literature, A Supplement to ‘Mnemosyne’

 

See the full announcement here

 

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New Series: Court Cultures of the Middle Ages and Renaissance

 

Peter Lang Oxford is pleased to announce the launch of the new series

Court Cultures of the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Court Cultures of the Middle Ages and Renaissance is a peer-reviewed series focused on the inter- and multi-disciplinary cultural output of medieval and Renaissance court culture on an international scale. The series invites proposals for single- and multi-authored monographs, edited collections and editions of early works relating to the court.

Prospective authors are encouraged to submit proposals which highlight the central importance of the court to medieval and Renaissance culture, including projects that explore the life and/or works of writers, artists, historiographers, soldiers, composers, diplomats and courtiers, in the East as well as the West. Other areas of particular interest are courtly ritual (e.g. chivalric code, ceremonies, spectacle) and literary and artistic representations of the court. The series will also explore the role of the court in shaping national, religious and political identities, as well as its function as an interface between different cultures.

Each proposal will be vetted by the specialists on the series editorial board and will undergo a comprehensive peer-review process.

Series Editor

Dr Sarah Alyn Stacey, Trinity College Dublin

We welcome proposals for this series. For more information, please contact oxford@peterlang.com.

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2. CALL FOR PAPERS

New College Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Studies:

 

The nineteenth biennial New College Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Studies will take place 6–9 March 2014 in Sarasota, Florida. The program committee invites 250-word abstracts of proposed twenty-minute papers on topics in European and Mediterranean history, literature, art, music and religion from the fourth to the seventeenth centuries. Interdisciplinary work is particularly appropriate to the conference’s broad historical and disciplinary scope. Planned sessions are welcome; please see the new guidelines at http://www.newcollegeconference.org/cfp.

In memory of the conference’s founder Lee Daniel Snyder (1933–2012), we are pleased to announce the establishment of the Snyder Prize, which will be awarded for the first time in 2014. The prize carries an honorarium of $400 and will be given to the best paper presented at the conference by a junior scholar. Further details are available at the conference website.

 

The conference will be held on the campus of New College of Florida, the honors college of the Florida state system. The college, located on Sarasota Bay, is adjacent to the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, which will offer tours arranged for conference participants. Sarasota is noted for its beautiful public beaches, theater, food, art and music. Average temperatures in March are a pleasant high of 77F (25C) and a low of 57F (14C).

 

More information will be posted on the conference website as it becomes available, including submission guidelines, prize details, plenary speakers, conference events, and area attractions:

http://www.newcollegeconference.org

The deadline for abstracts is 15 September 2013. Send inquiries toinfo@newcollegeconference.org and abstracts to:

abstracts@newcollegeconference.org

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3. JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Postdoctoral researcher in Archaeology (4y – University of Leuven)

 

In order to develop its role in IAP 07/09 CORES (Comparing regionality and sustainability in Pisidia, Boeotia, Picenum and NW Gaul between Iron and Middle Ages (1,000 BC – AD 1,000), the Sagalassos Archaeological Research Project (www.sagalassos.be) of the University of Leuven wishes to contract a postdoctoral researcher in Archaeology. Detailed information on the IAP 07/09 project can be found at http://iap-cores.be/. General information on the Interuniversity Poles of Attraction programme can be found at http://www.belspo.be/IAP/.

 

The candidate holds a Ph.D. degree in Archaeology and is available to join the Sagalassos project per 1 October 2013, in Leuven, for a fixed period of four consecutive academic years. The post is open to applicants at any stage of their postdoctoral career, including those who have just completed their PhD, and to candidates of any nationality.The contract details will be finalised by the Leuven HR-department. The applicant has a track record in publication on themes relevant to the IAP 07/09 project, can demonstrate a role in attracting project funding, has experience in teaching Archaeology at Bachelor and/or Master level, has coordinated archaeological fieldwork on themes relevant to the IAP 07/09 project, preferably in Turkey, and preferably has some knowledge of the Turkish language.

 

The candidate is prepared to teach in the Leuven Ba-Ma programme, make a crucial contribution to the organization of the Sagalassos project, coordinate surveys and/or excavations during the annual fieldwork, prepare new project applications sustaining the IAP 07/09 programme, as well as direct the IAP 07/09 reporting responsibilities.

 

The applicant is requested to submit a curriculum vitae detailing the qualities mentioned above, as well as a research proposal of maximum 1500 words aimed at developing one or more crucial research themes linked to the role of the Sagalassos project in IAP 07/09. Additionally, a work plan is added of maximim 500 words and a plan covering research valorization of maximum 500 words.

 

The deadline for applications is 10 June 2013, 12:00 Leuven time. Enquiries and/or applications are addressed to [jeroen.poblome@arts.kuleuven.be]. A selection of candidates can be contacted for an interview. All candidates receive notification.

 

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JOB OPENING GHENT: RESEARCH ASSISTANT (BYZANTINE) GREEK PHILOLOGY

A one-year position for a research assistant is opening up at the Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams project at Ghent University. The Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams is a research project based at the Department of Literary Studies at Ghent University and funded by the Flemish Government ‘Hercules fund for research infrastructure’. The database aims to provide on-line access to the vast corpus of book epigrams (or: metrical paratexts) found in Byzantine manuscripts. More information about the project can be found on www.dbbe.ugent.be.

The successful candidate will be expected to create and maintain the textual records that form the core of the digital database. Primary tasks are the gathering of textual and contextual data from existing publications, and inputting the data through a user-friendly electronic interface. He or she will work in a collaborative research team. Candidates must possess a Master’s degree in Classics, Greek Philology, and/or Byzantine Studies. Thorough knowledge of Ancient and Byzantine Greek is essential, and acquaintance with Byzantine palaeography and codicology is desired.

We offer a job in a dynamic research environment, the possibility to prepare publications as a co-author, and an attractive salary (ca 1,800 euro/month net). The research assistant will have the status of a doctoral bursary.

The appointment is for one year, but is renewable. The research assistant is expected to start on 1 October 2013 (at the earliest).

Applications should include a curriculum vitae, a motivation letter, and the name and contact details of two referees. Applications must be sent to Professor Kristoffel Demoen (kristoffel.demoen@ugent.be), before 8 August 2013. The decision will be made known soon thereafter, at the latest before the end of August. For enquiries, please contact Dr. Floris Bernard (floris.bernard@ugent.be).

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4. STUDENTSHIPS

 

DPhil Project: “Dirhams for Slaves. Dirham hoards, trade in Slavic slaves and the emergence of Medieval Europe“, University of Oxford

 

We invite applications for a fully-funded DPhil studentship for the project “Dirhams for Slaves. Dirham hoards, trade in Slavic slaves and the emergence of Medieval Europe”. The project, based at the University of Oxford, is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and will run for 3 years starting on 1 October 2013. The doctoral project will consist in a study of the contexts of silver hoards in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.

 

The deadline for applications is 30 June 2013. See this advert for eligibility and how to apply.

 

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5. EVENTS

 

Constantine: Religious Faith and Imperial Policy

 

A symposium in celebration of the 1700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan, at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. For the advertising poster see here

The Oxford Listings

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MONDAY 10^th June

5.00 PM Medieval History All Souls Seminar

Wharton Room

Alice Taylor (King’s College, London)

 

Homage and Hierarchy during the Central Middle Ages

 

 

 

TUESDAY 11^th June

 

Patristic and Late Antique Seminar

 

4-5:30 PM, Seminar Room, Theology Faculty Annex, 41 St Giles

 

Jonathan Kirkpatrick (Oxford)

 

Biblical Interpretation and the Survival of Paganism in Late Antique Palestine

 

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Seminar on Jewish History and Literature in the Graeco-Roman Period

 

2:30-4PM Oriental Institute

 

Aron Sterk (Manchester)

 

Jews in the Latin West in Late Antiquity: forgotten communities and texts

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Khalili Research Seminar

 

2-4PM Lecture Room, Khalili Research Centre, 3 St John Street

 

Marie Legendre

 

Byzantine capitals, Umayyad dukes and the Egyptian diwan: local administration and the formation of the Islamic state

 

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Did Roman Art Decline? A Debate

 

5PM Ertegun House, 37a St Giles’, Oxford

 

Jas Elsner and Peter Stewart will take opposite sides, audience participation encouraged

 

 

 

WEDNESDAY 12^th June

 

5.00 PM Late Antique and Byzantine Seminar
Ioannou School

 

Ortwin Dally (German Archeological Institute, Rome)

 

Pagan statues in late antiquity – a case study: the baths of empress Faustina at Miletus 

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THURSDAY 13^th June
11.00-12:30AM Late Antique and Byzantine Archaeology and Art Seminar
St John’s College, New Seminar Room

 

Andrea Zerbini (London)

 

Quantifying the village economy: reflections on the extent and capabilities of cash crop production in the Limestone Massif of northern Syria (IV-VII c.)

 

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5.00PM After Rome Seminar: Aspects of the History and Archaeology of the Fifth to the Seventh Centuries

 

Danson Room, Trinity College

 

Louise Blanke (University of Copenhagen)

 

Changing cityscapes: daily life and the use of space in late-antique Jerash

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FRIDAY 14th June

12-1PM SPECIAL LECTURE

Ioannou Centre

Sophia Xenophontos 

Plutarch’s revival in late Byzantium: the case of Theodore Metochites

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The Oxford Listings

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MONDAY 3^rd June

5.00 PM Medieval History All Souls Seminar
Wharton Room

Oliver Watson (Khalili Research Centre)

Islamic luxury pottery: China v. Syria in Abbasid Iraq

 

TUESDAY 4^th June

2.30 PM Egyptology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies Seminar

Oriental Institute, Lecture Room 1

Jennifer Cromwell (Macquarie University, Sydney/British Museum)

Rediscovering an overlooked Coptic monastery: New Work on the British Museum Wadi Sarga material

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4-5:30 PM Patristic and Late Antique Seminar

Seminar Room, Theology Faculty Annex, 41 St Giles

Elena Ene D-Vasilescu (Oxford)

Gregory Nazianzen on ‘the manner of generation’

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WEDNESDAY 5^th June

5.00 PM Late Antique and Byzantine Seminar
Ioannou School

Elizabeth Jeffreys (Exeter College)

Why write fiction in Byzantium?

OCBR Special Lecture

 

THURSDAY 6^th June
11.00-12:30AM Late Antique and Byzantine Archaeology and Art Seminar
St John’s College, New Seminar Room

Ross Burns (Sydney)

What future for Syria’s past?

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Crusades Graduate Seminar

2-4PM Rees Davies Room, Faculty of History, George Street

Simon John (University College)

The healing benefits of the crusade vow?: the cases of Godfrey of Bouillon, Louis IX of France and Henry III of England

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5.00PM After Rome Seminar: Aspects of the History and Archaeology of the Fifth to the Seventh Centuries

Danson Room, Trinity College

Judith McKenzie and team (Classics and Oriental Studies, Oxford)

Introducing the ‘Manar al-Athar open-access photo-archive’ of monuments and art of the Near East (300 BC to the present)

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Ravenna – It’s Significance in European Culture

One Day Workshop of 20minute Papers at Chancellors Hall, Senate House, University of London

Saturday 8th June 2013

For the full programme see here.

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For and against the  “Sacred history”: the vulgate historiographical at the University of San Marino

The first set of lectures of ‘XI Cycle PhD in Historical Sciences organized by the School of Historical Studies at the University of San Marino will begin Wednesday, June 5th February at 10.00 am and will run until Friday, June 28, 2013. The 13 pupils attend lessons on “Pros and against the “Sacred history “: the vulgate historiographical “.

The lectures, which cover a long period, from the ancient world to the modern age, will be held at the School of Historical Studies (Contrada delle Mura, 16) from 10 to 12 and from 17 to 1900.

Wednesday, June 12 at 16:00 (Alberoni in the Hall of the State Library and Library Assets) will be held a Round Table on Gramsci.

The seminar sponsored by the School of Historical Studies of San Marino tends to make the point about news so far emerged, fostering a dialogue among three scholars, engaged in research in various capacities Gramsci: Luciano Canfora, Angelo D’Orsi and Francesco Lo Piparo.
It will take place during this period also the discussion of the thesis of the students of the ninth cycle doctorate who have completed their studies: Alessandro Angelucci, Brother Roger from Brindisi, the company Catalana and the threat Turkish Byzantium. A history of the Mediterranean, rapporteur: Mr David Abulafia and Luca Andreoni, “A nation on the market ‘:   the Jews of Ancona, buckets. XVII-XVIII, rapporteur: Mr Marina Caffiero.’s Planned discussion of the research project of the student participating in the X doctorate cycle, Teodoro Dropouts, The songs of the arrogant as gloss XI of Paradise in the Divine Comedy of Dante, head of research: Emilio Pasquini.

Experts on the subject are invited.
For more information:
course calendar:    http://www.unirsm.sm/media/documenti/unirsm_1037.pdf
Invitation Round Table “Gramsci” http://www.unirsm.sm/media/documenti/unirsm_1038.pdf
School of Historical Studies: http://www.unirsm.sm/dss
Tel 0549.88.25.13 /   ssss@unirsm.sm

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Abrahamic Attitudes Towards Pagans

Oxford-Jerusalem Program

24th-25th June 2013 Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford

Please find contact details and a full programme of events here.

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MONDAY 27^th May

5.00 PM Medieval History All Souls Seminar
Wharton Room

Rory Naismith (Clare College, Cambridge)

Peter’s Pence and Beyond: the Forum Hoard and the Anglo-Roman Monetary Relations in the Early Middle Ages

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TUESDAY 28^th May 

2:30-4 PM Jewish History and Literature Seminar

Oriental Institute

Oded Irshai (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

The Paradigm of late-antique Rabbinization

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4-5:30 PM Patristic and Late Antique Seminar

Seminar Room, Theology Faculty Annex, 41 St Giles

Guy Stroumsa (Oxford)

Judaeo-Christianity and the Origins of Islam

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8PM Byzantine Music Concert

University Church of St Mary the Virgin, High Street

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WEDNESDAY 29^th May

5.00 PM Late Antique and Byzantine Seminar
Ioannou School

Holger Klein (Columbia University, New York)

Sensing the Sacred: Relics and the Rhetoric of Enshrinement

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‘Blood in the Streets: Jewish-Christian Violence in Early Fifth-Century Alexandria’

Oded Irshai (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

5PM – The Buttery, Wolfson College

OCLA Special Lecture

 

THURSDAY 30^th May
11.00-12:30AM Late Antique and Byzantine Archaeology and Art Seminar
St John’s College, New Seminar Room

Fabian Stroth (Heidelburg)

Monogram capitals in Hagia Sophia, Istanbul

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5.00PM After Rome Seminar: Aspects of the History and Archaeology of the Fifth to the Seventh Centuries

Danson Room, Trinity College

Ilya Yakubovich (Philipps-Universität Marburg)

Early Slavs through post-Roman eyes: when linguistics can help the historian

FRIDAY 31^st May

The Heraclians: a dynasty from within

SATURDAY 1^st June

The Heraclians: a dynasty from within

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Through the Magnifying Glass: Small Finds and the Big Gap in the Byzantine Settlement History of Miletus and Ephesus

9AM-6PM – Brasenose College, Lecture Room XI

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1. EVENTS

Byzantine Sacred Music Concert

28th May, University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford High Street, 8pm

Free entry, hosted by the Oxford Orthodox Society

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The Heraclians: A Dynasty from Within Conference

31st May-1st June, Oxford

Please find the full programme here. Organised by Simon Ford, Caterna Franchi and Douglas Whalin.

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Through the Magnifying Glass.

Small Finds and the Big Gap in the Byzantine Settlement History of Miletus and Ephesus

Date: Saturday June 1st 2013 (week 6 of Trinity Term)

Place: Brasenose College, Lecture Room XI, Oxford

This one-day conference focuses on the Big Gap or so-called Dark Age that separates Late Antiquity and the middle Byzantine period and forms one of the most pressing problems of Byzantine archaeology and historiography. C. Morrisson (ed.), Trade and Markets in Byzantium (Washington, D.C. 2012) has recently argued that such a gap should not have existed, whilst Marek Jankowiak (Wolfson) claimed the opposite in a well-received lecture to the Late Antique and Byzantine Seminar in Michaelmas Term 2012. A more conclusive contribution to this debate is currently being sought at Miletus. The conference will aim to present, collate and interpret different strands of evidence from four separate monuments in the city, where late antique and Byzantine strata have recently been excavated. Additional clarification is attempted by comparison with Ephesus, where the Byzantine stratigraphy is currently also under investigation.

The conference is made possible thanks to the support of Brasenose College, the Craven Committee, the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research (OCBR), the Meyerstein Bequest, and the Austrian Archaeological Institute.

Convenor: Philipp.Niewoehner@arch.ox.ac.uk

Please register with Philipp.Niewoehner@arch.ox.ac.uk. Morning coffee, sandwich lunch, and afternoon tea:

£ 0/10/20 (unwaged/waged/donor covering for self and one unwaged).

Please find the full programme here.

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Great Landowners and the State in the Sixth Century:

Revisiting the Apion Archive                        

A round-table discussion chaired by Roger Bagnall

Monday 27 May 2013, 2.00–6.00 pm

All Souls College, Old Library

 The publication of Todd Hickey’s Wine, Wealth, and the State in Late Antique Egypt (Ann Arbor 2012) offers the occasion to revisit the long-debated issues of the size and economic importance of large estates in the Justinianic period, and of their economic and political role within the empire.

The afternoon will begin with a series of short presentations by Todd Hickey, James Keenan, Jean Gascou, Andrew Wilson and Peter Sarris.

It will move on to a round-table discussion with Philip Booth, Alan Bowman, Jennifer Cromwell, Nikolaos Gonis, James Howard-Johnston, Roberta Mazza, Arietta Papaconstantinou, Bryan Ward-Perkins, Mark Whittow.

The meeting will be followed by a wine reception at 6.00 pm.

This event is organised with the generous support of the Oxford Roman Economy Project and Baron Lorne Thyssen, the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research, All Souls College, and the Department of Classics of the University of Reading.

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International Symposium of Byzantine

Nis and Byzantium XII

CONSTANTINE, In hoc signo vinces
313 – 2013

In the hometown of Emperor Constantine the Great, the 2013th of 3 to 7 June will be a traditional international symposium “Niš and Byzantium,” a gathering of twelve prominent Byzantine world, now marked by Constantine and the tipping moment in history that is reflected today in the current message, “CO NSTANTINE,   In hoc signo vinces. “

Organization: City of Nis, University of Nis and the Diocese of Nis.

International symposium “Niš and Byzantium XII – CONSTANTINE, In hoc signo vinces” is held to mark one of the most important dates in the history of European civilization – the 1700 years of the promulgation of the Edict of Milan.

Please see the website for more information: http://www.ni.rs/byzantium/english.php

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2. OPPORTUNITIES

Emergence of Sacred Travel PhD Studentship
The Emergence of Sacred Travel (EST) project is pleased to announce a fully-funded PhD studentship. Applicants should propose a dissertation project that relates to the overall theme of pilgrimage and sacred movement in the ancient world (Greek, Roman, and/or Late Antique/Early Christian), focusing in particular on its material and visual dimensions. A theoretically-informed project with a comparative scope as well as broad geographical or chronological coverage is especially desired. The deadline for applications is 1 October 2013.

The full call is available here: http://talent.au.dk/phd/arts/open-calls/phd-call-118/

 

For more information on EST, please visit www.sacredtravel.dk

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Georgian Script Summer School
The Georgian National Centre of Manuscripts is organizing third International Summer School – “Georgian Script” from 16^th to 25^th July 2013 in Tbilisi, Georgia.

 

The Summer School is intended for foreign researchers and students interested in Georgian history and culture, especially in Georgian script and manuscript heritage, and have a general interest in medieval studies.

 

The aims of the Kartvelological Summer School “Georgian Script” is to promote Georgian script as an important achievement of Georgian culture at an international level; to popularize the Kartvelological sciences, focusing on the multi-faceted, multi-national foundations of Georgian manuscript culture; and to inspire and develop future international cooperation among the Centre and Summer school attendees.

 

The educational program of the Summer School includes exciting academic and cultural lectures, workshops, and excursions. The working language of the Summer School will be English.

Summer School organizers can only provide the limited number of scholarships for its applicants which covers: accommodation, food and travel within Georgia, however individuals must cover their own travel cost to and from Georgia. This program is generously financed by the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia.

Alongside with this, we offer several schemes for those applicants who can finance their participation in the Summer School. More about this can be seen in an attached Application Form.

 

If you are interested in participating, please fill out the attached application form manually or/and Online no later than 14^th of June, 2013 and send it to the National Centre of Manuscripts through the following e-mail address:summerschool@manuscript.ac.ge. Only Selected candidates will be notified by the 21^st of June, 2013.

Online application form can be found on the following link:

 

https://docs.google.com/a/manuscript.ac.ge/forms/d/1ON217aYOeHlALHZWxN2vb6UQi6q5NiekUgEMwD30IEg/viewform?usp=sharing&edit_requested=true

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MONDAY 20^th May
5.00 PM Medieval History All Souls Seminar

Wharton Room

 

Brendan Smith (University of Bristol)

 

The Governed and the Ungovernable in Late Medieval Ireland

 

TUESDAY 23^rd May

 

Patristic and Late Antique Seminar

 

4.30-6PM Seminar Room, Theology Faculty Annexe, 41 St Giles

 

Julia Hudson (Oxford)

 

Augustine on Christ and History in De Trinitate

 

 

WEDNESDAY 22^nd May

5.00 PM Late Antique and Byzantine Seminar
Al-Jaber Auditorium, Corpus Christi College

 

Zbigniew Fiema (University of Helsinki)

 

The Earthquake of 363 in Petra: Some New Considerations

 

THURSDAY 23^rd May
11.00-12:30AM Late Antique and Byzantine Archaeology and Art Seminar
St John’s College, New Seminar Room

 

Robert Hohlfelder (Boulder)

 

The fortunes of Caesarea Maritima’s harbours in Late Antiquity: riches to ruins

 

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5.00PM After Rome Seminar: Aspects of the History and Archaeology of the Fifth to the Seventh Centuries

 

Danson Room, Trinity College

 

Elizabeth Buchanan (History Faculty, and Christ Church College)

 

Life, law and the case of the missing carats: loans in the late-antique Mediterranean

 

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Crusades Graduate Seminar

 

2-4PM Rees Davies Room, Faculty of History, George Street

 

Andrew Buck (Queen Mary, University of London)

 

Byzantium, Jerusalem and the principality of Antioch: the condominium reconsidered

 

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MONDAY 13^th May

 

5.00 PM Medieval History All Souls Seminar
Wharton Room

 

Philip Booth (Trinity)

 

Beyond Alfred Butler’s Arab Conquest of Egypt

 

TUESDAY 14^th May

 

4.30-6PM Seminar Room, Theology Faculty Annexe, 41 St Giles

 

Scott Ables (Oxford)

 

Tradition in John of Damascus: a Creative and Adaptive Orthodoxy

 

 

WEDNESDAY 15^th May

 

5.00 PM Late Antique and Byzantine Seminar
Ioannou School

 

Thomas F. Matthews (Institute of Fine Arts, NYU)

 

The Cult of Images in the Era Before Iconoclasm

 

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6.30 PM OUBS AGM – Ioannou School

 

 

 

THURSDAY 16^th May
11.00-12:30AM Late Antique and Byzantine Archaeology and Art Seminar
St John’s College, New Seminar Room

 

Nikos Kontogiannis (23^rd Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities, Chalkida)

 

The Chalcis Treasure re-examined: contextualizing minor objects from the medieval Aegean

 

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Crusades Graduate Seminar

 

2-4PM Rees Davies Room, Faculty of History, George Street

 

Stephen Spencer (Queen Mary, University of London)

 

“They Wept over Jerusalem, over which their Christ had also wept”: emotion, devotion and gender in the narratives of the First Crusade

 

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 5.00PM After Rome Seminar: Aspects of the History and Archaeology of the Fifth to the Seventh Centuries

Danson Room, Trinity College

 

Jairus Banaji (SOAS)

 

The Sasanian aristocracy in the seventh century

 

The Byzness

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OXFORD UNIVERSITY BYZANTINE SOCIETY
The Byzness, 12 May 2013
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1. NEWS
2. CALL FOR PAPERS
3. EVENTS

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1. NEWS

Opening of the Deir al-Surian Library and Conservation Centre
Wadi el Natrun, Egypt

On Sunday 19 May, 2013, the Monastery of the Syrians (referred to thereafter as Deir al-Surian) will open its doors to guests attending the opening of the new state-of-the-art library.  The event will be held under the patronage of His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark; His Grace Bishop Mattaos, Abbot of Deir al-Surian; and The Levantine Foundation.

 

The new library, partially funded by the Foundation, has been built within the tenth century walls of the sixth century Coptic monastery to house the priceless collection of ancient Christian Coptic, Syriac, Ethiopic, and Arabic manuscripts, many of which date back to the fifth, sixth, and seventh centuries A.D. The Levantine Foundation is strongly committed to the preservation and recording of these important manuscripts.

 

The purpose-built library will provide world class storage for the collection and facilities for all aspects of book conservation, including education and training which will enable unrivalled state-of-the-art care for the library’s precious collection. The building is equipped with an advanced temperature and humidity control system for long term preservation, a conservation laboratory, and public access areas such as reading rooms for visiting scholars. Biannual conservation field campaigns organised by The Levantine Foundation will give British, European,and Egyptian conservators unique professional development opportunities to acquire broader capability and ‘extended professionalism’ characterised by independent judgment, involvement in a community of practice, and the demonstration of practical or intellectual leadership.

 

Elizabeth Sobczynski, founder and CEO of The Levantine Foundation comments on the new library:

 

This is the most exciting moment since the inception of the organisation in 2002. For the past ten years it has been my dream to safely house this unique collection, to ensure its survival for future generations, and with modern technology, make it accessible to the world of scholarship. Now that my dream has been fulfilled, I look forward to working with the collection and training Egyptian conservators on how to best preserve their cultural heritage for future generations.

 

The library will be opened by His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, and the event will be attended by His Grace Bishop Mattaos; Sir Derek Plumbly, President of The Levantine Foundation; CEO Elizabeth Sobczynski; Dr Khalil Nougaim, Executive Director of The Levantine Foundation in Egypt; many distinguished heads of the Coptic Orthodox Church, and other eminent guests.

 

 For further information about the Opening of the Deir al-Surian Library and Conservation Centre please contact:

 

 Hana Salama: hana.salama@gmail.com (London)

 

Elizabeth Sobczynski: es.aicp@btinternet.com (London)

 

Nevene Sami: nsami@cf-holding.com (Cairo)

 

 Or visit the Levantine Foundation website: www.thelevantinefoundation.org

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2. CALL FOR PAPERS

Bessarion’s Treasure: editing, translating and interpreting Bessarion’s literary heritage

An International Conference organized by the Institute of Byzantine Studies of the University of Munich, Germany, and hosted by the German Center of Venetian Studies in Venice, Italy.

Venice, 4-5 April 2014

In his act of donation written in 1468, Bessarion underlined that the greatest treasure he had ever possessed in his life was his library, which he was now donating to Venice, the “alterum Byzantium”. While generations of historians and philologists have been ever grateful to Bessarion for this invaluable act of preserving for posterity one of the most significant vestiges of Byzantine civilization, it is not until recently that the literary heritage of Bessarion himself and his circle has begun to attract close attention of the scholarly world.

On the occasion of presenting the forthcoming critical edition, translation and philosophical commentary on Bessarion’s treatise De Natura et Arte, the members of the Munich research group responsible for the project invite contributions from colleagues who work on editing, translating and interpreting texts written by Bessarion and his circle.  Contributions are expected to be between 20 and 45 minutes in duration and may be delivered in English, German, Italian or French.

Confirmed key-note speaker: Prof. John Monfasani, Albany, USA

If you would like to participate, please send a short abstract (200 words) to s.mariev@lmu.de by May 31, 2013. Inquiries about the possibility of obtaining financial support (travel and accommodation grants) should also be addressed to s.mariev@lmu.de

The Conference is organized by Dr. Sergei Mariev, Dr. Katharina Luchner and Dr. Monica Marchetto on behalf of the Institute of Byzantine Studies of the University of Munich with the support of the Byzantine Studies Association of Germany  and the Centro Tedesco di Studi Veneziani, Venice.

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IMBAS: NUI Galway:
‘Destruction, Renewal … and back again?’
29 Nov – 1 Dec 2013

Graduate Conference, Full Details: http://fmrsi.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/cfp-imbas-nui-galway-2013/

 

Closing date for proposals: 30th September 2013

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3. EVENTS

Ivory trade and exchange in Late Antiquity and Early Islam

International Conference hosted by the Warburg Institute, 18 – 19 June 2013

 

Convened by Hugh Kennedy and Myriam Wissa (SOAS)

 

Organised with the support of the London Middle East Institute at SOAS

 

Held in association with The Leverhulme Trust.

In recent years Andalusian and Siculo-Arabic ivory carving has received a huge

 

amount of attention from stylistic, iconographic and archaeological perspectives.

 

This conference is organised in the context of a major Leverhulme-funded

 

project, “Bridging Religious Difference in a Multicultural Eastern

 

Mediterranean Society. Communities of Artisans and their Commercial

 

Networks in Egypt from Justinian to the ‘Abbasids (6th-10th centuries)”, in

 

which Dr Myriam Wissa, the project researcher, and Professor Hugh Kennedy

 

are involved. It invites scholars to give their pertinent and innovative views on

 

ivory sources, local markets of the African hinterland, patterns of supply and

 

demand, method of provisioning, trade routes and the transit trade in Indian

 

Ocean ivory. The objectives of this conference is to go beyond the narrow

 

confines of art history and archaeology, focusing on the history of trade and

 

exchange, socio-political and diplomatic relations in Late Antiquity and early

 

Islam, whilst combining carving and the transmission of techniques.

 

The comparative and multi-disciplinary approaches allow, for the first time, a

thorough understanding of such issues.

Warburg Institute: http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/colloquia/ivory-trade/

REGISTRATION ONLINE: Website of  LMEI at SOAS:

http://www.soas.ac.uk/lmei/events/18jun2013-ivory-trade-and-exchange-in-late-antiquity-and-early-islam-.html

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Reading Armenia: Armenian sources in Byzantine and Arabic Studies

 

Conference convened by Timothy Greenwood (St. Andrews), Hugh Kennedy (SOAS), Ioanna Rapti (KCL)

 

Friday 10- Saturday 11 May

 

Strand Campus King’s College London WC2R 2LS

 

Council Room K2.29

Full Details:

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/chs/eventrecords/2012-13/ReadingArmenia.aspx

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