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MONDAY 20th February

2.00 PM Khalili Research Centre Graduate Seminar: ‘New perspectives on Umayyad history and visual culture’
Khalili Research Centre Lecture Room
Trent Jonson:
Coinages on the Umayyad fringes – Maghrib and Mashriq

3.00 PM Medieval Archaeology Seminar
Institute of Archaeology Lecture Room
Chris Fern:
The Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Tranmere House (Sutton Hoo)

5.00 PM Medieval History Seminar
Wharton Room, All Souls College
Tim Hunter
‘They made no distinction between sacred and profane’: images of Norman knightly combat in the Romanesque Italy

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TUESDAY 21st February

2.30 PM Seminar on Jewish History and Literature in the Graeco-Roman Period
Oriental Institute
Dr Juha Pakkala (Helsinki):
Omissions in the textual transmission of the Hebrew Bible

5.00 PM Late Antique and Byzantine Seminar
New Seminar Room in St John’s College
Catherine Holmes (University College):
Political loyalties in the late medieval eastern Mediterranean

5.00 PM Graduate seminar: The Qur’an and Late Antiquity
Oriental Institute
Holger Zellentin (Nottingham):
Jewish Christianity and the Qur’an

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WEDNESDAY 22nd February

4.30 PM Patristics Seminar
Christ Church: Stair 8, Room 2
Mark Edwards:
Origen and Pelagius

5.00 PM Corpus Classical Seminars: ‘Freedom, Dependency and the Greek Polis?’
Seminar Room, Corpus Christi College
James Roy (Nottingham),
Dependent communities in Arkadia and Elis

5.00 PM Slade Lectures: ‘The Empire of Things: Gifts and Gift Exchange in Byzantium, Early Islam, and Beyond’
University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road
Anthony Cutler
Gifts, Treasures, Rarities

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THURSDAY 23rd February

11.00 AM Late Antique and Byzantine Art and Archaeology Seminar: ‘Water Networks:  seas, rivers, islands, aqueduct, hagiasma’
St John’s College, New Seminar Room
Natalija Ristovska (Exeter),
Byzantine crafted goods in the context of overseas artistic and commercial interchange:  the cases of inlaid brass doors in Italy and painted glass in Rus’ (10th-13th centuries).

5.00 PM Late Roman Seminar
Seminar Room, Corpus Christi College
Camille Gerzaguet (Lyon):
The concept of fugo mundi in Ambrose of Milan

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FRIDAY 24th February

1.00 PM Medieval Visual Culture Seminar
St Catherine’s College
Anthony Cutler (Penn State):
Open Discussion – Techniques of ivory production and other medieval arts

1. NEWS
2. EVENTS
3. OPPORTUNITIES

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1. NEWS

OBS Conference a Success!

The 2012 International Graduate Conference Reality and Illusion: Seeing through the “Byzantine Mirage” concluded successfully this weekend. There were some 50 presentations in 17 sessions, making it the largest affair yet! The Organizing Committee would like to thank the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research, the Oxford Centre for Late Antiquity, the Oxford Centre for Medieval History, the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies, and the Oxford Sub-Faculty for Medieval and Modern Greek for their generous support, without which none of this would have been possible. Thanks also for the support and patronage of Oxford University Press, Liverpool University Press, and Brepols Publishers. Special thanks to the presenters, volunteers, chairs, and attendees, who made the whole thing work.

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New Exhibit: Biblias de Sefarad : Las vidas cruzadas del texto y sus lectores

The National Library of Spain is hosting a new exhibit on the Hebrew bible and its place in Medieval Judaism in the Iberian Peninsula. It is running from 27 February through 13 May, 2012. Please visit the website for more details.

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2. EVENTS

Applied Ceramics in a Byzantine Context
The Anatomy Lecture Theatre, Strand Campus, King’s College London, Saturday, 25 February 2012

Available here is a programme of talks to be given on Saturday, 25th February, at King’s College, London, entitled ‘Applied Ceramics in a Byzantine Context’. It is part of a series of workshops at KCL celebrating Early Applied Arts. See also online at: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/chs/events/specialevents/Ceramics.aspx

The objective of the meeting is for participants to develop an understanding of how ceramics can be used as sources of information about the societies that create and employ them. It is not about taxonomy or chronology. Rather, the speakers are endeavouring to present problems that can be investigated through ceramics and although ‘Byzantine’ pottery is called on to demonstrate how the discipline of ceramic studies can be used to produce important new information, the methodology has a wider application than the Byzantine world. It is hoped that graduate students will benefit through adding another skill to their research tools, and will leave with a newly-acquired enthusiasm for reading excavation reports.

The cost to attend is £15, which includes tea/coffee and lunch. Registration is essential to provide adequate catering.

To register, please follow this link: http://estore.kcl.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&prodid=33&deptid=18&catid=25

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3. OPPORTUNITIES

MELLON POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
University of California, Berkeley

The Division of Arts and Humanities at the University of California, Berkeley, is pleased to invite applications for the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities, established by a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.  Four fellows will be appointed for 2012-14, to teach and carry out research in a sponsoring department in the Humanities.  Mellon Fellows must have received the PhD no earlier than July 1, 2009 and no later than June 30, 2012. Compensation will be approximately $60,000 annually, and will include medical benefits.

Further information and application instructions may be found at the Berkeley Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship website, http://ls.berkeley.edu/art-hum/mellon/.  Questions may be addressed to Mellon@LS.Berkeley.edu.
Applications must be received by March 2, 2012.

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Hellenic Studies Library Research Fellowship Program Announcement
Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection, California State University, Sacramento, Library Research Fellowship Program, 2012-2013

Thanks to generous funding from the Elios Society, the University Library at California State University, Sacramento is pleased to inaugurate a three-year Library Research Fellowship Program to support the use of the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection by fellows for scholarly research in Hellenic studies while in residence in Sacramento. The Program provides a limited number of fellowships ranging from $500 to $4,000 to help offset transportation and living expenses incurred during the tenure of the awards and is open to external researchers anywhere in the world at the doctoral through senior scholar levels (including independent scholars) working in fields encompassed by the Collection’s strengths who reside outside a 150 mile radius of Sacramento. The term of fellowships can vary between one week and three months, depending on the nature of the research, and for the first year will be tenable from July 1, 2012-June 30, 2013. The fellowship application deadline is March 13, 2012. No late applications will be considered.

Comprising the holdings of the former Speros Basil Vryonis Center for the Study of Hellenism, the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection, currently numbering some 75,000 volumes, was donated to Sacramento State in December 2002 and named in honor of its benefactor and alumnus Angelo Tsakopoulos. With its focus on the Hellenic world, the Collection contains early through contemporary materials across the social sciences and humanities relating to Greece, its neighboring countries and the surrounding region, with particular strengths in post-Classical Hellenism. There is a broad representation of languages in the Collection, with a rich assortment of primary source materials. Since 2009 the Collection has experienced dramatic growth with the gift acquisition of the libraries of the late Pyrrhus J. Ruches and the late Dr. Steve A. Demakopoulos, which together are adding over 5,000 volumes to our holdings in the areas of Greek language, folklore, history, literature, music, and anthropology. For further information about the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection, visit http://library.csus.edu/tsakopoulos.

For the full Library Research Fellowship Program description and on-line application, see:http://library.csus.edu/tsakopoulos/lrfp.asp. Questions about the Program can be directed to George I. Paganelis, Curator, Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection (paganelis@csus.edu).

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Teaching curator posts in the Ashmolean
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Teaching Curator (3 Positions)

Salary Grade 7: £29,249 – £35,938 p.a. Full time; 3 year Fixed Term

The Ashmolean Museum completed its redevelopment in November 2009. This delivered 39 new permanent galleries together with new temporary exhibition galleries, study and teaching facilities, conservation studios and significantly enhanced visitor facilities, including Oxford’s first roof-top restaurant. Visitor numbers now exceed one million per year and the Museum opened its refurbished Egyptian galleries in December 2011.

The Museum is initiating a new University Engagement Programme, aimed at promoting the use of the museum’s collections for teaching within the University. A partnership project between the museum and the University’s faculties, the programme is funded for three years by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and will result in a significant expansion of the role of the museum’s collections in teaching. The initiative will focus both on improving the use of objects in the traditional subjects of history, archaeology, languages and literature and in developing ways for object-based learning to take place in non-traditional subjects such as medicine, law and business. It is intended both to reinforce the practice of teaching with objects and to break new ground in the use of this key University resource.

As part of the programme, three Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Teaching Curatorships will be established and funded for the duration of the project (3 years). The Teaching Curators will come from backgrounds in History, Art History or Archaeology and will be responsible for developing classes, seminars and lectures that will be offered to the faculties. As the Teaching Curators are a team that will be responsible for covering all of the museum’s collections, it is important that their specialty and general knowledge areas are as complementary as possible. Based in the museum and led by the Director of University Engagement, the Teaching Curators will be engaged with investigating and exploring ways that object-based teaching can be incorporated into current teaching. Working closely with curators and faculty members, they will facilitate the dialogue and identify key opportunities for making the museum’s collections available for teaching.

Successful candidates for the Teaching Curator posts will need to have completed their doctorates in History, Art History, Archaeology or related subject. They will have superlative communication skills, be extremely pro-active and motivated by the project mission and be comfortable presenting complex ideas to senior academics. They will need to be creative in how they encourage the use of the collections, and broad-minded and cross-disciplinary in their approach. Most of all, they need to have a strong desire and ability to teach with objects, and an ability to learn quickly the museum’s collections with an eye for selecting objects suitable for teaching.

Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. You will be required to upload your CV and a supporting statement as part of your online application. To apply for this role and for further details, including a job description and selection criteria, please follow this link

Closing date: 23rd March 2012

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MONDAY 13th February

2.00 PM Khalili Research Centre Graduate Seminar: ‘New perspectives on Umayyad history and visual culture’
Khalili Research Centre Lecture Room
Dr Luke Treadwell:
Towards a grammar of Umayyad numismatic iconography

5.00 PM Medieval History Seminar
Wharton Room, All Souls College
Sarah Hamilton
Bishops, books and excommunication in England and Francia, 900-1200

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TUESDAY 14th February

2.30 PM Seminar on Jewish History and Literature in the Graeco-Roman Period
Oriental Institute
Dr James Aitken (Cambridge):
The significance of Greek translations of non-canonical works

5.00 PM Late Antique and Byzantine Seminar
New Seminar Room in St John’s College
Dimitri Korobeinikov (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow):
Sultan and Emperor: Means and ends of diplomatic rapprochement between Byzantium and the Seljuks (11th–14th centuries)

5.00 PM Graduate seminar: The Qur’an and Late Antiquity
Oriental Institute
Nicolai Sinai:
Monotheism and the mushrikūn

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WEDNESDAY 15th February

4.30 PM Patristics Seminar
Christ Church: Stair 8, Room 2
Scott Carroll/Green Collection and Green Scholars Initiative:
Ad fontes: new papyri of Romans and other resources of interest from the earliest Christian centuries

5.00 PM Corpus Classical Seminars: ‘Freedom, Dependency and the Greek Polis?’
Seminar Room, Corpus Christi College
Hans Van Wees,
Dependency, War and Ethnicity in Archaic Greece

5.00 PM Slade Lectures: ‘The Empire of Things: Gifts and Gift Exchange in Byzantium, Early Islam, and Beyond’
University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road
Anthony Cutler (Evan Pugh Professor of Art History, The Pennsylvania State University):
The Objects of Gift (2)

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THURSDAY 16th February

11.00 AM Late Antique and Byzantine Art and Archaeology Seminar: ‘Water Networks:  seas, rivers, islands, aqueduct, hagiasma’
St John’s College, New Seminar Room
Prof. Jim Crow (Edinburgh),
Byzantine Naxos:  How art can inform medieval landscape studies

5.00 PM Late Roman Seminar
Seminar Room, Corpus Christi College
Clare Coombe (Reading):
The Delights of Claudian

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FRIDAY 17th February

Oxford Byzantine Society’s 2012 International Graduate Conference
Reality and Illusion: Seeing through the ‘Byzantine Mirage’
History Faculty, George Street

9.00 AM Registration Opens
10.00 Am Opening Remarks
10.15 AM Sessions 1 & 2
12.00 PM Sessions 3 & 4
Lunch
2.30 PM Sessions 5 & 6
4.15 PM Sessions 7 & 8
Reception

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SATURDAY 18th February

Oxford Byzantine Society’s 2012 International Graduate Conference
Reality and Illusion: Seeing through the ‘Byzantine Mirage’
History Faculty, George Street

9.00 AM Registration Opens
10.00 AM Sessions 9 & 10
11.45 AM Sessions 11 & 12
Lunch
2.15 PM Sessions 13, 14 & 15
4.00 PM Sessions 16 & 17
Reception

1. NEWS
2. EVENTS
3. FUNDING
4. EMPLOYMENT

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1. NEWS

Armenian Miniatures now online

The Index of Armenian Art: Armenian Miniatures is available online at http://armenianstudies.csufresno.edu/iaa_miniatures/index.htm.  IAA is an interactive database of all Armenian illuminations from ca. 600 to 1100 AD with a few twelfth century manuscripts.  Two fascicles have been published, D. Kouymjian, I. Armenian Manuscript Illumination to the Year 1000 A.D. (1977); II. Illuminated Armenian Manuscripts of the 11th Century, Preliminary Report and Checklist (1979).

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Please Support Byzantine Research in Vienna

The Institute for Byzantine Research (Institut für Byzanzforschung, IBF, http://www.oeaw.ac.at/byzanz/) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences is threatened by severe cuts. Faced with a reduction in its budget, the Academy leadership has decided to target the Institute for Byzantine Research for a reduction in funding of approximately a third of its budget that would seriously imperil its research mission. We are now asking for your support in the form of letters addressed to the Academy leadership.
In the last 50 years, the ‘Vienna School’ of Byzantine studies has been consistently in the forefront of path-breaking research and enjoys world-wide recognition for its achievements. This is largely due to a number of long-term collaborative projects that require sustained and engaged work by highly trained researchers with specialized skills. The support of such work has traditionally been the mission of Academies. Thanks to the support of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the Dictionary of Byzantine Greek (Lexikon der byzantinischen Gräzität), the Tabula Imperii Byzantini (a historical geography of the regions of the Byzantine Empire), the edition of the Register of the Patriarchate of Constantinople (Patriarchatsregister, covering ecclesiastical politics of the 14th to early 15th century), as well as the work on Byzantine lead seals and Byzantine epigrams, have created foundational tools for further research not only in the study of Byzantine history, literature and culture, but also more widely in classical philology, medieval studies, and regional studies of the Eastern Mediterranean.

The facts:
—The external evaluation of the IBF by a small group of international scholars in adjacent disciplines in June 2011 called it ‘one of the world’s greatest centres for Byzantine Studies… No other research institute in the world has such long-term projects or provides such a service.’ It was noted that ‘The major, long-term projects produce editions and series (…) are deemed essential by all medievalists and Byzantinists throughout the world (…).’ These projects are a ‘precious international research resource, valued wherever Byzantium is studied, complementary to and enabling of the work of other long-standing research institutes.’ The report concluded that the IBF brings ‘glory to the Academy.’
—The IBF is successful by all indicators: in research output, international collaborations and in attracting external support (see chart)
—The research of the IBF is of crucial relevance to a wide range of other disciplines, from regional studies of Turkey and the Balkans and medieval studies to ecclesiastical history, Greek palaeography and classical philology
—The suggested cuts for the IBF would amount to a reduction of scholarly staff by one third, and would imperil the continued existence of a research unit with a proven record of success.

Immediate response from the international scholarly community will impress upon the Academy leadership the central importance of the work of the Institute for Byzantine Research far beyond the chronological and geographical boundaries of Byzantium, for the humanities and social sciences in general.

Letters of support may be sent to:
Vice-President of the Academy Arnold.Suppan@oeaw.ac.at
Klassenpräsidentin Sigrid.Jalkotzy-Deger@oeaw.ac.at
Sektionschefin im BMWF Barbara.Weitgruber@bmwf.gv.at

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2. EVENTS

Fifth Annual International Meeting of Doctoral Students in the Field of Byzantine Studies
Paris, Institut National d’Histoire de l’art).

Call for papers (until 15.II.2012). – Info : lesbyzantines@gmail.com

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Byzantine Cermaics
A day workshop on 25 February

Programme available and booking open at: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/chs/events/specialevents/Ceramics.aspx

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THE BYZANTINE GREEK SUMMER SCHOOL
29 July – 26 August, at the University of Birmingham

The Byzantine Greek Summer School, which was held at Queen’s University Belfast each year from 2002 to 2011, has now moved to the Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies at the University of Birmingham. It is offered at three levels: Level-1 (Beginners) 29 July to 12 August; Level-2 (Intermediate) 12-26 August; Level-3 (Advanced Reading) 12-26 August. The cost is 442 GBP per two-week course including fourteen nights accommodation. A limited number of bursaries is available. Further details, including course descriptionsand the Application Form, can be found through these links.

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Forthcoming Training in Journal Publishing and Giving Presentations

Journal Publishing
A two-part workshop for advanced DPhils and postdocs.
Dates: Tuesday 28 February AND Thursday 8 March 2012, 10:30am – 12:45pm
For more details and to register your interest in attending: http://www.humanities.ox.ac.uk/training_and_support/programme/journal_publishing_workshop

Giving Presentations: For Absolute Beginners
A workshop aimed at developing skills and strategies for giving seminar papers, conference papers and other presentations.
Date: Thursday 1 March 2012, 10:00am – 1:00pm
For more details and to register your interest in attending: http://www.humanities.ox.ac.uk/training_and_support/programme/giving_presentations_a_workshop_for_absolute_beginners

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First Summer School on Christian Apocryphal Literature.
Strasbourg, France, 24-27 June 2012

http://alinsuciu.com/2012/02/08/first-summer-school-on-christian-apocryphal-literature-strasbourg-france-24-27-june-2012/

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3. FUNDING

Doctoral Studenships:
Lund University, Sweden:

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B_MCTTAkWYvFYmZlMzdlZjAtNjk4ZC00ZjU5LWI2NjEtZjliMDEzNTBiYzYw

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4. EMPLOYMENT

Post-Doc “Research in Paris”
Application deadline: Thursday March 1, 2012

From Arietta Papaconstantinou: In an attempt to ‘internationalise’ research in Paris, the Municipality offers post-docs in all areas in order to attract foreigners to Parisian research centres for up to a year. The Municipality has an agreement with the Cité Internationale for housing, which is essential in Paris, and also very well situated. One has to contact one of the certified research centres in order to be hosted. If anyone is interested, please contact Arietta and she can put you in contact with the Centre d’Histoire et Civilisation de Byzance, located right in the centre of Paris.

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Lecturer in The History of Art, – Ref:1232313

UCL Department / Division: History of Art
Grades: 7-8
Hours: Full Time
Salary (inclusive of London allowance): Grade 7 £35,707 – £38,744 per annum OR Grade 8 £39,818 – £46,972 per annum
Duties and Responsibilities: UCL’s Department of History of Art is one of the most successful History of Art Department’s in the country for its teaching and research. We are seeking to appoint a full-time lecturer in ONE of the following areas:
The history/theory of Architecture, Urban Space and the Built Environment (preferably before 1900) OR Byzantine-and/or Medieval art broadly defined
The successful candidate will carry out teaching at Undergraduate and Graduate levels, conduct research and take on an appropriate share in the administrative work of the department.
Key Requirements: Candidates must have a PhD, specialist knowledge in one of the two areas listed above and a command of relevant historical, theoretical and historiographical issues. Previous teaching experience and a track record of scholarly publications is essential

If you have any queries regarding the vacancy or the application process, please contact Jessica Dain, j.dain@ucl.ac.uk, 0203 108 4012.

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Niarchos Postdoctoral Fellows Program
APPLICATIONS WILL BE START TO BE REVIEWED ON MARCH 16, 2012

Columbia Global Centers│Europe invites applications for its 2012–2014 postdoctoral fellowships, made available by a generous grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. These fellowships are open to Greek nationals with recent doctoral degrees from European universities, and will allow fellows to spend two years in residence at the CGC│Europe at Reid Hall in Paris. Niarchos Fellows will carry out their own research, liaise with other scholars with the support of CGC│Europe, and gain teaching experience at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Fellows will be encouraged to establish contacts with other research institutes across Europe, as well as with Paris-based institutions, and to draw on the resources of CGC│Europe to run workshops and seminars connected to their work. Fellows will have access to all of Columbia’s resources, local university and research connections, as well as to the wider network of Global Centers. They will be enabled to stay in New York for the fall semester of their second year at the main Morningside campus of Columbia University, where they will be supervised by faculty mentors as they pursue their own research.

Eligibility
· Applicants must have completed all Ph.D. degree requirements between September 2009 and September 2012.
· Applicants must be Greek nationals with a Ph.D. from a European university. (Note: Applicants with doctoral degrees from the U.S. or Canada are not eligible.)
· Ph.D. must have been focused on the humanities or social sciences. (Note: Applicants need not have worked on topics connected with modern Greece.)
· Fluency in English is essential. A demonstrable ability to teach is desirable, as is competency in French.

Application Components
· Completed application form (below)
· Curriculum vitae
· Research proposal
· 2-3 page proposal for one undergraduate course to be offered at Columbia University
· 3 letters of reference (signed and sealed or directly sent via email to lg2637@columbia.edu)

Please return completed applications to:
Blinken European Institute
Columbia University
1205 IAB, MC 3337
420 W. 118th Street
New York, NY 10027

For more information about this program, please contact Lily Glenn at lg2637@columbia.edu.
Postdoctoral Fellowship Application Form

Name:  _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Last                                                 First                                                              Middle Initial               

Mailing Address:  ____________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

E-mail Address:  ________________________________________  Phone Number:  _______________________________

Month/Year Ph.D. Received/Expected:  _________________________________________________________________

Institution:  ____________________________________________________  Department:  ____________________________

Academic Discipline: _______________________________________________________________________________________

Dissertation Topic: _________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Field(s) of Study:  ____________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Country/Region of Expertise:  _____________________________________________________________________________

Name, Title and Affiliation of 3 References:

1)  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2)  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3)  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Do you have a continuing teaching position?  Yes  __________  No  __________ 

If yes, where?  _________________________________________________________________________________________

10:00 Opening Remarks: Lecture Theatre, Douglas Whalin

10:15 Session 1: Lecture Theatre, Marlena Whiting
Women in Early Byzantine Churches
Bernard J. Mulholland, Queen’s University
Widows to Nuns
Irene Sanpietro, Columbia University
Nicetas Magistros
Lucile Hermay, University of Sorbonne-Paris IV

10:15 Session 2: Rees Davies Room, Caterina Franchi
Maintaining the Orthodox Mirage
Liz Mincin, University of St. Andrews
Tolling the Bells before 1204
Alex Rodriguez Suarez, King’s College London

12:00 Session 3: Lecture Theatre, Edward Zychowicz-Coghill
The Prophetic Past
Simon Ford, Exeter College
Arius, ὁ μελῳδός
Arkady Avdokhin, Russian State University for the Humanities
Dreams and Illusions in the Miracles of St. Artemios
Alice Hargreaves, Wolfson College

12:00 Session 4: Rees Davies Room, Matern Boselager
The Image of John II Komnenos in Constantinople
Max Lau, Oriel College
Pictorial Decoration of Middle-Byzantine Refectories
Iro Dermitzaki, University of Athens
Gardens in Some Byzantine Romances
Kirsty Stewart, Queen’s College

1:30 Lunch

2:30 Session 5: Lecture Theatre, Jesse Simon
Rome and the End of Tyranny
Adrastos Omissi, St. John’s College
Was there an Ideology?
Mariana Bodnaruk, Central European University
Valens and His Gothic War of 367-9
Emil Avdalian, University College

2:30 Session 6: Rees Davies Room, Foteini Spingou
Text as Iconography
Brad Hostetler, Florida State University
Re-Reading the Imagined and Physical Space of the Byzantine Church
Megan Garedakis, Columbia University
Byzantine Donor Portraits like Mirror Images?
Theodora Konstantellou and Prodromos Papanikolaou, University of Athens

4:15 Session 7: Lecture Theatre, Adrastos Omissi
Ammianus Marcellinus Writing about Sieges
William Wyeth, Lady Margaret Hall
Hard and Soft Power on the Eastern Frontier
Christopher Lillington-Martin, Kellogg College
Roman-Berber Relations in the 530s
Miranda Williams, Wolfson College

4:15 Session 8: Rees Davies Room, Max Lau
The Holy Mentor
Iphigeneia Debruyne, Université de Provence /Université de Fribourg
Opening a New Page in the Book of Late Byzantine Paideia
Mihail Mitrea, Central European University
Alexander’s Iconography from Antiquity to the Middle-Ages
Caterina Franchi, Exeter College

Day Two: Saturday February 18, 2012

10:00 Session 9: Lecture Theatre, Elizabeth Buchanan
The Apocalyptic Mirror
Andras Kraft, Central European UniversityBaptism as a Diplomatic Device in the Personal Reign of Constantine VII
Prerona Prasad, Keble College
Byzantium and the West
Frank McGough, The Ohio State University

10:00 Session 10: Rees Davies Room, Douglas Whalin
Forming the Athonite Self-image
Nikolaos Livanos, University of Thessaly
Seeing through the Byzantine Commentator on Homer, Eustathius of Thessalonica
Georgia Kolovou, University of Sorbonne-Paris IV

11:45 Session 11: Lecture Theatre, Simon Ford
The Role of Fictions in Roman Law
Guido Leonardo Croxatto, Freie Universität
Who were the Eunomians?
Elizabeth Buchanan, Christ Church
Monastic Misinformation in Fifth-Sixth Century Palestine
Daniel Neary, Corpus Christi College

11:45 Session 12: Rees Davies Room, Kirsty Stewart
Women and Political Power in Byzantium as Seen Through Coin Depictions
Katerina Peppa, University of Athens
Reality and Illusions in the Life of Royal Women before the Fall
Nafsika Vassilopoulou, University of Athens
Women in Trebizond in the Chronicle of Michael Panaretos
Annika Asp-Talwar, University of Birmingham

1:15 Lunch

2:15 Session 13: Lecture Theatre, Sean Leatherbury
Spaces of Vision
Armin Bergmeier, Munich University
Memory, Agency and the Last Judgement in Byzantium
Niamh Bhalla, Courtauld Institute of Art
What Constitutes Interpretational Anachronism?
Davor Aslanovski, Kellogg College

2:15 Session 14: Colin Matthew Room, Morgan Di Rodi
Depiction of Liturgical Practices and Objects in the Scene of the Communion of the Apostles
Nikitas Passaris, University of Athens
Local Reality and Imperial Illusion at the Periphery of the Empire
Vedran Bileta, Central European University
The Continuing Reality of the Demonic Threat in the Cosmology of Eusebius of Caesarea
Hazel Johannsen, King’s College London

2:15 Session 15: Rees Davies Room, Prerona Prasad
Religion on the Arab-Byzantine Frontier in the Eighth and Ninth Centuries AD
Robert Brown, Cardiff University
Prisoners of War in the Byzantine Empire (Sixth-Eleventh Centuries)
Marilia Lykaki, École Pratique des Hautes Études/Université d’Athènes
The Draft of a Treaty between Michael VIII Paleologue and theVenetian Republic (1265)
Ievgen A. Khvalkov, European University Institute

4:00 Session 16: Lecture Theatre, Alexis Gorby
Monumental Competition in the Late Antique Levant
Morgan Di Rodi, St. Cross College
The Blessed Souvenirs of Early Christian Pilgrimage
Lucy O’Connor, University of Manchester
Modernism’s Byzantine Art and the Return to Order
Jennifer Johnson, St. John’s College

4:00 Session 17: Rees Davies Room, Eleni Karafotia
Kinship in the Byzantine and Slavic Balkans (c. 1355 – 1395)
Jake Ransohoff, University of Chicago
Some Aspects of Byzantine Diplomacy with the Muslim World
Anna Calia, University of San Marino
The Republic of the Hellenes and the Return of the King
Sergey Fadeev, St. Cross College

5:30 Closing Remarks: Lecture Theatre, Professor Marc Lauxterman.

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Please note that the following presenters have had to withdraw from the conference: Constantine Porphyrogennetos as a Person and a Politician
Dmytro Gordiyenko, National Academy of Sciences
The Byzantine Empresses
Belyakova Taisiya, Moscow State University/Russian Academy of Science

Please also note the the following presentation has changed sessions: it is now scheduled for Session 9 (10.00 AM Saturday)
The Apocalyptic Mirror
Andras Kraft, Central European University

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MONDAY 6th February

2.00 PM Khalili Research Centre Graduate Seminar: ‘New perspectives on Umayyad history and visual culture’
Khalili Research Centre Lecture Room
Dr Arietta Papaconstantinou:
Documents from everyday life: the papyri of Egypt and Nessana

3.00 PM Medieval Archaeology Seminar
Institute of Archaeology Lecture Room
Eleanor Standley:
Dress accessories and their role in everyday life in two regions of Britain, c.AD1300–1700

5.00 PM Medieval History Seminar
Wharton Room, All Souls College
Naomi Standen
Politics, piety and pots: shared repertoires across continental Asia in the tenth to twelfth centuries

8.00 PM Oxford Classics Society Talk
Christ Church
Peter Jones
What the Romans and Greeks did for us

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TUESDAY 7th February

10.00 AM Crusades Graduate Reading Group
Trevor Roper Room, History Faculty
The Fourth Crusade

2.30 PM Seminar on Jewish History and Literature in the Graeco-Roman Period
Oriental Institute
Dr David Lincicum (Mansfield College):
Philo and the physiognomic tradition

5.00 PM Late Antique and Byzantine Seminar
New Seminar Room in St John’s College
Philipp Niewoehner  (Institute of Archaeology):
Kirse Yanı. A house in rural Caria and the transformation of residential Architecture in late Late Antiquity

5.00 PM Graduate seminar: The Qur’an and Late Antiquity
Oriental Institute
Emmanouela Grypeou and Nicolai Sinai:
Eschatology in the Qur’an and before

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WEDNESDAY 8th February

4.30 PM Patristics Seminar
Christ Church: Stair 8, Room 2
Jennifer Strawbridge:
Reception of 1 Corinthians

5.00 PM Corpus Classical Seminars: ‘Freedom, Dependency and the Greek Polis?’
Seminar Room, Corpus Christi College
Aneurin Ellis-Evans,
The Actaean Cities and the Athenian Empire

5.00 PM Slade Lectures: ‘The Empire of Things: Gifts and Gift Exchange in Byzantium, Early Islam, and Beyond’
University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road
Anthony Cutler
The Objects of Gift (1)

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THURSDAY 9th February

11.00 AM Late Antique and Byzantine Art and Archaeology Seminar: ‘Water Networks:  seas, rivers, islands, aqueduct, hagiasma’
St John’s College, New Seminar Room
Riley Snyder (Edinburgh),
The environment and the monumental: the impact of sourcing building materials for the construction of the water supply of Constantinople

5.00 PM Late Roman Seminar
Seminar Room, Corpus Christi College
Melissa Markauskas (Manchester):
Crimen maiestatis at the Milanese Court: An underappreciated aspect of the 385–6 Basilica Controversy

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FRIDAY 10th February

1.00 PM Medieval Visual Culture Seminar
St Catherine’s College
Anthi Papagiannaki (University of Birmingham):
The world cast in deep relief: medieval Byzantine ivory and bone secular caskets reconsidered

1. NEWS
2. SCHOLARSHIPS
3. EVENTS

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1. NEWS

The Deltion of the Christian Archaeological Society now online!

The Christian Archaeological Society (ChAE) is pleased to announce the launch of the online edition of the Deltion of the Christian Archaeological Society (Deltion). The developments in research and scholarly communication have led to the decision to publish an online edition of the Deltion alongside the print edition, which began in 1892. The online edition facilitates access to the content of the Deltion for scholars and the wider public. The electronic publication of the journal is carried out in collaboration with the National Documentation Centre (EKT)

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More Palaiologues

An interesting little post which traces some post-1453 careers of members of the Palaiologus family and their services to the Venetian state. This may be of some interest to those of you who deal with the later stages of the Empire as well.

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2. SCHOLARSHIPS

A.G. Leventis PhD Scholarship in Late Antique Cyprus Open University of Cyprus

The Studies in Hellenic Culture Program of the Open University of Cyprus invites applications for a doctoral research scholarship in the study of Late Antique Cyprus made available through the Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis in the Memory of Constantine Leventis. The grant payable to a single student for the 24-month duration of the award (optionally renewable) will be €10,000 per annum, commencing in the academic year 2012-13. The University will also cover the full amount of fees for the same period.  The successful PhD candidate will also be able to benefit from a stipend of € 3,000 that the A.G. Leventis Foundation offers to the Open University Library for the purchase of books related to the subject of the scholarship.
The Scholarship is offered for the support of research into any aspect of Cyprus in late antiquity, including history, art and archaeology, language, theology and literature. The dissertation can be written in either Greek or English. The successful candidate is expected to be actively involved in the research activities of the Program. Applications, including a curriculum vitae, a 1,000-word outline of proposed research and two letters of recommendation, should be sent to:

Re: Leventis Scholarship
Open University of Cyprus
Studies in Hellenic Culture
PO Box 12794, 2252, Latsia, Cyprus

The closing deadline for applications is Monday 30 April 2012.
More information about the Program can be found at:
http://www.ouc.ac.cy/web/guest/s1/programme/elp/description

For further details about the scholarship please contact:
Prof. S. Efthymiadis, Open University of Cyprus: efthymiadis@ouc.ac.cy
Dr. G. Deligiannakis, Open University of Cyprus: g.deligiannakis@ouc.ac.cy

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Journal of Ecclesiastical History’s 2012 Eusebius Prize

The Journal offers an annual prize of £500 for the best essay submitted on a subject connected with any aspect of early Christian history, broadly understood as including the first seven centuries AD/CE. Scholars in any relevant discipline (theology, classics, late antique studies, Middle Eastern studies, etc ), whether established in their field or graduate students, are encouraged to enter the competition.
Essays should not exceed 8,000 words including footnotes, and for 2012 should be submitted by 30 September. A judgement will be made at the end of November of the same year (the editors reserve the right not to award the prize if no essay of significant quality is submitted). The essay of the successful candidate will be published in the Journal, probably in the number appearing in July 2013. Other submissions entered into the competition may also be recommended for publication. All essays should be sent as two hard copies, prepared to journal style, to Mrs Anne Waites, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Robinson College, Cambridge CB3 9AN

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Spoleto early medieval seminars: programme and bursaries
COMPETITION FOR SCHOLARSHIPS

In order for young and deserving post-graduate scholars, who are particularly interested in early medieval studies and in the specific topic of this year’s Settimana, to be encouraged to stay in Spoleto during the Settimana and attend the conference, scholarships will be granted to 20 Italian and 20 foreign scholars. The candidates selected by the ad-hoc Commission can stay free of charge in hotels chosen by the Foundation for the entire duration of the Settimana (with free room and board). Scholars who, during the previous three editions of the Settimana, have already received two scholarships or those older than 32 at the expiry of the competition are not eligible.
Applications must be sent to the President’s Office (Palazzo Ancaiani, I-06049 Spoleto), on plain paper and free of any charge, and must be received by March 12, 2012.
Applications will have to be completed by a presentation letter, written by a university professor or a renowned scholar, stating the applicant’s merits and specific interest in attending the conference. Applications will have to include details regarding the following: a) university degree, b) academic curriculum, c) publications, if any, d) any other qualification. Successful candidates will have to provide documentary evidence of any degree, qualification or publication listed in their application. At the end of the Settimana, scholarship holders will receive attendance certificates from the Foundation, but are not expected to pay any registration fee. Any documentation presented by applicants will only be returned upon their request.

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3. EVENTS

ByzantineLatin
Part of the Anglo-Brazilian Colloquium at King’s College London: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/classics/events/intweek/braz.aspx
Wednesday 15th February, Room: Anatomy Museum, Strand Campus, King’s College

New worlds-old languages: Centre of Hellenic Studies and the Neo Latin Society.Roundtable discussion followed by a reception. The theme of the afternoon is the role of the ancient languages in mediating the discovery of  new worlds. We start in Byzantium, with the (re)discovery of the Latin world; then we will look  at the use of Latin expressing the trans-Atlantic new worlds.

Session 1: 14.00 ­ 15.30
Chair: Prof. Charlotte Roueché, KCL
Alessander Bucossi (KCL): Latin in 12th century Constantinople
Staffan Wahlgren (Trondheim): Talking about foreigners: Paleologan Rhetoric and the Outer World
Prof. Dr. Paulo Sérgio de Vasconcellos (UNICAMP), Prof. of Latin Literature and Language and research co-ordinator of the “Grupo de Trabalho Odorico Mendes: Odorico Mendes and the rhetoric of translation.

Session 2: 15.30 ­ 17.00
Chair: Prof Peter Mack, Warburg Institute
Victoria Moul, KCL: Speaking plants in the New World: Abraham Cowley’s poetic rhetoric
Catarina Fouto KCL: Rhetoric at the Wedding of Alessandro Farnese and Maria of Portugal: The Epithalamium in  Sixteenth-Century Portugal”
Andrew Laird, Warwick: Rhetoric, agriculture and the colonial order in a Brazilian Latin poem from the British Library, José Rodrigues de Mello, De rusticis Brasiliae rebus  (1781)

Drinks: 17.15 – 18.30 (room tbc)

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Wright Lecture Series, Lent Term 2012

William Wright (1830-1889) was Sir Thomas Adams’s Professor of Arabic in the University of Cambridge and was renowned as a Semiticist and a philologist. The Wright Lecture Series, named in his honour, is run by the Department of Middle Eastern Studies in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies in association with the Centre of Islamic Studies. Reflecting the spread of the Department’s academic interests, the Wright Lecture Series addresses topics of relevance to the study and understanding of the Middle East, Iran and India, ancient and modern. Lectures are open to members of the University.

Thursday, 23 February 2012
Dr Torsten Tschacher, University of Göttingen
The Compulsions of Language or the Choice of Poets? A Tamil Perspective on the Study of Islamic Literatures in South Asia

Thursday, 15 March 2012
Professor Adel Gamal, University of Arizona
The Moral Values of pre-Islamic Arabia

The Wright Lecture Series is run by the Department of Middle Eastern Studies in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies in association with the Centre of Islamic Studies.
For Further information please contact cis@cis.cam.ac.uk

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The Classical Association Conference
Organized by the University of Exeter, in association with the Classical Association, 11th-14th April 2012

The organisers would like to remind those of you who are considering booking for the CA Conference this year that the *final closing date* for bookings is 29th February 2012. Please note that bookings which are received after this date will incur a *substantial* late booking fee of £50.00 – so please, book early!
Information about the conference programme, as well as the online booking form, is available at the following link: http://www.classicalassociation.org/Events/Diary.html
Please remember to book before 29th February!

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Special Graduate Course: ‘Dynamic Middle Ages’.
National Research University “Higher School of Economics”, Moscow, 1-6 October, 2012

An opportunity to study Byzantine and medieval Eastern European economic history. Applications require an application letter, CV, summary of your doctoral thesis, and a letter of recommendation, all in English. Applications are due 15 April 2012, and must be submitted to dynmidages@gmail.com. Further information is available at http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/termine/id=18363

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MONDAY 30th January

2.00 PM Khalili Research Centre Graduate Seminar: ‘New perspectives on Umayyad history and visual culture’
Khalili Research Centre Lecture Room
Professor Robert Hoyland:
Umayyad epigraphy

5.00 PM Medieval History Seminar
Wharton Room, All Souls College
Patrick Lantschner
The foundations of political organisation in late medieval cities: urban systems of conflict and their logic

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TUESDAY 31st January

2.30 PM Seminar on Jewish History and Literature in the Graeco-Roman Period
Oriental Institute
Dr Dennis Mizzi (Malta):
Ritual purity at Qumran and in the Dead Sea Scrolls

5.00 PM Late Antique and Byzantine Seminar
New Seminar Room in St John’s College
Andrew Marsham (University of Edinburgh):
God’s Caliph Revisited: Authority in the Umayyad Caliphate

5.00 PM Graduate seminar: The Qur’an and Late Antiquity
Oriental Institute
Guy Stroumsa:
The religious scene: Christianity, Judaism, Manichaeism, Zoroastrianism

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WEDNESDAY 01st February

4.30 PM Patristics Seminar
Christ Church: Stair 8, Room 2
Stan Rosenberg:
Ambrosiaster

5.00 PM Corpus Classical Seminars: ‘Freedom, Dependency and the Greek Polis?’
Seminar Room, Corpus Christi College
William Mack,
Polis Identity within Interstate Anarchy: Dependent Communities and International Relations

5.00 PM Slade Lectures: ‘The Empire of Things: Gifts and Gift Exchange in Byzantium, Early Islam, and Beyond’
University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road
Anthony Cutler (Evan Pugh Professor of Art History, The Pennsylvania State University)
The Sovereign Gift

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THURSDAY 02nd February

11.00 AM Late Antique and Byzantine Art and Archaeology Seminar: ‘Water Networks:  seas, rivers, islands, aqueduct, hagiasma’
St John’s College, New Seminar Room
Marlena Whiting (Lincoln),
A river runs through it:  the role of the Euphrates, Tigris and Orontes in transport and communication in Late Antiquity.

5.00 PM Late Roman Seminar
Seminar Room, Corpus Christi College
Andrew Marsham (Edinburgh):
Execution with fire in Late Antiquity and Early Islam

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FRIDAY 03rd February

10.00 AM From Polis to Madina: New Research into Byzantine and Umayyad Urbanism in the Near East
Danson Room, Trinity College, Oxford
All-day workshop. Registration is necessary; email morgan.dirodi@history.ox.ac.uk

1. SUMMER SCHOOLS
2. CONFERENCES
3. LECTURES

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1. SUMMER SCHOOLS

London Summer School in Classics

The London Summer School in Classics (3-12 July, 2012) offers 8 days of intensive teaching in Greek or Latin, along with additional lectures, workshops and a debate. Language classes are offered at all levels from beginners to advanced.  This year we are also offering beginners’ classes in Syriac and Coptic. The course is non-residential and costs £100.  Full-fee bursaries and travel grants will be available.  The deadline for applications is 1 June, 2012.

To register for this course, please contact the Classics Department:
E-mail: classics@kcl.ac.uk
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/classics/study/summerclass/index.aspx

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King’s College London Summer School
Intensive course in Ancient Greek
Intensive course in Latin

This year King’s College London is again running two 6-week courses (2 July – 10 August, 2012) in Ancient Greek and Latin as part of the KCL Summer School.  These courses offer students who have not previously had the opportunity to study Greek or Latin intensive training designed to bring them from complete beginners to a point where they are able to read simple texts.  They are ideal for students who intend to study for a Masters or Doctoral degree to get ahead during the summer, thus acquiring an essential skill for their future research. They are also appropriate for teachers, undergraduates, mature students and anyone with an interest in the Hellenic or Roman world.

It is also possible for complete beginners to take just the first half of the course (2 July – 20 July), and for those who already have a basic knowledge to take the second half of the course (23 July – 10 August).

In addition to language learning, we offer workshops giving an introduction to skills such as epigraphy and papyrology, and there will be some specially arranged museum visits.

Accommodation is offered for these courses by King’s College London.
A number of bursaries to help cover the cost of fees will be offered by the Classics Department.

For further information and to apply, please see the King’s College London Summer School website:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/summerschool/index.aspx
E-mail: summerschool@kcl.ac.uk

To apply for a bursary, please see:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/classics/study/intensive.aspx

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KOC UNIVERSITY SUMMER PROGRAMS

“Doing Business in the Middle East & Turkey” * is a 3-week (17 June – 06 July) intensive summer program focusing on a blend of law-based and business-based discussions on entrepreneurial activity in this region. The program takes place in Istanbul through the collaboration of Koc University and Santa Clara University. It is open to both undergraduate and grad students. 5 scholarships are available, equaling a 50% reduction in program fee (details in the application form on the website of the program).
More info at  http://oip.ku.edu.tr/santaclara

“Cappadocia in Context”* is a 3-week program (17 June – 05 July, 2012) designed specifically for graduate students in Cappadocia, led by esteemed Byzantine expert University of Pennsylvania Professor Robert Ousterhout and Dr.Tolga Uyar (University of Paris I) with the contribution of the esteemed faculty members from Koc University. The program comprises a combination of lectures, seminar discussions, site visits and field trip. We will offer up to five $500 grants to help cover travel costs and some portion of the program fee.  The $500 grants will be assessed based on merit and need. In addition, based on a combination of merit and financial need, Koç University will be offering 2 full scholarships for the program, covering the entire program cost.
More info at http://oip.ku.edu.tr/cappadocia/home

“Istanbul through the Ages” * is a 4-week program (02 – 26 July, 2012) taught in modules by leading Koc professors world renowned as Ottoman and Byzantine academicians at our facility in downtown Istanbul. The program is designed for graduate students who are interested in deepening their understanding of Istanbul and adding this value to their academic focus while having a taste of the city with over 12 million inhabitants representing a true melting pot of cultures and faiths. We will offer up to three $500 grants to help cover travel costs and some portion of the program fee.  The $500 grants will be assessed based on merit and need. Based on a combination of merit and financial need, Koç University will also be offering 2 full scholarships for the program, covering the entire program cost.
More info at http://oip.ku.edu.tr/istanbul/home

“Introduction to Ottoman Epigraphy” * is a 2-week program (09 – 20 July, 2012) on Ottoman Epigraphy led by University of Chicago Professors. The program focuses on surveying the development of the Ottoman inscriptions from a chronological standpoint starting with the earliest examples in Anatolia. There will be field trip to Bursa to study inscriptions of critical historical importance in situ. The program is designed for grad students. The website of the program will be launched next month. The scholarship opportunities will be available on the website. You can refer to the attached PDF document for the content of the program.

The Application Deadline for all programs is 30 April 2012.
Students will receive credits in the program they will attend.
If you have any inquiries about the programs, please contact Çiçek Dereli (cdereli@ku.edu.tr), International Projects Development Coordinator at Koç University.

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2. CONFERENCES

Byzantium/Modernism: Art, Cultural Heritage, and the Avant-Gardes
20-22 April 2012 (History of Art Department, Yale University)

What does modern art have to gain from Byzantium?  How can Byzantine philosophy enrich our understanding of the modern and contemporary image? The goal of this conference is twofold: First, to investigate the prolific interest in Byzantine art at the turn of the century and its effects on the historical Avant-Gardes in art, architecture, and visual culture to the present; second, to articulate how Byzantine art and image philosophy can contribute to modern and contemporary visual culture. The intention is to produce an intellectual history of art from the nineteenth century to the present that uses Byzantium/Modernism as a paradigmatic fissure for the co-identification of said terms.
Please find our full conference program on our website.

**SPACE IS LIMITED: Please register on our website**
http://byzmod2012.eventbrite.com/

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Byzantine Studies Conference
Nov. 1-4, 2012, Brookline, MA

The Thirty-Eighth Annual Byzantine Studies Conference (BSC) will be held at the Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Massachusetts from Thursday evening, November 1, through Sunday lunch, November 4, 2012.

Please see the link for the complete Call for Papers.

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3. LECTURES

SPBS & The Friends of the British School at Athens present an illustrated lecture by Michael Heslop entitled “Byzantine Defences in the Dodecanese Islands; Planned or Improvised”

The lecture will take place at 6.00 pm on Tuesday 20 March 2012, followed by an informal reception, at Room G22/26, Ground Floor, South Block, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU.

The nearest tube station is Russell Square.

Entrance is free for SPBS members but please confirm attendance to Mike Saxby: mss714bham.ac.uk

If you are a presenter, please be sure to register through the link which has been emailed to you.