SOMMARIO
A. EVENTI
1. EXHIBITION: “TO HEMETERON KALLOS. BYZANTINES EIKONES APO TE THESSALONIKE / OUR SACRED BEAUTY. BYZANTINE ICONS FROM THESSALONIKI” (ATHENS, 18.07-31.10.2019)
2. EXHIBITION: “ORNAMENT: FRAGMENTS OF BYZANTINE FASHION” (WASHINGTON, D.C, 10.09.2019-05.01.2020)
3. LEEDS INTERNATONAL MEDIEVAL CONGRESS (LEEDS, 06-09.07.2020): CALL FOR PAPERS FOR VARIOUS PANELS (SUBMISSION DEADLINES: 15.09.2019; 20.09.2019)
4. SEMINAIRE: “EDITION DE DOCUMENTS PAPYROLOGIQUES EN GREC D’EPOQUE PTOLEMAIQUE ET ROMAINE” (PARIS, 25.09.2019)
5. WORKSHOP “DIGITALES EDIEREN IN DER KLASSISCHEN PHILOLOGIE” (MUENCHEN, 25-27.09.2019)
6. EUROPEAN DIPLOMA IN MEDIEVAL STUDIES 2019/2020 (ROME, 28.10.2019-31.05.2020; APPLICATION DEADLINE: 30.09.2019)
7. CONVEGNO INTERNAZIONALE: “SPAZIO SACRO E ICONOGRAFIA. LIMITI, SFIDE, RESPONSABILITA'” (OTRANTO, 03-05.10.2019)
8. SEMINAIRE: “MANUSCRITS EN MEDITERRANEE. SEMINAIRE DE RECHERCHE AUTOUR DE TRAVAUX EN COURS SUR LES MANUSCRITS GRECS ET ORIENTAUX” (PARIS, 03.10.2019-04.06.2020)
9. SEMINAIRE: “INITIATION A’ L’EDITION DE TEXTES PATRISTIQUES GRECS” (PARIS, 17.10.2019)
10. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: “MEANING BETWEEN THE LINES: ALLEGORY AND HERMENEUTICS IN GREEK IMPERIAL AND LATE ANTIQUE LITERATURE” (DUBLIN, 06-07.02.2020): CALL FOR PAPERS (SUBMISSIONE DEADLINE: 21.10.2019)
11. CONVEGNO “ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DEI LINCEI: IL CONTRIBUTO DEL COMITATO CLASSICI” (ROMA, 24-25.10.2019)
12. CONFERENCE: “AROUND THE EL ESCORIAL LIBRARY. A MEETING POINT BETWEEN SPECIALISTS OF ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPTS” (PARIS, 24-25.10.2019)
13. 20. WISSENTSCHAFTLICHE TAGUNG DER GESELLSCHAFT “ORBIS AETHIOPICUS”: “DIE REZEPTION EUROPAEISCHER BILDER IN DER IKONOGRAPHIE AETHIOPIENS – DAS BEISPIEL DES EVANGELIARS VON MARTULA MARYAM” (GOTHA, 25-27.10.2019)
14. GRADUATE AND EARLY CAREER WORKSHOP: “ARMENIA AND BYZANTIUM WITHOUT BORDERS III” (VIENNA, 08-10.05.2020): CALL FOR PAPERS (SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 31.10.2019)
15. CONVEGNO INTERNAZIONALE: “PAGANI E CRISTIANI: CONFLITTO, CONFRONTO, DIALOGO. LE TRASFORMAZIONI DI UN MODELLO STORIOGRAFICO” (ROMA, 13-15.11.2019)
16. 12TH ANNUAL LAWRENCE J. SCHOENBERG SYMPOSIUM ON MANUSCRIPT STUDIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE (PHILADELPHIA, 21-23.11.2019)
17. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: “THE CHRISTIAN EAST IN THE LATIN WEST. ASSEMANI’S ‘BIBLIOTHECA ORIENTALIS’ (1719-2019), 300TH ANNIVERSARY” (VATICAN CITY, 7-8.11.2019; BEIRUT-KASLIK, 28-30.11.2019)
B. PUBBLICAZIONI
1. “DIALOGHI CON BISANZIO. SPAZI DI DISCUSSIONE, PERCORSI DI RICERCA” (2019)
C. NOTIZIE
1. POSTDOCTORAL POSITION WITHIN THE RESEARCH GROUP “EFFECTS OF CONTACT AND EXCHANGE IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN” AT THE LEIBNIZ SCIENCECAMPUS “BYZANTIUM BETWEEN ORIENT AND OCCIDENT” (APPLICATION DEADLINE: 15.09.2019)
2. THREE PHD POSITIONS “REWRITING GLOBAL ORTHODOXY” IN NEIMEGEN (APPLICATION DEADLINE: 15.09.2019)
3. UNIVERSITA’ DI ROMA “TOR VERGATA”: POSTO PER PROFESSORE ASSOCIATO DI LINGUA E LETTERATURA ARABA (DEADLINE: 19.09.2019)
4. BANDO DI AMMISSIONE PER IL XXXV CICLO DEL DOTTORATO DI RICERCA IN METODI E METODOLOGIA DELLA RICERCA ARCHEOLOGICA E STORICO-ARTISTICA / PHD COURSES IN METHODS AND METHODOLOGIES IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ART HISTORICAL RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITA’ DI SALERNO (APPLICATION DEADLINE: 24.09.2019)
5. PHD POSITION IN JEWISH STUDIES IN BERN (APPLICATION DEADLINE: 30.09.2019)
6. BANDO PER ASSEGNO DI RICERCA NELL’AMBITO DEL PROGETTO “DOCUMENTING MULTICULTURALSM: CO-EXISTENCE, LAW AND MULTICULTURALISM IN ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL DOCUMENTS OF NORMAN AND HOHENSTAUFEN SICILY, C. 1060-C. 1266 (DOCUMULT): THE GREEK SOURCES” AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO (APPLICATION DEADLINE: 09.10.2019)
7. TSITER-KONTOPOULOU SHORT-TERM RESEARCH STIPENDS, DEPARTMENT OF BYZANTINE AND MODERN GREEK STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF WIEN (APPLICATION DEADLINE: 31.10.2019)
8. POSITION AS PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR BYZANTINE STUDIES AT DUMBARTON OAKS (DEADLINE: OPEN UNTIL FILLED)
9. ON LINE CATALOGUE OF BYZANTINE COINS
A. EVENTI
[1] EXHIBITION: “TO HEMETERON KALLOS. BYZANTINES EIKONES APO TE THESSALONIKE / OUR SACRED BEAUTY. BYZANTINE ICONS FROM THESSALONIKI” (ATHENS, 18.07-31.10.2019)
The exhibition: “Our Sacred Beauty. Byzantine icons from Thessaloniki”, was organized in the Holy Patriarchal Monastery of Vlatadon, on the occasion of the completion of the jubilee of the Patriarchal Foundation for Patristic Studies in 2018. The core of the exhibition includes icons from the sacristy of the Vlatadon Monastery, in which, some others have been added, preserved for centuries in churches of the city, as well as in the wide area, and abroad. Most of these icons are today on display in the Byzantine and Christian Museum. These icons are accompanied by icons originated from churches of Thessaloniki, belonging to the Byzantine and Christian Museums collections. All the icons are excellent samples of the magnificent art produced in the workshops of Thessaloniki and Constantinople, highlighting in a silent but dynamic way the sacred beauty that was born in the city of Thessaloniki as well as its unbroken relation with the Byzantine capital of Constantinople.
The main part of byzantine icons from Thessaloniki depicts the Holy Mother, which was notably venerated in the city. The majority of her icons reproduce the type of Left-handed Hodegetria, following the patterns of Constantinople, whereas there are found other iconographical types as well, such as the Right-handed (Dexiokratousa) or Orans. Lastly, the names given to the Holy Mother, such as The Hope of the Hopeless, the Mediator, are of great interest, since they reflect the atmosphere of the city, just before its Ottoman conquest. Among the most important byzantine icons originated from Thessaloniki, there are some in which Christ Pantokrator is depicted.
The artistic production of byzantine Thessaloniki was strongly connected with the painting of portable icons in which there were depicted saints that were particularly worshipped in the city and in the wider area. At the same time, the close connection of Thessaloniki with Mount Athos had as a result the production of icons with the depiction of saints of Mount Athos, such as Saint Athanasios the Athonite.
The liturgical life of monasteries included a large number of ceremonies and processions, in the framework of which the processional icons were carried around the churches. The church of Hagios Nikolaos Orphanos, a dependency of the Holy Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of Vlatadon in Thessaloniki, preserved two very important, processional icons of high quality. In both of them, the Holy Mother is depicted in the first side, whereas in the other side the Apostles St Peter and Paul and the Three Hierarchs are represented.
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[2] EXHIBITION: “ORNAMENT: FRAGMENTS OF BYZANTINE FASHION” (WASHINGTON D.C, 10.09.2019-05.01.2020)
September 10, 2019 – January 5, 2020
Excavations in the nineteenth century unearthed scores of the ornate dress textiles which wrapped the people of medieval Egypt in their graves. “Ornament: Fragments of Byzantine Fashion” brings together complete tunics, parts of garments, and contemporary replicas of ancient dress to evoke the fashions of this now lost world. These textiles often preserved traces of their wearers in the forms of folds and stains, providing researchers with important information about the people buried in these garments. But alongside these bodily vestiges, the decoration of these textiles reveals much about the sophistication and aesthetics of the period in which they were crafted. Often cut into pieces by dealers at the time they were sold on the art market, these fragments survive in an incomplete state that has complicated our understanding of Byzantine dress practices.
The textiles on view in this exhibition represent a small part of the holdings in the Byzantine collection, which will feature in a free digital catalogue available on the Dumbarton Oaks website. With their spectacular range of colors, patterns, and ornamental motifs, the textiles display the remarkable skill of ancient craftsman and a compellingly modern aesthetic.
This exhibition is curated by Elizabeth Dospel Williams, Assistant Curator of the Byzantine Collection, and Gudrun Buehl, Director of the Museum fuer Lackkunst, Muenster, with assistance from Samuel Shapiro, Postgraduate Curatorial Fellow, Museum Department.
For directions to Dumbarton Oaks and opening hours, visit https://www.doaks.org/visit
Events
Opening Event
Thursday, September 19, 6-8 p.m.
Gallery Talks
– Dress and Identity in Byzantine Egypt
Saturday, September 21, 2 p.m.
– Ancient Fabrics, Modern Aesthetics
Saturday, September 28, 2 p.m.
– Techniques and Materials in Byzantine Textiles
Saturday, October 12, 2 p.m.
– Roman, Coptic, Byzantine, Islamic: Defining Community in Medieval Egypt
Saturday, November 2, 2 p.m.
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[3] LEEDS INTERNATONAL MEDIEVAL CONGRESS (LEEDS, 06-09.07.2020): CALL FOR PAPERS FOR VARIOUS PANELS (SUBMISSION DEADLINES: 15.09.2019; 20.09.2019)
1. CFP: “Medieval Manuscripts without Borders”
As many sessions at the IMC Leeds 2019 have demonstrated, medieval manuscripts are material culture. They are our means of reading history, literature, and can be studied for what they tell us about textual communities and writing cultures in specific disciplines. We hope to organise at least three sessions on the concept of “Medieval Manuscripts without Borders” for Leeds 2020. We welcome abstracts from those studying manuscripts from a variety of disciplines and regions. Some ideas of manuscripts without borders are:
– “Borders and Disciplines”. The importance of manuscript transmission (import/export) on certain medieval disciplines such as medicine and science; manuscript contents that cross disciplinary boundaries
– “Manuscripts as Influencers of Change”. How the transmission of manuscripts from one region or kingdom to another affected changes in how new manuscripts were produced: script and codicological changes, mise en page, etc.
– “Borders and Gender”. In what ways do manuscripts create or deconstruct gender boundaries for their creators or their readers?
However, we welcome submissions on the topic more broadly conceived.
Abstract submissions of no more than 250 words should be sent to cvoth@gwdg.de by 15 September 2019.
Please include the following with your abstract submission: full name; email address; postal address; telephone number; full affiliation details (department, institution); title (e.g. Dr, Ms, Mr, Mx, Professor etc).
Organisers: Colleen Curran, University of Oxford (colleen.curran@ell.ox.ac.uk); Johanna Green, University of Glasgow (johanna.green@glasgow.ac.uk); Christine Voth, University of Goettingen (cvoth@gwdg.de)
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2. CFP: “Boundaries of Holiness, Frontiers of Sanctity”
DEADLINE/SCADENZA: 15/09/2019
Late-antique Christianity hails ‘the rise of the holy man’, to paraphrase the title of Peter Brown’s seminal work. This new social and religious phenomenon implies the appearance of figures who are believed to be specially chosen by God. The holy men play a crucial role in the religious imagination of the people of those times. As the ‘servants’ or ‘friends of God’, they occupy an intermediate position between Him and the ordinary man: this is what determines and defines their holiness. Yet, this liminal status renders them the ‘arbiters of ambiguity’, to refer again to Peter Brown: holy men and saints need to operate between the spiritual world and this world. The question thus arises how is their in-between holy position negotiated; what is it that distinguishes them from the material world on the one hand and from the divine realm on the other.
In keeping with the leading thematic strand of the IMC 2020, i.e. the borders, this session proposal will invite abstracts for papers which would address questions of the boundaries of holiness and sanctity as manifest in late-antique and Byzantine culture. Possible lines of inquiry would include the following:
– How do the saints and the holy persons transgress the boundaries of their humanity?
– Are these boundaries of holiness clear or blurred?
– Are the boundaries of holiness gendered?
– What are the markers of the holy and the unholy?
– Does their holiness have a spatial dimension as well?
– How can holiness be defined from the outside and from the inside?
We welcome proposals which explore these and other issues with various approaches, methods and disciplines. Should you be interested, please send an abstract (200 words maximum) including your e-mail address and affiliation by no later than 15 September 2019 to Julia Doroszewska (j.doroszewska@uw.edu.pl). Please note that the organizers cannot cover the conference registration fee and travel and accommodation expenses.
Sponsor: National Science Centre Poland project Epiphanies of Saints in Late-Antique Greek Literature
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3. CFP: “Digital Medievalists”
Digital methods are by definition at the border of Medieval Studies. This bold statement is primarily justified by the observation that the application of digital methods is triggered by a research community outside Medieval Studies, i.e. Computer Science and New Media Studies. Therefore, in its interdisciplinary nature digital medieval studies is a border-crossing discipline and breaks up traditionally developed scholarly silos and institutional borders. The experimentation with and application of new methods and technologies challenges traditional perceptions and research approaches. Another kind of digital boarders are “metadata borders”. For example, digital cataloging standards create unintended, and sometimes intended borders and boundaries, that prevent data-sharing and linking.
In the light of this proposition the Digital Medievalist will take the opportunity of next years’ general IMC theme (“Borders”) to discuss cutting edge and “border-crossing” digital methods and technologies and/or borders and boundaries caused by digital methods. Topics may include current research in machine learning, computer vision, 3D modeling, IIIF, multispectral imaging, Handwritten Text Recognition, Linked Data and distant reading, etc. Machine learning, for instance, poses specific problems for Medieval Studies, as its success depends on the availability, findability, reusability, and accessibility of large amounts of data. Similar issues exist with the application of other digital methods to medieval material and the session(s) “Digital Borders of Medieval Studies” will be the place to present and discuss them.
The Digital Medievalist community invites the submission of proposals for 20-minutes papers covering a topic relating to the session title and focusing on the application of digital methods and technologies for current and future research in the field of Medieval Studies.
Please send your proposal (300 Words incl. a short CV) to dm.imc2020@gmail.com by Sept. 15th.
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[4] SEMINAIRE: “EDITION DE DOCUMENTS PAPYROLOGIQUES EN GREC D’EPOQUE PTOLEMAIQUE ET ROMAINE” (PARIS, 25.09.2019)
Organisateur(s) IRHT: Cuvigny Helene
Autre(s) organisateur(s): Jacques Florent (Sorbonne)
Le seminaire d’Edition de documents papyrologiques en grec d’epoque ptolemaique et romaine debute le mercredi 25 septembre 2019 a’ l’Institut de Papyrologie a’ Paris.
Les auditeurs, auxquels sont fournies des images numeriques de qualite’, participent au dechiffrement de documents inedits sur papyrus et ostraca, qui sont ensuite commentes du point de vue philologique et historique. Les ostraca etudies proviennent de fouilles recentes sur des sites militaires du desert Oriental egyptien, les papyrus de la collection de la Sorbonne.
Contact: cuvigny@wanadoo.fr / florent.jacques@paris-
Dates: Le mercredi de 14 h a’ 16 h du 25 septembre au 18 decembre et du 29 janvier au 13 mai.
Conditions d’acces: Inscription
Dates des seances: 25/09/2019 – 14:00; 02/10/2019 – 14:00; 09/10/2019 – 14:00; 16/10/2019 – 14:00; 23/10/2019 – 14:00; 30/10/2020 – 14:00; 06/11/2019 – 14:00; 13/11/2019 – 14:00; 20/11/2019 – 14:00; 27/11/2019 – 14:00; 04/12/2019 – 14:00; 11/12/2019 – 14:00; 18/12/2019 – 14:00; 29/01/2020 – 14:00; 05/02/2020 – 14:00; 06/02/2019 – 14:00; 13/02/2019 – 14:00
Autre(s) lieu(x): L’Institut de Papyrologie (ESPE)
10 rue Molitor (salle 100A)
75016 Paris
Metro, ligne 10: Eglise d’Auteuil
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[5] WORKSHOP “DIGITALES EDIEREN IN DER KLASSISCHEN PHILOLOGIE” (MUENCHEN, 25-27.09.2019)
25.-27. September 2019, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Ludwigstrasse 16, 80539 Muenchen (Friedrich-von-Gaertner-Saal)
Mittwoch, 25.09.2019
14:00 bis 14:30 Uhr Begruessung und Einfuehrung
14:30 bis 15:15 Uhr CHRISTOPH WEILBACH (Leipzig), Digitale Edition von Papyri und Ostraka aus den Sammlungen in Halle, Jena und Leipzig
15:15 bis 16:00 Uhr MONICA BERTI (Leipzig), The Digital Marmor Parium: Materiality of ancient Greek fragmentary historiography
16:00 bis 16:15 Uhr Kaffeepause
16:15 bis 17:00 Uhr THEODOR COSTEA, MARTIN FECHNER, NORA GOETZE (Berlin), ediarum.EPIGRAPHY
17:00 bis 17:45 Uhr JOHANN MARTIN THESZ (Wuerzburg), Die Kriege Prokops in synoptischer Darstellung
19:00 Uhr Gemeinsames Abendessen
Donnerstag, 26.09.2019
9:30 bis 10:15 Uhr UTA HEIL (Wien), Digital Critical Edition of the Expositiones in Psalmos of (Ps)Athanasius of Alexandria
10:15 bis 11:00 Uhr ANNETTE VON STOCKHAUSEN (Berlin), Digitale Edition der Homilien Severians von Gabala
11:00 bis 11:30 Uhr Kaffeepause
11:30 bis 12:15 Uhr MICHAEL GRUENBART, ANDREAS KUCZERA (Muenster/Giessen), Census Epistularum Graecarum – Die Erfassung und Analyse der griechischen Briefueberlieferung in den Handschriften vom 8. bis 18. Jahrhundert
12:15 bis 13:00 Uhr RAIMONDO TOCCI (Komotini), Wie sinnvoll sind Hybrideditionen byzantinischer Chroniken?
13:00 bis 14:30 Uhr Mittagspause
14:30 bis 15:00 Uhr ARLETTE NEUMANN (Basel), Perspektive “Schwabe Verlag”
15:00 bis 15:30 Uhr PAUL DE JONGH (Turnhout), Perspektive “Brepols Verlag”
15:30 bis 16:00 Uhr Kaffeepause
16:00 bis 16:30 Uhr OLIVER GASPERLIN (Tuebingen), Perspektive “Pagina Publikationstechnologien”
16:30 bis 17:00 Uhr ECKHART ARNOLD (Muenchen), Old Jobs – New Challenges. Producing, Providing and Sustaining Digital Scientific Literature
17:00 bis 18:00 Uhr Paneldiskussion der Verlage
Freitag, 27.09.2019
9:30 bis 10:15 Uhr STEFAN HAGEL (Wien), Perspektive “Classical Text Editor”
10:15 bis 11:00 Uhr TORSTEN SCHASSAN (Wolfenbuettel), “Mehr als ein Dienstleister”: Die Rolle der Digital Humanities und der Infrastruktur fuer den Erfolg einer digitalen Edition
11:00 bis 11:15 Uhr Kaffeepause
11:15 bis 12:00 Uhr CLAUDIA FABIAN, KERSTIN HAJDU, CAROLIN SCHREIBER (Muenchen), Das Handschriftenportal und seine Rolle fuer Editionsprojekte und Digital Humanities
12:00 bis 13:00 Uhr Gemeinsame Abschlussrunde: Perspektiven/zukuenftiges Themenportal
Fuer Interessenten wurde ein begrenztes Kontingent an Hotelzimmern zum Selbstkostenpreis reserviert. – Anmeldung bis zum 10.09.2019 erbeten bei: Arnold@badw-muenchen.de, Sieber@ub.uni-heidelberg.deoder philipp.weiss@bsb-muenchen.de
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[6] EUROPEAN DIPLOMA IN MEDIEVAL STUDIES 2019/2020 (ROME, 28.10.2019-31.05.2020; APPLICATION DEADLINE: 30.09.2019)
The Diploma in Medieval Studies, created at Louvain-la-Neuve in 1991 by the Federation Internationale des Instituts d’Etudes Medievales (FIDEM), is organised in the framework of the ERASMUS+ programme. More than twenty European and extra-European universities are involved.
The courses, which are taught in Rome, focus on methodology and teaching of auxiliary disciplines: Classical Latin, Medieval Latin, History of Libraries, Palaeography, Codicology, Diplomatic, and Text Editing.
All courses are in Italian, English, or French.
The Professors come from different countries with the aim of introducing the students of the Diploma to a variety of methodological approaches and current research perspectives.
Teaching takes place in an international setting and in direct contact with the manuscript collections held in the numerous libraries and archives of Rome.
Attendance can take three forms: annual (60 ECTS), modular (30 ECTS), and personalised (2 or 4 ECTS). The prerequisite for admission to the Diploma is a bachelor’s degree in humanities. Students coming from universities with an Erasmus+ agreement with FIDEM (see DEEM member universities) do not have to pay the enrolment fee. Application form: https://fidemweb.org/
General coordination is by Doctor Massimiliano Lenzi (Sapienza, Universita’ di Roma: deem@fidemweb.org), in cooperation with Libera Universita’ Maria Ss. Assunta (LUMSA) in Rome (erasmuslumsa@lumsa.it)
For more information please visit our website at: https://fidemweb.org/deem/
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[7] CONVEGNO INTERNAZIONALE: “SPAZIO SACRO E ICONOGRAFIA. LIMITI, SFIDE, RESPONSABILITA'” (OTRANTO, 03-05.10.2019)
L’Eterno nel tempo
Arte e architettura cristiane tra Oriente e Occidente
Ciclo di convegni internazionali
“Spazio sacro e iconografia. Limiti, sfide, responsabilita’”
Conferenza pubblica – Cattedrale di Otranto
Esposizione di icone di Julia Stankova in Cattedrale
3 ottobre 2019 ore 18.30:
Iconografia e architettura nelle chiese contemporanee: limiti, sfide, responsabilita’
Don Valerio Pennasso, Direttore dell’Ufficio Nazionale Beni Culturali e Edilizia di Culto della CEI
Segue aperitivo nel chiostro dell’Arcidiocesi
4 ottobre 2019 mattino
Le chiese nel Medioevo: tra bellezza e preghiera
Presidenza: Don Enzo Vergine
Ore 9.15: Saluti Istituzionali
Don Enzo Vergine, Incaricato diocesano per l’edilizia di culto; Arch. Maria Piccarreta, Soprintendente Archeologico, Belle Arti e Paesaggio; Arch. Rocco De Matteis, Presidente Ordine Architetti, Provincia di Lecce
Ore 9.45: Il ritrovamento dell’affresco dell’Albero di Jesse nella chiesa di San Vincenzo a Miggiano
Arch. Antonio Zunno, Soprintendente Archeologico, Belle Arti e Paesaggio
Ore 10.00: La Chiesa di Santo Stefano a Soleto tra Oriente e Occidente
Dott. Giovanni Giangreco, Commissione Arte Sacra, Arcidiocesi di Otranto
Ore 10.45: Visoki Decani: architettura e iconografia celebrano la storia salvifica
Padre Ilarion, Igumeno del Monastero di Draganac; Prof.ssa Emanuela Fogliadini, Istituto Superiore di Scienze Religiose, Milano
Ore 11.45: break
Ore 12.00: Orthodox icons. How Tradition could speak to contemporary people
Dott. Julia Stankova, Iconografa, Sofia
Ore 12.40: dibattito
Ore 13: pranzo a buffet
4 ottobre pomeriggio
Rinnovare i luoghi di culto: fedeli alla Tradizione, aperti alla storia
Presidenza: Prof. Francois Boespflug
Ore 15.30: Il monastero di Solovski. Revival artistico e monastic dopo il Gulag
Archimandrita German, Monastero della Santissima Trinita’ di Solovski
Quattro memorie del Monastero di Solovki
Padre Benedetto, Monastero di Visoki Decani
Ore 16.30:
Entre discretion et retour de visibilite’: affirmations symboliques dans les recentes eglises francaises
Prof.ssa Isabelle Saint-Martin, Direttrice di Studi EPHE – Sorbonne
Ore 17.15: break
Ore 17.30: Tradizione e creazione: la pittura sacra nelle chiese contemporanee serbe
Anastasije Radovic, Iconografo, Belgrado
Ore 18.15: dibattito e conclusione
Ore 19.30: cena
5 ottobre mattino:
Arte e architettura al servizio della liturgia nel cristianesimo d’oggi
Presidenza: Padre Ilarion
Ore 9.30: Les architectures nouvelles entre vide iconographique et decor pense’
Prof. Francois Boespflug, Universita’ di Strasburgo
Ore 10.15: Progettare lo spazio sacro: tra memoria e profezia
Arch. Giorgio Della Longa, Consulta Ufficio Liturgico Nazionale della CEI
Ore 11.00: break
Ore 11.30: Il bello sposa il vero: arte cristiana contemporanea
Don Giuliano Zanchi, Museo diocesano “Adriano Bernareggi” di Bergamo
Ore 12.30: dibattito
Ore 13: pranzo a buffet
Ore 15: Visita alla chiesa di San Pietro e al mosaico della cattedrale di Otranto
COMITATO SCIENTIFICO
Francois Boespflug (Universita’ di Strasburgo); Cristiano Cossu (Commissione Edilizia di Culto, Arcidiocesi di Otranto); Emanuela Fogliadini (Istituto Superiore di Scienze Religiose, Milano); Ada Toni (Commissione Arte Sacra, Arcidiocesi di Otranto); Enzo Vergine (Incaricato Edilizia di Culto, Arcidiocesi di Otranto).
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[8] SEMINAIRE: “MANUSCRITS EN MEDITERRANEE. SEMINAIRE DE RECHERCHE AUTOUR DE TRAVAUX EN COURS SUR LES MANUSCRITS GRECS ET ORIENTAUX” (PARIS, 03.10.2019-04.06.2020)
Le seminaire Manuscrits en Mediterranee, porte’ par la section grecque de l’IRHT, etudiera des contenus varies autour des manuscrits grecs et de l’Orient chretien, et des bibliotheques ou’ ils sont ou ont ete’ conserves. Il porte en particulier sur l’histoire des manuscrits, de leur circulation et des collections qui les rassemblent. Il couvre une periode qui va de la fin de l’Antiquite’ jusqu’a’ l’epoque contemporaine. L’aire geographique concernee est principalement le bassin mediterraneen, mais peut s’etendre au-dela’, surtout a’ date recente.
Informations pratiques
Conditions d’acces: Libre
Date de debut et fin: 03/10/2019 to 04/06/2020
Dates des seances: 03/10/2019 – 13:00; 07/11/2019 – 13:00; 05/12/2019 – 13:00; 09/01/2020 – 13:00; 06/02/2020 – 13:00; 05/03/2020 – 13:00; 02/04/2020 – 13:00; 07/05/2020 – 13:00; 04/06/2020 – 13:00
Autre(s) lieu(x): Batiment de recherche Nord, Campus Condorcet 14, cours des Humanites 93322 Aubervilliers cedex
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[9] SEMINAIRE: “INITIATION A’ L’EDITION DE TEXTES PATRISTIQUES GRECS” (PARIS, 17.10.2019)
Da: Aisbnews (aisbnews@gmail.com)
Organisateur(s) IRHT: Francesca Prometea Barone, Matthieu Cassin
Autre(s) organisateur(s): Olivier Munnich (Sorbonne)
Le séminaire, mensuel, débute le jeudi 17 octobre 2019 de 16h à 18h, et propose une initiation complete à l’edition d’un texte patristique grec, en suivant tout le processus depuis l’identification des témoins manuscrits jusqu’ à l’établissement du texte, en passant par la collation et l’examen des variantes.
Destine’ d’abord a’ des eleves de master et de doctorat, le seminaire est egalement ouvert à des personnes plus avancees (post-doc, etc.) qui souhaitent completer leur formation en la matiere. Il se situe dans le prolongement des deux stages d’initiation organises dans le domaine, respectivement par l’Institut des Sources chretiennes (UMR 5189) – stage d’initiation à l’ecdotique – et par l’Institut de recherche et d’histoire des textes, section grecque et de l’Orient chretien (UPR 841) – stage d’initiation aux manuscrits grecs et orientaux.
Le seminaire aura lieu un jeudi par mois de 16h a’ 18h a’ la Maison de la Recherche (Sorbonne Universite’, 28 rue Serpente, 75006 Paris), salle D117.
Informations pratiques
Conditions d’acces: Libre
Date de debut et fin: 17/10/2019 to 11/06/2020
Dates des seances: 17/10/2019 – 16:00; 14/11/2019 – 16:00; 12/12/2019 – 16:00; 23/01/2020 – 16:00; 06/02/2020 – 16:00; 19/03/2020 – 16:00; 30/04/2020 – 16:00; 14/05/2020 – 16:00; 11/06/2020 – 16:00
Autre(s) lieu(x): Maison de la Recherche salle D117, Sorbonne Universite’, 28 rue Serpente, 75006 Paris
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[10]. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: “MEANING BETWEEN THE LINES: ALLEGORY AND HERMENEUTICS IN GREEK IMPERIAL AND LATE ANTIQUE LITERATURE” (DUBLIN, 06-07.02.2020): CALL FOR PAPERS (SUBMISSIONE DEADLINE: 21.10.2019)
Trinity College Dublin (Ireland), 6th-7th February 2020
Keynote speaker: Prof. Peter Struck
In the first centuries of the common era, allegorical readings of Greek literature became increasingly commonplace. Canonical works such as the Homeric and Hesiodic poems or the Platonic dialogues were increasingly subjected to interpretations that uncovered hidden meanings and deeper truths under the surface of the text, such as those of Porphyry and Heraclitus. These methods of reading, under the influence of the rhetorical curriculum and developments in philosophy and mysticism, inspired contemporary writers and poets to imbue their own works with (quasi-) allegorical elements. Allegory could be used, for instance, as a tool to convey knowledge that could not be adequately expressed in language, to covertly express political criticisms, or as a means of meta-literary reflection. At the same time, Greek theories and practices of allegoresis influenced the development of Jewish and early Christian Biblical hermeneutics, as exemplified by, for example, Philo of Alexandra and Origen.
Our workshop aims to encompass a wide range of literary texts which practice and/or reflect on allegorical interpretation and Biblical hermeneutics, and through them gain insight into imperial and late antique approaches to literary interpretation and composition. We welcome proposals engaging with, but not limited to, the following topics:
– Imperial and late antique allegorical reception of earlier Greek literature
– The influence of allegoresis on the production and interpretation of imperial and late antique Greek poetry (e.g. Hero and Leander, Orphic Argonautica) or novels (e.g. Daphnis and Chloe, Aethiopica)
– Stoic and (Neo)Platonic allegorical practices
– Interplay between rhetorical theories of allegory and literary practice
– Interplay between “pagan” allegoresis and Biblical hermeneutics
– Allegory as a means of reflection or criticism of contemporary politics
– Allegory and metapoetics in imperial and late antique Greek literature
– Parodies of allegoresis
We invite abstracts of no more than 300 words for 30 minute papers, followed by 10 minutes of discussion, to be submitted by October 21st 2019 to the organizing committee (tcdallegory@gmail.com). Please also include a short academic CV in a separate file or the body of your email.
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[11]. CONVEGNO “ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DEI LINCEI: IL CONTRIBUTO DEL COMITATO CLASSICI” (ROMA, 24-25.10.2019)
24-25 ottobre 2019
Comitato ordinatore: Roberto ANTONELLI, Antonio CARLINI, Guglielmo CAVALLO (Coordinatore), Paolo FEDELI, Andrea GIARDINA, Enrico MALTESE, Silvio M. MEDAGLIA, Oronzo PECERE
PROGRAMMA
Giovedì 24 ottobre
9.30 Saluto della Presidenza dell’Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
9.45 Guglielmo CAVALLO (Linceo, Sapienza Università di Roma): Apertura dei lavori
10.00 Silvio M. MEDAGLIA (Comitato Classici, Roma): Istituzione del Comitato, attività passata, presente e in prospettiva
10.30 Stefano MARTINELLI TEMPESTA (Università di Milano): La tradizione manoscritta dei testi greci
11.00 Intervallo
11.30 Oronzo PECERE (Linceo, Università di Cassino): La tradizione manoscritta dei testi latini
12.00 Enrico MEDDA (Università di Pisa): Le edizioni di classici greci
12.30 Discussione
15.00 Paolo FEDELI (Linceo, (Università di Bari): Le edizioni di classici latini
15.30 Maria Chiara MARTINELLI (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa): Gli studi di metrica
16.00 Antonio STRAMAGLIA (Università di Bari): I contributi critico-testuali ai classici greci e latini
16.30 Intervallo
17.00 Giovanbattista D’ALESSIO (Università di Napoli Federico II): Studi tra filologia e papirologia
17.30 Enrico MALTESE (Linceo, Università di Torino): I filologi bizantini di fronte ai classici
18.00 Discussione
Venerdi’ 25 ottobre
9.30 David SPERANZI (Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze): Classici greci in eta’ umanistica tra Bisanzio e l’Italia
10.00 Franco MONTANARI (Università di Genova): Gli studi sugli Etymologica
10.30 Fausto MONTANA (Università di Pavia): Gli studi sugli Scholia
11.00 Intervallo
11.30 Daniele BIANCONI (Sapienza Università di Roma): Paleografia e codicologia greca
12.00 Paolo FIORETTI (Università di Bari): Paleografia e codicologia latina
12.30 Discussione
ROMA – PALAZZO CORSINI – VIA DELLA LUNGARA, 10
La partecipazione al convegno è libera, fino ad esaurimento dei posti disponibili.
Si prega di segnalare la presenza
Segreteria del convegno: piemontese@lincei.it – www.lincei.it
Fino alle ore 10 è possibile l’accesso da Lungotevere della Farnesina, 10
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[12] CONFERENCE: “AROUND THE EL ESCORIAL LIBRARY. A MEETING POINT BETWEEN SPECIALISTS OF ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPTS” (PARIS, 24-25.10.2019)
ALUMNI CONFERENCE IN PARIS, 24-25 OCTOBER 2019
The Arabic Codicology Course in El Escorial has been running for six years now, and it is time to do the fist meeting of Alumni.
In that context, we are organizing the conference “Around the El Escorial Library. A meeting point between specialists of Islamic manuscripts”. It will take place in Paris, the 24th-25th October 2019, and it is sponsored by the ERC Project SICLE (Paris) and the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (Hamburg), with the collaboration of the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, PSL (Paris) and the UMR 7192 (Paris)
To confirm your presence, please write an email to mss.arabicscript@gmail.com.
Venue: College de France, Salle D2 (Batiment XXX) 11, Place Marcelin Berthelot
Convenor: Nuria de Castilla (EPHE, PSL)
PROGRAMME
24 OCTOBER 2019
Nuria de CASTILLA (EPHE, PSL, Paris)
“L’interet de l’etude des manuscrits en ecriture arabe”
9H: WELCOME
Etienne MULLER (EPHE, PSL, Paris), “The Blue Qur’an and its paleographical context”
Lidia LEONTJEVA (Universite’ de Tallin, Estonie), “Text-image interrelation and non-narrative aspects of Persian ‘safina’ manuscripts”
Cornelius BERTHOLD (CSMC, Hamburg), “The facets and contexts of miniature Koran manuscripts”
11H30 – 13H: MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
Shazia JAGOT, “Scientific manuscripts in the David Collection”
Dominique AKHOUN (SOAS, London), “SOAS Middle Eastern manuscript collections”
Ghayde GHRAOWI (Yale University), “Late ottoman arabic anthology manuscripts at the Beinecke: a literary historical and codicological analysis of the Landberg Collection”
14H30 – 16H: ISLAMIC BINDINGS
Khouloud DEROUICHE (Universite’ de Tunis). “Two bindings of medieval manuscripts in Tunis”
Khaled SAKHOUHI (EPHE, PSL, Paris /Universite’ de Tunis), “Bindings in the national library of Tunisia: the military manuscripts”
Alison OHTA (Royal Asiatic Society, London), “Exploring mamluk Qur’ans: what can they tell us about the Islamic book?”
16H30 – 17H30: HISTORY OF MANUSCRIPTS
Inaam BENYAHIA (EPHE, PSL, Paris), “The rules for writing an endowment act (waqfiyya) under the Saadian dynasty”
Samir ARSLAN (Datih Sultan Mehmet Vakq University, Istanbul), “The structure of ottoman manuscript colophon (Izrik Madrasah – Suleymaniye Madrasah Period)”
9H – 10H30: TRANSMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS
Nadja NADILENKO (Freie Universitaet , Berlin), “Copying for a millennium. The transmission of al-Istakhri’s Book of Routes and Realms”
Fatima AL-BAZZAL (Bibliotheque nationale du Liban), “Tracing the intellectual life in South Lebanon through the manuscripts of Amel Mountain Regions: a discovery study”
Zohra AZGAL (EPHE, PSL, Paris), “Al-Shatibiyya’s manuscripts: witnesses of History of learning”
1 1H – 13H : PHILOSOPHY AND LAW
Carlos BERBIL CEBALLOS (University of Granada)
“Andalusian sufi and philosopher Ibn Sab’in (1216/7 Ricote, Murcia-1270 Mecca)”
Zacky Kh. UMAM (Freie Universitaet, Berlin), “Perusing sufi-philosophical texts: Yusuf al-Maqasiri’s (d. 1699) scribal episode in Arabia. A courtesy of Princeton and Berlin collections”
Josephine GEHLHAR (Freie Universitaet, Berlin), “The manuscript heritage of Khojazade’s (d. 1489) Tahafut al-falasifa”
Adday HERNANDEZ (CCHS-CSIC, Madrid), “Islamic law in Ethiopia: arabic manuscripts from the Horn of Africa”
14H30 – 16H: MANUSCRIPTS AND HISTORY
Lorenz NIGST (Academie des Sciences de Vienne), “An attack on Ibn Taymiyya? Ibn al-Mu’allim’s Najm al-Muhtadi”
Fien DE BLOCK (Ghent University), “Reports of a mamluk battle scattered across an astrological handbook: the case of MM13 (Cairo, Dar al-Kutub)”
Dagmar A. RIEDEL (Columbia University, New York), “The Kitab al-Shifa by ‘Iyad b. Musa in the eastern Mediterranean”
16H: CONCLUSIONS
Francois DEROCHE (College de France, PSL, Paris)
“Perspectives de recherche sur les manuscrits arabes”
16H30: CLOSING SESSION
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[13] 20. WISSENTSCHAFTLICHE TAGUNG DER GESELLSCHAFT “ORBIS AETHIOPICUS”: “DIE REZEPTION EUROPAEISCHER BILDER IN DER IKONOGRAPHIE AETHIOPIENS – DAS BEISPIEL DES EVANGELIARS VON MARTULA MARYAM” (GOTHA, 25-27.10.2019)
Die Rezeption europaeischer Bilder in der Ikonographie Aethiopiens – das Beispiel des Evangeliars von Martula Maryam
Thema der Konferenz
Ein Evangeliar in arabischer Sprache im Jahr 1590 in Rom gedruckt – ausgestattet mit 149 Holzschnitten des beruehmten Antonio Tempesta – gelangt nach Aethiopien und beeinflusst
die christliche Buchmalerei des 17. Jahrhunderts. Eine von Annegret Marx herausgegebene Dokumentation stellt im direkten synoptischen Vergleich Tempestas Holzschnitten den
gemalten aethiopischen Neuschoepfungen – in Form von Miniaturen eines Evangeliars aus Martula Maryam – gegenueber.
Die Unterschiede in der Ikonographie sind signifikant und fragen nach einer umfassenden kulturellen Einordnung – von der Herstellung der Manuskripte und Gestaltung der
Miniaturen, ueber den Einsatz in der Liturgie bis hin zur theologischen Aussage und Tradierung in den aethiopischen Kirchenschulen. Der Fokus dieser Konferenz liegt in der
konzentrierten Analyse dieses einzigartigen Belegs aethiopischer Kreativitaet und Zeugnis einer gelungenen Inkulturation.
Die Gesellschaft ORBIS AETHIOPICUS e.V. veranstaltet diese interdisziplinaere und internationale Konferenz unter der Gesamtleitung von Prof. Dr. Walter Raunig und der
fachspezifischen Organisation von Dr. Verena Boell und Annegret Marx im Rahmen ihrer 20. Wissenschaftlichen Tagung dank der Unterstuetzung der Staatskanzlei des Freistaates
Thueringen. Ziel der Konferenz ist es, die aethiopischen bildlichen Zeugnisse zu erfassen, zu analysieren, einzuordnen und neue Ansaetze einer weitergehenden Forschung zu diskutieren.
Programm
Freitag, 25.10. 2019
16:00 – 17:00 Registrierung, Empfangskaffee
17:00 – 17:15 Prinz Dr. Asfa-Wossen Asserate, Frankfurt: Begruessung
17:15 – 17:30 Oberbuergermeister Knut Kreuch, Gotha: Grusswort
17:30 – 18:15 Annegret Marx, Aachen: Die Holzschnitte Antonio Tempestas und die Miniaturen von Martula Maryam.
18:15 – 19:00 Prof. Dr. Michael Gervers, University of Toronto Scarborough, Kanada: Expanding the repertory of Jesuit artistic influence through fieldwork in Ethiopia.
19:00 – 19:45 Prof. Dr. Werner Daum, Berlin: Warum hat die paepstliche Druckerei in ihrem arabischen NEUEN TESTAMENT die Kreuzigung nicht, die Aethiopier haben sie!
20:00 – anschliessend: Gemeinsames Abendessen
Samstag, 26.10. 2019
09:00 – 09:15 Prof. Dr. Walter Raunig, Muenchen: Eroeffnung der Tagung
09:15 – 10:00 Diakon Dr. Jean Paul Deschler, Bubendorf, Schweiz: Aethiopische Ikonographie. Tradition, Modifikation und Inkulturation.
10:00 – 10:45 Dr. des. Susanne Hummel, Hamburg: Eine Handschrift entsteht – Kodikologie und Illustrierung aethiopischer Handschriften.
10:45 – 11:15 Kaffeepause
11:15 – 12:00 Dr. Merawi Tebege, AEOKD Koeln: Traditionelle Bibelarbeit in Aethiopien.
12:00 – 12:45 Merigeta Dawit K. Tessega, AEOKD Nuernberg: Die aethiopische Kirchenmusik und ihre Entwicklung.
12:45 – 14:30 Mittagspause
14:30 – 15:15 Dr. Maija Priess, Hamburg: Aethiopische Evangeliare in der Liturgie.
15:15 – 16:00 Prof. Dr. Mersha Alehegne, Addis Abeba / Hamburg: Theological considerations on images – the Baptism of Jesus in the manuscript of Martula Maryam.
Samstag, 26.10. 2019 – Fortsetzung
16:00 – 16:30 Kaffeepause
16:30 – 17:15 Dr. Verena Boell, Halle: Der Kuss des Judas Iskariot im aethiopischen Evangeliar von Martula Maryam.
17:15 – 18:00 Prof. Peter Bruns, Bamberg/Eichstaett: “Wir glauben an den einen Gott und an seinen einzigen Sohn Jesus Christus” – Historische Betrachtungen zum Christusglauben der aethiopischen Kirche.
18:00 – 19:00 Prof. Dr. Martin Tamcke, Goettingen: Lernen voneinander, miteinander und im Gegeneinander – Aspekte dazu, wie mitteloestliche und europaeische Christen das Lernen lernen.
19:30 Abendessen
Sonntag, 27.10.2019
09:30 – 12:00 ORBIS AETHIOPICUS – Mitgliederversammlung 2019: Das Buch zur Tagung: Annegret Marx, Wenn Bilder nach Aethiopien reisen… Einfluss des 1590 in Rom gedruckten Evangelium Arabicum auf ein aethiopisches Evangeliar (17. Jh.) – Dokumentation und synoptische Gegenueberstellung ihrer Bilder. Shaker Verlag, Dueren, 2019.
ISBN: 978-3-8440-6533-6 (https://www.shaker.de/de/
Veranstalter:
ORBIS AETHIOPICUS – Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung und Foerderung der aethiopischen Kultur e.V.
https://afroweb.de/orbis-
Tagungsgebuehren: Mitglieder 70,00 Euro; Nichtmitglieder 85,00 Euro
Studierende/Doktoranden: 50,00 Euro
Anmeldung bis zum 30. September 2019 bei Dr. Klaus Bettin:
klaus.bettin@gmx.net
Ort der Konferenz:
Hotel Der Lindenhof
Schoene Aussicht 5
99867 Gotha
Tel. 036217720 Fax 03621772410
Email info@der-lindenhof-gotha.de
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[14] GRADUATE AND EARLY CAREER WORKSHOP: “ARMENIA AND BYZANTIUM WITHOUT BORDERS III” (VIENNA, 08-10.05.2020): CALL FOR PAPERS (SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 31.10.2019)
Within the framework of “Moving Byzantium: Mobility, Microstructure and Personal Agency”, a five-year project funded through the Wittgenstein-Prize (http://rapp.univie.ac.at),
“Armenia and Byzantium without Borders III” is a three-day workshop focussing on social and cultural mobility between Armenia and Byzantium in the Middle Ages. This workshop continues a scholarly conversation initiated in April 2018 at the University of Vienna by Dr. Emilio Bonfiglio and Prof. Claudia Rapp and now run in joint partnership with Dr. David Zakarian and Prof. Theo Maarten van Lint at the University of Oxford. The 2020 Workshop will be held at the Division of Byzantine Research, Institute for Medieval Research, of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
We invite advanced PhD candidates and early career scholars working in the fields of Late Antique, Armenian, Byzantine, and Middle Eastern Studies to submit proposals for 20
min. papers connected with the main topics of “Moving Byzantium”, with a focus on aspects of social and cultural mobility of persons, objects, and/or ideas between Armenia and Byzantium throughout the Middle Ages. We are particularly interested in new research showing interaction and communication on both literary and material grounds between the Byzantine world and the Armenians. Papers presented at the workshop will be accompanied by a senior scholar’s 10 min. response, followed by a general discussion.
The workshop will be inaugurated with the lecture of our keynote speaker, Dr. Tim Greenwood from the University of St Andrews.
Travel and accommodation expenses of scholars selected for presentation at the workshop will be covered by the “Moving Byzantium” project.
Paper proposals including i) university affiliation, ii) graduate level, iii) title of the paper, iv) abstract (300 words max), and v) CV must be sent by the 31st of October 2019 to Dr. Emilio Bonfiglio (emilio.bonfiglio@oeaw.ac.at) and our project-coordinator Dr. Paraskevi Sykopetritou (paraskevi.sykopetritou@
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[15] CONVEGNO INTERNAZIONALE: “PAGANI E CRISTIANI: CONFLITTO, CONFRONTO, DIALOGO. LE TRASFORMAZIONI DI UN MODELLO STORIOGRAFICO” (ROMA, 13-15.11.2019)
Istituto Maria SS.ma Bambina
Via Paolo VI n. 21 – Città del Vaticano
13-15 novembre 2019
PROGRAMMA
Mercoledì 13 novembre 2019
Presiede: Bernard Ardura, Presidente del Pontificio Comitato di Scienze Storiche
Ore 9:30 Saluti, Bernard Ardura, Presidente del Pontificio Comitato di Scienze Storiche
Le ragioni del Convegno, S.E.R. Mons. Enrico dal Covolo, Assessore nel Pontificio Comitato di Scienze Storiche; Giulia Sfameni Gasparro, Università degli Studi di Messina – Pontificio Comitato di Scienze Storiche
Ore 10:00 Rita Lizzi Testa, Università’ degli Studi di Perugia: “The Last Pagans of Rome”: la fine del paganesimo a Roma, tra consensi e polemiche
Giovanni Filoramo, Università degli Studi di Torino: “Il regno dei cieli si fa strada con violenza” (Mt 11, 12). Variazioni storiografiche sul ruolo della violenza nel confronto tardo-antico tra cristiani e pagani
Ore 11:30 Pausa caffè
Ore 12:00 – 12:30 Discussione
Presiede: Angelo Di Berardino, Istituto Patristico “Augustinianum”, Roma
Ore 15:30 Giancarlo Rinaldi, Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”: Pagani e cristiani ancora: nuove metodologie per nuovi risultati
Nicole Belayche, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris: Le acclamazioni Heis theos: competizioni e confronti nelle società multireligiose
Ore 17:00 Pausa caffè
Carla Sfameni, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche – I.S.M.A. Roma, Pagani e cristiani: nuove prospettive archeologiche
Ore 18:15 – 19:00 Discussione
Giovedì 14 novembre 2019
Presiede: Gaetano Lettieri, “Sapienza”, Università di Roma, Pontificio Comitato di Scienze Storiche
Ore: 09:00 Aude Busine, Université Libre de Bruxelles: Les oracles, un outil de propagande religieuse?
Sebastien Morlet, Université Paris-Sorbonne: L'”apologetique chretienne”. Retour sur quelques paradigmes historiographiques
Ore 10:30 Pausa caffè
S. E. R. Mons. Enrico dal Covolo, Assessore nel Pontificio Comitato di Scienze Storiche; Emmanuele Vimercati, Pontificia Università Lateranense: I cristiani lettori e interpreti del pensiero antico
Ore 11:45 – 12:30 Discussione
Presiede: Giovanni Maria Vian, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Pontificio Comitato di Scienze Storiche
Ore 15:30 Marco Zambon, Università degli Studi di Padova: Verità argomentata e verità testimoniata: il confronto tra platonici e cristiani
Giulia Sfameni Gasparro, Università degli Studi di Messina, Pontificio Comitato di Scienze Storiche: Tra “magia” e “religione”: alla ricerca di una “identita’” nel confronto tra pagani e cristiani
Ore 17:00 Pausa caffè
Marco Rizzi, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano: L’anticristo nel conflitto tra pagani e cristiani
Ore 18:15 – 19:00 Discussione
Venerdì 15 novembre 2019
Presiedono: S. E. R. Mons. Enrico dal Covolo; Giulia Sfameni Gasparro, Pontificio Comitato di Scienze Storiche
Ore 09:00 Ramon Teja Caruso, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander: “Ad Christianos et Romanos, Romanus et Christianus accedo” (Orosio): la cristallizzazione di una romana christianaque religio (ss. IV-V)
Lucio de Giovanni, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”: Cristiani e pagani nella legislazione tardoantica
Ore 10:30 Pausa caffè
Ore 11:00 – 12:00 Discussione generale e Conclusioni
Segreteria Pontificio Comitato di Scienze Storiche
Piazza Pio XII, 3 – 00120 Citta’ del Vaticano
E-mail: applicato@historia.va
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[16] 12TH ANNUAL LAWRENCE J. SCHOENBERG SYMPOSIUM ON MANUSCRIPT STUDIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE (PHILADELPHIA, 21-23.11.2019)
In partnership with the Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (SIMS) at the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce the 12th Annual Lawrence J. Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age.
The concept of linked open data is the holy grail of the digital humanities. Yet the problem of how to link information across platforms has existed since civilization began. As knowledge and learning expanded in premodern society, the problems associated with collecting, combining, and disseminating information inspired new approaches to and technologies for the material text. In the internet age, we continue to grapple with the same problems and issues. While technologies have changed, the questions remain the same.
This year’s symposium explores the connections between historic and current approaches to data linkage in regard to manuscripts and manuscript research. Hooking Up addresses the topic from a variety of angles and considers how the manuscript book operates as a vehicle for information retrieval and dissemination from the technology of the page and the textual apparatus of a book, to the library, and finally, the internet. We will also consider such questions as how medieval practices of memory shaped information retrieval and gathering, how did the technology of the manuscripts book – in all its many forms – facilitate or hinder information processing, how can medieval solutions inform modern technologies, and how do modern technologies illuminate medieval practices? The program will also feature sessions highlighting projects that are advancing linked data technologies for manuscript researchers, including the T-AP Digging Into Data Challenge project Mapping Manuscript Migrations.
The program will begin Thursday evening, November 21, 5:00 pm, at the Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library, with a keynote address by Professor Mary Carruthers, New York University, and All Souls College, Oxford University. The symposium will continue November 22nd-23rd at the Kislak Center of Special Collections, Rare Books, and Manuscripts at the University of Pennsylvania.
Other speakers include:
Benjamin L. Albritton, Stanford Libraries; Toby Burrows, e-Research Centre, Oxford University; Matthew Driscoll, Arnamagnaean Institute, University of Copenhagen; Christoph Flueeler, University of Fribourg; Katarzyna Anna Kapitan, Museum of National History, Frederiksborg Castle and Arnamagnaean Institute, University of Copenhagen; Mikko Koho, Aalto University; Jehnna Lewis, University of Pennsylvania; Megan C. McNamee, Warburg Institute; Aylin Malcolm, University of Pennsylvania; David R. Nelson, University of Pennsylvania; Sally Ragep, Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University; Lynn Ransom, Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies; Helmut Reimitz, Princeton University; Linda Safran, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto; Elly Truitt, Bryn Mawr College; Kelly Tuttle, University of Pennsylvania Libraries; Athanasios Velios, Ligatus, University of the Arts London; Hanno Wijsman, Institut de recherche et d’histoire des textes; Jeffrey Witt, Loyola University Maryland; Elizabeth Yale, University of Iowa; Kivilcim Yavuz, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Registration fee is 35 dollars (10 dollars for students with valid student ID). Online registration closes Thursday, November 21, at noon. Walk-in registrations will be accepted for a fee of 45 dollars (15 dollars for students with valid student ID) to be paid in cash.
Please register here:
https://www.alumni.upenn.edu/
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[17] INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: “THE CHRISTIAN EAST IN THE LATIN WEST. ASSEMANI’S ‘BIBLIOTHECA ORIENTALIS’ (1719-2019), 300TH ANNIVERSARY” (VATICAN CITY, 7-8.11.2019; BEIRUT-KASLIK, 28-30.11.2019)
Vatican Apostolic Library (BAV) – Pontifical Oriental Institute (PIO)
Saint Joseph University of Beirut (USJ) – Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK)
Italian Society of Syriac Studies (Syriaca)
THE CHRISTIAN EAST IN THE LATIN WEST
Assemani’s Bibliotheca Orientalis (1719-2019)
300th Anniversary
Vatican City – Rome
7-8 November 2019
Plenary Lecturers
Paolo BETTIOLO (Universita’ degli Studi di Padova); Herman TEULE (KU Leuven)
Speakers
Bruno CALLEGHER (Università di Trieste); Manuel CAPOMACCIO (Università di Napoli “L’Orientale”); Giacomo CARDINALI (BAV); Annunziata DI RIENZO (Università di Roma La Sapienza); Andreas ELLWARDT (Katholische Universitaet Eichstaett-Ingolstadt); Margherita FARINA (CNRS – Histoire des theories linguistiques); Elie KALLAS (Università degli Studi di Trieste); Hubert KAUFHOLD (L. Maximilians Universitaet Muenchen); Alessandro MENGOZZI (Università di Torino); Juan Pedro MONFERRER SALA (Universidad de Cordoba); Cesare SANTUS (FNRS – Université Catholique de Louvain); Martin TAMCKE (Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen); Robert J. WILKINSON (Wesley College Bristol); Ugo ZANETTI (Monastere de Chevetogne)
Beirut – Kaslik
28-30 November 2019
Plenary Lecturers
R.P. Abbé Elie KHALIFE’-HACHEM (USEK); Herman TEULE (KU Leuven)
Speakers
Abdo BADWI (USEK); Marco BAIS (PIO); Najem CHAHWAN (USEK); Salim DACCACHE (USJ); Mariam DE GHANTUZ CUBBE (Angelicum University, Rome); Mgr. Maroun-Nasser GEMAYEL (Maronite Bishop in France); Habib IBRAHIM (USJ); Mireille ISSA (USEK); Srecko KORALIJA (University of Cambridge); Philippe LUISIER (PIO);
Juan Pedro MONFERRER SALA (Universidad de Cordoba); Ray JABRE MOUAWAD (USJ); Sr. MOUBARAKAH (Independent Researcher); Joseph MOUKARZEL (USEK)
Lucy PARKER (University of Oxford); Marie RAGHEB (EPHE, Sorbonne); Sabine MOHASSEB SALIBA (CeSor-EHESS); Souad SLIM (University of Balamand); Mgr. Youssef SOUEIF (Maronite Archbishop of Cyprus); Youssef TANNOUS (USEK); Emidio VERGANI (PIO); Youhanna Nessim YOUSSEF (University of Divinity, Australia); Rafal ZARZECZNY (PIO); Paul ZGHEIB (USEK)
SCIENTIFIC AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Zeljko PASA (PIO) – coordinator; Abdo BADWI (USEK); Riccardo CONTINI (Syriaca); Emiliano FIORI (Syriaca); Ronney el GEMAYEL (USJ); Joseph OBEID (USEK); Ambrogio M. PIAZZONI (BAV); Youssef TANNOUS (USEK); Emidio VERGANI (PIO).
INFO:
Rome Conference: assemani@pontificio-orientale.
Lebanon Conference: assemani.congres@usek.edu.lb
assemani.congres@usj.edu.lb
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B. PUBBLICAZIONI
[1] “DIALOGHI CON BISANZIO. SPAZI DI DISCUSSIONE, PERCORSI DI RICERCA” (2019)
Atti dell’VIII Congresso dell’Associazione Italiana di Studi Bizantini
(Ravenna, 22-25 settembre 2015)
a cura di Salvatore Cosentino, Margherita Elena Pomero e Giorgio Vespignani
Spoleto, Fondazione Centro italiano di studi sull’alto medioevo, 2019
(QUADERNI DELLA RIVISTA DI BIZANTINISTICA, 20)
2 voll. (XXII, 1158 p., 148 tavv. f.t. 148) — ISBN: 9788868092382
INDICE
A. CARILE, “L’Egittologia nella tradizione storiografica romano-orientale”. – A. AVAGLIANO, “Sculture bizantine inedite e poco note di Salerno e della Costa d’Amalfi”. – I. BALDINI, “Ktisis, misura e simbolo dello spazio tardoantico”. – C. BARSANTI, “A margine delle colonne-clava dell’arco del Foro di Teodosio I a Costantinopoli”. – M. BAZZANI, “Simeone Nuovo Teologo e Gregorio di Narek: due mistici poeti a confronto”. – G. BERNARDI – D. BALDI, “Le steatiti del Museo Civico Medievale di Bologna: nuovi studi”. – L. BEVILACQUA, “Veneziani a Costantinopoli. Qualche considerazione sulla circolazione di opere d’arte nel Mediterraneo nel XIV secolo”. – S. C. CALZASCIA, “Un risveglio materiale e spirituale: l’impiego del verbo ‘egeirein’ nei poemetti di Paolo Silenziario su Santa Sofia”. – V. CANTONE, “L’insegnamento orale di Mar Aba nelle miniature della Topografia Cristiana di Cosma Indicopleuste”. – A. CARAMICO, L’editio princeps del ‘de animalium proprietate’ di Manuele File”. – M. C. CARILE, “Vestire segni di autorita’: gerarchia e rappresentazione nell’abbigliamento dei dignitari tardoantichi”. – L. M. CIOLFI, “Un uso politico del dossier agiografico su San Giovanni Vatatzes il Misericordioso”. – F. CONCA, “Carducci e la Quarta Crociata”. – A. CONTE, “Scelte espressive ed espressivi silenzi nella corrispondenza di Basilio di Cesarea e Gregorio di Nazianzo”. – S. COSENTINO, “‘Karpophorountes’: donatori cristiani dell’Oriente tardoantico”. – S. COSTANZA, “Tipologie del segno divinatorio a Bisanzio (XII-XV secolo)”. – C. CRIMI, “Gregorio Nazianzeno a Costantinopoli, nel racconto di Niceta David Paflagone”. – F. D’AIUTO, “L’iscrizione dell’imperatore Michele nella basilica tessalonicese di S. Demetrio: data e contesto di un ‘carmen epigraphicum’ bizantino”. – M. D’AMBROSI, “L’epigramma dedicatorio sull’encolpio di Gaeta: un decapentasillabo ‘imperfetto’?”. – L. D’AMELIA, “La tradizione manoscritta del ‘Nuovo Ottoeco’ di Giuseppe l’Innografo: alcune osservazioni sulla (s)fortuna dei canoni apostolici”. – M. DAVID, “Nuove tecnologie di indagine per lo studio archeologico del Palazzo dell’Esarca a Ravenna”. – P. DEGNI, “La gerarchia dei troni patriarcali nella tradizione manoscritta: alcune considerazioni”. – M. DE GIORGI – S. PEDONE, “La scultura della chiesa di San Filippo a Hierapolis. Nuovi dati e il progetto ‘Marmora Phrygiae'” – V. DE PASCA, “Il fascino di Bisanzio nella produzione orafa longobarda: alcuni casi da Castel Trosino e Nocera Umbra”. – E. DESPOTAKIS, “Nuovi materiali sulla carriera ecclesiastica di Aristobulo-Arsenio Apostolis”. – C. DI BELLO, “La scultura postgiustinianea tra modelli e nuove formule: il caso della lastra di Costantino V a Sant’Irene”. – M. FANELLI, “Neomartiri di eta’ paleologa e temi controversistici contro l’Islam”. – F. FIORI, “Nicola Parathalassites di Palermo: continuita’ degli elementi linguistici e formali romano-orientali in una iscrizione di epoca normanna”. – A. GARIBOLDI, “Le monete bizantine della Biblioteca Classense di Ravenna”. – B. GIROTTI, “Leggere e tradurre il greco e l’ebraico: le donne delle elites e la cultura nella tarda antichita’” – L. KNIFFITZ – E. CARBONARA – S. FERRIANI – M. GALLI, “Il profilo conservativo dei siti archeologici attraverso la scheda di autovalutazione”. – A. IANNUCCI, “‘Come un leone innamorato’. Tradizione omerica e innovazione cavalleresca nell’Achilleide”. – D. LAURITZEN, “L’Epigramme sur l’ekphrasis de Jean de Gaza (Anthologie Palatine XV, 1)”. – F. LAURITZEN, “Psello e gli oracoli caldaici”. – S. LEGGIO, “Tra la Grande Chartreuse e l’Italia: la stauroteca bizantina di Farneta”. – R. LUZI, “Il mare nei romanzi bizantini: evoluzione di un topos e irruzione dell’immaginario”. – A. LUZZI, “Note sulla produzione di canoni ‘giambici’ ecclesiastici a Bisanzio dopo l’originaria fioritura tradizionalmente ascritta al Damasceno”. – M. R. MARCHIONIBUS, “L’invisibile visibile: il caso di San Salvatore in Chora”. – G. MARSILI, “‘Notae lapicidarum’ su mense marmoree: maestranze e committenti nel Mediterraneo tardoantico”. – F. MONTICINI, “Il tassello e il puzzle. Studio di un inedito ed anonimo commento al ‘De Insomniis’ di Sinesio”. – S. MORETTI, “‘De hereditate olim domini Ylarionis cardinalis Niceni’: icone e altre opere di Bessarione”. – N. NACCARI, “Il ‘Constitutum Constantini’ nella corrispondenza papale verso l’Oriente greco (XI-XII sec.). Alcune osservazioni”. – E. NONVEILLER, “Persistenze di pratiche sacrificali cruente di matrice pagana nel mondo bizantino e postbizantino”. – L. ORLANDI, “Il battesimo degli infanti. Aspetti culturali e sociali del pedobattesimo a Bisanzio fra IV e VII secolo”. – A. PARIBENI, “Riflessi dell’organizzazione del cantiere nel decoro scolpito della Santa Sofia di Costantinopoli”. – P. PIRRONE, “La ‘stauroteca’ di Gaeta: una testimonianza artistica costantinopolitana d’eta’ macedone nel monastero di San Giovanni a Piro (principato longobardo di Salerno)”. – P. PODOLAK, “Il dossier latino sul concilio del 1166 ‘Pater maior me est'”. – V. POLIDORI, “Verso un’edizione critica della Mistagogia del Santo Spirito di Fozio: riflessioni stemmatiche”. – M. E. POMERO, “Alcune osservazioni sul vestiario e le insegne del potere del ‘despotes’ nelle fonti scritte ed iconografiche”. – F. POTENZA, “La ‘Passio’ greca di s. Pantaleone (BHG 1412z-1413h e Nov. Auct. BHG 1413a-1413eb): per una ricostruzione della storia del testo”. – A. PRINZI, “Nuove ricerche sul dossier greco dei martiri terracinesi Cesario e Giuliano”. – M. RE, “Severo vescovo di Catania nel ‘De Virgantino’ (B.H.G. 61), ‘additamentum’ della ‘Passio’ dei martiri lentinesi Alfio, Filadelfo e Cirino (con una proposta di datazione)”. – L. RICCARDI, “Con lo sguardo a Occidente: il restyling della Pantanassa di Philippiada (Epiro) al tempo del despota Niceforo (1267/8-1294/6)”. – A. RIGO, “Il simbolismo dei fiori in un’opera tardobizantina. Un discorso di Marco Eugenico all’imperatore Giovanni VIII Paleologo”. – C. RIZZARDI, “Iconografia del battesimo in una formella della Cattedra eburnea di Massimiano a Ravenna: origini, peculiarita’ e sviluppi”. – V. G. RIZZONE, “I vescovi di Siracusa tra VIII e IX secolo e la diffusione dell’iconoclasmo in Sicilia: fonti documentarie e archeologiche”. – C. ROGNONI, “‘Libri legales’ e cultura giuridica alla corte di Ruggero II. La testimonianza di un contemporaneo”. – M. SGANDURRA, “I piu’ antichi ‘Pentecostaria’ manoscritti: il problema della denominazione e della formazione del libro liturgico del periodo pasquale”. – L. SOTIRA, “La gestualita’ dell’orante a Ravenna fra V e XII secolo”. – M. D. SPADARO, “Michele V nella ‘Chronographia’ di Michele Psello: una versione di parte?”. – E. STAURENGHI, “L’archivio fotografico di Friedrich Wilhelm Deichmann dell’Istituto Archeologico Germanico di Roma. Il dossier ravennate”. – G. STRANO, “Il tema dell’eros per i basileis e la fortuna delle Lettere di Filostrato negli epistolari bizantini del X secolo”. – A. TADDEI, “A chi attribuire la cosiddetta ‘colonna di Giuliano’ ad Ankara?” – S. TESSARI, “Arte psaltica a Tessalonica tra la fine del XIII e l’inizio del XIV secolo. Alcuni protagonisti. Il ms. Marc. Gr. II, 118”. – R. TOSI, “Sul riuso di ‘topoi’ proverbiali in Costantino Manasse”. – A. TRANCHINA, “‘Salva, o Logos, colui che ha scolpito questo fonte’. Per una revisione dell’opera di Gandoulphos, tra nuovi materiali e spunti interpretativi”. – G. TRONCARELLI, “L’iscrizione dei SS. Sergio e Bacco a Costantinopoli: alcune nuove osservazioni”. – F. VANNI, “Aspetti meno noti della scultura mediobizantina: la decorazione a stucco” – G. VESPIGNANI, “Crisobolli e privilegi concessi a Firenze da Giovanni VIII Paleologo (1439). Per lo studio di una Romania fiorentina”.
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C. NOTIZIE
[1] POSTDOCTORAL POSITION WITHIN THE RESEARCH GROUP “EFFECTS OF CONTACT AND EXCHANGE IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN” AT THE LEIBNIZ SCIENCECAMPUS “BYZANTIUM BETWEEN ORIENT AND OCCIDENT” (APPLICATION DEADLINE: 15.09.2019)
Within the Research Group “Effects of Contact and Exchange in the EuroMediterranean” at the Leibniz ScienceCampus “Byzantium between Orient and Occident” 1 post-doctoral position (wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in) (salary scheme 13 TV-L, 100 per cent) is to be filled for a period of 1 year (12 months).
The goal of the Research Group “Effects on Contact and Exchange in the EuroMediterranean” at the Leibniz ScienceCampus Mainz/Frankfurt (www.byzanzmainz.de) is to examine the short-term and long-term effects of intercultural communication, which took place with considerable Byzantine intermediation and under Byzantine influence in the Euro-Mediterranean sphere. In a comparative perspective, we will ask how the appropriation of foreign knowledge, ideas and objects had an effect on different regions and/or societies, in particular from a chronological perspective which extends beyond the end of the Byzantine Empire.
Furthermore, the history of reception and its impact on these societies will be reflected upon.
Participating in this Research Group are the disciplines of Christian Archaeology/Byzantine Art History, Medieval History, Early and Prehistorical Archaeology (with a focus on Medieval Archaeology), Byzantine Studies, Eastern European History, Early Modern Church History, Musicology and Early Modern History. The project covers the period from the Early Middle Ages to the 19th century.
The successful candidate is expected to:
– develop and submit a project application, e.g. to the German Research Foundation (Walter Benjamin-Programm) or Gerda-Henkel-Stiftung along the lines of the aforementioned topic
– complete a scholarly paper that merits publication (corresponding to the topic)
– cooperate in the development of a GIS-referenced digital atlas on reception of Byzantium
The Research Group “Effects of Contact and Exchange in the Euro-Mediterranean” offers intensive specialist and interdisciplinary exchange with colleagues at the Universities of Mainz and Frankfurt, the Roemisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Archaeological research institute (RGZM), the Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) and diverse opportunities for international networking.
Requirements for the application include an excellent dissertation in a participating field, as well as experience in interdisciplinary work. Additional experience in Digital Humanities and knowledge of GIS are desirable.
To increase the proportion of women within the sphere of scholarship applications from female researchers are especially welcome.
The following application materials are to be submitted electronically in a single .pdf file (in German or English):
– Outline of the planned research project (two pages)
– A curriculum vitae with list of publications, degree diplomas, information on scientific employment
The application materials are to be addressed to the main office of the LeibnizScienceCampus: Dr. Benjamin Fourlas (fourlas@rgzm.de).
The application deadline is 15.09.2019.
For further information on the Leibniz-scienceCampus cf. www.byzanz-mainz.de. For questions please contact Dr. Benjamin Fourlas.
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[2] THREE PHD POSITIONS “REWRITING GLOBAL ORTHODOXY” IN NEIMEGEN (APPLICATION DEADLINE: 15.09.2019)
Three PhD positions: Rewriting Global Orthodoxy
32 – 40 hours per week
Maximum gross monthly salary: Euros 2,972
Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies
Job level: Research University Degree
Duration of the contract: 4 years
Application deadline: 15 September 2019
We are looking for:
In cooperation with the Institute of Eastern Christian Studies, the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies at Radboud University seeks to hire three PhD candidates for the ERC project Rewriting Global Orthodoxy: Oriental Christians in Europe between 1970 and 2020.
Over the last fifty years, Oriental Orthodox Christians (Armenians, Copts, Syriacs/Arameans, Ethiopians and Eritreans) from the Middle East and Africa have settled in Europe, fleeing war-related violence and societal pressures. One of the prominent aspects of religious practice of these transnational Oriental communities is their strong emphasis on the writing and publishing of texts. These include traditional religious texts (from liturgy to history), re-translated and re-contextualised texts, and completely new texts. The project takes these textual practices as its main source to understand how these Oriental Christians inscribe themselves in European societies and so contribute not only to the transformation of their own transnational churches but also to that of Orthodoxy worldwide. It hypothesises that diachronic and synchronic comparison among Oriental and Eastern Orthodox churches will show that this rewriting includes the actualisation of their religious heritage vis-a’-vis ethnic and national self-definitions, vis-a’-vis European society, and vis-a’-vis other churches, particularly Orthodox ones.
The project consists of several sub-projects, including a database of books, pamphlets and magazines produced by Oriental Christians in Europe over the past fifty years, and three case studies of the textual practices of Oriental Christian churches in Europe on the (1) Syriac Orthodox; (2) Coptic Orthodox; and (3) Ethiopian/Eritrean Tawahedo churches. Each of the three PhD candidates is expected to study one case study, contribute to the database and analyse their findings in the broader context of the project, interpreting the literary heritage of these churches in the contemporary European context. The full research proposal is available upon request.
We ask:
– Masters degree in Semitic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, African Studies or Theology/Religious Studies.
– Solid knowledge of the language(s) and literature of one of the churches that make up the three case studies: Syriac/Aramaic, Coptic, Arabic or Ethiopic languages, such as Tigre/Tigrinya, Amharic.
– Basic knowledge of the themes and methods of sociology and anthropology, esp. regarding migration studies.
– Basic knowledge of data management, databases and other tools of digital humanities.
– Good analytical and conceptual skills.
– Willingness and ability to work in an interdisciplinary team.
– Ability to present ideas clearly in writing and speaking, also to people from other disciplinary backgrounds.
– Good command of written and spoken English.
We are:
The faculty has approximately 140 staff and 10 chair groups and provides courses to approximately 700 students. The project is part of the chair group of Comparative Religious Studies, which closely cooperates with the Institute of Eastern Christian Studies.
The faculty has an inspiring academic climate. We continuously seek to innovate our socially relevant domain-specific and interdisciplinary education and research programmes. Responsibility, solidarity, care and commitment are values which characterise the facultys culture.
Radboud University:
We want to get the best out of science, others and ourselves. Why? Because this is what the world around us desperately needs. Leading research and education make an indispensable contribution to a healthy, free world with equal opportunities for all. This is what unites the more than 22,000 students and 5,000 employees at Radboud University. And this requires even more talent and collaboration.
We offer:
Employment: 32 – 40 hours per week.
The gross starting salary amounts to Euros 2,325 per month, and will increase to Euros 2,972 in the fourth year (p scale).
In addition to the salary: an 8 per cent holiday allowance and an 8.3 per cent end-of-year bonus.
Duration of the contract: you will be appointed for an initial period of 18 months, after which your performance will be evaluated. If the evaluation is positive, the contract will be extended by 2.5 years.
Intended starting date: 1 November 2019 or any time sooner.
You will be able to make use of our Dual Career Service: our Dual Career Officer will assist with family-related support, such as child care, and help your partner prepare for the local labour market and with finding an occupation.
For more information about this vacancy, please contact:
Prof. Murre-van den Berg, Project leader Rewriting Global Orthodoxy
Email: hlmvandenberg@ftr.ru.nl
Apply directly
Please address your application to prof. Murre-van den Berg and submit it (https://www.ru.nl/english/
Your application should include the following attachments:
– Letter of motivation.
– CV, including full publication list and the names and contact details of two persons who are willing to act as a referee.
– Recent work: publication, essay or excerpt from your MA thesis.
Please state in your motivation letter which project you prefer and why.
The first round of interviews will take place between 8 and 11 October 2019.
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[3] UNIVERSITA’ DI ROMA “TOR VERGATA”: POSTO PER PROFESSORE ASSOCIATO DI LINGUA E LETTERATURA ARABA (DEADLINE: 19.09.2019)
Si segnala una procedura per il reclutamento di un professore associato di ruolo di “Lingua e letteratura araba” (SSD L-OR/12) presso l’Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”.
“Il professore dovrà prestare l’attività didattica presso la Macroarea di Lettere e Filosofia, nei corsi di Lettere (LT), Archeologia, Filologia, Letterature e Storia dell’antichità (LM) e negli altri Corsi di Studio Triennali e Magistrali nel cui Ordinamento didattico è inserito il SSD L-OR/12. Del complessivo orario prestato almeno 30 ore devono essere dedicate all’insegnamento dell’arabo classico e alla trasmissione dei testi della classicità greco-romana e del medioevo greco-latino nel Medio Oriente. Le lezioni dovranno potersi tenere in lingua italiana e inglese”.
“L’impegno scientifico dovrà svolgersi (…), dedicando particolare attenzione (…) agli incroci culturali tra Occidente e Vicino e Medio Oriente fra la tarda antichità e la prima età moderna, alla circolazione di manoscritti e alle antiche traduzioni di testi in e dall’arabo, alla loro collocazione nel contesto storico e culturale, valorizzando inoltre a questo scopo, nella ricerca storica e storico-culturale comparata del mondo euro-mediterraneo, le testimonianze paleografiche, epigrafiche e/o numismatiche del mondo arabo medievale”.
Testo del bando, e facsimile per la domanda di partecipazione:
Deadline: 19.09.2019
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[4] BANDO DI AMMISSIONE PER IL XXXV CICLO DEL DOTTORATO DI RICERCA IN METODI E METODOLOGIA DELLA RICERCA ARCHEOLOGICA E STORICO-ARTISTICA / PHD COURSES IN METHODS AND METHODOLOGIES IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ART HISTORICAL RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITA’ DI SALERNO (APPLICATION DEADLINE: 24.09.2019)
Bando di concorso per l’ammissione al XXXV Ciclo Corsi di Dottorato di Ricerca in Metodi e Metodologie della ricerca archeologica e storico-artistica con sede amministrativa presso l’Ateneo di Salerno, nel testo italiano ed inglese. Una borsa è riservata a studenti italiani e stranieri che abbiano conseguito la laura magistrale all’estero.
Il bando è pubblicato all’Albo Ufficiale di Ateneo: https://web.unisa.it/
La scadenza del termine per la presentazione delle domande di ammissione è fissata al giorno 24 settembre 2019 (ore 23:59 Italiane).
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[5] PHD POSITION IN JEWISH STUDIES IN BERN (APPLICATION DEADLINE: 30.09.2019)
Job opening. PhD/Assistant position. Institute of Jewish Studies. University of Bern. Deadline: 30 September 2019.
The Institute of Jewish Studies at the University of Bern has an open PhD research position (100 per cent) beginning February 1st, 2020 and limited to four years. The successful candidate will be required to complete a doctoral dissertation. Additionally the candidate is expected to contribute to teaching, research projects and administrative work.
Job description:
Research: Dissertation topic in the area of Jewish Studies, preferably with a focus in Antiquity or Middle Ages
Teaching: Active participation in the course offerings of the institute
Research assistance for Prof. R. Bloch
Administration
Your profile:
Completed MA in Jewish Studies, Classics, Theology, History or related field
Very good knowledge of Hebrew and/or Greek
Interest in interdisciplinary discourse
Application documents:
Brief statement of motivation
Curriculum Vitae and diplomas
Proposal for the planned dissertation (1 page max.)
1 or 2 letters of reference
We offer:
Work in a small, dedicated team
Individual work space including computer
Inspiring academic environment
Employment follows cantonal guidelines
Please submit application electronically (single PDF file) no later than September 30, 2019 to rene.bloch@theol.unibe.ch
For more information please direct inquires to Prof. René Bloch and consult the website of the institute www.judaistik.unibe.ch.
The University of Bern is an equal opportunity employer and encourages in particular women to apply for open positions. By equal qualifications, applicants with severe disabilities will be given priority.
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[6] BANDO PER ASSEGNO DI RICERCA NELL’AMBITO DEL PROGETTO “DOCUMENTING MULTICULTURALSM: CO-EXISTENCE, LAW AND MULTICULTURALISM IN ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL DOCUMENTS OF NORMAN AND HOHENSTAUFEN SICILY, C. 1060-C. 1266 (DOCUMULT): THE GREEK SOURCES” AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO (APPLICATION DEADLINE: 09.10.2019)
Documenting Multiculturalism: co-existence, law and multiculturalism in administrative and legal documents of Norman and Hohenstaufen Sicily, c.1060-c.1266 (DocuMult): the Greek sources
Nell’ambito del progetto “Documenting Multiculturalism: co-existence, law and multiculturalism in administrative and legal documents of Norman and Hohenstaufen Sicily, c.1060-c.1266 (DocuMult)” finanziato da un ERC Advanced Grant al Prof. Jeremy Johns dell’Università di Oxford, in collaborazione con l’Università degli Studi di Palermo (http://krc.orient.ox.ac.uk/
Durata dell’incarico: 2 anni rinnovabili fino a un massimo di 4 (30 settembre 2023).
Sede dell’incarico: Università degli Studi di Palermo; soggiorni di ricerca previsti presso l’Università di Oxford.
Criteri di selezione
La /Il candidata/o dovrà dimostrare:
– esperienza nel campo della paleografia e della diplomatica greca medievale;
– capacità di condurre una ricerca storica a partire da fonti documentarie consultate in originale;
– eccellenti capacità comunicative e organizzative, compresa la padronanza dell’italiano parlato e scritto, e buona attitudine al lavoro di gruppo all’interno di una equipe di ricerca.
– buona padronanza del greco moderno e dell’inglese parlato e scritto; comprensione del francese e/o del tedesco; la conoscenza, anche di base, dell’arabo, sebbene non essenziale, puo’ costituire un vantaggio.
– esperienza e competenza nell’uso di database relazionali.
– di possedere, o di voler acquisire, una buona conoscenza della storia della Sicilia in epoca normanno-sveva.
Il bando scade il 9 ottobre 2019
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The Università degli Studi di Palermo, Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza has published the advertisement for a Post-Doctoral Research Grant as part of the research project “Documenting Multiculturalism: co-existence, law and multiculturalism in administrative and legal documents of Norman and Hohenstaufen Sicily, c.1060-c.1266 (DocuMult)”, funded by an ERC Advanced Grant to Professor Jeremy Johns of the University of Oxford, in partnership with the Università degli Studi di Palermo (see http://www.unipa.it/albo.html. Pubblicazione n°1702 del 9/09/2019). For further information about the DocuMult project, see here: http://krc.orient.ox.ac.uk/
The successful candidate will work under the direction of Prof.ssa Cristina Rognoni, Professore Associato di Civiltà Bizantina at the Università degli Studi di Palermo, who is the Senior Researcher responsible for the study of the Greek documents for the DocuMult Project, and under the overall supervision of the Principal Investigator, Prof. Jeremy Johns. The normal place of work will be the Università degli Studi di Palermo; the successful candidate will be expected to make annual research trips to Oxford.
The successful candidate will be employed for two years in the first instance, with the possibility of renewal for a total of up to four years until 30th September 2023.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:
– expertise in the field of medieval Greek diplomatics and palaeography, working with original documents (not just editions or transcriptions);
– publication, appropriate to the applicant’s stage of career, of original historical research making use of medieval Greek documents;
– excellent communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills, including a fluent command of spoken and written Italian, and the ability to work successfully as part of a team.
– good command of Modern Greek, Latin and of spoken and written English, with at least passive knowledge of French and German; some knowledge of Arabic, while not – essential, might be an advantage;
– experience and competence in the use of relational databases for research;
– a good knowledge of the history of the island of Sicily under Norman and Hohenstaufen rule, or the willingness to acquire it.
Application deadline: 9 October 2019
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[7] TSITER-KONTOPOULOU SHORT-TERM RESEARCH STIPENDS, DEPARTMENT OF BYZANTINE AND MODERN GREEK STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF WIEN (APPLICATION DEADLINE: 31.10.2019)
The Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies of the University of Vienna, thanks to the generosity of the Tsiter-Kontopoulou Fund, invites applications for a Short-Term Research Stipend to enable pre- and post-doctoral scholars to pursue research on Byzantine and early modern Greek culture, with particular emphasis on cultural and intellectual history in the widest sense, including the history of Orthodox Christianity.
For more information about the Department, its Library, and the Tsiter-Kontopoulou Trust see:
https://www.byzneo.univie.ac.
https://bibliothek.univie.ac.
https://tsiter-kontopoulou-
Terms: The duration of the research stay is usually two weeks. During this time, the recipients of the stipend are expected to give an informal lunch-time presentation of their current research.
Eligibility: This stipend is intended to support young and early career scholars, i.e. from the final year of doctoral study to no more than eight years after the completion of the Ph.D.
Amount: The stipend offers the reimbursement of travel expenses plus a daily allowance, for a maximum of 2.500 Euros total (to be reimbursed after the completion of the stay). You are expected to make your own arrangements.
Appointment period: Any two weeks between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2020, except 1 July to 15 September.
Application: Please send a description of the proposed research including a statement as to why you wish to conduct this research in Vienna, a provisional budget and an indication of preferred dates (max. 300 words), curriculum vitae (max. 3 pages), and list of publications, to Mrs. Petra Greger at the address below.
Doctoral students should also include a short letter of endorsement (max. 1 page) from their adviser. Submissions will be accepted by e-mail only.
Deadline: 31 October 2019. The decision of the selection committee will be communicated no later than December 15.
Further Inquiries: Mrs. Petra Greger: petra.greger@univie.ac.at
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[8] POSITION AS PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR BYZANTINE STUDIES AT DUMBARTON OAKS (DEADLINE: OPEN UNTIL FILLED)
Position Title: Program Coordinator for Byzantine Studies
Supervisor: Resident Program Director, Byzantine Studies
Department: Byzantine Studies
Grade: 54, non-exempt, union
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Summary
Dumbarton Oaks is a leading research center in Byzantine Studies affiliated with Harvard University. The institute has a research library that is a point of reference for the field, joined to world-renowned museum collections and a historic garden open to the public. The Byzantine Studies Program plays a central role within Dumbarton Oaks’ mission by supporting the highly international fellowship program, as well as visits by faculty and students from Harvard and other universities, and a distinguished roster of visiting scholars. The program hosts a wide variety of scholarly events, such as public lectures, workshops, and colloquia. The program also runs one or more summer schools every year. Under the direction of the Program Director, the Program Coordinator will support all the activities of the Byzantine Studies Program, working collaboratively with colleagues in the Library, Events, Academic Programs, and Communications.
The Program Coordinator provides support to the Resident Program Director and serves as the main source of information about the study program for scholars and the public. S/he coordinates program activities including fellowships, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, public lectures, visiting scholars, research awards, pre-doctoral residencies, and project grants.
This is a great opportunity for an individual with great communication and organizational skills and a passion for the humanities, who is interested in a career in academic or cultural institutions and enjoys managing and supporting scholarly programs in a stimulating and highly collaborative and collegial environment.
Duties and Responsibilities
Supports the Resident Program Director, handles all office functions, manages professional correspondence with a high degree of professionalism, timeliness, and discretion. Arranges Program Director’s travel and handles scheduling. Coordinates the department’s meetings, prepares agendas and handles minutes for ongoing projects, including joint projects with other Dumbarton Oaks departments and other institutions.
In collaboration with the Events Office, supports all scholarly events handled by the Byzantine Studies Program which may include an annual symposium, colloquium, public lectures, workshops, talks by fellows, scholars, and practitioners. Event logistics include announcements, registration, speaker arrangements, travel reimbursements, and related correspondence. Assists with events during some evenings and weekends; some scheduling flexibility is essential.
Advises Byzantine fellows, scholars, speakers, project grant recipients and publication reviewers on travel and expense reimbursement policy and project grant policy; processes travel and expense reports and project grant funds. Advises new Tyler Fellows and Humanities Fellows on department events and institutional policies.
Under the guidance of the Program Director, prepares annual budget; monitors expenditures and processes invoices.
Supports the annual meetings of the Senior Fellows committee that advises Dumbarton Oaks on the fellowship selection and scholarly programs. Handles Senior Fellows’ travel and accommodations; responsible for timely preparation and circulation of agendas, minutes, and other materials.
In collaboration with the Manager of Academic Programs, supports the annual fellowship selection process and coordinates other awards managed by the program. Assists with other scholarly programs related to the department as appropriate.
May use simple graphic design to prepare invitations, programs, and posters in compliance with the Dumbarton Oaks style guide and templates.
May assist the Program Director with tasks related to Byzantine publications.
Maintains the department web page, mailing list, and social media using Salesforce and other systems.
Assists award holders with routine matters. Fields front-line inquiries related to symposia, public lectures, graduate workshops, pre-doctoral residencies, one-month research awards, and internships, as well as general inquiries.
Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Basic qualifications:
Three or more years of related experience. Education beyond high school may count toward experience. Excellent knowledge of Microsoft office.
Additional qualifications:
B.A. preferred in the humanities. Excellent communication skills (written and verbal). Excellent organizational and office skills, including budget preparation, ability to manage and prioritize multiple deadlines and make efficient use of systems. One to three years’ experience supporting an executive or a program preferred. Knowledge of ancient, medieval, or modern Greek an advantage. Experience and knowledge of Salesforce, Photoshop and InDesign software highly desirable.
To Apply
The position remains open until filled. Please forward résumé and cover letter detailing relevant qualifications by clicking the link below.
https://sjobs.brassring.com/
Dumbarton Oaks is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).
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[9] ON LINE CATALOGUE OF BYZANTINE COINS
The collection of over 12,000 Byzantine coins at Dumbarton Oaks is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. The majority of these specimens were catalogued in six print volumes: Catalogue of Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection, edited by Alfred Bellinger (vol. 1), Philip Grierson (vols. 2-3, 5), and Michael Hendy (vol. 4), and Catalogue of Late Roman Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection, edited by Philip Grierson and Melinda Mays.
With ongoing acquisitions of objects, many of the coins that have entered the collection after the release of the print catalogues have remained unpublished. This online catalogue first presents these specimens, and eventually will provide online access to the full collection. In addition to Byzantine coins, these acquisitions include specimens issued by Byzantium’s neighbors, including Arab-Byzantine and Persian imitations, Ostrogothic and Vandal coins, and others.
Using the Catalogue
Search the Catalogue by keyword, authority, date, mint, metal, and denomination. In addition to high-resolution images and object metadata, each record includes a commentary and short-form bibliography (author, title, and page and/or catalogue number). For a full reference list, including abbreviations, see the Bibliography (https://www.doaks.org/
On the occasion of the launch of this online catalogue, Cecile Morrisson, advisor for Byzantine numismatics at Dumbarton Oaks from 1998 to 2018, has provided a History of the Collection and of the Unpublished Accessions (https://www.doaks.org/
Additional resources for coins include downloadable versions of the published coin catalogues (https://www.doaks.org/