Research News in Late Antiquity

Special lecture, Oxford Centre for Late Antiquity, 30 November 2011

2011-11-12T08:18:00.000+01:00

Source: Oxford Centre for Late Antiquity.

Special Lecture

(with the Seminar for Late Antique and Byzantine Studies)

Eric Rebillard (Cornell University):

'Christians and Violence Against Pagans at the turn of the Fifth Century in North Africa'

Wednesday 30 November 2011, at 5 pm

Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies,

66 St. Giles', University of Oxford

The Centre for Late Antiquity is founded through the generosity of John Beale, Peter Bell, Lewis Chester, and an anonymous donor through Trinity College.

Appel à communication : La maison : les usages publics d’un espace privé, de l’Antiquité à nos jours, Clermont-Ferrand, 5 juin 2012

2011-11-11T08:33:00.000+01:00

Source: ApAhAu.

Cette journée d’étude se déroulera àClermont-Ferrand le mardi 5 juin 2012, à la Maison des sciences de l’homme.Elle s’adresse en priorité aux jeunes chercheurs en sciences humaines etsociales des universités françaises. L’enjeu de cette journée d’étude sera dedéterminer dans quelles mesures un espace privé devient un espace publiclorsqu’une activité professionnelle s’y exerce, ceci dans une perspectivediachronique et multidisciplinaire.

La dichotomie espace public / espace privéa souvent été discutée à travers des approches variées, qu’elles soienthistoriques sociologiques, politiques, ou encore psychologiques. Le sociologueallemand J. Habermas fut parmi les premiers à employer la notiond’ « espace public » (Habermas 1962), qu’il associe étroitementà l’organisation politique et sociale de l’État. P. Ariès et G. Dubyont choisi quant à eux de s’appuyer sur le constat simple que, bien que que lavie privée et l’intimité sont des notions revendiquées avec la montée de labourgeoisie au XIXe siècle, « de tous temps et partout, s’est exprimé dansle vocabulaire le contraste […] qui oppose au public […] le privé. »(Ariès, Duby 1985). Plusieurs colloques et journées d’études ont également enrichiles considérations sur ce sujet vaste, notamment le colloque dirigé par F.Gherchanoc (2006) qui a affiné le questionnement en appréhendant l’espace privéparticulier qu’est la maison comme un lieu de sociabilité.

La notion de public renvoie fondamentalementà celle d’État et concerne le peuple dans son ensemble. Elle se veut l’opposéde la notion du privé, qui se définit comme un espace destiné au particulier,propre à chacun et où le public n’est généralement pas admis.

Il a été choisi d’aborder ces notions, auprime abord antagonistes, à travers un espace particulier, celui de la maison.Si la maison est souvent considérée comme le lieu privé par excellence, elleest également un lieu où s’exercent de nombreuses activités publiques :activités professionnelles, pratiques sociales (réceptions publiques etpolitiques), culturelles (salons, bibliothèques, cabinets de curiosité) etreligieuses. Afin de prévenir un éparpillement des études de cas, le parti prisa été de centrer la question autour des activités professionnelles pratiquéesau sein de cet espace privé qu’est la maison, dans une perspective diachronique(de l’Antiquité à l’époque contemporaine) et multidisciplinaire (histoire,histoire de l’art, histoire du droit, sociologie, archéologie, etc.) àl’échelle de l’Europe occidentale.

Deux axes thématiques sont proposés. Ilsdevront permettre de déterminer dans quelles mesures cet espace intime et privéqu’est la maison devient un espace public dès lors qu’une activitéprofessionnelle (art, commerce, artisanat, professions libérales, etc.) s’yexerce.

Comment identifier un espace « professionnel » – doncpublic ? – au sein de la maison ?

La maison et le lieu de l’activitéprofessionnelle sont-ils deux espaces clairement distincts l’un del’autre ? Dans ce cas, est-il possible d’identifier une séparation entreles deux, et comment se matérialise-t-elle (langage architectural, mobilier,etc.) ? L’espace professionnel peut-il être justement qualifié de public oufaut-il le traiter comme espace semi-public ? L’imbrication et laperméabilité de ces deux espaces peuvent être envisagées dans différentscontextes, aussi bien en zone urbaine – ce qui amène à se questionner sur lacontrainte spatiale causée par la ville – qu’en zone rurale (villae, château,maison de maître, presbytère, …).

De quelle façon une profession peut-elle s’insérer dans un espaceprivé ?

Quelle est la place de l’activité professionnelledans la maison, et de quelle façon se déroule la cohabitation entre la vieprivée, autrement dit l’intime, et l’activité professionnelle, publique ?Le sujet pourra être traité aussi bien du point de vue du maître de maison –qui n’est pas nécessairement celui qui y pratique une activité professionnelle– que de celui des habitants, nécessairement concernés par l’intrusion publiquedans un lieu privé. Mais aussi, le point de vue peut être celui de la personneexerçant la profession, ou bien encore celui du public, c’est-à-dire de laclientèle qui fréquente les lieux. Le cas particulier des communautés peutégalement être appréhendé. Comment ces différents protagonistess’approprient-ils cet espace à l’origine privé mais transformé en un espace ouvert,au moins en partie, au public ? Y a-t-il négation consciente – ouinconsciente – de leur part de la partition des espaces ?

Organisée par la « jeune équipe » duCentre d’Histoire « Espaces et Cultures » de Clermont-Ferrand (EA 1001), quiregroupe historiens (de l’Antiquité à nos jours), historiens de l’art etarchéologues, cette journée se déroulera le mardi 5 juin à la Maison desSciences de l’Homme de Clermont-Ferrand. Elle donnera lieu à une publicationélectronique après l’avis d’un comité éditorial.

Modalités

Les propositions de communications sont àadresser aux organisateurs à l’adresse suivante :jeune.equipe.chec@gmail.com

Avant le 15 février 2012

Comité organisateur :

Thomas Aréal, Florian Baret, OrianeHébert, Sandra Chabert, Marie Delpy, Aurélie Ducreux, Amandine Fauchon(doctorants en histoire et archéologie au CHEC, Clermont 2).

Comité Scientifique :

Nicolas Beaupré,
Philippe Bourdin,
Catherine Bréniquet,
Damien Carraz (professeurs et maîtres de conférences, CHEC, Clermont 2).

Tournez moulins ! Céréales, moulins et fours du Jura, Ve-XVIe siècles, jusqu'au 15 janvier 2012 au musée des Beaux-Arts de Lons-le-Saunier

2011-11-10T08:54:00.000+01:00

Source: Inrap.

Horaires : dumardi au vendredi 14 h - 17 h, samedi, dimanche & jours fériés 14 h -18 h, fermé le lundi – fermé du 23 au 26 décembre 2011 et du 31décembre 2011 au 2 janvier 2012.

Expositionréalisée par le Musée d’Archéologie du Jura deLons-le-Saunier « en résidence » au Musée des Beaux-Arts.

Au traversdes découvertes réalisées dans le Jura et la vallée de la Saône, en particuliersur le tracé de la ligne LGV, le public découvrira toutes les étapes quipermettent d’obtenir du pain à partir des céréales, du Néolithique à l’époquemoderne : récolte, stockage, battage, mouture, fabrication et cuisson.

L’expositionsera présentée à l’occasion d’un colloque international sur la mouture et lesmoulins, de l’époque gauloise et à l’époque moderne, qui aura lieu àLons-le-saunier du 5 au 12 novembre 2011.

Contact: musee.archeologie@ville-lons-le-saunier.fr

CFP: Decline and Fall: Rome in Translation, Translation in Rome, Annual Conference, Brown University, March 29-April 1, 2012

2011-11-09T08:09:00.000+01:00

Source: Compitum.

American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) Annual Conference

Rome wasan empire built on translation. She developed a literary tradition through adeliberate Latinization of Greek forms and incorporated art, culture andtechnology from across her vast empire. Consequently, Rome has often served asa symbol for translation and its dangers, a flashpoint for investigating theperceived perils of incorporating foreign cultures and texts.

This seminar seeks to explore the topic of Rome intranslation from both ancient and modern perspectives, asking how translation,broadly defined, has contributed to Rome's historical – and retrospective –rise and fall. We welcome papers that explore ancient Roman translation as wellas papers that examine how translations have been mobilized to rethink andrefashion Roman antiquity since the Roman empire's historical collapse: How didtranslation contribute to the evolution of Latin literature? How did ancientauthors use translation to consolidate – and contest –evolving social andpolitical identities? How was translation used during periods of politicalcrisis or social collapse?

On the modern side, relevant questions mightinclude: How has Rome's collapse been interpreted as a sign of the dangers oftranslation? How have modern translations been used as a tool for contestingLatin literary canons and creating modern ones? How have modern translators ofLatin texts constructed particular images of Rome – or dismantled preexistingrepresentations? How has Rome been reinterpreted for modern audiences throughliterature and other media?
We welcome paper proposals from scholars working in any period or field. Our hope is thatthe panel will prompt a dynamic interchange among scholars who focus on Romanantiquity and those who study ways in which Rome has been repurposed orreimagined in later periods.

This seminar is part of the ACLA 2012 conference. Please send any questions to Elizabeth Young, eyoung@wellesley.edu. Paper proposals (250 word max) should besubmitted to the ACLA conference website. Indicate “Declineand Fall: Rome in Translation, Translation in Rome” as your seminar choice inthe drop-down “Seminar” box. Deadline forsubmission is November 15th, 2011.

Povertà e disagio sociale nell'Italia tardoantica, AST - Convegno Internazionale, Napoli, 10-11 Novembre 2011

2011-11-08T08:23:00.000+01:00

Source: Associazione di Studi Tardoantichi.

Giovedì 10 novembre

Facoltà di Giurisprudenza, AulaPessina, Corso Umberto I 40

Presiede: Francesco PaoloCasavola

16.00

Saluti

Massimo Marrelli, MagnificoRettore dell'Università di Napoli Federico II

Mario Rusciano, Presidente delPolo delle Scienze Umane e Sociali

Lucio De Giovanni, Presidentedell'Associazione di Studi Tardoantichi

Carla Masi Doria, Direttore delDipartimento di Diritto Romano, Storia e Teoria del Diritto "FrancescoDe Martino"

Giovanni Polara, Direttore delDipartimento di Filologia Classica "Francesco Arnaldi"

16.45

Domenico Vera (Università diParma)

Presentazione del Convegno

17.15

Boudewijn Sirks (All SoulsCollege, Oxford)

Did Poverty lie at the origin ofthe Colonate?

17.45

Alfredina Storchi (Università diNapoli Federico II)

Schiavi e uomini di umilecondizione

nel senatoconsulto Claudiano inetà tardoantica

18.00

Discussione

Venerdì 11 novembre

Accademia Pontaniana, ViaMezzocannone 8

Presiede: Arturo De Vivo

9.30

Victoria Escribano Paño(Universidad de Saragoza)

Pauperes en el libro XVI delCodex Theodosianus

10.00

Valerio Neri (Università diBologna)

Pauperes e servi: contiguità emobilità tra i due ceti

nell’Italia e nell’Occidentetardoantico (V-VI sec. d.C.)

10.30

Discussione

11.15

Salvatore Puliatti (Università diParma)

Samaritas atroces et adversusChristianos elatos.

Il problema politico delsamaritismo in età giustinianea

11.45

Isabella Baldini (Università diBologna)

I gruppi sociali subalterni:

un problema di visibilitàarcheologica

12.15

Discussione

Venerdì 11 novembre

Dipartimento di Diritto Romano, Storiae Teoria del Diritto "Francesco De Martino", Aula Convegni, ViaGiovanni Paladino 39

Presiede: Ugo Criscuolo

15.30

Arnaldo Marcone (Università RomaTre)

La "differenza" delcristianesimo.

Spazi di assistenza nella cittàtardoantica

16.00

Chiara Corbo (Università diNapoli Federico II)

Tra Italia e Africa: Costantino e l'assistenza aipauperes

16.30

Domenico Vera (Università di Parma)

Una carità molto razionale. Provvedimenti di carestia

e finanza pubblica nel tardoimpero

17.00

Discussione

Domenico Vera, Conclusioni

Position: History of Art and Visual Studies, Cornell University

2011-11-07T08:00:00.000+01:00

Source: Academic Jobs Online.

The Department of the History of Artinvites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor to begin fallsemester 2012. We are searching in two areas and plan to conduct interviews atthe College Art Association for candidates in both fields. Comparative andinterdisciplinary interests are encouraged. The PhD must be completed by Fall2012. We will accept and review applications on a rolling basis until November21st. The first area is Ancient and/or Colonial Latin American Visual Culturewith emphasis on the visual arts of South America and the Caribbean. Ideally,the successful candidate would teach courses in both time periods. Thechronological frame is flexible. We are especially interested in applicantswith broad theoretical knowledge and interest in issues of indigeneity. Thesecond area is the Visual Culture of Byzantium in the Mediterranean World,500-1200 A.D. The department seeks a specialist in the visual culture ofByzantium with broad-ranging interdisciplinary and comparative interests, witha desired chronological spectrum of specialization from 500-1200 A.D. We areparticularly interested in candidates who consider Byzantium and its culture inrelation to the Islamic world, and/or to the 'Catholic West,' and who possessthe linguistic portfolio to carry out in-depth research in the area ofcomparison. Priority will be given to those applications received by Nov. 15th.Electronic applications are required. All required elements of the applicationmay be uploaded to the online site. Cornell is an Affirmative Action, EqualOpportunity Employer and Educator.

CFP: The Christian Moses, The Catholic University of America, Washington DC May 31-June 3, 2012

2011-11-06T08:00:00.000+01:00

Source: Compitum.

TheUniversity's Center for the Study of Early Christianity will host a conferenceon the above dates on the topic of the "Christian Moses." Speakerswill investigate how early Christians (to the seventh century CE) usedtraditions associated with Moses, along with significant Jewish traditions andearly Islamic references to Moses. The conference will have a single-sessionformat to encourage maximum interaction among all participants: speakers, localand visiting scholars, and graduate students. Check the Centerwebsite for more details, including thenames of invited speakers and the titles of their papers.

Scholars interested in presenting a paper areasked to submit titles and abstracts. The abstracts should be limited to 300words, reflect very closely the theme of the conference, and demonstrateexplicitly either an engagement with primary sources in the original languagesor an interest in relevant material culture (artistic or archeological). Thetime for delivery will be 25 minutes. Participantswilling to do so are also welcome to suggest panels or other types of grouppresentation. All papers delivered at the conference will be considered forinclusion in a volume published by the Catholic University of America Press.The deadline for submission of abstracts is December 31, 2011, but we wouldwelcome expressions of interest and likely titles as soon as possible. Sendsubmissions (by email attachment) and inquiries to Philip Rousseau ( rousseau@cua.edu) or Janet Timbie ( jtimbie@att.net).

CFP: The 2012 Annual Meeting of the North American Patristics Society, Chicago, May 24-26, 2012

2011-11-05T07:57:00.001+01:00

Source: NAPS, The North American Patristics Society.

The 2012 Annual Meeting of the North AmericanPatristics Society will take place on May 24-26, 2012 at the Holiday InnChicago Mart Plaza. The following announcements are in respect to themeeting. The online system for paper proposal submissions isnow open! All proposals must be submitted via this online system. Moreover, all proposals are due byNovember 11, 2011. You may access the paper proposal submissionwebsite by clicking here.

Open Call Sessions

Back by popular demand: Open Call Sessions are thematic sessions ofthree or four papers (or three papers and a response). The chair of eachsession is responsible for setting the topic and, together with theVice-President and review committee, for vetting abstracts that will besubmitted during the regular abstract submission period (October 1-November 11,2011). In cases where abstract submissions are numerous, two sessions may beorganized around a given theme.

Seven Open Call sessions were approved for the 2012 annual meeting. Thelist of these approved sessions is available at the end of this announcement.Please consider submitting your paper to one of these sessions.

Call for Papers

Individual abstracts ofapproximately 300 words, including submissions to be considered for one of theOpen Call Sessions, and proposals for Prearranged Sessions may be submitted onthe paper proposals website between October 1and November 11, 2011. Please note that individual abstracts earmarkedfor but not accepted into an Open Call Session will automatically be enteredinto the general pool. Prearranged Sessions should be thematicallyconsistent and will typically include three or four papers; an abstract foreach paper should accompany the proposal submitted by the session’s organizer,except in cases of book panels, translation workshops, and the like. Notification of acceptance of all papers and session proposals will be made byDecember 12, 2011.

Abstracts should: 1) present a clear thesis; 2) indicate knowledge ofthe sources; 3) show awareness of relevant methodological, historiographical,or philosophical issues; and 4) treat subject matter that falls within theparameters of Late Ancient and Patristic studies.

Only NAPS members in good standing may read papers. Members arerequested to submit no more than one abstract.

NAPS OutstandingStudent Paper Prizes

Graduate student members ofNAPS whose papers are accepted for the 2012 Annual Meeting are invited to applyfor a $250 “NAPS Outstanding Student Paper Prize” by submitting an annotated,full-length version of their paper to NAPS President Dennis Trout(TroutD@missouri.edu) by April 10, 2012. Up to five prizes will be given,and the winners will be announced at the 2012 NAPS Business Meeting.

Summary ofImportant Dates

September 16, 2011– Deadline for the topics of the Open Call Sessions

October 1, 2011 –Call for Papers open – please click here to submit your proposal

November 11, 2011 –Call for Papers closes

December 12, 2011 –Notification of acceptance

February 1, 2012 – Programpublished on the NAPS website

April 10, 2012 – Deadline toapply for Outstanding Student Paper Prizes

May 24-26, 2012 – AnnualMeeting in Chicago

Please note thatthe deadline for the submission of topics for Open Call Sessions (September 16, 2011)and the deadline for the submission of Prearranged Sessions and individualabstracts (November11, 2011) are earlier than in past years. Members haverequested an earlier notification of acceptance so that they can requestfunding from their home institutions in a timely manner. Therefore, wehave earlier submission deadlines.

Questionsshould be directed to:

Kenneth B. Steinhauser

Vice-President, NAPS

Saint Louis University

Department of TheologicalStudies

3800 Lindell Blvd., AdorjanHall 124

St Louis, MO 63108-3414

steinhausekb@slu.edu

OPEN CALL SESSIONS FOR 2012

Title: Narratives of Religious Conflict in LateAntiquity

Chair: Bronwen Neil

Abstract: Religious conflict characterised the birth and development ofChristianity, from the apostolic age, through the patristic era up to andincluding the beginnings of Islam. The clash of cultures and ideologies betweenGreeks, Romans, Jews, and Christians only intensified through successive centuries.Although Christian conflict with non-Christian “pagans” and Jews persisted, bythe fourth and fifth centuries Christianity was dominated by intra-religiousconflict centring around traditional and doctrinal arguments. The idea of thispanel is to explore the political, social and other non-religious motivatorsbehind religious conflict, and how these were represented, disguised ordiscussed (if at all) in narratives of religious conflict. This has alreadybeen attempted for the fifth and sixth centuries by W.H.C. Frend in hiscontentious volume The Rise of the Monophysite Movement (1972). Frend presentedso-called “monophysitism” not as the excuse for a separatist movement amongArmenian, Syrian and Coptic peoples but as a unifying force for a number ofcommunities with genuine religious affiliations that prevented their acceptanceof the Chalcedonian settlement. Their religious differences led them to acceptMuslim overlordship in the seventh century and thus facilitated the Arabconquest of a large part of the Byzantine empire. A similar approach could betaken to other Christological disputes of the period, including the rivalrybetween Nicene and anti-Nicene Christians in Antioch in the fourth and fifthcenturies; the Donatist schism in North Africa in the fourth and fifthcenturies; violent division between Chalcedonians and non-Chalcedonians in theeastern churches; Nestorianism and the Three Chapters controversy in the West;Justinian’s neo-Chalcedonianism; and the “imperial” heresies of monoenergismand monothelitism in the seventh century.

Title: Digital Patristics

Chair: Joel Kalvesmaki

Abstract: The digital age holds great promise for the study ofearly Christianity. Scholars presenting in this session will explain howelectronic tools have enabled them to understand late antiquity and to conveythat understanding to colleagues, students, and the general public. Emphasiswill be put on questions central to our discipline such as: How, if at all,have the digital humanities answered or changed the questions we ask? How canscholars of early Christianity better organize themselves to use the digitalhumanities more effectively? Presenters are encouraged to provide ample timefor demonstrations and discussions.

Title: Gender and Nag Hammadi

Chairs: Katherine Veach Urquhart and Nathan Bennett

Abstract: This session welcomes discussion of the role of gender in thelanguage, authorship, context, audience, narratives, interpretation andreception of the texts of the Nag Hammadi library. The desired outcome of sucha discussion is a fuller appreciation of gender in the school of thoughtrepresented by Nag Hammadi, as well as an awareness of the role of gender ininterpretations both ancient and modern of these texts.

Title: The Cults of Saints as Social Capital

Chair: David L. Eastman

Abstract: This session will focus on the Christian cults of saintsand their importance for understanding the political and social development ofearly Christianity. As recent scholarship in this field (e.g. Stephen J. Davis,The Cult of St. Thecla; Ramsay MacMullen, The Second Church; David L. Eastman,Paul the Martyr) has again brought to the surface, the evidence from thesecults provides insight into the rich variety of practices and motivations thatcharacterized early Christian experience. The cult sites were locations ofmeeting between people of different classes and, on a mystical level, betweenChristians and the saints themselves. Here some lines of distinction wereobscured, while others were reinforced. This session is designed to explore theways in which the creation and proliferation of saints’ cults and theiraccompanying sites functioned as social, ecclesiastical, or political capital.Papers could explore topics such as competing claims to saints, attempts tocontrol cult sites and practices, cults and (or against) the ecclesiasticalhierarchy, or cult practices as social freedom or oppression. Preference willbe given to papers that engage these questions through the synthesis ofmultiple forms of evidence (e.g. literary, liturgical, archaeological,artistic, etc.).

Title: The Songof Songs in Late Antiquity:Exploring Contexts of Interpretation

Chair: Karl Shuve

Abstract: The early Christianreception and interpretation of the Songof Songshas generated a significant level of scholarly interest in recentyears. Much of the literature, however, has focused on the motivationsunderlying the Christian figural reading of this erotic poem and the impactthat patristic exegesis of theSong hashad on modern interpretations. This “hermeneutical” approach, despite itsmany merits, tends in an ahistorical direction that flattens the significantdifferences between early Christian interpretations of the Song. A rich diversityof interpretations has been highlighted in the pioneering articles of ElizabethClark (“Origen and the Later Latin Fathers”, 1986) and Patricia Cox Miller(“Pleasure of the Text”, 1986; “Blazing Body”, 1993) among several others, andit is the aim of this session to continue to explore the variety of uses of theSong throughout Late Antiquity and acrossthe Roman Empire. Papers are most welcome on any topic pertaining to thesubject of this session. Presenters might explore: anindividual author’sinterpretation of the Song;the interpretation of the Song in a particular geographical region(e.g., North Africa, Italy, Syria); the deployment of the language or imageryof the Song within a particular discursivetradition (e.g., ecclesiological polemic, exhortation to virginity) or literarygenre (e.g., poetry); the use of the Song in the liturgy; the forging ofintertextual links between the Songandother biblical texts (e.g., Psalm 45); or the interaction of differenttrajectories and traditions of interpretation (e.g., the later Latin use ofGreek sources; Christian use of Rabbinic sources).

Title: Plato and the Poetics of Patristic Production: Plato’s Influence on theTheological Use of Literary Form

Chairs: Morwenna Ludlow and Scot Douglass

It has been stated that Platois the only major philosopher who is also a supreme literaryartist. Patristic scholarship has given much more attention to theinfluence of Plato’s metaphysical ideas on the church fathers than that of hispoetics—either his ideas about poetics or his practice of it in so many of themost influential aspects of his output: TheSymposium, allegory of the cave, winged nature of the soul, the fall incorporeality, etc. This has been the case despite general recognitionthat the rhetorical milieus in which many church fathers were trained wereinfluenced by Plato’s complex views on the value of rhetoric and itsrelation to dialectic (albeit views nuanced by Aristotle and later rhetoricaltheorists). Classics scholars are engaged in a vigorous debate about therelationship between Plato’s philosophy and art (e.g., Christopher Rowe’sPlatoand the Art of Philosophical Writing andCharles Kahn’s Plato and theSocratic Dialogue: The Philosophical Use of a Literary Form) as have beenmany contemporary philosophers (e.g., Derrida, Cixous,Agamben). This session invites papers that bring the church fathersinto that conversation, papers which, for example, examine the literary,artistic and poetic legacy of Plato in the church fathers and theircontemporaries and the subsequent connections between what the fatherssay, how they say it and how ‘how they say it’ is productive ofand indispensible to their ideas. In other words, we are looking forcontributions that explore rhetoric and literary art (techne) in the Fathersbeyond its reduction to ornamental flourish.

Title: The New Prophecy: Montanism in the Light of Recent Research

Chair: William Tabbernee

Abstract: Recent research has brought about a renewed interest in “TheNew Prophecy,” the (originally) Phrygian Christian renewal movement later knownas Montanism. A number of earlier scholarly assumptions about The NewProphecy have been brought into question. The aim of this session is tore-examine aspects of traditional scholarship about Montanism on the basis ofrecent research. Any aspect of the history, nature, theology, orpractices of Montanism may be the topic of papers submitted for thissession. Priority will be given to submissions which present originalresearch and/or utilize recent research by other scholars in order to evaluatesome dimension/s of traditional interpretation of the New Prophecy.

Transition to Christianity, Art of Late Antiquity, 3rd-7th Century AD, Onassis Cultural Center, New York, December 7, 2011 – May 14, 2012

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Source: Onassis Foundation (USA).

The exhibition is jointly organized by the OnassisFoundation (USA) and the Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens.

With the scholarly support of an advisory committeefrom the Program in Hellenic Studies at Princeton University.

The vibrant and complex life of the EasternMediterranean during a time of reinvention and renewal will be the subject of amajor new exhibition at the Onassis Cultural Center in Midtown Manhattan. Onview from December 7, 2011 through May 14, 2012,Transition to Christianity:Art of Late Antiquity, 3rd – 7th Century A.D. will bring together morethan 170 exceptional objects on loan from Greek museums, as well as museums inCyprus and the United States. Incorporating many outstanding works of art thathave never before been seen outside Greece, as well as recently discoveredworks that are being exhibited for the first time anywhere, Transitionto Christianity reveals a period of extraordinary and perhapsunexpected creativity in the Greek world of Late Antiquity.

Curators of the exhibition are Dr. Eugenia Chalkia, Director, Byzantine andChristian Museum, and Dr. Anastasia Lazaridou, Vice-Director, Byzantine andChristian Museum. Serving on the advisory committee are Peter Brown, Professorof History, Emeritus; Slobodan Ćurčić, Professor of Art and Archaeology,Emeritus; and Dimitri Gondicas, Executive Director, Program in HellenicStudies, Princeton University. Slobodan Ćurčić also serves as chief curatorialconsultant.

The extraordinary objects in the exhibitionrepresent a wide range of media and functions: mosaics, paintings, sculptures,architectural elements, inscriptions, coins, liturgical objects, jewelry anddomestic furnishings. Together, they reveal the creative ferment of the worldof Late Antiquity, when a new society, religion and material culture weregradually replacing the old.

According to Peter Brown, Transition toChristianity reflects a change in recent decades in the way scholarsview the period when the sun was setting on the Western Roman Empire. “Therewas life after the third century; and this life came to bear the name of ’LateAntiquity,’” he writes. “This exhibition is devoted, in large part, to showingthe strange and colorful life of an age which had once been consigned to theshadows, as an age of death and gloom…. Here was an other story, told under another, more peaceful, eastern sky: the preparation, throughout the territoriesstill ruled from Constantinople by Roman emperors, of a Byzantine civilizationthat would last for a further millennium.”

“It was the last and the most open of the greatages of antiquity,” Peter Brown continues. “Of this great story, an exhibitioncan show only fragments…. These poignant fragments of a long-lost age speak tous directly of what it was like, on the ground, to live through an era ofmighty transition.”

Transition to Christianity will reveal this story through seven thematicsections:

The first section, The End of Antiquity? Cultural and ReligiousInteractions, bears witness to the survival of the ancient Greek and Romanforms of worship and the mystery cults in the 3rd and 4th centuries, and toChristianity’s rise within this cultural milieu. Statues from house shrinesdocument the continuation of paganism well into the 6th century, when itsurvived as part of the culture of the social elite. Meanwhile, Christianityadapted and incorporated existing artistic forms and subjects. The image of thephilosopher, for example, with his profound gaze and intense features, becamethe model that Christians used to depict the apostles.

The second section, Christianity on the Rise:From Recognition to Authority, surveys the effects of Emperor Constantinethe Great’s recognition of Christianity and policy of building magnificentchurches in the empire’s great urban centers. Images on coins testify to themerger of imperial and Christian imagery. In this medium, the Christianemperors borrowed imagery from past examples, redeployed them for a new messageof Christian triumph.

The third section, Urban Realities,focuses on the gradual changes in city life as the important centers of theGreco-Roman world became Christianized. Architectural inscriptions show theworldly influence of bishops, who were usually of high social status withclassical educations. Consular diptychs made of ivory announced appointments ofindividuals to new government posts and invited important citizens to theHippodrome for games hosted by the official. Richly carved architecturalelements, mosaics and portrait busts reflect the status of a new class ofofficials and city dwellers. Hordes of coins and the famous Mytilene Treasurebear witness both to the wealth of cities and to the continual threat ofinvasion and looting.

The fourth section, Daily Life, presentsobjects relating to the public entertainments in the Hippodrome (whichsupplanted the banned Olympic games); wedding rings, which reflect the gradualChristianization of the institution of marriage; and ornaments that testify tothe continuing desire for personal beauty in a society that was turning moreand more toward the other world. A variety of amulets and charms with magicsymbols believed to ward off demons and protect against the evil eye show theprevalence of syncretic, popular beliefs—although the symbol of the cross orthe image of a guardian saint became increasingly ubiquitous in ornamentationused for personal protection.

After Christians were granted the freedom toworship openly, churches rose across the Empire. In the section EarlyChristian Worship, architectural elements and examples of church furnituredemonstrate appropriation and modification of old forms for new religiousneeds. Together with adaptation of old building types for new functions−thebasilica (based on the Roman secular building type), and the centrally plannedchurch (based on late Roman mausoleums)−these objects collectively demonstratethe process of transformation.

The sixth section, Death and New Life,reflects the profound inner change brought about by Christianity, as peoplebegan to think of earthly death as the beginning of an eternal heavenlyexistence. Besides examining Christian burial practices of this time, theexhibition will display objects that testify to the Christian belief in themiraculous powers of martyrs and saints. On view will be reliquaries andmosaics that illustrate the rise and spread of the cult of saints, and pendantsand pilgrims’ tokens highlighting the phenomenon of pilgrimage to martyria.

Finally, The Genesis of Christian Art willexamine the emergence of Christian visual language in Late Antiquity. It is inthe funerary context that most evidence of the earliest Christian art has beenpreserved. The symbols that held exclusive meaning for the new religion—thecross, the Chi-rho and the fish—were eventually joined by a broader repertoireof figurative art. Glass, paintings, and sculpted reliefs shared motifs andiconographic formulas of pagan art, but adapted these to a new Christiancontext.

Christianity’s ultimate triumph over paganism led toan increasing readiness to appropriate aspects of ancient art for its ownpurposes. This last section will examine how certain pagan forms and ideasbecame integral in the new Christian art. Perhaps the most ubiquitous amongpagan art forms, the portrait, was gradually replaced by its two-dimensional Christiancounterpart, the icon (depicting Christ, apostles, martyrs and saints), whoserepresentational value was commonly accompanied by miraculous powers possessedby the image itself.

The exhibition closes with three of the famous DavidPlates, part of a set of nine splendid silver plates produced in the 7thcentury that were discovered on Cyprus. The plates constitute a climacticsynthesis of the art of Late Antiquity. Illustrating episodes from the OldTestament’s narrative of the life of King David, the plates were produced underthe auspices of Emperor Heraklios, whose victory over the Persians wasmetaphorically celebrated through the representation of David's defeat ofGoliath. The plates clearly reveal a late survival of classical style andiconography in the service of a Christian Emperor, whose role, according toChristian ideology, was associated with the role of a Heavenly Ruler, Christ,directly descended from the House of David.

“The subject of Transition to Christianity is of obviousrelevance to the present day,” state Eugenia Chalkia and Anastasia Lazaridou.“Starting from the principles that nothing is born of nothing, that everythingcontinues its momentum for a while even after it has gone, that for somethingto be created there must be a need for it, and for something to be snuffed outit must be redundant, we can understand that all things, tangible or otherwise,are products of constant flux, transformation and reinvention.”

Catalogueof the Exhibition

The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue published by the Onassis Foundation (USA). The contributions, by leading scholars of Late Antiquity, will include an introductory essay by Peter Brown, and essays by Fabrizio Bisconti, Kimberly Bowes, Averil Cameron, Slobodan Ćurčić, Jaś Elsner, Henry Maguire, Katherine Marsengill, Aristotelis Mentzos, Helen Saradi-Mendelovici, and Ioannis Touratsoglou.

Public Programs

Throughout the course of the exhibition, the OnassisCultural Center will provide free guided tours and gallery talks by scholarsspecializing in the subject matter of Transition to Christianity. Comprehensivebrochures will be distributed at no cost to visitors, and an e-learning programwill be made available at www.onassisusa.org. At a later date, the OnassisCultural Center will announce lectures and a conference organized inconjunction with the exhibition.

The Onassis Cultural Center is open to the publicMonday through Saturday, 10 am to 6 pm, except Christmas and New Year’s Day.Admission is free.

Les interactions chez les religieux, Antiquité tardive-fin du XIXe siècle : emprunts, échanges et confrontations, Saint-Etienne, 24-26.10.2012

2011-11-03T08:00:00.001+01:00

Source : Université Jean Monnet.

Appel à contributions

Colloque international organisé par le CERCOR, les 24, 25 et 26 octobre 2012.

L'agrégation en communauté religieuse a presque toujours un caractèreidentitaire. Celui-ci trouve notamment à s'exprimer dans des référencesexclusives ou combinées à un ou des personnages « fondateurs », unétablissement originel, un corpus d'œuvres, un idéal spirituel, une tradition,des pratiques ou un habit spécifiques ou bien encore une règle religieuseentendue au sens large (regula,consuetudo, ordo, institutio ou constitutiones,...).

De ce fait, les communautés religieuses inclinent au renforcement desqualités particulières qui traduisent leur appropriation de la quête du Salutet leurs singularités dans le partage d'une même vision du « monde ».

Dans la longue durée, ce phénomène de ségrégation volontaire s'amplifie àla mesure de la multiplication des nouvelles expériences religieuses. Ils'ordonne progressivement, en particulier du fait des discriminations opérées àl'initiative de la papauté (nomenclature, taxinomie, hiérarchisation). Saconséquence est un effet de saturation, « monde plein » des religieuxoù la survie implique une construction comparative des communautés parfoisexacerbée jusqu'à la rivalité.

Aussi, dans une dynamique permanente d'échanges et de confrontations éphémèresou durables, les communautés s'établissent dans la reconnaissanceréciproque ; s'affirment par la diffusion auprès de leurs homologues deleur esprit propre, leurs idéaux, préceptes ou pratiques ; se renouvellenten trouvant chez d'autres des modèles, des repoussoirs ou des exemples qu'ellesadaptent.

Les travaux sont déjà relativement nombreux qui sont isolément dédiés àcertaines des modalités manifestes d'interactions telles que la réforme, lesemprunts coutumiers ou les conflits. Mais la grande diversité des interactionschez les religieux mérite un regard d'ensemble.

C'est pourquoi le Cercor appelle à poursuivre la réflexion sur ce thème àl'aide des repères suivants :

* Les origines des interactions :

- initiatives spontanées, en provenance des communautés elles-mêmes(unilatérales, bilatérales, multilatérales) ;

- initiatives des autorités laïques ou ecclésiastiques, initiativespontificales ;

* Les modalités des interactions :

- l'intervention dans les affaires internes d'une autre communauténotamment via un processus réformateur (appelé ou subi) ;

- la reconnaissance réciproque, l'échange et le partage, (échangesépistolaires, échanges d'ouvrages, associations spirituelles, ...) ;

- l'imitation, l'emprunt, la révérence ;

- la concurrence, voire la rivalité, parfois exacerbées jusqu'auconflit ;

* les divers plans des interactions :

- interactions internes à une communauté, entre le supérieur et lacommunauté : sanctions et corrections mais aussi ajustements dans l'ordoou la coutume ;

- interactions internes à un ordre au sens institutionnel : les visites,les sanctions et leurs effets ; les réactions internes à l'autoritécentrale ; les solidarités matérielles ;

- interactions entre ordres eux-mêmes ;

- interactions avec une instance ecclésiastique « supérieure »,essentiellement la papauté : imposition d'une règle ou d'un ordre, réalitéou fait de nomenclature issu de la Curie romaine (modalités de création desrègles du monachisme romain oriental à l'époque moderne) ;

- interactions passé-présent : en particulier pour la période moderne,interactions entre les modèles religieux anciens (organisation, habitus) -monastiques ou non - et les nouvelles formes de vie consacrée (ordres de clercsréguliers, congrégations cléricales, congrégations laïques, ...) ;

* les formes des interactions et plus encore leurs effets, en particulierdans les domaines suivants :

- la vie spirituelle, entendue au sens large : adoption de modèlesspirituels externes, partage ou emprunt de figures spirituelles, circulationshagiographiques, circulation de modèles iconographiques ; à l'époquemoderne émergence du discours sur « l'esprit » des ordres religieux,discours unifié sur la vocation à la vie religieuse ;

- la pratique liturgique, l'élaboration des propres liturgiques ;

- les mobilités humaines (pérégrinations monastiques, déplacements decouvents, de moines ou de frères, changements d'ordre ou de règle, ...) ;

- le pouvoir, la construction et la production normatives (notamment lesinclusions de normes allogènes ou les emprunts à celles-ci, les pratiques dedévolution des pouvoirs internes aux communautés) ;

- la vie intellectuelle et les préoccupations savantes, les échanges delivres et d'idées ;

- le genre de vie quotidien et l'organisation interne de lacommunauté ;

- la vie économique (partages de terres ou compascuités, relais financierscommuns, ..., affirmation des divergences conceptuelles à l'égard de lapropriété ou rivalités concrètes).

Comité scientifique :

Jean-François BRUN

Philippe CASTAGNETTI

Frédérique COSTANTINI

Noëlle DEFLOU-LECA

Manuel De SOUZA

Sylvain EXCOFFON

Daniel-Odon HUREL

Annick PETERS-CUSTOT

Sylvain TROUSSELARD

Ludovic VIALLET

Proposition de communication à envoyer depréférence avant le 10 novembre 2011 au Cercor : cercor@univ-st-etienne.fr

CERCOR - UMR 8584

Site Tréfilerie - Bât. M

35, rue du 11 novembre

42023 St Etienne Cedex 2

http://cercor.univ-st-etienne.fr

Mausolées et églises (IVe-VIIIe s.), Clermont-Ferrand, Maison des sciences de l'Homme, 3-5 novembre 2011

2011-11-02T08:00:00.000+01:00

Source : CEM (Auxerre).

Auterme des quatre années d’une première étape de travaux parrégion, dans la perspective d’un volet français du Corpus européendes édifices religieux antérieurs à l’an Mil (CARE, IV-X saec.), sousla direction de Pascale Chevalier et de Christian Sapin, auquel denombreux chercheurs sont associés, a été retenue l’idée d’un colloque surle thème « Du mausolée à l’église ». Si le mausolée en tant que teln’apparaît pas dans le Corpus, sa morphologie et sa situation commepoint de départ d’un édifice religieux, ou son appartenance à unenvironnement de ce type, ont été souvent rencontrés lorsdes travaux régionaux rendant compte des recherches de terrainles plus récentes. Ce thème mérite ainsi que nous approfondissionsensemble un travail comparatif et que nous étayions lacompréhension des choix des constructeurs, en particulier entrele IVe et le VIIIe siècle.

Pour cela, nous avonsretenu la présentation d’études de cas de différentesnatures, depuis les plus monumentales et prestigieuses jusqu’auxsites plus modestes et souvent inconnus avant leur découverte.Certains donneront lieu à des synthèses régionales ou nationales.Plusieurs pays impliqués dans le projet international du Corpusseront également présents dans ces présentations ou à travers latable ronde de conclusion.

Télécharger le programme en PDF.

Symposium on Sortilege in Late Antiquity, November 12-13, 2011, Princeton University

2011-11-01T08:00:00.000+01:00

Source: The Heroic Age and Symposium website.

Sortilege,the practice of making decisions or foretelling the future by casting lots, wasboth widely practiced and at the same time highly contested in theMediterranean world of Late Antiquity. While secular and ecclesiastical leadersoften expressly prohibited such practices, lot divination proved resilient andeven remained vibrant throughout the centuries. The period between 300 and 700witnessed the creation by inspired individuals of a large and diverse body ofdivinatory texts that became widely dispersed over the Mediterranean region.The thriving practice of book oracles both competes with and complements thecanonical corpora of the area’s major religions. The symposium’s participantswill analyze these lot texts in their larger social-historical and religiouscontexts, especially against the backdrop of the classical Greek and Latincanon and the formation of the major book religions in the Mediterranean basinas well as their evolving bodies of sacred scriptures.

Saturday, November 12

9:00 - 10:30 AM

William Klingshirn (The Catholic University ofAmerica), Sortilege and the diviner'sprofession in late antiquity

Pieter van der Horst (Universiteit Utrecht), Sortes biblicae judaicae

10:45 - 12:15 PM

David Ratzan (Columbia University), Getting to Yes: the institutional context ofeconomic divination in Roman Egypt

Laura Nasrallah (Harvard Divinity School), ‘I do not wish to be rich’: The ‘Barbarian’Christian Tatian Responds to Sortes

1:30 - 3:00 PM

Kevin W. Wilkinson (Fordham University), Missing Link? A Greek Fragment of the SortesSanctorum in the Beinecke Library

Alexander Kocar (Princeton University), Two unpublished Coptic sortes manuscriptsfrom Oxyrhynchus

3:15 - 4:45 PM

David Frankfurter (Boston University), Sortes, Scribality, and Syncretism: RitualExpertise and the Great Tradition in Byzantine Egypt

Franziska Naether (Universität Leipzig), Sortilegi between divine ordeals and‘secular’ justice. Aspects of Jurisdiction in (ritual) texts from Roman Egypt

Sunday,November 13

9:00 - 10:30 AM

Salvatore Costanza (Universität Köln), Books of Divination and Books for Divination

Michael Meerson (Princeton University), The Right to Interpret: Not Everyone’s Homer

10:45 - 12:15 PM

Randall Stewart (University of Utah), The Enduring Appeal of the Sortes Astrampsychi

AnneMarie Luijendijk (Princeton University), ‘Only do not be of two minds.’ The Role ofDoubt in Divination

Conference Organizers

William Klingshirn, professor and chair of Greekand Latin at the Catholic University of America, is a late Roman historianspecializing in the religion and culture of north Africa and western Europe. Hehas written widely on lot divination and diviners, and is currently writing abook on diviners in late antiquity.

AnneMarie Luijendijk, assistant professor ofreligion at Princeton University, is a historian of religion and apapyrologist, working on early Christianity. Her new research involves thepublication and analysis of a new Coptic miniature manuscript with Christianlot oracles.

Actualité de la recherche sur le monachisme luxovien : conditions de fondations des premiers monastères et topographie, Luxeuil, 18-19.11.2011

2011-10-31T15:42:00.001+01:00

Fouilles Place de la République à Luxeuil-les-Bains, 2008-2010. Emplacement de l'ancienne église Saint-Martin. Photo : Félix Potuit.

Source : Calenda.

La journéed’étude-séminaire universitaire est programmée dans le cadre du PCR «monastères en Europe occidentale (Ve-Xe siècle) » et du projet FABER «construction de l’espace au haut Moyen Âge dans le royaume burgonde : le cas del’abbaye de Luxeuil et des monastères colombaniens ». Cette journée fait suiteà celle organisée en mars 2010 à l’université de Galway par Conor Newman etMark Stansbury et rentre dans le cadre d’une série de rencontres préparatoiresd’un colloque international, qui se tiendra en 2015 – en partie à Luxeuil – àl’occasion de l’anniversaire des 1400 ans de la mort de saint Colomban. Desconférences ouvertes à tous sur le thème du « scriptorium de Luxeuil »,organisées par l’association des Amis de Saint Colomban, se dérouleront le samedi19 novembre à l’abbaye de Luxeuil.

Avecl’achèvement de la fouille de l’ancienne église Saint-Martin de Luxeuil et lespremiers résultats des prospections géophysiques engagées sur le sited’Annegray, il nous semble opportun de confronter les nouvelles données avecdes recherches récentes – où en partie inédites – historiques et archéologiquesportants sur le « monachisme luxovien ». Lors de cette rencontre, on insisterasur la question des origines et plus particulièrement sur les conditions defondations et d’organisation de ces établissements, telle que l’archéologie ouune relecture des documents anciens peut désormais le suggérer.

Vendredi 18 novembre 2011

9 h45 Introduction à la journée

10 h 00 Project : Colombanus’ life and legacy, Conor Newman (université de Galway, Irlande)
10 h 30 Bangor : monastère ou grande cité monastique ?, Jean-Michel Picard (université de Dublin, UCD, Irlande)
11 h 15 La Vie de saint Colomban par Jonas de Bobbio : une relecture nécessaire, Michèle Gaillard (université Lille Nord de France, UDL 3, UMR 8529 IRHIS)
13 h 30 Les premières fondations de saint Colomban en Gaule : le problème des sources, Alain Dubreucq (université de Lyon 3)
14 h 15 Les prospections géophysiques et sondages à Annegray, Sébastien Bully (CNRS, UMR Artehis) et Emmet Marron (université de Galway, Irlande)
15 h 00 La « refondation » de Romainmôtier : les aspects historiques et archéologiques, Peter Eggenberger
15 h 45 Les monastères « luxoviens » romands, Jacques Bujard (Monuments et sites, Neuchâtel, université de Fribourg, Suisse)
16 h 30 Le monastère de Bobbio au haut Moyen Âge : entre histoire et archéologie, Eleonora Destefanis (université du Piémont Oriental, Vercelli, Italie)

17 h 15Conclusion

Samedi 19 novembre 2011

II – Troisième table ronde du patrimoinecolombanien « Autour du scriptorium de Luxeuil »

Abbaye Saint-Colomban, Luxeuil-les-Bains
Cette manifestation se déroulera à la salle du chapitre de 14 h 00 à 18 h 30 - Organisée par l’association des Amis de saint Colomban (Entréegratuite, accessible à tous les publics)

Entre l'Égypte et Luxeuil : les manuscrits irlandais anciens, Jean-Michel Picard, université de Dublin, UCD, Irlande
Le scriptorium de Luxeuil et la liturgie mérovingienne, David Ganz, professeur émérite en paléographie, King's College de Londres
Angelome de Luxeuil et la Bible de Moutier-Grandval (IXe siècle), Jean-Louis Walther, historien, spécialiste de la Bible de Moutier-Grandval (Suisse)
Bobbio et son scriptorium au haut Moyen Âge, Eleonora Destefanis, archéologue, maître de conférences à l’université du Piémont Oriental, Vercelli (Italie)
L’alius caracter d’Agrestius et l’écriture de Luxeuil, Mark Stansbury, professeur, directeur des études médiévales à l’université de Galway (Irlande)
L’écriture dite de Luxeuil, Philippe Kahn, historien, vice-président des Amis de Saint-Colomban

Contact

· ChantalPalluet
courriel : cnrs [point] cem (at) wanadoo [point] fr

Centred'études médiévales-UMR ARTEHIS
3, place du Coche d'Eau
89000 AUXERRE

Assistant Professor, Ancient World / Late Antiquity, University of Oregon

2011-07-30T15:49:00.000+02:00

Source : H-Net Job Guide.

The History Department at the University of Oregon seeks to fill a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor, to begin September 2012. We seek an innovative, rigorous scholar and teacher in ancient history. Research specialization is open in terms of geographical, thematic, and chronological focus (including Late Antiquity). The successful candidate must be able to teach a variety of graduate and undergraduate history courses on the ancient world, including Greece and Rome. PhD. required at time of appointment. Send c.v., a letter describing research and teaching interests, a chapter-length writing sample, and three letters of recommendation to Randall E. McGowen, Chair, Antiquity Search, Department of History, University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403 - 1288.Review of applications will begin October 15, 2011, but the position will remain open until filled. The University of Oregon is committed to creating a more inclusive and diverse institution and seeks candidates with demonstrated potential to contribute positively to its diverse community. The University of Oregon is an AA/EO/ADA institution committed to cultural diversity.

Randall E. McGowen

Antiquity Search

Department of History

University of Oregon

Eugene OR 97403-1288

Email : rmcgowen@uoregon.edu

Tel : 541-346-4831

Fax : 541-346-4895

PhD Position in either Patristic, Early Christian or Late Antique studies f/m

2011-07-28T12:08:00.001+02:00

Source: Oxford Patristics.

The Faculty of Theology of VU University Amsterdam is a dynamic, ecumenical faculty where people from diverse religious traditions devote themselves to teaching, research, and social service. The Faculty ties its special character to openness and hospitality. The bond with its own Protestant tradition becomes evident in the cooperation with the representatives from other traditions. The goal of the Faculty is to make a contribution to city, country, and world by providing sound academic instruction and by doing solid scholarly research in an international, multireligious setting.

A PhD position in the fields mentioned above is available for commencement at the Faculty of Theology of VU University Amsterdam. The starting date is September 2011, or soon thereafter.

The PhD-student will work under the daily supervision of Dr. Hagit Amirav, Director, ERC Project on Patristic Exegesis, with Prof. Paul van Geest, Director, Interuniversity Centre for Patristic Research (CPO). The PhD-student will be associated with the Faculty of Theology at VU University Amsterdam, and CPO, an institution set up in collaboration with three Dutch universities : Tilburg, VU Amsterdam, and Leiden, home to a lively community of researchers and scholars working on early Christian studies and adjacent areas (www.patristiek.nl).

Tasks

The job involves completing research on a topic which will be decided upon in consultation with the candidate, and producing a publishable PhD-thesis, written in English, within the designated time frame of four years since the starting date.

Requirements

The candidate should have the following qualifications :

M.A. or equivalent in Patristic Studies or related fields, such as Late Antiquity, New testament, or Early Christianity ;

Knowledge of Latin and Ancient Greek ;

the candidate should meet the criteria set by the Faculty for admission into its PhD programme;

good ability to write and read English.

Further particulars

The initial appointment will be for a period of one year. After satisfactory progress, which will be assessed periodically, and satisfactory evaluation of the initial appointment, it can be extended for a total duration of four years on a full time basis.

You can find information about our excellent fringe benefits of employment at www.workingatvu.nl like;

Remuneration of 8,3% end-of-year bonus and 8% holiday allowance;

a wide range of sports facilities which staff may use at a modest charge;

a minimum of 29 holidays in case of full-time employment;

generous contribution (70%) commuting allowance based on public transport.

Salary

The salary will be in accordance with university regulations for academic personel, range from a minimum of 2.042 euros, - gross per month up to a maximum of 2.612 euros, - gross per month based on a fulltime employment.

Information

For additional information please contact: Dr. Hagit Amirav, University Lecturer in Early Christian Studies, Director, ERC Project on Patristic Studies

Phone number +31 (0)20 59 86638

E-mail: H.Amirav@vu.nl Dr. Amirav will be available in Oxford from July 24 to August 11, to meet potential candidates.

Application

Applicants are requested to write a letter in which they describe their abilities and motivation, accompanied by curriculum vitae, certified copies of relevant university degrees, three reference letters, a sample of written work, and an outline of a thesis proposal (maximum four A4 sheets). Written applications should be sent before September 20, 2011 (or until a suitable candidate is found and appointed) to:

VU University Amsterdam

Faculty of Theology

Attn.: Drs. J.I. Schut, Director of Operations

De Boelelaan, 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands

It is also possible to apply by e-mail to: secretaresse.thw@vu.nl

Please mention the vacancy number (1.2011.00162) in the e-mail headeror at the top of your letter and on the envelope.

Les juifs dans les droits ecclésiastique, romano-barbare et byzantin (VIe-XIe siècles) : évolutions, ruptures, adaptations, Abbaye royale de Fontevrault, 17-18 octobre 2011

2011-07-22T11:08:00.001+02:00

Source : Laurence Foschia, The Relmin Project.
Renseignements et contacts : capucine.nemo-pekelman@univ-nantes.fr et laurence.foschia@univ-nantes.fr
Programme (pdf).

Lundi 17octobre 2011

10:00-Welcome/Accueil ;introduction John Tolan (Universitéde Nantes)

10:30-13:30 Session I - Rangs et statuts des juifs en droit civil etcanonique

Président/Chair : Nicholas De Lange

Ralph W. Mathisen (Universityof Illinois), The Citizenship Status of Jews in Late Antiquity in Roman andBarbarian Legislation.

CélineMartin (Universitéde Bordeaux 3), Statut des juifs, statut de libre dans l’Occident du haut MoyenÂge : l’exemple ibérique.

LaurenceFoschia (RELMIN,Nantes), Les juifs byzantins et le titre de "Père de la cité"d'après les textes épigraphiques et juridiques.

PhilippeDepreux (Universitéde Limoges et Institut Universitaire de France), Les juifs dans le droitcarolingien.

15 :00-18 :00 Session II - Du droit à la violence et de la violence audroit

Président/Chair : Michael Toch

Paul Magdalino (Universityof St Andrews and University Koç of Istanbul), All Israël will be saved.Forced conversions of the Jews in early Byzantium.

Amon Linder (The HebrewUniversity of Jerusalem), The Jewish Oath - Sense and Non-Sense of a LegalMedieval Institution.

Rachel Stocking (SouthernIllinois University of Carbondale), Forced Converts, Children, and"Crypto- Judaism": Changes in the Construction ofReligious Identity in the Visigothic Kingdom.

María Jesús Fuente (UniversidadCarlos III de Madrid), Jewish Women in Visigothic Laws.

Mardi 18octobre 2011

9 :00-12 :30 Session III - Les sources juridiques comme témoins de la vieet des institutions juives ?

Président/Chair : Amnon Linder

Alexander Panayotov (Universityof Cambridge), Jewish Communal Offices in Byzantine Law and JewishInscriptions from the Balkans.

Bat-ShevaAlbert (BarIlan University), La communauté juive et ses coutumes d’après le témoignagedes législations royale et ecclésiastique franque et wisigothique.

Raul González-Salinero (UniversidadNacional de Educación a Distancia , Madrid), The Legal Eradication of theJewish Literary Legacy in Visigothic Spain.

Michael Toch (TheHebrew University of Jerusalem), Economics, Demography and Legal Status ofJews in the Early Middle Ages: a Revision.

Johannes Heil (Hochschulefür Jüdische Studien Heidelberg), Getting them in or Keeping them out? -Theology, Law, and the Beginnings of Jewish Life at Mainz in the 10th and 11thcenturies.

14:00-17:30 Session IV - Le travail des juristes: de l'adaptation du droit romain à la confection de collections canoniques etde faux

Président/Chair : Bat-Sheva Albert

BrunoJudic (Universitéde Tours), Grégoire le Grand et les juifs. Pratique juridique et enjeuxthéologiques.

PierreGanivet (Universitéde Clermont I), Les juifs dans l’œuvre des canonistes lyonnais (IXe –Xesiècles).

Jessie Sherwood (RELMIN,Nantes), Interpretation, negotiation, and adaptation : Converting the Jews inGerhard of Mainz’s Letter to the Archbishop.

David Freidenreich (ColbyCollege, Maine), Iudaeus paganus haereticus. The classification of Jews in canonical ius antiquum.

CapucineNemo-Pekelman (RELMIN,Nantes), Un faux canon antijuif en marge d’une collection canonique (IXe/Xesiècles).

Conclusions

Programmecommittee/Comité scientifique

John TOLAN (Univ. Nantes/Projet RELMIN)

NicholasDE LANGE (Univ.Cambridge)

LaurenceFOSCHIA (ProjetRELMIN, Nantes)

CapucineNEMO-PEKELMAN (ProjetRELMIN, Nantes)

The RELMIN Project : "The Legal Status of Religious Minorities in theEuro-Mediterranean World (5th-15th centuries)".

2011 Annual Public Lecture: "A Continuing City" - Why Late Antiquity Matters, by Gillian Clark, Cardiff University, 16 November 2011

2011-07-21T13:31:00.000+02:00

Source: CLARC.

2011 Annual Public Lecture

“A Continuing City” – Why Late Antiquity Matters

Speaker: Professor emerita Gillian Clark, Bristol

Time: Wednesday, 16 November 2011, 5.10pm

Venue: Arts and Social Studies Library, LowerGround Floor (Wolfson Floor), Special Collections Reading Room (SCOLAR)

Visitors will be able to access the library forthe lecture. There will be a drinks reception in the e-lounge located on theLower Ground Floor from 4.15pm (all welcome)

There will be an exhibition of some of the worksmentioned in the lecture including an incunabula of Augustine’s “City of God”from the Cardiff Rare Books and Music Collection.

Abstract: “Here we have no continuing city”. These words from the Letter tothe Hebrews express a widespread view of Late Antiquity as “the Dark Ages”: theClassical city failed together with the Roman Empire. Many of the culturaltreasures of Antiquity were lost, including books. But Late Antiquity was anage of books, which transmitted learning and reflection to later ages. Amongthese books, Augustine’s “City of God” is an enduring resource for reflectionon human nature, culture and society, a text that challenges us, just as theage in which it was produced, to consider what matters most in human history.

A note on the speaker: Professor emerita Gillian Clark is a SeniorResearch Fellow in Ancient History at the University of Bristol. She is theauthor of many influential books on Late Antiquity including Women in Late Antiquity (1993)and Christianity and RomanSociety (2004). Among her most recent publications is Late Antiquity: A Very Short Introduction (2011).

CFP: Reading the Way to the Netherworld. Education and the Representation of the Beyond in Later Antiquity, Göttingen, 14-16.10.2011

2011-07-10T13:38:00.000+02:00

Source: HSozUKult.

The Courant Research Centre EDRIS (Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen) and the Graduiertenkolleg “Götterbilder-Gottesbilder-Weltbilder” (Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen) are pleased to announce the organisation of a Conference on Education and the Representations of the Beyond in Later Antiquity. The Conference will take place in Göttingen from the 14th to the 16th of October 2011. We welcome papers from the disciplines of Classics, Byzantine Studies, Religion Studies, and … Beyond that will help us to explore this theme.

Until the Middle Ages, Aeneas’ descent to Hades was one of the most popular readings. All the more, Later Antiquity is characterised by a larger interest in the afterlife or other liminal situations: mystery cults, various philosophical doctrines, magic, holy men, philosophical and/or political utopias, and other aspects of the supernatural open up different paths to the spheres of reality beyond man. The tapestry of the afterlife in Later Antiquity is therefore a multi-colour, multi-religious, and multicultural artefact. This plurality, whose common thread is Graeco-Roman education, encourages the dialogue and the exchange between the different religions, philosophical schools, and individuals of different educational background and opens the following questions (the list here is suggestive):

- What is the influence of classical education and of philosophy on the shaping of the Beyond?

- Where is the underworld situated for philosophers, pagans, and Christians respectively? - What does each group think about their ‘opponents’ ideas about the Beyond? - How does the development and canonisation of Christianity influences the representations of the hereafter? - What is the reception of Homeric and/or Virgilian Hades in Late Antique literature, Christian and/or pagan? - What is the medieval reception of Late Antique perception of the afterlife in the East and the West?

All the above will define the framework of the Conference. Confirmed speakers include Prof. Ken Dowden, Prof. Heinz-Günther Nesselrath, Prof. Radcliffe G. Edmonds III, Prof. Helmut Seng, Prof. Spyridon Rangos.

The deadline for abstract submissions is July 31st, 2011. Abstracts should be between 250-and 300 words.

Kontakt:

Ilinca Tanaseanu-Döbler

CRC EDRIS, Nikolausberger Weg 23, 37073 Göttingen

itanase@uni-goettingen.de

Oxford Studies in Late Antiquity: Book Proposals

2011-06-23T08:00:00.001+02:00

Source: Pantbyz.

Oxford Studies in Late Antiquity continues to welcome book proposals relating to the world of Late Antiquity writ large, with coverage extending from the late Roman world to the Sassanid, Byzantine, and early Islamic and Carolingian worlds, with methodological approaches including, but not limited to, history, society, culture, religion, literature, archaeology, art history, papyrology, epigraphy, numismatics, palaeography, demography, prosopography, linguistics, gender studies, family history, and rhetorical and literary theory. Queries and proposals can be addressed to the Series Editor, Ralph Mathisen, Professor of History, Classics, and Medieval Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at ralphwm@illinois.edu or ruricius@msn.com.

CFP: Infirmitas. Social and Cultural Approaches to Cure, Caring and Health, August 23 - 26, 2012, University of Tampere, Finland

2011-06-22T08:00:00.001+02:00

Source: Late Antiquity Discussion Forum.

The fifth international conference on Passages from Antiquity to the Middle Ages will focus on social and cultural approaches to health and illness, cure and caring, and notions of ability and disability. These topics are of major importance for communities and societies both in Antiquity and during the Middle Ages, yet research is still fragmentary and more synthetic and interdisciplinary approaches are rare.

The conference aims at broad coverage chronologically, geographically and disciplinary. Most preferable are contributions having themselves a comparative and/or interdisciplinary perspective. The speakers will include Nancy Caciola (University of San Diego), Véronique Dasen (University of Fribourg), William V. Harris (Columbia University), and Christian Krötzl (University of Tampere).

If interested, please submit an abstract of 300 words, for a twenty-minute paper together with your contact details by e-mail attachment to the conference secretary, passages@uta.fi. The deadline for abstracts is Septembre 15th 2011, and the notification of paper acceptance will be made in November 2011. The registration fee is 100 euros (post-graduate students: 50 euros). For further information, please visit: http://www.uta.fi/trivium/passages/passages5.html The registration opens in November 2011 at http://www.uta.fi/trivium/passages/

Organizing committee: Prof. Christian Krötzl, Prof. Katariina Mustakallio, Dr. Sari Katajala-Peltomaa and Dr. Ville Vuolanto.

CFP: 'After Constantine': 39th Sewanee Medieval Colloquium, University of the South, 30-31 March 2012

2011-06-21T08:00:00.000+02:00

Source: H-Net Online.

Closing date for proposals: no date given.

The Thirty-Ninth Annual Sewanee Medieval Colloquium

30-31 March 2012

The University of the South, Sewanee, TN

Theme: After Constantine: Religion and Secular Power in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages

In recognition of the 1700th anniversary of the traditional "conversion" of Constantine, this conference will explore the interrelationship of religion and secular power in the late antique and medieval worlds. Attention will be given to the relationship of "church" and "state", the role of the church as holder of secular power, the politics of sainthood, the uses of patronage, the relationship of religion and power in non-Christian contexts, and any other appropriate issues.

Professor Susan J. Ridyard

Director, Sewanee Medieval Colloquium

The University of the South

735 University Ave

Sewanee TN 37383

(931) 598 1531

E-mail: sridyard@sewanee.edu

Visit the website at: http://www.sewanee.edu/medieval/main.html

Late Antique Ostia Project 11th-25th September 2011 - Field Staff Required

2011-06-20T08:00:00.002+02:00

Source: Late Antique Archaeology at the University of Kent.

The University of Kent is carrying out a final season of excavation and survey in the central area of Ostia, Port of Rome, directed by Luke Lavan, as part of the Kent-Berlin Ostia Project. Work focuses on the survey, cleaning and excavation of a public square, an exedra of shops and a nymphaeum: all of late Roman date. We have also studied the transformation of a bath palaestra into a second public square, including the erection of a very late temple. Our site contains early medieval archaeology (house remains and bone dumps), as well as mid-Roman rubbish deposits. The late antique layers are very thin and challenging to excavate.

Volunteer site assistants

Experienced diggers of 18 years or over are welcome to apply to join our team, on payment of 100 GBP per week for field participation. This payment would cover accommodation, breakfast and lunch. Graduate students studying late antique archaeology would be especially welcome.

Because of the exceptionnally high cost of staying in Rome, accommodation will be in tents in a well-equipped modern campsite. If you are interested in applying for a place please send your CV pasted into an email (not in attachment) to the following email (l.a.lavan@kent.ac.uk). The closing date is Friday 30th June.

CFP: The First International Conference "Studies of Epigraphy", Moscow, January 30-31, 2012

2011-06-19T11:29:00.000+02:00

Moscow collage by Texmon (Wikipedia).

Source: Compitum.

The First International Conference "Studies of Epigraphy" will be held in Moscow on January 30-31, 2012.

Reports on the following topics are welcome:

Modern problems of epigraphy
Methods and methodology of epigraphic studies
Oriental epigraphy
Ancient epigraphy
Early Christian epigraphy
Byzantine epigraphy
European epigraphy of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Slavic epigraphy
Old Russian epigraphy
Southern, Eastern and Central European epigraphy
Moslem epigraphy
The epigraphy of the Eurasian steppe
Southern and South-Eastern Asian epigraphy
Mesoamerican epigraphy

We accept reports in Russian, English, French, German.

Please send your application before October 1, 2011 to the following e-mail address: avdey57@mail.ru. Please type "Studies of Epigraphy 2012" in the field "Subject".

The application should contain the subject of your report and a summary (MS Word, DOC or RTF text up to 2500 characters).

Please send us the following information about yourself:

Name and last name
Scientific degree
Present work and occupation
Mail address
Contact telephone number
E-mail address

Accommodation in a hotel will be provided and paid by the organizers of the conference.

We plan to publish the materials of the conference in the almanac "Voprosy epigrafiki" ("Studies of Epigraphy").

Reports on non-epigraphy subjects, not containing information about the author or received after October 1, 2011 will not be accepted.

Dmitry Pozharsky University

St. Tikhon's Orthodox University for the Humanities

Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Science

Institute for Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Institute of Asia and Africa of the Lomonosov Moscow State University

Slavic and Greek Epigraphic Seminar

Secretary of the Organizing Committee - Dr. Alexander Avdeev

Attention! We will send you a short letter when we receive your information. If you do not receive such a letter please make sure that your information has been delivered to us. We do not engage in controversy with the authors.

Departmental Lecturership in Byzantine Archaeology and Material Culture, 300-1300, University of Oxford

2011-06-18T11:23:00.000+02:00

Source: University of Oxford.

Faculties of History and Classics, and School of Archaeology.

Grade 7: Salary in the range £29,099 - £29,972 p.a.

Applications are invited for a three-year fixed-term Departmental Lectureship in Byzantine archaeology and material culture, 300-1300, tenable from 1 October 2011. The appointment is for a limited term during the reorganisation of teaching in this area, and is non-renewable. Unless terminated earlier by notice, the appointment will expire on 30 September 2014. It is hoped that a college association will be arranged in conjunction with this post.

The successful candidate will give no fewer than 48 hours of lectures and classes per year on Late Antique and Byzantine archaeology and Art as the History, and Classics Faculty Boards and the School of Archaeology shall direct. The Lecturer will be required to contribute to graduate teaching at Masters level on existing papers, and there will be scope for the successful candidate to offer and develop new Masters options alongside or in place of existing papers. The Lecturer will also be required to contribute to the provision of undergraduate courses in the Final Honour Schools of Archaeology and Anthropology and of Classical Archaeology and Ancient History.

Consideration will be given to candidates with teaching experience and a research interest in any aspects of the archaeology and material culture of the Byzantine world between 300 and 1300. A proven high standard of research ability and the ability to provide graduate supervision are necessary conditions for this appointment.

Further particulars, including information about how to apply, may be obtained from the Board Office, History Faculty, Old Boys' High School, George Street, Oxford OX1 2RL, UK (email: board.admin@history.ox.ac.uk) and from the web at: http://www.history.ox.ac.uk/faculty/jobs/index.htm

The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon (GMT) on Tuesday 5 July 2011.

9. Augustinus-Studientag in Würzburg: 16/17. Juni 2011

2011-06-16T11:41:00.000+02:00

Quelle/Source: Zentrum für Augustinus-Forschung.

9. Augustinus-Studientag

"Redi... ad pulchrum, ut ad pulchritudinem redeas" (Augustinus, sermo 177,9)

Das Schöne in Theologie, Philosophie und Musik

Die Spätantike ist in den letzten Jahrzehnten verstärkt in den Fokus verschiedener Disziplinen gerückt, so z. B. der Theologie, der Philosophie, der Philologie, aber auch der Kunst - und Musikgeschichte. Zu den Gründen für dieses forcierte Interesse zählen zum einen die Kumulation, häufig auch Synthese unterschiedlicher Traditionen in dieser Epoche, zum anderen die Spätantike Verbindung von theoretischer und praktischer Vernunft, von Wissenschaft und . Diese beiden Charakteristika erfahren im Bereich des und der Ästhetik - nicht zuletzt der Musikästhetik - eine Verdichtung, insofern hier einerseits unterschiedliche philosophische Linien und biblisch-christliche Impulse miteinander verschmelzen, andererseits gerade das und die als Vermittlungsinstanzen zwischen Körper und Geist, Sinnlichkeit und Verstand und zwischen Theorie und Praxis bestimmt werden.

Der Studientag 2011 soll gerade das in mehrfacher Hinsicht auszumachende Vermittelnde des Schönen und der Musik demonstrieren: schwerpunktmässig bei Augustinus, jedoch auch mit dem Blick auf die Tradition vor (besonders Platon und Plotin) und nach ihm (besonders Boethius) sowie auf die neuzeitliche und die systematische Diskussion des Ästhetischen. Neben der Berücksichtigung von neuesten Forschungsergebnissen in den Vorträgen der ausgewiesenen Experten ist die Tagung zumal in ihrem Ansatz innovativ, die Kontinuität der Achse im Bereich des (Musik-) Ästhetischen aufzuzeigen und mittels konkreter Hörerfahrungen nachempfinden zu lassen.

Die Veranstalter danken neben der Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Augustinus-Forschung e.V. insbesondere der Fritz Thyssen Stiftung für die grosszügige Unterstützung der Veranstaltung und ihrer wissenschaftlichen Zielsetzung.

Das Zentrum für Augustinus-Forschung e.V. und die kooperierenden Institute laden Sie zu diesen Studientagen mit anschliessendem Empfang herzlich ein.

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Cornelius Petrus Mayer OSA

PD DDr. Christof Müller

Wissenschaftliche Leitung des ZAF

Prof. Dr. Karl Mertens

Vorsitzender des Lenkungsausschusses

Dr. Dr. h.c. Adolf Bauer, Bürgermeister

Vorsitzender des ZAF e.V.

Kontakt, Anmeldung und weitere Informationen:

Zentrum für Augustinus-Forschung e.V. (ZAF) an der Universität Würzburg

Wissenschaftliche Leitung: Prof. Dr. Cornelius Petrus Mayer

Dominikanerplatz 4 - D-97070 Würzburg

Tel.: +49 (0)931 / 30 97-300 Fax: +49 (0)931 / 30 97-301

E-mail: cmayer@augustinus.de

Internet: www.studientage.augustinus.de

PROGRAMM

Donnerstag, 16. Juni 2011

Toscana-Saal der Würzburger Residenz (Residenzplatz 2A, 97070 Würzburg)

19.30 Uhr Eröffnung

Staatsminister a.D. Dr. Thomas Goppel, MdL, München

Vorsitzender der Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Augustinus-Forschung e.V.

19.45 Uhr Die Bedeutung der Ästhetik bei Augustin für die Verkündigung von Heute

Bischof Dr. Friedhelm Hofmann, Würzburg

Musikalische Gestaltung: Rabea Buchberger (Harfe)

Ca. 21 Uhr Empfang in der Galerie des Martin-von-Wagner-Museums

Freitag, 17. Juni 2011

Burkardushaus (Am Bruderhof 1, 97070 Würzburg)

9.00 Uhr Einführung in das Rahmenthema

Cornelius Petrus Mayer OSA

Moderation: Christof Müller

9.15 Uhr Plotins Theorie des Schönen und der Kunst

Werner Beierwaltes, Würzburg

10.30 Uhr Kaffeepause

11.00 Uhr - Über den Grund ästhetischer Erfahrung bei Augustinus

Johann Kreuzer, Oldenburg

12.15 Uhr Mittagspause

14.15 Uhr Musiktheorie und musikalische Ästhetik bei Augustinus

Silke Wulf, Oldenburg

15.30 Uhr "Amica est... similitudo" (Boeth. mus. 1,1): Musiktheorie und musikalische Ästhetik bei Boethius

Anja Heilmann, Jena

17.00 Uhr Musikalische Beispiele zur Wirkungsgeschichte der Ästhetik Augustins in der Musik des Mittelalters

Ensemble für frühmittelalterliche Musik:

Franziska Frisch, Andrea Langenbacher (Gesang); Friederike Baumgärtel, Patrick Tröster (Mittelalterliche Instrumente)

Konzept: Gabriele Ziegler, Münsterschwarzach

Anschliessend Empfang im Kreuzgang Burkardushaus / Dom

CFP: Workshop on Late Antiquity and Byzantium, University of Chicago, 2011-2012

2011-06-13T10:05:00.000+02:00

Source: Nathan Leidholm on pantbyz.

The Workshop on Late Antiquity and Byzantium is currently putting together its schedule for next year (2011-2012), and we would welcome any input from you. If you believe you may be interested in presenting at any point next year, if you know someone who might be interested, or if you simply have some general suggestions for the workshop, please contact us. We are especially interested in UC graduate student presenters.

In order to reach us, please send an email to Nathan Leidholm (nleidholm@uchicago.edu) or to Dr. Walter E. Kaegi (kwal@uchicago.edu).

Mostra : Tamo. Tutta l'Avventura del Mosaico, Ravenna, 16.04 - 31.12.2011

2011-06-08T08:00:00.001+02:00

Source : Il Sito Ufficiale delle Città d'Arte in Emilia Romagna e Tamo.

Dal 21 maggio, il Complesso di San Nicolo ospiterà Tamo. Tutta l'Avventura del Mosaico, una mostra permanente interamente incentrata sull'arte musiva. Verrà proposto un suggestivo percorso museale attraverso reperti eccellenti del patrimonio musivo di Ravenna e del suo territorio, in parte inediti, d'epoca antica, tardoantica e medievale, fino a giungere alle produzioni di artisti moderni e contemporanei e a saggi di mosaico industriale. Il tutto con un impianto fortemente innovativo, caratterizzato da allestimenti interattivi, multimediali, scenografici, da plastici, strumenti di lavoro, materiali, ricostruzioni animate e soluzioni tecnologiche avanzate, particolarmente adatti ad un pubblico giovanile.

Tamo non sarà un museo nel senso tradizionale del termine, piuttosto una sorta di Cittadella del mosaico. Meglio ancora, un viaggio affascinante nel pianeta mosaico per ammirare, scoprire, capire, sperimentare. In altre parole, per vivere tutta l'avventura del mosaico. L'allestimento consentirà numerosi approfondimenti e declinerà a 360 gradi l'interesse del visitatore rispetto a una vasta gamma di aspetti dell'arte musiva, in modo originale e divertente.

Dove : Ravenna, Complesso di San Nicolo

Quando : dal 16.04.11 al 31.12.11

Ingresso : Intero 4 euros ; Ridotto 3 euros

Per Informazioni

Fondazione Ravennantica

Tel. 0544 213371

Lieux de culte, hagiographie et reliques sur l'île monastique de Lérins, Rome, 10 juin 2011

2011-06-07T08:00:00.002+02:00

Source : CEPAM, Centre d'Etudes Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen Âge.

Atelier, organisé par les historiens et archéologues médiévistes du Cépam (UMR 6130 CNRS - Université de Nice) et par l'Ecole française de Rome. Le 10 juin à l'Ecole française de Rome, Piazza Navona.

Cet atelier a pour but de faire le point et de coordonner les enquêtes en cours sur les différents dossiers hagiographiques liés au monastère insulaire de Lérins. En effet, plus que la permanence, du reste incertaine, d'une occupation religieuse de l'Antiquité à la fin du Moyen Âge et à l'époque moderne, la grande particularité distinguant cette île d'autres îles monastiques est la lente élaboration, par les Lériniens ou d'autres autorités ecclésiastiques, d'un discours structuré portant sur le lieu propre que représentait cette île d'ascètes, en vue de défendre, magnifier voire sacraliser l'île de Lérins ; discours au sein duquel les diverses formes de l'hagiographie occupent une place importante. En ce sens, cet atelier, organisé par les historiens et archéologues médiévistes du Cépam (UMR 6130 CNRS - Université de Nice) et par l'Ecole française de Rome, a pour ambition de nourrir la réflexion et de susciter des collaborations autour du thème de l'insularité monastique en Méditerranée, ses discours et ses pratiques. A l'issue d'une séance de travail collectif (avec la participation de G. Butaud, C. Caby, R.M. Dessi, S. Gioanni, M. Lauwers, E. Magnani, D. Méhu et M. Morard), la journée du 10 juin proposera la présentation publique de quelques dossiers emblématiques du projet.

10h

Stéphane Gioanni (Ecole française de Rome), Accueil

Michel Lauwers (Cépam UMR 6130 CNRS - Université de Nice), Lérins, une île monastique de l'Antiquité au Moyen Âge : bilan et perspectives

Eliana Magnani (Artehis UMR 5594 CNRS - Université de Bourgogne), Le livret hagiographique des évêques d'Arles (BnF lat. 5295)

Stéphane Gioanni (Ecole française de Rome), La communauté de Lérins vue de Milan, de Rome et d'Arles au VIe siècle : genèse et représentations d'un idéal monastique pour le haut Moyen Âge

Discussions et déjeuner

15h

Martin Morard (LEM UMR 8584 CNRS), L'apport des listes de manuscrits à l'histoire de Lérins. Visite de chantier

Cécile Caby (Cépam UMR 6130 CNRS - Université de Nice / Institut universitaire de France), De Paris à Monreale en passant par Stresa et Rome : quelques témoins manuscrits de l'hagiographie lérinienne

Didier Méhu (Université Laval Québec), La châsse de saint Honorat de Lérins (v. 1392-1399)

Discussions

CFP: Ancient & Medieval Interpretations of Aristotle's 'Categories', Franciscan University of Steubenville, 12-14 April, 2012

2011-06-06T08:00:00.001+02:00

Source: NAPS, The North American Patristics Society.

We are pleased to invite proposals for an interdisciplinary workshop on Ancient and Medieval interpretations of Aristotle's Categories hosted by the Franciscan University of Steubenville, to be held April 12-14, 2012. The keynote speaker will be Lloyd Gerson (University of Toronto).

The purpose of this workshop is bring together scholars interested in sharing their work on the ancient and medieval traditions of ontological interpretations of Aristotle's Categories. Possible classical and medieval figure may include: Plotinus, Porphyry, Iamblichus, Dexippus, Simplicius, Olympiodorus, Syrianus, Proclus, Boethius, Avicenna & Al-Farabi, Albertus Magnus, William of Ockham, John Duns Scotus, Henry of Ghent, John Buridan, Francisco Suarez, Radulphus Brito, Thomas of Erfurt, Martin of Dacia, Simon of Faversham & Peter of Auverne, Thomas a Vio, etc.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

How categories or other topics in the Categories are to be understood in relation to other metaphysical notions such as being, form, universals, etc., and other ontological topics;

Ways in which philosophers sought to reconcile Aristotle both with himself (viz., his other works) and with a Platonic philosophy;

Techniques or arguments for establishing the list of Aristotle's Categories;

The nature of particular categories such as quantity, quality, relation, etc;

How categories relate to the disciplines of logic, grammar and metaphysics.

Papers can pertain explicitly to commentaries on the Categories or to the use of, and reference to, the ten categories in other works. Please submit an abstract of approximately 500 words electronically by September 1st, 2011 to Paul Symington (psymington@franciscan.edu) or Sarah Klitenic Wear (swear@franciscan.edu).

Augustin philosophe et prédicateur, en hommage à Goulven Madec, Paris, 8-9 septembre 2011

2011-06-05T14:36:00.000+02:00

Source : Le blog de Sources chrétiennes.

Jeudi 8 et vendredi 9 septembre 2011

Palais abbatial - 5, rue de l'Abbaye - 75006 Paris.

Outre les communications dont vous trouverez ci-joint le programme, une messe sera célébrée à l'intention de Goulven Madec le jeudi 8 septembre à 19h00 à l'église Saint-Germain-des-Prés, juste à côté du Palais abbatial où a lieu le colloque.

L'apport des recherches de Goulven Madec pour la connaissance de la pensée augustinienne est aujourd'hui unanimement reconnu par la communauté scientifique internationale. Son originalité est de n'avoir jamais dissocié en Augustin le philosophe du prédicateur : ses propres ouvrages ou ses articles publiés dans la Revue des Etudes Augustiniennes et dans l'Augustinus-Lexikon prennent en compte les traités philosophiques d'Augustin, tout autant que sa prédication. Goulven Madec était membre de l'UPR 76 du CNRS où il a largement contribué au travail de l'unité qui a édité, traduit et commenté la Vie de Plotin par Porphyre et les Sentences du même auteur ; il a également coordonné le colloque international Augustin prédicateur (395-411), consacré aux nouveaux Sermons découverts par F. Dolbeau.

Le colloque organisé en septembre 2011 montrera la fécondité d'une telle approche d'Augustin. Il rassemblera des chercheurs s'intéressant à la dimension philosophique de l'oeuvre augustinienne, à la prédication d'Augustin, ou encore à la transmission et à la réception de son oeuvre.

Comité scientifique :

Isabelle Bochet (IEA, LEM), Nicole Bériou (EPHE), François Dolbeau (EPHE), Jean-Claude Fredouille (Université Paris Sorbonne), Marie-Odile Goulet-Cazé (UPR 76), Jean-François Petit (Institut catholique de Paris), Brian Stock (Toronto, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies), Vincent Zarini (Université Paris Sorbonne).

Institut d'Etudes Augustiniennes

3 rue de l'Abbaye

75006 Paris

01 43 54 80 25

i.bochet@wanadoo.fr

Jeudi 8 septembre 2011

9h00 Accueil des participants

GOULVEN MADEC ET LA RECHERCHE AUGUSTINIENNE

09h00-10h00 I. Bochet (IEA, LEM), Augustin philosophe et prédicateur : l'unité de la recherche de Goulven Madec

10h00-10h40 C. Mayer (Augustinus-Lexikon, Würzburg), Goulven Madec et l'Augustinus-Lexikon

Pause

11h00-11h40 A. Fitzgerald (Villanova, USA), Goulven Madec, "le tâcheron du Bulletin Augustinien"

11h40-12h20 R. Dorado (Augustinianum, Rome), The Contributions of Goulven Madec to the Study of Augustine's Christology

AUGUSTIN ET LA PHILOSOPHIE

14h00-14h40 R. Goulet (UPR 76), Augustin et le De regressu animae de Porphyre

14h40-15h20 P. Hoffmann (EPHE/LEM), Temps et éternité : Plotin, Porphyre et Augustin

15h20-16h00 A.-I. Bouton-Touboulic (Université de Bordeaux III), Alypius, l'ami sceptique d'Augustin ?

Pause

16h20-17h00 B. Stock (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto), Le soliloque. Transformations d'une technique philosophique ancienne

17h00-17h40 L. Alici (Università degli Studi di Macerata), "Interrogatio mea, intentio mea" : le mouvement de la pensée augustinienne

Vendredi 9 septembre 2011

AUGUSTIN ET LE SERVICE DE LA PAROLE

09h00-09h40 G. Van Riel (Institut historique augustinien / K.U. Leuven), La Sagesse chez Augustin : de la philosophie à l'Ecriture

09h40-10h20 P.-M. Hombert (Faculté Notre-Dame, Paris), La christologie d'Augustin dans les premières Enarrationes in Psalmos

Pause

10h40-11h20 M. Dulaey (EPHE/LEM), Les larmes de Pierre dans la pensée d'Augustin

11h20-12h00 J.-F. Petit (Institut catholique de Paris), Intériorité et communauté : les deux sources de la spiritualité augustinienne face au multiculturalisme

TRANSMISSION ET RÉCEPTION D'AUGUSTIN

14h00-14h40 C. Weidmann (Académie de Vienne), Augustinus als Organisator von Texten

14h40-15h20 O. Boulnois (EPHE/LEM), Origine et sens de la philosophia christiana. Une étape dans l'histoire de la rationalité théologique

15h20-16h00 J. Hamesse (Université catholique de Louvain), L'influence d'Augustin dans le De spiritu et anima

Pause

16h20-17h00 Ph. Sellier (Université Paris Sorbonne), Pascal et le Contre Fauste

17h00-17h40 E. Falque (Institut catholique de Paris), Augustin et la phénoménologie au XXe siècle

17h40-18h00 Conclusions.

Wulfila 311-2011, Uppsala Universitet - Sweden, June 15-18, 2011

2011-05-30T13:24:00.000+02:00

Source: Conference website.

The Gothic factor in European history is embraced by many countries. Today the province Moesia is part of Bulgaria. It was once the part of the Roman Empire where Bishop Wulfila settled down with his Gothi minores, Christian Visigoths crossing the Danube River to escape persecution in Dacia. Wulfila translated the Bible into Gothic, he constructed the Gothic alphabet and he was a shepherd for his flock, trying to create a Gothic nation based on a learned culture of Christian origin. Today the most important physical remnant of Wulfila's Bible translation is to be found in Uppsala University Library: the Codex Argenteus, a magnificent gospel manuscript from the early 6th century Ravenna Court of Theoderic the Great. The Goths are often portrayed from a dark side. Wulfila and his flock, however, mark the beginning of brighter Gothic impact on European history: learned, ecumenical, peace-loving, and multicultural.

According to tradition, Wulfila was born in 311 AD, although the accuracy of this date has been questioned. Nevertheless we are celebrating his 1700th anniversary in 2011. Uppsala University is arranging an international multidisciplinary symposium on the theme Wulfila and the Goths. The symposium is arranged by the University Library and the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History under the patronage of the Vice Chancellor of the University. The Symposium will be opened by Mrs. Irina Bokova, Director-General of Unesco. Do join us in the main building of Uppsala University in June 2011 for the exchange of ideas, discussions and friendly intercourse with colleagues.

Anders Kaliff (Professor) ; Lars Munkhammar (Senior Librarian).

Preliminary programme

Wednesday June 15

19.00 Welcome reception for early arrivers

Thursday June 16

08.30-09.30 Registration

Venue: University main building

Moderator: Prof. Anders Kaliff

10.00-11.30 Opening of the symposium by Dr. Irina Bokova, Director General of Unesco

Venue: Carolina Rediviva, the University Library

Venue for the remaining day: University Main Building

12.00-12.30 Prof. Herwig Wolfram, Ulfila pontifex et primas Gothorum minorum (Iordanes, Getica 267)

12.30-13.00 Prof. Tore Nyberg, Euseb's Tricennial Oration and Wulfila's Christian Faith

13.00-14.30 Lunch

14.30-15.00 Prof. Jan Paul Strid, Retracing the Goths

15.00-15.30 Monsignore J.M. Ferrer Grenesche, The living traditions of the Hispano-Mozarabic liturgy and its Visigothic roots

15.30-16.00 Coffee break

16.00-16.30 Prof. Andrzej Kokowski, TBA

16.30-17.00 Dr. Svante Fischer, TBA

19.00 Dinner

Venue: Västgöta nation

Friday June 17

Venue: University Main Building

Moderator: Mrs. Svetlana Lazarova

09.30-10.00 Prof. Magnus Snaedal, naiswor

10.00-10.30 Dr. Rossen Milev, Wulfila's cultural heritage in Bulgaria and the Eastern Orthodox Tradition

10.30-11.00 Mrs. Svetlana Lazarova, The Gothic Alphabet of Bishop Wulfila and the Cyrillic Alphabet Culture

11.00-11.45 Coffee break

11.45-12.15 Prof. Carla Falluomini, The Gothic version of the New Testament. Text critical remarks

12.15-12.45 Associate Prof. Antoaneta Granberg, The Gothic and the Cyrillic Alphabets. Typology of Greek-Based Alphabets on the Balkans

12.45-13.00 Short break

13.00-13.30 Prof. Hans Frede Nielsen, The Gothic Language of Bishop Wulfila - Phonology, Typology and Purported Linguistic Purity

13.30-14.00 Prof. Ingmar Söhrman, Wulfila, Arianism and the Gothic Language in Visigothic Spain

14.00-14.20 Concluding discussion

14.20 Luncheon

16.00-20.30 Visit to Gamla Uppsala Museum

Saturday June 18

11.00-16.30 Excursion to Skokloster Castle

Peter Brown Conference, Princeton University, May 5-7, 2011

2011-05-05T08:22:00.000+02:00

Religion, Politics and Society, From Constantine to Charlemagne. A Conference in Honor of Peter Brown. May 5-7, 2011. Conference will be held in Aaron Burr Hall, Room 219.

Source: Princeton University.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Opening lecture: Mod.: Dan Schwartz

Ian Wood, "There is a world elsewhere": The World of Late Antiquity

6:00 Reception

Friday, May 6, 2011

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Mod. : Megan Williams

Noel Lenski, Constantine and the Cities

Michael Maas, Hostiles and Friendlies: Diplomacy and Ethnography in Late Antiquity

11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Mod. : Jack Tannous

Volker Menze, The Transformation of a Saintly Paradigm: Simeon the Elder and the Legacy of Stylitism

Walker, Jewel of the Palace and Altar: Pearls in Arts, Economy, and Imagination of Late Antiquity

Lunch break 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Mod.: Jaclyn Maxwell

Philippa Townsend, Biography of a Body: The Cologne Magni Codex and the Manichaean Mission

Nancy Khalek, Hagiography and History: The Portrait of 'Umar II in Ibn 'Asakir's History of the City of Damascu

3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

Mod.: Kevin Uhalde

Stefan Esders, Relics and Perjury in the Age of Gregory of Tours

Yannis Papadogiannakis, Identity in Seventh-Century Byzantium: the Case of Anastasios of Sinai

5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Mod.: Philip Rousseau

Kate Cooper, Augustine of Hippo between Rome and North Africa

Kim Bowes, Archaeology and the Writing of Late Antique History

Saturday, May 7, 2011

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Mod.: Dave Michelson

Ariel Lopez, Religion and Agriculture in the Monastic Calendar of Late Antique Egypt

Damian Fernandez, The Powerful and the Persuaders in Fifth-Century Iberia

11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Mod.: Richard Payne

Walter Pohl, Revisiting the Transformation of the Roman World

Janet L. Nelson, Revisiting the Carolingian Renaissance

CFP: Expanding the Boundaries of Rome: New Research in Early and Late Roman Art, Los Angeles, 22-25 February 2012

2011-04-22T06:00:00.003+02:00

Source: H-ArtHist.

Deadline: May 2, 2011.

John N. Hopkins, Getty Research Institute; Ashley E. Jones, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz; earlyandlaterome@gmail.com

The periods of the late Republic and Empire have long dominated studies of Roman art. Yet, since art history's "theoretical turn", scholars have transformed the temporal boundaries of the field; the "Roman" period has been reimagined, upending conceptions of what it meant to be Roman and what defines art as a constituted and constituting feature of that culture. Theories as diverse as border and acculturation studies, macro history, and intention/perception theory have swept in, and Rome has become a playground of experimentation in art history. This session presents new scholarship that examines how the study of Roman art outside the late Republic and Empire has redefined conceptions of both ancient Rome and ancient art more broadly from the eighth century BCE to the seventh century CE. Papers on contemporaneous cultures whose art has been reconsidered because of this shift are also encouraged.

http://www.collegeart.org/proposals/2012callforparticipation

Between Man and God: Family, Friendship and Ties of the Flesh in Late Antiquity, Cambridge, UK, 14th May 2011

2011-04-19T20:10:00.018+02:00

Source: Luke Gardiner.

Faculty of Classics, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, UK.

On the 14th May 2011, a number of promising postgrads, drawn from the Universities of Oxford, Manchester, Birmingham and Cambridge, will gather to present papers derived from aspects of their doctoral work. Our intention is to explore the evolving institutions and frameworks, enshrined in law and communal mores, in which human relationships were structured during Late Antiquity, as the impact of Christianity made itself progressively more strongly felt. Furthermore, we will examine how the theology and rhetoric of many aspects of Christianity were themselves informed by contemporary conceptions of human relations.

The papers will be arranged thematically into two panels, with the first exploring 'lighter', more optimistic approaches to human relationships in Late Antiquity, such as examining the developing metaphorical languages of families, friendship, and kinship in the context of, and in their impact upon, Christian doctrine and institutions. Conversely in the second, 'darker' panel, our speakers will investigate changing approaches towards understanding the (sometimes violent) end of relationships in Late Antiquity, and contemporary concerns that particular human relationships served not to enrich the life of the Christian community, but to throw up barriers between men, and to interrupt man's most fundamental relationship: that with God Himself. Discussion will be enlivened by the thoughts of the senior faculty respondents - Neil McLynn (Oxford) and Kate Cooper (Manchester), and by the overview and analysis provided by our plenary speaker, Jerry Toner (Cambridge).

There is no registration fee for those wishing to attend, but space is limited, and places will be allocated on a first-come first-serve basis. To register, please email Luke Gardiner (lcag2@cam.ac.uk) or Robin Whelan (rew47@cam.ac.uk). We would like to thank the Faculty of Classics, Cambridge, for its very generous support for this conference.

Programme
10.45 Registration

11.15 Session 1 The Light Side (Chair: Robin Whelan, Cambridge)
Maria Kilby (Cambridge), Augustine's Donatist Brothers
Jenny Thompson (Oxford), Jerome in peril, and the peril of youth
Emma Southon (Birmingham), Late Antique Christianity and the Development of the Nurturing Mother
Respondent: Kate Cooper (Manchester)

3.45 Session 2 The Dark Side (Chair: Luke Gardiner, Cambridge)
Tamer Nawar (Cambridge), Adiutrix Virtutum (A Handmade to the Virtues) ? Confessiones 1-4 and the Perils of Friendship
James Corke-Webster (Manchester), Generation Gaps: Martyrs and their Families in the Writings of the Early Christian Church
Riccardo Bof (Manchester), TBC
Respondent: Neil McLynn (Oxford)

5.15 Plenary Session
Chair: Muriel Moser (Cambridge)
Plenary Speaker: Jerry Toner (Cambridge)

States and Economic Crises, University of Reading, 6th May, 2011

2011-04-07T10:04:00.000+02:00

Source: Alice Larter and University of Reading.

The Centre for Institutional Performance, the Research Centre for Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, and the School of Politics, Economics and International Relations, at the University of Reading are pleased to announce a one-day joint workshop on States and Economic Crises.

6th May, 2011

Room 2S12, URS Building, Whiteknights campus, University of Reading. Admission free.

If you would like to attend, please book a place by emailing Ken Dark at: K.R.Dark@henley.reading.ac.uk

Programme

All contents provisional

10.00-10.30 Ken Dark (Reading), Introduction: Exploring interdisciplinary perspectives to transhistorical problems

10.30-11.00 George Tridimas (Ulster), When is it rational to give up rationality? Appointment to office by lot in Ancient Athens

11.00-11.30 Tea

11.30-12.00 Richard Alston (London), A crisis without solution? Modelling the economics of the Roman revolution

12.00-12.30 John Bintliff (Leiden), Poverty, prosperity and sustainability in the Late Antique Mediterranean

12.30-1.00 Discussion

1.00-2.00 Lunch

2.00-2.30 Title to be announced by Peter Sarris (Cambridge)

2.30-3.00 Tea

3.00-3.30 Alexander Mihailov (Reading), The Grand Experiment of Communism: Discovering the Trade-off between Equality and Efficiency

3.30-4.00 Jan Fidrmuc (Brunel, London), How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Crisis

4.00-4.30 Discussion and end

HALMA-IPEL UMR 8164 : conférence du 5 avril 2011, Université Lille 3 - Villeneuve d'Ascq

2011-03-20T15:48:00.000+01:00

Source : HALMA-IPEL.

Conférence

Séminaire pluridisciplinaire en archéologie et histoire du monde gréco-romain, ouvert aux étudiants en licence, master, doctorat et tout public

Du silence du temple aux bruits du marché : La ville de Delphes à l'époque paléochrétienne,

par Platon Pétridis, Professeur assistant en archéologie byzantine, Université d'Athènes

Mardi 5 avril 2011, 17h30

Salle ME1.210

1er étage, ex-Maison des Examens

Université Lille 3 - Villeneuve d'Ascq

Contact : Christine Aubry, HALMA-IPEL

Tél/Fax : 03 20 41 63 65

Courriel : christine.aubry@univ-lille3.fr

Web : http://halma-ipel.recherche.univ-lille3.fr

Thomas F. Martin Fellowship, Villanova University, Villanova, PA

2011-02-26T13:57:00.000+01:00

Source: NAPS, The North American Patristics Society.

Thomas F. Martin Fellowship.

The Augustinian Institute at Villanova University seeks to award its Thomas F. Martin Fellowship for Fall semester 2011 to a senior scholar with a proven record of excellence in scholarship on St. Augustine and/or the Augustinian tradition. Responsibilities include a seminar for faculty and advanced graduate students in the area of the Fellow's research, meeting with undergraduate teachers and their classes, a lecture/colloquium for local faculty, and regular office hours. The Fellow is supplied with an office, and housing arrangements are available.Requirements: Advanced scholars holding the rank of associate or full professor or equivalent.

Applications are to be submitted via PeopleAdmin, available at http://jobs.villanova.edu Documents that cannot be submitted electronically should be sent to the Rev. Allan Fitzgerald, OSA, Director, Augustinian Institute, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, 19085. Villanova is a Catholic University sponsored by the Augustinian order. An AA/EEO employer, Villanova seeks a diverse faculty committed to scholarship, service, and especially teaching, who understand, respect, and can contribute to the University's mission and values. Applications can be accepted until March 15. Please consult http://www.villanova.edu/artsci/augustinianinstitute/ Inquiries may be sent to the director : allan.fitzgerald@villanova.edu.

Autour de la Passion de sainte Salsa, Spécificité et originalité de l'hagiographie latine africaine, IVe-Ve siècles, Montpellier, 25-26 mars 2011

2011-02-22T08:21:00.002+01:00

Source : Calenda, Calendrier des sciences sociales.

Colloque international du GRAA (Groupe de recherche sur l'Afrique antique)

organisé par : Sabine Fialon, Christine Hamdoune, Jean Meyers

Equipe CRISES / EA 4424

Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier III

Salle des colloques C020.

Dans la continuité de ses travaux sur Les miracles de saint Etienne (cf. le volume publié chez Brepols en 2006 dans la collection Hagiologia), le GRAA, groupe pluri-disciplinaire regroupant historiens et littéraires (G. Devallet, L. Echalier, S. Fialon, A. Fraïsse, M. Griffe, C. Hamdoune, J.-M. Lassère, J. Meyers, J.-N. Michaud), a porté son attention sur les Actes et les Passions des martyres africaines (IIIe-Ve siècles), une littérature née dans la crise des persécutions. Il vient d'achever, sur la base de l'édition critique de A.M. Piredda (Sassari, Edizioni Gallizzi, 2002), une traduction commentée de la Passion de sainte Salsa. Depuis une trentaine d'années, les études hagiologiques sont en plein renouveau et les travaux de chercheurs, tels que Guy Phillipart ou Marc Van Uytfanghe en Belgique, de Martin Heinzellmann, Monique Goullet ou Christiane Veyrard-Cosme en France, ont considérablement renouvelé l'approche du genre hagiographique, si longtemps méprisé par la recherche. Le GRAA voudrait à présent, autour de cette Passion de sainte Salsa, favoriser une étude de l'hagiographie africaine tardive à partir de ces nouvelles approches, préciser les aspects rhétoriques de l'oeuvre et éclairer les problèmes d'édition critique, d'interprétation littéraire, linguistique, historique, théologique et archéologique posés par le texte. Les historiens de la langue, de la littérature, des religions et de l'Afrique tardive ainsi que les archéologues pourront aborder sous leur angle respectif l'une des plus célèbres passions de l'Afrique romaine.

Programme

Vendredi 25 mars 2011

09h00 Accueil

09h30 Guy Phillipart de Foy (Facultés universitaires de la Paix de Namur), Du bon usage de l'hagiographie

10h00 Cécile Lanery (IRHT, Paris), Note d'hagiographie africaine : les Passions de Salsa de Tipasa et de Marcienne de Césarée

10h30 Discussions et pause

11h00 Caroline Phillipart de Foy (Université de Liège), Une lemmatisation de la Passio sanctae Salsae selon les méthodes du LASLA de l'université de Liège

11h30 Sabine Fialon (Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier III), L'auteur de la Passion de sainte Salsa a-t-il aussi écrit la Passion de Fabius ?

12h00 Discussions

12h30 Déjeuner

14h30 Hélène Ménard (Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier III), Discours sur la violence, violence du discours : réalité et stéréotypes dans la Passion de sainte Salsa

15h00 Christine Hamdoune et Michel Chalon (Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier III), Salsa et le dragon : fondement historique et reconstruction hagiographique

16h00 Discussions et pause

16h30 Georges Devallet (Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier III), Si uos tacebitis, lapides clamabunt : le caché et le révélé dans le récit de miracle

17h00 Discussions

20h00 Dîner au centre-ville

Samedi 26 mars 2011

10h00 Anna Maria Piredda (Université de Sassari), I monologhi di Santa Salsa

10h30 Jean Meyers (Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier III), L'auteur de la Passion de sainte Salsa connaissait-il ses classiques ?

11h00 Jean-Noël Michaud (Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier III), La colline des temples ou la métamorphose d'un locus horribilis

11h30 Discussions et conclusions du colloque

Contact

Christine Hamdoune

courriel : christine.hamdoune@univ-montp3.fr

C.R.I.S.E.S.

Bât. Marc Bloch

Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier III

Route de Mende

F-34199 Montpellier cedex 5

Jean Meyers

courriel : jean.meyers@univ-montp3.fr

C.R.I.S.E.S.

Bât. Marc Bloch

Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier III

Route de Mende

F-34199 Montpellier cedex 5.

Oxford Centre for Late Antiquity : Special Lecture, 2 March 2011

2011-01-16T17:57:00.000+01:00

Source: Oxford Centre for Late Antiquity.

Special Lecture (with the Seminar for Late Antique and Byzantine Studies)

David Frankfurter (Boston University):

"Workshops, Shrines, and 'Pagan Survivals': Re-Modelling the Christianization of Egypt"

Wednesday 2 March 2011 at 5pm

Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles', Oxford

Professor Frankfurter will also be talking, at 5pm on Tuesday 1 March, in the 'Emotions and Ancient Greek History' seminar (also in the Ioannou Centre) on "Desperation and the Magic of Appeal: Representations of Women's Emotions in the Voices of Magical Texts and Votive Images".

These events are funded through the generosity of Lewis Chester.

Editorship of the Patristic Monograph Series

2011-01-14T11:33:00.000+01:00

Source: NAPS, The North American Patristics Society.

The North American Patristics Society seeks to appoint a new editor for the Patristic Monograph Series. Interim Editor David Hunter has guided the Series for the past few years and the time is now right to appoint a regular editor for a five-year term.

Candidates should submit a letter of interest and a brief CV by 1 March 2011 to:

Dennis Trout

Department of Classical Studies

404 Strickland Hall

University of Missouri

Columbia, MO 65211

or via email to: troutd@missouri.edu

Inquiries can be similarly directed via email.

Prix Adalbert-Hamman 2012 - Appel à candidatures

2011-01-03T08:00:00.005+01:00

Source : Association J.-P. Migne.

Le Prix Adalbert-Hamman a été créé en 2003 par l'Association J.-P. Migne pour honorer la mémoire du Père Hamman, ofm (1910-2000), fondateur de l'Association et infatigable éditeur et diffuseur des Pères de l'Eglise.

Ce prix d'un montant de deux mille euros est décerné tous les deux ans pour aider la publication d'un travail inédit en langue française écrit par un auteur de moins de quarante ans et portant sur les Pères de l'Eglise (latins, grecs ou orientaux), du premier au dixième siècle.

Un exemplaire du manuscrit, avec une demande manuscrite de candidature et la photocopie d'une pièce d'identité, doit parvenir sous forme d'un exemplaire papier, éventuellement accompagné d'une copie électronique, avant le 1er septembre 2011 à l'Association Migne, 17 rue d'Alembert 75014 Paris.

Le jury, dont la composition est fixée par le Conseil d'Administration de l'Association et qui est présidé par Mme M.-H. Congourdeau (CNRS, directrice de la collection "Pères dans la foi" des Editions Migne), fera connaître sa décision au mois de septembre 2012, et elle sera communiquée aux candidats. Le montant du prix sera versé à la maison d'édition choisie par le lauréat, sur présentation d'un devis pour la publication de l'ouvrage. Les manuscrits ne seront pas renvoyés.

Ecrire contre... quête d'identité, quête de pouvoir dans la littérature chrétienne des 4e-6e s., Strasbourg, 24-26 mars 2011

2011-01-02T08:00:00.002+01:00

Source : Source chrétiennes.

Lieu : Faculté de Théologie Catholique Université de Strasbourg, 9 place de l'Université, 67084 Strasbourg cedex (France) - courriel : fvinel@unistra.fr

Jeudi 24 mars 2011

14h00 Ouverture du colloque par Jean-Pierre Wagner (doyen de la Faculté de Théologie catholique) et Matthieu Smyth (directeur de l'ERAC)

Préliminaires : Avant Nicée : le tournant du IIe-IIIe s.

14h30 A. Faivre (Université de Strasbourg), Ces hérétiques qui firent l'Eglise

15h15 J. Fantino (Université de Metz), La question des limites de l'Eglise : Irénée et l'hérésie

16h00 T. Alekniene (Université Pédagogique de Vilnius) et L. Soares (EPHE, Paris), Plotin contre les gnostiques : défense de la grande Tradition grecque

16h45 Pause

17h15 F. Chapot (Université de Strasbourg), Le Contre Praxéas est-il écrit contre Praxéas ? Destinataires et enjeux polémiques d'un traité de Tertullien

18h30-20h00 Conférence publique de Jean-Marie Salamito (Université de Paris IV - Sorbonne), Les recherches actuelles sur l'histoire des premiers siècles chrétiens - polémiques et questions en débat (sous réserve)

Vendredi 25 mars 2011

Dénombrement et généalogie des adversaires

09h00 G. Aragione (Université de Strasbourg), Qu'est-ce qu'une notice hérésiologique ?

09h45 R. Gounelle (Université de Strasbourg), Ariens contre païens : Le Contra Paganos de la collection de Vérone

10h30 F. Vinel (Université de Strasbourg), Augustin, De haeresibus, Théodoret de Cyr, Un "compendium" des hérésies : des listes stéréotypées sans intention de nuire ?

11h15 Pause

11h45 E. Wirbelauer (Université de Strasbourg), Deux évêques à Rome ? Les apocryphes symmachiens

Adversaires religieux, adversaires politiques

14h00 M. Cutino (Palerme), Les finalités du Sermo contra Auxentium d'Ambroise dans le cadre du conflit pour la basilique de Milan en 385-386

14h45 A. Canellis (Université de Saint-Etienne), Ecrire contre l'Empereur : le De Athanasio de Lucifer de Cagliari

15h30 Pause

16h00 H. Leppin (Université de Francfort), Die häretiker Kaiser bei Theodoret

16h45 M. Smyth (Université de Strasbourg), L'âge d'or des rois wisigothiques

18h00 Remise de Mélanges au Professeur Alexandre Faivre

Samedi 26 mars 2011

Débattre sans exclure ?

09h00 L. Decousu (Université de Strasbourg), La réconciliation des hérétiques aux 4e-5e s. : exclusion, réintégration, intégration

09h45 O. Huck (Université de Strasbourg), Légiférer, codifier et conserver "contre" : à propos de quelques lois Sirmondiennes et de leurs équivalents théodosiens

10h30 Pause

11h00-12h30 Table ronde : point de vue des historiens, point de vue des théologiens

The Sons of Constantine, One-Day Colloquium, Cardiff University, 19th January 2011, 10am-5pm

2011-01-01T08:00:00.002+01:00

Source: CLARC - Cardiff University.
Place: Room 2.03, Humanities Building, Colum Drive

Provisional Programme

Nicholas Baker-Brian, Rehabilitating Constantius II: Ancient and Modern Views
Jill Harries, Constans the Hunter: A Late Roman Murder Mystery
Mark Humphries, The Year 350
Michael Saxby, The Coinage of Constantine I and his Sons: Symbols of Power
Alexander Skinner, Constantius II and the Senate of Constantinople
Shaun Tougher, Imperial Blood: Family Relationships in the Dynasty of Constantine the Great

If you wish to attend please confirm by e-mail to either:
Baker-BrianNJ1@cardiff.ac.uk or
TougherSF@cardiff.ac.uk

Priests and prophets in the religious cultures of the Roman world, Oxford, 15 January 2011

2010-12-31T08:00:00.001+01:00

Source: Oxford Centre for Late Antiquity.

Workshop: Saturday, 15 January 2011.

Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles, Oxford.

Morning Session

Chair: Robin Lane Fox (New College)

10.00-10.15 Introduction: Beate Dignas (Somerville)

10.15-11.15 John Scheid (Collège de France), Priests and Divination in Rome

11.15-11.30 Coffee Break

11.30-12.30 Guy G. Stroumsa (LMH), False Prophets of Early Christianity

12.30-14.00 Lunch Break

Afternoon Session

Chair: Mark Edwards (Christ Church)

14.00-15.00 Jan Bremmer (Groningen), Priests in Late Antiquity: Three Snapshots

15.00-15.15 Coffee Break

15.15-16.15 Kai Trampedach (Heidelberg), Prophets of Theocracy: Holy Men as Imperial Diviners in Late Antiquity

16.15-16.45 General Discussion, led by Robert Parker

The organizers acknowledge the help of the Oxford Centre for Late Antiquity.

CFP: Figure and Ornament: Aesthetics, Art and Architecture in the Caucasus region, from 400 to 1650, Tbilisi, 29.09.-01.10.2011

2010-12-30T14:58:00.000+01:00

Source: HSozUKult.

George Chubinashvili National Research Centre, Tbilisi

Figure and ornament have generally been considered as opposites. Figurative representations, however, can be ornamented or framed by ornaments, and ornaments are frequently formed by repeted figural motives, such as animals or plants. In fact, ornaments and figures are related in manifold ways and define or articulate pictorial or architectonic spaces, elaborating various aesthetic concepts. Traditionally, the distinction between figure and ornament has been understood as a consequence of specific religious belief systems and their attitude towards images. Whereas medieval Western and Byzantine Christian art has primarily been considered as figurative even if images have not always been uncontested, Islamic art, in turn, has often been perceived as iconophobic and mainly ornamental. Recent art historical research has strongly argued against such polarization, indeed the respective role of figure and ornament can no longer be seen as a basic difference between "Christian" and "Islamic" art. This opens a wide range of new questions especially for regions where Christians and Muslims were neighbours or have interacted over the centuries.

Under these premises, the conference will be dedicated to the various relationships between figure and ornament in the arts of the Caucasus from the Middle Ages until the early 17th century, in particular in Georgia, Armenia, Eastern Anatolia and Azerbaijan, also including Iran. While the current debates on the coexistence of and the cultural exchange between Christianity and Islam are mainly concentrated on the Mediterranean, the conference will take a closer look at the region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, which has hardly been considered from this perspective. From early times, the Caucasian area has been characterized by an encounter and conflict between the Greco-Roman and Persian or Central Asian worlds of the Middle Ages and by the formation of Georgian and Armenian Christianity relating to Byzantium on the one hand and various Islamic cultures on the other. However, religion represents just one major aspect for understanding the arts of the Caucasian area, and another no less important aspect concerns the competing or related models of kingship and monarchical representation, often transcending religious divisions.

The cultures the conference will discuss are not to be seen as given or static units but as having been formed and transformed in relation and interaction with each other. Thus, on the one hand, the conference examines the cultural transfer of phenomena beyond regions and borders, and on the other hand it aims to diagnose and compare the elaboration of different visual cultures in the Caucasus and their aesthetics regarding figure and ornament. The main question that could be addressed in the conference sessions are: how can relationships between figure and ornament be described and analyzed, how do they contribute to create and define spaces, and what is their function and meaning ? How do figures and ornaments activate, penetrate or dissolve surfaces ? What role do different media play, for example in terms of materiality and its aesthetical implications ? Can we observe forms of hierarchization and artistic classification between figures and ornaments and how are they related to religious, political and social contexts ? Where can we speak of joint formal patterns and of migration and adaption, and how can we trace shifts in form and meaning from one region or historical moment to another ? How do historical (vertical) references interact with transcultural (horizontal) ones, to which past or present do they refer and do we encounter "free" formal solutions of aesthetic problems ? How are political and religious concerns negotiated by figure and ornament ? How could a collaborative research agenda for the history of art in the Caucasus region be built up beyond historical and present religious and political divisions ?

Proposals (ca 2500 characters) should be sent together with a Curriculum Vitae (max 3 pages) by 15 January 2011 to both following addresses:

Marina Kevkhishvili (kevkhishvili@khi.fi.it)

Natia Natsvlishvili (natsvlishvili@gch-centre.ge)

Kontakt: Marina Kevkhishvili

Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz

0039-055-2491169

0039-055-2491166

kevkhishvili@khi.fi.it

Appel à contribution : Droit byzantin et post-byzantin, 3e Rencontre internationale des jeunes historiens du droit grec, université Aristote de Thessalonique, 29.09-.02.10.2011

2010-12-20T09:55:00.002+01:00

Source : Calenda et Nomodôs.

Organisée par la Société grecque d'histoire du droit (SGHD - http://greeklegalhistory.com/) et soutenue par l'université Aristote de Thessalonique, cette rencontre vise à renforcer la recherche des jeunes spécialistes d'histoire du droit grec. A la suite des deux premières rencontres, concernant le droit de la Grèce ancienne, celle de l'année prochaine est consacrée au droit byzantin et post-byzantin. La troisième rencontre se déroulera à Thessalonique, au Centre des études byzantines de l'université Aristote de Thessalonique, du 29 septembre au 2 octobre 2011.

Tenant compte de l'orientation scientifique de la SGHD, le comité préférera les propositions qui aborderont la dimension juridique de la réalité byzantine et post-byzantine. Pour le reste, les sujets de communications peuvent concerner tant le droit privé que le droit public.

Comme le suggère le titre même de la rencontre, les participants doivent avoir moins de 40 ans d'âge. Une formation doctorale, achevée ou en cours, serait appréciée de surcroît.

Les communications seront d'une durée de 40 minutes maximum et elles seront suivies d'une discussion de 20 minutes. Langues acceptées : anglais, français et allemand.

Les participants seront logés à titre gratuit à la Résidence de l'université Aristote de Thessalonique.

Etant donné le nombre limité des places, les titres des propositions de communication devront parvenir au plus tard le 31 décembre 2010 au courriel suivant : costas_vlahos@yahoo.com

Pour faciliter l'organisation de la rencontre, il est recommandé de se servir du formulaire suivant :

3ème Rencontre des Jeunes Historiens du Droit Grec

Nom : ........

Prénom : .........

Qualité : ........

Etablissement : ........

Adresse de correspondance : ........

Courriel : .......

Tél. : ........

Titre de la communication : ........

Le texte achevé de la communication doit être envoyé au courriel indiqué ci-dessus au plus tard le 17 juin 2011.

Comité scientifique :

Georges P. Nakos (Pr. Em. Histoire du droit grec et romain, Thessalonique)
Daphné Papadatou (Pr. Ass. Histoire du droit grec et romain, Directrice du Dépt. de droit byzantin du Centre d'études byzantines, Thessalonique)
Sophia Tzortzakaki-Tzaridi (Pr. Ass. Histoire du droit grec et romain, Thessalonique)
Constantin Vlahos (M. de Conf., Histoire du droit grec et romain, Thessalonique)

CFP: Between Constantines: Representations and Manifestations of an Empire, The History Faculty, University of Oxford, 4 - 5 March 2011

2010-12-19T09:49:00.000+01:00

Source: The Oxford Byzantine Society.

The Oxford Byzantine Society is pleased to announce that its annual graduate conference will be held in March 2011. The society is now accepting abstracts for papers to be presented at this event.

This year's conference - entitled Between Constantines: representations and manifestations of an empire - seeks to explore the different ages of Byzantium. What were the political, social, cultural and economic strategies that defined different periods in the existence of the empire? How do we interpret the narratives, materials and structures of the momentous and the everyday in the empire's long history?

In order to approach the subject from as many angles as possible, we welcome papers from graduate students in all fields related to Byzantium, including, but not limited to: History, Archaeology, Language and Literature, Theology and Art History.

Possible themes for papers might include:

Diplomacy and foreign relations
Religious and cultural exchange
The Byzantine thought world
Art and architecture
Trade and travel
Language and literature
War and defence
The urban and rural existences
Nomads
Geography and topography

As the title suggests, the temporal scope of the conference is envisaged to stretch from the rise of Constantine to the fall of Constantinople. Within this rough time frame, we encourage papers dealing with the Byzantine world as well as those surrounding regions which had direct interactions with it, including the Near and Middle East, the Mediterranean, the Balkans and Eastern Europe, the Eurasian Steppe and Transcaucasia.

Final papers will be 20 minutes in length, followed by 10 minutes of discussion. This year we will be accepting papers in English and French, however, given the likely composition of the audience, presentations in English are strongly recommended.

Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted to byzantine.society@gmail.com by 5pm on Monday 18 January 2011. Please include a few lines about your research interests. Successful applicants will be notified by Monday 24 January 2011.

Subject to funding, the OBS hopes to offer subsidised accommodation for visiting speakers, as it did last year. More information will be available in early 2011. We regret that we are unable to cover travel expenses to and from Oxford, but we encourage all participants to apply to their home institutions for travel grants.

Abstracts are due on Monday 18 January 2011

For more information, please e-mail : byzantine.society@gmail.com

CFP: The Late Antiquity and Byzantium Workshop, UChicago, Winter and Spring Quarters

2010-12-17T12:52:00.000+01:00

Source: CEERES eBulletin.

The Late Antiquity and Byzantium Workshop is calling for papers for Winter and Spring Quarter. Submissions from graduate students with dissertation chapters or proposals are especially encouraged.

The workshop has as its focus the Eastern Mediterranean World from 330 - 1453 CE, as approached from a variety of viewpoints, including Late Rome, Byzantium, Early Islam, Slavic Studies, Crusader Periods, and Eastern Church Studies. The workshop will usually meet Tuesday afternoons in Cochrane-Woods Art Center (5540 S. Greenwood Ave., just north of the Regenstein Library), Room 156, at 4:30 p.m. Meetings on other days of the week are possible by request. Sessions typically run for approximately 90 minutes (including the presentation of the paper and a questions and answer session), followed by more informal conversation.

Those who would like to present or would like some additional information should contact Nathan Leidholm by e-mail (nleidholm@uchicago.edu) or by phone (701-436-6052).

Central European University Budapest: Scholarships for Religious Studies Specialization

2010-11-27T11:17:00.000+01:00

Source: Esther Holbrook, Program Coordinator, Religious Studies Program CEU.

The Specialization Religious Studies at Central European University Budapest offers diverse one year and two-year programs covering the three monotheistic religions from multidisciplinary perspectives. This track is available for students pursuing an MA degree from either the Departments of History or Medieval Studies, who will find the SRS specialization easily complements their degree course. There is a wide variety of classes available offered in addition by Philosophy, Jewish Studies Program, Sociology and Social Anthropology, International Relations and European Studies.

In the past, our students have since been successful in receiving prestigious international scholarships and in entering challenging professional fields.

Additional Scholarships: Regardless to whether you apply to History or Medieval Studies, please be sure to indicate clearly on your application that you are applying also for the Specialization Religious Studies as there is additional funding available which you may be eligible for.

Deadlines: Applications are accepted through an on-line system at http://www.ceu.hu/admissions/apply beginning on October 29, 2010. Candidates applying by January 24, 2011 are eligible to take the CEU-administered institutional TOEFL. Candidates who can provide evidence of proficiency in English or will organize their own TOEFL examination may apply by March 14, 2011. Full scholarships are available !

For more information, please contact :

Religious Studies Program

Central European University (CEU)

Nador u. 11, room 211

h-1051 Budapest

Telephone: +36.1/327-3000 ex 2170

E-mail: rsp@ceu.hu

Website: www.ceu.hu/religion

London lecture : Dr Nicholas Warner, The Villa of Serenos at Amheida: recreating a late-Roman context, 23.11.2010, The Egypt Exploration Society

2010-11-21T10:38:00.000+01:00

Source: Patricia Spencer, for The Egypt Exploration Society (Facebook).

Host: The Egypt Exploration Society.

Time: Tuesday, 23rd November 2010, 6:30-7:30 pm.

Location: The EES, 3 Doughty Mews, London WC1N 2PG.

Email: contact@ees.ac.uk

Phone: +44 (0)20 7242 1880.

Amheida is a major urban site in the Dakhla Oasis with occupation through to the Late Roman Period. This talk will describe the conservation and site development work there, under the auspices of New York University, over the last five years. A major component of this was the construction of a replica of a Roman house to serve as a visitors centre.

Dr. Nicholas Warner is an architect and architectural historian trained at Cambridge University, and the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. Since 1993 he has been based in Egypt, where he has participated in or directed a number of projects related to the documentation, preservation, and presentation of historic structures and archaeological material.

Entry is free of charge, but numbers are limited to 30 so application for tickets as normal is required (here).

"Centre and Periphery": Two to Three Scholarships for non-German Postgraduates/Scholars at the University of Cologne (Germany)

2010-11-14T09:15:00.000+01:00

Source: Current Epigraphy.

The Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung announces two to three scholarships for non-German postgraduates or non-German scholars with a PhD to conduct research at the Historisches Institut, Abt. Alte Geschichte, University of Cologne.

Scholarships are for periods ranging between 6 and 24 months. Recipients of the scholarships will receive amounts that correspond with those granted by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (currently about 1.200 euros monthly for a postgraduate, 1.800 euros monthly for a scholar with a PhD).

The scholarships are for all projects from all disciplines of classical studies that pertain to the general topic of "centre and periphery", but projects in Greek or Latin epigraphy from the Imperial period and late antiquity are especially encouraged.

Since Greek and Latin epigraphy has long been an area of concentration in ancient studies at the University of Cologne, it is well equipped to accommodate the sorts of research projects that the grants are designed to support. Other research pertaining to the topic "centre and periphery" will concern the ruler cult in the Roman East and the christianisation of Asia Minor during the first six centuries.

During the tenure of the scholarships, individuals are required to live and to conduct their research in Cologne and are expected to participate in courses offered in the degree program "Papyrologie, Epigraphik, Numismatik" as well as in the summer-schools and study-excursions that will be organized.

Earliest start of the scholarship is 1 April 2011. It is also possible to apply for a project that will begin at a later date. Comparable announcements will be made in the following years.

Applicants should submit the usual materials (curriculum vitae, publications, description of the project, etc.) and an indication regarding the desired starting point of the scholarship and length of the stay in Cologne.

Applications should reach Prof. Dr. W. Ameling, Historisches Seminar I, Albertus Magnus Platz, D-50923 Köln, Germany (walter.ameling@uni-koeln.de), not later than 31 December 2010.

Continuity and Destruction in Alexander's East. The Transformation of Monumental Space from the Hellenistic Period to Late Antiquity, Univ. of Oxford, 6-7 May 2011

2010-10-16T10:54:00.000+02:00

Source: The Late Antiquity Discussion List.

Call for Papers

Alexander the Great's campaigns from Greece to India brought a vast, disparate region together under a shared cultural umbrella on a scale and at a speed that had not been seen before. This conference will explore the ways in which this cultural hegemony was expressed, or deviated from, by the many peoples and powers that lived in the Hellenized parts of Asia Minor, Egypt, and the Levant - specifically how this expression was manifested in changes and use of monumental space from the early Hellenistic period (4th century BCE) to the Arab conquests (7th century CE). Monumental space is here taken to refer to various public spaces: temples and cult spaces; necropoleis; palaces; military installations, etc. The term space refers to geographical as well as topographical space. Topics for consideration include, but are not limited to:

the veneration and/or restoration of monumental spaces of earlier periods
the destruction and rehabilitation of towns
shifting values as expressed through space and monuments
theoretical approaches to the transformation of monumental space

Proposals should be between 300-500 words and the time allocated for each paper will be 20 minutes. We welcome submissions from postdoctoral fellows, PhD students, and other interested academics. Please send an abstract with your name, title, and institution together with a short CV to one of the three conference organizers no later than January 31, 2011. Any inquiries about the conference should be addressed to the organizers.

We look forward to receiving your submissions !

Marlena Whiting (marlena.whiting@arch.ox.ac.uk)

Sujatha Chandrasekaran (sujatha.chandrasekaran@arch.ox.ac.uk)

Anna Kouremenos (anna.kouremenos@arch.ox.ac.uk)

Conference Announcement & Call For Papers: Family & Children in the Patristic Tradition, Brookline, Massachusetts, October 13-15, 2011

2010-10-15T18:00:00.000+02:00

Source: NAPS.

October 13-15, 2011

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

Brookline, Massachusetts

The Stephen and Catherine Pappas Patristic Institute of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology is pleased to announce its annual thematic conference on "Family and Children in the Patristic Tradition", which will be held next Fall on the school's campus in Brookline, Massachusetts beginning Thursday evening, October 13, and ending with dinner on Saturday, October 15, 2011.

The Conference Theme: Children play a surprising role in several of the narratives in the canonical gospels. They are even viewed by Jesus as paradigmatic of the Kingdom of God, -"to such as these the Kingdom of Heaven belongs" (Mat 19:14). In other writings of the New Testament, and in the later patristic corpus, the treatment of children is more varied and complex, including shared viewpoints with the Graeco-Roman culture. The purpose of our conference is to engage those patristic writings, Greek, Latin, and Syriac, that treat the subjects of family and children; we will seek to examine both theological and socio-historical treatments of the family and children, attempting to deal with any gaps between the theoretical and the historical. Paper proposals that examine the use of "family" and "children" as metaphors will also be welcomed, including those treating monasticism.

If you would be interested in presenting a paper related to the topic of the conference (approximately 20 minutes in length), please submit a one-to-two paragraph abstract of your paper between December 15, 2010 and February 15, 2011. Abstracts should: 1) present a clear thesis; 2) indicate knowledge of the sources; 3) show awareness of relevant methodological, historiographical, or philosophical issues; and 4) treat subject matter that falls within the parameters of Late Ancient and Patristic Studies. Please send your abstract, registration, or any inquiries, to Dr. Bruce Beck, Director, Pappas Patristic Institute (pappaspatristic@comcast.net). All papers will be considered for publication in our series Holy Cross Studies in patristic Theology and History published annually by Baker Academic.

Please register at your convenience by email to Dr. Bruce Beck at pappaspatristic@comcast.net, with your name, institutional affiliation, address, and phone number. There is a $125 registration fee, which also includes all the meals and breaks during the conference. This fee is payable upon check-in. The registration fee for students is $40.00. The registration fee is waived for those presenting a paper. The conference hotel is the Sheraton of Needham. Shuttle service will be provided between the conference hotel and the campus.

Funded in 2003 by a generous grant from the late Stephen Pappas and his wife Catherine, the goal of the Pappas Patristic Institute is the advancement and promotion of primarily eastern patristic studies and education in the service of the academy and the Church.

Carnival and Cult from Caesar to Chrysostom, Oxford, 13 November 2010

2010-10-13T10:00:00.001+02:00

Source: Oxford Centre for Late Antiquity.

Afternoon colloquium: Saturday 13 November 2010

Linbury Room, Worcester College

2.00 pm John North (UCL), Carnivals and Festivals in Republican Rome

Response: Peter Wiseman (Exeter)

3.30 pm Tea/coffee

4.00 pm Richard Lim (Smith College), Social Knowledge, Elite Rationality and the Making of Late Roman Festivals

Response: Bella Sandwell (Bristol)

5.30 pm Charles Ramble (Oxford), South Asian Perspectives: Concluding Discussion

6.00 pm Drinks reception

The colloquium is free, but since space is limited you are asked to email Neil McLynn (neil.mclynn@classics.ox.ac.uk) to register.

The colloquium is organized by Neil McLynn with the support of Paul Pheby.

Study Day in Memory of Professor Ihor Ševčenko, University of Oxford, 27 November 2010

2010-10-12T11:25:00.000+02:00

St. Catherine's Monastery on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt
Copyright : Joonas Plaan, 2008.

Source: Oxford Centre for Late Antiquity. Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, University of Oxford.

This meeting, held in memory of the late Professor Ihor Ševčenko of Harvard University, is intended to focus attention within the scholarly community on the conservation work currently being carried out on the important collection of ancient and medieval manuscripts housed in the library of St. Catherine's Monastery at Mount Sinai.This conservation work is organized and funded by the St. Catherine's Foundation. The lectures listed below are being given, many by colleagues at Oxford, to commemorate the contribution made to the study of the Sinai monastery by Ihor Ševčenko. He was a member of the St. Catherine's Foundation, as well as past Visiting Fellow of both All Souls and Wolfson Colleges, Oxford and member of the Editorial Board of Oxford Studies in Byzantium. A memorial fund in his name will be announced for the conservation of Sinai's early Slavonic manuscripts in which he was particularly interested.

10:00 Prof. Dr. Peter Grossmann (Cairo), The Sinai monastery that Justinian built

10:40 Prof. Cyril Mango (Oxford), Ihor Ševčenko and the Sinai Monastery

11:00 Coffee

11:30 Prof. Nicholas Pickwoad (London), The Programme of MS Conservation at Sinai

12:00 Dr. Lukas Schachner (Oxford), Book & other Production in Early Byzantine Monasteries

12:30 Lunch

2:00 Mr. Nigel Wilson (Oxford), Byzantine Libraries

2:30 Dr. Nancy Ševčenko (Vermont), MSS copied at Sinai

3:00 Dr. Georgi Parpulov (Oxford), Greek and Latin MSS at Sinai

3:30 Tea

4:00 Dr. Sebastian Brock (Oxford), Syriac, Ethiopic and Arabic MSS at Sinai

4:30 Prof. Robert Thomson (Oxford), Georgian, Caucasian Albanian & Armenian MSS at Sinai

5:00 Dr. C.M. MacRobert (Oxford), Slavonic MSS at Sinai

5:30 The Ihor Ševčenko Memorial Fund

6:30 Ashmolean Museum, Reception

Study Day supported by St. Catherine's Foundation, Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research, and Oxford Centre for Late Antiquity. For further information, write to : cyril.mango@exeter.ox.ac.uk or marlia.mango@arch.ox.ac.uk

CFP: Passages from Antiquity to the Middle Ages V: Infirmitas. Social and Cultural Approaches to Cure, Caring and Health, Tampere, 23-26.08.2012

2010-10-11T17:21:00.000+02:00

Source: The Late Antiquity Discussion List.
University of Tampere, Finland

Department of History and Philosophy

Trivium Centre for Classical, Medieval and Renaissance Studies

We welcome papers which focus on different actors - institutions, communities, families or individuals - and have a sensitive approach to social differences: gender, age and status. Thus, the focus lies on society and the history of everyday life, on the differences and similarities between elite and popular culture, and on the expectations linked to gender and life-cycle stage, visible in the practices and policies under scrutiny. How were physical and mental disability/ability defined within daily life; what were the social consequences of illness; how was social interaction reflected in caring for the sick; how were cure and caring organised in families, communities and in society ? We aim not to concentrate on medical or technical aspects of health and illness, but rather to integrate them in a larger social and cultural context.

The conference aims at broad coverage not only chronologically but also geographically and disciplinary (all branches of Classical and Medieval Studies). Most preferable are contributions having themselves a comparative and/or interdisciplinary perspective.

If interested, please submit an abstract of 300 words (setting out thesis and conclusions) for a twenty-minute paper together with your contact details (with academic affiliation, address and e-mail) by e-mail attachment to the conference secretary, passages@uta.fi. The deadline for abstracts is September 15th 2011, and the notification of paper acceptance will be made in November 2011. Conference papers may be presented in major scientific languages, however supplied with English summary or translation if the language of presentation is not English. The registration fee is 100 euros (post-graduate students: 50 euros).

For further information, please visit : http://www.uta.fi/trivium/passages/ or contact the organizers by e-mailing to passages@uta.fi. The registration opens in November 2011.

Organizing committee:

Prof. Christian Krötzl, Prof. Katariina Mustakallio, Dr. Sari Katajala-Peltomaa and Dr. Ville Vuolanto.

Giornata di Studi: L'enigma dei Tetrarchi, Venezia, 28 Ottobre 2010

2010-10-08T15:12:00.000+02:00

Source: H-Net Discussion Network.

Giornata di Studi organizzata dal Centro Tedesco di Studi Veneziani e dalla Procuratoria di San Marco, Venezia

Programma

Sede dei lavori al mattino: Sala Sant'Apollonia

9.00 Saluti delle Autorità

9.30 Inizio dei lavori

Presiede: Maria Letizia Sebastiani (Direttore della Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana)

Werner Eck (Colonia), History and Ideology of the Tetrarchy

Anna Pontani (Padova), Costantinopoli all'epoca della Quarta Crociata nelle fonti

Friederike Naumann (Colonia), La storia delle piede: il pezzo ritrovato a Istanbul

Intervallo

Presiede: Renata Codello (Soprintendente B.A.P. di Venezia e Laguna)

Philipp Niewöhner (DAI Istanbul), The Find Spot of the Heel at the Myrelaion in Istanbul. New Archaeological Evidence for the Historical Topography

Arne Effenberger (Berlino), L'iconografia dei Tetrarchi a Venezia e altre rappresentazioni dei Tetrarchi

Sede dei lavori al pomeriggio: Centro Tedesco di Studi Veneziani, Palazzo Barbarigo della Terrazza

15.00 Inizio dei lavori

Presiede: Anna Maria Spiazzi (Soprintendente per il Patrimonio Storico e per il Polo Museale Veneziano)

Ennio Concina (Venezia), Spolia da Costantinopoli a Venezia

Giulio Bodon (Padova) e Carlo Campana (Venezia), I Tetrarchi a Venezia. La documentazione storica

Intervallo

Presiede: Ugo Soragni (Direttore Regionale per i Beni Culturali e Paesaggistici del Veneto)

Maurizia De Min et Claudio Menichelli (Venezia), I lavori sulla facciata sud di San Marco

Lorenzo Lazzarini (Venezia), L'origine del porfido e della breccia del piede

Discussione

Comitato scientifico: Ennio Concina, Irene Favaretto, Peter Schreiner.

La giornata di Studi è stata realizzata grazie al contributo finanziario della Fondazione Henkel di Düsseldorf.

Sedi del convegno

Sala Sant'Apollonia

Castello 4309

30122 Venezia

Tel. (+39) 041.2708311

Fax (+39) 041.270833

E-mail: biblioteca.proc@patriarcatovenezia.it

Centro Tedesco di Studi Veneziani

Deutsches Studienzentrum in Venedig

Palazzo Barbarigo della Terrazza

San Polo 2765/A

30125 Venezia

Tel. (+39) 041.5206355

Fax (+39) 041.5206780

E-mail : info@dszv.it

Symposium and Reception to Honor Retiring Art Historian, Former GSAS Dean Dale Kinney

2010-10-02T11:00:00.002+02:00

Source: Bryn Mawr Now.

On Wednesday, Oct. 6, Eugenia Chase Guild Professor in the Humanities Dale Kinney will be honored by current and former students from around the country - including Alicia Walker '94, who will take Kinney's place on the history of art faculty next year - at a daylong symposium in Wyndham's Ely Room.

As the seminar draws to a close, President Jane McAuliffe will host a reception honoring Kinney, who will retire at the end of the semester. Bryn Mawr students, faculty, and staff are invited to both the symposium and the reception. To attend the symposium, please RSVP to Sarah Bassett (sebasset@indiana.edu).

Sarah Bassett, now on the history of art faculty at the University of Indiana, took the lead in organizing the symposium, titled "Gaudeamus Igitur: a symposium in honor of Dale Kinney".

The title, Bassett says, was inspired by an "academic drinking song, which is known from a 13th-century manuscript that was then written up in more formal form in the 18th century. It means 'Let us rejoice'".

The range of topics reflects the sweep of Kinney's own erudition. "It is very broad", Bassett says, "from late antiquity to the later middle ages, from the Mediterranean world to northern Europe".

Kinney arrived to teach at Bryn Mawr in 1972, receiving her Ph.D. in 1975 from New York University. Her research interests include medieval art and architecture from the fourth through 12th centuries, with a focus on Rome. In addition to teaching, Kinney served as the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences from 2000 to 2008. Kinney has taught on all levels of undergraduate and graduate education, lecturing in introductory courses and facilitating upper-level seminars. She has been recognized for her excellence in teaching by the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching at Bryn Mawr (1984) and the College Art Association's Distinguished Teaching of Art History Award (2002).

The Conference program follows:

Opening remarks 9:00-9:15

Session I 9:15-10:30
Sarah Bassett (Indiana University), PhD 1985, Purple Mountains Majesty: Late Antique Sculptured Porphyry
Gregor Kalas (University of Tennessee), PhD 1999, The Epigraphic Habits of Honorius and the Reuse of Monuments in Late Antique Rome
Elizabeth Bolman (Temple University), PhD 1997, The Tomb of Shenoute of Atripe ? Post-Conservation Evidence at the White Monastery at Sohag, Upper Egypt

10:30-10:45 Coffee

Session II 10:45-12:00
Thelma Thomas (Institute of Fine Arts, New York University), AB 1980, Exemplary Habits: Monastic Dress in Wall Paintings from Late Antique Egypt
Alicia Walker (Washington University in St. Louis), AB 1994, Pseudo-Arabic and the Practice of Pilgrimage at Hosios Loukas
Sharon Gerstel (University of California at Los Angeles), AB 1984, The Exotic Sanctuary: The Case of Hagios Nikolaos, Phountoukli

12:00-1:30 Lunch

Session III 1:30-2:45
Carol Neuman de Vegvar (Ohio Wesleyan University), AB 1974, A Leg (or Two) to Stand On: Rethinking the Drinking Horn in Norman Ireland
Robin Kim (Bryn Mawr College), current PhD Candidate, Central and Nowhere: The Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Torres del Rio (Navarre, Spain)
Dorothy Shepard (Pratt Institute), PhD 1993, The Demise of the Latin Gospel Book

2:45-3:00 Break

Session IV 3:00-4:45
Benjamin Anderson (Bryn Mawr College and the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art), MA 2004, current PhD candidate, The Medrese of Halifet Alp and the Zaviye of Elvan çelebi
Libby Karlinger Escobedo (Aurora University), PhD 2001, Manuscript Books of Hours in the Age of Printing: Artistic Production for the Middle Class in Late Medieval Rouen
Alyce Jordan (Northern Arizona University), PhD 1994, Restoring the Ste. Chapelle: Rationalism, Realism and Relics
Tina Waldeier Bizzarro (Rosemont College), PhD 1985, 'Blessed Beast, Very Like a Man': Scicli's Cavalcata di San Giuseppe

Closing remarks:
Dale Kinney, Eugenia Chase Guild Professor in the Humanities, Bryn Mawr College.