CELTIC CONFERENCE IN CLASSICS, MONTRÉAL: REGISTRATION OPEN

We would like to let you know that the 10th Celtic Conference in Classics will be held at McGill University and Université de Montréal on July 19-22th 2017.


This year's CCC includes 14 panels on broad topics in Classics:

"Classical Literature and the Fragmentary"
"Consciousness, Conscience in Antiquity"
"Dodona and Prophetics"
"Epic and Elegy"
"Ethnicity and Imperialism"
"Identity in Greek Oratory"
"Landscapes of War"
"Local Effects on Athenian Arkhe"
"New Approaches to Plato"
"New Directions in Roman Military History"
"Popular Classics"
"Spartan Austerity/Herodotus and Sparta"
"Reception of Ancient Drama"
"Return to Philology"

For more information and to register, please follow this link.

AIEP EVENTS 2016-2017

Today we would like to let you know about a number of events that will be organized in the near future by AIEP, l’Association Internationale d’Études Patristiques (i.e. IAPS International Association of Patristic Studies). For more information, please visit http://www.aiep-iaps.org/:

18–20 July 2016

The International Workshop ‘Corpus Dionysiacum Areopagiticum’ will be held at St. Cross College, Oxford UK in July 2016. To register for the conference, contact: areopagite2016@gmail.com . For enquiries: dimitrios.pallis@stx.ox.ac.uk.

5-7 September 2016

The Sixth British Patristics Conference will be held at the University of Birmingham from Monday 5th to Wednesday 7th September 2016. Proposals are invited for papers on any aspect of patristic study. We are particularly keen to receive contributions on the reception of Pauline literature or commentaries more generally. As in previous years, we expect to organise two or three thematic sessions running in parallel. Proposals should be submitted with an abstract of up to 250 words through the conference website by 30th April 2016. The website, with all details and forms, is available at: http://tinyurl.com/patristics2016.

9-11 September 2016

The Asia-Pacific Early Christian Studies Society invites proposals for papers to be delivered at its tenth annual conference to be held at State University of Aerospace Instrumentation (SUAI), St Petersburg, Russia, from Friday morning, 9 September to Sunday afternoon, 11 September, 2016, convened by Basil Lourié. Papers are 30 minutes in duration (20 minutes delivery and 10 minutes for discussion). The Society welcomes all proposals that explore any theme relevant to the early Christian world from the New Testament to the end of Late Antiquity, and especially those that focus on this year’s theme: Survival of Early Christian Traditions. A 100-word abstract should be sent by 30 April, 2016 to Dr. Geoffrey D. Dunn (geoffrey.dunn@acu.edu.au). For more information, click here.

19-21 September 2016

The Department of Biblical and Ancient Studies in the University of South Africa, Pretoria, will host the Eighth UNISA Symposium of New Testament and Early Christian Studies on 19-21 September 2016 on the theme: 'Where do we stand on the supernatural? An interdisciplinary exploration'. Please submit a title and abstract of 250 words before 15 July 2016 at craffpf@unisa.ac.za or pfcraffert@gmail.com. For more information, click here.

23-24 September 2016

St. Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College's 2016 Patristic Symposium (Sydney, Australia) will focus on the personality and contributions of Saint John Chrysostom. The deadline for proposals is May 2016. For information, go to:  http://www.sagotc.edu.au/patristic-symposia.

14–16 October 2016

The 41st International Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies (PMR) Conference, with the plenary theme: ‘A Matter of Devotion: Matter and Spirit in Theory and Practice', will be held at Villanova University in October 2016. For information, go to: http://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/mission/augustinianinstitute/conferences/pmr.html. The deadline for proposals is 1 July 2016.

7-9 November 2016

KULeuven is hosting a conference on John Chrysostom and Severian of Gabala: Homilists, Exegetes and Theologians in Leuven on 7-9 November 2016. Proposals (between 250 and 500 words) for lectures of 30 minutes should be sent to the organisers by 30 April 2016. For more information, click here.

28-31 March 2017

The Catholic University of Cuyo has the honor of informing you about the upcoming Second International Conference on Patristic Studies "The Discoveries of Manuscripts from Late Antiquity: Their Impact on Patristic Studies and the Contemporary World” and about the First Meeting on Patristic Studies in Ibero-America: “Research Projects, Translations and Critical Editions.” These events will take place in the city of San Juan (Argentina) from March 28th to March 31st 2017. We invite proposals for papers and workshops related to the conference topic areas. Please submit a title and abstract of 250 words before 30 September 2016 to info@congresodemanuscrito.com

For more information, click here.

25-29 June 2017

The next Origeniana will take place at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, on 25-29 June 2017. The theme of the conference will be: Origen's Legacy in the Holy Land–A Tale of Three Cities: Jerusalem, Caesarea and Bethlehem. Submission of abstracts will begin 1 January 2017 and will end 28 February 2017. For information, click here.

22-24 September 2017

The second triennial international conference ‘The Early Christian Centuries’ (formerly ‘Prayer and Spirituality in the Early Church’) will be held at Australian Catholic University’s Leadership Centre, Brisbane, Australia, from Friday, 22 September to Sunday 24 September, 2017. This conference will also be the eleventh conference of the Asia-Pacific Early Christian Studies Society. The theme for the 2017 conference is ‘Responses to Conflict in Early Christianity.’ For more information, click here.

ACCADEMIA VIVARIUM NOVUM: COMPETITION 2016-2017

Furthermore, we would like to make you aware of the fact that the Accademia Vivarium Novum invites applications for its competition called “Latin, Greek and Humanities in Rome”. Please read the full announcement below:

“The Academy Vivarium Novum is offering ten full tuition scholarships for high school students (16-18 years old) and twenty-eight full tuition scholarships for University students (18-24 years old) of any part of the world. The scholarships will cover all of the costs of room, board, teaching and didactic materials for courses to be held from October 2016 until June 2017 on the grounds of the Academy’s campus at Rome.

Application letters must be sent to candidati@vivariumnovum.net by May 31. We however advise to send the applications as soon as possible. The selection process will come to an end within August.

The courses will be as follows:
- Latin language (fundamental and advanced)
- Greek language (fundamental and advanced)
- Latin composition
- Roman History
- Ancient Latin literature
- History of ancient Philosophy
- Renaissance and Neo-Latin literature
- Latin and Greek music and poetry
- Classics reading seminars

The goal is to achieve a perfect command of both Latin and Greek through a total immersion in the two languages in order to master without any hindrances the texts and concepts which have been handed down from the ancient times, middle ages, the Renaissance period and modern era, and to cultivate the humanities in a manner similar to the Renaissance humanists.

All the classes will be conducted in Latin, except for Greek classes which will be conducted in ancient Greek.

In order to submit your application, you must send a motivation letter. On it you should introduce yourself in a detailed manner and explain why you would like to participate in our program. Besides this, the letter should contain the following information:

1. Full name;

2. Date and location of birth;

3. What school you currently attend;
4. How long you have studied Latin and/or Greek;

5. Which authors and works you have read;

6. Other studies and primary interests outside of school.


In addition, please attach a recent photograph and a copy of your passport or your ID card.

(For more information about the Academy, you may visit the website www.vivariumnovum.net or read the presentation: www.vivariumnovum.net/presentation)”

SEMINAR ON CLASSICAL ART IN MEXICO CITY

This week we would like to share with you two pieces of information.

Firstly, we would like to announce to you that a seminar called “Entrecruces. Grecia y Roma en el Arte” (“Interweaving. Greece and Rome in the Art”) will be organized by the Mexican Association of Classical Studies (Asociación Mexicana de Estudios Clásicos, AMEC) in collaboration with the National Museum of Art (Museo Nacional de Arte, MUNAL). The weekly seminar will be held at the MUNAL in Mexico City from the 2^nd of April to the 26^th of November 2016 and “is open to all those interested in Classical art and will be imparted by a group of AMEC experts in the several aspects of this rich cultural complex”, as was stated by Aurelia Vargas Valencia, the president of AMEC.

For more information on the event, please follow the link.

What is more, you are invited to visit the Association´s (AMEC) new website

CISSR ANNUAL MEETING ON CHRISTIAN ORIGINS

Secondly, we would like to forward to you some noteworthy information that has been made public by Mara Roscio, representing the board of CISSR, concerning the association´s third annual meeting:

 

“Dear colleagues and friends,

 

On behalf of the organizing committee of the CISSR - Italian Centre for Advanced Studies on Religions, it is a great pleasure to inform you that the call for papers for the Third Annual Meeting on Christian Origins (September 29 – October 1, 2016 ) is officially open. It is now possible, therefore, to register online and submit a paper proposal: see the page “How to Participate” (Italian version: “Comepartecipare”)

- N.B.: The call for papers closes on April 30, 2016.

 

As in the past years, the conference will take place in the nice location of Bertinoro (a small and picturesque village near Bologna and Ravenna) and will be hosted by the CEUB - University Residential Centre of Bertinoro. The Centre has its own conference facilities, including a variety of office and meeting spaces, accommodation and canteen. 

 

The Annual Meetings on Christian Origins wish to provide a space for scientific debate on the historical Jesus, the history of the early groups of Jesus’ followers, and the interpretation of early Christian writings (1st and 2nd cent.), as well as other cognate fields of inquiry. The meetings take the form of “Programme Units”, coordinated by specialists and young researchers. Papers are expected from a wide range of perspectives. This year we will feature panels on topics such as:

• Ancient Intellectual Culture
• Anthropology of Religious Forms and Identities
• Apocryphal and Canonical Gospels: Their Sources and Reciprocal Relations
• Archaeology and Christian Origins
• Christ Groups and Ancient Associations
• Christian Origins: Modern Myths and Historical Representations
• Discussion of Recent Books
• Early Groups of Jesus’ Followers
• Gospel of Thomas, Nag Hammadi, and Gnosticism
• Historical Jesus
• History of the Research on Jesus in Modern and Contemporary Times
• Jewish History and Hellenistic Judaism
• Mark and the Other Gospels
• Methodological Questions: Memory, Cognitive Studies, Sociology, Anthropology
• Methods for the Study of Documentary Papyri
• Re-Dating the Early Christian Texts
• Religious Practices and Experiences in Hellenistic-Roman Judaism and Early Christianity (2nd cent. BCE – 4th Century CE)

Info​ &Costs 

Hoping you can join us in Bertinoro...

Best Regards

Mara Rescio”

AIEP EVENTS 2016

As one of the positive results of our connection to AIEP, l’Association Internationale d’Études Patristiques, we are pleased being able to share with you the following information promoted by both our organizations. It is a list comprising important events related to the field of Patristic Studies that will take place during the first half of 2016:

 

1)      The panel ‘The Emperor Julian', sponsored by the Society for Late Antiquity, will form part of the 2016 meeting of the Society for Classical Studies (formerly the American Philological Association), to take place in San Francisco between 7 and 10 January 2016. For information, click here.

 

 

2)      On the occasion of the 1600 years after the promulgation of Pope Innocent I ’s Decretal Letter to Decentius, bishop of Gubbio (19 March 416), the Pontifical University of St. Anselm in collaboration with the Diocese of Gubbio, is organizing a study day on 18 March 2016. The deadline for proposals is 10 October 2015. For information, follow the link.

 

3)      The Department of Church History at the University of the Holy Cross, in collaboration with the University San Pablo CEU in Madrid, will organize the seventeenth Conference of the Faculty of Theology on the topic "Higher education in Church History: schools, teachers, methods ". The purpose of the meeting is to reflect on the relationship between Church and higher education on the basis of the study of some of the forms that this relationship has had along history. The conference will take place from 9 to 10 March 2016 in the Aula Magna of the Palazzo dell'Apollinare, where the University is situated, near Piazza Navona. All those who wish to participate with a communication (15 minutes) should send the title, along with a summary (150 words) and a short CV, by January 31, at the following address: convegnoth@pusc.it.

 

4)      The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin and the Polish Patristic Section are organizing an international conference on the theme 'The Church Fathers in the polemics against heresies' on 17-19 May 2016. The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 31 October 2015. For more information, click here.

 

5)      The XVIII International Conference on Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, from 13th to 14th June in 2016. The deadline for proposals is 14 October 2015. For information, go here.

 

6)      The Archdiocese of Tucumán, Argentina together with the National University of Tucumán is organizing the I Congreso Teológico Tucumán: "Eucaristía, del Mysterio de Cristo al Misterio del hombre-Dios" to be held 13-15 June 2016. For more information, go here.

 

CONFERENCE ON ANCIENT CHRISTIAN LITERATURE, ROME

The Department of Humanistic Studies at the “Roma Tre” University is organizing a Conference on Ancient Christian Literature to be held on 30-31 October 2015. For more information contact Prof. Alberto D'Anna (e.mail alberto.danna@uniroma3.it).

A short report from the FIEC congress in Bordeaux

The XIV:th FIEC congress is now successfully ended, and we send our warmest thank you to the organizers, notably Valérie Fromentin and Sophie Gotteland. They gave us all a splendid congress, with interesting papers and good surroundings for the social encounters that are also part of a successful conference.  Our thanks also to all the student assistants who were extremely helpful and managed to solve all problems in very short time! A striking feature was that all papers, at least the ones that the present blogger attended, held very good quality. The organization committee had obviously made a great job in selecting the best contributions within each panel. There are of course always things that could have been made differently – perhaps the number of panels could have been a little smaller, perhaps the ventilation of some of the lecture rooms could have been a little better – but all in all I believe we left Bordeaux with the feeling that we had learnt a lot, seen a lot, made new contacts and generally had a very good time!

A short report from the FIEC general assembly

As usual, the general assembly was held during the congress. If I counted correctly, 44 of our member associations were present. We lost one member society (Société des Études Anciennes du Québec) but gained two new ones: ANTIKA in Skopje, and the Russian Association of Classical Studies. They are both most warmly welcome as members of the FIEC!

The election of the board meant a major reorganisation. Our president, Dame Averil Cameron, left after 10 years on the board – a heartfelt thanks for all she has done for FIEC during this period! The vice presidents Ana Maria Tobia de Gonzales and Pascal Arnaud had also served their 2 periods and could not be re-elected. At the same time, the decision taken in Bari to increase the number of board members came into function, which means that we now have a board consisting of 10 people. Our new president is Franco Montanari, who has served FIEC as treasurer for more than 20 years. Gunhild Vidén takes over the task as treasurer, whereas Paul Schubert stays on as secretary general for another period of 5 years. I think we are all very grateful for that. The new board members are as follows: Benjamin Acosta-Hughes (USA), Chris Carey (United Kingdom), Jesús de la Villa (Spain), Valérie Fromentin (France), Martha Irigoyen (Mexico), Christiane Reitz (Germany), and Georgia Xanthaki-Karamanou (Greece). All members of the board will have their special functions, and the hope is that we will get more work done and ease some of the work load off the shoulders of the secretary general.

The assembly received an invitation from our colleagues in the Netherlands, through their delegate Albert Rijksbaron, to the next general assembly in 2017. Our British colleagues presented an invitation, through the delegates Chris Carey and John North, to the next congress which will take place in London in 2019. Both invitations were accepted with great enthusiasm.

The minutes from the general assembly will be sent out to the associations, as usual. Don’t forget to spread the information within your own association!

New opportunity for PhD studies

The University of Uppsala offers a position as PhD student in Greek (classical or Byzantine), see http://www.uu.se/en/join-us/jobs-detail-page/?positionId=42031. Deadline is October 18th.

Two colloquia

Centro de Estudios Helenicos in Argentina invites to its 7^th international Colloquium in La Plata, June 2015. See more information below.

The next International Colloquium on Ancient Greek Linguistics (New Series) will be held in
Rome 2015, March 23th – 27th. Preliminary information is found in the following website:
www.greeklinguistics2015.wordpress.com. Deadline for submitting a proposal of a paper (title + abstract) is 1st November 2014.

 

Séptimo Coloquio Internacional - [Una] nueva visión de la cultura griega antigua en el comienzo del tercer milenio: perspectivas y desafíos

La Plata, 23, 24, 25 y 26 de junio de 2015

El Centro de Estudios Helénicos de la Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata está organizando su Séptimo Coloquio Internacional “[Una] nueva visión de la cultura griega antigua en el comienzo del tercer milenio: perspectivas y desafíos", a realizarse en la ciudad de La Plata los días 23, 24, 25 y 26 de junio de 2015.

El Coloquio se propone revisitar la temática de su primer encuentro realizado en el año 1997: “[Una] nueva visión de la cultura griega antigua en el fin del milenio”. La exitosa progresión, a lo largo de casi veinte años, de estos eventos académicos destinados a pensar, discutir y valorar el papel de los estudios clásicos en el marco de los estudios filológicos, literarios, históricos, filosóficos y culturales en general, nos ha movido a volver al punto de partida, para proponer una nueva reflexión sobre los desafíos y perspectivas que nuestro campo de estudio mantiene vigentes de cara a un milenio que, transitada ya más de una década, sigue centrando en el hombre su principal atención.

El Coloquio propondrá las tres modalidades tradicionales de participación:

1) plenarios y mesas redondas sobre temas de interés en diversas áreas de la cultura grecolatina, con la presencia de destacados especialistas de nuestro país y del exterior especialmente invitados.

2) comunicaciones libres. Los interesados en participar en las sesiones de comunicaciones libres deberán enviar por correo electrónico un resumen de su ponencia de hasta 300 palabras antes del 30 de marzo de 2015, para su evaluación por parte del Comité Científico. Los alumnos que presenten ponencias deberán hacerlo con el aval de un profesor, cuyo nombre, cargo y dirección electrónica deberán figurar en el resumen. La presentación de la versión completa del trabajo -su lectura no podrá exceder los veinte minutos- se hará al iniciarse el Coloquio (versión impresa y copia en CD, una extensión máxima de 8 páginas incluida la bibliografía, en hoja A4, letra Times New Roman 12, interlineado 1.5, a los fines de editar a la brevedad las Actas. Fuente griega UNICODE).

3) cursos breves. Los interesados en dictar un curso breve deberán enviar para su evaluación, antes del 30 de marzo de 2015, propuesta del título y, en forma sintética, fundamentación, objetivos, temas a desarrollar en dos encuentros y bibliografía.

Las sesiones de comunicaciones libres y los cursos breves están abiertos a las propuestas de aquellos interesados en acercar las conclusiones de sus investigaciones. Las comunicaciones libres y los cursos breves podrán versar, entre otros, sobre los siguientes temas: lenguas clásicas, géneros literarios, retórica, épica, tragedia, comedia, lírica, filosofía antigua, estudios culturales, recepción clásica, especialmente en Iberoamérica, arqueología clásica, etc.

Los asistentes recibirán una certificación de su participación en el Coloquio y, por la asistencia a un 75 % de las sesiones plenarias, un certificado de asistencia a un Curso de Perfeccionamiento de 30 horas lectivas. Quienes presenten comunicación o curso breve tendrán la certificación correspondiente. Los cursos breves específicos del Coloquio, que serán gratuitos, otorgarán un certificado de asistencia por 6 horas reloj.

Las ponencias presentadas se publicarán en CD y las exposiciones de los profesores invitados en un volumen colectivo.

Inscripción

Para inscribirse en el Coloquio será necesario enviar completo el formulario de inscripción que se adjunta en archivo independiente. Se recomienda hacer llegar este formulario en forma conjunta con el resumen de la comunicación o propuesta de curso, en caso de que corresponda.

Costos

Antes del 30 de marzo de 2015: 740 pesos argentinos

Después del 30 de marzo de 2015: 850 pesos argentinos

(Los socios de la Asociación Argentina de Estudios Clásicos tendrán un descuento del 20% sobre estos valores: 600 pesos hasta el 30 de marzo y 700 pesos después de esa fecha)

Los alumnos de grado de la UNLP tendrán acceso libre al Coloquio con la presentación de su libreta de estudiante o certificación de alumno regular.

Alumnos de grado de otras Universidades nacionales o extranjeras:

-asistentes: 100 pesos argentinos (descuento del 20 % para socios de AADEC)

-con ponencia: 150 pesos argentinos (descuento del 20 % para socios de AADEC)

Dentro de la Argentina el pago deberá efectuarse personalmente o mediante giro postal. No se aceptarán cheques personales ni pago mediante tarjeta de crédito. Dado el costo de los giros en moneda extranjera y la dificultad de operar en otros sistemas, se ruega a los concurrentes del exterior que confirmen su inscripción y efectúen el pago una vez en la Argentina. Los montos a cobrar se fijarán de acuerdo con la fecha de envío de la solicitud respectiva.

Esperamos puedan reunirse con nosotros en este nuevo encuentro.

Reciban un cordial saludo,

Claudia Fernández, Juan Nápoli y Graciela Zecchin de Fasano

Informes:

CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS HELÉNICOS

Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación

Universidad Nacional de La Plata

Calle 51 entre 124 y 125

Edificio C, oficina 301

1925 Ensenada, ARGENTINA

Tel. (54) (221) 4230127 Interno 1136

E-mail: vii.coloquio.internacional@gmail.com


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Séptimo Coloquio Internacional

[Una] nueva visión de la cultura griega antigua

en el comienzo del tercer milenio: perspectivas y desafíos

La Plata, 23, 24, 25 y 26 de junio de 2015

Ficha de inscripción

Enviar a la siguiente dirección electrónica:

vii.coloquio.internacional@gmail.com

Apellido y Nombre: Documento de identidad/Pasaporte N°: Institución a la que pertenece: Grado de pertenencia (alumno, Prof., etc.): Correo electrónico: Dirección postal: Teléfono: Participación en el Coloquio (especificar: asistente, ponente, a cargo de curso breve): Título de la ponencia o curso (en caso de que corresponda):

The visualisation of the late antique city - Conflict in Late Antiquity: two conferences

*THE VISUALISATION OF THE LATE ANTIQUE CITY*
(Late Antique Archaeology 2014)
The Society of Antiquaries, London, Saturday 7th June 2014

*Introduction*
09.45-10.00 Ellen Swift
Visualising the late antique city.

*Public Space*
10.00-10.30 Luke Lavan
Streets in late antiquity: form and function.

*Churches*
10.30-11.00 Nikos Karydis
New approaches to the architectural reconstruction of churches.
11.00-11.30 Joe Williams Object groups in ecclesiastical space.

*Houses*
11.30-12.00 Solinda Kamani
Architecture and decoration of modest houses.
12.00-12.30 Joanna Stoner
Domestic material culture: function to cultural meaning.
12.30-12.45 Discussion

*Shops*
13.30-14.00 Aoife Fitzgerald
Architecture and decoration of colonnaded shops.
14.00-14.30 Joe Williams
Commercial object groups: production, storage and sale.

*Guest Lecture*
14.30-15.00 Tayfun Oner
Visualising Constantinople: recent work.

*Dress*
15.00-15.30 Faith Morgan
Manufacture, wear and repair of late antique garments, with a fashion show of historic costumes produced for the event.

*From Research to Art*
15.45-16.00 Ellen Swift
Artefact studies to everyday life: spoons and late antique dining habits
16.00-16.15 Will Foster
Drawing architecture, objects and dress.

*Case Study*
16.15-16.45 Luke Lavan
Late Roman Ostia: urban life in AD 387, as seen by St Augustine.
16.45-17.00 Discussion

The conference will be held at The Society of Antiquaries (Meeting Room), Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BE.

Admission 20 GBP; Students / OAPs 10 GBP. To reserve a place and pay please contact Joanna Stoner jms59@kent.ac.uk by Saturday 25th of May.
Registration opens at 09.30. Underground: Green Park and Piccadilly.
www.visualisinglateantiquity.wordpress.com

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XXIII Finnish Symposium on Late Antiquity
Conflict in Late Antiquity
Tvärminne, Finland, 17–18 October 2014

The XXIII Finnish Symposium on Late Antiquity will be organized on 17–18 October 2014. The aim of the symposium is to bring together scholars and postgraduate students with an interest in Late Antiquity from a variety of universities and disciplines. Our main aim is to stimulate interdisciplinary dialogue between philology, archaeology, history, theology, religious studies, art history and other disciplines that deal with Late Antiquity.

The theme of the symposium in 2014 is “Conflict in Late Antiquity”. It will be approached from a wide perspective, including different types and levels of conflict and attempts at solving them. Conflict can be discussed from the from the point of view of politics and competition for power, ethnic conflicts, conflicts between different areas and peoples of the empire, cultural and religious conflicts between and within traditions, doctrinal conflict, interpretation and portrayal of conflict in literature and art, personal conflicts, and conflicts versus everyday life. We welcome papers that discuss scholarly approaches to late antiquity, why the sources and scholarship focus so emphatically on conflict, and what other perspectives can be applied instead.

 This year’s symposium features the following invited speakers:

- Hagith Sivan (Department of History, University of Kansas). Prof. Sivan is specialist in Roman history, Late Antiquity, study of women in Antiquity as well as the Hebrew Bible, Jewish history and early Christianity. She has written/edited six books that include Dinah's Daughters. Gender and Judaism from the Hebrew Bible to Late Antiquity (2002); Between Woman, Man and God: A New Interpretation of the Ten Commandments (2004); Palestine in Late Antiquity (2008) and Galla Placidia. The Last Roman Empress (2011). She has written articles on topics ranging from the Roman army in late ancient Spain to Christian ascetic females, and from the Visigothic kings of Toulouse to Jewish childhood and to meandering monk Barsauma.

 

- Petri Luomanen (Biblical Studies, University of Helsinki). Prof. Luomanen has studied Jewish-Christians - i.e. Christians who embraced Christian faith but kept their Jewish way of life - and hostility expressed against them by both Christians and other Jews. He has employed social-scientific and cognitive approaches in his works. His publications include Recovering Jewish-Christian Sects and Gospels (2012), Explaining Christian Origins and Early Judaism: Contributions from Cognitive and Social Science (2007, editor with Ilkka Pyysiäinen and Risto Uro), and A Companion to Second-Century Christian ‘Heretics’ (2005, 2008 editor with Antti Marjanen).

 - Lucy Grig (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh). Dr. Grig is specialist in cultural history in Late Antiquity, including literary and material culture with particular interest in religious history and popular culture. She has published Making Martyrs in Late Antiquity (2004) and co-edited (with Gavin Kelly) Two Romes: Rome and Constantinople in Late Antiquity (2012).

 - Antti Lampinen (Classics, University of Turku). Dr. Lampinen is specialist in Greco-Roman ethnographical writing. He finished his doctoral dissertation, Istae contra omnium religiones. Characterizing Northern Barbarian Religiosity in the Graeco-Roman Literary Tradition from Hellenism to the Later Empire in 2013.

 There is space for a maximum of nine more papers. If you wish to deliver a paper, please send a short abstract (maximum length 300 words) by 1 June 2014 to Dr. Ville Vuolanto: ville.vuolanto(at)uta.fi. We encourage not only senior, but also junior scholars and postgraduate students to participate.

 Applicants will be informed by 19 June 2014 whether they have been accepted. We have reserved 30 minutes for each presentation including discussion, wherefore we recommend limiting the papers to 20 minutes.

 The symposium will be organized in the premises of a zoological research station operated by the University of Helsinki at a beautiful location at Tvärminne on the southern coast of Finland (http://luoto.tvarminne.helsinki.fi/english). It is organized by an interdisciplinary organizing committee under the auspices of the center of excellence “Reason and Religious Recognition” in the Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki, together with Department of World Cultures, University of Helsinki.

 The seminar is free. We will offer transportation from Helsinki to Tvärminne and the return journey, as well as accommodation (one night)and meals in Tvärminne. However, we are not able to cover any travel costs to or accommodation in Helsinki. Registration for the conference will start 1 September and close on 30 September 2014.

 The organizing committee:
• Maijastina Kahlos, PhD, Classics / Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, maijastina.kahlos(at)helsinki.fi
• Ulla Tervahauta ThD, Biblical Studies, University of Helsinki, ulla.tervahauta(at)helsinki.fi
• Ville Vuolanto, PhD, History, University of Tampere /  University of Oslo, ville.vuolanto(at)uta.fi

 The Symposium website:
http://www.helsinki.fi/worldcultures/fsla/index.html

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Post-doctoral position, conference and competition

For the papyrologists among us, there is now an announcement of a post-doctoral research associate at the University of Minnesota. King’s College, London, opens for registration for the conference ”Institutions in Villages in Egypt”. Students may be interested in the competition announced by the Accademia Vivarium Novum.

The Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Minnesota is now accepting applications for a post-doctoral research associate for the initial period of September 2014 - December 2015 to aid in our analysis of documentary papyri in Greek and Coptic as described below. If funding permits, the position may continue for at least one additional semester.  

This is the link to the job posting 

The requisition number for the position is 119188.

Questions and application materials should be sent to psellew@umn.edu.  

The position is open until filled.

Our primary data set is the collection of crowd-sourced papyri transcriptions through Ancient Lives (http://ancientlives.org/about), a project of this department in collaboration with colleagues at Oxford University, but we are also accessing publicly available digitized collections.  While the focus of this position is research, if desired the post-doc associate may also be able to teach one or two advanced courses centered on early Christian history, literature, or material culture.

The funding for this position comes through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities along with support from the University's College of Liberal Arts. The link below offers a bit more information:

"Resurrecting Early Christian Lives: Digging in Papyri in a Digital Age"

Researchers at the University of Minnesota (US) and Oxford University (UK) will study Christian identity in Greco-Roman Egypt by building a digital transcription tool for the Coptic language and a web-based interface that will permit scholars to analyze crowd-sourced transcriptions of ancient papyri found in a trash heap in Egypt documenting the everyday lives and activities of early Christians in the Mediterranean.  (NEH grant support: $174,977)
http://www.neh.gov/news/press-release/2014-01-15

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Institutions in Villages in Egypt from the Early Roman to the Fatimid Period

 

 

3^rd July 2014 – 4^th July 2014

Last Booking Date for this Event

13^th June 2014

Description

This conference will focus on the study of administrative, economic and social institutions in villages in Egypt from the early Roman period through to the Fatimid period.
The aim of the conference is threefold:
1) to assess the role and importance of village institutions in the community;
2) to examine whether and to what extent villages had communal self-awareness;
3) to investigate how institutions (and the very idea of them) changed over time. The conference is organised with the support of the British Academy.

The conference is organised with the support of the British Academy.

 

Location

Nash Lecture Theatre

Venue Details

Room K2.31
King's College London
Strand Campus
Strand
London WC2R 2LS

More Information

Named after former Assistant Principal and Professor of Civil Engineering John Nash, this 300 capacity lecture theatre has been newly refurbished and equipped with state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment. Opposite you will see a plaque in honour of James Clerk Maxwell, whose equations, published whilst he was a professor at King’s, formed the basis of classical electrodynamics, and underlie modern electrical and communications technologies.

Getting to the Strand Campus: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/campuslife/campuses/directions/strand.aspx

Contact

For any enquiries please contact Micaela Langellotti (micaela.1.langellotti@kcl.ac.uk).

Description

Institutions in villages in Egypt from the Early Roman to the Fatimid Period
This conference will focus on the study of administrative, economic and social institutions in villages in Egypt from the early Roman period through to the Fatimid period. The aim of the conference is threefold:

1. to assess the role and importance of village institutions in the community;
2. to examine whether and to what extent villages had communal self-awareness;
3. to investigate how institutions (and the very idea of them) changed over time.

The conference is organised with the support of the British Academy.

Programme

Thursday 3 July
9:00-9:30 Registration
9:30-9:45 Micaela Langellotti (King's College London) Introduction
9:45-10:30 Mario C. D. Paganini (Copenhagen) Private associations and village life in early Roman Egypt
10:30-11:45 François Lerouxel (Université Paris-Sorbonne) Private banks in villages of Roman Egypt
11:45-12:15 Tea/Coffee Break
12:15-12:45 Andrea Jördens (Heidelberg) Feste und Feierlichkeiten im Hinterland
12:45-13:15 Roberto Mascellari (Florence) Security, legality and police procedures in Roman Egypt: the role of village officials in the submission of complaints
13:15-14:15 Lunch
14:15-14:45 Thomas Kruse (Vienna) The organisation of the state farmers and its role in village administration
14:45-15:30 Maria Nowak (Warsaw) Village or town: Does it matter in legal terms?
15:30-16:00 Tea/Coffee Break
16:00-16:45 Silvia Strassi (Padua) Presbyteroi nell'Egitto romano: i casi di Bakchias e Karanis
16:45-17:30 Micaela Langellotti (King's College London) Record-offices in villages in Roman Egypt
18:00-19:30 Drinks reception
Friday 4 July
9:00-9:45 Lajos Berkes (Heidelberg) Fiscal Institution or Local Community? The Village koinon in Late Antiquity (4th–8th centuries)
9:45-10:30 Roberta Mazza (Manchester) Associations (koina) in villages and minor localities of the Apion estate between reality and documentary formulas
10:30-11:15 Gesa Schenke (Oxford) The Monastery of Apa Apollo as Landowner and Employer
11:15-11:45 Tea/Coffee Break
11:45-12:30 Arietta Papacostantinou (Reading) The lashane and the ‘great men’: secular authority in villages of the Umayyad period
12:30-13:15 Yossef Rapoport (London) Tribal institutions in Ayyubid Fayyum (1243 CE)
13:15-14:15 Lunch
14:15-14:45 Dominic Rathbone (King's College London) Conclusions
14:45 Discussion

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Announcement of Competition at the Academy Vivarium Novum

 

For the 2014-2015 academic year, the Academy Vivarium Novum in Rome is offering ten full tuition scholarships for high school students (16-18 years old) and ten full tuition scholarships  for University students (18-24 years old) of any part of the world. The scholarships will cover all of the costs of room, board, teaching and didactic materials for courses to be held from October 6, 2014 until June 13, 2015 on the grounds of the Academy’s campus at Rome.  The goal of the Academy is to achieve a perfect command of both Latin and Greek through a total immersion in the two languages in order to master without any hindrances the texts and concepts which have been handed down from the ancient times, middle ages, the Renaissance period and modern era, and to cultivate the humanities in a manner similar to the  Renaissance humanists.  All the classes will be conducted in Latin, except for Greek classes which will be conducted in ancient Greek.
Application letters must be sent by June 30, 2014 in order to receive consideration.

Application instructions appear here.