The Byzantines and the Sea in Text and Images
Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies and Online
March 25–27, 2022
The International Conference The Byzantines and the Sea in Text and Images will be held at the Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies in Venice and live-streamed (YouTube and Zoom) on March 25–27, 2022.
The third lecture of the lecture series Archaeology@Thessaloniki 2022, organised by the Department of Archaeology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, will take place on Thursday, March 24 at 19.00 (GMT +2:00, Athens).
Brigitte Pitarakis, researcher at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique, UMR 8167 Orient et Méditerranée, Paris will present on «In Pursuit of the Byzantine Object: Cultural Policy, Diplomacy, and Scholarship in Late Ottoman Istanbul».
Zoom link: https://authgr.zoom.us/j/98066482722
The Romanian Society for Byzantine Studies is pleased to invite you to the on-line lecture by Dr Foteini Spingou (The University of Edinburgh) titled “Losing your beautiful city: Niketas Choniates’ De Signis, Helen of Troy and 1204.”
Date: Tuesday, 22 March 2022
Time: 2:00pm EET
Zoom
The event is open to all, but registration is essential. Please register at contact@srsb.ro
Position Summary:
World Monuments Fund (WMF) is seeking a Ukraine Heritage Crisis Specialist for a 12-month, fixed term position. Through public statements on February 25 and March 2, 2022, WMF expressed its deep concern over the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. WMF deplores the loss of life that continues to take place in Ukraine and expresses its solidarity with the Ukrainian people. WMF remains concerned about the immediate and urgent threat to Ukraine’s cultural heritage, including the country’s wealth of cultural heritage places. The Ukraine Heritage Crisis Specialist will support all efforts to respond to the impact of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine on the country’s cultural heritage sector.
Responsibilities:
- Through networking and outreach, remain informed about developments in the conflict, and, in particular, about impacts of the conflict on heritage places, museums, libraries, and archives;
- Serve as the primary coordinator between WMF and members of the international community seeking to share information and coordinate their efforts in support of Ukrainian cultural heritage;
- Identify and cultivate potential partners for WMF within Ukraine’s cultural heritage sector;
- Identify needs for assistance to Ukraine’s cultural heritage sector and support the development of appropriate response strategies by WMF and its partners;
- Support the implementation of activities by WMF and its partners, through new or existing channels for the delivery of support;
- Support communications with WMF’s global audience regarding the impact of conflict on Ukraine’s cultural heritage;
- Plan for post-conflict intervention by WMF and its partners, including inventorying, condition assessment, and emergency stabilization/protection interventions;
- Serve as internal source of knowledge on matters affecting the conflict and post-conflict recovery.
Qualifications:
Minimum:
- Knowledge of Ukrainian society, history, and culture;
- Professional proficiency in Ukrainian and English;
- Background in Heritage Studies, Archaeology, Anthropology, Museum Studies, Regional Development, etc.;
- Experience working in a crisis context or in post-conflict recovery.
Preferred:
- Graduate degree in Eastern European Studies or in a related field (Ukrainian Studies, Soviet/Post-Soviet Studies) and/or in other fields relevant to the mission of World Monuments Fund;
- Professional experience in cultural heritage management, development, and/or emergency response.
Location: New York, NY or global (remote)
Reports to: Vice President, Programs
Direct reports: none
Salary and benefits: $65,000+, commensurate with skills and experience, including options for benefits
How to apply:
Please submit a cover letter and resume to jobs@wmf.org. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Only those whose applications are being considered will be contacted. No phone calls, please.
World Monuments Fund is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status. World Monuments Fund is an at-will employer.
Via Colin Whiting and Nikos Kontogiannis, Dumbarton Oaks
21 March 2022
Dear friends and colleagues,
Greetings from Washington, DC! We have some exciting news about Dumbarton Oaks Papers that we would like to share with you.
First, DOP will now appear on JSTOR shortly after volumes are published. There is no longer a three-year delay! Last year’s volume, DOP 75 (2021), is already available: https://www.jstor.org/stable/e27107147.
Second is that we are now encouraging shorter submissions. For many years, DOP has served as a venue for long pieces on Byzantine topics, typically 10,000 words or more. The journal is, however, uniquely positioned to respond to the changing needs of the field by making itself a venue for the best of all Byzantine scholarship, no matter the length—and we certainly do not want to miss out on new and exciting work. So if you have a shorter piece, please consider submitting it to DOP! These shorter submissions might be concise but particularly outstanding studies; discussions or reinterpretations of significant archaeological material; or studies of objects in the Dumbarton Oaks collections. For more information on submitting, please visit https://www.doaks.org/resources/publications/series/dumbarton-oaks-papers.
Best wishes,
Colin Whiting
Nikos Kontogiannis
Editors, Dumbarton Oaks Papers
Cappadocia in Context Summer Program (CAPP)
Date: 20 June – 4 July 2022
Place: Cappadocia, Nevşehir
Application Deadline: 14 April 2022 (GMT+3, Turkey local time)
Organized by Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED), this 2 weeks intensive program is open to the participation of young researchers at the master’s and doctoral level and aims to provide conceptualisation methods of the rich cultural heritage of Cappadocia’s Byzantine and Post-Byzantine past in the historical and artistic context, accompanied by field studies, research and presentations. Within its breathtaking volcanic landscape, Cappadocia preserves extensive rock-cut features from the Byzantine period, including more than a thousand rock-cut churches and chapels (one-third of which preserve significant elements of their painted decoration), as well as monasteries, houses, villages, towns, cemeteries, and fortresses. The region is unrivaled in terms of its material culture, but because it lacks a written history, the monuments of Cappadocia remain poorly known to most Byzantinists.
The language of the program is English. For more information about the program and how to apply please see: https://anamed.ku.edu.tr/en/programs/cappadocia-in-context-summer-program/.
Instructor: Prof. Robert OUSTERHOUT (University of Pennsylvania)
Prof. Ousterhout (PhD University of Illinois) is Professor Emeritus in the History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania, where he taught 2007-17. A recognized specialist in Byzantine architecture, his research focuses on the documentation and interpretation of the vanishing architectural heritage of the eastern Mediterranean. His current fieldwork concentrates on Byzantine architecture, monumental art, and urbanism in Constantinople, Cappadocia, and Jerusalem. Since 2011 he has co-directed the “Cappadocia in Context” graduate seminar. His most recent book is Visualizing Community: Art Material Culture, and Settlement in Byzantine Cappadocia, Dumbarton Oaks Studies 46 (Washington, DC, 2017). His book Eastern Medieval Architecture (Oxford University Press in 2019), was awarded the 2021 Haskins Medal by the Medieval Academy of America.
Tübingen Byzantine and Near Eastern Seminar
Summer Term 2022
April 28
Paul MAGDALINO (St Andrews)
The Hospitals of Eirene and Theophilos in Constantinople
May 12
Evangelos CHRYSOS (Athens)
The Pentarchy in the Times of Photius (858-867, 878-886)
May 19
Gabriel Said REYNOLDS (Notre Dame)
Religious Conflict in Baghdad: Proto-Sunnism and Its Opponents in Ibn Qutayba’s (d. 276/889) Kitāb Taʾwīl Muḫtalif al-Ḥadīṯ
June 2
Jean-Claude CHEYNET (Paris)
Byzantine Sigillography and Christianity: Texts and Iconography
June 23
Zachary CHITWOOD (Mainz)
A Missing Link? Mount Athos and the Medieval Middle East
June 30
Vivien PRIGENT (Paris)
Byzantine Administration in 7th-Century Africa: New Sigillographic Evidence
July 15
Alison VACCA (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
Reflections of Roman Masculinity on the Khazar Frontier
The road to Rome: Aspects of religious conflict and mobility in the greater Mediterranean, 700-900, Tübingen, April 8-9, 2022
