CfP Eastern Christianity, Nov. 3-5, 2022

Call for Papers [Deadline: April 1, 2022]

Association for the Study of Eastern Christian History and Culture (ASEC) Ninth Biennial Conference

The Ohio State University, November 3-5, 2022

The Association for the Study of Eastern Christian History and Culture, Inc. (ASEC) announces its ninth biennial conference to be held at Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio, November 3-5, 2022 (with a pre-conference reception on Thursday, November 3rd).

The theme is “Eastern Christianity in New Worlds,” broadly conceived to address the impact on Eastern Christianity of relocation outside its traditional homelands—and its own impact on its new environments (pluralism, globalization). Papers are also welcome that do not explicitly address these topics. This conference seeks to provide a special opportunity for advanced graduate students and recent PhDs to present and workshop their work. Scholars from all disciplines are invited to participate.

Our keynote speaker, Aram G. Sarkisian, is a historian of religion, immigration, and labor in the twentieth-century United States. Blending methodologies of social history and the academic study of religion, his research probes the everyday lived experiences of Russian Orthodox Christians in the industrial United States, exploring how believers’ religious worlds helped them to navigate their neighborhoods and workplaces, the assimilationist pressures of nativism, and the tumults of geopolitical change. He is currently completing his first book manuscript, A Helper and Protector: Russian Orthodox Christians in the United States, 1893-1924, which explores how the Russian Orthodox Church built a wide-reaching, transnational network of spiritual and material aid for working-class immigrant believers at the turn of the twentieth century, only for those efforts to be challenged both by the Russian Revolutions of 1917 and the United States’ first Red Scare. A native of the Detroit area, he completed his PhD in History at Northwestern University in 2019 and has since taught history at Northwestern, as well as at National Louis University in Chicago.

Dr. Sarkisian will speak on: “What are you going to do about it?” Excavating Histories of Orthodox Christianity in North America.

Either panel proposals (three papers) or individual paper proposals can be submitted. Send paper and panel proposals with abstracts of 100-200 words for each paper, and a brief one-page curriculum vitae for each participant to Nadia Kizenko (nkizenko@albany.edu). The deadline for proposals is April 1, 2022.

Limited funding is available to provide graduate students with assistance for travel expenses. Paper presenters must be members of ASEC.

Local conference co-sponsors include the Hilandar Research Library (HRL), the Resource Center for Medieval Slavic Studies (RCMSS), the departments of Classics, History, and Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, the Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, and University Libraries. For more information on the conference and its venue, contact HRL curator and RCMSS director Mary-Allen “Pasha” Johnson (hilandar@osu.edu).

Nadieszda Kizenko
Professor of History
Director of Religious Studies
nkizenko@albany.edu

Theological and Spiritual Dialogue with Elder Ephraim of Vatopedi

Theological and Spiritual Dialogue with Elder Ephraim of Vatopedi, Mount Athos, the St Tikhons’ Orthodox Theological Seminary and the Friends of the Seminary

Friday Feb 18, 2022 08:00 PM Athens time (13:00 pm EST).

Interpretation will be available in English, Russian, Romanian, Georgian, French and Arabic.

Reshaping the World: Utopias, Ideals and Aspirations in Late Antiquity and Byzantium

“Reshaping the World: Utopias, Ideals and Aspirations in Late Antiquity and Byzantium” is the twenty-fourth International Graduate Conference of the Oxford University Byzantine Society.

This hybrid conference will take place both online and at the Oxford History Faculty, on Friday 25th and Saturday 26th February 2022.

To view the full programme, please follow this link: https://oxfordbyzantinesociety.wordpress.com/2022-conference-landing-page/

If you would like to attend the conference in person, please register via this Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSepIg76bsPt9d7I0-2emeMtCH21SMoCKdYKCD8Rbz_jpFqYuQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

If you would like to attend online via Zoom, please register via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reshaping-the-world-utopias-ideals-and-aspirations-tickets-263227870647

Further information may be found on the OUBS website: https://oxfordbyzantinesociety.wordpress.com/24th-oubs-international-graduate-conference-2022/

Organisers: Alberto Ravani, James Cogbill, Arie Neuhauser and Tom Alexander.

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship

September 2022 – August 2023

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies (SNF CHS) at Simon Fraser University invites applications for the Hellenisms Past and Present, Local and Global Postdoctoral Fellowship. Our search committee welcomes applications that span disciplinary boundaries from candidates working on comparative approaches on the advertised fellowship theme. Applicants from all fields of the humanities and the social sciences are encouraged to apply. Situated atop Burnaby Mountain, east of downtown Vancouver, the SNF CHS is a major site for Hellenic Studies in North America.

Affiliated faculty are members of the Department of Humanities and have expertise in Ancient, Byzantine, Early Modern and Modern Greek history, archaeology, literature and language. The successful applicant will join the faculty and students who make up our intellectual community and participate in the Centre’s seminar series, offering two formal talks on campus. The SNF CHS Postdoctoral Fellow will also offer one talk for a lay audience as part of the Centre’s outreach activities. While at Simon Fraser University, the SNF CHS Postdoctoral Fellow will have opportunities to engage with the content development activities of the SNF New Media Lab. The salary for this position is $50,000 CAD per year plus benefits. The advertised fellowship has a duration of one year.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply. Simon Fraser University is committed to an equity employment program that includes special measures to achieve diversity among its faculty and staff.

We particularly encourage applications from qualified women, aboriginal Canadians, persons with disabilities, and members of visible minorities.

Candidates must have completed their Ph.D. within a maximum of FOUR years before the appointment date (September 2022) and submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, research project outline, and THREE letters of reference. All application materials should be submitted to the Director of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies, Dr. Dimitris Krallis: hellenic@sfu.ca. Please include “Application for Postdoctoral Position” in the subject line of your email.

Applications received by March 1st, 2022, will be given priority, but the position will stay open until it is filled.

Assistant Professor – Ancient/Medieval Art and Visual Culture (Tenure Track)

Appalachian State University, in Boone, North Carolina, seeks to hire an art historian with a specialization in Ancient/Medieval art and visual culture (up to 1400 CE), with emphasis on cross-cultural and colonial contact. For more information and to apply, please visit https://appstate.peopleadmin.com/postings/31922.

Sung, Written and Painted. The Akathistos Hymnos and Intermedial Compositional Processes in Later Byzantium

Sung, Written and Painted. The Akathistos Hymnos and Intermedial Compositional Processes in Later Byzantium

Göttingen, 2-3 June 2022

Painted cycles based on the Akathistos represent one of the great novelties of late Byzantine art, translating a by then already ancient piece of liturgical music into the world of visual art. However, even though the Akathistos Hymn to the Virgin Mary has been studied quite extensively, the relationship between its text, music, and illustrations has not yet been fully explored.

Building on the Akathistos Hymn, the planned conference will examine late Byzantine intermedial compositional processes. Painted cycles based on the Akathistos should be studied as a product of the interaction between hymnography, psalmody, and visual art – not just as a mere visualisation of a text. Illuminated and notated manuscript copies of the hymn ought to be examined as evidence for varied liturgical and devotional practices. Icons and murals that illustrate the Akathistos need to be seen as constituent elements of sacred space. At the same time, the broader social and religious context(s) for the hymn’s use during the late Byzantine period need to be considered.

Methodologically, the conference will have as its focus the concept of intermediality, that is, the interface between various media of cultural expression. The organisers hope that it will contribute towards bridging the methodological gaps that separates various scholarly approaches to the study of medieval culture.

We invite proposals in all disciplines related to Byzantine Studies, broadly construed, addressing the Akathistos – or other medieval evidence with a similar approach to intermediality and compositional processes. Contributions from graduate and early career researchers are particularly welcome. Abstracts of not more than 300 words should be sent to Jon C. Cubas Díaz (jon.cubasdiaz@uni-goettingen.de) by 15 March 2022. Travel and accommodation expenses of accepted speakers will be reimbursed. The conference will be held in Göttingen as a hybrid event on 2-3 June 2022 and is funded as part of the “Niedersächsisches Vorab”- initiative of the Volkswagen Stiftung and the Culture and Science Ministry.

Confirmed speakers include: Thomas Arentzen, Guoda Gediminskaite, Friederike Kranig, Georgi Parpulov and Christian Troelsgård.

Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Art History Leadership

The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) and the Department of Art History and Art at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) recognize that the growth of visionary and effective museum and academic leaders does not stop at graduation. Indeed, critical skills such as project management, effective administration, goal-setting, and professional accountability are often not integrated into graduate experiences. The Mellon Foundation is generously supporting a Postdoctoral Fellowship. Through this position, the Joint Program between the CMA and CWRU will help to create a more holistic continuum of education that better prepares future academic and museum administrative leaders early in their careers. By working closely with leadership, staff, and faculty at the CMA and CWRU, the postdoctoral fellow will learn the academic and administrative intricacies of both museum and academic environments.

The fellow will play a key role as a member of the joint CMA/CWRU team planning the biennial Keithley symposium, named in honor of Nancy and Joe Keithley; assist faculty, curators, and students to develop CMA collections-based projects related to their Mellon coursework at CWRU; and coordinate the new short-term Mellon Visiting Fellowship for artists, scholars, or other thought leaders at CMA, among other activities. Work will include engagement with communities of color and other groups who may feel less connected to art museums from a public humanities viewpoint, according to which the agency and authority of the community is acknowledged.

The fellowship is designed to help the fellow to craft plans for personal and professional development and growth, including through executive leadership coaching from the CWRU Weatherhead School of Management. Through these experiences, the postdoctoral fellow will play a significant role in shaping the future of the CMA/CWRU partnership and obtain grounding for a successful career in museums and/or academic institutions. The fellow will report to both the Curator of Greek and Roman Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art, who serves on the Joint Program Committee and the Keithley Symposium Planning Committee, and to the Chair, Department of Art History and Art at Case Western Reserve University. They may also work with curators, educators, and faculty in other areas of specialization, pending mutual interest.

Applicants should be recent PhD graduates who received their PhD no earlier than five years prior to the application deadline in art history or a related field, with demonstrated interests in the intersections of museums and academic institutions. Applications should include a cover letter explaining the applicant’s interest and qualifications for this fellowship, together with a CV, a writing sample, and contact information for three academic or professional references. The one-year fellowship will provide a salary of $45,000 per year, plus benefits. The fellowship has the potential to be extended by a second year. Candidates must be eligible to legally work in the USA. Applications received by March 21, 2022 will receive full consideration, but applications received later may also be considered. The fellowship will begin in either summer or autumn 2022.

In employment, as in education, Case Western Reserve University along with The Cleveland Museum of Art are committed to Equal Opportunity and Diversity. Women, veterans, members of underrepresented minority groups, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Case Western Reserve University and The Cleveland Museum of Art provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity at 216.368.8877 to request a reasonable accommodation. Determinations as to granting reasonable accommodations for any applicant will be made on a case-by-case basis.

Bogazici – Byzantine Greek Summer School

The Byzantine Studies Research Center of Bogazici University is pleased to announce the organization of its fifth Byzantine Greek Summer School from July 18 to August 5, 2022. Students will have the chance to participate in an intensive program in Medieval Greek with Prof. Niels Gaul and Dr. Foteini Spingou. The language of instruction is English, and the classes will be held online. Students will receive a certificate of participation upon successful completion of the program.

Application deadline: March 28, 2022

Les dialogues byzantins de l’AEMB

Les Dialogues aspirent à partager les travaux récents dans diverses disciplines, de la philologie à l’histoire de l’art et l’archéologie, dans le monde byzantin entendu au sens large. Ils visent également à maintenir le contact avec des chercheurs et chercheuses formés en France, que leur parcours a conduits, pour certains, à poursuivre leur carrière dans des institutions étrangères.
Vous trouverez le programme ci-joint, ainsi que les liens Zoom pour assister virtuellement aux six Dialogues.

– Lundi 7 mars, 10h00, François Pacha-Miran, Docteur en histoire et l’art et archéologie : « Le poids des mots, le choc des images. Encres et pigments précieux des manuscrits syriaques de la BnF (XIIe-XIIIe siècle) » https://zoom.us/j/92890608875?pwd=YlMyR0R5ZlJkanVzVUcvMEJHSWlXUT09

– Lundi 14 mars, 10h00, Lucia Orlandi, Docteur en études médiévales et patrimoine culturel : « Le baptême à Byzance entre les VIIe et XIIIe siècles » https://zoom.us/j/92318043634?pwd=YjgzaytjNWI4T0UzUzA2dmgzbUZBdz09

– Lundi 21 mars, 10h00, Numa Buchs, Docteur en histoire : « Constantin Monomaque et l’ascension des Latins au XIe siècle » https://zoom.us/j/91706287442?pwd=UFhuTFhyTmNiQ054YUFublhDd3pmZz09

– Lundi 28 mars, 10h00, Romain Goudjil, Docteur en histoire : « Des procès immortels à Byzance ? Quelques réflexions sur le temps judiciaire byzantin » https://zoom.us/j/98266150097?pwd=NzAxdldpOXBKeWdBM2xRVUphZXF4dz09

– Lundi 4 avril, 10h00, Pierre Charrey, Docteur en histoire de l’art et archéologie : « Rome dans la balance. Gaule entre Antiquité tardive et haut Moyen âge » https://zoom.us/j/93222726103?pwd=TWRQT1RZSlJ0MHBBM0U2VzVjcHlIZz09

– Lundi 11 avril, 10h00, Matteo Antoniazzi, Docteur en histoire : « La réception de la dynastie théodosienne chez Jean de Nikiou (VIIe siècle) » https://zoom.us/j/92544144754?pwd=SHlyWG1qZkkzdEhMdDRRQWFIMjBPdz09

Code secret pour chaque séance : byzance

Ancient Fiction at Kent

Ancient Concepts of Fiction and Narrative in the Imperial Period, Late Antiquity, and Byzantium

Transition and Periodisation II

University of Kent: 25th February 2022

This is the second of a series of three workshops co-organised by the universities of Ghent, Kent, and Lille as part of the Ghent-Kent-Lille cross-border programme. They aim to generate new insights on the distinctions between true, false, and plausible narratives in the Mediterranean region, from Late Antiquity to Byzantium, and to explore how attitudes to truth, lies, and fiction alter during the transitional period of postclassical antiquity, broadly defined.

This workshop will be a hybrid event. It explores a range of texts from Late Antiquity to Byzantium as an inflection point for these kinds of concerns. It aims to test the boundaries of periodisation and to open up a more nuanced understanding of fiction between, and across, diverse narratives.

Please email Anne Alwis (a.p.alwis@kent.ac.uk) if you wish to attend or to receive the link for the online workshop.

The final workshop will also be a hybrid event, held at the University of Lille in May or early June 2022, with details to be circulated in the near future.

The workshop series is organized by Ruth Webb (Lille), Anne Alwis (Kent), and Koen De Temmerman (Ghent), with funding generously provided by the 3i research fund of the University of Lille.

Programme: (All times given are GMT)

9:50-10:00 Introduction

10:00-10:40 Uffe Holmsgaard Eriksen (University of Southern Denmark), “Theology and Fictionality: Some thoughts on religious narrative” [remote presentation]

10:40-11:10 Stratis Papaioannou (Crete), “Fiction and Fictionality in Byzantine Literature: Preliminary considerations” [remote presentation]

11:10-11:30 Break

11.30-12:10 Ingela Nilsson (Uppsala), “Paradoxographical Features in the Storyworld(s) of the Greek and Byzantine novel”

12:10-14:00 Lunch

14:00-14:40 Ángel Narro (València), “Fiction and Reality in the Different Greek Versions of the ‘Acts of Thomas’”

14:40-15:10 Emma Greensmith (Oxford), “Sacred Truths, Poetic Ploys: Odyssean layering in Christian Greek Epic” [remote presentation]

15:10-15:30 Break

15:30-16:10 Ian Repath (Swansea), “Achilles Tatius’ Metafictional Phoenix”

16:10-17:00 Round up discussion

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