Dan Batovici
@danbatovici.bsky.social
ERC CoG 2025 (claim.univie.ac.at) | FWF START Award 2024 (GenAut.univie.ac.at) | Co-host of @tetraseminar.bsky.social (TeTra.univie.ac.at) | Co-editor RBECS.org | Bits and bobs, manuscript studies, and the reception of EC literature. In Vienna.
In case you missed it! The recording of So Miyagawa's paper is now online on our YouTube channel! www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiEf...
TeTra | So Miyagawa "Examining the Apocalypse of Elijah"
YouTube video by TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar
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I am happy to announce the publication of a new English translation of Jacob of Serugh's four homilies on Cain and Abel. It was wonderful to work on this project with Jeff Wickes! The homilies are fascinating theological and literary works: svspress.com/verse-homili...
Verse Homilies on Cain and Abel
Founded in 1968, St Vladimir's Seminary Press is the largest and most active publisher of Orthodox Christian books in the English language.
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Available for free download through Aug. 3rd -- Phillip W. Stokes's "The Linguistic Nature of Early Christian Arabic Literature," in the Cambridge Elements series. #Classics #AncientBlueSky www.cambridge.org/core/element...
The Linguistic Nature of Early Christian Arabic Literature
Cambridge Core - History of Religion - The Linguistic Nature of Early Christian Arabic Literature
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Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.
hey! you! almost 1000 folks have read/downloaded Virginia Burrus's new Element in Religion in Late Antiquity, isn't it time you joined them? www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Martyrdom as Witness in Late Ancient Christian Literature
Cambridge Core - Religion: General Interest - Martyrdom as Witness in Late Ancient Christian Literature
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When you’re a (supernatural) greyhound but a binder tried to turn you into a dachshund Dormarch (?) in National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 1 (The Black Book of Carmarthen)
Yesterday, in her all-staff talk our VC chose to highlight the recent election of 5 FBAs from the University of Exeter. She failed to point out that 4 of us (with many of our colleagues) have just been placed at risk of redundancy. #DefendExeterUni @exeterucu.bsky.social
Morwenna Ludlow@morwennaexe.bsky.social · 3w ago
GenAut talks | Come meet our colleagues Maria S. Thomas and Andy Hilkens in Leuven at the EABS Annual Conference in Leuven! It's a nice session too (on Thursday): •Biblical Reception in Eastern Christian Traditions• Room: MTC 00.12 Time: 2:30–4:30 PM
GenAut recording | Basil Lourié "Saint Dionysius the Areopagite and Those with Him: What They Say to Us from the Liturgical Calendar" Enjoy! The programme: genaut.univie.ac.at?page_id=671 youtu.be/XQicrdPNJxc
GenAut | Basil Lourié "Saint Dionysius the Areopagite and Those with Him: The Liturgical Calendar"
YouTube video by The GenAut Project
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Tomorrow!
TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar@tetraseminar.bsky.social · 3w agoWe continue next Thursday 23 July at 10 AM, with Mehdy Shaddel (Cambridge/Liège)! The topic of his paper is •ʿUmar II as Reformer: The Social and Fiscal Backdrop to His Edicts)• If you are interested in attending and are not yet on the TeTra mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social!
In dieser Studie widmet sich Jan-Malte Ziegenbein dem Korpus koptischer Miniaturkodizes, die auf das 4.–8. Jh. n. Chr. datiert werden können. Er wertet diese u.a. hinsichtlich inhaltlicher, materieller und paläographischer Merkmale aus. www.harrassowitz-ver...
I have a chapter there too on digital philology that I wrote together with @philologistgrc.bsky.social and @alicatlibrarian.bsky.social 🤩
Francesco Mambrini@francescom.bsky.social · 2w agoI have a chapter there too, which I really enjoyed writing, because I gave it a very personal and sentimental touch. Of course, for that reason it's going to make every one who dares to read it sick... 🤣🤭
#Coptic #DigitalHumanities folks: I'm finalizing my bibliography for my state of the field plenary at the upcoming Congress. PLEASE check out my Zotero library and let me know what I'm missing. Thanks!!! www.zotero.org/groups/66174...
Zotero | Your personal research assistant
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Tomorrow!
The CLAIM ERC-CoG & GenAut FWF-START projects@receptionmatters.bsky.social · 4w agoGenAut seminar | Basil Lourié "Saint Dionysius the Areopagite and Those with Him: What They Say to Us from the Liturgical Calendar" Tuesday 13 July at 4 pm CET. See you there! genaut.univie.ac.at/?page_id=671
Glasgow is hiring a lecturer in medieval history (c.800-1500) on an open-ended basis. We are a lovely bunch in the medieval area, would be great to have a new colleague! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSF052/l...
Lecturer in Medieval History (Research & Teaching Track) at University of Glasgow
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Lecturer in Medieval History (Research & Teaching Track) on jobs.ac.uk!
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The position is specifically directed at candidates interested in Roman social and economic history, ancient demography, or Roman archaeology, and offers the opportunity to investigate the lives of the men, women, and children who formed the labour force of the Roman countryside.
Universität Basel: PhD Position in Ancient History: The People Behind the Villa: Life, Labour, and Death in Roman Italy
The Department of Ancient Civilizations at the University of Basel invites applications for a fully funded PhD position, tenable from October 2026 (negotiable), within the SNSF-funded project “The Rom...
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GenAut seminar | Basil Lourié "Saint Dionysius the Areopagite and Those with Him: What They Say to Us from the Liturgical Calendar" Tuesday 13 July at 4 pm CET. See you there! genaut.univie.ac.at/?page_id=671
Grad students and early career scholars, nominate your work for the NASSCAL Sisters of Sinai prize for outstanding scholarship in Christian apocrypha. Nominations close Sept. 1. Details here: www.nasscal.com/the-sisters-...
The Sisters of Sinai Prize
The Sisters of Sinai Prize for outstanding scholarship in Christian apocrypha is named in honor of Agnes Smith Lewis and Margaret Dunlop Gibson, sisters who are responsible for a number of signific…
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"The women of the Bible, so often flattened into symbols of purity, motherhood, or sin, become fleshy, unruly humanity." Just recieved: My exhibition review of 'Encountering Biblical Bodies' featuring Sarah Lightman's works (curated by @siobhanjolley.bsky.social & Holly Morse) in Art+Christianity.
Tomorrow at 4PM!
TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar@tetraseminar.bsky.social · last mo.TeTra continues during the summer! Next Thursday 9 July at 4PM CET @somiyagawa.bsky.social (University of Tsukuba) will speak about the Coptic Apocalypse of Elijah. If you are not yet on our mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link.
Congrats to all selected for the Astra Award – and also to the awardees of the Merit Award!
Österreichischer Wissenschaftsfonds FWF@fwf-at.bsky.social · last mo.Wir gratulieren den 18 aufstrebenden Spitzenforscher:innen, die heute ihre #ASTRA-Preise und damit insgesamt 22 Millionen Euro für Ihre Forschung erhalten! 🪘👏 Unter den Ausgezeichneten sind elf Frauen. 💪 Alle Infos 👉 www.fwf.ac.at/aktuelles/de...
Guess what? I’m at risk of redundancy. My job - and those of my colleagues in my department and across our wider faculty of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences - is one of those currently targeted for cuts. I received a personal letter today. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
University of Exeter in talks to cut about 150 members of staff
The university says it is consulting with colleagues over "limited and specific potential changes".
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Exeter University in talks to cut about 150 staff. This is Not Good. And yes, this does affect our department of Theology and Religion. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
University of Exeter in talks to cut about 150 members of staff
The university says it is consulting with colleagues over "limited and specific potential changes".
bbc.co.uk
GenAut recording | Margaret Cormack "The Cult of Saint Clement in Iceland." Enjoy! The programme: genaut.univie.ac.at?page_id=671 www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxH-...
GenAut | Margaret Cormack "The Cult of Saint Clement in Iceland"
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