Jacob Lollar opens his workshop on Working with Manuscripts from the Mediterranean World. Thanks for hosting us @jalollar.bsky.social
Jacob Lollar
@jalollar.bsky.social
Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow (2022-2024) British Academy International Fellow (2024-2027)
The ERC consolidator grant guidelines just changed the length of the B.2 section of the proposal by half—from 14 to 7 pages! erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
Changes to the 2026 and 2027 Work Programmes
With the launch of the competitions for grants under ERC Work Programme 2026 in July of this year, several changes to the submission of applications and the evaluation of proposals will apply. The mai...
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New issue of Novum Testamentum Vol. 67, No. 3 (2025) brill.com/view/journal... @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social @degruyterbrill.bsky.social @jalollar.bsky.social @goure.bsky.social
Troubling news regarding St. Catherine’s Monastery. en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/announcement...
Statement by the Patriarchate of Jerusalem on Egyptian Court Order Impacting the Monastery of Saint Catherine - Jerusalem Patriarchate - News Gate
30 May 2025 “Show mercy to those who honor my memory” St Catherine of Alexandria The Patriarchate of Jerusalem was deeply troubled to hear of moves by the Egyptian Court Order to seize lands surro...
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Durham Classics and Ancient History and Theology and Religion are top 10 worldwide! Excited to be part of this great university! www.durham.ac.uk/discover/qs-...
QS World Rankings By Subject - Durham University
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The decline of democracy comes at the hands of unregulated big tech. Vance’s bewildering accusations against the EU and Ukraine aim at dismantling the regulatory institutions that keep tech companies in check.
The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart@weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · last yr.Jon Stewart and @mariaressa.bsky.social discuss how tech’s obsession with removing the guardrails of regulation are leading the US down a dangerous path. #TheWeeklyShow
What a book launch! Thanks to @albertorigolio.bsky.social for introducing us and to Aaron Butts for leading and commenting so nicely on the book. Huge thanks to @zoxe.bsky.social, G Kiraz, A Cherkashina, M Farina and H Mutzafi @gorgiaspress.bsky.social @durhamclassics.bsky.social
From Religious Studies at York Twitter account: The administration at York University has suspended admissions to the Religious Studies program . . . The faculty have written this statement. We ask you to will distribute it widely and write to York's administration to protest this decision.
Please join us for NASSCAL‘s First Friday of March workshop with Philippe Therrien (Université Laval).
💥 Join us for this week's research seminar! 👩🏫 @jalollar.bsky.social (@britishacademy.bsky.social International Fellow), "Between Myth and History: Apocrypha, Hagiography and Historiography in Syriac Manuscripts” 📅 1pm, Weds 19 Feb 🔗 Ritson Room / hybrid
Great resource for those fellow nerds interested in Latin manuscripts. delm-net.github.io?fbclid=IwY2x...
DELM: Databases of Early Latin Manuscripts
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A wonderful book. I highly recommend. One of the most readable and enjoyable academic books I have ever read.
Scholarly crowd sourcing: I’m looking for some studies on pilgrim and/or monastic travel routes in the eastern Mediterranean. I already have Egeria’s travelogue, any others people recommend?
Workshop on Aristotle soon in Durham! Spoiler: lots of Syriac and Arabic material to be discussed! Join us!
Important new translation of Strategius’ account of the sack of Jerusalem in 614! Open access! isac.uchicago.edu/research/pub...
LAMINE 5. The Capture of Jerusalem by the Persians in 614 CE by Strategius of Mar Saba | Institute for the Study of Ancient CulturesLAMINE 5. The Capture of Jerusalem by the Persians in 614 CE by Stra...
Sean W. Anthony and Stephen J. Shoemaker Series Editors: Antoine Borrut and Fred M. Donner
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Literary Beginnings in Late Antiquity workshop at All Souls in Oxford is underway!
The NASSCAL First Friday workshop series on "Falling for Thekla" concludes with Tony Burke on December 6 at noon EST. To take part in the workshop, see the contact details in the image below.
