Matthieu Cassin

@mcassin.bsky.social

Researcher, Greek texts and manuscripts, History of books and libraries, Patristics #manuscripts #Byzantium #Patristics

“A spokesperson for the university… said it was "consulting with colleagues over limited and specific potential changes across some areas of our academic faculties". ….the ongoing consultation [is] in response to "changes in demand or where current activities are no longer sustainable".

Morwenna Ludlow@morwennaexe.bsky.social · last mo.

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...

🤝 I am hiring 3 PhD students (36-month fixed-term contract). Je recrute 3 doctorant·es (CDD de 36 mois). 📜 The three thesis topics are as listed below, and full details can be found via the links. Les trois sujets figurent ci-dessous, et vous trouverez tous les détails en cliquant sur les liens.

Over the weekend, I finally found a few quiet moments to write down my observations on a fascinating Arabic "hagiogeographical" text on the Holy Summit of Mount Sinai. The text has been on my mind since February, when I came across a mention of it in an unstudied fragment:

The “Praise of the Summit of Mount Sinai”: Some Notes on the Manuscripts

1. The “Praise of the Summit of Mount Sinai” is an anonymous Christian Arabic text that has been preserved in several manuscripts dating from the 9th and 10th centuries CE. It presumably originated at...

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Comité de rédaction de la Revue des études byzantines ce matin : le numéro 2026 est dans les tuyaux et paraîtra pour le Congrès byzantins d'août. Préparation du numéro 2027, avec quelques articles sur le métier. Si vous avez de bons articles en stock, dépêchez-vous de soumettre

Our team at KU Leuven is organizing a Workshop on Letters & Epistolary Culture in Syriac Christianity at the Oxford Patristic Studies Conference (2–6 Aug 2027). We will be happy to receive proposals for papers by 30 June 2026 (marion.pragt@kuleuven.be). Details in the attached file.

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