TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar
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Seminar hosted by Giorgia Nicosia (UGent), Marion Pragt (KU Leuven, @worldlyscribe.bsky.social), Andy Hilkens (UniVie, @andyhilkens.bsky.social), and Dan Batovici (UniVie, @danbatovici.bsky.social). Website: TeTra.univie.ac.at.
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"
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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!
We 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!
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.
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.
Tomorrow!
TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar@tetraseminar.bsky.social · 2mo agoNext Thursday 18 June at 10 AM CET! Irene Tinti (Florence) •Debates in the Margins: Tracing Interconfessional Relations through the Lens of Medieval Armenian Manuscripts• If you want to receive the Zoom link and are not yet on our mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social
If you missed last week's excellent paper, here it goes! William Barton (@krithemp.bsky.social) •Byzantine Letters in Golden Age Spain. On Vicente Mariner’s Translation of Theophylact Achridensis’ Correspondence•
TeTra | William Barton "Byzantine Letters in Golden Age Spain"
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Next Thursday 18 June at 10 AM CET! Irene Tinti (Florence) •Debates in the Margins: Tracing Interconfessional Relations through the Lens of Medieval Armenian Manuscripts• If you want to receive the Zoom link and are not yet on our mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social
Tomorrow, with William M. Barton! @krithemp.bsky.social
TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar@tetraseminar.bsky.social · 2mo agoNext Thursday 11 June, 10 AM! William M. Barton (Universität Innsbruck) •Byzantine Letters in Golden-Age Spain: On Vicente Mariner’s translation of Theophylact Achridensis’ Correspondence• Image, BNE, MS 9813, f. 673r
For those who missed Thursday's Book in the Spotlight, here is the recording! Great conversation between Christine Shepardson, the author of A Memory of Violence: Syriac Christianity and the Radicalization of Religious DIfference in Late Antiquity, and @philipforness.bsky.social!
TeTra | Book in the Spotlight: Christine Shepardson, A Memory of Violence (2026)
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Next Thursday 11 June, 10 AM! William M. Barton (Universität Innsbruck) •Byzantine Letters in Golden-Age Spain: On Vicente Mariner’s translation of Theophylact Achridensis’ Correspondence• Image, BNE, MS 9813, f. 673r
If you missed Thursday's paper by Karolina Tomczyszyn (KU Leuven), the recording is now on our YouTube channel youtu.be/AfxOpW8PqFA
TeTra | Karolina Tomczyszyn "Literary Curation in the Letters of Jacob of Edessa"
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Next week! With Christine Shepardson (The University of Tennessee Knoxville) and @philipforness.bsky.social (KU Leuven)!
TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar@tetraseminar.bsky.social · 3mo agoSave the date! Thursday 4 June at 4PM CET Book in the Spotlight: Christine Shepardson: A Memory of Violence: Syriac Christianity and the Radicalization of Religious Difference in Late Antiquity (University of California Press, 2026) Respondent will be Philip Forness (KULeuven).
Tomorrow!!!
TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar@tetraseminar.bsky.social · 3mo agoNext Thu 28 May, 10 AM Karolina Tomczyszyn (KULeuven) •Approved Teachers and Insignificant Rhetoricians: Literary Curation in the Letters of Jacob of Edessa, George, bishop of the Arabs, and John of Litarb• Don't forget to register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link
Next Thu 28 May, 10 AM Karolina Tomczyszyn (KULeuven) •Approved Teachers and Insignificant Rhetoricians: Literary Curation in the Letters of Jacob of Edessa, George, bishop of the Arabs, and John of Litarb• Don't forget to register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link
Save the date! Thursday 4 June at 4PM CET Book in the Spotlight: Christine Shepardson: A Memory of Violence: Syriac Christianity and the Radicalization of Religious Difference in Late Antiquity (University of California Press, 2026) Respondent will be Philip Forness (KULeuven).
Rachael Helen Banes (University of Vienna) gave a paper in our seminar last week on a fascinating graffito. Here is the recording if you missed it! youtu.be/lpn2WIEnaL8
TeTra | Rachael Helen Banes "The Demonic Duck Graffito at Didyma in its wider Epigraphic Landscape"
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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar@tetraseminar.bsky.social · 3mo agoNext Thursday 7 May we are hosting a paper by Rachael Banes (IMAFO, ÖAW) who will be speaking about a mysterious inscription •A Fowl Demon? The "Demonic Duck" Graffito at Didyma in its wider Epigraphic Landscape• If you're not yet on our mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social
Next Thursday 7 May we are hosting a paper by Rachael Banes (IMAFO, ÖAW) who will be speaking about a mysterious inscription •A Fowl Demon? The "Demonic Duck" Graffito at Didyma in its wider Epigraphic Landscape• If you're not yet on our mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social
If you missed this morning's paper by Larissa Ficulle Santini on fertility control in Byzantium, here is the recording! youtu.be/V4khg32-r-w
TeTra | Larisa Ficulle Santini "How to Talk about Fertility Control in Byzantium"
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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar@tetraseminar.bsky.social · 3mo agoIncredibly excited to host a paper by Larisa Ficulle Santini (ÖAW) next Thursday 30 April at 10 AM CET •The Words to Say It: How to talk about fertility control in Byzantium• If you are not yet on our mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link.
Incredibly excited to host a paper by Larisa Ficulle Santini (ÖAW) next Thursday 30 April at 10 AM CET •The Words to Say It: How to talk about fertility control in Byzantium• If you are not yet on our mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link.
If you missed Michael Erdman's paper last week, here is the recording! www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvBg...
TeTra | Michael Erdman "Copies of a 19th c. Silk Production Manual in Ottoman and Armeno-Turkish"
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If you missed the paper, here's the recording! Michael Erdman (British Library), "A Silken Thread between Scripts: Two Copies of a Late 19th Century Silk Production Manual in Ottoman and Armeno-Turkish"
TeTra | Michael Erdman "Copies of a 19th c. Silk Production Manual in Ottoman and Armeno-Turkish"
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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar@tetraseminar.bsky.social · 4mo agoApril is a busy month for us! Next Thu 16 April at 10 AM CET, Michael Erdman (British Library) will deliver a research paper about two Ottoman and Armeno-Turkish silk production manuals! If you are not yet on our mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link.
April is a busy month for us! Next Thu 16 April at 10 AM CET, Michael Erdman (British Library) will deliver a research paper about two Ottoman and Armeno-Turkish silk production manuals! If you are not yet on our mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link.
Tomorrow!
TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar@tetraseminar.bsky.social · 4mo agoCome join us on Wednesday 8 April 10 AM (note the different time from usual) for a paper on corrections in Greek and Latin literature by @dareiadareia.bsky.social (KULeuven). If you are not yet on our mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link!
If you missed Thursday's paper by Julia Schwarzer, here is the recording! www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ptg...
TeTra | Julia Schwarzer "A Mischievous Manuscript or Infidel Rule: Julian in Coptic Sources" bun
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Come join us on Wednesday 8 April 10 AM (note the different time from usual) for a paper on corrections in Greek and Latin literature by @dareiadareia.bsky.social (KULeuven). If you are not yet on our mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link!
