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View this email in your browser Byzantine News Issue 46, August 2021 Editors: Sergei Mariev (Mainz) and Annick Peters-Custot (Nantes) Editorial Assistance: Daria Coșcodan (Berlin / Munich), IT Support: Panagiotis Kanelatos (Athens) Table of Contents   (Online) Events Opportunities Calls for Papers New Information Resources New Research Projects Submission Instructions and Deadline   We welcome submissions from National Committees of the AIEB, Commissions of the AIEB, universities, scholarly and research institutions, museums, libraries, galleries, as well as individual scholars at any stages of their careers as well as members of the general public interested in scholarly research on Byzantium and its heritage.   Please refer to the submission instructions in the last section of this newsletter. Thank you for your submissions! –The editors. (Online) Events   International Workshop, University of Genoa "DEGENERATING POWERS. Il potere che (si) corrompe" September 29-30, 2021 To register and to get the Zoom link, please email degeneratingpowers@gmail.com Please note: Italian Time = CET = BST+1 More information First Announcement: International Workshop On Thursday, 30st September, and Friday, 1st October 2021 the Swiss Institute in Rome will host the International Workshop “In the Name of the Rose: Searching for Unknown, Lost, and Forgotten Ancient Texts”, organised by Renate Burri. This Workshop will officially conclude the experimental project “In the Name of the Rose: Searching for Unknown, Lost, and Forgotten Greek Manuscripts and Texts” funded by the new programme Spark of the Swiss National Science Foundation. The Workshop will take place realiter (until further notice) and be streamed live. It is open to the public. Further information on registration and the streaming link will follow in early September. More information Lecture Series: Northeast Normal University 5th International Byzantine Seminar. Lecture series (via Zoom): "Networks and Connectivity in and beyond Byzantium". Hosted by the Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations (IHAC) at the Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China, in collaboration with the Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies of the University of Cologne and the Department of Historical and Classical Studies of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. For further information and registration, please click here. Yale Lectures in Late Antique and Byzantine Art and Architecture Speakers: Antony Eastmond, The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London Maria Parani, University of Cyprus Anna Zakharova, Moscow State University Ioanna Rapti, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris Ann Marie Yasin, University of Southern California Mikael Muehlbauer, American Council of Learned Societies Panagiotis Agapitos, University of Cyprus Annemarie Weyl Carr, Southern Methodist University More information Opportunities   A Practical Introduction to Digital Epigraphy: EpiDoc and EFES Online Training Week The University of Cologne and the St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia invite applications for a one-week, online workshop in EpiDoc (epidoc.stoa.org) and digital epigraphy. EpiDoc is a leading standard for the digital encoding of ancient inscriptions, papyri and other primary and documentary texts in TEI XML for online publication and interchange. The workshop will cover the encoding of ancient texts in EpiDoc-XML and introduce the EFES platform (github.com/EpiDoc/EFES) for viewing and publishing EpiDoc editions. Deadline: August 31, 2021 More information Calls for papers   The 57th International Congress of Medieval Studies Session Title: Medieval Arts & Rituals Western Michigan University, 9-14 May, 2022 Deadline: September 05 September, 2021 More information The 57th International Congress of Medieval Studies Session Title: Digital Methods in Preservation of Medieval Cultural Heritage: New Approaches and Technologies We are excited to announce that Blago Fund will sponsor a session at the 57th International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, MI (Online, 9-14 May 2022): "Digital Methods in Preservation of Medieval Cultural Heritage: New Approaches and Technologies". Blago Fund is an organization devoted to the preservation and promotion of Serbian cultural heritage, primarily through creation of online digital collections that preserve detailed visual records of ecclesiastic monuments built on the territories of the Serbian medieval state. We seek proposals that will address some of the issues related to practices in digital humanities used in the preservation of the material heritage of the Middle Ages- technical advancements created or employed in digitization, innovative approaches taken, and particular obstacles faced in the process. We also invite scholars and professionals to present their insights and experiences working with digital visual databases in studying and teaching the Middle Ages. More information Art Readings International Conference 2022, entitled Art and Society 15–16 April 2022, Sofia Important Dates: 1 September 2021: Deadline for submission of proposals and CVs; 15 October 2021: Notification of applicants on the outcome of their proposals; 1 March 02021: Final deadline for the conference programme. More information CFP: Session sponsored by ICMA The 57th International Congressof Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University 9-14 May,2022 From prophet of Israel to miracle-working saint: the transformations of Elijah's story in Jewish and Christian iconographic traditions Deadline: September 10, 2021 More information Special Issue "Unlocking Sacred Landscapes: Religious and Insular Identities in Context" A special issue of Religions (ISSN 2077-1444). Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2021. More information Call for Papers: 'Narrative forms in Byzantine Literature: Theory and Practice' (Buenos Aires, 7-8 April 2022) Fourth Byzantine Colloquium of the University of Buenos Aires The aim of this colloquium is to discuss case studies that show what is singular to certain key Byzantine narratives; to underscore the concrete influence of works discussing the art of narration upon narratives themselves; to determine the expectations of a given audience; and to underline the interaction between theory and practice of narration. We invite 20-minute papers on any topic pertinent to narrative in Byzantium in the widest sense. Please submit your abstract by 31 January 2022 to the conveners. For more information please consult the full call.     New Information Resources   New Website of the Pappas Patristic Institute The Pappas Patristic Institute at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology is pleased to announce the release of its brand new website, which will feature reflections from the new Director of the PPI, Fr. Maximos Constas, as well as announcements about upcoming conferences and events in the field of patristics and links and resources for the study of the Church Fathers, Early Christianity, and Late Antique and Byzantine Studies: https://www.pappaspatristicinstitute.com/. You can also follow the Pappas Patristic Institute on Twitter and Facebook. Contact Tikhon Pino, the Assistant Director, with any questions (pappaspatristic@hchc.edu) A Digital Corpus of Early Christian Churches and Monasteries in the Holy Land The six-years long project was carried out on behalf of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Institute of Archaeology. It started in Oct. 2014 with a budget allotted by the Israel Science Foundation (ISF). Although still under work, some sections of it go open, partially or in full. https://dig.corps-cmhl.huji.ac.il/ No username or password are needed. "Byzantine Musical Instruments" Byzantine Musical Instruments project is the first scientific study to bring together a vast array of visual representations of Byzantine musical instruments from a wide range of contexts. The database not only exhibits the iconography of the preserved artefacts, but it also provides a unique classification of instruments, embodying several filters to help researchers make in-depth research by narrowing down several advanced search options such as geographical area, time period, and artifact type. More information Follow-up grant Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams As you perhaps know, the Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams (www.dbbe.ugent.be) has been steadily growing the past several years, thanks to a GOA (Concerted Research Action) grant of the Ghent University Research Council. That grant was set to expire soon, so we have been working hard the past few months to secure new funding. We encourage you once more to make use of our database and to follow the news about our new project on www.dbbe.ugent.be New journal - Themata “From polis to madina. La trasformazione delle città siciliane tra Tardoantico e Alto Medioevo”, the first of a new book series published by Edipuglia: Themata. The volume, edited by Lucia Arcifa and Mariarita Sgarlata is already available on the website of Edipuglia: https://edipuglia.it/catalogo/from-polis-to-madina/ All fascicles of the Lexikon zur Byzantinischen Gräzität (LBG) now freely available in digital form We are pleased to inform you that, thanks to the initiative of Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG), the entire Lexikon zur Byzantinischen Gräzität (LBG) is now freely available in digital form on TLG’s website: http://stephanus.tlg.uci.edu/lbg Thousands of Images of Syrian Architectural Heritage Released on Wikimedia Commons. On the collection of images of Syria donated to Dumarton Oaks click here. Byzantium between Orient and Occident: Research results are now available for open access In the current situation, access to online research resources is essential for many scholars to still be able to work. Extraordinary situations require extraordinary measures. For this reason, all volumes of the series Byzantium between Orient and Occident are going to be available in Open Access. More information The Byzantine Review: the online journal for reviews in Byzantine Studies   www.byzrev.com Manar al-Athar Online Photo-Archive The Manar al-Athar photo-archive (www.manar-al-athar.ox.ac.uk), based at the University of Oxford, provides high resolution, searchable images for teaching, research, publication, and heritage work. Artefacts and Raw Materials in Byzantine Archival Documents Le Comité français des études byzantines (CFEB) est heureux de vous annoncer que la base « Artefacts and Raw Materials in Byzantine Archival Documents / Objets et matériaux dans les documents d'archives byzantins » a changé d’adresse et est désormais hébergée par le CFEB sous le lien suivant : http://typika.cfeb.org Digital Tabula Imperii Byzantini (Dig-TIB) The Digital Tabula Imperii Byzantini (Dig-TIB) has put its Web Application, the TIB Mapviewer, online! It is entitled Maps of Power: Historical Atlas of Places, Borderzones and Migration Dynamics in Byzantium   https://data1.geo.univie.ac.at/projects/tibapp Online Catalogue of Byzantine Coins Visit the website New Research Projects   New Project: "Priests, Books and the Library at Saint Catherine's (Sinai)" (FWF Project T1192-G) This new research project (December 2020 - November 2023) foresees a complete survey of the Sinai prayerbooks in Greek language and the analysis of selected case studies, with the goal of (1) investigating the social and cultural life of their main users (Byzantine priests) and (2) helping to reconstruct the history of the Sinai book collection, and thus of the Sinai community and of its visitors over the centuries. For more information please contact Giulia Rossetto (giulia.rossetto@oeaw.ac.at) and visit the webpage "In the Name of the Rose: Searching for Unknown, Lost, and Forgotten Greek Manuscripts and Texts" Experimental Research Project with new Website and Blog by Renate Burri This short-term project (Feb 2020 – Sept 2021), unfortunately heavily affected by COVID-19, is a search operation for unknown, lost, and forgotten Greek manuscripts and texts in the holdings of the largest repository of Greek and Byzantine manuscripts worldwide, the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. The search operation generally focuses on manuscripts hitherto never described in printed catalogues and for the better part barely known and/or studied. It will start with a series of manuscripts of the Vaticani graeci collection which contain predominantly theological texts and have been identified as particularly promising objects of investigation. Website with Blog: https://swissbyz.ch project description, updates, first observations and findings New Project: “The Making of the Byzantine Ascetical Canon: Monastic Networks, Literacy and Religious Authority in Palestine and Sinai (7th-11th centuries)” University of Vienna This new research project (September 2020 – August 2022) investigates the production and circulation of ascetic manuscripts in Greek, Syriac and Arabic in the wider Syro-Palestinian area from the beginning of the Islamic period until the First Crusade. The project seeks to explain how the literary activity of the multilingual monastic environment in Early Islamic Syria, Palestine and Sinai contributed to the formation of an authoritative canon of ascetic ‘classics’ in the Middle and Late Byzantine period. The main result of the project will be the open-access database e-Sketikon, which will include detailed descriptions of the relevant manuscript material. E-Sketikon will provide a useful tool for researchers working on monasticism, manuscript studies and social history in the Eastern Mediterranean. The project is led by Dr. Adrian Pirtea and is hosted by Prof. Dr. Claudia Rapp at the Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies of the University of Vienna. The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie-Skłodowska-Curie agreement n° 841476. For more information, please contact Adrian Pirtea (adrian.pirtea@univie.ac.at). Thomas de Aquino Byzantinus Project The radically updated website of the Thomas de Aquino Byzantinus Project is now online and is accessible under the following address: https://thab.upatras.gr/ Archaeological evidence for Byzantine Wine-production in Asia Minor (7th-9th c.): the case-study of Amorion The project is hosted by the Academy of Athens. For further details please contact: ntsivikis@ims.forth.gr Centre for Medieval Arts & Rituals at the University of Cyprus For more information, you can visit the project website at: https://netmar.cy/ New Postdoc project "Narrative Strategies in the Poetry of George of Pisidia" More information Repertorium Auctorum Polemicorum (RAP) We are happy to announce a new research project entirely dedicated to the Byzantine “polemical literature” against and pro the Latin Church: the Repertorium Auctorum Polemicorum (RAP). For further details you can contact Alessandra Bucossi (alessandra.bucossi@unive.it) and Marie-Hélène Blanchet (marie-helene.blanchet@college-de-france.fr). New Research Project: Storyworlds in Collections: Toward a Theory of the Ancient and Byzantine Tale (2nd Century CE – 7th Century CE) For more information, please visit the TaleTheory website New Project of the Tabula Imperii Byzantini (TIB) Balkans: Beyond East and West: Geocommunicating the Sacred Landscapes of “Duklja” and “Raška” through Space and Time (11th-14th Cent.) / HOLDURA Further information New research programme funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond: Retracing Connections: Byzantine Storyworlds in Greek, Arabic, Georgian, and Old Slavonic (c. 950 – c. 1100) Further information ERC Starting Grant for Zachary Chitwood on investigating the role of the monastic federation of Mount Athos in the Middle Ages Further information New Project: North of Byzantium (NoB) Visit our website (www.northofbyzantium.org) and "Subscribe" to receive news and updates. New Project: Making and Consuming Drugs in the Italian and Byzantine Worlds (12th-15th c.) Wellcome Trust University Award (2019-2024), Principal Investigator: Dr Petros Bouras-Vallianatos, University of Edinburgh   Solidarity Fund – SPBS The Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies (UK: www.byzantium.ac.uk) is pleased to announce a fundraising campaign for the International Byzantine Studies Congress 2022 Solidarity Fund for Turkish Scholars.  The SPBS has been moved to launch this international solidarity fund in response to the difficult situation facing Turkish students and junior scholars in particular who were scheduled to participate in the 2021 International Congress in Istanbul and who will be unable to attend the 2022 International Congress in Italy due to financial constraints. The funds raised by this campaign will be used to cover visas, registration fees, travel, and accommodation. The SPBS will issue a call for applications to the fund in due course. [Please note: this in no way effects the funding made available by the SPBS specifically for SPBS members to attend the Congress.  The Solidarity Fund for Turkish Scholars is an entirely separate funding stream] The SPBS invites donations from everyone in the international scholarly community regardless of where in the world they are based. You do not have to be a member of the SPBS or any other scholarly organization, or resident in the UK, to contribute. Details on how to donate and further information about the fund can be found on our website: https://www.byzantium.ac.uk/solidarity-fund/ Submission Instructions and Deadline   To submit news and information to the Newsletter, please use the submission form on the website of the AIEB at this following address (http://aiebnet.gr/newsletter-main/). You are kindly requested to fill in the form that is found under the tab “Share your news”. 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