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19.01.2022 Byzantine Greek Reading Group The next meeting of the Byzantine Greek Reading Group will be online via Zoom at 5:15 on Wednesday 18 November. https://arts.unimelb.edu.au//seminars-reading-gr/byzantine

17.01.2022 Shifting Frontiers XIV: Scale and the Study of Late Antiquity 3-5 June 2021, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. This event will take place virtually via Zoom....Continue reading

12.01.2022 Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Fellowships in Byzantine Studies (2021-2022) The Byzantine Studies Research Center of Bogazici University in Istanbul invites applications for postdoctoral fellowships in the fields of Byzantine history, art history, and archaeology for the 2021-2022 academic year. Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Byzantine Studies... Application deadline: 22 December 2020 Andrew W. Mellon Short-Term Postdoctoral Research Grant in Byzantine Studies for Scholars Holding Academic Positions in Turkey Application deadline: 15 January 2021 For further information please visit http://byzantinestudies.boun.edu.tr/index.php.

10.01.2022 Online Reading Group: Critical Theory for Byzantine Studies (Fall 2020) The Byzantine Studies Research Center of Bogazici University is pleased to announce the organization of an online reading group entitled Critical Theory for Byzantine Studies during Fall 2020. Intended as a platform to discuss critical problems and theoretical questions that are (or might be) relevant to Byzantine studies, the reading group will be moderated by Dr. Matthew Kinloch (Bogazici University-Vil...la I Tatti Joint Fellow) in four biweekly sessions to be held in October and November 2020. The language of readings and discussions will be English. Students and scholars of all levels interested in Byzantine studies are welcome. Participation is by registration. The first session, Who’s who in (Byzantine) narratives?, will be held on Monday, 19 October 2020, at 16:00 (Istanbul time). Please visit https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/1V8WC81ZRAS6By0XwIntPvG for further information. PS: Those who wish to participate in the reading group are kindly requested to register by sending an e-mail to [email protected] with the subject line Reading Group.

07.01.2022 Call for Applications: Mary Jaharis Center Grants 20212022 The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture is pleased to announce its 20212022 grant competition. Our grants reflect the Mary Jaharis Center’s commitment to fostering the field of Byzantine studies through the support of graduate students and early career researchers and faculty. Mary Jaharis Center Dissertation Grants are awarded to advanced graduate students working on Ph.D. dissertations in the field o...f Byzantine studies broadly conceived. These grants are meant to help defray the costs of research-related expenses, e.g., travel, photography/digital images, microfilm. Mary Jaharis Center Publication Grants support book-length publications or major articles in the field of Byzantine studies broadly conceived. Grants are aimed at early career academics. Preference will be given to postdocs and assistant professors, though applications from non-tenure track faculty and associate and full professors will be considered. We encourage the submission of first-book projects. Mary Jaharis Center Project Grants support discrete and highly focused professional projects aimed at the conservation, preservation, and documentation of Byzantine archaeological sites and monuments dated from 300 CE to 1500 CE primarily in Greece and Turkey. Projects may be small stand-alone projects or discrete components of larger projects. Eligible projects might include archeological investigation, excavation, or survey; documentation, recovery, and analysis of at risk materials (e.g., architecture, mosaics, paintings in situ); and preservation (i.e., preventive measures, e.g., shelters, fences, walkways, water management) or conservation (i.e., physical hands-on treatments) of sites, buildings, or objects. The application deadline for all grants is February 1, 2021. For further information, please see https://maryjahariscenter.org/grants. Contact Brandie Ratliff ([email protected]), Director, Mary Jaharis Center, with any questions.

06.01.2022 Applications Open for Funded MPhil and PhD places in the IRCI (ACU) The Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry at Australian Catholic University in Melbourne is now accepting applications for funded MPhil & PhD places from students wishing to study in any of our three programs: Biblical & Early Christian Studies, Medieval & Early Modern Studies and Religion & Theology. Research students will join a dynamic research community, participating in seminars, conferences and reading groups and working collaboratively with world-class scholars across the programs, as well as having opportunities to participate in strong international networks. Closing date 18 October! Further details available here: https://www.acu.edu.au//institute-for-religi/study-with-us.

03.01.2022 8th International Symposium "Days of Justinian 1" Skopje 13-14 November 2020. Special thematic strand: Religion. Confirmed keynote speaker: Antonio Rigo. Important info: The Committee is closely monitoring the situation with Covid-19. The Committee will organize combined sessions with on-line presentation of the papers, in case that some participants will be prevented from traveling to Skopje due to the situation with Covid-19.... Call for papers available from http://www.aabs.org.au/forthcoming/