Upcoming gatherings on Early Christianity and Patristics
Upcoming talks by prominent scholars in the field
Summer programs, online courses, and more
Current exhibitions relating to the world of the Fathers
Opportunities to visit holy sites, monasteries, and ancient lands
Conferences
19-20 June 2024
Interpreting the Septuagint in its Greco-Roman Context (McGill University, Montreal)
A conference of the John William Wevers Institute for Septuagint Studies and the McGill School of Religious Studies (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), this gathering seeks to examine the Septuagint’s value as a linguistic, literary, and cultural artifact for the study of early Judaism and Christianity.
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Deadline for submissions: January 15, 2024
1--4 July 2024
International Medieval Congress (Leeds, UK)
The IMC seeks to provide an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of all aspects of Medieval Studies, bringing together scholars from around the world in a variety of specializations and fields. The thematic strand for the 2024 Congress is "Crisis," examining the language of resilience, vulnerability, and adapatation in the field and inviting a plurality of viewpoints on and critical engagement with these concepts.
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Deadline for submissions: August 31, 2023
5--9 August 2024
Oxford Patristics Conference
Early bird registration ends July 31, 2023. Submit abstracts and workshops by August 31, 2023. The International Conference on Patristic Studies has taken place in Oxford every four years since 1951. Initially conceived as an oecumenical colloquium for a select group of clerical scholars, it has expanded decade by decade until in 2015 it welcomed almost a thousand delegates, clerical and lay, from all the world’s continents, and encompassed a great diversity of subjects from the New Testament to Palamas, and from liturgy to postmodern theories of gender. It is organized by a board of scholars from various universities in the United Kingdom, with the assistance of the presidents of the Association Internationale des Études Patristiques and the North American Patristics Society.
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Deadline for submissions: August 31, 2023
11--13 September 2024
International Conference on the Bible in Middle Byzantine Hagiography (KU Leuven)
In the framework of the Köln/Leuven research project funded by the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung and launched in 2022, KU Leuven Griekse Studies is organizing an international conference on The Bible in Middle Byzantine Hagiography (8th-10th century) at the picturesque Arenberg Castle on the outskirts of Leuven. The keynote paper will be delivered by Derek Krueger (Greensboro). Other confirmed speakers include Albrecht Berger (Munich), Stephanos Efthymiadis (Nicosia), Laurence Mellerin (Lyon), and Óscar Prieto Domínguez (Salamanca).
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Deadline for submissions: October 31, 2023
26--28 September 2024
Verdammt! Zur Vorgeschichte, Genese und Anwendung der Gattung der Anathematismen des Nizänums (325) (Berlin)
International conference on the History, Genesis, and Genre of Anathemas at the Council of Nicaea (325), organized by Uta Heil (Vienna), Christophe Markschies (Berlin). Keynote lecture by Jan Bremmer (Berlin), with contributions from Canan Arikan, Eberhard Bons, Jan Bremmer, Constanza Cordoni, Volker H. Drecoll, Ulrike Ehmig, Peter Gemeinhardt, Richard Gordon, Thomas Graumann, Uta Heil, Wolfram Kinzig, Christiane Kunst, Christoph Markschies, Thomas Nemeth, Tobias Nicklas, Emanuela
Prinzivalli, Claudia Rapp, Joseph Verheyden, Dietmar Winkler, Michael Wolter, Bernhard Zimmerman, and Christiane Zimmermann.
See poster here.
For questions and information, contact Marc Bergermann.
1--3 November 2024
Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance Conference (PMR), Villanova University
49th International Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies Conference makes an open call to scholars, institutions, and societies to propose Papers, Panels, or Sponsored Sessions in all areas and topics in late antiquity/patristics, Byzantine Studies, Medieval Studies, Islamic Studies, Jewish Studies, and Renaissance & Reformation Studies. This year's theme is Ever Ancient, Ever New: The Tensions of Tradition and Mission, featuring plenaries by Han-Luen Komline (Western Theological Seminary) and Neslihan Senocak (Columbia University).
Submission deadline: July 31, 2024
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13--15 November 2024
'I Saw the Lord' (Isa 6.1): Entangled Jewish and Christian Perspectives on the Encounter with God
The third annual academic symposium of Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary gathers leading Orthodox Christian and Jewish scholars from around the world, who will reflect on the manner in which theophanic texts—biblical accounts of Divine Revelation to the patriarchs and prophets—have always been and remain foundational to their respective doctrinal and spiritual traditions. Features presentations by Archbishop Alexander Golitzin and Rabbi Reuven R. Kimelman.
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Courses and Workshops
17-20 June 2024
Elements of Reasoning/Elements of Nature: Physis Seminar (Rome)
PHYSIS: the Notre Dame Laboratory for the Study of Nature in the Premodern World, housed in the University of Notre Dame’s John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology and Values, in conjunction with the Notre Dame History of Philosophy Forum and with financial support of the Medieval Institute is seeking graduate student applicants to participate in a week-long advanced summer research seminars on the topic
of Elements of Nature/Elements of Reasoning.
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Deadline for submissions: February 15, 2024
1--27 July 2024
Byzantine Greek Summer School, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC
The principal course will be a daily 1½ hour session devoted to the translation of sample Byzantine texts. Each week, texts will be selected from a different genre, e.g., historiography, hagiography, poetry, and epistolography. Two afternoons a week, hour-long sessions on paleography will be held. In addition, each student will receive a minimum of one hour per week of individual tutorial. Approximately eleven hours per week will be devoted to formal classroom instruction. In the remaining hours of the week, students will prepare their assignments.
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Registration deadline: February 15, 2024.
8 July -- 2 August 2024
Introduction to Syriac, St John's University, Collegeville, MN
In partnership with Dumbarton Oaks, HMML will host an intensive four-week course as an introduction to the Syriac language and paleography in the summer of 2024. This course is intended for doctoral students or recent PhDs who can demonstrate a need for Syriac in their research. Priority is given to students who lack opportunities to continue studying Syriac at their own institutions. The program welcomes international applicants but does not sponsor J visas.
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Registration deadline: February 23, 2024.
8 July -- 2 August 2024
Introduction to Ge'ez, St John's University, Collegeville, MN
In partnership with Dumbarton Oaks, HMML will host an intensive three-week course as an introduction to the Ge’ez language and paleography in the summer of 2024. This course is intended for doctoral students or recent PhDs who can demonstrate a need for Ge’ez in their research. Priority is given to students who lack opportunities to continue studying Ge’ez at their own institutions. The program welcomes international applicants but does not sponsor J visas.