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British Museum — Post-doctorat

Religious imagery and material culture c.200 to 800 CE x 3

The British Museum -Directorate

Full-time

Fixed-term contract; 4 years in duration

£26,820 per annum

Ref: 1285352

Closing date: 12 noon, Monday 10th December 2012.

The British Museum is looking to recruit three Postdoctoral

Researchers to carry out research on different aspects of religious imagery and material culture, and their political and social contexts, in the time period c.200 to 800 CE, in one or more religious traditions and polities from the Mediterranean to South Asia.

This research will support the broad objectives of the Leverhulme Trust funded Empires of Faith research programme which is a unique research programme bringing together the British Museum with Wolfson College in the University of Oxford to understand the creation of religious iconographies and their relationships with state formation within this context.

The main purpose of this role will be to develop and deliver major pieces of research both individually and in collaboration with other programme staff, on the questions and subjects that support the overall objectives of the Empires of Faith research programme to final academic publication. You will be responsible for the development and delivery of web content, public programming and potentially displays. You will also be required to have the ability to understand the wider context of their research and the programme’s research, particularly in relation to the British Museum collections.

You will be educated to doctoral level or equivalent in a subject relevant to the role, for example Archaeology or Art History, with focus on religious traditions, cultures and polities from the Mediterranean to South Asia or alternatively in a related subject that can inform the study of religious and political imagery c.200 to 800 CE. You will have experience or demonstrable knowledge of material culture and/or academic perspectives that can inform the study of appropriate material and/or visual culture.

Excellent teamwork and communication skills are essential for this role, as well as previous experience working on a research project as a Research Assistant.

Interviews are likely to take place on 21 and 22 February 2013 in Oxford.

For further information or to apply for this role, please go to

http://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/jobs.aspx .

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Les églises syriaques – Table ronde de la société des études syriaques

16-17 novembre 2012

Amphithéâtre,
Institut protestant de théologie
83, boulevard Arago,
75014 Paris

Programme en PDF

Vendredi 16 novembre

Matin

9h30 Françoise BRIQUEL CHATONNET (CNRS, Laboratoire Orient & Méditerranée) : Accueil et introduction

9h45 Widad KHOURY (DGAM SYRIE) ET Bertrand RIBA (doctorant, Laboratoire Orient & Méditerranée) : Les églises de Syrie : essai de synthèse

10h15 Jean-Luc BISCOP (Ministère de la culture, Laboratoire Orient & Méditerranée) : L’architecture des monastères anciens en Syrie et la place des églises 

10h45 Pause

11h15 Widad KHOURY et Bertrand RIBA : Peut-on discerner des modèles liés à des communautés ecclésiales ou linguistiques ?

11h45 Elizabeth KEY FOWDEN (Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin) : Churches for the Arabs, churches for nomads ?

12h15 Françoise BRIQUEL CHATONNET : Que sait-on des églises par les textes ?

12h45 Buffet

Après-midi

14h30 Anne MICHEL (Université de Bordeaux) : Les églises de l’Arabia : particularités de structure et de répartition par rapport à la Syrie

15h Lévon NORDIGUIAN (Université Saint- Joseph, Beyrouth): Les églises anciennes de la montagne libanaise

15h30 Elif KESER KAYAALP (Mardin Artuklu University, Turquie) : Architecture in the Making: Evolution of the Churches and Monasteries in the Tur Abdin

16h Pause

16h30 Justine GABORIT : Mar Ya‘qub de Nisibe

17h Amir HARRAK (Université de Toronto) : Les églises de Mésopotamie

17h30 François CASSINGENA (Abbaye de Ligugé et Institut catholique de Paris) : Construction, destruction, inhabitation divine : Mystère et vie des églises à travers les écrits des premiers auteurs syriaques (IVe–VIe siècles) 

Samedi 17 novembre

Matin

9h30 Vincent DÉROCHE (CNRS, Laboratoire Orient & Méditerranée) : Le site de Bazyan, Iraq

10h Florence HELLOT (Laboraroire Mondes iranien et indien, Paris) : Les églises d’Iran

10h30 Mgr Petros YOUSSIF (Institut catholique de Paris et Institut Pontifical, Rome) : Les églises comme cadre de la liturgie

11h Pause

11h30 Pier-Giorgio BORBONE (Università di Pisa) : Les églises d’Asie centrale et de Chine, essai de synthèse à partir des textes et des découvertes archéologiques

12h Jacob THEKEPARAMPIL (Saint Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute, Kottayam, Inde) et Alain DESREUMAUX (CNRS, Laboratoire Orient & Méditerranée) : Les églises du Kérala (Inde)

12h30 Jean-Pierre SODINI (Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres) : Conclusions

13h Buffet

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Oxford – XV International Graduate Conference 2013. Oxford University Byzantine Society

Landscapes of Power

22-23 February 2013, History Faculty, University of Oxford

Call for Papers

 

Late Antique and Byzantine Studies have often been seen as an undiscovered country, esoteric and arcane, but there is no doubting to the initiated that Byzantium is not a monolithic, unchanged and unchanging world, but rather a myriad of overlapping and intersecting landscapes, where power is everywhere and in everything. From the solemnity of the monastic scriptoria, to the successes and failures of imperial policy in the corridors of the palace; from the imagined landscapes of Byzantine literature, to the changing practices of daily life, power and its landscapes are central to an full understanding of Late Antique and Byzantine Studies.

We are interested in papers that explore the diverse applications and representations of power, in all fields of Late Antique and Byzantine studies, including history, art history, archaeology, theology, literature, and philology. A broad range of approaches to Landscapes of Power, both historical and historiographical, are welcome.

Possible themes might include:

– Political Landscapes

– Literary Representations of Power

– Ecclesiastical and Religious Landscapes

– The Physical Manifestations of Power

– Artistic and Symbolic Landscapes

– The Power of Byzantine History

– The Shifting Landscape of Byzantine Culture and Society

– The Power of Memory within the diverse Byzantine Landscapes

 

Please send an abstract of no more than 250 words, along with a few words about yourself and your academic background, to the Oxford University Byzantine Society atbyzantine.society@gmail.com by Friday, 30th November 2012. Final papers should be 20 minutes in length.

For the first time the conference committee is endeavouring to publish a selection of inter-related papers, chosen both by quality and pertinence to our theme. Any speakers who wish to have their papers considered for publication should bear this in mind when making their application, but all applications will be gratefully received regardless of our publication aims. More details will follow to speakers nearer the time.

 

Subject to funding, the OUBS hopes to offer subsidised accommodation for visiting speakers. More information will be available in early 2013. We regret that we are unable to cover travel expenses to and from Oxford, but encourage all participants to apply to their home institutions for travel grants. www.oxfordbyzantinesociety.wordpress.com/international-graduate-conference-2013/

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Jerusalem – Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 2013-2014

The Center for the Study of Christianity at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem invites
applications for a postdoctoral research fellowship in one of the following areas of study:

* New Testament, Early Christianity, its literature and Jewish context

* Eastern Christianity

*Christianity in Palestine/Eretz-Israel (in all fields and throughout its entire history)

* Jewish-Christian relations

 

What the CSC is offering:

The successful candidate will be awarded for one year (or 6 months), beginning on 1
September 2013:

A grant of $2000 per month

Travel expenses

Library privileges at the Hebrew University

The postdoctoral fellow is expected to pursue her/his own research and publications, and to
participate in the ongoing academic activities of the CSC. The fellow will be expected to
deliver one or two lectures about her/his own research, and to be present in the Hebrew
University for the duration of the fellowship. The fellowship requires residence in
Jerusalem.

Candidates should have received their Ph.D. degree after 1 July 2009 and before 1 July
2013 at the latest, from an institution other than the Hebrew University.

Applications:

1. A letter of interest

2. Curriculum vitae

3. A list of publications

4. A research project description (about two pages in length)

5. Two letters of recommendation (one from her/his Ph.D. supervisor)

6. An official copy of her/his Ph.D. degree certificate or Ph.D. submission

Please email your application to the secretary of the CSC, Irina Kaminsky: csc@mscc.huji.ac.il

 

Deadline: 15 January 2013

 

For further information write to: Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony

Director, The Center for the Study of Christianity
http://csc.org.il
ashkelon@mscc.huji.ac.il

Annonce en pdf

 

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HAIDAR VELA NAIRUSZ — Un lot de céramiques du VIIe siècle à Halabiya (Syrie)

Un lot de céramiques du VIIe siècle à Halabiya (Syrie)
Nairusz HAIDAR VELA, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne.

            Les niveaux de transition byzantino-omeyyade demeurent mal connus en Syrie, en dépit de l’importance qu’ils revêtent pour la compréhension des sites. Longtemps à tort, les chercheurs ont considéré que la majorité des villes et villages connaissaient leur occupation interrompue à la fin de l’époque byzantine. Néanmoins, depuis quelques décennies, les fouilles stratigraphiques ont permis d’attester une continuité de l’occupation de la période byzantine à l’époque islamique sur de nombreux sites en Syrie du Nord. L’absence de nouvelles constructions ne traduit plus nécessairement un abandon et la transition byzantino-omeyyade est mieux appréciée, ce qui a permis de porter un nouveau regard sur cette période.

            Dans le domaine de la céramologie, nous sommes toutefois, encore aujourd’hui, confrontés à un manque de publications issues de sites ayant une occupation continue de l’époque byzantine à l’époque islamique. Le passage de la céramique byzantine à la céramique omeyyade n’est donc pas toujours facile à percevoir dans cette région où les productions, tout en restant tributaires des caractéristiques locales, s’imprègnent d’influences extérieures. Loin de rompre totalement avec la tradition de l’Antiquité classique, la céramique du VIIe s. est empreinte de caractéristiques propres à l’époque protobyzantine auxquelles se mêlent de nouvelles propriétés qui se développeront tout au long des premiers temps de l’Islam ; le matériel issu des fouilles de Halabiya, sur l’Euphrate, constitue un témoignage explicite de ce phénomène.

            À travers le matériel issu d’un secteur d’habitat de Halabiya, exceptionnel par son état de conservation, cette présentation dressera un panorama des poteries en usage durant la phase de transition byzantino-omeyyade. De nombreux contextes liés à cette occupation ont été mis au jour, livrant des poteries de tradition byzantine associées à de nouvelles formes désormais caractéristiques des répertoires arabo-musulmans. Nous nous attacherons donc à présenter les caractéristiques héritées des productions protobyzantines ainsi que les « influences » proprement islamiques.