Program Opportunities at the Gennadius Library, 2017-18

DEADLINE : OCTOBER 31, 2016 & JANUARY 15, 2017

THE GENNADIUS LIBRARY OF THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES AT ATHENS

FELLOWSHIPS FOR RESEARCH AND STUDY AT THE GENNADIUS LIBRARY 2017-2018

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the academic programs and fellowships for the 2017-2018 academic year at the Gennadius Library. Opened in 1926 with 26,000 volumes from diplomat and bibliophile, Joannes Gennadius, the Gennadius Library now holds a richly diverse collection of over 126,000 books and rare bindings, archives, manuscripts, and works of art illuminating the Hellenic tradition and neighboring cultures. The Library has become an internationally renowned center for the study of Greek history, literature, and art, especially from the Byzantine period to modern times.

THE M. ALISON FRANTZ FELLOWSHIP: Ph.D. candidates and recent Ph.D.’s from colleges or universities in the U.S. or Canada for work in the Gennadius Library for full academic year. Stipend of $11,500 plus room, board, and waiver of School fees.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2017.

MEDIEVAL GREEK SUMMER SESSION AT THE GENNADIUS LIBRARY (2017): Graduate students and post-doctoral scholars in any field of late antique, post-antique, Byzantine or medieval studies at any university worldwide. Month-long program in intermediate level Medieval Greek language and philology at the Gennadius Library, with site and museum trips. Up to twelve scholarships available. DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2017.

COTSEN TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP FOR RESEARCH IN GREECE: Short-term travel-to collections award of $2,000 for senior scholars and graduate students for projects and research at the Gennadius Library. Open to all nationalities. At least one month of residency required. School fees are waived for a maximum of two months. DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2017.

THE GEORGE PAPAIOANNOU FELLOWSHIP: Ph.D. candidates or recent Ph.D.’s writing on Greece in the 1940’s and the post-war period. Fellows are required to make use of and refer to the George Papaioannou Papers housed at the Archives of the Gennadius Library. Open to all nationalities. School fees are waived for a maximum of two months. Stipend of €1,000. DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2017.

NEH FELLOWSHIPS: Awards for postdoctoral scholars and professionals in the humanities. Terms: Two to four fellowships, five to ten months in duration. Maximum stipend for a five-month project, $21,000; for a ten-month project, $42,000. U.S. citizens or foreign nationals being U.S. residents for three years before application deadline. Candidates must hold their Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree at time of application. DEADLINE: OCTOBER 31, 2016.

American School of Classical Studies at Athens does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, sex, sexual orientation, color, religion, ethnic origin, or disability when considering admission to any form of membership or application for employment.

Link to your news/announcement: www.ascsa.edu.gr

CFP: Medieval Environments, Northwestern University February 25-26, 2017

CFP: Medieval Environments, Northwestern University February 25-26, 2017

November 15, 2016

We are pleased to announce the 34rd annual conference of the Illinois Medieval Association. We invite papers and complete sessions on any aspect of the 2016 conference theme: medieval environments.

The modern English term environment has its roots in the Middle French environner, the action of surrounding or encircling. In recent years, much exciting work has revealed the intricate relationships between medieval people and their various environments–from ecocritical considerations of land, sea and air to considerations of the built, intellectual and spiritual environments humans crafted for themselves. In this conference we hope to bring new work on these various strands of investigation into more explicit dialogue. We encourage paper and session proposals from all fields that engage with any aspect of the many medieval environments.

Keynote speaker: Jeffrey Jerome Cohen (The George Washington University)

To be considered for participation, please send 300-word abstracts for either individual papers or panels to ilmedieval2017@gmail.com by November 15, 2016. 

Which Nubia and Which Byzantium?

November 18, 2016

The Arthur H. Dadian and Ara Oztemel Chair of Armenian Art at Tufts University and the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture at Hellenic College Holy Cross in Brookline, MA, are pleased to announce the second workshop in the Studying East of Byzantium II workshop series:

Friday, November 18, 2016, 10:00 am–12:00 pm
Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

Which Nubia and Which Byzantium?
A workshop for students on medieval Nubia and its place in Byzantine society and the larger Mediterranean world. Led by Giovanni R. Ruffini, Fairfield University

RSVP required. Registration closes November 16.

Link to your news/announcement: http://eastofbyzantium.org/upcoming-events/which-nubia-and-which-byzantium/

Liturgical and Paraliturgical Hymnology in East and West

Liturgical and Paraliturgical Hymnology in East and West

November 11, 2016

The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture at Hellenic College Holy Cross is pleased to announce an upcoming symposium “Liturgical and Paraliturgical Hymnology in East and West” to be held a Hellenic College Holy Cross, 50 Goddard Avenue, Brookline, MA, on November 11, 2016, from 9:30am–1:30pm.

In this symposium, liturgical scholars and musical practitioners present papers discussing themes of poetry and song in the medieval and contemporary religious and musical traditions of Judaism and Christianity.

A full schedule of papers and abstracts are available at http://www.maryjahariscenter.org/events/hymnology-in-east-and-west.

The event is open to the public.

Call for Papers: "Hoards"

The Richard Rawlinson Center for Anglo-Saxon Studies and Manuscript Research seeks papers for a session on hoards at the 52nd International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 11-14, 2017). Paper proposals should be directed to Elizabeth Teviotdale (e.teviotdale@att.net). The deadline for proposals is September 15.

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Greek Manuscripts in the British Library

The conference will be accompanied by an evening lecture by Michael Wood on ‘The Wisdom of the Greeks’. Michael will be looking at how the legacy of Greece and Byzantium in science, religion and literature was transmitted to the Latin West. 

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CFP: "Intersectionality"

Abstracts of 250-300 words are due August 31, 2016 via e-mail at mrgsaosu@gmail.com. All submissions should include the title of the paper, the abstract, as well as the name, the institutional affiliation, and contact information of the author. Chosen participants will be notified by e-mail no later than September 12, 2016. A $100 prize will be presented to the best paper at the conference. 
 

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