Dan Batovici
@danbatovici.bsky.social
FWF START Award 2024 at Uni Vienna 2024: GenAut.univie.ac.at | Co-host of @tetraseminar.bsky.social TeTra.univie.ac.at | Co-editor RBECS.org | Bits and bobs, manuscript studies, and the reception of EC literature.
Festschrift Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony. Nice colection.
Enter our #giveaway! Like, share, AND tag a friend for your chance to win a copy of 'Brouria has Spoken Wisely' Studies in Christian Late Antiquity and Syriac Literature in Honor of Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony. Ends Friday! www.gorgiaspress.com/brouria-has-... #lateantiquity #christianity
'Brouria has Spoken Wisely'
In this volume, Brouria Has Spoken Wisely, specialists in the history of late Roman Christianity come together to honor their dear colleague, friend, and mentor Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony, the Martin Bu...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Festschrift Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony. Nice colection.
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Unsere Fakultät bietet ein vielfältiges Studienangebot. Weiterführende Infos finden Sie unter ssc.etf.univie.ac.at/studium
November 25, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Unsere Fakultät bietet ein vielfältiges Studienangebot. Weiterführende Infos finden Sie unter ssc.etf.univie.ac.at/studium
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If you missed this afternoon's Spotlight on Peter Van Nuffelen and Lieve Van Hoof's The Fragmentary Chronicles after Eusebius, with a response by Monica Berti, here is the recording!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EbF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EbF...
TeTra | Book in the Spotlight: Van Nuffelen & Van Hoof, The Greek Chronicles after Eusebius (2025)
YouTube video by TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar
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November 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
If you missed this afternoon's Spotlight on Peter Van Nuffelen and Lieve Van Hoof's The Fragmentary Chronicles after Eusebius, with a response by Monica Berti, here is the recording!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EbF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EbF...
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If you happen to be in Oslo tomorrow, you are welcome.
mf.no/node/7504
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MF CASR Talk - Mina Monier - The Quest for the Assal's Lost Library in Medieval Cairo | MF vitenskapelig høyskole for teologi, religion og samfunn
Mina will present his research on the intellectual enterprise of Awlad al-ʿAssāl, a 13th-century Coptic family whose archive redefined Christian Arabic scholarship through critical, multilingual, and ...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
If you happen to be in Oslo tomorrow, you are welcome.
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mf.no/node/7504
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Tomorrow, the Book in the Spotlight with Peter Van Nuffelen and @monica-berti.bsky.social !
If you are not yet on our mailing list, don't forget to register w/ @AndyHilkens to receive the Zoom link
If you are not yet on our mailing list, don't forget to register w/ @AndyHilkens to receive the Zoom link
Later this month we are hosting a new Book in the Spotlight. On Mon 24 Nov at 4PM CET Peter Van Nuffelen (Ghent) will present The Fragmentary Greek Chronicles after Eusebius, which he recently published with Lieve Van Hoof. Discussant will be @monica-berti.bsky.social (Leipzig)!
November 23, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Tomorrow, the Book in the Spotlight with Peter Van Nuffelen and @monica-berti.bsky.social !
If you are not yet on our mailing list, don't forget to register w/ @AndyHilkens to receive the Zoom link
If you are not yet on our mailing list, don't forget to register w/ @AndyHilkens to receive the Zoom link
GenAut recording | Rocio Daga-Portillo "Clement of Rome as authority in the Arabic Nomocanon of the Copts"
The programme: genaut.univie.ac.at/?page_id=671
youtu.be/DNH83y2VEfg?...
The programme: genaut.univie.ac.at/?page_id=671
youtu.be/DNH83y2VEfg?...
GenAut | Rocio Daga Portillo "Clement of Rome as authority in the Arabic Nomocanon of the Copts"
YouTube video by The GenAut Project
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November 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
GenAut recording | Rocio Daga-Portillo "Clement of Rome as authority in the Arabic Nomocanon of the Copts"
The programme: genaut.univie.ac.at/?page_id=671
youtu.be/DNH83y2VEfg?...
The programme: genaut.univie.ac.at/?page_id=671
youtu.be/DNH83y2VEfg?...
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Early Christian Epistolarity is out now! Get your copy (or, you know, get your library to order it) at brill.com/display/titl.... It was an honor to work on this project with Judith Lieu
@greggiven.bsky.social @angelastandh.bsky.social @cavanconcannon.bsky.social, Harry Maier (1/2)
@greggiven.bsky.social @angelastandh.bsky.social @cavanconcannon.bsky.social, Harry Maier (1/2)
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Early Christian Epistolarity is out now! Get your copy (or, you know, get your library to order it) at brill.com/display/titl.... It was an honor to work on this project with Judith Lieu
@greggiven.bsky.social @angelastandh.bsky.social @cavanconcannon.bsky.social, Harry Maier (1/2)
@greggiven.bsky.social @angelastandh.bsky.social @cavanconcannon.bsky.social, Harry Maier (1/2)
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So honored to have been included in this conversation. I'm told there will be a copy on hand at the SBL book hall booth—go take a peek!
Early Christian Epistolarity is out now! Get your copy (or, you know, get your library to order it) at brill.com/display/titl.... It was an honor to work on this project with Judith Lieu
@greggiven.bsky.social @angelastandh.bsky.social @cavanconcannon.bsky.social, Harry Maier (1/2)
@greggiven.bsky.social @angelastandh.bsky.social @cavanconcannon.bsky.social, Harry Maier (1/2)
November 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
So honored to have been included in this conversation. I'm told there will be a copy on hand at the SBL book hall booth—go take a peek!
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Announcing the J.P. Gumbert Dissertation Award 2025! 🏆
We are looking for the best PhD thesis on any aspect of manuscript studies defended between 1 Sep 2024 and 31 Dec 2025. The award includes a prize of 5,000 EUR and a fellowship at the CSMC.
Apply by 6 February 2026!
uhh.de/csmc-jpga-2025
We are looking for the best PhD thesis on any aspect of manuscript studies defended between 1 Sep 2024 and 31 Dec 2025. The award includes a prize of 5,000 EUR and a fellowship at the CSMC.
Apply by 6 February 2026!
uhh.de/csmc-jpga-2025
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Announcing the J.P. Gumbert Dissertation Award 2025! 🏆
We are looking for the best PhD thesis on any aspect of manuscript studies defended between 1 Sep 2024 and 31 Dec 2025. The award includes a prize of 5,000 EUR and a fellowship at the CSMC.
Apply by 6 February 2026!
uhh.de/csmc-jpga-2025
We are looking for the best PhD thesis on any aspect of manuscript studies defended between 1 Sep 2024 and 31 Dec 2025. The award includes a prize of 5,000 EUR and a fellowship at the CSMC.
Apply by 6 February 2026!
uhh.de/csmc-jpga-2025
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A study on a palimpsest witness attesting to the complete Syriac version of the so-called middle recension of Ignatius of Antioch’s Letters is ready.
November 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A study on a palimpsest witness attesting to the complete Syriac version of the so-called middle recension of Ignatius of Antioch’s Letters is ready.
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Open postdoc position (2 years) in religion and migration in my ERC project ”Faith-Based Refugee Relief in Europe: Connecting the Empirical and the Ethical”. Deadline 15 Jan 2026 - come work in a fabulous team!
Postdoc in Migration Studies (2 years)
We are looking for a candidate who, during two years as a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, wishes to develop their independence as a researcher and contribute
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November 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Open postdoc position (2 years) in religion and migration in my ERC project ”Faith-Based Refugee Relief in Europe: Connecting the Empirical and the Ethical”. Deadline 15 Jan 2026 - come work in a fabulous team!
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Tomorrow!
Next week Lusine Sargsyan (Matenadaran/YSU) will enlighten us about the production of Armenian manuscripts in Romania! Tune in on Thu 20 Nov at 10 AM CET. f you're not yet on out mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link
November 19, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Tomorrow!
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Unser neuer interdisziplinärer Masterstudiengang „Religion in Europe“ ist erfolgreich ins erste Semester gestartet! Der Anmeldezeitraum für das nächste Jahr ist 2. März bis 7. April 2026. Nähere Infos finden Sie hier: studieren.univie.ac.at/zulassungsve...
#religionineurope #univienna
#religionineurope #univienna
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Unser neuer interdisziplinärer Masterstudiengang „Religion in Europe“ ist erfolgreich ins erste Semester gestartet! Der Anmeldezeitraum für das nächste Jahr ist 2. März bis 7. April 2026. Nähere Infos finden Sie hier: studieren.univie.ac.at/zulassungsve...
#religionineurope #univienna
#religionineurope #univienna
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Our colleagues of Bern & Bonn did a wonderful film project about early Christianity covering not only the most fascinating sites but also many known experts. There is a short version yet, the full version will be released on Dec 20th. Please share widely!
www.youtube.com/@EarlyChristianCenters
www.youtube.com/@EarlyChristianCenters
Early Christian Centers
Welcome to Early Christian Centers – a channel dedicated to exploring the fascinating story of early Christianity and its development in the urban centers of the Roman Empire.
How did a small Jewish s...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Our colleagues of Bern & Bonn did a wonderful film project about early Christianity covering not only the most fascinating sites but also many known experts. There is a short version yet, the full version will be released on Dec 20th. Please share widely!
www.youtube.com/@EarlyChristianCenters
www.youtube.com/@EarlyChristianCenters
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Today (Thursday, 13 November, 4.45 p.m.) at Warsaw Late Antique Seminar: Stuart Airlie (University of Glasgow), Body Horror of the Empress and Dark Palaces of the Emperor: Rulers and Resentment c.400-c.1100. In-persona and on Zoom.
November 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Today (Thursday, 13 November, 4.45 p.m.) at Warsaw Late Antique Seminar: Stuart Airlie (University of Glasgow), Body Horror of the Empress and Dark Palaces of the Emperor: Rulers and Resentment c.400-c.1100. In-persona and on Zoom.
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Open access! Special issue of Textual Reasoning, Vol. 16 No. 2 (2025): Elijiah Zvi Soloveitchik, The Jewish Jesus, and the Problem of Supercessionism journal.libraries.wm.edu/jtr?fbclid=I...
November 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Open access! Special issue of Textual Reasoning, Vol. 16 No. 2 (2025): Elijiah Zvi Soloveitchik, The Jewish Jesus, and the Problem of Supercessionism journal.libraries.wm.edu/jtr?fbclid=I...
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This year at #AARSBL, the #AncientEducation and #BookHistory program units are teaming up to host an off-site session at the Boston Athenaeum, just a short walk from the Convention Center. bostonathenaeum.org 1/
Home - Boston Athenaeum
The Boston Athenaeum is a unique combination of library, museum, and cultural center in a magnificent landmark building.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:33 AM
This year at #AARSBL, the #AncientEducation and #BookHistory program units are teaming up to host an off-site session at the Boston Athenaeum, just a short walk from the Convention Center. bostonathenaeum.org 1/
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Looking forward to discussing The Fragmentary Greek Chronicles after Eusebius with the author Peter Van Nuffelen @tetraseminar.bsky.social
Later this month we are hosting a new Book in the Spotlight. On Mon 24 Nov at 4PM CET Peter Van Nuffelen (Ghent) will present The Fragmentary Greek Chronicles after Eusebius, which he recently published with Lieve Van Hoof. Discussant will be @monica-berti.bsky.social (Leipzig)!
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Looking forward to discussing The Fragmentary Greek Chronicles after Eusebius with the author Peter Van Nuffelen @tetraseminar.bsky.social
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A much more exciting week brought 76 #Manuscripts online at the #Vatican www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025...
Includes a glossed Priscian, a bunch of 17th C Barberini stuff, a pile more Ge'ez, many Cicero, Iñigo de Mendoça's Spanish _Vita Christiana_, and MORE
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
Includes a glossed Priscian, a bunch of 17th C Barberini stuff, a pile more Ge'ez, many Cicero, Iñigo de Mendoça's Spanish _Vita Christiana_, and MORE
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 45 of 2025
A total of seventy-six manuscripts were digitized this past week. Barb.lat, with twenty-nine, and Ott.lat with twenty-eight, contributed the majority of the volumes, following recent patterns. A full ...
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November 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
A much more exciting week brought 76 #Manuscripts online at the #Vatican www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025...
Includes a glossed Priscian, a bunch of 17th C Barberini stuff, a pile more Ge'ez, many Cicero, Iñigo de Mendoça's Spanish _Vita Christiana_, and MORE
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
Includes a glossed Priscian, a bunch of 17th C Barberini stuff, a pile more Ge'ez, many Cicero, Iñigo de Mendoça's Spanish _Vita Christiana_, and MORE
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
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Later this month we are hosting a new Book in the Spotlight. On Mon 24 Nov at 4PM CET Peter Van Nuffelen (Ghent) will present The Fragmentary Greek Chronicles after Eusebius, which he recently published with Lieve Van Hoof. Discussant will be @monica-berti.bsky.social (Leipzig)!
November 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Later this month we are hosting a new Book in the Spotlight. On Mon 24 Nov at 4PM CET Peter Van Nuffelen (Ghent) will present The Fragmentary Greek Chronicles after Eusebius, which he recently published with Lieve Van Hoof. Discussant will be @monica-berti.bsky.social (Leipzig)!
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More exciting #NewBook news to end the week. Save 40% on the print edition and 50% on the eBook in our annual sale. www.gorgiaspress.com/brouria-has-... #History #RomanChristianity #LateAntiquity #EasternChristianity
'Brouria has Spoken Wisely'
In this volume, Brouria Has Spoken Wisely, specialists in the history of late Roman Christianity come together to honor their dear colleague, friend, and mentor Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony, the Martin Bu...
www.gorgiaspress.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
More exciting #NewBook news to end the week. Save 40% on the print edition and 50% on the eBook in our annual sale. www.gorgiaspress.com/brouria-has-... #History #RomanChristianity #LateAntiquity #EasternChristianity
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The Text and Transmission Research Seminar hosts a Youtube channel, so you can see past lectures---
here's me from yesterday, talking through a condensed version of a chapter in Things Unseen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kH9...
here's me from yesterday, talking through a condensed version of a chapter in Things Unseen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kH9...
TeTra | Ellen Muehlberger "Character Building: Tracing the Voice of Mary of Egypt"
YouTube video by TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar
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November 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The Text and Transmission Research Seminar hosts a Youtube channel, so you can see past lectures---
here's me from yesterday, talking through a condensed version of a chapter in Things Unseen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kH9...
here's me from yesterday, talking through a condensed version of a chapter in Things Unseen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kH9...
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3-year postdoc with CODICUM project for a medievalist placed in Odense, Denmark!
Special focus on Latin, palaeography & Dominican text and book history 📖😍🕵️
tinyurl.com/yrt4x8y3
Special focus on Latin, palaeography & Dominican text and book history 📖😍🕵️
tinyurl.com/yrt4x8y3
3-year postdoc position in medieval studies
3-year postdoc position in medieval studies The Department of Culture and Language invites applications for a 3-year postdoc position in Dominican studies within the CODICUM project. The position is e...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
3-year postdoc with CODICUM project for a medievalist placed in Odense, Denmark!
Special focus on Latin, palaeography & Dominican text and book history 📖😍🕵️
tinyurl.com/yrt4x8y3
Special focus on Latin, palaeography & Dominican text and book history 📖😍🕵️
tinyurl.com/yrt4x8y3
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Great talk and great conversation yesterday.
In case you missed it, here is the recording!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kH9...
In case you missed it, here is the recording!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kH9...
TeTra | Ellen Muehlberger "Character Building: Tracing the Voice of Mary of Egypt"
YouTube video by TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar
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November 7, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Great talk and great conversation yesterday.
In case you missed it, here is the recording!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kH9...
In case you missed it, here is the recording!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kH9...
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Come hang out next year! #medievalsky
The Department of Medieval History at the University of St Andrews invites applications for the Donald Bullough Fellowship to be taken up during either semester of the academic year 2026-2027.
The closing date for applications is Monday 1 December 2025.
The closing date for applications is Monday 1 December 2025.
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Come hang out next year! #medievalsky