Marion Pragt
@worldlyscribe.bsky.social
Syriac, late antiquity, manuscripts, sheep and tea.
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We're thrilled to share with you the programme for the 2026 online seminar of the project! The series is curated by our colleague Maria S. Thomas (@dekayra.bsky.social).
All welcome! Let us know if you'd like to add you to the email list. genaut.univie.ac.at/?page_id=671
All welcome! Let us know if you'd like to add you to the email list. genaut.univie.ac.at/?page_id=671
February 2, 2026 at 2:53 PM
We're thrilled to share with you the programme for the 2026 online seminar of the project! The series is curated by our colleague Maria S. Thomas (@dekayra.bsky.social).
All welcome! Let us know if you'd like to add you to the email list. genaut.univie.ac.at/?page_id=671
All welcome! Let us know if you'd like to add you to the email list. genaut.univie.ac.at/?page_id=671
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Next week we are hosting another paper, this time by Nicolas Atas (KU Leuven) on Syriac lexica! Tune in on Thursday 5 Feb at our regular time of 10 AM CET.
As always, don't forget to register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social if you're not yet on our mailing list!
As always, don't forget to register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social if you're not yet on our mailing list!
January 31, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Next week we are hosting another paper, this time by Nicolas Atas (KU Leuven) on Syriac lexica! Tune in on Thursday 5 Feb at our regular time of 10 AM CET.
As always, don't forget to register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social if you're not yet on our mailing list!
As always, don't forget to register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social if you're not yet on our mailing list!
Call for Papers - EABS 2026: Biblical Reception in Eastern Christian Traditions.
We welcome papers on manuscripts, margins, scribes, biblical traditions, and more.
Abstracts can be submitted until 31 January 2026: eabs.my.site.com/s/research-u...
We welcome papers on manuscripts, margins, scribes, biblical traditions, and more.
Abstracts can be submitted until 31 January 2026: eabs.my.site.com/s/research-u...
January 22, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Call for Papers - EABS 2026: Biblical Reception in Eastern Christian Traditions.
We welcome papers on manuscripts, margins, scribes, biblical traditions, and more.
Abstracts can be submitted until 31 January 2026: eabs.my.site.com/s/research-u...
We welcome papers on manuscripts, margins, scribes, biblical traditions, and more.
Abstracts can be submitted until 31 January 2026: eabs.my.site.com/s/research-u...
Very exciting to see the new book of Leuven colleague Hanneke van der Schoor has now appeared, who uses Dead Sea Scroll evidence about the mysterious figure of Qahat to think through modern practices of editing and textual classification (brill.com/display/titl...; @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social).
January 22, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Very exciting to see the new book of Leuven colleague Hanneke van der Schoor has now appeared, who uses Dead Sea Scroll evidence about the mysterious figure of Qahat to think through modern practices of editing and textual classification (brill.com/display/titl...; @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social).
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Excited to announce this for late April! Join us by zoom, it will be online too. #lateantiquity #earlymiddleages @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Excited to announce this for late April! Join us by zoom, it will be online too. #lateantiquity #earlymiddleages @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social
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Pasts Imperfect is back from break! This week, we focus on AI ethics and labor with @illdottore.bsky.social, Christine Johnston & Leigh Anne Lieberman. Then, ancient bees in jawbones, Roman camels in Basel, a book on temple robbery, new ancient world journals @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & much more
Pasts Imperfect (1.8.26)
This week, we are back from holiday break with a deep dive into the ethics, big business, and myth-peddling of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in higher education. Then, bees in ancient jawbones within t...
pasts-imperfect.ghost.io
January 8, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Pasts Imperfect is back from break! This week, we focus on AI ethics and labor with @illdottore.bsky.social, Christine Johnston & Leigh Anne Lieberman. Then, ancient bees in jawbones, Roman camels in Basel, a book on temple robbery, new ancient world journals @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & much more
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Happy New Year everyone!
We are starting off 2026 next Friday 9 Jan at 10 AM with a paper by Roman Gundacker (ÖAW/UniVie) on Manetho's Aegyptiaca.
If you're not yet on the mailing list and interested in attending, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social
We are starting off 2026 next Friday 9 Jan at 10 AM with a paper by Roman Gundacker (ÖAW/UniVie) on Manetho's Aegyptiaca.
If you're not yet on the mailing list and interested in attending, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Happy New Year everyone!
We are starting off 2026 next Friday 9 Jan at 10 AM with a paper by Roman Gundacker (ÖAW/UniVie) on Manetho's Aegyptiaca.
If you're not yet on the mailing list and interested in attending, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social
We are starting off 2026 next Friday 9 Jan at 10 AM with a paper by Roman Gundacker (ÖAW/UniVie) on Manetho's Aegyptiaca.
If you're not yet on the mailing list and interested in attending, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social
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December 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Today, Sid and I are attempting a recipe for “roy marmelaede” with quinces from the Antwerp Annunciates’ recipe book (first half 17th century, with some later additions - @kbrbe.bsky.social).
Quite curious as to how this will go (1/?)
#earlyModern #bookhistory
#womenshistory #foodhistory
Quite curious as to how this will go (1/?)
#earlyModern #bookhistory
#womenshistory #foodhistory
October 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Today, Sid and I are attempting a recipe for “roy marmelaede” with quinces from the Antwerp Annunciates’ recipe book (first half 17th century, with some later additions - @kbrbe.bsky.social).
Quite curious as to how this will go (1/?)
#earlyModern #bookhistory
#womenshistory #foodhistory
Quite curious as to how this will go (1/?)
#earlyModern #bookhistory
#womenshistory #foodhistory
To avoid any curses, attending is recommended.
Next Thursday 9 October, Eleanor Baker (@eleanormaybaker.bsky.social) will explore the world of Middle English book curses. All welcome!
October 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
To avoid any curses, attending is recommended.
Exiting the theology faculty has become quite the adventure.
October 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Exiting the theology faculty has become quite the adventure.
Looking forward to hearing about the creative use of an East Syriac text in a medieval Syriac Orthodox context tomorrow!
The next paper will take place on Friday 18 July at 4PM:
Bishara Ebeid (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia)
•Transposing Tradition: The West Syriac Reworking of an East Syriac Nicene Commentary•
If you're not on the mailing list, please register w/
@andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link.
Bishara Ebeid (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia)
•Transposing Tradition: The West Syriac Reworking of an East Syriac Nicene Commentary•
If you're not on the mailing list, please register w/
@andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link.
July 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Looking forward to hearing about the creative use of an East Syriac text in a medieval Syriac Orthodox context tomorrow!
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The next TeTra event is another Book in the Spotlight, this time with Sofia Puchkova. Discussant is Samuel Fernández (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile).
Tuesday 1 July at 4PM CET, don't miss it!
If you are not yet on the mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social
Tuesday 1 July at 4PM CET, don't miss it!
If you are not yet on the mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The next TeTra event is another Book in the Spotlight, this time with Sofia Puchkova. Discussant is Samuel Fernández (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile).
Tuesday 1 July at 4PM CET, don't miss it!
If you are not yet on the mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social
Tuesday 1 July at 4PM CET, don't miss it!
If you are not yet on the mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social
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Next week we offer the floor to one of the long-term participants in our seminar. Boško Erić (University of East Sarajevo) will be speaking about the Letter of Mara bar Serapion on Thu 5 June, at 10 AM. If you're not yet on the mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Next week we offer the floor to one of the long-term participants in our seminar. Boško Erić (University of East Sarajevo) will be speaking about the Letter of Mara bar Serapion on Thu 5 June, at 10 AM. If you're not yet on the mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social
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Also now up on our YouTube channel, the recording of Antonietta Castiello's paper on the inscriptions of the Palmyrene diaspora. Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_o2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_o2...
TeTra | Antonietta Castiello "The Memory of the Palmyrene Diaspora through its Inscriptions"
YouTube video by TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar
www.youtube.com
May 13, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Also now up on our YouTube channel, the recording of Antonietta Castiello's paper on the inscriptions of the Palmyrene diaspora. Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_o2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_o2...
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In case you missed it, the recording of Federico Alpi's talk about the Nicene Creed in the Armenian version of the Didascalia CCCXVIII Patrum is now available on our Youtube channel alongside many other papers and all the lectures!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0cx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0cx...
TeTra | Federico Alpi "Entangled creed(s): The Armenian version of the Didascalia CCCXVIII Patrum"
YouTube video by TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar
www.youtube.com
May 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
In case you missed it, the recording of Federico Alpi's talk about the Nicene Creed in the Armenian version of the Didascalia CCCXVIII Patrum is now available on our Youtube channel alongside many other papers and all the lectures!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0cx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0cx...
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Four-year postdoc in Syriac studies in Vienna.
Join my team in the FWF START Project "Generative Authority: The Followers of the Apostles as Literary Characters," genaut.univie.ac.at/
Deadline June 1st. Happy to respond to any inquiries!
@fwf-at.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
Join my team in the FWF START Project "Generative Authority: The Followers of the Apostles as Literary Characters," genaut.univie.ac.at/
Deadline June 1st. Happy to respond to any inquiries!
@fwf-at.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
April 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Four-year postdoc in Syriac studies in Vienna.
Join my team in the FWF START Project "Generative Authority: The Followers of the Apostles as Literary Characters," genaut.univie.ac.at/
Deadline June 1st. Happy to respond to any inquiries!
@fwf-at.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
Join my team in the FWF START Project "Generative Authority: The Followers of the Apostles as Literary Characters," genaut.univie.ac.at/
Deadline June 1st. Happy to respond to any inquiries!
@fwf-at.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
New special issue on practices of authorship edited by Sabrina Inowlocki:
www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/issue/ear...
Thank you for the invitation to be part of this, @sabrinainowlocki.bsky.social!
www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/issue/ear...
Thank you for the invitation to be part of this, @sabrinainowlocki.bsky.social!
April 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
New special issue on practices of authorship edited by Sabrina Inowlocki:
www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/issue/ear...
Thank you for the invitation to be part of this, @sabrinainowlocki.bsky.social!
www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/issue/ear...
Thank you for the invitation to be part of this, @sabrinainowlocki.bsky.social!
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Proof day! The special issue I edited on Christian authorship is out soon in Early Christianity. Watch out to see the fantastic papers by my distinguished colleagues @danbatovici.bsky.social @gpfewster.bsky.social @worldlyscribe.bsky.social and @jeremiahcoogan.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Proof day! The special issue I edited on Christian authorship is out soon in Early Christianity. Watch out to see the fantastic papers by my distinguished colleagues @danbatovici.bsky.social @gpfewster.bsky.social @worldlyscribe.bsky.social and @jeremiahcoogan.bsky.social
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'The lamb is among all beasts the most sweet and innocent...It hurts no man with teeth, nails or horns and all that comes of him is good and profitable...'
Surely the scribe was considering the parchment of that very folio - made more noticeable by the hole - as he wrote this... [Harley 6149].
Surely the scribe was considering the parchment of that very folio - made more noticeable by the hole - as he wrote this... [Harley 6149].
February 6, 2025 at 7:22 AM
'The lamb is among all beasts the most sweet and innocent...It hurts no man with teeth, nails or horns and all that comes of him is good and profitable...'
Surely the scribe was considering the parchment of that very folio - made more noticeable by the hole - as he wrote this... [Harley 6149].
Surely the scribe was considering the parchment of that very folio - made more noticeable by the hole - as he wrote this... [Harley 6149].
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Join us on Thursday 6 February at 10 AM for a conversation with @mateuszkusio.bsky.social on the early Christian Latin poet Commodianus
January 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Join us on Thursday 6 February at 10 AM for a conversation with @mateuszkusio.bsky.social on the early Christian Latin poet Commodianus
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Tomorrow!
Who needs words? Next Thursday 23 January at 10 am CET, Lea Niccolai (Cambridge) will speak about the paradox of written scripture and unwritten divine law in Philo. All welcome!
January 22, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Tomorrow!
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We are delighted to be hosting an exhibition of artworks for the next month! KIRKWALL SAGA by Morgan Barnett is inspired by the Kirkwall Ba', and will be on display until 13 February. Entry to the exhibition and cathedral are FREE, open 9am-1pm and 2pm-5pm, Monday to Saturday.
January 14, 2025 at 8:56 AM
We are delighted to be hosting an exhibition of artworks for the next month! KIRKWALL SAGA by Morgan Barnett is inspired by the Kirkwall Ba', and will be on display until 13 February. Entry to the exhibition and cathedral are FREE, open 9am-1pm and 2pm-5pm, Monday to Saturday.
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We are thrilled to announce the preliminary TeTra programme for 2025, which is now available on our new website: tetra.univie.ac.at!
Wishing you a very good, hopefully restful Christmas break, and an even better new year,
Your Tetra team – Marion, Giorgia, Andy and Dan
Wishing you a very good, hopefully restful Christmas break, and an even better new year,
Your Tetra team – Marion, Giorgia, Andy and Dan
December 20, 2024 at 10:25 PM
We are thrilled to announce the preliminary TeTra programme for 2025, which is now available on our new website: tetra.univie.ac.at!
Wishing you a very good, hopefully restful Christmas break, and an even better new year,
Your Tetra team – Marion, Giorgia, Andy and Dan
Wishing you a very good, hopefully restful Christmas break, and an even better new year,
Your Tetra team – Marion, Giorgia, Andy and Dan
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Space, mental maps, and Byzantine storytelling in tomorrow's TeTra seminar. It's still possible to register for our final meeting of 2024.
Join us on Thu 19 December at 10 AM CET for the last paper of the year by Piril Us MacLennan (UGent) who will speak about Cognitive Mapping and Spatial Hierarchies in Attaleiates’ History!
If you're not yet on the mailing list, don't forget to register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social!
If you're not yet on the mailing list, don't forget to register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social!
December 18, 2024 at 8:44 AM
Space, mental maps, and Byzantine storytelling in tomorrow's TeTra seminar. It's still possible to register for our final meeting of 2024.