APECSS Newsletter April 2016

"#$%&&!N$(&)$**$+ A#+-)!2016 A"#$%P$'#(#')E$+,-)C/+#"0#$1)S034#5")S6'#50- For!further!information or!correspondence please!contact: Editor Naoki!Kamimura kmmrnk@gmail.com and Centre!for Early!Christian!Studies, Australian!Catholic University early.christian@acu.edu.au http://www.cecs.acu.edu.au/ home.html Contents G+$$*-ST&!U+VW!*X$!EY-*V+ 1.!APECSS!F[*[+$!E\$S*&!-S! 2016!"SY!2017 2.!R$#V+*!VS!*X$!*X-+Y!&V_ %-")!T"*X$+-ST 3.!F[*[+$!%VSU$+$S%$&!"SY! S[WW$+!&%XVV)& 4.!PV&-*-VS!V"%"S*!"SY! S%XV)"+&X-#& 5.!M-&%$))"S$V[& 6.!R$W-SY$+& Next!Issue November!2016 ! G"##$%&'()*"+,)$-#)E/%$+" Dear!APECSS!colleagues!in!the!fields!of!early!Christian!studies, Welcome!back!to!the!APECSS!Newsletter’s!April!2016!edition. I!am!particularly!gratified!to!know!the!details!of!the!next! APECSS! conference! that! will! be! held! in! September! 2016.! Our! gathering! will! contribute! to! the! fruitful! professional! exchanges! among! the! Asia_ Pacific! New!Testament!and! Late!Antique!researchers.! It!also!will!give! us!the!opportunity!of!renewing!our!friendships!and!mutually!recognis_ ing! each! other’s! activities! and! collaborative! research.! Please! many! of! you! come! and! meet! together! at! the! APECSS! conference! in! this! au_ tumn!in!St!Petersburg. This! newsletter! informs! you! the! information! about! the! matters! in! the! fields! both!of! New! Testament! Studies!and!of! Patristic! Studies! in! 2016!and!2017.!Thank!you!so!much!for!your!enduring!commitment!to! APECSS’s!activities.! Please!send!all! items!of! interest! for! inclusion! in! the! newsletter! to! me.! The! next! issue!will! be!published! by! the!end!of! November!2016. All!the!best!wishes, Naoki!Kamimura!!!Research!Fellow,!Tokyo!Gakugei!University 2 APECSS!Newsletter!!!April!2016 1.)APECSS)F7$7"#)E8#&$()%&)2016)<&/)2017 APECSS)tenth)annual)conference)in)St)Petersburg The! tenth! APECSS! conference! will! be! held! at! State! University! for! Aerospace! Instrumentation! (67! Bolshaya!Morskaia!St.,! St!Petersburg,!190000,!Russia)!from!Friday,!9!to!Sunday,!11,!September!2016.!The! theme!for!the!2016!conference!is!‘Survival!of!Early!Christian!Traditions.’!APECSS!welcomes!all!proposals! that!explore!any!theme!relevant!to!the!early!Christian!world!from!the!New!Testament!to!the!end!of!Late! Antiquity,! and! especially! those! that! focus! on! this! year’s! theme.! Please! send! a! title! and! abstract! of! 100! words!to! Dr.! Geoffrey! D.! Dunn!(mailto:geoffrey.dunn@acu.edu.au)!with!the!registration!form.! Registra_ tion! form! is! available! at! the! ACU! Centre’s! website! http://www.cecs.acu.edu.au/home.html.! From! the! Society’s! website! http://www.cecs.acu.edu.au/asiapacific_ecss.html,! you! can! access! to! the! ‘Accommoda_ tion’!and!‘Visa!Advice’!of!this!2016!Conference. For! further! information,! please! contact! Dr.! Basil! Laurié! (mailto:hieromonk@gmail.com)! who! is! the! contact! person! responsible! for! local! arrangements! and! for! international! participants! and! send! cc! to! Professor!Kazuhiko!Demura!(mailto:demura@cc.okayama_u.ac.jp)!and!Dr.!Geoffrey!D.!Dunn!(mailto:ge_ offrey.dunn@acu.edu.au),!clearly!stating!APECSS!in!the!subject!heading.!Papers!are!presented!in!English! (or!other!languages!as!appropriate).! Our!practice!is!that!conference!presenters!distribute!copies!of!their! papers!(minus!notes)!in!English!to!participants!to!minimise!language!difficulties.!Presenters!need!to!bring! their!own!copies!for!distribution.! There!will!be!an!opportunity!for!the!tour!of! Hermitage! Museum!after! the!conference.!A!conference!dinner!will!be!held!on!Saturday!10!September. The)Second)‘The)Early)Christian)Centuries’)Conference)in)Brisbane The! second! triennial! international! conference! ‘The! Early! Christian! Centuries’! (formerly! ‘Prayer! and! Spirituality! in!the! Early! Church’)!will! be! held!at! Australian! Catholic! University’s! Leadership! Centre,!an! ACU! venue! in! the! CBD! of! Brisbane! (Level! 3,! Cathedral! House,! 229! Elizabeth! Street,! Brisbane,! QLD,! Australia)! from! Friday,! 22! September! to! Sunday! 24! September,! 2017.! This! conference! will! also! be! the! eleventh! conference! of! the! Asia_Pacific! Early! Christian!Studies!Society. The!theme!for!the!2017!conference!is!‘Responses!to! Conflict! in! Early! Christianity.’! Conflict! was! the! norm!in!early!Christianity,!from!its!beginnings!as!a! Jewish! sect! to! its!establishment!as! the!only! state_ sanctioned! Roman! religion.! Some! scholars! have! suggested! that!disunity!was!so!deeply! rooted! that! it!is!more!correct!to!speak!of! Christianities!rather! than! Christianity.! This! conference! focuses! on! re_ sponses!to!conflict!in!the!early!Christian!centuries.! These! responses! could! be! theological,! involving! the!weeding!out!of!heterodoxy!or!heresy!by!ortho_ dox! authorities,! often! self_acclaimed;! material,! as! in! the! cases! of! the! destruction! of! Arian! churches! and! Jewish! synagogues,! and! the! use! of! churches! as! sanctuaries;! or! even! spiritual,! as! the! contest! for! authority!between!ecclesiastical!and!ascetic!leaders!demonstrates.! One!could!argue!that!both!asceticism! and!violence!were!different!types!of!responses!to!conflict,!as!was!negotiation.!Conflict!could!be!productive! or!divisive,!depending!on!the!parties!involved!and!the!issues!at!stake.! !Back!to!C+&$#&$( APECSS!Newsletter!!!April!2016 3 Invited!speakers!will!include: Prof.! Boris! Repschinski,! SJ,! New! Testament! Studies,! University! of! Innsbruck,! author! of! The) Controversy) Stories) in) the) Gospel) of) Matthew:) Their) Redaction,) Form) and) Relevance) for) the) Relationship)between)the)Matthean)community)and)Formative)Judaism!(Göttingen:!Vandenhoeck!&! Ruprecht,!2000). Assoc.! Prof.! Jonathan! P.! Conant,! History,! Brown! University,! author! of! Staying) Roman:) Conquest) and) Identity) in) Africa) and) the) Mediterranean,) 439–700! (Cambridge:! Cambridge! University! Press,! 2012). We!welcome!20_minute!papers!that!discuss!any!aspect!of!responses!to!conflict!in!early!Christianity,!from! the! first! to! the! seventh! centuries.! Please! send! a! title! and! abstract! of! 200_300! words! to! the! programme! director,!Assoc.!Prof.!Bronwen!Neil,!at!mailto:abstractsecc@acu.edu.au.!Selected!papers!in!English!will!be! published!in!the!Early!Christian!Centuries!monograph!series.!A!deadline!in!early!2017!will!be!announced! later.!It!is!our!practice!at!this!conference,!in!view!of!the!various!language!backgrounds!of!speakers!coming! from! the! Asia_Pacific! region! and! beyond,! for! all! presenters! to! bring! sufficient! copies! of! their! paper! in! English!(minus!notes)!for!distribution!to!conference!attendees!to!facilitate!understanding,!even!if!speakers! wish!to!deliver!their!paper!in!a!language!other!than!English. 2.)R#T+"$)+&)$-#)$-%"/)(+U%<V)'<$-#"%&' Third)APECSS)Gathering)at)Oxford The!regular!gathering!for!APECSS!members!attending!the!Oxford!International!Patristics!conference!was! held!on!the!Wednesday!evening!in!the!snug!of!the!King’s!Arms!tavern.!In!the!midst!of!a!hectic!schedule!of! the!conference,!this!friendly!and!pleasant!evening!was!a!rare!moment!to!have!an!opportunity!to!relax!and! speak!at! leisure.! In!addition! to!enjoying!each!other’s!company!over!a!round!of!drinks,!we! launched! the! volume! Christians) Shaping) Identity) from) the) Roman) Em% pire)to) Byzantium,!which! Dr.!Wendy! Mayer!and! Dr.! Geof_ frey! D.! Dunn! edited.! It! is! volume! 132! of! Supplements! to! Vigiliae!Christianae!(Leiden:!Brill,!2015).!It!contains!twen_ ty_three! chapters! by! various! authors! all! paying! tribute! to! the!work!of!Pauline!Allen.!Editors!are!most!grateful!for!all! the!assistance!from!the!people!at! Brill! in! making!this!vol_ ume!a!reality. !Back!to!C+&$#&$( APECSS!Newsletter!!!April!2016 4 3.)F7$7"#)U+&*#"#&U#()<&/)S7,,#")(U-++V( 29)April–1)May)2016 The! conference! ‘Engendering! Time! in! the! Ancient! Greco_Roman!Mediterranean’! will! be! held! in! Lewiston,! Maine,! in! April! 2016.! For! further! information,! go! to! the! webpage! http://samreligions.org/ 2015/07/06/752/. 12–15)May)2016 The! 51st! International! Congress! on! Medieval! Studies! takes! place! in! May,! 2016,! at! Western! Michigan! University,! Kalamazoo,! MI.! For! further! information,! go! to! the! webpage! https://wmich.edu/medieval_ congress. 17–19)May)2016 The! International! Patristic! Conference,!‘The! Church! Fathers! in! the! Polemics! Against! Heresies’! will! be! held!in!Lublin,!Poland,!in!May!2016.!Details!are!found!on!the!NAPS!webpage!http://patristics.org/news/ events/international_patristic_conference_the_church_fathers_in_the_polemics_against_heresies_lublin_ poland_17_19_may_2016/. 26–28)May)2016 The!2016!annual!meeting!of!NAPS!(North!American!Patristic!Society)!will!be!held!on!May!26_28!2016!in! Chicago,! USA.! For! further! information,! please! contact! Prof! Kate! Cooper! (mailto:kate.cooper@manch_ ester.ac.uk),!Vice_President,!NAPS. 26`28)May)2016 The!conference!‘Growing!up! Motherless!in! Antiquity:! A! Conference!on! Mother! Absence!in!the! Ancient! Mediterranean’! will! be! held! in! Basel! in! May! 2016.! For! further! information,! go! to! the! webpage!http:// www.hsozkult.de/event/id/termine_28569. 29–31)May)2016 The!Canadian!Society!of!Patristic!Studies!will!hold!its!annual!meeting!at!the!University!of!Calgary,!May! 29_31,! 2016! under! the! auspices! of! Congress! of! the! Humanities! and! Social! Sciences.! For! further! information,!go!to!the!website!http://www.ccsr.ca/csps/. 13–14)June)2016 The! XVIII! International! Conference! on! Greek,! Roman! and! Byzantine! Studies! will! be! held! in! Lisbon,! Portugal,! 2016.! For! further! information,! go! to! the! webpage! https://www.waset.org/conference/2016/04/ lisbon/ICGRBS. 13–15)June)2016 The! Congress!‘Eucaristía,!del! Mysterio!de! Cristo!al! Misterio!del!hombre_Dios’!will!be!held!in!Tucumán,! Argentina,!from!13!to!15,!June!2016.!!Further!information!will!be!found!on!the!website!http://www.congre_ soteologicotucuman.org. 21–23)June)2016 The! conference! ‘Imagining! the! Afterlife! in! the! Ancient! World’! will! be! held! at! Newman! University! in! !Back!to!C+&$#&$( APECSS!Newsletter!!!April!2016 5 Birmingham,!UK.!!Further!information!will!be!found!on!the!webpage!https://imaginingtheafterlife.word_ press.com. 23–26)June)2016 The! conference! ‘Religious! Convergence! in! the! Ancient! Mediterranean’! will! be! held! in! Palermo! in! June! 2016.!For!further!information,!go!to!the!webpage!http://www.palermo2016.net/Call_for_Papers.html. 3–7)July)2016 The!SBL!international!meeting!will!be!held!in!Seoul,!South!Korea,!in!July!2016.!For!further!information,! go!to!the!webpage!http://www.sbl_site.org/meetings/Internationalmeeting.aspx. 4–7)July)2016 The! 23rd! International! Medieval! Congress! will! be! held! inLeeds,! UK,! July! 2016.! The! IMC! chooses! a! specific! thematic!strand!which—for! 2016—is! ‘Food,! Feast! &! Famine.’! For! further! information,!go! to! the! webpage!http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/imc/imc2016.html. 5–8)July)2016)))summer!school The! Third! International! Summer! School! on! Christian! Apocryphal! Literature,! on! the! theme! ‘The! Apocrypha!in!the!Age!of!Cathedrals:!The!Role!and!Function!of!Apocryphal!Narratives!of!the!Early!Life!of! Mary!in!Medieval!Art!and!Literature,’!will!take!place!in!Strasbourg,!France,!from!5_8!July!2016.!For!further! information,!please!contact: Gabriella!Aragione!(mailto:gabriella.aragione@unistra.fr),! Faculté!de!théologie!protestante,! BP!90020!(9! place!de!l’Université,!F_67084!Strasbourg!Cedex). 11–31)July)2016)))summer!school The!International!Summer!School!of!Semitic!Philology!will!take!place!in!Ostroh,!Ukraine,!from!11_31!July! July!2016.!For!further!information,!go!to!the!webpage!http://www.oa.edu.ua/en/information/news/4009/ july_11_31_2016. 16–23)July)2016)))summer!school The! Summer! School!‘The! Bible!in!the! Syriac!Tradition’!will!take!place!in!Amsterdam,!The! Netherlands,! from!16_23!July!2016.!For!further!information,!go!to!the!webpage!http://www.studyabroadinamsterdam.nl/ en/summerschool/courses/bible_syriac/bible_syriac.aspx. 18–20)July)2016 International! Workshop!‘Corpus! Dionysiacum! Areopagiticum’!will!be!held!at! St.! Cross! College,! Oxford! UK!in!July!2016.!To!register!for!the!conference,!contact!mailto:areopagite2016@gmail.com.!Please!contact! mailto:dimitrios.pallis@stx.ox.ac.uk!for!any!enquiries. 17–20)July)2016)))CfP!deadline:!31!May!2016 The!conference!on!the!theme!of!the!‘Concepts!of!Disease!in!traditions!of!(Late)!Antiquity’!will!be!held!in! July!2016!in! Leuven.! For!further!information,!go!to!the!webpage!https://eabs.net/site/medicine_in_bible_ and_talmud/. !Back!to!C+&$#&$( APECSS!Newsletter!!!April!2016 6 25–30)July)2016 The!international!Association!of!Coptic!Studies!(IACS):!11th!Congress!of!Coptic!Studies!will!be!held!from! 25–30! July! 2016! at! Claremont! Graduate! University,! California,! USA.! For! further! information,! go! to! the! webpage!http://www.copticcongress2016.org. 26–28)July)2016)))CfP!deadline:!15!April!2016 Ecclesiastical!History!Society!(EHS)!Conferences!2016_17:!‘The!Church!and!Empire’!will!be!held!from!26– 28!July!2016!at!University!of!Edinburgh,!UK.!For!further!information,!go!to!the!webpage!http://www.his_ tory.ac.uk/ehsoc/ehs_conferences_2016_17_church_and_empire. 2–5)August)2016 The! 71st! general! meeting! of! the! Society! for! New! Testament! Studies! will! be! held! at! McGill! University,! Montréal,! Canada,!in!August!2016.! For!further!information,!go!to!the! SNTS!website!http://snts.interna_ tional. 22–27)August)2016)))CfP!deadline:!15!April!2016 The! Association! Internationale! des! Études! Byzantines! (AIEB)! will! hold! its! next! congress,! the! 23rd! International! Congress! of! Byzantine! Studies,! in! Belgrade,! Serbia,! in! August! 2016.! Further! information! will!be!found!at!http://byz2016.rs. 2–7)September)2016 XII! Symposium! Syriacum! and! X! Congresso! Internazionale! di! Studi! Arabo_Cristiani! will! take! place! in! Rome,!from!2–7!September!2016.!Further!information!will!be!found!at!http://www.unipio.org/index.php/ notizie_pio_pontificio_istituto_orientale/news_ed_eventi/item/126_xii_symposium_syriacum_x_congresso_ internazionale_di_studi_arabo_cristiani_roma_2_7_settembre_2016. 4–9)September)2016 The! next! triennial! conference! of! the! International! Organisation! for! the! Study! of! the! Old! Testament! (IOSOT)!will!take!place!in!Stellenbosch,!South!Africa,!from!4_9!September!2016.!For!further!information,! go!to!the!webpage!http://iosot2016.co.za/. 5–7)September)2016)))CfP!deadline:!30!April!2016 The!Sixth!British!Patristics!Conference!will!be!held!at!the!University!of!Birmingham!in!September!2016.! Proposals! are!invited! for! papers! on! any! aspect! of! patristic! study.! We! are! particularly! keen! to! receive! contributions!on!the!reception!of!Pauline!literature!or!commentaries!more!generally.!As!in!previous!years,! we!expect!to!organise!two!or!three!thematic!sessions!running!in!parallel.! Proposals!should!be!submitted! with! an!abstract! of! up! to! 250! words! through! the! conference! website! by! 30th! April! 2016.! For! further! information,!the!website!is!available!at!http://tinyurl.com/patristics2016. 6–9)September)2016 The!Fifth!International!Conference!for!the!Society!of!Ancient!Philosophy!will!be!held!in!September!2016! at!the!University!of!Zurich,!on!the!theme!‘Political!Philosophy!of!Antiquity.’!Please!contact!the!president! of!the!GANPH!mailto:christoph.riedweg@uzh.ch. !Back!to!C+&$#&$( APECSS!Newsletter!!!April!2016 7 15–17)September)2016 The!‘Reconsiderations!V! Conference’!will!be!held!in! September!2016!at!Villanova! University! Conference! Center.! For! further! information,! go! to! the! webpage! http://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/mission/ augustinianinstitute/conferences/reconsiderations.html. 19–21)September)2016)))CfP!open The! annual! UNISA! (University! of! South! Africa)! symposium! for! New! Testament! and! Early! Christian! Studies! will! be! held! in! September! 2016! with! the! theme! ‘Where! do! we! stand! on! the! supernatural?! An! interdisciplinary!exploration.’!For!further!information,!please!contact: Pieter! Craffert!(Tel.!+27!83!324!4485!mailto:craffpf@unisa.ac.za)!and! Itumeleng! Mothoagae!(Tel.!+27!83! 504!4345!mailto:mothodi@unisa.ac.za). 22–24)September)2016 The! conference! ‘Synagogue! in! Ancient! Palestine:! Current! Issues! and! Emerging! Trends’! will! be! held! in! September! 2016,! University! of! Helsinki.! For! further! information,! go! to! the! webpage! http:// blogs.helsinki.fi/sacredtexts/2015/12/16/call_for_papers_the_synagogue_in_ancient_palestine_current_ issues_and_emerging_trends_helsinki_22_24_sept_2016/#.Vv_XesBSaG8. 23–24)September)2016)))CfP!deadline:!end!of!May!2016 The! 7th! Saint! Andrew’s! Patristic! Symposium! will! be! held! at! St! Andrew’s! Creek! Orthodox! Theological! College,!Sydney,!from!23_24!September!2016.!This!year’s!theme!is!‘Saint!John!Chrysostom.’!Please!contact! Dr! Doru! Costache! (St.! Andrew’s:! mailto:dcostache@sagotc.edu.au).! For! further! information,! go! to! the! webpage!http://www.sagotc.edu.au/patristic_symposia. 6–9)October)2016 The!42nd!Annual!Byzantine!Studies!Conference!be!held!from!6–9!October!2016,!at!Cornell!University!in! Ithaca.!For!further!information,!go!to!the!webpage!http://bsc2016.weebly.com. 7–10)October)2016)))CfP!deadline:!31!May!2016 The!1st!international!conference!‘Roman!and!Late!Antique!Thrace’!will!be!held!in!October!2016,!Plovdiv,! Bulgaria,! on! the! theme! of! the! ‘Cities,! Territories! and! Identities.’! For! further! information,! go! to! the! webpage!http://naim.bg/en/content/news/600/857/629/. 14–16)October)2016)))CfP!deadline:!1!July!2016 The!41st! International! Patristic,! Medieval,!and! Renaissance! Studies!(PMR)! Conference,!plenary!theme:! ‘A! Matter!of! Devotion:! Matter!and! Spirit!in!Theory!and! Practice,’!will!be!held!at!Villanova! University!in! October!2016.! For!further!information,!go!to!the!webpage! http://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/mission/ augustinianinstitute/conferences/pmr.html. 21–22)October)2016 The!10th!TACMRS!(Taiwan!Association!of!Classical,!Mediaeval!and!Renaissance!Studies)!conference!will! be! held! at! National! Pingtung! University! (Southern! Taiwan! County),! Taiwan,! from! 21_22! October! 2016.! !This!year’s!conference!theme!is!‘Encounters:!Friends,!Foes,!and!Companions.’!For!further!information,!go! to!the!webpage!http://www.english.nptu.edu.tw/. !Back!to!C+&$#&$( APECSS!Newsletter!!!April!2016 8 26–28)October)2016)))CfP!deadline:!15!June!2016 The!17the!UNISA!Classics!Colloquium!‘Ancient!Life_Writing’!will!be!held!in!October!in!Pretoria,!South! Africa.! Please! submit! titles! and! abstracts! of! approximately! 300! words! to! Philip! Bosman! (mailto:bosmapr@unisa.ac.za),! as! soon! as! possible.! All! proposals! are! carefully! considered,! but! bear! in! mind! that! slots! are! limited.! For! further! information,! go! to! the! webpage! http://www.unisa.ac.za/ default.asp?Cmd=ViewContent&ContentID=1819. 7–9)November)2016)))CfP!deadline:!30!April!2016 The!conference!hosted!by!KU!Leuven!on!‘John!Chrysostom!and!Severian!of!Gabala:!Homilists,!Exegetes! and!Theologians’!will!be!held!in!Leuven!from!7_9!November!2016.!Proposals!(between!250!and!500!words)! for!lectures!of!30!minutes!should!be!sent!to!the!organisers!by!30!April!2016.!For!further!information,!go!to! the! webpage,! e.g.,! http://patristics.org/news/events/john_chrysostom_and_severian_of_gabala_homilists_ exegetes_and_theologians_7_9_nov_2016_leuven/. O rganisers:! Johan! L eemans! (mailto:johan.leemans@theo.kuleuven.be),! G eert! Roskam! (mailto:geert.roskam@arts.kuleuven.be),!and!Peter!Van!Deun!(mailto:peter.vandeun@arts.kuleuven.be). 11–12)November)2016)))CfP!deadline:!2!May!2016 The! multidisciplinary! Finnish! Symposium!on! Late! Antiquity!will! be!organised!on! 11_12! November! 2016.! The!symposium! brings! together!scholars!and! postgraduate!students!of! Late! Antiquity! from!a!variety!of! universities!and!academic!disciplines.! The!theme!of!this!year’s!symposium!is!‘Slavery!in! Late! Antiquity.’! For!further!information,!go!to!the!webpage!https://www.facebook.com/events/223272434685219/. 19–22)November)2016 The! Society! of! Biblical! Literature! (SBL)! annual! Meeting! will! be! held! in! San! Antonio,! TX,! from! 19–22! November! 2016.! For! further! information,! go! to! the! webpage! http://www.sbl_site.org/meetings/An_ nualMeeting.aspx. 30)November–3)December)2016 Lectio! and! the! University! of! Leuven,! in! collaboration! with! its! RefoRC_partners! the! Johannes! a! Lasco! Library!Emden!and!the!Europäische!Melanchthon!Akademie!Bretten!as!well!as!other!partners,!will!mark! the! 500th! birthday! of! the! publication! of! Thomas! More’s! Utopia! and! Desiderius! Erasmus’s! Novum) Instrumentum!by!organizing!a!conference!from!30!November!to!3!December!2016.!For!more!information,! see!the!webpage:!http://www.aiep_iaps.org/sites/all/files/pdf/Authority_Revisited_Call_for_Papers.pdf. 5–8)January)2017 Society!for! Late! Antiquity!sponsored!panel!at!the!2017! Society!for! Classical! Studies!(formerly!the! APA)! annual! meeting! 5_8! January! 2017! in! Toronto.! For! further! information,! go! to! the! webpage! https:// classicalstudies.org/annual_meeting/2017_annual_meeting. 31)January–3)February)2017 The!38th!Australasian!Society!for!Classical!Studies!(ASCS)!conference!will!be!held!at!Victoria!University! of! Wellington! from! 31! January! to! 3! February! 2017.! The! conference! convener! is! Dr! Diana! Burton! (mailto:Diana.Burton@vuw.ac.nz).! For! further! information,! go! to! the! webpage! http://www.ascs.org.au/ news/index.html. !Back!to!C+&$#&$( 9 APECSS!Newsletter!!!April!2016 24–26)February)2017 19th!Conference!of!Australian!Association!for!Byzantine!Studies!will!be!held!at!Monash!Univeristy!on!24– 26! February! 2017.! Further! information! will! be! available! at! the! webpage! http://www.aabs.org.au/confer_ ences/dreams_memory_and_imagination_in_byzantium/. 23–26)March)2017)))CfP!deadline:!15!October!2016 The! Society!for! Late!Antiquity!announces!that!the!Twelfth! Biennial! Conference!on! Shifting! Frontiers!in! Late!Antiquity!will!be!held!at!Yale!University!on!the!topic!of!‘The!Fifth!Century:!Age!of!Transformation.’! The! conference! will! be! cosponsored! by! the! University! of! Groningen.! For! further! information,! see! e.g.,! http://www.aabs.org.au/forthcoming/. 26–29)April)2017)))CfP!deadline:!31!August!2016 The! Annual! Conference!of!the! Classical! Association,!in!association!with!the! University!of! Kent!and!the! Open! University! will! be! held! in! Canterbury,! UK.! For! further! information,! go! to! the! webpage! http:// www.classicalassociation.org/index.html. 4.)P+(%$%+&)V<U<&$)<&/)SU-+V<"(-%T( Full)Professor)of)Late)Antique)and)Early)Christian)Archaeology The! Faculty!of! Historical!and! Cultural! Studies!of!the! University!of! Vienna!announces!the!position!of!a! Full!Professor!of!Late!Antique!and!Early!Christian!Archaeology.!For!further!information,!please!go!to!the! webpage! http://personalwesen.univie.ac.at/fuer_mitarbeiterinnen/professorinnen/job/english/ singleview/article/the_faculty_of_historical_and_cultural_studies_of_the_university_of_vienna_announces_ the_position_of_11/?tx_ttnews[backPid]=11950&cHash=6a02057bcaf0665d8a03daab70631a1e. 5.)M%(U#VV<&#+7( New)Book)Series)in)Early)Christiani` ty:)Penn)State)Press ‘Inventing! Christianity,’! a! new! book! series! pub_ lished!by!The!Pennsylvania!State!University!Press,! is! accepting! proposals! for! the! series,! which! seeks! original! work!that! contributes! to! the! study! of! the! second! and! third! centuries! and! interrogates! no_ tions!of!‘inventing’!early!Christianity!(e.g.!develop_ ing!notions!of!Christian!identity,!boundary!forma_ tion,!etc.)!from!a!variety!of!scholarly!perspectives.! The!co_editors!of!the!series!are! David! L.! Eastman! and! L.! Stephanie! Cobb.! For! more!information,!go! to:!http://w w w.psupress.org/books/series/ book_SeriesInvChr.html. Research)Grant)Awarded ARC!FUTURE!FELLOWSHIP Dr! Bronwen! Neil!has!been!awarded!an! Australian! Research! Council! Future! Fellowship!for!2014–2018! which! amounts! to! $! 843,000.! The! title! of! the! project! is! ‘Dreams,! Prophecy! and! Violence! from! Early!Christianity!to!the!Rise!of!Islam.’!The!project! aims! to! uncover! the! common! roots! of! Christian! and! Islamic! dream! interpretation.! It! will! reveal! !Back!to!C+&$#&$( 10 APECSS!Newsletter!!!April!2016 common! themes! in! dream! literature! from! pagan! and!Jewish!antiquity!to!early!Christianity!and!early! Islam,! and! show! how! dreams! and! prophecy! have! been! used! to! increase! religious! control,! and! to! justify!violence!since!Late!Antiquity. With! its! focus! on! an! ARC_targeted! research! area—Understanding!Culture!and!Communities— the!project!will!benefit!Australia!by!building!inter_ cultural! understanding! between! contemporary! Jews,! Christians! and! Muslims.! It! will! stress! the! common! cultural! roots! of! Judaism,! Christianity! and!Islam!by!uncovering!the!crucial!role!of!dreams! and! prophecy! in! increasing! the! authority! of! reli_ gious! leaders,! and! the! use! of! dreams! to! justify! inter_religious!violence. Appointment) of) Dr) Anna) Silvas) as) Adjunct)Professor Dr! Anna! Silvas! FAHA! is! internationally! recog_ nised! as! an! expert! on! the! Cappadocian! Fathers.! Her! research! interests! also! include! Gregory! of! Nyssa’s! letters! and! Gregory! Nazianzen.! She! is! working!on!Syriac!translations!of!Basil!in!addition! to! Rufinus’! Latin! translations.! Her! many! publica_ tions!have!appeared!in!presses!of!the!highest!cali_ bre,! including! Oxford! University! Press,! Brill! and! Peeters.! She! also! has! a! sessional! appointment! at! the! John! Paul! II! Institute! for! the! Family! in! Mel_ bourne. The! project! funding! lasts! for! four! years,! and! includes!a!Level!E!salary!(research!only)!and!short! trips! to! the! Dumbarton! Oaks! Byzantine! Studies! Centre! in! Washington! DC! (Harvard! University),! and! the! Hebrew! University! of! Jerusalem’s! Centre! for!the!Study!of!Christianity. Recent)publications The! followings!are!the!recent!publications! by!the! members!of!the! Centre! for! Early! Christian! Studies!of! Australian!Catholic!University!and!by!the!APECSS!colleagues. Christians)Shaping)Identity)from)the)Roman)Empire)to)Byzantium,!eds.!by! Geoffrey!D.!Dunn!and!Wendy!Mayer,!Supplements!to!Vigiliae!Christianae! 132! (Leiden:! Brill,! 2015):! http://www.brill.com/products/book/christians_ shaping_identity_roman_empire_byzantium—http:// booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/books/9789004301573! is! a! collection! of! essays! which! covers! the! period! from! earliest! Christianity! to! middle!Byzantium.!The!first!part!explores!the!varied!ways!in!which!Chris_ tians!constructed!their!own!identity!and!that!of!the!society!around!them.! The!second!part!explores!the!same!theme!within! Roman! Catholicism!and! oriental! Christianity! in! the! late! 19th! to! 21st! centuries,! with! particular! attention! to! the! subtle! relationships! between! the! shaping! of! the! early! Christian!past!and!the!moulding!of!Christian!identity!today. !Back!to!C+&$#&$( 11 APECSS!Newsletter!!!April!2016 The! idea! behind! the! collection! of! essays! in! this! volume! is! to! bring! into! focus! one! main! aspect! of! the! Marian! cult—the! invocations! of! Mary— across!the!Byzantine!Empire!from!the!fourth!to!the!ninth!century.!Over!the! span!of! the! five!centuries,! the!empire! turned! into!a! thoroughly! Christian! society!and!at!the!end!of! Iconoclasm!(843)!the!figure!of! Mary!is!found!as! the!intercessor!of!the!entire!empire.!Why!and!how!this!development!took! place!is!a!question!that!challenges!not!only!the!study!of!the!Byzantine!cult! of!Mary!but!the!study!of!Byzantine!society!in!general.!This!volume!will!be!a! contribution! to! the! search! for! an! explanation! proceeding! from! highly! variegated! sources! and! perspectives! subsumed! under! the! title,! Presbeia) Theotokou! (Wien:! Verlag! der! Österreichischen! Akademie! der! Wis_ senschaften,! 2015).! It! is!edited! by! Leena! Mari! Peltomaa,! Andreas! Külzer,! and! Pauline! Allen.! For! further! information,! see! further! http:// hw.oeaw.ac.at/7602_2;internal&action=hilite.action&Parameter=presbeia? frames=yes. Scrinium:) Journal)of) Patrology)and) Critical) Hagiography!(Revue)de)patrolo% gie,)d’hagiographie)critique)et)d’histoire)ecclésiastique),!established!in!2005,! is! an! international! multilingual! scholarly! periodical! devoted! to! patristics,! critical! hagiography! and! Church! history.! Its! scope! is! the! ancient! and! me_ dieval! Christian! Church! worldwide,! but! especially! Eastern! /! Oriental! Christianity!and!Christian!Origins.!Published!annually,!in!both!printed!and! electronic! forms,! from! 400! to! 550! pages! per! volume.! This! volume! 11! pub_ lished!in!2015!is!focused!on!the!theme!of!the!APECSS!10th!conference!held! in!Yokohama,!Japan,!that!is,!the!‘Life!and!Death!in!Early!Christianity.’ If!you!have!had!a!recent!publication!that!you!would!like!flagged!here,!please!let!me!know. 6.)R#,%&/#"( 11–14)May)2017 The!52nd!International!Congress!on!Medieval!Studies!takes!place!May!11–14,!2017,!in!Kalamazoo,!MI.!See! the!website!at!http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/index.html. 16–18)May)2017)))CfP!deadline:!15!May!2016 The!conference!‘Living!the! End!of! Antiquity.! Individual! Histories!from! Byzantine!to! Islamic! Egypt’!will! be!held!in! Basel,! Switzerland.! For!further!information!go!to!the!webpage!http://www.infoclio.ch/en/cfp_ living_end_antiquity_individual_histories_byzantine_islamic_egypt. !Back!to!C+&$#&$( APECSS!Newsletter!!!April!2016 12 11–12)June)2017)))CfP!deadline:!11!November!2016 The! XIX! International! Conference! on! Greek,! Roman! and! Byzantine! Studies! will! be! held! in! Montreal,! Canada,!from!11th!to!12th!June!in!2017.!See!the!conference!website!at!https://www.waset.org/conference/ 2017/05/montreal/ICGRBS. 25–27)May)2017 The! 2017!annual! meeting!of! the! North! American! Patristics! Society! (NAPS)!will! be! held!on! 25–27! May! 2017! at! the! Hyatt! Regency! in! Chicago,! IL.! For! more! information,! please!visit! the! conference! website! at! http://patristics.org/annual_meeting/. 3–6)July)2017 The!24th! International! Medieval! Congress!(IMC)!will!take!place!in! Leeds,!from!3–6! July!2017.! For!more! information,! visit! the! -W%! website! http://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/info/20046/institute_for_medieval_stud_ ies. 6–12)August)2017 Liège! will! host! the! World! Humanities! Conference! from! Sunday,! 6! to! Saturday,! 12! August! 2017.! Co_ organized! by! UNESCO,! the! International! Council! for! Philosophy! and! Human! Sciences! (ICPHS)! and! LIEGETOGETHER,!this!congress!will!gather!about!1800!participants!from!all!over!the!world!working!in! the! fields! of! science,! politics,! art! and! communication,! as! well! as! representatives! of! international,! governmental! and! non_governmental! organizations.! For! more! information,! go! to! http://www.humani_ ties2017.org/en. 7–11)August)2017 The!Society!of!Biblical!Literature!(SBL)!International!Meeting!will!be!held!in!Berlin,!Germany.!For!more! information,!go!to!the!webpage!http://www.sbl_site.org/meetings/Internationalmeeting.aspx. 28)August–1)September)2017 The!15th! International! Congress!of! Greek!and! Latin! Epigraph!will!be!held!in!Vienna,!Austria.! For!more! information,!see!details!at!https://oxfordbyzantinesociety.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/15icgle_cfp_e.pdf. 2017 The!next!conference!on! Origen!studies:! Origeniana)duodecima!(theme!‘Origen!and!the! Holy! Land’)!will! be!held!in! Israel,!2017,!organised!by!the! Centre!for!the! Study!of! Christianity,! Hebrew! University:!http:// csc.org.il/. 2019 The!XVth!FIEC!(International!Federation!of!the!Societies!of!Classical!Studies)!Congress!of!2019!will!take! place! in! London,!with! the! help!of! the! three! British!associations:! Society! for! the! Promotion!of! Hellenic! Studies,!Society!for!the!Promotion!of!Roman!Studies,!Classical!Association.!Further!information!will!be! found!on!!the!FIEC’s!website!http://www.fiecnet.org/en/index.htm. !Back!to!C+&$#&$(