Brilliant contribution by @EmilianoFiori11 on the German Syriac and Semitics scholar Eduard Sachau (1845-1930) and on late 19th-century German Orientalism. Check it out: books.openedition.org/efr/46341

New publication: Greek #Palimpsests at Saint Catherine's Monastery (#Sinai). Three Euchologia as Case Studies, by Giulia Rossetto. Vienna 2023, 293 pp. #openaccess, supported by FWF #Byzanzforschung, IMAFO Austrian Academy of Sciences verlag.oeaw.ac.at/en/product/gre…

The Vetus Syra, or the Old Syriac version is the oldest (ca. 3rd c.) Syriac version of the four Gospels. Two main manuscripts (both, alas, incomplete) witnesses were known, the Curetonianus and the Sinaiticus. #syriac #manuscripts #palimpsest #oldsyriacgospels

Congrats, @peter_tarras , for this great resource!

We are thrilled to announce the project BeInf! European Research Council (ERC) Universität Hamburg BeInf explores the connected histories of Ethiopic and Syriac Christianity! Please follow us here for updates and announcements. For more info, see aai.uni-hamburg.de/beinf

Smashing collection of 19 contributions on the endings of the gospel of Mark – including 8 on the issue in Coptic, Syriac, Arabic, Ethiopic, Persian, Armenian and Georgian! Nicely in Open Access. Many thanks to all contributors and to my co-editors, @CClivaz and Mina Monier!

Conference: "Priests & their #Manuscripts in the #HolyLand & #Sinai" (Vienna, 8-10 Nov), organised by our #Byzanzforschung-colleague Giulia Rossetto in the framework of her FWF-project “Priests, Books and the Library at Saint Catherine’s” IMAFO,Austrian Academy of Sciences #byzantinestudies

If you are in Vienna on 10 Nov, join us for Alexander Treiger's in-person lecture: "#Arabic Translations of the #ChurchFathers", which will be held at the Institute for #Byzantine and Modern #Greek Studies Universität Wien (4 PM)! oeaw.ac.at/imafo/veransta… IMAFO #Byzanzforschung

If you happen to be in Cambridge later this month, this will be going on. If you'd like to attend, do get in touch! With papers from Madalina Toca, Mina Monier, Greg Given, @TBSailors, Adrian C. Pirtea, and others.

Ten months ago, we launched the Vesuvius Challenge to solve the ancient problem of the Herculaneum Papyri, a library of scrolls that were flash-fried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Today we are overjoyed to announce that our crazy project has succeeded. After 2000

Come along to our next webinar on Monday 19 February, 17.00 UTC where the winners of the 2023 Al-Masāq 2023 Prize, winner, Alice Croq, and runner-up, Angela Isoldi, will present their research. Register here to receive the Zoom link: tinyurl.com/38n3wemx

My book coming soon in August. brill.com/display/title/…

If you're in Vienna: The first conference of the #ERC_StG project RevIdEM will take place at the Austrian Academy of Sciences on 6-8 June 2024: "Connected Revivals? Transregional Perspectives on the Syriac, Copto-Arabic and Armenian Cultural Renaissances (11th-14th centuries)" oeaw.ac.at/en/imafo/event…

If you're in Vienna in two weeks, this will be happening. I'll also post the programme shortly.

The next #RevIdEM co-organized academic event is coming up: The international workshop "Places of Faith, Places of Memory: Sacral Topography in the Pre-Modern Caucasus" will take place on 3-5 October in Vienna! For more details, see below! oeaw.ac.at/imafo/veransta…

📢 JOB OPENINGS! 📢Come work with me at Oxford! As part of my ERC project UNSEEN, I am recruiting a full-time 5-year project admin, two 3-year post-docs and one fully-funded PhD. The first position is already advertised, the others will follow shortly my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…