If you missed Gesa Schenke's recent talk "Faith and Healing: Disease Management in Byzantine Egypt," the video is now available on YouTube. This is part of the lecture series "Material and Written Culture of Christian Egypt," which I organize once a month. youtube.com/watch?v=0eSg3O…

Yesterday, Adam Łajtar (University of Warsaw) gave an absolutely brilliant paper on multilingualism and literacy in Christian Nubia, from the earliest available written sources (6th-7th century) until the 15th century. youtube.com/watch?v=na1Odw…

As someone who has been studying the Coptic manuscripts from the White Monastery for years, I really look forward to Louise Blanke's presentation on April 21. If you want to attend Louise's online talk, please send me an email (the address is on the poster).

A 4-year research fellowship in Coptic papyrology at the University of Edinburgh. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

This year, between July 12 and August 6, I will teach together with Ștefan Colceriu a four-week intensive online course of Sahidic Coptic. Click on the link for more details about registration: ecum.ro/3889-2/?fbclid…

Tomorrow at 16 CET. The lecture is free, but registration is required in order to receive the Zoom link.

The next speaker in our online lecture series will be Jacques van der Vliet, one of the most accomplished scholars of Coptic and Christian Egypt. If you want to join the email list for the lecture series, you can do that by sending me an email (the address is on the poster).

If you missed Louise Blanke's excellent lecture "An Archaeology of Egyptian Monasticism," it is now available online. Her talk took place on April 21, as part of the "Material and Written Culture of Christian Egypt" Lecture Series 2021. m.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=I…

Earlier this week, Jacques van der Vliet gave a wonderful paper on the reception of the Apocalypse of Paul in Christian Egypt. His talk is part of our online lecture series "Material and Written Culture of Christian Egypt." It is now available online: youtube.com/watch?v=J6iOT3…

On 23 June, Roberta Mazza (University of Manchester) will give a paper in our online lecture series "Material and Written Culture of Christian Egypt." You can receive the ZOOM access link by sending me a message (asuciu at uni-goettingen.de).

Our lecture series Material and Written Culture of Christian Egypt resumes next week. Samuel Rubenson will present a paper entitled “The Legacy of Origen in Early Egyptian Monasticism.” Registration required (details on the poster).

On November 10, Hugo Lundhaug will present a paper entitled "A Thousand Years of Coptic Apocrypha." The event will take place online. Those who want to participate, and are not yet on the mailing list for the lecture series, should send me an email (address on the poster).

Last week I had the pleasure to host a lecture by Samuel Rubenson, who spoke about the legacy of Origen in early Egyptian monasticism. You can watch his lecture here: youtube.com/watch?v=kJ1-fY…

If you missed the fascinating talk that Hugo Lundhaug gave on November 10 about the use of apocryphal texts in Christian Egypt, it is now available on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=eXzQjd…

Two databases developed in the frame of the ERC project ‘Deconstructing Early Christian Metanarratives’ (DEChriM) alinsuciu.com/2021/12/08/two…

Yesterday I had the honor to host Mary Farag's lecture "Late Antique Homilies on the Holy Places in Egypt." This was the last event of the 2020/2021 season of the online lecture series "Material and Written Culture of Christian Egypt." youtu.be/J6u_s2KLhRg

Job Opening for Pauline Epistles Project coptot.manuscriptroom.com/blog/-/blogs/j…

DDGLC project: Research assistant (m/f/d) with 65% part-time job alinsuciu.com/2022/02/08/ddg…

A very old fragment of the Gospel of John in Arabic (9th century CE) was identified in the Cairo Geniza.