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- NEUER MOMMSEN-BLOG: 1.Diogenes von Oinoanda zwischen „Open Access“, „Präsenz-“ und „Distanzlehre“Dez 07.Montag, 07. Dezember 2020 07:53
Unser erster Blog entführt Sie nach Kleinasien, in das karge Bergland Lykiens. Dort liegt auf 1.500 Metern Höhe die antike Stadt Oinoanda, die erst im 19. Jh. von britischen Forschungsreisenden wieder entdeckt wurde (Abb. 1). Über die Fachwelt hinaus erlangte Oinoanda Berühmtheit durch die längste Inschrift, die aus der Antike bekannt ist. Sie umfasst in leicht verständlicher Sprache die Lehren des ortsansässigen griechischen Philosophen Diogenes, der in der Tradition der epikureischen Schule stand. Angebracht war sie öffentlich zugänglich an der Rückwand einer Säulenhalle an der Agora, dem antiken Marktplatz.
(mehr zu Oinoanda: https://www.dainst.org/projekt/-/project-display/48576)
Die öffentliche Halle, an der die Inschrift angebracht war, besteht nicht mehr (Abb. 2). Doch über 300 ihrer Blöcke und Steinfragmente sind ab dem ausgehenden 19. Jh. bis in jüngere Zeit (2017) teils als wiederverwendete Bauteile in den Mauerresten späterer Gebäude, vielfach aber auch in dem überall auf dem Ruinengelände verstreuten Schutt entdeckt worden (Abb. 3). Ein erheblicher Teil der noch fehlenden ca. 80% der Inschrift harrt weiterhin auf dem seit mindestens einem Jahrtausend nicht mehr durch befahrbare Wege zugänglichen Bergrücken der antiken Siedlung Oinoanda seiner Entdeckung.
Hauptaufgabe der an den modernen Forschungen beteiligten Wissenschaftler war und ist die Rekonstruktion dieser wohl aus dem zweiten nachchristlichen Jahrhundert stammenden Inschrift, die nur teilweise in zahlreichen Fragmenten erhalten ist. Was sie uns über die Philosophie des Diogenes hinaus noch verrät, erläutert Prof. Dr. Jürgen Hammerstaedt von der Universität zu Köln.
Diogenes von Oinoanda zwischen „Open Access“, „Präsenz-“ und „Distanzlehre“:Eine (hoffentlich) ephemere Betrachtung in Corona-Zeiten„Epicurean philosophy in open access“ – so bezeichnete unser belgischer Kollege Geert Roskam treffend die umfangreichste aller antiken Inschriften.[1] In ihr animierte Diogenes von Oinoanda im 2. Jh. n. Chr. seine Mitbürger, dazu aber auch explizit Fremde und nachgeborene Generationen in Lehrschriften, Sinnsprüchen und Briefen zu einem Leben nach Grundsätzen der epikureischen Philosophie. Ihr „Open Access“ manifestierte sich nicht allein in ihrer Anbringung in einer öffentlich und gratis zugänglichen Halle (Stoa), sondern schlug sich auch in ihrer Sprache nieder, die dem geläufigen Koiné-Griechisch nahe stand. Zudem zielte sie inhaltlich mit eingängigen, bisweilen drastisch anmutenden, aber konkret gestalteten Vergleichen und Beispielen auf die Lebenswelt einer vornehmlich bäurischen Leserschaft, die sich als teure Einzelstücke verfertigte Buchrollen mit literarischem Bildungsgut nicht leisten konnte.
Einleitend rechtfertigt Diogenes seine Initiative damit, dass er die philosophische Unterweisung im Einzelgespräch mit aufnahmebereiten Personen zwar bevorzugen würde, er sich jedoch angesichts seines hohen Alters und in der Überzeugung, räumlich und zeitlich eine höhere Wirkung zu erzielen, für die inschriftliche Verbreitung seiner Botschaft entschlossen habe.
Zweifellos übertraf diese öffentlich zugängliche Publikationsweise gerade als ‘Langzeitarchivierung’ das im 2. Jh. n. Chr. führende Schriftmedium der Papyrusrollen. Martin Ferguson Smith würdigte sie zu Recht im Rahmen der vor nunmehr einem halben Jahrhundert in Gang gebrachten neueren Forschungen[2] als originelle und innovative Leistung.
Doch Diogenes verbreitete seine Botschaft nicht nur inschriftlich in „Open Access“. Er betrieb auch „Präsenzlehre“. In einem 2010 entdeckten Brieffragment erklärt er sich zur Unterweisung junger Damen bereit, die bis dahin nur Kostproben des Epikureismus genossen hätten.
Ein Neufund von 2017 macht wahrscheinlich, dass Diogenes sich für seine Lehre einer im griechischen Bereich damals noch neuartigen Technologie bedient hat: der Stenographie. Diese in den letzten Jahrzehnten der römischen Republik erstmals im Umfeld Ciceros u. a. von Tiro entwickelte Methode zur Erfassung gesprochener Rede ist im griechischen Bereich erst ab dem 2. Jh. n. Chr. belegt, wo sie bald viele Lebensbereiche prägte. Wir erfahren nun aus diesem Text, dass auch Diogenes auf Stenographen zurückgriff (Diog. NF 215, Abb. 4):
Archelaos grüßt Dion. Da Du die von unserem (Freund) Diogenes nach der Bestattung seines Sohns gesprochenen Worte zu erfahren wünschst, erledige ich dies mit großem Vergnügen. Denn ich will Dir jeden Gefallen in der Weise tun, als sei er für mich selbst. Die Angelegenheit entwickelte sich für mich, da ich Dir eine bessere Übermittlung als meine eigene zukommen lassen wollte, äußerst günstig: da nämlich einige präzise Stenographen seinen Vortrag aufgenommen hatten, hatte ich davon eine Kopie gemacht und [mitgenommen].
Wir lesen hier nicht nur, daß Diogenes einen Sohn und somit auch eine Frau gehabt hat – wobei die Ehe eigentlich den Grundsätzen einer epikureischen Lebensweise widersprach – und dass dieser Sohn noch zu seinen Lebzeiten verstorben ist. Die Erwähnung der Stenographen wirft zudem ein ganz neues Licht auf einen anderen Brief des Diogenes, der eigentlich schon seit den frühesten Entdeckungen der Inschrift bekannt ist. Hierin schrieb er an einen philosophischen Gesinnungsgenossen in Griechenland, während er auf der Insel Rhodos durch widriges Wetter festsaß und befürchtete, dass es wegen seines hohen Alters gar nicht mehr zu einem Wiedersehen kommen würde (Diog. fr. 63):
... ich schicke dir, wie du es verlangt hast, das zu, was die unendliche Zahl der Welten betrifft. Für dich hat sich aber eine glückliche Fügung in dieser Angelegenheit ergeben: denn bevor dein Brief eintraf, war gerade Theodoridas von Lindos, ein dir nicht unbekannter Gefährte von uns, der noch Anfänger im Philosophieren ist, mit demselben Argument befasst. Dieses aber gewann dadurch an Kontur, dass es zwischen uns beiden im persönlichen Gespräch erörtert wurde. Denn die gegenseitig von uns beiden bekundete Billigung und Ablehnung und dazu unsere Fragen verliehen der Untersuchung des Problems höhere Präzision. Daher also sende ich dir, Antipater, jene Unterredung zu, damit sich derselbe Effekt ergibt, wie wenn du, ebenso wie Theodoridas, bei Gespräch zugegen wärest und den einen Aussagen zustimmtest, bei den anderen Probleme aufwürfest und zusätzliche Fragen stelltest.
Wie konnte Diogenes in der offenbar beigefügten Mitschrift die Spontaneität eines unmittelbaren Austauschs von Argumenten und Einwänden im direkten persönlichen Gespräch einfangen? Wohl nur mittels Stenographie, die Diogenes ebenso wie das ungewöhnliche Medium der Inschrift genutzt hat, um seine Vermittlung philosophischen Gedankenguts auf innovative Weise und mit neuartigen Mitteln möglichst wirkungsvoll zu gestalten.
Während in diesem Jahr zwar kein Wintersturm, aber eine Pandemie persönliche Zusammenkünfte verhindert, helfen uns ebenso wie einst dem Diogenes erst seit einer kurzen Zeit verfügbare Technologien, die Spontaneität und Lebendigkeit unserer Lehrgespräche so gut wie es geht zu wahren.
Köln, im November 2020 Jürgen Hammerstaedt
[1] G. Roskam, Epicurean philosophy in open access. The intended reader and the authorial approach of Diogenes of Oinoanda, in: Epigraphica Anatolica 48 (2016) 151ff.
[2] M. F. Smith, ”Fifty Years of New Epicurean Discoveries at Oinoanda”: Cronache Ercolanesi 50 (2020) 241-258; https://www.martinfergusonsmith.com/pdf/CRONACHEERCOLANES.pdf.
Editionen der Fragmente des Diogenes von Oinoanda:
M. F. Smith, Diogenes of Oinoanda. The Epicurean Inscription = La Scuola di Epicuro, Supplemento 1 (Napoli 1993), ergänzt durch epigraphische Dokumentation in M. F. Smith, The Philosophical Inscription of Diogenes of Oinoanda = Ergänzungsbände zu den Tituli Asiae Minoris 20 (Wien 1996). Die 1997 entdeckten Texte und weitere Aktualisierungen bei M. F. Smith, Supplement to Diogenes of Oinoanda. The Epicurean Inscription = La Scuola di Epicuro, Supplemento 3 (Napoli 2003). Die Funde der jährlichen Surveys zwischen 2007 und 2012 unter Leitung von Martin Bachmann, dem damaligen Zweiten Direktor der Abteilung Istanbul des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, sind zusammengefasst in J. Hammerstaedt / M. F. Smith, The Epicurean Inscription of Diogenes of Oinoanda. Ten Years of New Discoveries and Research (Bonn 2014). Zu den letzten Entdeckungen s. J. Hammerstaedt / M. F. Smith, “New Research at Oinoanda and a New Fragment of the Epicurean Diogenes (NF 213)”: Epigraphica Anatolica 49 (2016) 109-125 und “Diogenes of Oinoanda. The New and Unexpected Discoveries of 2017 (NF 214-219), with a Re-edition of fr. 70-72”: Epigraphica Anatolica 51 (2018) 43-79.Zur Philosophie des Diogenes:
J. Hammerstaedt / P.-M. Morel / R. Güremen (Hrsg.), Diogenes of Oinoanda. Epicureanism and Philosophical Debates – Diogène d’Œnoanda. Épicurisme et controverses (Leuven 2017).Filme über die Oinoandasurveys unter Leitung von Martin Bachmann:
“Oinoanda - Die größte Inschrift der Welt”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvKjbuntLLA
“A Gigantic Jigsaw Puzzle: The Epicurean Inscription of Diogenes of Oinoanda”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s-z7uZd9X8Abb. 1: Karte von Lykien (aus: Martin Ferguson Smith, The Philosophical Inscription of Diogenes of Oinoanda = Ergänzungsbände zu den Tituli Asiae Minoris Nr. 20 [Wien 1996] Plate 1, Fig. 1).
Abb. 2: Oinoandas „Esplanade“ mit dem einstigen Standort der Diogenes-Stoa im Bereich des hinter der hohen Fichte erkennbaren Trümmerfeldes (© Oinoandateam).Abb. 3: Fragmente der Inschrift des Diogenes (© Oinoandateam).
Abb. 4: Diog. NF 215 (© Oinoandateam).
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- FIEC rapport 2020Jan 16Samstag, 16. Januar 2021 12:39
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- Zeitmontagen: Formen und Funktionen gezielter Anachronismen -Tagungsband erschienenOkt 19Montag, 19. Oktober 2020 13:26
Zur Kleinen Mommsentagung in Dresden 2016 ist der folgende Tagungsband erschienen:
Antje Junghanß – Bernhard Kaiser – Dennis Pausch (Hrsg.), Zeitmontagen:
Formen und Funktionen gezielter Anachronismen. 7. Kleine Mommsen-Tagung am
14./15. Oktober 2016 in Dresden, Palingenesia 116 (Stuttgart: Franz
Steiner Verlag 2019)
http://www.steiner-verlag.de/titel/61653.html
Eine Rezension des Bandes findet sich hier:
https://www.hsozkult.de/review/id/reb-28532?title=a-junghanss-u-a-hrsg-zeitmontagen - Aktuelles aus der Mommsen-Gesellschaft
- Die nächsten Mommsen-TagungenJul 30Donnerstag, 30. Juli 2020 13:44
Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen,
die kommende Große Mommsen-Tagung in Köln unter dem Titel „Philologie – Archäologie – Geschichte. Einheit, Vielfalt und Wirkung der Klassischen Altertumswissenschaft“ kann leider nicht, wie ursprünglich geplant, vom 28. bis zum 30. Mai 2021 stattfinden. Sobald ein neuer Termin feststeht, werden wir Sie an dieser Stelle informieren.Die eigentlich für den Herbst 2020 geplante Kleine Mommsen-Tagung, die unter dem Thema „πρῶτος εὑρετής – Inszenierungen und Konzeptionalisierungen des ‚Ersten Erfinders‘ in der Antike“ steht, wurde zur Vorsicht um ein Jahr verschoben. Vorgesehen sind nun die Tage vom 11. bis 13. November 2021, Veranstaltungsort ist Bochum.
Sollte die aktuelle Krise bis dahin noch nicht überwunden sein, wird die Kleine Tagung als Online-Konferenz stattfinden. Eine Liste der Vortragenden finden Sie unter https://www.mommsen-gesellschaft.de/veranstaltungen/kleine-mommsen-tagung. Das genaue Tagungsprogramm wird im Frühjahr 2021 veröffentlicht.
Mit freundlichem Gruß und besten WünschenProf. Dr. Jürgen Hammerstaedt
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- OPEN LETTER FROM THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY TO THE GREEK PRIME MINISTERFeb 19Freitag, 19. Februar 2021 17:33
CONCERNING THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF THE LEGAL STATUS OF ΤΗΕ MAJOR PUBLIC MUSEUMS
Dear Prime Minister,Dear colleagues,
we are writing to ask for your support in our effort to preserve the current legal status of the five largest Greek public museums and avert their transformation into Legal Entities governed by Public Law, resulting in their severance from the Archaeological Service.The petition attached has been written on the initiative of Greek university professors, who have embraced our cause with enthusiasm. Ifyou agree with its contents, please forward your answer to the following e-mail: Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!.Very many thanks in advance,The archaeologists of the National Archaeological Museum, Athens
It was with great surprise and disquiet that we were recently informed of the imminent introduction to the Greek Parliament of a bill that will change the legal status of your country’s five largest public archaeological museums (the National Archaeological Museum, the Byzantine and Christian Museum, the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, the Museum of Byzantine Culture and the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion), at present organic components of the Ministry of Culture, to Legal Entities governed by Public Law. These museums, with which we have the strongest ties, have always been an integral part of the Greek Archaeological Service. The severance of that connection consequent on such legislation would have the most undesirable consequences for the future of museums and archaeological activity in Greece.
The collections of these museums illuminate the history of all the major regions of Greece and, further, illustrate the spread of Hellenic culture far beyond the territory of the Greek state, as is especially the case with the National Archaeological Museum and the Byzantine and Christian Museum. We have followed the impressive work of all of them through their numerous exhibitions, scientific catalogues and other publications, educational and cultural activities and, of course, the fine re-exhibitions of their permanent collections – not to mention the international awards granted to them over recent decades. We observe too that both the preservation of the archaeological wealth of Greece, during a period when many museum collections worldwide are being dissolved, and the dissemination of archaeological research, owe much to these state organisations and, indeed, to the current Greek legislation under which they operate.
The proposed change in the legal status of the five museums raises deep concerns. As archaeologists, historians, museologists, art historians, members of Academies, university professors and researchers, we fear that the forthcoming conversion will degrade their primary function as centres for the safe guarding of antiquities for future generations, for research and documentation of the past, for the advancement of science and diffusion of knowledge. We believe that they will concentrate one-sidedly on services of commercial character, e.g. shops, restaurants, cafés, rental of Museum spaces, etc., services that are undoubtedly important but secondary. Museums must aim higher than economic profitability – at the education and edification of people at large.
Dear Prime Minister, we ask you not to permit the severance of these major Museums from the Archaeological Service which, together with the Archaeological Departments of the Universities, the Archaeological Society of Athens and the Foreign Archaeological Schools, has been at the forefront of the development of Archaeological Science. On the contrary, we invite you to further strengthen them with personnel, and with financial and technical resources. It is, after all, accepted in international archaeological and museum practice (and evident in the related bibliography) that museum collections should be treated as inseparable from their historical and excavation (and consequently also administrative and managerial) context and should in no way be divorced from it. Do not exclude the archaeological collections of Museums and Ephorates of Antiquities from the benefits and duties of joint management, which will enable ancient Greek and Byzantine material culture to remain what we all wish it to be: a common cultural heritage.
The transformation of public museums into Legal Entities governed by Public Law would run completely counter to their long history and tradition as public assets, fatally change their character and compromise their key role in society.
Respectfully,
Jeder, der dies möchte, kann das vorgefertigte Schreiben kopieren, gegenzeichnen und es an die griechische Sammeladresse: Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!senden. Nach Abschluss einer bestimmten Frist sollen dann alle bis dahin eingegangenen Exemplare gebündelt an den griechischen Premierminister weitergeleitet werden. - Aktuelles aus den Altertumswissenschaften
- Early Career Archaeologists - Umfrage zur BerufstätigkeitFeb 09Dienstag, 09. Februar 2021 15:50
Die Gruppe "Early Career Archaeologists" (https://ecarchaeologists.com/) möchte über eine anonyme Umfrage mehr über die europaweiten Herausforderungen erfahren, welchen sich junge Archäologinnen und Archäologen gegenübersehen bzw. in der entsprechenden Phase ihrer Berufstätigkeit gegenübergesehen haben. Die Umfrage ist unter folgendem Link zu finden: https://ecarchaeologists.com/survey/
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- Blog der archäologischen Sammlungen der Universitäten Freiburg, Heidelberg und TübingenJan 28Donnerstag, 28. Januar 2021 08:12
Seit dem 15. Januar dieses Jahres ist unter https://rollpodest.hypotheses.org/ "das Rollpodest" online, eine Plattform für Archäologische Sammlungen und ihre Freund:innen und zugleich das Blog der archäologischen Sammlungen der Universitäten Freiburg, Heidelberg und Tübingen.
..."digitale Plattform für Termine und Aktuelles, Berichte über Projekte und Forschungen, Blicke hinter die Kulissen und nicht zuletzt für die Freundeskreise der Sammlungen. Noch sind beileibe nicht alle Rubriken mit Leben gefüllt, über die wir in diesem Blog Zugänge zu unseren Sammlungen erschließen wollen, aber sie geben bereits eine Idee, wo die Reise auf dem Rollpodest hingehen kann. Wer Exponate nicht nur hinter Glas mag, den macht vielleicht ein Blick „In die Werkstatt“ oder „Über den Tellerrand“ neugierig. „Am Objekt“ arbeiten oder „Mit Studierenden“ soll vorführen, wie breit das Spektrum forschender und lehrender Tätigkeit in unseren archäologischen Sammlungen ist. Nicht selten führt das zu wissenschaftlichen Beiträgen und Berichten, die sich bei uns „Auf dem Schreibtisch“ befinden. Abwegiges oder Selbstironisches am Rande der üblichen Routen unseres fahrbaren Untersatzes finden Sie unter „das Trollpodest“.
Polly Lohmann, Jens-Arne Dickmann, Alexander Heinemann,
Editorial: das Rollpodest, Das Rollpodest (Online-Edition), 15/01/2021, https://rollpodest.hypotheses.org/225. - Aktuelles aus den Altertumswissenschaften
- DAInsight - neue Forschungen am DAI - onlineJan 25Montag, 25. Januar 2021 08:16
In der Reihe "DAInsight - neue Forschungen am DAI" wird jeden Monat ein anderer DAI-Standort spannende, aktuelle Arbeiten und Projekte in abwechslungsreichen Online-Formaten vorstellen.
24. Februar 18:00 Uhr
Dipl.-Ing. Mike Schnelle
"Mehrstöckige Palastbauten in Südarabien und Nordäthiopien"
Zu Beginn des 1. Jahrtausends v. Chr. entstanden in Südarabien und Ostafrika monumentale palastartige Verwaltungsbauten, deren besondere Wandkonstruktionen aus Holz und Mauerwerk auf eine Mehrstöckigkeit verweisen. Neueste Untersuchungen ermöglichen eine Unterscheidung verschiedener Konstruktionstechniken und geben Hinweise zu möglichen Funktionen.
Bitte registrieren Sie sich für die Zoom-Veranstaltung.
Weitere Informationen zur Reihe und zu den nächsten Terminen finden Sie hier:
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- The challenges of living closely together – cross-cultural perspectivesFeb 27Samstag, 27. Februar 2021 09:04
Call for papers for an international workshop on pre-industrial urbanism to be held at Ingelheim (near Mainz, Germany), Friday 12th to Saturday 13th November 2021
Academic fields: Archaeology (all sub-disciplines), Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern History, Assyriology, Urban Geography, Urban Sociology, Anthropology
Organizational context: Thematic Area 3 Urbane Verdichtung / urban agglomeration (research area 40.000 Years of Human Challenges at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz). The workshop is funded and supported by the Mainz Ancient Studies programme.
Call
The 21st century has been described as the "century of cities". Never before did such a high percentage of the global population live in cities and urban agglomerations. Today, as in the past, the urban experience is connected to specific challenges. The workshop announced in this call for papers aims to stimulate a multidisciplinary discussion on the problematic sides of going urban and focuses on pre-industrial cities and other settlements characterized by (relatively) high population densities.
While there are many different factors that incentivized people to move into larger settlements throughout the ages, living closely together brought new and multifold challenges. Particularly where smaller settlements developed into larger population centres, the possibility for communities to organize themselves along the lines of face-to-face interactions waned, while reciprocal dependencies increased. Although challenges develop dynamically and are dependent on a set of individual parameters, we can see some recurring themes resulting from the circumstance of close cohabitation, which invite diachronic and cross-cultural comparison. They range from a radically altered relationship to the environment, poor sanitary conditions and higher levels of social stress caused by crowding, to organizational challenges such as the logistics of sustaining larger populations, the negotiation of decision-making processes, as well as the experience of internal conflicts and dissent, to name just a few. Instead of focusing on one particular challenge, the workshop aims at facilitating a discussion on the overlap of multiple challenges and a more holistic view on the precarious, ever-changing dynamics of densely populated settlements.
In preparation for our workshop, we will invite scholars of larger pre-industrial sites to discuss a particular set of predefined challenges with us (see list provided below). The list offers a very simple, yet robust tool to compare densely populated settlements from different periods and world regions. During the workshop, we will discuss how various communities conceptualized, perceived and dealt with different but recurring structural challenges inherent in living closely together and going urban.
To facilitate a joint discussion, we ask all participants to either focus on one particular settlement (or a group of settlements) and three or more challenges picked from the list provided below. Alternatively, participants can choose to focus their paper on methodological or comparative approaches referring to one specific challenge from the list.
The following list makes no claim of completeness and deliberately prioritizes social, economic and technological challenges:
- Supplying the many (food, drinking water, construction materials etc.)
- Dealing with waste (waste disposal, sewage)
- Negotiating decisions (e.g. with regard to urban planning, urban expansion, the socio-spatial organization of built-up areas, distribution of urban functions etc.)
- Organizing production and exchange (ensuring the production and distribution of every day necessities and other goods, markets as physical places and institutions, etc.)
- Coping with the other (-ed) (religious minorities, deviant groups, outsiders)
- Structuring mobility and access to communal infrastructure (transport infrastructure, street network, accessibility of ritual infrastructure, public baths, gendered spaces, etc.)
- Coping with catastrophic events (e.g. natural disasters, fire accidents, pandemic disease, warfare)
- Regulating conflicts – containing violence – maintaining peace (settlements as conflict zones, cities as violent actors, the role of violent factions within settlements, construction of fortifications)
- Creating, maintaining, and contesting social institutions (legitimization and visualization of power relations, social norms, etc.)
- Coping with socio-economic inequalities (resisting socio-economic marginalization, channeling economic resources, legitimization of socio-economic inequalities)
We encourage archaeologists of all sub-disciplines as well as historians and urban geographers to submit abstracts. Contributions of researchers from other disciplines devoted to pre-industrial cities are also welcome, as are papers focusing on challenges connected to modern or present-day urbanism, given the potential for contextualizing and broadening our perspective. Moreover, we would be glad to include the perspective of researchers dealing with larger permanent settlements not defined as cities, e.g. larger prehistoric village communities.
Proposals for papers must be sent to: Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!
Deadline for the submission of paper proposals: Monday 1st March 2021
Paper proposers must include the following information:
- Title of the proposed paper
- Name, affiliation, postal address and email of the proposer(s)
- A short abstract (c. 200 words)
- The name(s) of the settlement(s) or challenge (in case of a methodological paper) the proposed paper addresses
- For papers based on specific settlement(s): choice of three or more challenges from the list above must be included in the proposal
- The world region the paper focuses on (e.g. Western Asia, North Africa, Mesoamerica, Cyprus, etc.)
- The period, the paper focuses on (e.g. 4th Millennium BC, the 17th century AD, etc.)
Paper proposers should note the following:
- The organizers will arrange accommodation for invited speakers. Travel costs will be covered for as well.
- The organizers will inform the paper proposers by April 2021 about the outcome of their applications and issue a preliminary program.
- Presentations should last no longer than 30 minutes. After each presentation, there will be sufficient time for questions and discussion.
- The official conference languages are English and German. Papers should preferably be presented in English.
We are looking forward to receiving your proposals. If you have any questions, please contact one of the organizers by email (see below).
Mainz Ancient Studies is part of the Gutenberg International Conference Center (GICC) at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU). The GICC is funded through the German Research Foundation’s (DFG) university allowance in the Excellence Strategy program and aims at fostering JGU as a national and international research hub. By organizing regular conferences and workshops in fields of excellent JGU research, the GICC provides a platform to build interest networks and collaborations – to promote exchange and dialog among academics and research groups from all over the world.
Event management: Kumi Kost-Raine (Mainz Ancien Studies)
Paul Pasieka M.A.
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
FB 07/ IAW / Klassische Archäologie Raum 01-217 Philosophicum II
Jakob-Welder-Weg 20 55128 Mainz
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Dr. Tobias Helms
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
FB 07/ IAW/ Vorderasiatische Archäologie
Raum 02-108
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- The Power of Anonymity in the Material, Historical, and Literary Cultures of the Ancient WorldFeb 18Donnerstag, 18. Februar 2021 10:35
(Interdisciplinary Workshop)
LMU Munich, 18-19 June 2021
Organised by the PhD candidates of the ‘Promotionsprogramm Altertumswissenschaften (PAW)’ and the ‘Münchner Zentrum für Antike Welten (MZAW)’.
In the material, historical, and literary cultures of ancient societies, we frequently find ourselves in front of works of art, historical and religious pieces of evidence, as well as legal and literary texts, whose authorship cannot be ascertained. Anonymous texts were regularly attributed to famous authors to give them greater authority (e.g. the play ‘Octavia’ attributed to Seneca). The notion of the author or creator—the so-called πρῶτος εὑρητής or inuentor in the Graeco-Roman culture—played a fundamental role. At the same time, there are myths, legends and artworks that have no author but still have a strong impact on identity formation as well as on political discourses.
Most artworks and texts of the Egyptian, Chinese, Greek and Roman literary and material cultures are documented without any names associated with them. This holds true for the Parthenon sculptures, which, although often linked to Pheidias alone, were produced by many nameless, unacknowledged and thus unattested artists; it holds true for Roman state art, for which we have very little written evidence (just to mention Trajan’s Column in Rome), for famous collections of poems such as the anonymous ‘carmina’ of the Anthologia Latina, which roughly date from the fifth/sixth century AD, for the Shijing, a Chinese anthology of odes dating from approximately the eleventh to the seventh centuries BC purportedly compiled by Confucius, or for the Panegyrici Latini, a fourth-century collection of twelve speeches praising various emperors, most of which were written by anonymous authors. For other objects, especially those involving the divine, the identity of the creator was deliberately left obscure. Several aniconic divine images were said to have fallen from heaven (e.g. the image of the Taurean Artemis) or to have been washed ashore (e.g. the mask of Dionysos at Methymna). While such claims point to divine intervention and possibly to divine workmanship, the agency and power an object was to unfold depended on human perception. «Ever since a collection of people called Homer blamed the Muse to obfuscate their part in the crime, authors have mystified the very concepts of agency, individuality, responsibility, and personhood that are often taken for granted elsewhere» (see T. Geue, Author Unknown. The Power of Anonymity in Ancient Rome, Harvard 2019, 1 ff.). So it also happens that an anonymous material product or an anonymous text becomes a sacred or fetishized object, precisely because it seems to have no origin.
The purpose of this workshop is to shed light on the power of anonymity in its multiple manifestations in the ancient world, and to explore the meaningful and complex ways in which unattributed cultural products have been received and interpreted by their contemporaneous recipients as well as by later audiences. Core questions to be pursued in the workshop are:
What does it mean—to the ancients as well as to us—if a work is anonymous or not? Are texts or works of art interpreted differently if the author is known or if the name of the author is fake or a pseudonym? Does the age of the works matter? Does the absence of a poetic context make a text necessarily less understandable? And is it possible to appreciate an artistic monument or a legal, historical, religious or literary text, although we do not know at all the intentions of its creator/author? Does anonymous art possess efficacy and meaning surpassing that of identifiable authorship? Was anonymity a general feature or just an artistic ‘device’ used for special cases? Which role does anonymity play in ancient political discourses? And ultimately: What does it mean to give a “name” to an object or to “unname” an object and/or its author?
The conference is open to postgraduate students and early career researchers. Please submit titles and abstracts (in German or English) of up to 300 words (excluding bibliographical references) and a short academic biography by 31 March 2021 at Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!. We welcome submissions from all scholarly fields of Classics as well as Ancient Near East and Oriental Studies, Classical Reception Studies and Comparative Study of Antiquity. The presentation at the workshop should not exceed 20 minutes. The keynote speakers are Professor Anna Anguissola (University of Pisa) and Dr. Felix K. Mayer (Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg).
Depending on the development of the current pandemic situation, the workshop will take place in Munich or will be held online. There will be no registration fee.
The Organising Committee
Marco Besl, Alexandra Holler, Fabio Nolfo, Felix Rauchhaus, Antonia I. Vanca, Junjie Zhou
Promotionsprogramm Altertumswissenschaften (PAW)
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Institut für Klassische Archäologie
Katharina-von-Bora-Str. 10
80333 München
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- Biblical Exegesis from Eastern Orthodox PerspectivesFeb 12Freitag, 12. Februar 2021 15:14
It is our great pleasure to inform you that the SBL Unit, “Biblical Exegesis from Eastern Orthodox Perspectives” will have four sessions at the SBL Annual Meeting 2021 that will be held on November 20-23 in San Antonio TX.
We hope you will consider proposing a paper for one of the sessions! We welcome proposals on the following topics:
- Image of God in Paul, Middle-Platonism, and the early Fathers (joint session with the Pauline Letters Unit): References to the concept of creation "according to the image of God" in the Septuagint translation of Gen 1:26 and its reception by Hellenistic-Jewish authors presuppose a broad cultural discourse between biblical and Hellenistic philosophical traditions. This session will focus on the way Paul and the Pauline school draw on this discourse and create new concepts by interpreting the "εἰκὼν Θεοῦ" notion against new Christological backgrounds. The research papers will be expected also to consider the voices of ancient philosophers and exegetes of Paul.
- Fresh Perspectives on John Chrysostom as Biblical Exegete: John Chrysostom is the most celebrated exegete in Eastern Orthodox traditions. An increasing number of scholars describe John Chrysostom's profile as that of a son of both 4th century Christianity and Hellenism who conceives of exegesis as a kind of care for the soul. This session invites papers that consider current scholarly debates on John Chrysostom and reconstruct his exegetical background, techniques, and strategies.
- Divine Plurality in the Hebrew Bible/Septuagint and its Christian Interpreters: We invite abstracts on the identification of Jesus with the God of the Hebrew Scriptures, not only in theological treatises and exegetical texts, but especially in hymnography and iconography. How does this “liturgical exegesis” express the relationship between the Father and the Son on the basis of Scripture?
- On the occasion of the recent critical edition and German translation of short chronographic Paleja (Die Kurze Chronographische Paleja, Gütersloh 2019), we solicit proposals which examine the impact of these Slavonic literary traditions on the study of the Pseudepigrapha and Eastern Orthodox Hermeneutics (Joint Session with the Pseudepigrapha Unit).
Proposals must present a clear thesis, explain the theoretical and methodological approaches of the research, and identify a specific body of evidence that the research will interpret. See also our official website: www.orthodoxbiblical.org. The call for papers closes at 11:59 pm, Eastern Standard Time, on March 23.
SBL offers grants for scholars outside North America to attend the Annual meeting. Please consider the relevant information here: https://www.sbl-site.org/membership/SBLAwards.aspx
We are aware of the troubles and the continuing uncertainty due to the pandemic, but we remain optimistic regarding the SBL Annual Metting.
With all best wishes
Program Unit Chairs
James Buchanan (Bru) Wallace Athanasios Despotis
PS: How to Propose a Paper for this Program Unit
The link to the page for submitting paper proposals is here: https://www.sbl-site.org/meetings/AnnualMeeting.aspx
If you are an SBL member, you must login on the SBL HP before you can propose a paper for this session. Please login by entering your SBL member number on the left in the Login box.
For all other persons wanting to propose a paper, you must communicate directly with the chairs. Chairs have the responsibility to make waiver requests. SBL provides membership and meeting registration waivers only for scholars who are outside the disciplines covered by the SBL program, specifically most aspects of archaeological, biblical, religious, and theological studies.
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- International conference on the reproduction of Greek vases, ca. 1840–1900Feb 04Donnerstag, 04. Februar 2021 15:16
Artes Etruriae renascuntur 2.0
The reception of Greek vases by European ceramic factories, ca. 1840–1900
In the second half of the eighteen century, collecting Greek vases gradually became a more widespread phenomenon. Many of them were found in the newly excavated graves in Campania and (later) Etruria and attracted much attention. The appreciation of Greek vases resulted in a new taste and fashion – first known under the terms Etruscan taste, à l’etrusque, all’etrusca or hetrurisch, before most of these vessels began to be widely recognised as Greek products and the fashion was then termed Greek revival or neogrec/neoclassical. This fashion concerned nearly every part of everyday life, especially the contemporary ceramic production. In 1769, Josiah Wedgwood started imitating ancient vases in his factory called ‘Etruria’ and coined the motto ‘Artes Etruriae renascuntur’ for his famous stoneware ceramics. In 1787, the Servizio Etrusco of Naples’ Real Fabbrica Porzellana di Ferdinandea was presented as a gift to George III of Great Britain and Ireland and at the same time, Sèvres manufactured an Etruscan service for Marie Antoinette’s country house Rambouillet. Other production sites quickly followed, and at the end of the 18th century, various, even small factories produced ceramics in ‘Etruscan’ taste. These 18th-century neoclassical reproductions of ancient pottery are well-known, and a lot of publications and exhibitions have addressed them.
However, the aesthetic paradigm of the design and paintings of Greek vases did not find an end with the beginning of the 19th century. On the contrary, Greek vases remained prestigious artefacts in 19th-century Europe (no matter if they were originals, nearly identical copies or new creations in the same style). Until now, this period of reception has found only little attention. Publications are available only for some factories (such as Hjorth and Ipsen [Enke] in Denmark)1 but there has been a rise in interest as indicated by recent research which focuses on English ceramic production using ancient models in relation to its social context.2
From an European perspective, a considerable number of questions have remained open so far: what kind of pictures come out of individual European countries, is it possible to discern specific developments, and how and to what extent were the agents of this craft interrelated with one another? What were the reception mechanisms of Greek vases and their imagery during the 19th century – and in what sense do they relate to – or differ from – those in the initial period in the late 18th and early 19th century? What was the relationship between the development of artistic production and the desire to imitate the appearance of ancient pottery?
Albeit almost unknown today, a wide range of different factories and productions existed in the middle and second half of the 19th century which imitated Greek vases in different techniques and colours. A good example is the factory of August Sältzer at Eisenach/Thuringia (founded in 1858). Sältzer began as stove producer before he focused on imitating Greek vases as well as other historical styles in the mid-sixties (his company was to last until the beginning of the 20th century). The production range of this factory, the technical development, the ancient models and reproduction media used for these ceramics stand at the core of a current research project conducted by Corinna Reinhardt, the initiatorof this conference which seeks to discuss the reception of Greek vases in Europe, ca. 1840–1900, within an interdisciplinary environment.
The aim of the conference is, on the one hand, to provide an overview over the heterogeneous factories especially in Austria, Denmark, Britain, France, Germany, and Italy which produced ceramics after the design and paintings of Greek vases in the period between ca. 1840 and 1900. Here, the main objective is to bring together research which is often separated by disciplinary boundaries, different subjects as well as different European countries, in order to provide for the first time a pan-European view on the reception of Greek vases in this period. On the other hand, the contrast and comparison between different productions is supposed to bring to light different aspects of this reception, and will help to understand the various phenomena within specific contexts and constellations.
We kindly invite you to submit an abstract of about 300 words for a 30-minute paper to Professor Corinna Reinhardt (Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!) by March 31, 2021. Please refer to one of the areas of focus:
1. Spectrum and diversity of the production à la grecque in the period between ca. 1840–1900 (factories such as Samuel Alcock, Thomas Battam, Copeland [and Garrett], Dillwyn, Bates Brown – Westhead & Moore, Fratelli Francesco e Gaetano, Mollica, Peter Ipsen, P. Ipsen Enke, Lauritz Hjorth, Frederick Sonne/V. Wendrich, Villeroy & Boch, August Sältzer, Victor Brausewetter)
2. Comparative contributions with a diachronic, pan-European or thematic focus. Examples include phenomena like the repertoire of copied ancient vases, the question, how the media for reproduction were used, the technique of the ceramics in relation to the question of how ancient vases were imitated, the technical progress of artistic production, the relevance of colour and colour effects, the imagery, painting styles or the shapes of the vessels.
The conference is planned for July 16–18, 2021. The host institution is Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg/Germany. Due to the uncertain situation regarding travelling and meeting in person in the summer of 2021, no final decision can be currently made regarding the question if the conference will be held in person (which we would prefer) or virtually via Zoom (though a combination of both might be considered– please let us know your preferences). We plan to publish the proceedings of the conference.1 P. Birk Hansen (ed.), Kähler, Ipsen, Hjorth. Fra pottemageri til fabrik. De tidlige år ved tre danske keramikværksteder. Herman Kählers værk i Næstved fra 1839, Peter Ipsens terracottafabrik i København fra 1843, Lauritz Hjorths terracottafabrik i Rønne fra 1859 (Næstved 2005).
2 E. Hall/H. Stead, A People’s History of Classics. Class and Greco-Roman Antiquity in Britain and Ireland 1689 to 1939 (London 2020); A. Petsalis-Diomidis / E. Hall (edd.), The Classical Vase Transformed. Consumption, Reproduction, and Class in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-century Britain, Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies 63 (Oxford 2020).
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- Forschungskolloquium der Latinistik «Kommentierung und Kritik»Feb 27Samstag, 27. Februar 2021 09:42
Universität Basel
AltertumswissenschaftenProgramm
- März 21 online
14.15-15.15
PD Dr. Ute Tischer (Leipzig/Potsdam) Et talis debet dici auctor? Zur Wahrnehmung der Autorfigur in der Vergilkommentierung
15.15-15.40
Virtuelle Kaffeepause
15.40-16.40
Dr. Stefano Poletti (Freiburg) Perspektive des Charakters, des Dichters ... und des Kommentators. Antike Exegese und Vergils subjektiver Stil
- April 21 online
14.15 -16.30
Dr. Franz Dolveck (Genève) Ausonius and His Works from the Perspective of Manuscripts and the Middle Ages (zweiteiliger Vortrag mit virtueller Kaffeepause)
- April 2021
interuniversitäres klassisch-philologisches Kolloquium mit den Universitäten Bern, Freiburg i. B. und Zürich (online)
14.15- 15.00
Linda Forstmann (Freiburg i. Br.) Horazens Landschaften
15.05 – 15.50
Dr. Claudia Gandini (Bern) Misquoting, Misplacing and Philological Criticism in Cicero’s De consulatu suo
15.55 -16.40
MA Benedetta Foletti (Zürich) Was ist die Seele? Aristoteles gegen Demokrit in De anima
Im Anschluss Virtueller Apéro
Weitere Veranstaltungen der Latinistik
- März 21
Workshop «Eneas Silvius Poeta»
29.- 30 März 21
Forschungsseminar «Fragment» mit Prof. Dr. Richard Hunter (Cambridge) Details unter:
https://vorlesungsverzeichnis.unibas.ch/de/home?id=256351
Alle Interessierten sind herzlich willkommen! Das Kolloquium findet online statt. Zoom-Links werden nach vorheriger Anmeldung per Mail zugestellt. Kontakt: Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!
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- 14th Trends in Classics International ConferenceFeb 22Montag, 22. Februar 2021 10:33
Historical Linguistics and Classical Philology
5-7 March 2021 – online
www. lit.auth.gr/14_trends
Organizing Committee
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Stavros Frangoulidis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
Antonios Rengakos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki/Academy of Athens)
Programm
Friday, March 5
09:45-10:00 Opening remarks and practical information
10:00-11:30
First Session: Greek Linguistics and Philology I
Chair: Antonios Rengakos
Albio Cesare Cassio (Rome)
Old morphology in disguise: Homeric episynaloephe, Ζῆν(α), and the fate of IE instrumentals
Andreas Willi (Oxford)
The σχῆμα Σοφόκλειον between philological synchrony and linguistic diachrony
Lara Pagani (Genova)
“Not according to our usage…”. Linguistic awareness in the Hellenistic ecdotic practice on Homer
11:30-11:45
BREAK
11:45-13:15
Second Session: Greek Lexicography Ι
Chair: Jesús de la Villa
Olga Tribulato (Venice)
Greek lexicography between philology and linguistics: A look at Atticist lexica and their medieval reception
Wojciech Sowa (Poznań)
Ancient Greek lexica and so called “fragmentary attested languages”
Panagiotis Filos (Ioannina)
Ancient lexicography and modern philological scholarship: Some remarks on ancient dialect(ologic)al scholia
13:15-13:30
BREAK
13:30-14:30
Third Session: Greek Lexicography ΙΙ
Chair: Klaas Bentein
Julián Méndez Dosuna (Salamanca)
Ἀμόργινος, ἀμοργίς. A study in scarlet
Paolo Poccetti (Rome)
Greek numeral systems in Southern Italy: Convergences and divergences
14:30-16:00
BREAK
16:00-17:30
Fourth Session: Greek Linguistics and Philology II
Chair: Panagiotis Filos
Daniel Kölligan (Würzburg)
Pindar’s genius or Homeric words? The interplay of synchronic and diachronic analysis in Greek philology and linguistics
Eduard Meusel (Munich)
A song of milk and honey: The poetic transformation of an ancient ritual drink in Pindar
Anna Bonifazi (Cologne)
Old and new pragmaphilology
17:30-17:45
BREAK
17:45-19:15
Fifth Session: Greek Linguistics and Philology III:
the Homeric TextChair: Georgios K. Giannakis
Emilio Crespo (Madrid)
‘And the will of Zeus was fulfilled’ (Iliad 1.5): Philology and historical linguistics in action
Joshua T. Katz (Princeton)
Mending οὐλομένην (Iliad 1.2)
Rutger J. Allan (Amsterdam)
Localizing caesuras in the Homeric hexameter. A functional-cognitive approach
10:00-11:30
Saturday, March 6
First Session: Latin Linguistics I
Chair: Emilio Crespo
Harm Pinkster (Amsterdam)
Evidence for word order change in Latin
Wolfgang de Melo (Oxford)
Varro’s De lingua Latina: Etymological theory and practice
Evangelos Karakasis (Thessaloniki)
Latin linguistics and Neronian pastoral revisited
11:30-12:00
BREAK
12:00-14:00
Second Session: Latin Linguistics II
Chair: Pierluigi Cuzzolin
Olga Spevak (Toulouse)
Towards a unified account of the ab urbe condita construction in Latin and Ancient Greek
Piera Molinelli (Bergamo)
New contents in old languages: Greek and Latin (and other languages) in the first Christian letters
Béla Adamik (Budapest)
Romanisation and Latinisation of the Roman Empire in the light of data in the Computerized Historical Linguistic Database of the Latin Inscriptions of the Imperial Age
David Langslow (Manchester)
The interplay of philology and linguistics in the editing of a Late Latin medical translation
14:00-15:30
BREAK
15:30-17:30
Third Session
Greek Linguistics I: Syntax and Pragmatics
Chair: Daniel Kölligan
Marina Benedetti (Siena)
On διδάσκειν ‘teach’ between linguistics and philology
Jesús de la Villa (Madrid)
Ideological change and syntactic change: The relationship between semantics and syntax in the assignation of semantic roles
Pierluigi Cuzzolin (Bergamo)
Definiteness in Ancient Greek
Luz Conti (Madrid)
Solidarity and power: first person plural forms in the Iliad
17:30-17:45
BREAK
17:45-19:15
Fourth Session: Greek Linguistics II: Diachrony
Chair: Julián Méndez Dosuna
Brian D. Joseph (Ohio)
The Greek Augment — What this amazingly enduring element tells us about language change in general and vice-versa
Mark Janse (Ghent)
The iteration of the iterative suffix -sḱ- from Ionic to Cappadocian Greek
Sara Kaczko (Rome)
Inherited “Doric” [a:], non-Attic vocalism, and Attic poetic traditions
10:00-11:30Sunday, March 7
First Session: Greek Corpora and PapyriChair: Mark Janse
Io Manolessou (Athens)
Investigating the history of the Greek language through corpora: Two case studies
Klaas Bentein (Ghent)
In search of the individual: Norm-breaking in Greek papyrus letters
Marja Vierros (Helsinki)
How to build a historical digital grammar and why? A corpus of Greek papyri as a test case
11:30-11:45
BREAK
11:45-13:45
Second Session: Glossophilological Concerns
Chair: Luz Conti
Richard Hunter (Cambridge)
The Inscriptional Turn
Raquel Fornieles (Madrid)
The concept of ‘news’ in Ancient Greek literature
Georgios K. Giannakis (Thessaloniki)
‘Slaughter’ and ‘eat’: Indo-European *(s)bhag- and the meeting ground of historical linguistics and philology
13:45
Closing Remarks
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- Naturkatastrophen, Epidemien, Plagen – und was sie mit uns anrichtenFeb 21Sonntag, 21. Februar 2021 09:09
Interdisziplinäre Ringvorlesung Frühjahrssemester 2021
Universität Zürich
Gedanken aus der Antike im Dialog mit heute
Menschenleere Straßen, geschlossene Geschäfte, verlassene Schulen, stillstehende Züge, abgeriegelte Grenzen: Das Coronavirus hat im Frühjahr 2020 innert kürzester Zeit Verhältnisse geschaffen, die wir für kaum vorstellbar gehalten hatten. Angesichts einer Bedrohung, deren Gefährlichkeit niemand richtig einschätzen konnte, reagierte die Bevölkerung teils verängstigt, teils gelassen fatalistisch, so oder so aber radikal verunsichert. Worauf soll man noch vertrauen, wenn die Welt plötzlich unheimlich wird, wenn sie sich als doch nicht so beherrschbar erweist, wie wir meinten? Naturkatastrophen, Epidemien und Plagen haben die Welt auch in der Antike erschüttert. Sie trafen Gesellschaften, in denen ein Gesundheitssystem höchstens in Ansätzen entwickelt war und die deshalb ungleich verletzlicher waren als die heutigen. Und kaum jemand wusste, weshalb die Erde bebt, eine Stadt unter Asche verschwindet, Menschen plötzlich krank werden und dahinsterben. Wer war schuld und was sollte man tun? Die Deutungs- und Reaktionsmuster, die uns in den antiken Quellen begegnen, erscheinen bisweilen irritierend aktuell: Man sucht nach Sündenböcken, bevorzugt bei den Minderheiten in der Gesellschaft; Zweifel kommen auf an einem politischen System, dem man Versagen bei der Bewältigung der Krise vorwirft; von der Bevölkerung wird ein neues moralisches Verhalten gefordert, nachdem das frühere offenbar in die Krise geführt hat. Die Ringvorlesung möchte im Dialog mit der Gegenwart unterschiedliche Katastrophenphänomene, von Heuschreckenplagen über den Vesuvausbruch bis zu Pest und Klimawandel, in ihrem Verlauf beleuchten und insbesondere die politischen, religiösen und psychischen Reaktionen der Menschen in den Blick nehmen. Verschiedene disziplinäre Zugänge sollen nicht allein das zerstörerische Potential von Naturkatastrophen und Epidemien fassbar machen, sondern auch ins Bewusstsein rufen, welche Veränderungsprozesse in der Antike und gewiss auch heute durch sie ausgelöst werden können.
- Februar
Der Mensch im Angesicht von Katastrophen, gestern und heute
Dr. Dr. h. c. Peter Maurer, Präsident des IKRK, im Gespräch mit Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Friederike Fless, Präsidentin des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, und Prof. Dr. Christoph Riedweg, Seminar für Griechische und Lateinische Philologie, Universität Zürich
- März
Naturkatastrophen im Alten Orient
Prof. Dr. Thomas Krüger, Theologisches Seminar, Universität Zürich
- März
Der Mensch und die Krise – evolutionärmedizinische und historische Perspektiven
Prof. Dr. Dr. Frank Rühli, Institut für Evolutionäre Medizin, Universität Zürich
- März
Naturkatastrophen in der Vesuv-Region – nicht nur 79 n. Chr.
Prof. Dr. Christoph Reusser, Institut für Archäologie, Universität Zürich
- März
Apotropäische Darstellungen von Katastrophen in der archaischen Musenkunst
Dr. Camille Semenzato, ZAZH – Zentrum Altertumswissenschaften Zürich, Universität Zürich
- März
Schwankendes Recht und versagendes Wissen: Notlagen-Diskurse im klassischen Indien
Prof. Dr. Angelika Malinar, Asien-Orient-Institut, Universität Zürich
- April
Rom in Schutt und Asche
Prof. Dr. Anne Kolb, Historisches Seminar, Universität Zürich
- April
Nachbeben und Nachleben: Der Ausbruch des Vesuvs 79 n. Chr. als Thema eines europäischen Dialogs
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Eigler, Seminar für Griechische und Lateinische Philologie, Universität Zürich
- April
Die Justinianische Pest – Wahrnehmungen und Folgen
Prof. Dr. Andreas Victor Walser, Historisches Seminar, Universität Zürich
- Mai
Die Pest in Boccaccios «Decameron» – Antikes und Mittelalterliches
Prof. Dr. Johannes Bartuschat, Romanisches Seminar, Universität Zürich
- Mai
Katastrophen und Governance im Globalen Süden
Prof. Dr. Katharina Michaelowa, Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Universität Zürich
- Mai
Pandemie Archive Kino: Ein kleiner Parcours
Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Bronfen, Englisches Seminar, Universität Zürich
- Mai
Climate Change and the End of Empires
Podium mit Rupa Mukerji, Senior Advisor Adaptation to Climate Change, Helvetas, Prof. Dr. Kyle Harper, Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing, University of Oklahoma, und Prof. Dr. Andreas Victor Walser, Universität Zürich
Dienstag, 18.15 bis 20.00 Uhr
Weitere Informationen zur Durchführung: www.zazh.uzh.ch
Veranstalter:
ZAZH – Zentrum Altertumswissenschaften Zürich
Organisation:
Prof. Dr. Christoph Riedweg
Prof. Dr. Andreas Victor Walser
Dr. Camille Semenzato,
Barbara Holler
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www.uzh.ch/ringvorlesungen
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- Zur neueren Forschung in der Alten GeschichteFeb 21Sonntag, 21. Februar 2021 08:47
Kolloquium im FS 2021
Universität Basel
Philosoph-Historische Fakultät
Programm
9.3.21 18:15
Audric Wannaz (Basel) Zur stilometrischen Signatur des Familienbriefes und ihrem Aussagegehalt für die Sozialgeschichte des griechischrömischen Ägyptens Zoom-Link: https://tinyurl.com/y3ldab55
Meeting-ID: 931 1467 3241, Kenncode: 20553123.3.21
23.3.21 18:15
Peter Arzt Grabner (Salzburg) ‘I haven’t yet not been unthinking of you, for I make obeisance for you every day’: Formulas and Their Special Use in Ancient Private Letters
Zoom-Link: https://tinyurl.com/yymqzp35 Meeting-ID: 946 2211 0821,
Kenncode: 02663730.3.21
30.3. 18:15
Johannes Nussbaum (Basel) Authorship Attribution der umstrittenen Paulusbriefe. Mit maschinellem Lernen auf der Spur von Mister X
Zoom-Link: https://tinyurl.com/yyzplu7u
Meeting-ID: 987 9592 1811, Kenncode: 885390
6.4.21 18:15
Anne-Emmanuelle Veïsse (Paris) Female agency in late antique Egypt
Zoom-Link: https://tinyurl.com/y6dzo82t
Meeting-ID: 949 4479 0433, Kenncode: 9324404.5.21
4.5.21 18:15
Brandon McDonald (Basel) The Influence of Climate Change on Roman Pandemics
Zoom-Link: https://tinyurl.com/y5mnnxqy
Meeting-ID: 945 1318 6338, Kenncode: 798148
6.5.21
Andrew Monson (Basel/ NYU) Workshop: Seeing Like a State: Fiscal Regimes in the Ancient World
11.5. 21 18:15
John Fabiano (Toronto)The ‘plebs frumentaria’ and the size of Rome’s Population in the 4 th century CE, some new Economic and Demographic Considerations
Zoom-Link: https://tinyurl.com/yyas86rk
Meeting-ID: 916 3418 8287, Kenncode: 514570
18.5.21
18:15
Alexander Free (München) Antinoupolis – a new Polis in Egypt. Some remarks on the development of the city in the 2 nd and 3rd century AD
Zoom-Link: https://tinyurl.com/yyx49ryq
Meeting-ID: 997 8025 8699, Kenncode: 644414
25.5.21 18:15
Andrew Monson (NYU/Basel) The Limits of Despotism: Bureaucracy and SelfGovernance in the Hellenistic East
Zoom-Link: https://tinyurl.com/y26nxmlq
Meeting-ID: 965 7623 7250, Kenncode: 906007
- Workshops
- Named Entity Recognition for a Text-Based Catalog of Ancient Greek Authors and WorksDez 08Dienstag, 08. Dezember 2020 17:55
Digital Classicist Seminar Berlin
Das Zentrum Grundlagenforschung Alte Welt der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften veranstaltet im Wintersemester 2020/21 (in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Berliner Antikekolleg) wieder das Digital Classicist Seminar Berlin.Die Sitzungen finden immer Dienstags von 16:00-18:00 Uhr via Zoom statt:
https://hu-berlin.zoom.us/j/68772389150?pwd=S1RkWWZtYU9zaXZLWTA5OFVJb2FVUT09
Das vollständige Seminarprogramm und weitere Informationen finden Sie unter: http://de.digitalclassicist.org/berlin/seminar
- Workshops
- Introduction aux sources du droit romainOkt 13Dienstag, 13. Oktober 2020 09:30
Atelier de formation à la recherche –«Introduction aux sources du droit romain», 5e édition.
7-11juin 2021, École française de RomeAvec le soutien du Collège de France, chaire
« Droit, culture et société de la Rome antique »
et de l’EA 4424 CRISES de l’Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3
L’atelier s’adresse aux jeunes chercheurs (Master 2e année, doctorants, post-doctorants), spécialistes d’histoire romaine et médiévale, de philologie ou de droit, plus généralement tout jeune chercheur souhaitant se familiariser avec les sources du droit romain pour son sujet de recherche ou pour développer sa connaissance d’une documentation de première importance.Il se déroulera sur cinq jours (du lundi au vendredi).
Les langues utilisées, par les intervenants comme par les participants, seront l’italien et le français.L’Ecole française de Rome prendra en charge les frais de logement et de restauration pour les déjeuners sur la durée de l’atelier ; les frais de transport restent à charge des participants ou de leur institution d’appartenance.
Responsables : Dario Mantovani, professeur du Collège de France, titulaire de la chaire « Droit, culture et société de la Rome antique »; Hélène Ménard, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, EA 4424 –CRISES. Invité : Alberto Dalla Rosa, Université Montaigne, Bordeaux,PI de PATRIMONIVM ERC-StG 716375.Candidatures :Les dossiers de candidature doivent être déposésavant le 7 décembre 2020, 12h (heure de Rome), à l’adresse :
https://candidatures.efrome.it/introduction_aux_sources_du_droit_romain_ecole_francaise_de_rome - Sommerschulen
- SOMMERKURS FACHSPEZIFISCHES LATEIN - BernFeb 20Samstag, 20. Februar 2021 10:29
6.9.-17.9.2021
Plenum: 8.45-13.00 Uhr; Einzelsitzungen nach individueller Absprache
Sie sind
Student*in (BA/MA), Doktorand*in oder Postdoc
in einer Disziplin mit ‘lateinischer Vergangenheit’ oder Affinität zu lateinischer Literatur,
die Sie sich für Ihre Studien- oder Forschungsinteressen erschliessen wollen.
Sie verfügen über
Vorkenntnisse, die sich auf dem Niveau einer Schweizer Matura beweg(t)en oder auf dem Besuch
von universitären Lateinkursen (Bern: Latein II oder III) beruhen.
Wir sind
Dozierende der Universität Bern, Gymnasiallehrer*innen und fortgeschrittene Studierende der
Klassischen Philologie.
Wir bieten
in einem Mix von Plenarveranstaltungen, binnendifferenziertem Unterricht und 1:1-Betreuung:
- eine Intensivauffrischung in lateinischer Grammatik
- eine Einführung in die Besonderheiten der nachklassischen Latinität
- fachspezifische Blöcke (je nach disziplinärer Zusammensetzung der Gruppe)
- individuelle Supervision bei individuellen Fragen
Es besteht die Möglichkeit, 3 ECTS-Punkte zu erwerben. Nähere Informationen zu den
Modalitäten werden nach der Teilnahmebestätigung erteilt.
Teilnehmer*innenzahl: nicht weniger als fünf, nicht mehr als zwanzig
Unterrichtssprache: Deutsch
Fristen: Bewerbung: bis 30. Mai 2021
Mitteilung über Zulassung: bis 10. Juni 2021
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Der Kurs wird in Kooperation mit dem Walter Benjamin Kolleg
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Philosophisch-historischen Fakultät der Universität Bern.
Der Kurs wird notfalls virtuell durchgeführt
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- Visiting Assistant ProfessorFeb 27Samstag, 27. Februar 2021 09:12
Bryn Mawr College
Department of Greek, Latin and Classical Studies ^
The Department of Greek, Latin and Classical Studies at Bryn Mawr College invites applications for a one-year Visiting Assistant Professor position to begin August 1, 2021. The teaching load is 3/3. The successful candidate will teach six classes, including a freshman writing seminar (ESEM), courses in Latin (and/or Greek), and courses in translation on ancient Roman (or Greek) civilization. We seek a broadly trained Classicist who will add to and complement the existing curriculum; particular areas of specialization sought include (but are not limited to): digital humanities, ancient medicine and science, environmental humanities, comparative classical traditions, critical race and ethnicity studies, postcolonial studies, and the global reception of the ancient Greco-Roman world. A Ph.D. in hand by the start of the position is required.
To apply, please send a cover letter that addresses your teaching and research interests and experiences, curriculum vitae, sample syllabi (no more than 3), and names and contact information (including email addresses) of three references via Interfolio athttps://apply.interfolio.com/84466. Review of applications will begin on March 8, 2021 and continue until the position is filled.
Bryn Mawr College is a distinguished liberal arts college for women with a vibrant faculty of scholar-teachers, a talented staff and intellectually curious students eager to make a difference in the world. The College is committed to increasing the diversity of its students, faculty, staff, and curricular offerings with a particular focus on enhancing ethnic and racial diversity and advancing social justice and inclusion. We believe diversity strengthens our community and enriches the education of our students. We have a student body of 1,370 undergraduates (32 percent are U.S. students of color and 21 percent are international students). There are 330 graduate students in coeducational graduate programs in social work, humanities and science. Bryn Mawr College is located in metropolitan Philadelphia and enjoys strong consortial relationships with Haverford College, Swarthmore College, and the University of Pennsylvania. Bryn Mawr College is an equal-opportunity employer; candidates from underrepresented groups and women are especially encouraged to apply. - Stellenangebote
- Assistant Professor "Ancient History" (Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands)Feb 20Samstag, 20. Februar 2021 08:52
The Department of History, Art History and Classics of the Radboud University (Nijmegen, The Netherlands) invites applications for an Assistant Professor in Ancient History.
Assistant Professor of Ancient History
- Employment: 0.8 FTE
- Maximum gross monthly salary: € 5,826
- Faculty of Arts
- Required background: PhD
- Duration of the contract: one year, with the possibility of permanent employment
We are looking for:
As Assistant Professor of Ancient History you will be part of the Department of History, Art History and Classics and participate at all levels of its educational programme (in Dutch and English). You will teach BA/MA courses in the History programme, with emphasis on Ancient History, as well as BA courses in Medieval History. You will play an important role in the English track of the Bachelor's programme in History. At the Master's degree level, you will participate in the English-taught specialisation in 'Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean Worlds'. You will also supervise students writing their papers and theses. You will participate in educational support tasks and actively contribute to the renewal of the History curriculum.
You are expected to have an active interest in research, which should be reflected in new initiatives, acquisition of external funding, and involvement in the faculty research programme and in the Ancient and Medieval History expertise group. Your research must align with the research objectives of the expertise group and the central themes of one of the research groups within RICH. You will participate in and chair working groups, committees and/or project groups within the department or faculty.
We ask:
- A postdoctoral historian who is demonstrably familiar with and has special expertise in the field of Ancient History. You should be able to establish good working relationships with other staff members of the Ancient and Medieval History expertise group.
- Several years of teaching experience at BA and MA levels and the willingness to actively participate in educational reforms.
- Basic university teaching qualification (BKO) or an equivalent qualification, or the willingness and ability to obtain this qualification within two years.
- An international network of academic contacts and ambitions in the field of research, as evidenced by publications and initiatives.
- Experience in supervising theses at the Bachelor's and Master's levels.
- A Cambridge Certificate in English, or the willingness to obtain this certificate in the foreseeable future.
- Dutch is your native language or you are prepared to master the Dutch language at least at C2 level within two years.
- The following competences: conceptual ability, social awareness, presentation, result focus, and initiative.
We are:
The Faculty of Arts employs over 500 academic and support staff in the fields of history and art, languages and cultures, linguistics and communication. Research is embedded in one of the two faculty research institutes: the Centre for Language Studies (CLS) or the Radboud Institute for Culture and History (RICH). The faculty currently enrols some 2,400 students in three departments: the department of History, Art History and Classics, the department of Modern Languages and Cultures, and the department of Language and Communication. We want to be a diverse and inclusive organisation, which is why we aim to create a culturally diverse staff.
Radboud University
We want to get the best out of science, others and ourselves. Why? Because this is what the world around us desperately needs. Leading research and education make an indispensable contribution to a healthy, free world with equal opportunities for all. This is what unites the more than 22,000 students and 5,000 employees at Radboud University. And this requires even more talent, collaboration and lifelong learning. You have a part to play!
We offer:
- Employment: 0.8 FTE.
- A maximum gross monthly salary of € 5,826 based on a 38-hour working week (salary scale 12).
- The exact salary depends on the candidate's qualifications and amount of relevant professional experience.
- In addition to the salary: an 8% holiday allowance and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus.
- Duration of the contract: one year, with the possibility of permanent employment.
- The intended start date is 1 August 2021.
- You will be able to use our Dual Career and Family Care Services. Our Dual Career and Family Care Officer can assist you with family-related support, help your partner or spouse prepare for the local labour market, provide customized support in their search for employment and help your family settle in Nijmegen.
- Have a look at our excellent employment conditions. They include a good work-life balance (among other things because of the excellent leave arrangements), opportunities for development and a great pension scheme.
Would you like more information?
For more information about this vacancy, please contact:
Dr. Stephan Mols, Director of Education, Department of History, Art History and Classics
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Apply directly
Please address your application to Dr. Stephan Mols and submit it, using the application button (via https://www.ru.nl/werken-bij/vacature/details-vacature/?recid=1141162&doel=embed&taal=nl;taal=nl), no later than 14 March 2021, 23:59 Amsterdam Time Zone.
Your application should include the following attachments:
- Letter of motivation.
- CV.
The first round of interviews will take place on 16 April, 2021.
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- Postdoctoral Researcher in ClassicsFeb 18Donnerstag, 18. Februar 2021 12:00
Faculty of Classics, Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles', Oxford
Full Time / Fixed Term
Job Ref: 149416
Grade 7.1-7.8 : £32,817-£40,322 per annum
The Faculty of Classics, invites applications to apply for two 48-month, fixed term appointments. Reporting to the Principal Investigator, Professor Andrew Meadows, the post holders will be members of a research group of economic historians, epigraphists and numismatists (also encompassing the Münzkabinett in Berlin and the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum in London). They will be responsible for carrying out research for the ERC project, CHANGE: The development of the monetary economy of ancient Anatolia, c. 630-30 BC, while based at the Faculty of Classics at Oxford.
Starting in post at the beginning of Project Year 2, the two post-holders will work closely with the PI for the first two years (Phase 1) to develop a typological overview of the 330 coin-issuing centres in Western Anatolia over the space of six centuries. This typology will serve as the backbone of the CHANGE project, and it will provide a major new resource for Museums, curators of coin collections and scholars around the world. Both PDR's work will therefore work closely with the PI to develop it and become familiar with its contents and structure.
Closing Date: 19-MAR-2021 12:00 - Stellenangebote
- RESEARCH ASSOCIATE for the project “Romanization and Islamication in Late AntiquityFeb 18Donnerstag, 18. Februar 2021 11:55
Universität Hamburg
DFG Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe "RomanIslam"
As a University of Excellence, Universität Hamburg is one of the strongest research universities in Germany. As a flagship university in the greater Hamburg region, it nurtures innovative, cooperative contacts to partners within and outside academia. It also provides and promotes sustainable education, knowledge, and knowledge exchange locally, nationally, and internationally.
DFG Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe "RomanIslam" (Humanities, Asien-Afrika-Institut, Islamic Studies invites applications for a
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
for the project “Romanization and Islamication in Late Antiquity - Transcultural Processes on the Iberian Peninsula and in North Africa”
Salary Level 13 TV-L
The positionin accordance with Section28 subsection3of the Hamburg higher education act (Hamburgisches Hochschulgesetz, HmbHG) commences on June1st, 2021.This is a fixed-term contract in accordance with Section2 of the academic fixed-term labor contract act (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz, WissZeitVG).
The term is fixed until March 31st, 2024.The position calls for 65% of standard work hours per week.
Responsibilities: Duties include academic services in the project named above. Research associates mayalso pursue independent research and further academic qualifications.Specific Duties:RomanIslam, the Center for Advanced Study, convenes the disciplines of comparative empire studies. Our approach aims to compare transcultural assimilation processes in the historical region of the western Mediterranean with focus on the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa during the first millennium CE, or the so-called „Long Late Antiquity“, including the Early Islamic Period. The economically significant Iberian Peninsula and the Maghreb were peripheral regions, both in the pagan, later Christianized Roman, and in the Islamic Empire.
The successful applicant will conduct research in the frame of the project “Romanization and Islamication in Late Antiquity” concentrating on one or both regions under study. A successful PhD-thesis is expected in the field of administrative divisions, political structures, imperial religions versus local believes, economy, the transformation of cities, or agricultural landscapes, etc. The applicant will work within an interdisciplinary team, using the similar methodological approaches. The position requires an active participation in the activities of the RomanIslam Center of Comparative Empire and Transcultural Studies, i.e. in research colloquia, lecture series and workshops, as well as active engagement in the center's research activities.
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Requirements: A university degree in a relevant field. An excellent university degree (MA) in a relevant field of Middle Eastern history and culture. Excellent Arabic skills are essential, experience with Arabic historical primary sources, excellent knowledge of English, and French, are required. The knowledge of further languages relevant for the study of the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa, such as Latin, and Spanish, etc. is advantageous. Experience in working with additional sources, such as archaeological, numismatic, and geographical material is welcome but not a requirement. The applicant is expected to conduct doctoral studies in a field relevant to the region of early Islamic/Medieval North Africa/ Maghreb (Ifriqiya) and the Iberian Peninsula within the foci of the RomanIslam Center. Qualified disabled candidates or applicants with equivalent status receive preference in the application process. For further information, please contact Prof. Stefan Heidemann (Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein! ; +49 (40) 42838 3181 or consult our website at https://www.romanislam.uni-hamburg.de. Applications should include a cover letter, a tabular curriculum vitae, and copies of degree certificate(s). Please send applications by March 15th, 2021 to: Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!, please add the names of two referees. Please do not submit original documents as we are not able to return them. Any documents submitted will be destroyed after the application process has concluded.
- Stipendien und Forschungspreise
- Funded PhD studentship (3 years)Mrz 02Dienstag, 02. März 2021 17:31
Universität Wien
The ERC-funded project MAPPOLA - Mapping Out the Poetic Landscape(s) of the Roman Empire (https://mappola.eu), based at the University of Vienna, Austria, now invites applications for a fully funded PhD researcher (prae-doc) position, based at the Department of Ancient History and Classics, Papyrology and Epigraphy at the University of Vienna (https://altegeschichte.univie.ac.at/).
The position will be funded for three years, starting October 1st, 2021 or slightly earlier. Closing date for applications is April 30th, 2021.
We currently expect to hold interviews on May 20th and May 22nd. (Appropriate interview arrangements will be made for all shortlisted candidates with a view to the continued levels of disruption as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.)
Requirements --
We are looking for an outstanding candidate interested in pursuing graduate-level research in the field of Roman cultural history and epigraphy and prepared to contribute to the project's Work Package 4: 'Hidden in plain sight: subcultures and subversion' (details on which may be found here: https://mappola.eu/index.php/wp4-hidden-in-plain-sight-subcultures-and-subversion/).
Candidates are invited to frame their own research question(s) under the umbrella of work package 4. In this context, we would be especially delighted to see applications that propose to investigate religious communities and networks.
Applicants must be eligible to take up employment in Austria, meet all requirements for PhD level study at the University of Vienna ( https://doktorat.univie.ac.at/en/doctoralphdprogrammes/humanities/admission/), and agree to enrol as a PhD student in the Department of Ancient History and Classics, Papyrology and Epigraphy upon acceptance of the position.
Applicants will be expected to be fluent in either English or German (or both). Applicants without sufficient levels of linguistic competence in German will be required to take intensive German classes at the university's Sprachenzentrum as part of their professional training. At least basic reading knowledge of Italian, Spanish, and/or French will be beneficial. Good knowledge of Latin and at least a basic knowledge of Ancient Greek will be expected.
The successful applicant will be expected to relocate to Vienna and join the university as an employee (0.75 FTE, fixed-term for 3 years, paid in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement for staff at the University of Vienna).
Further details on https://mappola.eu/index.php/work-with-us/
- Stipendien und Forschungspreise
- Promotionsstipendium Landscape Archeology - BerlinFeb 20Samstag, 20. Februar 2021 08:56Die Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies schreibt mit Mitteln des DAAD-GSSP ein Promotionsstipendium aus, im Promotionsprogramm Landscape Archaeology and Architecture. Der Förderzeitraum beträgt vier Jahre und beginnt mit dem Wintersemester 2021/22 (01.10.2021).Bewerben können sich M.A. Absolventen aller archäologischen Fächer einschließlich Ägyptologie zum 30.04.2021. Fragen zur Ausschreibung beantworten Prof. Dr. Elke Kaiser Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!<mailto:Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!> und Dr. Regina Attula Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!<mailto:Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!> Bitte leiten Sie diese Ausschreibung an geeignete Absolventen weiter sowie an Kooperationspartner und Kollegen.
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The Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies invites applications for a doctoral scholarship with funding from the DAAD-GSSP, in the doctoral programme Landscape Archaeology and Architecture. The funding period is four years and begins with the winter semester (01.10.2021).
Applications are open to M.A. graduates of all archaeological subjects, including Egyptology until 30.04.2021.
If you have any questions about the CfA, please contact Prof. Dr. Elke Kaiser Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!<mailto:Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!> und Dr. Regina Attula Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!<mailto:Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!> Please forward this announcement to suitable graduates as well as to your cooperation partners and colleagues. Thank you very much in advance. - Stipendien und Forschungspreise
- Koç University in Antalya - Post-Doc-Stipendien (keine Residenzpflichht)Feb 15Montag, 15. Februar 2021 09:11
Suna Kıraç Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship 2021
The Koç University AKMED will sponsor full-time post-doctoral researchers for 6 or 9 months beginning from June 1, 2021. There is no residence requirement in Antalya. Candidates are required to submit a project in the fields of history, archaeology, art history and cultural heritage focusing on the geography of Anatolia, Eastern Thrace or Cyprus, or they may also choose one of these topics: “Civic Festivals in Anatolia under the Roman Empire” and “Civic Philanthropy in Anatolia during the Hellenistic and Roman Imperial Periods”. Furthermore, candidates are expected to contribute to AKMED’s academic activities (exhibition, conference, workshop, symposium) and publications.
In addition to the monthly stipend, the researcher will be provided with support for meals and private health insurance. Candidates should have obtained a Ph.D. degree in the above-mentioned fields during the last five years and not more than 45 years old. It is the responsibility of the candidates working in any institution to obtain permission from their institutions. Candidates who satisfy the above conditions must apply directly to AKMED by March 31, 2021.
The application documents are as follows:
- A letter of application, including contact information and the duration of the fellowship requested (6 or 9 months) and the title of project proposed
- Curriculum vitae, including lists of publications and projects in which the candidate has taken part
- A proposal (maximum 1,000 words) stating the aim, method and work plan as well as a bibliography related to the project
- Two reference letters
- Application documents must be sent electronically to Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein! by March 31, 2021. Applications sent later than this date will not be taken into consideration.
If you have any question regarding the application process, please contact our Administrative Affairs and Scholarship Supervisor Mrs. Ozge Yanardag Kocyigit (Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein! )
- Stipendien und Forschungspreise
- Startstipendium Altertumswissenschaften BaselJan 28Donnerstag, 28. Januar 2021 08:17
Das Doktoratsprogramm Altertumswissenschaften der Universität Basel schreibt ein einjähriges Startstipendium à CHF 30'000 aus (in zwei Tranchen mit Evaluation). Der Antritt des Stipendiums erfolgt zum 01.10.2021
Ihre Aufgaben
Die Stipendien dienen der Unterstützung während der Startphase des Doktorats. Im ersten halben Jahr müssen die StipendiatInnen einen Förderantrag ausarbeiten, um sich beim Schweizerischen Nationalfonds oder einer anderen Förderinstitution für die Weiterfinanzierung ihres Promotionsprojektes zu bewerben.
Ihr Profil
Erwartet werden eine hohe Motivation sich im Rahmen des Doktoratsprogramms zu engagieren sowie die Immatrikulation an der Universität Basel. Das Stipendium richtet sich an Studierende, die über einen überdurchschnittlichen Masterabschluss in den Altertumswissenschaften verfügen. Erwünscht ist ein Dissertationsvorhaben, das in den Forschungsschwerpunkten des Departements Altertumswissenschaften der Universität Basel verortet ist.
Bewerbungsschluss: 15.03.2021
Interessierte senden ihre Bewerbung in elektronischer Form an den Koordinator des Doktoratsprogramms Altertumswissenschaften, Dr. Hans-Hubertus Münch (Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!).
Folgende Unterlagen sind einzureichen:
1. Anschreiben
2. Lebenslauf (ggf. mit Publikationsliste)
3. Skizze zum Dissertationsvorhaben (max. 3 Seiten)
4. Abschlusszeugnis
5. 1-2 Textproben (jeweils max. 20 Seiten, darunter mind. 1 wissenschaftliche Qualifikationsarbeit)
6. Referenzschreiben
Die Bewerbung kann in deutscher, französischer oder englischer Sprache eingereicht werden. StartstipendiatInnen müssen sich als Doktorierende an der Universität Basel immatrikulieren. Erstbetreuer bzw. Erstbetreuerin muss dem Departement Altertumswissenschaften der Philosophisch-Historischen Fakultät angehören. Weitere Informationen erteilt Dr. Hans-Hubertus Münch (Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!)Anbei sende ich Ihnen einen Call for Paper für die Tagung "Those. Othering, Alterity, Appropriation in Ancient Art", die im Mai in Hamburg oder digital stattfinden wird.
Seit dem 15. Januar dieses Jahres ist unter https://rollpodest.hypotheses.org/ "das Rollpodest" online, eine Plattform für Archäologische Sammlungen und ihre Freund:innen und zugleich das Blog der archäologischen Sammlungen der Universitäten Freiburg, Heidelberg und Tübingen.
Die Umsetzung der UN-Behindertenrechtskonvention wird auch an Archäologischen Stätten zu einem wichtigen Thema. Im Rahmen der Jahrestagung der EAA vom 8. bis 11. September 2021 in Kiel wird eine Sitzung zum Thema " UNIVERSAL DESIGN OR HOW TO GUARANTEE ACCESS TO ALL ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND PARKS" (Session 490) organisiert. Anhängend finden Sie den Call for Papers, Deadline ist der 11. Februar. Weitere Informationen gibt es auf der offiziellen Website der EAA Jahrestagung ( https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA2021/ ).