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Conference Program!

Conference Title: After Kant: What do art and literature owe to Kant?

Location: Prague, Czechia;

Date: 24 - 26 June 2024

Faculty of Humanities, Charles University

The Faculty of Humanities at Charles University is pleased to announce its international conference, After Kant: What do art and literature owe to Kant?, to be held in Prague, Czechia on 24 - 25 June 2024.

On the occasion of the 300th anniversary of Kant’s birth, we want to pay attention to his influence on subsequent thinking about beauty and art, and thus discuss his impact on philosophy of art and aesthetics, from the thinkers and creators of the Romantic tradition (e.g. Schleiermacher, Novalis, Schlegel) and Idealism (e.g. Hölderlin, Schelling, Hegel), to the post-Hegelian philosophers (e.g. Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche), to 20th-century authors of different traditions and positions.

Day 1: 24 June 2024

Keynote Speaker: Ian Alexander Moore, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA.

Day 2: 25 June 2024

Keynote Speaker: Dr. James D. Reid, Professor of Philosophy at Metropolitan State University of Denver in Denver, CO.

Day 2: 26 June 2024
Keynote Speaker: doc. Mgr. Josef Fulka, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Charles University.

Language: Czech, English.

Format: Hybrid (in-person and online).

For general inquiries about the conference, please contact:

[email protected]

We look forward to your participation in our conference.

Note: The last day of the conference, June 26th, is for Czech presenters.

Kind regards,

Conference Organizers:

Doc. Mgr. Aleš Novák, Ph.D., Brice Cantrell, Shawn Christopher Vigil, Tatia Basilaia

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Gender, Identity, and Authority in Late Antiquity
March 20-23, 2025
The Society for Late Antiquity is pleased to announce the sixteenth biennial meeting of Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity, which will be held at The University of Tulsa, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We encourage papers that investigate issues and aspects of gender, identity, and/or authority within the broader late antique world, either in relation to one another or on their own. This thematic scope is intentionally broad, allowing for many different approaches and from a host of disciplines and methodologies. Gender, for example, might include the impact of religion or other factors on ideas of the family, s*x, and s*xuality, understandings of the nature of gender differences, or conceptions of identity and authority in relationship to the gendered or genderless self or other. Likewise, identity might focus on its self-perception or ascription by others, its potential to be malleable, situational, or contested, or its various components, like ethnicity, political allegiance, religious affiliation, or class. Finally, authority might interrogate its attribution to or expectation for a particular person (e.g., an empress or saint), place (e.g., Rome), or thing (e.g., a text or creed), the mechanisms for its attainment or rejection, such as tradition, merit, or force, or its realization of lack thereof, either as an actual fact or ideal.
Abstracts (no more than 500 words) for papers presenting original scholarship should be submitted for consideration no later than October 1, 2024.
Conference website: https://sites.utulsa.edu/shiftingfrontiersxvi/
Conference email: [email protected]

Shifting Frontiers XVI – At The University of Tulsa Call For Papers Gender, Identity, and Authority in Late Antiquity March 20-23, 2025 The Society for Late Antiquity is pleased to announce the sixteenth biennial meeting of Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity, which will be held at The University of Tulsa, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We encourage papers tha...

Call for Papers

Sapiens Ubique Civis XI – Szeged 2024

PhD Student and Young Scholar Conference on Classics and the Reception of Antiquity

Szeged, Hungary, August 28–30, 2024

The Department of Classical Philology and Neo-Latin Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Szeged (Hungary) is pleased to announce its international conference Sapiens Ubique Civis XI – Szeged 2024, for PhD students and young scholars, as well as M.A. students aspiring to apply to a PhD program.
The aim of the conference is to bring together an international group of young academics working in various places, languages, and fields. Papers on a wide range of subjects, including, but not limited to, the literature, history, philology, philosophy, linguistics, and archaeology of Greece and Rome, Byzantinology, Neo-Latin studies, and reception of the classics, as well as papers dealing with theatre studies, digital humanities, comparative literature, contemporary literature, and fine arts related to antiquity are welcome. We are also happy to accept submissions regarding pedagogical methods in teaching Latin, Greek and other classical subjects. Panel submissions from multiple speakers on these subjects are also welcome.
Lectures: The language of the conference is English. Thematic sessions and plenary lectures will be scheduled. The time limit for each lecture is 20 minutes, followed by discussion. It is not possible to present online.
Application: Applications should be sent via Google Form: https://forms.gle/RwjfreCA6G6F4M7y7.
Abstracts of a maximum of 300 words are welcomed and should be proofread by a native speaker. The application deadline is June 9, 2024. An acceptance notification will be sent to you by June 23, 2024 at the latest.
Registration: The registration fee for the conference is €80. The participation fee includes the conference pack, reception meal, closing event, extra programs, and refreshments during coffee breaks. The participation fee does not include accommodation, but the conference coordinators will assist conference participants in finding accommodation in the city centre.
The participants will also be informed about publication possibilities in due course.
Getting here: Szeged, the largest city in Southern Hungary, can be easily reached by rail from Budapest and the Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport. Those who prefer travelling by car can choose the European route E75 and then take the Hungarian M5 motorway passing by the city.
For general inquiries about the conference, please contact us at [email protected].
We look forward to your participation in our conference.
Kind regards,

Dr János Nagyillés PhD
Chairman of the Conference Committee
Dr habil. Ibolya Tar CSc; Prof Dr László Szörényi DSc; Prof Dr Péter Kasza DSc;
Dr habil. Endre Ádám Hamvas PhD; Dr habil. György Fogarasi PhD; Dr Imre Áron Illés PhD;
Dr David Preston PhD; Dr Ferenc Krisztián Szabó PhD; Dr Gergő Gellérfi PhD; Dr Tamás Jászay PhD
Members of the Conference Committee
Dzsenifer Bakos; Dr Tamás Jászay PhD; Dr Gergő Gellérfi PhD
Conference coordinators

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Sapiens ubique civis XI (2024) Application Call for Papers: www.klasszika.hu/suc For general inquiries about the conference, please contact us at [email protected].

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Dumbarton Oaks Mentorship Program for East-Central European Scholars

Please find here the Call for Applications for the Dumbarton Oaks Mentorship Program for East-Central European Scholars, co-organized with North of Byzantium and Connected Central European Worlds, 1500-1700.



We invite applications for a remote four-session mentorship program tailored to early-career scholars, with a special focus on those affected by the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. The four sessions will take place in Fall of 2024 (September-November) and Spring of 2025 (February-April).



We encourage historians and art historians with a specialty in the medieval or early modern visual culture of East-Central Europe to apply to this program. The successful applicants should be advanced PhD candidates (within 1 year of completion of their degrees) or junior-level scholars (up to 5 years since graduation with a doctoral degree).

The deadline for applications is May 12, 2024.

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Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History 2024-2026 at Kenyon College

Kenyon College, a nationally ranked liberal arts college in Ohio, invites applications for a two-year, full-time Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History beginning August 2024. The area of specialization is open, but candidates with teaching expertise in the arts of the Islamic world or Ancient Art of any region before 600 CE are especially encouraged to apply. We are interested in teacher-scholars who can offer creative ways to engage with the Art History Department’s Visual Resources Center, the Blick-Harris Study Collection, The Gund, and regional art museums.

The successful applicant will be able to teach broadly in their field. The selected candidate will teach five total classes per year at the introductory, intermediate, and advanced levels. Applicants should complement, not duplicate, current expertise of the department. The selected candidate may have the opportunity to provide mentorship to honors projects.

The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in hand at the time of the appointment. Candidates who are ABD with a completion date by August 2024 will be considered. Experience in teaching as the instructor of record in college-level courses is required. We seek scholars who can demonstrate a record of undergraduate teaching excellence, preferably in a liberal arts setting.

To apply, candidates should visit the online application site found at http://careers.kenyon.edu. Applications must include: 1) a cover letter describing teaching experience, research interests, teaching philosophy, and information on ways that issues and practices related to diversity, inclusion, and equity have been or will be included in teaching, 2) a curriculum vitae, 3) unofficial graduate transcript(s), 4) a list of three references with detailed contact information, including email address (at least one reference must speak to the candidate’s teaching experience). Note: references will only be contacted for those candidates who advance to the latter stages of the search.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. All applications received by May 10 will be given full consideration.

https://careers.pageuppeople.com/695/cw/en-us/job/493087/visiting-assistant-professor-of-art-history

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Kenyon College - Details - Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History Kenyon College invites applications for a two-year, full-time Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History beginning August 2024. The area of specialization is open, but candidates with teaching expertise in the arts of the Islamic world or Ancient Art of any region before 600 CE are especially encou...

Call for Journal Articles - The Hungarian Historical Review

The Hungarian Historical Review (https://www.jstor.org/journal/hunghistrevi; www.hunghist.org) invites submissions for its second issue in 2025, the theme of which will be Coherence of Translation Programs and the Contexts of Translation Movements, ca. 500– 1700 AD

The deadline for the submission of abstracts: June 15, 2024. The deadline for the accepted papers: December 15, 2024.

This Special Issue aims to explore the complex historical, literary, and material backgrounds that are conducive to producing translations from any source language (Greek, Arabic, Armenian, Syriac, Hebrew, etc.) into Latin and from Latin into the vernaculars or local dialects from Late Antiquity until the end of the Renaissance period. The special issue investigates triggers and factors that helped produce Latin translations and eased the reception of Latin texts by non-Latin-using audiences. The variety of source and target languages creates a comparative framework that enriches our understanding of complex translating processes as historical phenomena. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): The birth of the idea of translating specific texts or corpora; The relation between geopolitical shifts and translation programs; The role of translators in pursuing programs; Translators’ development/ professionalization over the course of the centuries or within a specific epoch in pursuing specific programs; Movement and travel of translators as a trigger behind translations; Interreligious relations and cultural and economic exchange between West and East as a broader backdrop for translations; The role of patrons and audiences, systematizing tendencies of patrons; Scientific, political, educational, and religious networks behind translations; Personal initiatives and the lack of coherence behind translated texts. We welcome submissions from scholars in various disciplines, including medieval and renaissance history, literary and philological studies, art history, archaeology and material culture, and Islamic, Hebrew, and Byzantine studies. We especially encourage submissions that offer interdisciplinary perspectives and engage with current historiographical debates.

Please send an abstract of no more than 500 words and a short biographical note with a selected list of the author’s three most important publications (we do not accept full CVs) no later than June 15, 2024. Proposals should be submitted to the special editor of the issue by email: [email protected]

The editors will ask the authors of selected papers to submit their final articles (max. 10,000 words) no later than December 15, 2024.

The articles will be published after a double-blind peer-review process. We provide proofreading for contributors who are not native speakers of English. All articles must conform to our submission guidelines.

The Hungarian Historical Review is a peer-reviewed international quarterly of the social sciences and humanities, the geographical focus of which is Hungary and East-Central Europe.

For additional information, please visit the journal’s website: www.hunghist.org

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Medieval Academy of America Annual Meeting (March 20-22, 2025) - Invitation for Submissions

In March 2025, the Medieval Academy of America will hold its centennial meeting on the campus of Harvard University. This three-day conference, organized by members of Harvard’s Standing Committee on Medieval Studies and scholars from colleges and universities across the Boston area, will be preceded on Wednesday 19 March by a day-long graduate student workshop as well as the annual Digital Medieval Studies Institute (DMSI). The conference is meant not simply to celebrate the centenary of a professional organization, but to reflect on the present and future of the study of the “medieval” millennium of the human past, broadly conceived, and to welcome scholars and students working on this period who belong to professional organizations other than the Medieval Academy. We thus encourage submissions of individual papers or panel proposals before 3 June 2024. The CFP and links to submission forms are available online here. Note that we expect to offer travel subventions worth $500 to as many as 100 colleagues lacking research support, whose papers are accepted or who are chosen to participate in the graduate student workshop. If you have any questions, or would like more information about this event, please feel free to contact us.

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Research Forum 'Ērān: West and Central Asia in the First Millennium CE'

We invite early career scholars interested in researching global Late Antiquity to take part in our initial Research Forum titled Ērān: Central and West Asia in the First Millennium CE’ which will take place at the University of Lille (France), 15 – 19 July 2024. The deadline for applications is May 15, 2024.



The Research Forum is a place for established scholars and junior researchers involved in the study of the Iranian world in the first millennium CE to come together for a dialogue of ideas, research agendas, and methods.

The Forum will last for 5 days and is set around the themes of Historiography, Languages of the empire, Religions and Cultures, Material and Visual Culture, Economy and Administration.

Early career scholars are encouraged to propose papers in their desired themes, although these might be organised across the week depending on the number of papers in each theme.

For more information, visit:

www.GlobalLateAntiquity.com

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Ērān Tūrān Hrōm Ērān Tūrān Hrōm is a project aiming to bring together scholars of various discipline concerned with the study of the first millennium or late antique Central and West Asia and the Mediterranean zone, and even the wider Afro-Eurasian world (including East Asia and Africa). The project is envisio...

Mary Jaharis Center Sponsored Panel at 60th International Congress on Medieval Studies

To encourage the integration of Byzantine studies within the scholarly community and medieval studies in particular, the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture seeks proposals for a Mary Jaharis Center sponsored session at the 60th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, May 8–10, 2025. We invite session proposals on any topic relevant to Byzantine studies.

Session proposals must be submitted through the Mary Jaharis Center website. The deadline for submission is May 13, 2024.

If the proposed session is approved, the Mary Jaharis Center will reimburse a maximum of 4 session participants (presenters and moderator) up to $800 maximum for scholars traveling from North America and up to $1400 maximum for those traveling from outside North America. Funding is through reimbursement only; advance funding cannot be provided.

For further details and submission instructions, please visit https://maryjahariscenter.org/sponsored-sessions/60th-icms.

Contact Brandie Ratliff, Director, Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture, with any questions.

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The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture Founded in 2010 through a generous gift from the Jaharis Family Foundation, the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture is dedicated to the promotion and advancement of knowledge about the rich heritage of Byzantine art and culture.

Third Annual Academic Symposium at St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary

November 13-15, 2024: Third Annual Academic Symposium at Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary.

This year’s symposium, titled “I Saw the Lord (Isa 6.1): Entangled Jewish and Christian Perspectives on the Encounter with God,” gathers leading Orthodox Christian and Jewish scholars from around the world, who will reflect on the manner in which theophanic texts—biblical accounts of Divine Revelation to the patriarchs and prophets—have always been and remain foundational to their respective doctrinal and spiritual traditions. For more details, see the Symposium page: https://www.svots.edu/events/symposium_2024

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Third Annual Academic Symposium | St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary “I Saw the Lord” (Isa 6.1): Entangled Jewish and Christian Perspectives on the Encounter with God Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) will hold its Third Annual Academic Symposium on November 13-15, 2024. This year’s symposium, titled “I Saw the Lord (Isa 6.1): Entangled...

Lecture Series of the Department of Byzantine Studies, University of Cologne

June 5
CLAUDIA SODE & MARTINA FILOSA (COLOGNE)
Von der Inschrift zur digitalen Edition: Aktuelle Projekte zur
Erschließung byzantinischer Bleisiegel

June 12
NIELS GAUL (EDINBURGH)
Authorial Manuscripts of the Middle and Later Byzantine
Periods: Codicological, Performative and Cross-Cultural Readings

June 19
ELENI SKARSOULI (COLOGNE)
Papyrologie und Digital Humanities: Aus der Arbeit mit einem
philologischen Papyrus

June 26
PIA CAROLLA (GENOA)
Crossing Data, Discovering Paths: Towards a Digital Archive
of the Manuscripts by the Notorious Forger Andreas Darmarios

July 3
CHRISTOS SIMELIDIS (THESSALONIKI)
How to Sign a Book: Byzantine Book Epigrams and Their
Database

July 10
STEPHANOS MATTHAIOS (ATHENS)
"Wir, jetzt und die anderen": Sprechergruppen und
Quellen byzantinischer Lexikographie griechischer Sprache

Every lecture will take place on the specified date, from 16:00 to 17:30, in the Hauptgebäude, Horsaal VIIa. For any questions, please contact: [email protected].

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Medieval Middle Eastern Diversity Workshop

(To register for Zoom link, email [email protected])

Monday, May 20, 2024 (by Zoom)

*All times listed in Eastern (US) Daylight Time

9:00-9:10am: Welcome & Opening Remarks
9:10-10:05: Session I
Mourad Takawi (U. Incarnate Word), “The Interreligious Context of Early Qurʾān Interpretation: Arabic Christian and Muslim Exegetes in the Early Islamic Period”
Jeson Ng (U. Chicago), “Arabic Verse in Persian Form: Medieval Experimentalisms at Play”
10:05-11:25: Session II
Sarit Kattan Gribetz (Fordham U.), “Helena of Adiabene in the Medieval Middle East”
Philip Wood (Aga Khan U.), “Religious Diversity in the Scholion of Theodore bar Koni (c.791)”
Orçun Saracoğlu (METU), “Church as a Multi-Ethnic Monument: Amida from Late Antiquity to Medieval Era”
11:35-12:30: Session III
John Zaleski (Loyola U.), “Diversity and Pluralism in the Debate of Timothy I and the Caliph al-Mahdi”
Omri Matarasso (Princeton U.), “The Confessionalization of the Medieval Middle East: Modern and Medieval Perspectives”
1:30-2:25: Session IV
Reyhan Durmaz (U. Pennsylvania), “Between Class, Clan, Confession: Reflections on Social Mobility”
Eve Krakowski (Princeton U.), “Linguistic Diversity and Religious Change after Arabization: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Judeo-Arabic among the Jews of Medieval Egypt”
2:25-3:20: Session V
Chris Mezger (Yale U.), “How Many Aramaics?: Language Shift and Social Cohesion in the Medieval Midde East”
Rama Alhabian (Hamilton Coll.), “Multilingual Worlds in Ḥarīrī’s Monolingual Maqāmāt: The Case of al-maqāma ar-Raqṭāʾ (the spotted)”
3:30-4:25: Session VI
Rachel Abdoler (U. Chicago), “Confessional Boundary Crossing in Biblical Exegesis: Butrus al-Sadamanti's use of Ibn al-Tayyib in his Tafsīr on the Passion of Christ”
Thomas A. Carlson (Oklahoma State U.), “Even the Qadi Does It: Religious Diversity, Gender, and the Vice Economy after 1000 CE”
4:25-5:00: Concluding Discussion

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Silk in Byzantium (Micro Exhibit)

The George Washington University’s Byzantine Studies Club, hosted by the Cotsen Center at the Textile Museum, invites you to join them for Silk in Byzantium. Lead researcher Jenny Lowery ‘24 and several other BSC students have assembled a micro exhibit telling the story of silk in Byzantium, the first such undergraduate exhibit at the Textile Museum. This talk will explore the origins of the native Byzantine silk trade from its covert beginnings to its influence on the greater luxuries market in Constantinople and beyond.

Join online or in person Thursday May 2 at 1pm EDT, registering for either option at this link: https://museum.gwu.edu/cotsen-textile-traces-talk-smuggled-silkworms-silk-empire

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Cotsen Textile Traces Talk: From Smuggled Silkworms to Silk Empire | The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum | The George Washington University Cotsen Textile Traces Talk: From Smuggled Silkworms to Silk Empire

OCLA 2023-2024 Trinity Term Booklet

Edinburgh’s Centre for Late Antique, Islamic & Byzantine Studies (CLAIBS) is delighted to announce Crow Week!

On Monday 13 May 2024, CLAIBS is honoured to host, in hybrid format, this year’s joint lecture of the Austrian (OEBG) and British (SPBS) societies for Byzantine Studies, delivered by CLAIBS’s own Jim Crow with Galina Fingarova (University of Vienna) as respondent. The lecture is entitled ‘Peeping under the Palimpsest: reclaiming the urban topography of Byzantine Constantinople’.
Abstract: A recent publication on late antique and medieval urbanism titled ‘Cities as palimpsests?’ draws attention to the multi-layered nature of ancient cities and the nuanced perspectives which are offered for the study of evolving urbanism. But how far is this engaging metaphor relevant for understanding the city beneath our feet and as a contribution to comprehending past lifeways? By reviewing past and contemporary approaches and methodologies I aim to consider the contribution of previous observations and excavations for the topography and infrastructure of the city, with particular attention to the Byzantine remains enclosed within the circuit wall of the Topkapı Saray, the city’s first hill.
Proceedings commence at 5.30pm BST. All welcome; registration – for in person or remote participation – is open at https://edin.ac/3QiNueS

On Friday that same week (17 May 2024), CLAIBS, in collaboration with Edinburgh's Departments of Archaeology and Classics, looks forward to hosting a half-day hybrid workshop – ‘Of Walls and Aqueducts: Celebrating Professor Jim Crow' – to mark Professor Crow’s recent retirement from his distinguished tenure as Edinburgh’s Chair in Classical and Byzantine Archaeology. Three speakers representing the three areas of the Centre – Ine Jacobs (Oxford) for Late Antique studies, Scott Redford (SOAS) for Islamic studies, and Edinburgh’s Margaret Mullett for Byzantine studies – will deliver talks relevant to Professor Crow’s own work and in his honour. The academic part will last from 3.15–6pm BST. All welcome; for further details and registration – for in person or remote participation – see https://edin.ac/3QgRLjg

With any queries, please contact Niels Gaul ([email protected]).

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'Of walls and aqueducts': Celebrating Professor Jim Crow A hybrid half-day workshop celebrating Professor Jim Crow, FSA organised by the Centre for Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies (CLAIBS) in collaboration with Archaeology and Classics at the University of Edinburgh.

Ahmanson Research Fellowships for the Study of Medieval and Renaissance Books and Manuscripts

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Please apply at least six months in advance of the preferred date of research in UCLA Library Special Collections.



Ahmanson Research Fellowships for the Study of Medieval and Renaissance Books and Manuscripts support the use of any of the UCLA Library Special Collections’ extensive holdings in medieval and Renaissance manuscripts and printed books. Some of these holdings include the Ahmanson-Murphy Aldine and Early Italian Printing Collections; the Elmer Belt Library of Vinciana; the Orsini Family Papers; the Bourbon del Monte de San Faustino Family Papers; the Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts Collection; the Richard and Mary Rouse Collection of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts and Early Printed Books; and the Medieval and Renaissance Arabic and Persian Medical Manuscripts.



The fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis to graduate students or postdoctoral scholars who need to use these collections for graduate-level or postdoctoral independent research. Recipients receive a stipend of $3000/month for fellowships lasting up to three months. Please note that housing and office space is not provided.

United States citizens and permanent residents with the legal right to work in the U.S. who are engaged in graduate-level, post-doctoral, academic, or independent research are invited to apply.



Additional requirements: To accept the award, non-UCLA graduate students will be required to obtain Visiting Graduate Researcher status and pay the associated fees; students from other University of California campuses may be able to come to UCLA as Intercampus Exchange Students. Independent PhD scholars or those holding faculty positions at other institutions must obtain approval as Visiting Scholars or Researchers to accept the award. CMRS-CEGS staff will assist you with these processes.



The application should include:



Cover letter, including preferred dates to be spent in residence at UCLA
Curriculum vitae
Description of research and special collections to be used (two pages maximum, single spaced)
Two letters of recommendation from faculty or other scholars familiar with the research project.


HOW TO APPLY? Click here for application submission instructions.



View the list of Ahmanson Research Fellowship recipients

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Research Associate Position Within the Team of Prof. Julia Hillner at Bonn

The Bonn Center for Slavery and Dependency Studies invites applications for the position of a Research Associate (65%) within the team of Prof. Dr. Julia Hillner.

The position is for a fixed-term period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2028. An interim evaluation will be carried out after one year. Until January 31, 2026, the position is located at the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies (BCDSS), from February 1, 2026 at the Institute of Historical Sciences / Department of Ancient History. The BCDSS is a "Cluster of Excellence" funded by the German Research Foundation.

Your tasks:
• Development of an independent doctoral project within one or more of the research fields of Prof. Dr. Julia Hillner and her team in the area of social and cultural history of late antiquity (ca. 200-700 AD), in particular history of the family and the household; prosopography, social networks and digital humanities; urban history; legal, criminal and penal history; gender history,
• Teaching commitment of 2.6 semester hours per week in German and English.

Your profile:
• Completed academic university degree (Master's, Magister or state examination) in Ancient History or a related subject,
• Proven command of written and spoken German as well as English is mandatory,
• Ideally, international academic outlook and experience,
• Committed, flexible, team-oriented and interested in further training.

We offer:
• a varied and stimulating position with one of the largest employers in the region,
• the opportunity to do a doctorate,
• participation in the doctoral program of the BCDSS,
• the opportunity to go on research trips and attend conferences,
• institutional support for applicants with families and for women,
• Company pension scheme (VBL),
• numerous university sports facilities,
• very good transport connections and the opportunity to use low-cost parking facilities,
• Remuneration according to pay group 13 TV-L.

The University of Bonn is committed to diversity and equal opportunity. It is certified as a family-friendly university. It aims to increase the proportion of women in areas where women are under-represented and to promote their careers in particular. It therefore urges women with relevant qualifications to apply. Applications will be handled in accordance with the Landesgleichstellungsgesetz (State Equality Act). Applications from suitable individuals with a certified serious disability and those of equal status are particularly welcome.

If you are interested, please send your complete application documents

1. Your application, consisting of:
a) CV;
b) a copy of your Master's, Magister or state examination certificate;
c) proof of the required language skills,

2. An outline of the research project you would like to develop during the doctorate (maximum 4 A4 pages), including central research questions and hypotheses; originality of the proposed project in relation to the research context (with a list of maximum 10 key publications); sources and methodology; connections of the proposed project with and relevance to the research topics of Prof. Dr. Hillner and her team.

3. name and contact details of two referees (position, professional address and e-mail) in a single pdf file by May 19, 2024 to [email protected], quoting reference number 3.2/2024/23.

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