@tetraseminar
Seminar hosted by Giorgia Nicosia (UGent), Marion Pragt (KU Leuven, @worldlyscribe.bsky.social), Andy Hilkens (UniVie, @andyhilkens.bsky.social), and Dan Batovici (UniVie, @danbatovici.bsky.social). Website: TeTra.univie.ac.at.
Join us next Thursday, 12 March at 10 AM CET for the paper:
Gabrielle Russo (Ghent University)
•Regional Panegyric and the Tulunid Dynasty•
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@andyhilkens.bsky.social
If you missed yesterday's paper by @dekayra.bsky.social, the recording is now available on our YouTube channel
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TonM...
A TeTra paper by @dekayra.bsky.social tomorrow!
Join us next Thursday 26 Feb at 10 AM CET for a paper by Maria S. Thomas (UniVie) on the manuscript production of the Syriac Orthodox monastery of Mary Magdalene in Jerusalem in the twelfth century!
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Due to unforeseen circumstances, tomorrow's paper cannot take place. It will be postponed until a later date.
Next week we are hosting another paper, this time by Nicolas Atas (KU Leuven) on Syriac lexica! Tune in on Thursday 5 Feb at our regular time of 10 AM CET.
As always, don't forget to register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social if you're not yet on our mailing list!
Later today!
We are excited to host Samet Budak (Princeton) next Thursday 29 January at 5PM CET (note the unusual timeslot!).
The topic of his paper is Greek translations in the early Ottoman period!
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Off to a great start to 2026 this morning with Roman Gundacker.
See you on the 29th for the next paper on Greek translations in the early Ottoman Empire!
Tomorrow!
Andy.Hilkens@univie.ac.at, or message @andyhilkens.bsky.social !
Happy New Year everyone!
We are starting off 2026 next Friday 9 Jan at 10 AM with a paper by Roman Gundacker (ÖAW/UniVie) on Manetho's Aegyptiaca.
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From all of us at TeTra, happy holidays and a wonderful end to what has been an amazing 2025!
Our little Christmas gift to you is the preliminary programme for 2026, now available on our website: tetra.univie.ac.at. See you next year!
Very many congratulations to our colleague @danbatovici.bsky.social !!!
Warm congrats to our colleague Giorgia Nicosia for being awarded one of the Research Awards of the Associazione Internazionale di Studi Tardoantichi. Find her in the ceremony photo!
studitardoantichi.org/en/2025/11/2...
If you missed this afternoon's Spotlight on Peter Van Nuffelen and Lieve Van Hoof's The Fragmentary Chronicles after Eusebius, with a response by Monica Berti, here is the recording!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EbF...
Tomorrow, the Book in the Spotlight with Peter Van Nuffelen and @monica-berti.bsky.social !
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Tomorrow!
Next week Lusine Sargsyan (Matenadaran/YSU) will enlighten us about the production of Armenian manuscripts in Romania! Tune in on Thu 20 Nov at 10 AM CET. f you're not yet on out mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link
Later this month we are hosting a new Book in the Spotlight. On Mon 24 Nov at 4PM CET Peter Van Nuffelen (Ghent) will present The Fragmentary Greek Chronicles after Eusebius, which he recently published with Lieve Van Hoof. Discussant will be @monica-berti.bsky.social (Leipzig)!
Great talk and great conversation yesterday.
In case you missed it, here is the recording!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kH9...
Tomorrow!
There is still time to register.
In the next TeTra seminar which will take place next Thursday 6 November at 4PM CET Ellen Muehlberger (Michigan) will speak about the voice of Mary of Egypt.
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If you missed yesterday's paper, here is the recording, a great introduction into the tōnapatchaṛ!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PIx...
Tomorrow!
We are excited to host Anna Ohanjayan (Yerevan State University / Matenadaran) who will be speaking next Thu 23 Oct (10 AM CET) about the Tōnapatchaṛ, a fascinating genre in Armenian literature!
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If you missed Eleanor Baker's paper yesterday, here is the recording!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLv9...
Tomorrow!
If you are not yet on our mailing list and are interested in attending, get in touch with @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link.
Manuscript details: Durham, Durham University Library, MS Cosin v.iii.9 (f. 37v)
Next Thursday 9 October, Eleanor Baker (@eleanormaybaker.bsky.social) will explore the world of Middle English book curses. All welcome!