Transgression in Late Antiquity and Byzantium 26th International Graduate Conference of the Oxford University Byzantine Society, 24th-25th February 2024, Oxford We are pleased to announce the call for papers for the 26th Annual Oxford University Byzantine Society International Graduate Conference on the 24th – 25th February, 2024. Papers are invited to approach the theme of ‘Transgression’ within the Late Antique and Byzantine world (very broadly defined). For the call for papers, and for details on how to submit an abstract for consideration for the conference, please see below. ‘Seduced by ..read more

==== THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY BYZANTINE SOCIETY The Byzness, 21st August 2023 (Summer Vacation 3rd Edition) ==== 1. NEWS AND EVENTS 2. CALLS FOR PAPERS 3. JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Greetings to you all from a sunny Oxford afternoon. Sending this wrap-up edition of the early-mid August Byzness. A high number of Calls for Papers are included, please read carefully and do apply! Best wishes, N.W. ==== 1.             NEWS AND EVENTS Hellenic Society- The Hellenic and Roman Societies are holding a joint event with the Classical Collections Network at the National ..read more

==== THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY BYZANTINE SOCIETY The Byzness, 8th July 2023 (Early July Edition) ==== 1. NEWS AND EVENTS 2. CALLS FOR PAPERS 3. JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Greetings from a humid Dumbarton Oaks in Washington DC to you all in this Early July Edition of The Byzness. Please see below a collated newsletter of call for papers, publications and job/scholarship opportunities. If the heat still gets you down, please remember to balance your humors accordingly. With best wishes, NW. ==== 1.             NEWS AND EVENTS [Exhibition] The Odyssey o ..read more

Oxford University Byzantine Society 14:22 (3 hours ago) to oxbyzlist-the-byzness Unsubscribe ==== THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY BYZANTINE SOCIETY The Byzness, 12th June 2023 (Trinity Week 8) ==== 1. NEWS AND EVENTS 2. CALLS FOR PAPERS 3. JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Hope you continue to enjoy the warm weather. A reminder if you can to attend our End of Term Party at 3pm at Wolfson College with nibbles and Pimms, and to sail/punt to Byzantium at 4pm with a meal at the Victoria’s Arms around 4:45. We also have our final film screening tomorrow (Tuesday) at 6:15 in the History ..read more

==== THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY BYZANTINE SOCIETY The Byzness, 4th June 2023 (Trinity Week 7) ==== 1. NEWS AND EVENTS 2. CALLS FOR PAPERS 3. JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Wishing you all a pleasant week 7. There are multiple book launches announced in this week’s edition, please see below. – NW ==== 1.             NEWS AND EVENTS  [Book Launch] The Eclectic Visual Culture of Medieval Moldavia, Alice Isabella Sullivan, (Tufts University)  Medieval Moldavia – which was located within present-day northeastern Romania and the Republic of Moldova ..read more

==== THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY BYZANTINE SOCIETY The Byzness, 21st May 2023 (Trinity Week 5) ==== 1. NEWS AND EVENTS 2. CALLS FOR PAPERS 3. JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Wishing you all a productive week in the recalcitrantly pleasant sunny weather. – NW ==== 1.             NEWS AND EVENTS [Lecture] Wednesday, 24th May, 17.00: Late Antique and Byzantine Seminar | (W5) 24 May   Jean-Claude Cheynet (emeritus, Sorbonne Université), ‘Women’s Seals in Byzantium’ (Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, 66 St. Giles | Online via Teams). Convened by Ine ..read more

==== THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY BYZANTINE SOCIETY The Byzness, 16th May 2023 (Trinity Week 4) ==== 1. NEWS AND EVENTS 2. CALLS FOR PAPERS 3. JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Wishing you a pleasant week and we draw special attention to the 2023 Nicolas Zernov lecture on Thursday at 5pm to be delivered by Mary Cunningham at the Maison française d’Oxford. – NW ==== 1.             NEWS AND EVENTS Thursday 18th May, 17:00-18:30, Maison française d’Oxford. Mary B. Cunningham will deliver the 2023 Nicolas Zernov lecture on ‘Mary, the Mother of God, as Ascetic Virgin in Byza ..read more

==== THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY BYZANTINE SOCIETY The Byzness, 1st May 2023 (Trinity Week 2) ==== 1. NEWS AND EVENTS 2. CALLS FOR PAPERS 3. JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Wishing you a Happy May Day to the revellers of Oxford and our national and international partners. Hoping you all had a productive last week, either as first week of Trinity or elsewhere. We have been asked to remind our subscribers that the gallery ‘Byzantine: then and now’ is on display at Wolfson College until the 23rd June, following a successful opening last weekend. Please also be sure to check the internal Oxford confe ..read more

THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY BYZANTINE SOCIETY The Byzness, 21st April 2023 (Trinity Week 0) ==== 1. NEWS AND EVENTS 2. CALLS FOR PAPERS 3. JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Wishing all the best to our Byzantinist network as we prepare the resumption of term here at Oxford. We hope you had a restful Easter break. From next week, The Byzness will resume as a weekly newsletter while internal Oxford events will be posted in the weekly Oxford Listings. Τὰ πάντα ῥεῖ – and you can find it all here.  – Nathan W. [Christ upon the Stone of Unction, Church of St. Anna, Trebizond. 14th c. fresco] ==== 1 ..read more

==== THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY BYZANTINE SOCIETY The Byzness, 4th April 2023 (Hilary Week 12) ==== 1. NEWS AND EVENTS 2. CALLS FOR PAPERS 3. JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Thank you for bearing with us during the interregnum while the OUBS were in Istanbul and Trabzon – and a huge thank you to our faculty and istitutional partners whom we met while on the trip, please see below the Byzness – and a reminder that outside of term time, the next edition will be in a fortnight. We attach below a photograph of the reception the OUBS were kindly awarded by the His All Holiness, the Ecumenical Patriar ..read more