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Appel à contribution – Telling stories in Byzantium

Call for papers

Telling stories in Byzantium

An experimental workshop on Byzantine narration
and recent developments within narratology

HOSTED BY Uppsala University, 26–28 November 2015

“Man is fond of fables, and in all stations of life takes pleasure in narratives”. This declaration, quoted from the scholia on Dionysius Thrax’s Technē grammatikē, appeals to the notion of story-telling as an anthropological universal in order to give grounds for the preoccupation of Byzantine secular education with poetic fictions and rhetorical fables. Mastering the art of delivering tales, true of false, was recognized as an advantageous skill in all spheres of human life and society, not least for actors in performative and textual culture. The surviving corpus of Byzantine oratory, progymnasmata, hagiography, historiography, novels, liturgy, dialogues and other less easily classifiable texts abound in inventive and complex applications of the art of storytelling. Since several decades, modern Byzantine studies have often turned to classical narratology for heuristic tools or rigorous methodologies to study the logic and principles of narrative representation in these texts. In recent years, however, this curiosity appears to have declined, or at least remained unconnected to the advancement of the state of the art of narratology since the 1970s and 80s. What (if anything) can scholars studying Byzantine narrative gain from engaging with present-day discussions within the diversified field of post-classical narratology on topics such as media studies and narratology, gender and narratology, cognitive approaches to narration, unreliable narration or “unnatural narratology”?

The aim of this workshop is to accommodate open-minded discussions and experimental studies of narrative representations from all periods of Byzantine literary history. Contributors are strongly encouraged to test unfamiliar methodologies and to theorize their practice. It is the first of three annual events hosted by Uppsala University within the collaborative research network “Texte et récit à Byzance”, in cooperation with Monde byzantin (UMR 8167 Orient et Méditerranée) and Centre d’Études Byzantines, Néo-Helléniques et Sud-Est Européennes,bÉcole des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. The deadline for abstract submission is Monday, 1 June 2015. If you would like to propose a contribution, please send the title and a short abstract (not more than 250 words) to Ingela.Nilsson@lingfil.uu.se.

Confirmed guests
Charis Messis (École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris)
Margaret Mullett (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington)
Aglae Pizzone (Centre for Medieval Literature, Syddansk Universitet, Odense

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Dumbarton Oaks’ Holy Apostles Symposium

Advanced registration information for the Holy Apostles Symposium is being held on Friday, April 24, 2015 to Sunday, April 26. Please register online by clicking on the following link: http://goo.gl/forms/civwnyBcHO

Space for this event is limited, and registration will be handled on a first come, first served basis. For further information, including preliminary abstracts, please visit the event page or contact Seh Hee Koh, Program Coordinator in Byzantine Studies – Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, at byzantine@doaks.org.

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Culture matérielle et contacts diplomatiques entre l’Occident latin, Byzance et l’Orient islamique (XIe-XVIe s.)

Culture matérielle et contacts diplomatiques entre l’Occident latin, Byzance et l’Orient islamique (XIe-XVIe s.)

Colloque international
27-28 avril 2015
Université de Liège

Seconde rencontre scientifique de l’axe 2 du programme quinquennal (2012-2016) de l’IFAO et de l’équipe Islam médiéval de l’UMR 8167.

Responsables : Denise Aigle (EPHE, UMR 8167), Frédéric Bauden (univ. Liège), Nicolas Drocourt (univ. Nantes, CRHIA) et Stéphane Péquignot (EPHE, équipe SAPRAT)

Pour le programme, cliquez ici.

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Appel à contribution – Second International Post-graduate Conference, Jagiellonian University, Kraków

Second International Post-graduate Conference

The Land of Fertility. South-East Mediterranean since the Bronze Age to the Muslim Conquest.
(To be held in the building of the Institute of Archaeology, Jagiellonian University in Kraków on 12th – 13th June 2015.)

This year we would like to focus on the ancient city, its formation and development. It has been set to focus on the ancient city as a place where people live, as well as the urbanisation processes, relations between urban centres, urban ideology etc.

The presentations will be grouped into several sections according to their focus and should not exceed 20 minutes. The number of active participants is also limited. The conference committee reserves the right to select the contributions to be published in the Conference Proceedings.

Timeline:
Registrations for the conference: by 31st March 2015
Notification of acceptance: by 30th April 2015
Submission of the presentation file (supported by MS Office 2010) for the conference proceedings (required for the participation in the conference): 7th June 2015
Conference 12th – 13th June 2015

Registration:
Active applicants will submit the completed registration form: http://goo.gl/forms/eau6AYJzRC

Language of the conference:
English

Conference fee:
10 €

Other:
The organizers are not able to pay travel or accommodation expenses of the active participants. Nevertheless, we will be happy to provide assistance with accommodation, especially for the foreign participants.

Venue:
Kraków, Institute of Archaeology, Jagiellonian University, 11 Gołęba str., 31-007 Kraków, Poland

Contact: crescent@uj.edu.pl

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Poste de directeur – Musée Bénaki

The Benaki Museum is seeking a dynamic, creative, and experienced Director to replace Professor Angelos Delivorrias.
The new Director will undertake responsibility in coming years for the Benaki Museum, one of the most important museums in Greece.

Requirements 
The prospective candidate should have:
– Significant experience in a museum, educational, or other cultural organization
– Administrative abilities
– A charismatic and outgoing personality and be at ease in interacting with others
– Excellent ability in spoken and written Greek, English, and at least one additional foreign language
– Experience in the evaluation and management of research, EU, and other programs
– A post-graduate degree (preferably, PhD) in a scholarly field relevant to the broader themes encompassed by the Museum’s collections and/or museum operation

Term
Five-year term with the possibility of renewal

Submissions
The curriculum vitae can be accompanied by relevant publications. All documents should be submitted
benakimuseum@egonzender.com

Further information here :http://www.benaki.gr/index.asp?lang=en&id=4050101&sid=257