Marion Pragt

The programme of the 2026 GenAut online seminar, with the general theme "The Followers of the Apostles in Cultic Contexts." It can be found online at https://genaut.univie.ac.at/?page_id=671.

We're thrilled to share with you the programme for the 2026 online seminar of the project! The series is curated by our colleague Maria S. Thomas (@dekayra.bsky.social).

All welcome! Let us know if you'd like to add you to the email list. genaut.univie.ac.at/?page_id=671

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!

Call for Papers - EABS 2026: Biblical Reception in Eastern Christian Traditions.

We welcome papers on manuscripts, margins, scribes, biblical traditions, and more.

Abstracts can be submitted until 31 January 2026: eabs.my.site.com/s/research-u...

Very exciting to see the new book of Leuven colleague Hanneke van der Schoor has now appeared, who uses Dead Sea Scroll evidence about the mysterious figure of Qahat to think through modern practices of editing and textual classification (brill.com/display/titl...; @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social).

Excited to announce this for late April! Join us by zoom, it will be online too. #lateantiquity #earlymiddleages @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social

Pasts Imperfect (1.8.26) This week, we are back from holiday break with a deep dive into the ethics, big business, and myth-peddling of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in higher education. Then, bees in ancient jawbones within t...

Pasts Imperfect is back from break! This week, we focus on AI ethics and labor with @illdottore.bsky.social, Christine Johnston & Leigh Anne Lieberman. Then, ancient bees in jawbones, Roman camels in Basel, a book on temple robbery, new ancient world journals @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & much more

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.
If you're not yet on the mailing list and interested in attending, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social

Many congratulations, Sabrina!

Bit of news here: genaut.univie.ac.at/?p=1595
@erc.europa.eu #ERCCoG

Part of the recipe in the original manuscript.

Three quinces on a cutting board.

Today, Sid and I are attempting a recipe for “roy marmelaede” with quinces from the Antwerp Annunciates’ recipe book (first half 17th century, with some later additions - @kbrbe.bsky.social).

Quite curious as to how this will go (1/?)
#earlyModern #bookhistory
#womenshistory #foodhistory

To avoid any curses, attending is recommended.

Exiting the theology faculty has become quite the adventure.

Looking forward to hearing about the creative use of an East Syriac text in a medieval Syriac Orthodox context tomorrow!

The next TeTra event is another Book in the Spotlight, this time with Sofia Puchkova. Discussant is Samuel Fernández (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile).
Tuesday 1 July at 4PM CET, don't miss it!
If you are not yet on the mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social

Next week we offer the floor to one of the long-term participants in our seminar. Boško Erić (University of East Sarajevo) will be speaking about the Letter of Mara bar Serapion on Thu 5 June, at 10 AM. If you're not yet on the mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social

YouTube video by TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar TeTra | Antonietta Castiello "The Memory of the Palmyrene Diaspora through its Inscriptions"

Also now up on our YouTube channel, the recording of Antonietta Castiello's paper on the inscriptions of the Palmyrene diaspora. Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_o2...

YouTube video by TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar TeTra | Federico Alpi "Entangled creed(s): The Armenian version of the Didascalia CCCXVIII Patrum"

In case you missed it, the recording of Federico Alpi's talk about the Nicene Creed in the Armenian version of the Didascalia CCCXVIII Patrum is now available on our Youtube channel alongside many other papers and all the lectures!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0cx...

Four-year postdoc in Syriac studies in Vienna.

Join my team in the FWF START Project "Generative Authority: The Followers of the Apostles as Literary Characters," genaut.univie.ac.at/

Deadline June 1st. Happy to respond to any inquiries!

@fwf-at.bsky.social @univie.ac.at

New special issue on practices of authorship edited by Sabrina Inowlocki:
www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/issue/ear...

Thank you for the invitation to be part of this, @sabrinainowlocki.bsky.social!

Thank you, Sabrina! Really looking forward to this.

Proof day! The special issue I edited on Christian authorship is out soon in Early Christianity. Watch out to see the fantastic papers by my distinguished colleagues @danbatovici.bsky.social @gpfewster.bsky.social @worldlyscribe.bsky.social and @jeremiahcoogan.bsky.social

image of a sheep in a coat of arms next to a hole in the parchment

'The lamb is among all beasts the most sweet and innocent...It hurts no man with teeth, nails or horns and all that comes of him is good and profitable...'
Surely the scribe was considering the parchment of that very folio - made more noticeable by the hole - as he wrote this... [Harley 6149].

Join us on Thursday 6 February at 10 AM for a conversation with @mateuszkusio.bsky.social on the early Christian Latin poet Commodianus

Tomorrow!

Large monoprints featuring stylised figures holding golden balls. Church architecture in the background.

Large monoprints featuring stylised figures holding golden balls. Church architecture in the background.

Large monoprints featuring stylised figures holding golden balls. Church architecture in the background.

Large monoprints featuring stylised figures holding golden balls. Church architecture in the background.

We are delighted to be hosting an exhibition of artworks for the next month! KIRKWALL SAGA by Morgan Barnett is inspired by the Kirkwall Ba', and will be on display until 13 February. Entry to the exhibition and cathedral are FREE, open 9am-1pm and 2pm-5pm, Monday to Saturday.

We are thrilled to announce the preliminary TeTra programme for 2025, which is now available on our new website: tetra.univie.ac.at!
Wishing you a very good, hopefully restful Christmas break, and an even better new year,
Your Tetra team – Marion, Giorgia, Andy and Dan

Space, mental maps, and Byzantine storytelling in tomorrow's TeTra seminar. It's still possible to register for our final meeting of 2024.

Thread on all things Narsai 😍

Stop de bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs!

Al 60.000 mensen hebben de petitie tegen de bezuinigingen getekend - docenten, studenten en hun ouders, maar ook veel andere bezorgde burgers. Het zou mooi zijn als die de komende dagen nog meer handtekeningen krijgt!

These kinds of transcriptions, made by Karaites, are an invaluable source for how Tiberian #Hebrew was pronounced, especially when it comes to vowel length. Biblical Hebrew spelling doesn't mark vowel length; not consistently. So, many scholars simply think it didn't exist anymore in Tiberian. BUT…