Bikakis Fellowship: Ancient Greek Law and ASCSA Excavations Research

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Chris

THE HARRY BIKAKIS FELLOWSHIP
Deadline: January 15, 2020
This fellowship was established by Lloyd E. Cotsen, Chairman emeritus of the Overseers of the Gennadius Library, to honor Harry Bikakis, attorney of the American School, who exhibited much devotion and loyalty to the School during his term from 1979 to 1995.

Eligibility:  Graduate students at North American institutions, or Greek graduate students, whose research subject is ancient Greek law and who need to work at ASCSA libraries; or Greek graduate students working on excavations conducted by or affiliated with the ASCSA.

Terms:  Stipend of $1,875. School fees are waived. Fellowship does not include travel costs, housing, board, and other living expenses. A final report is due at the end of the award period, and the ASCSA expects that copies of all publications that result from research conducted as a Fellow of the ASCSA be contributed to the relevant library of the School.

Application:  Submit an online application, curriculum vitae, and a project proposal. Arrange for two letters of recommendation. For more information about the application, visit the ASCSA web site at: https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/apply/fellowships-and-grants/graduate-and-postdoctoral.

Link to online posting: https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/apply/fellowships-and-grants/graduate-and-postdoctoral

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Call for Papers – The Medieval at Home: Domesticity in the Middle Ages

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Chris

The Medieval Studies Program at Cornell University is pleased to announce its thirtieth annual graduate student colloquium, which will take place on the 15th of February 2020 at the A.D. White House on Cornell’s Ithaca, NY campus.

This year’s colloquium focuses on medieval domesticity. The domestic sphere includes the political, everyday, spiritual, and economic dimensions of medieval life. From the subterranean rock houses of Cappadocia to the family dynamics represented in Konrad von Würzburg’s Herzmäre, from Late Antique religious values of the household to late medieval visual representations of everyday household tasks, such as bread-making, feasting, farming, and weaving, domestic spaces and activities were driving forces in conceptualizing religion, gender, politics, sexuality, race, and family life. We also welcome papers that critique modern nationalist fantasies of a medieval “homeland.”

We invite 20 minute papers that investigate domestic space in the Middle Ages from all disciplines and perspectives. Possible topics may include:

  • Household archaeology
  • Spatial politics
  • Communal spaces
  • Domestic labor
  • Displacement from the home
  • Hospitality
  • Home as a literary motif
  • Gendering the household
  • Regulating domestic activities
  • Public and private spaces
  • Religious/spiritual homes
  • Othering of space/Othering of people
  • Political rhetoric of the household
  • Everydayness

Furthermore, we welcome submissions that expand these themes and categories of inquiry beyond Christian, Western European contexts. We invite submissions in all disciplines allied to Medieval Studies, including literature, history, the history of art, archaeology, philosophy, classics, theology, Near Eastern Studies, Asian Studies, and others. Abstracts on all topics will be considered, though priority will be given to those which address our thematic strand.

Please send 300-word abstracts by December 7th to Ryan Lawrence at rwl224@cornell.edu. 

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Call for Papers – International Conference for Byzantine and Slavic Studies

Posted on November 7, 2019 by Chris

International Conference for Byzantine and Slavic Studies
Colloquia Ceranea II, 24-26 April 2020
Deadline for submissions: 15 January 2020

We cordially invite you to participate in the international scholarly conference Colloquia Ceranea II, which will be held April 24–26, 2020 at The Waldemar Ceran Research Centre for the History and Culture of the Mediterranean Area and South-East Europe “Ceraneum”, University of Łódź, Poland.
The conference is targeted at scholars who study the history and culture of the Mediterranean (the Greco-Roman world, the Byzantine Empire, the Slavic world, the Balkans), the Middle East, and the Caucasus over the period from Antiquity to the Early Modern Times.

During Colloquia Ceranea II, we wish to focus particularly on the following topics:
–Food and Medicine from Antiquity to the Early Modern Period
–Polemical Literature in Byzantium and Slavia Orthodoxa
–Realia and Imagination in Byzantine Rhetorical Texts
–An Ethnic and Religious Potpourri – the Eastern Border of the Byzantine Empire(4th-11th Century). Policy, Religion, Culture
–Translatorica Mediaevalia. The Role of Translations in the Culture of South-EastEurope and the Mediterranean
–State Administration in the Early Byzantine Period (AD 284–641)
–Rivalry and Cooperation in the Medieval Balkans and the Mediterranean

Four plenary lectures will be delivered. Our keynote speakers are:
Prof. Albrecht Berger (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
Prof. Ivan Biliarsky (Българска Академия на Науките)
Prof. Philip van der Eijk (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Prof. Marcello Garzaniti (Università degli Studi di Firenze)

For more details, please visit our website:
https://ceraneum.uni.lodz.pl/colloquia

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The Jacob Hirsch Fellowship

Posted on November 7, 2019 by Chris

THE JACOB HIRSCH FELLOWSHIP
Deadline: January 15, 2020
Field of Study:  Archaeology

Eligibility:  Students who hold U.S. or Israeli citizenship, and who are Ph.D. candidates writing their dissertations in archaeology, and early-career scholars (Ph.D. earned within the last five years) completing a project, such as the revision of a dissertation for publication, which requires a lengthy residence in Greece.

Terms:  Stipend of $11,500 plus room, board, and waiver of School fees. A final report is due at the end of the award period, and the ASCSA expects that copies of all publications that result from research conducted as a Fellow of the ASCSA be contributed to the relevant library of the School.

Duration:  Commensurate with the School’s academic year, from early September to June 1.

Application: Submit online application form for “Associate Membership with Fellowship”, curriculum vitae, a detailed description of the project to be pursued in Greece (250-word abstract and a statement up to three pages, single spaced). Arrange for three letters of recommendation. Student applicants are required to submit scans of official academic transcripts as part of the online application. For more information about the application, visit the ASCSA web site at https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/apply/fellowships-and-grants/graduate-and-postdoctoral.

Web site: https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/apply or https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/apply/fellowships-and-grants/graduate-and-postdoctoral
E-mail: application@ascsa.org  

The award will be announced March 15.
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, sex, sexual orientation, color, religion, ethnic origin, or disability when considering admission to any form of membership or application for employment.

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