The Conference “Biblical Poetry: The Legacy of the Psalms in Late Antiquity and Byzantium” will be held at Ghent University, from 23–24 April 2020.
The Psalms, in their Greek Septuagint translation, were a fundamental corpus of biblical poetry, and as such were continuously referred to in Christian literature. They played a key role in the daily life and in the development of religious sensitivity of late antique and Byzantine people. The production of Psalm-related literature, notably exegetic, was impressively widespread. The Psalms, however, influenced other genres of religious literature as well, and their poetical nature remained an important feature that later authors were well aware of.
In preparation of a volume on the reception of the Psalms in poetry from Late Antiquity and Byzantium, we invite scholars of all levels of experience to present a paper at a colloquium on this subject.
We invite proposals for 20-minute papers. Each paper will be followed by a reaction from a respondent, who will open the discussion with the audience. Contributors whose abstract is accepted will be asked to submit prior to the colloquium a rough draft of their full text. After the conference, they are expected to offer their re-worked paper for inclusion (upon acceptance after peer-review) in a volume on the reception of the Psalms in Byzantine poetry.
Please send a title and a short abstract (max. 300 words) of your paper to rachele.ricceri@ugent.be no later than May 31, 2019. Accepted speakers will be notified by the end of June 2019.
For more information, please visit our website.
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CfP “Hellenism, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity: Transmission and Transformation of Ideas”
The Centre for Classical Studies at the Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences, invites you to take part in the conference “Hellenism, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity: Transmission and Transformation of Ideas,” to be held 12–13 September 2019, in Prague. The aim of the conference is to explore the evolution of thought while focusing on the relations between Judaism and early Christianity in the context of Hellenistic period and the period immediately influenced by Hellenism. The conference will pay special attention to the intercultural distribution of decisive and long-standing questions, ideas, concepts and methods of Hellenistic and Hellenism-influenced thought.
The deadline for submission of proposals for papers is 1 May 2019.
For information, please see the document.
CfP “What did deacons do?”
The School of Theology (University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu) is planning the next international and ecumenical research conference on patristic understandings of diakonia. It will be the fourth such conference held. Our purpose is to continue the work of earlier symposia (2014, 2015, 2017), inspired by the Rome 2009 conference “Diaconia, diaconiae, diaconato.”
The topic is ‘What did deacons do?’ In this conference, we will be focusing on Late Antiquity, especially the 3rd and 4th centuries. Most of the 2017 congress, along with some additional papers, was published by Mohr Siebeck as Deacons and Diakonia in Early Christianity: The First Two Centuries (2018). Our co-operating partners are Prof. Bart J. Koet (Tilburg), Dr. John N. Collins (Melbourne), Dr. Anni Hentschel (Würzburg) and Dr. Edwina Murphy (Sydney) as well as the Finnish Association for Research in Diaconia, Patristic Society of Finland and IDC – Pro Diaconia Christi.
The conference will be held from 12–14 May 2020 in Joensuu, Finland.
Abstracts are due by 25 April 2019 and should be sent to Esko Ryökäs: esko.ryokas@uef.fi.
Please see the document for more details.
FY 2018 GASR Outcomes
2017年度からはじまった基盤研究B「古典教父研究の現代的意義─分裂から相生へ─」 研究分担者としての2018年度の研究成果は、つぎのとおりです。
- N. Kamimura. ‘Constructing the Sacred in Late Antiquity: Jerome as a Guide to Christian Identity.’ In B. Neil and K. Simic (eds.), Memories of Utopia: The Revision of Histories and Landscapes in Late Antiquity. London and NewYork: Routledge, 2019 forthcoming.
- N. Kamimura. ‘Patrons and Intellectuals: Augustine’s Correspondence with Women.’ In H. Miyaoto (ed.), Contribution of Women to Con-viviality: In/Ad Spiration to Convivials. Tokyo: Kyoyusha, 2019: 179–206.
- N. Kamimura, ‘Augustine and the quest for “peace” in the communities of Roman North Africa’, North American Patristic Society 2018 Annual Meeting, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Chicago, IL., May 24–26 2018.
- N. Kamimura, ‘Tertullian’s Way of Approaching to Medicine and the Health of Human Soul’, Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Patristic Studies, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, 27–29 May 2018.
- N. Kamimura, ‘North African Way of Approaching to Medical Healing and the “Plague of Cyprian”‘, APECSS 12th Annual Conference “Health, Well-Being, and Old Age in Early Christianity”, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan, 13–15 September 2018.
Conference talk @ Okayama
第12回 APECSS のため、久しぶりに岡山大学を訪問。学会テーマは Health, Well-being and Old Age in Early Christianity、テーマにあわせて、また現在検討をはじめている北アフリカ・キリスト教における医療思想の展開に関連して、3世紀のアフリカを襲った Plague of Cyprian を論ずるテーマで研究発表。
- N. Kamimura, ‘North African Way of Approaching to Medical Healing and the “Plague of Cyprian”,’ APECSS 12th Annual Conference ‘Health, Well-Being, and Old Age in Early Christianity,’ Okayama University, Okayama, Japan, 13–15 September 2018.
学会冒頭、2月に91歳で逝去された APECSS の創始者のひとりでもある Prof. Charles Kannengiesser を追悼。思い返せば、はじめて Charles を「見かけた」のは、私自身が学会発表をはじめて経験したこの岡山大学であって、中世哲学会記念講演のため出村教授が学会へと招聘し、その冒頭で親しく Charles と呼びかけるのを階段教室の上の方から感心しつつ眺めていたのは20年以上も前のことだった。およそ10年後、広尾ではじめてひらかれた WPRPS 第1回の発表後にはエクスカーションでも気さくに話しかけてくれ、さらに CSPS にはじめて参加したモントリオールでは、Charles, Pamela と会食、歓談。先に旅立ってしまわれた Pamela からは、モントリオールでの発表のおりに、日本の研究者のプレゼンスをしめせとはっぱをかけられたのも忘れられない思い出。
Conference talk @ Regina
NAPS にひきつづいてサスカチュワンのレジャイナでひらかれた CSPS に参加し、昨年に引き続いてテルトゥリアヌスの医療思想についての研究を発表しました。発表タイトルはつぎのとおりです。
- N. Kamimura, “Tertullian’s Way of Approaching to Medicine and the Health of Human Soul,” Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Patristic Studies, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, 27–29 May 2018.
レジャイナは、CSPS に参加するたびに親しくしている Bob のホームグラウンドで今回は諸々お世話になりました。レジャイナに向かう途上では、Bronwen と一緒にトロント経由でトランジットの長い時間をともにして、研究テーマについて、また進行中のプロジェクトについて、十分に議論することができました。