Announcements

The Fathers of the Church

The Fathers of the Church, a series of English translations of patristic texts published by The Catholic University of America Press, announces the retirement of Thomas P. Halton, long-time Margaret H. Gardiner Professor of Greek at the Catholic University of America, after 26 years as Editorial Director. The series, begun in 1947, now extends to 120 volumes.

Succeeding him as Editorial Director is David G. Hunter, Cottrill-Rolfes Chair of Catholic Studies, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, University of Kentucky. The Series welcomes proposals for new volumes. Correspondence should be directed to Professor Hunter (david.hunter@uky.edu) or to Carole Monica C. Burnett, Ph.D., Editor, Fathers of the Church Series, The Catholic University of America Press, 240 Leahy Hall / 620 Michigan Ave., N.E., Washington, DC 20064 (burnett@cua.edu).

Patristic Studies in Georgia

Patristic Studies in Georgia is a series founded by the Georgian Section of the International Association of Patristic Studies. Editor-in-Chief: Tina Dolidze; Editorial Board: Ketevan Bezarashvili, Guram Tevzadze, Ekvtime Kochlamazashvili, Tamar Otkhmezuri.

The purpose of the series is to provide interested readers with relevant research into Christian antiquity, especially the Fathers of the Church. The series will publish monographs, Old Georgian translations of Patristic texts, collections of scholarly works and conference proceedings. The first volume of the series, Description of Georgian Manuscripts including St. Gregory of Nyssa’s Works (Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Institute of Classical, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, International Association of Patristic Studies. Georgian Section, v. I, Tbilisi 2009, 275 pp., with English summary at pp. 234-249) is edited by Ekvtime Kochlamazashvili and Tina Dolidze. The volume aims to describe all works by St. Gregory found in Georgian manuscripts. It includes complete bibliographical data, taking the latest research into consideration.  

International Conferences and Symposium held in Georgia in 2009

On 1-3 May 2009 St. Tbeli Abuseridze University of the Patriarchate of Georgia and Skhalta Diocese organized in Khulo-Didachara an International Conference Didacharoba.  Materials of the Conference were edited in Georgian, English and Russian.

On 5-7 May 2009 at the Ilia Chavchavadze State University in Tbilisi was held an International Conference Syrian Fathers in Eastern and Western Church Tradition. It was organized by Ilia Chavchavadze State University in association with the Catholic Church in Georgia.

On 12-16 September 2009 St. Andrew the First-Called Georgian University of the Patriarchate of Georgia organized an International Patristic Conference in honor of the 110th anniversary of St. Martyr Archimandrite Grigol Peradze. Proceedings of the conference are in preparation.

On 25-30 September 2009 Georgian National Committee of Byzantine Studies, Acad. G. Tsereteli Institute of Oriental Studies (Tbilisi), Institute of Classical, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University in collaboration with the State Institute of Akhaltsikhe organized an International Conference Byzantine Studies in Georgia - 3, held in Tbilisi - Akhaltsikhe - Tao Klarjeti.

Working Sections:

• Georgian-Byzantine Literary Relations
• Greek-Georgian Linguistic Relations
• Byzantine-Georgian Historical Relations, Byzantium and Islamic World
• Philosophy, Theology, Ecclesiology
• Epigraphy, Codicology, Textology
• Culture and Art

The conference was accomplished by the excursion to the North-East of Turkey to visit Old Georgian monasteries and churches of historical Georgian province Tao-Klarjeti. Abstracts of papers in Georgian, English, German and French are edited. Proceedings of the conference are in preparation.  

On 19-25 October 2009 K. Kekelidze National Centre of Manuscripts (previously K. Kekelidze Institute of Manuscripts) held the 1st International Symposium on Georgian Manuscripts dedicated to the 50th Anniversary of the National Centre of Manuscripts.

Working Sections:

• Codicology/Textual Studies
• Diplomatics/Archival Studies
• Art of the Book, Exposition
• Theology/Philosophy
• Restoration and Conservation
• Digitalization/Making Databases
• Cultural Studies

At the 50th Anniversary of the National Centre of Manuscripts, it was decided to establish an international symposium on Georgian manuscripts to be held once in every three years. Proceedings of the conference are in preparation.

On 19 November 2009 Grigol Robakidze University (Tbilisi) organized an International Conference Platonism, Aristotelism and Neoplatonism in the Middle Ages and the New Time in honor of the 65th anniversary of Prof. Burkard Mojsisch. The conference was dedicated to the International Day of Philosophy. Proceedings of the conference are in preparation.

Bologna University Greek and Latin Summer School (28th June - 16th July
2010)

The Department of Classics (http://www.classics.unibo.it) of Bologna University welcomes applications to its Greek and Latin Summer School.

The teaching will be focused both on language and on literature; further classes will touch on moments of classical history and history of art, supplemented by visits to museums and archaeological sites (in Bologna and Rome).

The course will be held in Bologna from 28th June to 16th July 2009 for a total of 60 hours.

The Greek course will be for beginners only, whereas classes of different levels (at least beginners and intermediate) are scheduled for Latin.

Participants must be aged 18 or over.All tuition will be in English.

For further information and to enroll, please visit: http://www.unibo.it/summerschool/latin.
E-mail: diri_school.latin@unibo.it

Dipartimento di Filologia Classica e Medioevale, via Zamboni 32, 40126 Bologna, ITALY

Research Fellowship in Late Antique Christianity

Following a grant of the University’s Research Fund, the Faculty of Theology of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven invites applications for a research fellowship in the History of Church and Theology Department. It is preferred that the successful candidate will earn a doctoral degree (PhD/STD) at the K.U.Leuven, although candidates with a completed doctorate may also apply. For doctoral candidates the fellowship will be tenable for 4 years, while postdoctoral candidates will initially be hired for 2 years. Applicants should be fluent in at least one of the following languages: Dutch, English, French or German.

The successful candidate will have a broad, solid competence in Late Antique Christianity, including a thorough knowledge of patristic theology and the history of liturgy. A firm command of Latin and Greek are essential, as is the ability to combine historical and theological methodologies in interdisciplinary fashion. Candidates demonstrating a thorough knowledge of relevant literary sources will be especially attractive; a possibly decisive factor would be previous experience in one or more of the project’s research domains. Applications from candidates with an excellent graduate degree (typically M.A.) in theology or religious studies are especially welcome, and candidates with an excellent degree in related disciplines (e.g. Classics, Ancient History, Byzantine Studies) are also strongly invited to apply.

The successful candidate will work as a collaborator within a research project entitled: ‘Preaching after Easter and Christian Identity. An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Greek Festal Sermons on Ascension and Pentecost (ca. 350 – ca. 450 AD)’. The project’s principal goal is to gain a better understanding of the processes by which Christian identity was formed liturgically, especially as evidenced by sermons preached on the feasts of Ascension and Pentecost.

The research fellow’s principal focus will combine the translation and analysis of individual texts within a broader, synthetic study situating the core homiletical corpus within its late antique background, with a particular concentration on late antique homilies and identity construction. Responsibilities of the research fellow will vary: as well as serving as the research project’s primary collaborator, the successful candidate will also initiate and maintain contacts with an international network of scholars, organise an international conference, teach a research-related module, and provide service to the broader research department.

The basic net salary will be approx. €1800/month, although in addition the fellowship provides for social benefits and health insurance.

This fellowship provides the opportunity to participate in an enthusiastic research group within the context of a dynamic, internationally-oriented theological faculty possessing unrivalled library resources. For more information on the Faculty of Theology, its research and its complete Theology Programs in English, see the website at http://theo.kuleuven.be/page/en/.

Interested candidates may informally contact the director of the research project via email: johan.leemans@theo.kuleuven.be.

Applications should consist of a letter outlining the candidate’s background and motivation, a curriculum vitae including a list of publications (and/or other relevant materials if applicable), one writing sample and two letters of recommendation.

Interested candidates are asked to kindly submit the entire application via post (no electronic submissions please) to the address below.

Prof. Dr. Johan Leemans
Faculty of Theology
Charles Deberiotstraat 26 - bus 03101
3000 Leuven
BELGIUM

Deadline of application: 1 May 2010
Starting date: 1 September 2010 (or as soon thereafter as possible)

BIBLINDEX Project

The BIBLINDEX project is carried out by the "Institut des Sources Chretiennes", part of HiSoMA (CNRS UMR 5189). Biblindex is funded mainly by the "Cluster 13" of the Rhone-Alpes Regional Council and by the "Maison de l'Orient et de la Mediterranee-Jean Pouilloux".

The first stage of the project is complete.  An index of approximately 400,000 biblical quotations and references from Greek and Latin patristic texts of the first five centuries is now available online.

This index is essentially based on published volumes of Biblia Patristica, CNRS Editions, 1975-2000 and archives of the "Centre d'Analyse et de Documentation Patristique" (CADP) concerning Athanasius of Alexandria, Cyril of Alexandria, John Chrysostom, Theodoret of Cyrus, Procopius of Gaza, Jerome.

This is only the first step towards a comprehensive index of all biblical references from patristic writings. Functional improvements are still necessary. To this end, in November an application was submitted to ANR, a project-based funding Agency, to advance the project. Simple searches of the available corpus are already possible, however.

To search references in Biblindex, you can simply open a user account on the site http://www.biblindex.mom.fr and follow directions for use.

Questions, comments or suggestions are welcome. Please write to biblindex.sc@mom.fr

New Periodical: Studies in Christian Archeology

kristianul-arkeologiuri żiebani [Studies in Christian Archeology], Ilia Chavchavadze State University, Faculty of Humanities and Cultural Studies, Center of Studies in Christian Archeology.

The term “archeology” mentioned in the title of this annual periodical is used in a broader sense, covering the study of all aspects of Christian antiquity: the edition and study of Christian texts, the problems of Christian doctrine, Church literature, Church history, canon law, liturgy, the life and activities of ecclesiastical writers, Christian art, etc.

The works already published in this series, as well as those planned to be published in future, are various in character: scholarly articles, monographs, publications of texts, ecclesiastic-historical documents, translations of literary and historical sources, reviews and bibliography of new scholarly works, information about scholarly forums, and projects on Christian antiquity.

Volume 1, published in 2008, presents materials in Georgian with English abstracts. However, the next volume will also welcome papers by Georgian and European scholars in any European language (with English and Georgian abstracts).

Contents of Volume 1:

kristianul-arkeologiuri kvlevis centrisa da misi perioduli gamocemis šesaxeb [On the Center of Studies in Christian Archeology and its Periodical], 6

cmida grigol noselis “didi katexetikuri sitkvis” żveli kartuli targmani [Oratio Catechetica Magna by Gregory of Nyssa and its Old Georgain Translation, text translated by Euthymius the Athonite, investigation and vocabulary by E. Kochlamazashvili ], 7-204.

cmida grigol noselis “šecxmai cmidisa da didisa basilisi” da misi żveli kartuli tarmgani [The Old Georgian Translation of St. Gregory of Nyssa’s In Basilium Fratrem, introduction and critical text by M. Kobiashvili], 205-222.

Lili Khevsuriani, zatikis ori żveli kartuli redakcia [Two Old Georgian Versions of the Pentecostarion], 223-348.

Ekvtime Kochlamazashvili, cindobisa da korcilis saeklesio rituali użveles kartul "kurtxevata" krebulši, cinasitkva, kritikuli texti da komentarebi [The Ecclesiastical Rite of Betrothal and Wedding in the Earliest Georgian Euchologion, introduction, critical text and comments], 349-369.

Ketevan Bezarashvili, zogadi ganatleba bizantiaši:hermenevtikuli gramatikisa da leksckobis zogierti ganmartebisatvis bizantiur da kartul ckaroebši [General Education in Byzantium: On Some Definitions of Hermeneutic Grammar and Versification in Byzantine and Georgian Literary Sources], 370-414.

David Japaridze, arkimandrit tarasi aleksi-mesxišvilis cxovreba da moghvaceoba [The Life and Activities of Archimandrite Taras Aleksi-Meskhishvili], 415-426.

Nugzar Papuashvili, korneli kekeliże pirvel saeklesio krebaze da ori kanonikuri dokumentis atribuciis sakitxi [Korneli Kekelidze at the First Church Council and the Question of Attribution of Two Canonical Documents of the Council], 427-448.

Nino Ghambashidze, mcxetis Jvari da sakartvelos gakristianebis sami etapi [The Cross of Mtsxeta and Three Stages of Spreading Christianity in Georgia], 449-464.

Chichinadze, N., cm. nikolozis xati svanetis istoriul-etnograpiuli muzeumidan [The St. Nicolas Icon from the Historical-Ethographical Museum of Svaneti], 465-483.

Prix Adalbert-Hamman 2009

Le "Prix Adalbert-Hamman" a été créé en 2003 par l'Association J.-P. Migne pour honorer la mémoire du Père Hamman, ofm (1910-2000), fondateur de l'Association et infatigable éditeur et diffuseur des Pères de l'Église.

Ce prix d'un montant de deux mille euros est décerné tous les deux ans pour aider la publication d'un travail inédit en langue française écrit par un auteur de moins de quarante ans et portant sur les Pères de l'Eglise (latins, grecs ou orientaux), du premier au dixième siècle.

Un exemplaire du manuscrit, avec une demande manuscrite de candidature et la photocopie d'une pièce d'identité, doit parvenir sous forme d'un exemplaire papier, éventuellement accompagné d'une copie électronique, avant le 9 juin 2009 à l'Association Migne, 17 Rue d'Alembert 75014 PARIS.

Le jury, dont la composition est fixée par le Conseil d’Administration de l’Association et qui est présidé par Mme M.H. Congourdeau (CNRS, directrice de la collection « Pères dans la foi » des Éditions Migne), fera connaître sa décision au mois de décembre 2009, et elle sera communiquée aux candidats. Le montant du prix sera versé à la maison d’édition choisie par le lauréat, sur présentation d’un devis pour la publication de l’ouvrage. Les manuscrits ne seront pas renvoyés.