Dan Batovici
@danbatovici.bsky.social
ERC CoG 2025 | FWF START Award 2024 (GenAut.univie.ac.at) | Co-host of @tetraseminar.bsky.social TeTra.univie.ac.at | Co-editor RBECS.org | Bits and bobs, manuscript studies, and the reception of EC literature. In Vienna.
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Tomorrow!
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
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
January 8, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Tomorrow!
I suppose this is the first to come to mind (from a facebook post here: www.facebook.com/share/17cx9V...).
December 23, 2025 at 7:10 AM
I suppose this is the first to come to mind (from a facebook post here: www.facebook.com/share/17cx9V...).
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Soon to appear, Eric Fournier and Maijastina Kahlos (eds.), Women and Gender in the Post-Roman Kingdoms, see www.brepols.net/products/IS-... and www.academia.edu/145456266/Wo... (incl. my paper on "Secular Women in the Lombard Kingdom“).
December 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Soon to appear, Eric Fournier and Maijastina Kahlos (eds.), Women and Gender in the Post-Roman Kingdoms, see www.brepols.net/products/IS-... and www.academia.edu/145456266/Wo... (incl. my paper on "Secular Women in the Lombard Kingdom“).
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The “Early Christian Letters” chapter arrived in the mail.
December 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The “Early Christian Letters” chapter arrived in the mail.
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New issue of the Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists, edited by @sofiatorallas.bsky.social , with contributions on literary papyri from @theonash.bsky.social and myself.
December 21, 2025 at 9:23 AM
New issue of the Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists, edited by @sofiatorallas.bsky.social , with contributions on literary papyri from @theonash.bsky.social and myself.
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Come and become my new colleague: Two fully funded PhD positions (3yrs, start 9/2026) advertised at the Faculty of Theology (all disciplines) at #UniversityofCopenhagen, deadline: 16 March 2026
employment.ku.dk/phd?show=154...
employment.ku.dk/phd?show=154...
Two PhD Scholarships at the Faculty of Theology
employment.ku.dk
December 20, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Come and become my new colleague: Two fully funded PhD positions (3yrs, start 9/2026) advertised at the Faculty of Theology (all disciplines) at #UniversityofCopenhagen, deadline: 16 March 2026
employment.ku.dk/phd?show=154...
employment.ku.dk/phd?show=154...
The 2025 GenAut FWF START project seminar is completed! Excellent group of papers, check them out.
The 2026 series, on GenAut figures in cultic contexts, is curated by Maria S. Thomas (info soon).
Recordings: youtube.com/@receptionmatters
The 2025 programme: genaut.univie.ac.at
@fwf-at.bsky.social
The 2026 series, on GenAut figures in cultic contexts, is curated by Maria S. Thomas (info soon).
Recordings: youtube.com/@receptionmatters
The 2025 programme: genaut.univie.ac.at
@fwf-at.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The 2025 GenAut FWF START project seminar is completed! Excellent group of papers, check them out.
The 2026 series, on GenAut figures in cultic contexts, is curated by Maria S. Thomas (info soon).
Recordings: youtube.com/@receptionmatters
The 2025 programme: genaut.univie.ac.at
@fwf-at.bsky.social
The 2026 series, on GenAut figures in cultic contexts, is curated by Maria S. Thomas (info soon).
Recordings: youtube.com/@receptionmatters
The 2025 programme: genaut.univie.ac.at
@fwf-at.bsky.social
An excellent new article in JTS. Congrats, Mina!
Eusebian Canons in Arabic Gospel Manuscripts: A Survey of Evidence url: academic.oup.com/jts/article-...
The Eusebian Canons in Arabic Gospel Manuscripts: A Survey of Evidence
ABSTRACT. This study addresses the usage of the Eusebian canons in Arabic writings, with the objective of highlighting their reception, transmission, and r
academic.oup.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
An excellent new article in JTS. Congrats, Mina!
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Excited to share my book!!
What a year, totally wild.
Will be available in open access soon www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/Der_Kampf_de...
What a year, totally wild.
Will be available in open access soon www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/Der_Kampf_de...
December 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Excited to share my book!!
What a year, totally wild.
Will be available in open access soon www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/Der_Kampf_de...
What a year, totally wild.
Will be available in open access soon www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/Der_Kampf_de...
The last talk of the 2024 GenAut online seminar. Enjoy!
GenAut | Janet Spittler "Prochorus: Sidekick and Scribe"
YouTube video by The GenAut Project
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December 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The last talk of the 2024 GenAut online seminar. Enjoy!
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A new 3-year JRF in Theology and Religion at Oxford, based at Trinity College. Applications due 21 January! www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
Vacancies
www.trinity.ox.ac.uk
December 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A new 3-year JRF in Theology and Religion at Oxford, based at Trinity College. Applications due 21 January! www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
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Job alert: the project “Biblia Arabica: Researching and preserving the Arabic translations of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament” jointly led by Prof. Dr. Ronny Vollandt and Prof. Dr. Nathan P. Gibson is announcing 2 new PhD positions.
(1) dynamiken-des-religioesen.uni-frankfurt.de/ausschreibun...
(1) dynamiken-des-religioesen.uni-frankfurt.de/ausschreibun...
Ausschreibung: 15 Promotionsstellen am LOEWE-Zentrum „DynaRel“
dynamiken-des-religioesen.uni-frankfurt.de
December 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Job alert: the project “Biblia Arabica: Researching and preserving the Arabic translations of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament” jointly led by Prof. Dr. Ronny Vollandt and Prof. Dr. Nathan P. Gibson is announcing 2 new PhD positions.
(1) dynamiken-des-religioesen.uni-frankfurt.de/ausschreibun...
(1) dynamiken-des-religioesen.uni-frankfurt.de/ausschreibun...
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In this post, I share my experiences testing Transkribus and Chatbots in transcribing a medieval Latin manuscript.
Transcribing Old Manuscripts with AI: Transkribus or Chatbots? | MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society
Should researchers rely on specialised platforms like Transkribus to transcribe old manuscripts, or can general AI chatbots do the job just as well? In this post, I share my experiences testing both a...
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December 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
In this post, I share my experiences testing Transkribus and Chatbots in transcribing a medieval Latin manuscript.
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: We are delighted to announce our Visiting Fellowships for 2026/2027!
The deadline to apply for each of the Visiting Fellowships is 16 January 2026 at 12 noon UK Time.
For more information, see the following page:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-app...
#fellowship #oxford
The deadline to apply for each of the Visiting Fellowships is 16 January 2026 at 12 noon UK Time.
For more information, see the following page:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-app...
#fellowship #oxford
December 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: We are delighted to announce our Visiting Fellowships for 2026/2027!
The deadline to apply for each of the Visiting Fellowships is 16 January 2026 at 12 noon UK Time.
For more information, see the following page:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-app...
#fellowship #oxford
The deadline to apply for each of the Visiting Fellowships is 16 January 2026 at 12 noon UK Time.
For more information, see the following page:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-app...
#fellowship #oxford
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Are you interested or do you know someone who's interested in doing a PhD on Arabic translations of the Bible? The new #BibliaArabica long-term project is looking for candidates! (tbh, that would have been my dream position a few years back) Spread the word!
Open Position: Research Fellow for Biblia Arabica - Institut für den Nahen und Mittleren Osten - LMU München
www.naher-osten.uni-muenchen.de
December 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Are you interested or do you know someone who's interested in doing a PhD on Arabic translations of the Bible? The new #BibliaArabica long-term project is looking for candidates! (tbh, that would have been my dream position a few years back) Spread the word!
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The ad for the second postdoctoral position on our @leverhulme.ac.uk Britain’s Early Medieval Letters project is now live. We’re looking for an Old English specialist (who also works with Latin). 32-month FT post. Deadline for apps is 16 Jan 🙂 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Postdoctoral Research Associate
Are you passionate about early medieval Britain? Do you have advanced knowledge of Old English and proficiency in Medieval Latin? If yes, then you may be interested in this fixed term full time post...
jobs.kent.ac.uk
December 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The ad for the second postdoctoral position on our @leverhulme.ac.uk Britain’s Early Medieval Letters project is now live. We’re looking for an Old English specialist (who also works with Latin). 32-month FT post. Deadline for apps is 16 Jan 🙂 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
December 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Delighted to see New Ancient Greek alongside Neo-Latin at this @neolatinsociety.bsky.social event :) If you’re a postgraduate or EC scholar working in these fields, please consider submitting an abstract!
SNLS Call for Papers!
The Society for Neo-Latin Studies is organising an online event for PhD students and ECR colleagues. See flyer for more details! #NeoLatin #AncientGreek
The Society for Neo-Latin Studies is organising an online event for PhD students and ECR colleagues. See flyer for more details! #NeoLatin #AncientGreek
December 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Delighted to see New Ancient Greek alongside Neo-Latin at this @neolatinsociety.bsky.social event :) If you’re a postgraduate or EC scholar working in these fields, please consider submitting an abstract!
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The first two books of our 'Coptic Gospels & Associated Texts' series with @universitypress.cambridge.org are now available to read online. The series provides thematic introductions & new translations to non-canonical gospels. www.cambridge.org/core/series/...
Coptic Gospels and Associated Texts
Welcome to Cambridge Core
www.cambridge.org
October 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The first two books of our 'Coptic Gospels & Associated Texts' series with @universitypress.cambridge.org are now available to read online. The series provides thematic introductions & new translations to non-canonical gospels. www.cambridge.org/core/series/...
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Proceedings of the Twelfth International Congress of Coptic Studies (Brussels, 11–16 July 2022) @irht-cnrs.bsky.social @openedition.bsky.social #openaccess books.openedition.org/irht/1502
Proceedings of the Twelfth International Congress of Coptic Studies (Brussels, 11–16 July 2022)
This volume is the first of the proceedings of the Twelfth International Congress of Coptic Studies, organised by the IACS and held at the Université libre de Bruxelles from 11 to 16 July 2022. It com...
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December 7, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Proceedings of the Twelfth International Congress of Coptic Studies (Brussels, 11–16 July 2022) @irht-cnrs.bsky.social @openedition.bsky.social #openaccess books.openedition.org/irht/1502
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NASSCAL, AELAC, and Beyond Canon are collaborating on a conference/workshop to take place in Regensburg, 8-10 July 2025. The theme is "Early Christian Apocalypticism (II-V saec.): Contours, Contexts, and Social Functions." If you are interested in taking part contact tburke@yorku.ca.
December 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM
NASSCAL, AELAC, and Beyond Canon are collaborating on a conference/workshop to take place in Regensburg, 8-10 July 2025. The theme is "Early Christian Apocalypticism (II-V saec.): Contours, Contexts, and Social Functions." If you are interested in taking part contact tburke@yorku.ca.
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Der Werbefilm für unseren interdisziplinären Master "Religion in Europe" ist da!
#religionineurope #univienna
#religionineurope #univienna
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Der Werbefilm für unseren interdisziplinären Master "Religion in Europe" ist da!
#religionineurope #univienna
#religionineurope #univienna
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Warm congrats to our colleague Giorgia Nicosia for being awarded one of the Research Awards of the Associazione Internazionale di Studi Tardoantichi. Find her in the ceremony photo!
studitardoantichi.org/en/2025/11/2...
studitardoantichi.org/en/2025/11/2...
December 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Warm congrats to our colleague Giorgia Nicosia for being awarded one of the Research Awards of the Associazione Internazionale di Studi Tardoantichi. Find her in the ceremony photo!
studitardoantichi.org/en/2025/11/2...
studitardoantichi.org/en/2025/11/2...
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Two new postdoc positions have opened in the RADHEART project at the University of Bergen.
The first is on ancient Rabbinic literature from the 2nd – 7th century CE.
#AcRel #sblaar #AncientBlueSky
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Two new postdoc positions have opened in the RADHEART project at the University of Bergen.
The first is on ancient Rabbinic literature from the 2nd – 7th century CE.
#AcRel #sblaar #AncientBlueSky
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Study of Religion (289814) | University of Bergen
Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Study of Religion (289814), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Friday, March 6, 2026
www.jobbnorge.no
December 2, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Please share!
Two new postdoc positions have opened in the RADHEART project at the University of Bergen.
The first is on ancient Rabbinic literature from the 2nd – 7th century CE.
#AcRel #sblaar #AncientBlueSky
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Two new postdoc positions have opened in the RADHEART project at the University of Bergen.
The first is on ancient Rabbinic literature from the 2nd – 7th century CE.
#AcRel #sblaar #AncientBlueSky
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...