IRCI_ACU
@irci.bsky.social
Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry
Australian Catholic University
Melbourne, Australia
Australian Catholic University
Melbourne, Australia
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So today, I am thrilled to announce that my family and I are moving to Melbourne in a few months, where I will be taking up a position at Australian Catholic University.
If there’s a message in all this: trust your guts, work hard, and hold on tight to the people who really have your back.
If there’s a message in all this: trust your guts, work hard, and hold on tight to the people who really have your back.
December 19, 2025 at 9:44 AM
So today, I am thrilled to announce that my family and I are moving to Melbourne in a few months, where I will be taking up a position at Australian Catholic University.
If there’s a message in all this: trust your guts, work hard, and hold on tight to the people who really have your back.
If there’s a message in all this: trust your guts, work hard, and hold on tight to the people who really have your back.
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As some of you know, a few years ago, after quite a long pause in my professional life, the desire to return to research started to tickle me so badly that I decided to give it a try.
December 19, 2025 at 9:44 AM
As some of you know, a few years ago, after quite a long pause in my professional life, the desire to return to research started to tickle me so badly that I decided to give it a try.
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Excited to share that I've accepted a continuing position as a Research Fellow at Australian Catholic University's Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry.
We're moving to Melbourne!
We're moving to Melbourne!
December 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Excited to share that I've accepted a continuing position as a Research Fellow at Australian Catholic University's Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry.
We're moving to Melbourne!
We're moving to Melbourne!
ACU Statement on the Bondi Beach tragedy
December 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
ACU Statement on the Bondi Beach tragedy
JOB OPENING: Associate Dean (Research), Theology and Philosophy
Seeking an academic for high-level academic leadership across the faculty, operating within a University-wide research strategy focused on high quality, high impact and innovative research.
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Seeking an academic for high-level academic leadership across the faculty, operating within a University-wide research strategy focused on high quality, high impact and innovative research.
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Associate Dean (Research), Theology and Philosophy - Vacancy Details
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December 11, 2025 at 5:52 AM
JOB OPENING: Associate Dean (Research), Theology and Philosophy
Seeking an academic for high-level academic leadership across the faculty, operating within a University-wide research strategy focused on high quality, high impact and innovative research.
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Seeking an academic for high-level academic leadership across the faculty, operating within a University-wide research strategy focused on high quality, high impact and innovative research.
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TWO NEW POSITIONS IN HISTORICAL & SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY
Two new positions in historical and systematic theology are now advertised for the Religion and Theology research program within the IRCI and FTP: PD attached. The application deadline is 23:59 AEST on 5 November.
www.acu.edu.au/about-acu/ca...
Two new positions in historical and systematic theology are now advertised for the Religion and Theology research program within the IRCI and FTP: PD attached. The application deadline is 23:59 AEST on 5 November.
www.acu.edu.au/about-acu/ca...
Religion and Theology
ACU’s IRCI researches biblical and early Christian studies, medieval and early modern studies, philosophy, religion and theology.
www.acu.edu.au
October 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
TWO NEW POSITIONS IN HISTORICAL & SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY
Two new positions in historical and systematic theology are now advertised for the Religion and Theology research program within the IRCI and FTP: PD attached. The application deadline is 23:59 AEST on 5 November.
www.acu.edu.au/about-acu/ca...
Two new positions in historical and systematic theology are now advertised for the Religion and Theology research program within the IRCI and FTP: PD attached. The application deadline is 23:59 AEST on 5 November.
www.acu.edu.au/about-acu/ca...
ICRI's Assoc. Prof. Jonathan Zecher on Charlie Kirk and martyrdom from a historical perspective.
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Can Charlie Kirk really be considered a ‘martyr’? A Christianity historian explains
Some have even called Kirk a patron saint of MAGA. Stories of his status as a ‘martyr’ are uniting America’s Christian right.
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September 16, 2025 at 6:29 AM
ICRI's Assoc. Prof. Jonathan Zecher on Charlie Kirk and martyrdom from a historical perspective.
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ACU is a spectacular place to study, and I was able to move to Australia and do my research there debt-free thanks to generous funding! If you're interested in doing a PhD, especially in biblical studies or church history, you should apply!
If you’re thinking about applying to a PhD, DMin, or MPhil at ACU, September is the time! The Faculty of Theology and Philosophy is an exciting research community with a broad range of expertise, and funding is available for research students.
September 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
ACU is a spectacular place to study, and I was able to move to Australia and do my research there debt-free thanks to generous funding! If you're interested in doing a PhD, especially in biblical studies or church history, you should apply!
Please join us for the next meeting in our 2025 BECS Global online seminar series here at ACU/IRCI, with Dr Amelia Brown (MQ/American Academy at Athens) on “When Early Christianity met Imperial Power: New Attributes of Roman Emperors from Constantine I to Theodosius.”
September 8, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Please join us for the next meeting in our 2025 BECS Global online seminar series here at ACU/IRCI, with Dr Amelia Brown (MQ/American Academy at Athens) on “When Early Christianity met Imperial Power: New Attributes of Roman Emperors from Constantine I to Theodosius.”
If you’re thinking about applying to a PhD, DMin, or MPhil at ACU, September is the time! The Faculty of Theology and Philosophy is an exciting research community with a broad range of expertise, and funding is available for research students.
September 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
If you’re thinking about applying to a PhD, DMin, or MPhil at ACU, September is the time! The Faculty of Theology and Philosophy is an exciting research community with a broad range of expertise, and funding is available for research students.
The 2025 Semester 2 schedule for the BECS Global Seminar is set, with presentations by Bernadette Brooten (Brandeis), Amelia Brown (MQ and AAA), Paul Trebilco (Otago), Ben Edsall (ACU), and Paul Roche (Sydney).
August 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The 2025 Semester 2 schedule for the BECS Global Seminar is set, with presentations by Bernadette Brooten (Brandeis), Amelia Brown (MQ and AAA), Paul Trebilco (Otago), Ben Edsall (ACU), and Paul Roche (Sydney).
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I am delighted to announce the IRCI has 2 job openings in early Christianity (specialisation open, research-focus, early career). Closing date 15 Aug. Contact me with any questions. We hope you'll consider joining our excellent group of scholars!
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Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow (Early Christianity) - Vacancy Details
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July 3, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I am delighted to announce the IRCI has 2 job openings in early Christianity (specialisation open, research-focus, early career). Closing date 15 Aug. Contact me with any questions. We hope you'll consider joining our excellent group of scholars!
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Registration is still open for our Makarios conference on Love of Neighbor and Human Flourishing (deadline 15 May) which will take place at ACU’s Rome campus in partnership with Baylor, Harvard, and Boston College! >
April 17, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Registration is still open for our Makarios conference on Love of Neighbor and Human Flourishing (deadline 15 May) which will take place at ACU’s Rome campus in partnership with Baylor, Harvard, and Boston College! >
Join for a hybrid BECS Seminar with Prof. Bronwen Neil on “Sarcophagi on the Street: Burial in the Necropoleis at Roman Ostia” to be held at 11:00 am AEDT on Thursday, 3 April 2025.
March 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Join for a hybrid BECS Seminar with Prof. Bronwen Neil on “Sarcophagi on the Street: Burial in the Necropoleis at Roman Ostia” to be held at 11:00 am AEDT on Thursday, 3 April 2025.
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Come do a PhD with me (and other excellent colleagues) as part of an ARC-funded project—Night Vision in the Late Ancient Mediterranean! Funded places (fees and stipend) available!
More info here, and reach out with any questions. Applications due Monday 21 April.
www.acu.edu.au/research-and...
More info here, and reach out with any questions. Applications due Monday 21 April.
www.acu.edu.au/research-and...
Night Vision in the Late Ancient Mediterranean
www.acu.edu.au
March 14, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Come do a PhD with me (and other excellent colleagues) as part of an ARC-funded project—Night Vision in the Late Ancient Mediterranean! Funded places (fees and stipend) available!
More info here, and reach out with any questions. Applications due Monday 21 April.
www.acu.edu.au/research-and...
More info here, and reach out with any questions. Applications due Monday 21 April.
www.acu.edu.au/research-and...
Come study with us. ACU has just been rated #22 in the world in Theology, Divinity, and Religious Studies in the QS World University Rankings for 2025. #1 in Australia.
March 13, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Come study with us. ACU has just been rated #22 in the world in Theology, Divinity, and Religious Studies in the QS World University Rankings for 2025. #1 in Australia.
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Coming this July. www.cambridge.org/au/universit...
March 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Coming this July. www.cambridge.org/au/universit...
IRCI's Jonathan L. Zecher has published an article in HTR:
The Fate of the Dead between Origen(ism) and Orthodoxy in Gaza | Harvard Theological Review | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Fate of the Dead between Origen(ism) and Orthodoxy in Gaza | Harvard Theological Review | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Fate of the Dead between Origen(ism) and Orthodoxy in Gaza | Harvard Theological Review | Cambridge Core
The Fate of the Dead between Origen(ism) and Orthodoxy in Gaza - Volume 118 Issue 1
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March 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
IRCI's Jonathan L. Zecher has published an article in HTR:
The Fate of the Dead between Origen(ism) and Orthodoxy in Gaza | Harvard Theological Review | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Fate of the Dead between Origen(ism) and Orthodoxy in Gaza | Harvard Theological Review | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The 2025 Seminar 1 schedule for the BECS Global Seminar Series is now available with contributions from Sarah Corrigan, Stephen Carlson, Bronwen Neil, Sabrina Inowlocki, and David Woods.
February 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The 2025 Seminar 1 schedule for the BECS Global Seminar Series is now available with contributions from Sarah Corrigan, Stephen Carlson, Bronwen Neil, Sabrina Inowlocki, and David Woods.
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So excited to be working on this Discovery Project grant exploring translation and transformation in Late Antiquity!
Congratulations to two teams led by IRCI scholars for Discovery Project grant success from the Australian Research Council totalling almost a half a million dollars!
November 26, 2024 at 5:57 AM
So excited to be working on this Discovery Project grant exploring translation and transformation in Late Antiquity!
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#CFP online - Southern Perspectives on the Dead Sea Scrolls - Sept 1-2 & Sept 8-9, 2025 - live discussion on prerecorded papers on scholarly perspectives from the Global South, Asia, Australia and New Zealand - Abstracts due May 31, 2025 Gareth.Wearne@acu.edu.au @irci.bsky.social
![[edited ALT] Scholarship on the Dead Sea Scrolls has long been held as an example of international and interfaith cooperation. Yet, that scholarship has almost exclusively been associated with approaches and perspectives from the Global North (Europe, Israel, North America, and the UK). The purpose of this free online conference is to draw together researchers and scholarly perspectives from the Global South, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. What is the history of scholarship on the Dead Sea Scrolls in these regions? What is the nature and extent of public interest in the Scrolls? What methods, approaches, and perspectives have prevailed, and why? What opportunities exist to study the Scrolls and in what ways are they engaged? What new insights and/or trajectories on the Scrolls have emerged or are emerging, and why?
We invite papers on any topic connected to the Dead Sea Scrolls and related Second Temple studies from researchers trained or based in Central or South America and the Caribbean, Africa, Oceania, Asia, or Australia and New Zealand. We particularly invite papers that examine perspectives that might be considered distinctive of the regions where participants are based.
Format: Speakers will be requested to submit a video recording of their paper by 1 August 2025. Recordings should not be more than 20-minutes in length. The prerecorded papers will then be shared with participants, who will be invited to watch them before the live meetings on 1–2 September and 8–9 September.
The meetings on 1–2 September and 8–9 September will be comprised of four (4) two-hour-long meetings held on Zoom (that is, two hours each day). The live sessions will be dedicated to questions and discussion of the pre-circulated papers.
To submit a paper proposal, please send a 250-word abstract and short statement of eligibility (e.g., nationality, institutional affiliation) to Gareth.Wearne@acu.edu.au. Registration for the conference will be free. Call for papers closes May 31 2025.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l3rvzxwi24axafcjdwyipnlk/bafkreih2xjla5gpic3kjjyrjcvxueuu4hm6ggdjgkmp5d7lhrqf3i7x2vm@jpeg)
November 28, 2024 at 9:49 PM
#CFP online - Southern Perspectives on the Dead Sea Scrolls - Sept 1-2 & Sept 8-9, 2025 - live discussion on prerecorded papers on scholarly perspectives from the Global South, Asia, Australia and New Zealand - Abstracts due May 31, 2025 Gareth.Wearne@acu.edu.au @irci.bsky.social
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We began in Rome for a higher-degree research workshop, with attendees from @irci.bsky.social, @humboldtuni.bsky.social, @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social, and
@uio.no. I presented the latest results of my PhD research and interacted with others' research. We got to see the local sights, too!
@uio.no. I presented the latest results of my PhD research and interacted with others' research. We got to see the local sights, too!
November 30, 2024 at 2:32 AM
We began in Rome for a higher-degree research workshop, with attendees from @irci.bsky.social, @humboldtuni.bsky.social, @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social, and
@uio.no. I presented the latest results of my PhD research and interacted with others' research. We got to see the local sights, too!
@uio.no. I presented the latest results of my PhD research and interacted with others' research. We got to see the local sights, too!
IRCI's Dr Jonathan Zecher led a public-facing lecture on the Melbourne Gospels at the National Gallery of Victoria as part of the "Being Human" exhibition organised by UniMelb.
December 2, 2024 at 9:43 PM
IRCI's Dr Jonathan Zecher led a public-facing lecture on the Melbourne Gospels at the National Gallery of Victoria as part of the "Being Human" exhibition organised by UniMelb.
Congratulations to two teams led by IRCI scholars for Discovery Project grant success from the Australian Research Council totalling almost a half a million dollars!
November 26, 2024 at 5:54 AM
Congratulations to two teams led by IRCI scholars for Discovery Project grant success from the Australian Research Council totalling almost a half a million dollars!
