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Lewis Read
@lewread.bsky.social
Researcher and Lecturer I ERC RELEVEN I Institut für Geschichte, Universität Wien I Medieval Armenian Book Culture, Manuscript Production and Transmission in the Eastern Mediterranean
A rainy day in Venice well spent working on the Armenian version of the Life of John Chrysostom, translated by the Catholicos Grigor II Vkayaser in 1101CE! 🤓
September 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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In case you missed it, here is the recording of last week's paper by Lewis Read (University of Vienna)
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TeTra | Lewis Read "Accessing the place of memory: digital tools for the study of Armenian colophon"
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August 22, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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The next TeTra paper, on Armenian manuscript colophons, will be delivered next Thursday 14 August by Lewis Read (University of Vienna)!
If you are interested in attending and are not yet on the mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link!
August 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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📣Join us for the RELEVEN Conference:
"Re-evaluating the Eleventh Century: Movements, Connections, and Perspectives"
🗓️ 3–5 Sept 2025 |📍 University of Vienna (Hybrid)
Exploring new digital tools and historical insights from the 11th century.
🗒️More info + program: releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...
Closing Conference of the Releven Project
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August 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
2nd International Armenological Congress, 9-12 July, 2025 🤩🇦🇲
July 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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New article alert!

We invite you to explore a text composed in the northern reaches of the Caliphate in 744: the Armenian martyrology of Vahan of Gołtʻn. This article includes a translation and intro that analyzes the text’s construction of the Umayyad world and Armenian experiences within it
January 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Last week @tla.bsky.social and @lewread.bsky.social participated in the 16th general conference of the Association Internationale des Etudes Arméniennes, discussing digital approaches to medieval Armenian source material.
January 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It was a pleasure to be in Yerevan 🇦🇲 last week to share a working prototype for a new digital corpus of medieval Armenian colophons developed in collaboration with the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts. More to come! 📜
December 2, 2024 at 2:59 PM