Philip Forness
@philipforness.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Eastern Christianity at KU Leuven.
Come work with some of my fantastic colleagues in @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social! A full-time, four-year PhD vacancy in Latin Patristic Literature/Theology KU Leuven. Please spread the word! theo.kuleuven.be/apps/joboppo... @kuleuventheology.bsky.social
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October 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Come work with some of my fantastic colleagues in @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social! A full-time, four-year PhD vacancy in Latin Patristic Literature/Theology KU Leuven. Please spread the word! theo.kuleuven.be/apps/joboppo... @kuleuventheology.bsky.social
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PhD Scholarship in Theology, Religious Studies or Slavic Studies at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies of KU Leuven: www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
PhD Scholarship in Theology, Religious Studies or Slavic Studies
PhD History Catholic Ecumenism
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October 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
PhD Scholarship in Theology, Religious Studies or Slavic Studies at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies of KU Leuven: www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
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I have been informed by the good folks at @gorgiaspress.bsky.social that my translation of the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch (aka 2 Baruch) is officially in print, though I don't have a hard copy yet. Here's a link: www.gorgiaspress.com/maccabees-3-...
3-4 Maccabees and the Apocalypse of Baruch According to the Syriac Peshitta Version with English Translation
This volume is part of a series of English translations of the Syriac Peshitta along with the Syriac text carried out by an international team of scholars.
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September 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I have been informed by the good folks at @gorgiaspress.bsky.social that my translation of the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch (aka 2 Baruch) is officially in print, though I don't have a hard copy yet. Here's a link: www.gorgiaspress.com/maccabees-3-...
We have extended the call for applications to July 30th for a post-doc position in the Frankfurt-Leuven Project “Commentary on the Ecclesiastical History of John of Ephesus.” The successful candidate would not necessarily need to move to Frankfurt to take up this position.
I am happy to share an advertisement for a post-doc position in the Frankfurt-Leuven project "Commentary on John of Ephesus's Ecclesiastical History." The deadline is 23 July 2025, and the position is to be filled from 1 October 2025. Please feel free to contact me or Hartmut Leppin with questions.
July 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
We have extended the call for applications to July 30th for a post-doc position in the Frankfurt-Leuven Project “Commentary on the Ecclesiastical History of John of Ephesus.” The successful candidate would not necessarily need to move to Frankfurt to take up this position.
One more week to apply!
I am happy to share an advertisement for a post-doc position in the Frankfurt-Leuven project "Commentary on John of Ephesus's Ecclesiastical History." The deadline is 23 July 2025, and the position is to be filled from 1 October 2025. Please feel free to contact me or Hartmut Leppin with questions.
July 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
One more week to apply!
I am happy to share an advertisement for a post-doc position in the Frankfurt-Leuven project "Commentary on John of Ephesus's Ecclesiastical History." The deadline is 23 July 2025, and the position is to be filled from 1 October 2025. Please feel free to contact me or Hartmut Leppin with questions.
July 2, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I am happy to share an advertisement for a post-doc position in the Frankfurt-Leuven project "Commentary on John of Ephesus's Ecclesiastical History." The deadline is 23 July 2025, and the position is to be filled from 1 October 2025. Please feel free to contact me or Hartmut Leppin with questions.
For about the last five years, I have been working on the translation and translation cultures of Christian communities in late antiquity, seeking especially to bring together the Latin and Greek evidence with that found in eastern Christian languages. The first two articles have finally appeared.
April 17, 2025 at 5:59 AM
For about the last five years, I have been working on the translation and translation cultures of Christian communities in late antiquity, seeking especially to bring together the Latin and Greek evidence with that found in eastern Christian languages. The first two articles have finally appeared.
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Next week in Palermo!
March 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Next week in Palermo!
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Very glad to see this volume, which I had the honour and the pleasure of co-editing with Julia Doroszewska, the prime mover of the project, from the Faculty of History of the University of Warsaw, being released today by @brepols.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Very glad to see this volume, which I had the honour and the pleasure of co-editing with Julia Doroszewska, the prime mover of the project, from the Faculty of History of the University of Warsaw, being released today by @brepols.bsky.social
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L’Académie Belge pour l’Étude des Langues Anciennes et Orientales (ABELAO) a le plaisir de vous inviter à son école d’été, qui se tiendra à Louvain-la-Neuve du 29 juillet au 8 août.
Plus de détails et inscriptions sur www.abelao.eu
Plus de détails et inscriptions sur www.abelao.eu
February 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
L’Académie Belge pour l’Étude des Langues Anciennes et Orientales (ABELAO) a le plaisir de vous inviter à son école d’été, qui se tiendra à Louvain-la-Neuve du 29 juillet au 8 août.
Plus de détails et inscriptions sur www.abelao.eu
Plus de détails et inscriptions sur www.abelao.eu
Very much looking forward to the visit of the Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, Mar Awa III, to Leuven on Monday, February 24th! If you are in the area, please feel free to come (you can register via this website through February 20th). theo.kuleuven.be/en/research/...
The Challenges for the Assyrian Church of the East: Lecture by Patriarch Mar Awa III
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February 13, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Very much looking forward to the visit of the Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, Mar Awa III, to Leuven on Monday, February 24th! If you are in the area, please feel free to come (you can register via this website through February 20th). theo.kuleuven.be/en/research/...
Looking forward to the conference "In Search of Moderation: Reassessing the Theological Center in the Post-Chalcedonian
Christological Debates" starting today at KU Leuven! Poster and program are attached below.
Christological Debates" starting today at KU Leuven! Poster and program are attached below.
December 2, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Looking forward to the conference "In Search of Moderation: Reassessing the Theological Center in the Post-Chalcedonian
Christological Debates" starting today at KU Leuven! Poster and program are attached below.
Christological Debates" starting today at KU Leuven! Poster and program are attached below.
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Delighted to celebrate our faculty colleague Jos Verheyden, who has been bestowed with an honorary doctorate—a well-deserved recognition of his career and of his sharp, critical, yet always constructive perspective! Congratulations! 🎉 #HonoraryDoctorate romkat.ro/2024/11/22/b...
Biblia, erőszak és remény: Joseph Verheyden a kolozsvári Babeş–Bolyai Tudományegyetem díszdoktora lett
A kolozsvári Babeş–Bolyai Tudományegyetem, a Biblikus Teológia Kutatóintézet és a Római Katolikus Teológia Kar előterjesztésére Doctor Honoris Ca
romkat.ro
November 27, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Delighted to celebrate our faculty colleague Jos Verheyden, who has been bestowed with an honorary doctorate—a well-deserved recognition of his career and of his sharp, critical, yet always constructive perspective! Congratulations! 🎉 #HonoraryDoctorate romkat.ro/2024/11/22/b...
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Most of you here probably already have a degree, but if you know students interested in a(nother) degree in theology and religious studies, check out the KU Leuven Webinar Days (Nov. 27-28) and explore our Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies (Nov. 27, 4 pm; Nov. 28, 9 am) t.co/0vyamr6ZaR
November 23, 2024 at 9:20 AM
Most of you here probably already have a degree, but if you know students interested in a(nother) degree in theology and religious studies, check out the KU Leuven Webinar Days (Nov. 27-28) and explore our Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies (Nov. 27, 4 pm; Nov. 28, 9 am) t.co/0vyamr6ZaR
Looking forward to the workshop "Translations in Coptic Egypt" at KU Leuven 24 June 2024 (with @danbatovici.bsky.social @greggiven.bsky.social @drkimfowler.bsky.social Luise Frenkel, and Nathan Carlig)
June 5, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Looking forward to the workshop "Translations in Coptic Egypt" at KU Leuven 24 June 2024 (with @danbatovici.bsky.social @greggiven.bsky.social @drkimfowler.bsky.social Luise Frenkel, and Nathan Carlig)
One more day!
I am happy to announce a vacancy for a full-time PhD Position at the Faculty of Theology at KU Leuven focused on the Letters of Philoxenus of Mabbug. Applications will be accepted until May 22, 2024. For more information see: www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
PhD Position on the Letters of Philoxenus of Mabbug
PhD Position in Syriac Studies
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May 21, 2024 at 6:43 AM
One more day!
Just under a week until the submission deadline! Please send me a message with any questions.
I am happy to announce a vacancy for a full-time PhD Position at the Faculty of Theology at KU Leuven focused on the Letters of Philoxenus of Mabbug. Applications will be accepted until May 22, 2024. For more information see: www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
PhD Position on the Letters of Philoxenus of Mabbug
PhD Position in Syriac Studies
www.kuleuven.be
May 16, 2024 at 9:48 AM
Just under a week until the submission deadline! Please send me a message with any questions.
I am happy to announce a vacancy for a full-time PhD Position at the Faculty of Theology at KU Leuven focused on the Letters of Philoxenus of Mabbug. Applications will be accepted until May 22, 2024. For more information see: www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
PhD Position on the Letters of Philoxenus of Mabbug
PhD Position in Syriac Studies
www.kuleuven.be
May 2, 2024 at 4:53 AM
I am happy to announce a vacancy for a full-time PhD Position at the Faculty of Theology at KU Leuven focused on the Letters of Philoxenus of Mabbug. Applications will be accepted until May 22, 2024. For more information see: www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
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New issue of Journal of Early Christian Studies-Volume 32, No. 1 (2024) muse.jhu.edu/issue/52259 @hopkinspress.bsky.social
April 1, 2024 at 9:43 PM
New issue of Journal of Early Christian Studies-Volume 32, No. 1 (2024) muse.jhu.edu/issue/52259 @hopkinspress.bsky.social
The new issue of the Journal of Eastern Christian Studies has just been published! Studies on the reception of Aristotle in medieval Syriac theology, relations between the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches, and recent Ukrainian Orthodox history: t.co/xTck4C6vgu
March 26, 2024 at 5:53 AM
The new issue of the Journal of Eastern Christian Studies has just been published! Studies on the reception of Aristotle in medieval Syriac theology, relations between the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches, and recent Ukrainian Orthodox history: t.co/xTck4C6vgu
Looking forward to this workshop in Leuven next month!
“Possibilities and Challenges of Editing Syriac Texts: From Textual Criticism to Digital Editions” at KU Leuven, 14 March 2024
LOCEOC Workshop in Eastern Christianity
LOCEOC Workshop in Eastern Christianity
February 21, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Looking forward to this workshop in Leuven next month!
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#NewPublication MedievalSky EarlyChristianity ChristianEast
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September 26, 2023 at 6:30 AM
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