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1999
3-5 June. Conference of the Canadian Society for Patristic Studies, Bishop's University, Lennoxville, Quebec.
For registration forms or information write to: Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, 415-151 Slater Street, Ottawa, ON, K1P 5H3, Canada (email: CONGRESS@HSSFC.CA); or visit the web site: http://www.hssfc.ca/cong/CongressInfoEng.html
12-15 July. International Medieval Congress, Leeds, UK.
16-18 July . Orthodoxy and Unorthodoxies . The 11th Conference of the Australian Association for Byzantine Studies, Macquarie University, Sydney. For registration details see the Conference Web site: http://www.museum.mq.edu.au/docs_centre/ahdrc.html
18-20 July . International Association of Manichaean Studies Symposium: The Manichaean community at Kellis (Ismant el-Kharab) , Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
16-21 August . 13th International Conference on Patristic Studies, Oxford, UK . Opening lecture: Averil Cameron.
24-30 August. XIth Congress of the International Federation of the Societies of Classical Studies, Kavala, Macedonia, Greece.
Programme includes sessions on The Fathers of the Church and their Social Environment; and The Reception of the Ancient World in the Works of the Byzantine Writers. Those wishing to receive further information, please write to: XIth Congress of the FIEC, Parnassos Literary Society, 9 St George Karytsis Sq., 105 61 Athens - Greece.
20-27 September . Early Christianity between Rome and Constantinople . Congressus Internationalis XIV Archaeologiae Christianae, Vienna.
October. Meeting of the International Group Gender Models in Formative Christianity and Islam, Florence. On the problem of motherhood. Contact: Prof. Kari Elizabeth Borresen (Norway) or Prof. Elena Giannarelli (Florence).
4-7 November. Twenty-fifth Annual Byzantine Studies Conference, University of Maryland, College Park, USA. The conference runs from Thursday evening, November 4 through Friday lunchtime, November 7. The conference is the annual forum for the presentation and discussion of papers on every aspect of Byzantine Studies, and is open to all, regardless of nationality or academic status. (Postgraduate students in particular are warmly welcomed and their papers receive a high profile. Ed.)
Chair Program Committee: Prof. Kathleen Corrigan (Kathleen.Corrigan@Dartmouth.edu). Please note that the deadline for abstracts has already closed. All other enquiries should be addressed to George Majeska (gm5@umail.umd.edu) or visit the BSC web site at: http://www.sc.edu/bsc/index.htm
27-30 December. Insiders and Outsiders in Late Antiquity . Three Year Colloquium on Late Antiquity, to be held during the meeting of the American Philological Association, Dallas, Texas, USA. Organisers: Hugh Elton (Florida International University), Noel Lenski (University of Colorado, Boulder).
2000
25-29 June and 2-5 July (approx.). VIIIth Symposium Syriacum and VIth International Conference of Christian Arabic Studies, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
For registration details contact: Prof. Rifaat Ebied, Department of Semitic Studies A14, The University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia. Fax: +61 (02) 9351 6684. Email: Rifaat.Ebied@semitic.usyd.edu.au
2001
July. Late Antiquity Conference, UCSB, Santa Barbara. Conference Organizer: Hal Drake. Theme and details to be announced.
19-25 August. XXe Congrès International des Études Byzantines, Paris (Sorbonne and Collège de France). Proposed plenary sessions and round tables: Recherches sur le droit byzantin: un bilan; Les Occidentaux dans les villes de province de l'Empire byzantin; Les villages dans l'Empire byzantine, Ve-XIVe s.; Permanences et changements dans l'occupation du sol: densités, modalités et extension/régression; Byzance entre Occident chrétien et monde musulman. Les relations artistiques; La périphérie dans le temps et l'espace; Altérité religieuse et identité culturelle: les chétientés orientales non grecques; Reliques de la Passion (the indirect relics of Christ); La pétition à Byzance; L'Italie byzantine; Lire et écrire à Byzance; La Lettre diplomatique; Philosophie et sciences à Byzance; Théologiens et méthodes théologiques à Byzance; Byzance et son histoire en l'an 2000.
Papers related to the themes of plenary sessions and round tables are strongly encouraged.
To be announced. Exhibition. "Daily Life in Byzantium", Greece. Details will be provided as they come to hand.
2002
July. Third International Triennial Conference Prayer and Spirituality in the Early Church , Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia. Theme: Life and Liturgy (details to be announced).
