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2000
10-12 November. Ancient Philosophy, University of Newcastle. For details contact Harold Tarrant (clhast@cc.newcastle.edu.au). Includes a paper on "Proclus in Byzantium".
18-19 November. Worlds of the Silk Roads: Ancient and Modern, conference organised by the ASIS, Macquarie University.
8-10 December. Ancient Studies -- New Technology: The World Wide Web and Scholarly Research, Communication, and Publication in Ancient, Byzantine, and Medieval Studies. Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. Conveners: Michael DiMaio, Ralph Mathisen, Thomas Martin.
2001
8-11 March. Fourth Conference on Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity. Travel, Communication and Geography in Late Antiquity. To be held at the Downtown Centre of San Francisco State University, San Francisco, USA. Enquiries re program to Prof. Linda Ellis: ellisl@sfsu.edu; all other enquiries to Prof. Frank Kidner: fkidner@sfsu.edu.
28 March-2 April. Byzantine Spring Symposium. Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies, Exeter College, Oxford. Theme: Rhetoric. Convenor: Elizabeth Jeffreys. Call for papers to be announced shortly.
30 March-1 April. Conference on Byzantine Monasticisms. Faculty of Theology, University of St Michael's College, Toronto, Canada. An interdisciplinary conference on the varieties of ascetical life in the Byzantine empire (6th-13th century), with emphasis on the current state of scholarly research and areas in needs of further study. For registration and other details see the faculty web site: www.utoronto.ca/stmikes/theology
20-22 April. Byzantium and the West. Twelfth Conference of the Australian Association for Byzantine Studies, University of Western Australia. Conf. Organiser: John Melville-Jones. Deadline for submission of Abstracts: 29 January 20001. For registration details check the web site (late November):
http://www.mcauley.acu.edu.au/AABS/.4-7 May. Dumbarton Oaks Symposium: Late Byzantine Thessalonike. Check out the web site for details: www.doaks.org
9 June. Conference on Byzantium and Icon exhibition, Macquarie University.
7-8 July. Words and Pictures. Religion and Culture from Christ to the Renaissance. McAuley Campus, Australian Catholic University. This is the new look version of the former one-day seminar series, now expanded into a one and a half day conference, bringing together the interests of both the Centre for Early Christian Studies and the Brisbane Mediaeval and Renaissance Group.
Papers are invited covering the period from the early Christian period up to and including the Renaissance on topics relevant to either/both East and West. Title and abstract of no more than 200 words to: Centre for Early Christian Studies, Australian Catholic University, PO Box 247, Everton Park QLD 4053 (email: b.neil@mcauley.acu.edu.au or wendy.mayer@adelaide.edu.au). Deadline for abstracts: 28 Feb. 2001. For registration details contact the above, or see the web site: www.acu.edu.au/Earlychr. Deadline for registration: 31 May 2001.19-25 August. XXe Congrès International des Études Byzantines, Paris (Sorbonne and Collège de France). To register write to the Congress Secretariat: M.J.-F. Vannier, Collège de France, Centre d'Histoire et Civilisation de Byzance, 52 rue du Cardinal Lemoine, F-75005 Paris. Fax: -33 (0)1 44 27 28 85.
Web: http://byzance.dr10.cnrs.fr/web/congres/frame.html3-8 September. Second International Congress on Black Sea Antiquities. Local Populations of the Black Sea Littoral and their Relations with the Greek, Roman and Byzantine World and Near Eastern Civilisations. Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. Opening Lecture: Prof. Sir John Boardman. Key note speakers include Prof. Anthony Bryer (Byzantium and its Pontic Neighbours). Registration US $75 (students $25) by January 2001 or US $90 at beginning of Congress.
For registration form and contact details see: http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~arkeo/blackseas/html2002
26-28 April. Dumbarton Oaks Symposium: Realities in the Arts of the Medieval Mediterranean, 800-1500.
Spring. International Conference, Late Antique Landscapes - Intellectual, Figural and Physical, UC Santa Barbara. Conf. organiser: Hal Drake.
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).
BYZANTIUM AND THE WEST
Twelfth Conference Of The Australian Association For Byzantine Studies
The University Of Western Australia
April 20-22, 2001Preliminary Announcement And Call For Papers
The twelfth biennial conference of the Australian Association for Byzantine Studies will take place at the University of Western Australia in April next year. The conference will begin at noon on Friday April 20 and end in the early afternoon of Sunday April 22.
The theme of the conference is: Byzantium and the West. Plenary addresses will be delivered by Judith Herrin, Robert Holfelder, Chryssa Maltezou, Claudia Rapp and Paul Stephenson.
Offers of other contributions are now invited (average length of each session, including time for discussion, 30 minutes). The closing date for approval of contributions is January 29, 2001. It is hoped that a majority of contributions will be on subjects relating to the theme of the conference, but contributions in other areas of Byzantine studies will be welcome.
Titles and abstracts of papers should be mailed, faxed or e-mailed to the address given below. E-mail is preferred, with the abstract sent as a part of the message, unless it contains material in a non-Roman font, in which case it should be sent as an attachment.
The fee for enrolment in the conference will be $Aus 99.00 (students, including recent unwaged graduates, $Aus 49.50). The cost of the conference dinner will be $45.
Enquiries may also be made at any time to the conference organiser, John Melville-Jones, at the following address:
Department of Classics and Ancient History
University of Western Australia
Nedlands 6907
Western Australia
telephone: 61.(0)8. 9380.2164
fax: 61.(0)8. 9380.1009
e-mail: jrmelvil@cyllene.uwa.edu.au
