If you missed this afternoon's Spotlight on Peter Van Nuffelen and Lieve Van Hoof's The Fragmentary Chronicles after Eusebius, with a response by Monica Berti, here is the recording! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EbF...

‘Bronze Age craft settlement uncovered in Kisonerga’ Announcement of the results of the most recent season at Kissonerga - congratulations @caari-cyprus.bsky.social #archaeologynews 🏺 cyprus-mail.com/2025/11/20/b...

An early jetlagged morning after returning from a week in the US where I gave two lectures on Syro-Armenian history and Syro-Armenian polemics at Princeton University and St Nersess Armenian Seminary. 1/7

Next week Lusine Sargsyan (Matenadaran/YSU) will enlighten us about the production of Armenian manuscripts in Romania! Tune in on Thu 20 Nov at 10 AM CET. f you're not yet on out mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link

Later this month we are hosting a new Book in the Spotlight. On Mon 24 Nov at 4PM CET Peter Van Nuffelen (Ghent) will present The Fragmentary Greek Chronicles after Eusebius, which he recently published with Lieve Van Hoof. Discussant will be @monica-berti.bsky.social (Leipzig)!

Great talk and great conversation yesterday. In case you missed it, here is the recording! www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kH9...

Voor online gemeenschap Brabanders en hun Taal en Brabants Erfgoed hebben we een video gemaakt over het woord 'gij':

In the next TeTra seminar which will take place next Thursday 6 November at 4PM CET Ellen Muehlberger (Michigan) will speak about the voice of Mary of Egypt. If you are not yet on our mailing list, please register with @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link.

Tomorrow!

Today I published a new section of my website with resources for those who wish to learn, study, and/or teach ancient languages using braille. It rests on work we did over the past year to expand screen reader access to these languages through the LibLouis library. Check it out and share around!

Also next week!

Next week!!!

In 1874, Mary Ewing Outerbridge brought home America’s first tennis set — and customs agents seized it. She got it back, built a court on Staten Island, and changed women’s sports forever. History turns on curiosity, persistence, and a little nerve.  Read more here: https://tinyurl.com/3brswyss🗃️

Besteld! Dus één boek reist alvast terug richting oosten. Ik ben benieuwd!

Very cool: The shallow recesses in these Roman wooden tablets were filled with wax, and a stylus was used to inscribe writing into the wax. Once the written information had been conveyed, they were reused. www.heritagedaily.com/2025/10/roma...

If you missed Eleanor Baker's paper yesterday, here is the recording! www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLv9...

A literary Iguanodon at the Earth Sciences Library. Do any other libraries have dinosaurs or other antediluvian creatures carved into the furniture?

Tomorrow! If you are not yet on our mailing list and are interested in attending, get in touch with @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link.

In case you missed it, here is the recording of last week's paper! www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR3X...

#CfP Conference: "The Materiality of Jewish-Arabic Relations" (BMFTR-project "Beyond Conflict and Coexistence: An Entangled History of Jewish-Arab Relations) - deadline: 15 September 2025.

In two days!!!

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Today I almost rode my bike into a soldier who was walking IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CYCLE PATH with only eyes for his phone. I stopped within about 5 centimers. This is a daily occurrence. We need to stop people from using their mobile phones in traffic. NOW.

Thursday! Don't forget to register!

Very much looking forward to this one next week!

In case you missed it, here is the recording of the last paper! www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-Al...

Tomorrow!

Bilingual Armenian-Syriac monument commemorating the Seyfo (genocide of Syriac Christians) in 1915. Erected in Yerevan in 2012 in a park on the corner of Nalbandyan and Moskovian St.

The next paper will take place on Friday 18 July at 4PM: Bishara Ebeid (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia) •Transposing Tradition: The West Syriac Reworking of an East Syriac Nicene Commentary• If you're not on the mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link.

Next week!

Tomorrow!

Next week!!!

Later this month I will be presenting some thoughts on a field I have been active in for over 15 years now, and I am honoured to present them in the context of the lecture series of the Austrian-Armenian Studies Society! It is possible to attend online via this link: t.co/ifTc9HDPnM

Something Syriac but with wider implications next week!

Already up. I would say that this is one that you don't want to miss. Fascinating stuff!

Asking for a friend of a friend. Anything you can miss helps! chuffed.org/project/1325...

The online seminar of the GenAut Project is now live – open to all. With @dekayra.bsky.social @angelnarro.bsky.social @chancebonar.bsky.social @janetspittler.bsky.social off Bsky, and others. Do get in touch if you'd like to be added to our email list. genaut.univie.ac.at?page_id=671

Join us next Thu 22 May at 10 AM CET for a paper by Angelo Gargiulo (Ghent University) on Meteorology and Culture of the self in John Lydus' De Ostentis! As ever, if you are interested in attending but are not yet on our mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social

Another case of not trusting a "trust center". Please do take this measure to stop AI-scraping of all the hard work that you do in MS Word. www.reddit.com/r/privacy/co...

Also now up on our YouTube channel, the recording of Antonietta Castiello's paper on the inscriptions of the Palmyrene diaspora. Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_o2...

In case you missed it, the recording of Federico Alpi's talk about the Nicene Creed in the Armenian version of the Didascalia CCCXVIII Patrum is now available on our Youtube channel alongside many other papers and all the lectures! www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0cx...

New date: next Thursday 6 May at 10 AM. See you then!

Next week!!!

In case you missed it, here is the recording of yesterday's paper! www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8Jm...

On Monday I am giving a lecture on the desert fathers and mothers in the Armenian tradition for my fellow Egyptologists of UniWien who invited me to talk about my research. All our welcome! The lecture is hybrid, a Zoom link is available via this link: egyptology.univie.ac.at/news-events/...

Tomorrow!