Due to unforeseen circumstances, tomorrow's paper cannot take place. It will be postponed until a later date.

Next week we are hosting another paper, this time by Nicolas Atas (KU Leuven) on Syriac lexica! Tune in on Thursday 5 Feb at our regular time of 10 AM CET. As always, don't forget to register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social if you're not yet on our mailing list!

Later today!

We are excited to host Samet Budak (Princeton) next Thursday 29 January at 5PM CET (note the unusual timeslot!). The topic of his paper is Greek translations in the early Ottoman period! If you are not yet on our mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link.

Off to a great start to 2026 this morning with Roman Gundacker. See you on the 29th for the next paper on Greek translations in the early Ottoman Empire!

Tomorrow!

Happy New Year everyone! We are starting off 2026 next Friday 9 Jan at 10 AM with a paper by Roman Gundacker (ÖAW/UniVie) on Manetho's Aegyptiaca. If you're not yet on the mailing list and interested in attending, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social

From all of us at TeTra, happy holidays and a wonderful end to what has been an amazing 2025! Our little Christmas gift to you is the preliminary programme for 2026, now available on our website: tetra.univie.ac.at. See you next year!

Very many congratulations to our colleague @danbatovici.bsky.social !!!

Warm congrats to our colleague Giorgia Nicosia for being awarded one of the Research Awards of the Associazione Internazionale di Studi Tardoantichi. Find her in the ceremony photo! studitardoantichi.org/en/2025/11/2...

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...

Tomorrow, the Book in the Spotlight with Peter Van Nuffelen and @monica-berti.bsky.social ! If you are not yet on our mailing list, don't forget to register w/ @AndyHilkens to receive the Zoom link

Tomorrow!

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...

Tomorrow! There is still time to register.

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.

If you missed yesterday's paper, here is the recording, a great introduction into the tōnapatchaṛ! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PIx...

Tomorrow!

We are excited to host Anna Ohanjayan (Yerevan State University / Matenadaran) who will be speaking next Thu 23 Oct (10 AM CET) about the Tōnapatchaṛ, a fascinating genre in Armenian literature! If you're not yet on the mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social

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

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.

Next Thursday 9 October, Eleanor Baker (@eleanormaybaker.bsky.social) will explore the world of Middle English book curses. All welcome!

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

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

Fixed or surprisingly fluid? Next Thursday 11 September at 10 am CET, Carlo Emilio Biuzzi (Ghent University) will explore the transmission of Syriac legal literature. All welcome!

In case you missed it, here is the recording of last week's paper by Lewis Read (University of Vienna) shorturl.at/5oG6c

This is happening later today! It is still possible to register, just message @andyhilkens.bsky.social

In two days!!!

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!

Later today!

Thursday! Don't forget to register!

We are excited to Jasmine Dum-Tragut next Thursday 31 July at 4PM CET (!), who will be delivering a paper on Armenian horse medicine manuscripts! If you are not yet on the mailing list and are interested in attending, do get in touch w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social

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

Tomorrow!

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.

Here's the recording of the event!

Later today, there is still time to register if you haven't yet!

The next TeTra event is another Book in the Spotlight, this time with Sofia Puchkova. Discussant is Samuel Fernández (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile). Tuesday 1 July at 4PM CET, don't miss it! If you are not yet on the mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social

If you missed Thursday's excellent paper, here you go! Kayla Dang (Saint Louis University) •The unusual travels of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib’s covenant with the Zoroastrians•

Tomorrow at 4PM CET!

The next TeTra paper will be delivered next Thu 19 June at 4PM (!) by Kayla Dang (Saint Louis). The topic is The Unusual Travels of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib’s Covenant with the Zoroastrians. If you're not on the mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link.

Next week we offer the floor to one of the long-term participants in our seminar. Boško Erić (University of East Sarajevo) will be speaking about the Letter of Mara bar Serapion on Thu 5 June, at 10 AM. If you're not yet on the mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social

If you missed it, here is the recording of yesterday's paper by Angelo Gargiulo on John the Lydian's De Ostentis. Enjoy! tinyurl.com/TeTra22052025

Tomorrow!

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

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!