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!

Tomorrow! Not too late to register to get the Zoom link if you're not yet on the mailing list!

The next paper is already happening next week! On Thursday 24 April at 10 AM CET Federico Alpi (Firenze / FSCIRE) will be speaking about the Armenian version of the Didascalia CCCXVIII Patrum. Do not forget to register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social if you are not yet on our mailing list!

It brings us great pleasure to announce the second TeTra lecture of 2025 which will be delivered next Thu 17 April at 4PM CET by Robin Darling Young (CUA) on The Transformation of the Letters of Evagrius! If you wish to receive the Zoom link, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social

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

Tomorrow!

Next Thursday's paper: Guillermo Menéndez Sanchez (Ghent University) •The figure of Addas-Adimantus in Christian heresiology and his impact on the image of Manichaeism• Don't forget to sign up with @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link, if you're not yet on the mailing list!

Next Thursday's paper: Guillermo Menéndez Sanchez (Ghent University) •The figure of Addas-Adimantus in Christian heresiology and his impact on the image of Manichaeism• Don't forget to sign up with @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link, if you're not yet on the mailing list!

In case you missed it, here is the recording of today's paper by Georgi Mitov (ÖAW/University of Vienna)! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYLj...

Tomorrow!

Next Thursday the TeTra seminar continues with a paper on Byzantine funerary rites by Georgi Mitov (ÖAW/University of Vienna)! Don't forget to sign up with @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link, if you're not yet on the mailing list! (Image Vat. Gr. 1836, f. 80r)

If you couldn't attend, here is the recording of the first TeTra Lecture of 2025, delivered by Willy Clarysse: "Remnants of Christian books from the second to the eight centuries" www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQux...

Due to unforeseen circumstances Thursday's paper is postponed to a yet to determine date. But don't worry, the next paper (by Giorgi Mitov) is already next Thursday 6 March!

Next Thursday 27 February at 10 AM, we are entering the Palmyrene diaspora through its inscriptions with Antonietta Castiello (University of Oldenburg). As ever, if you are not yet on the mailing list, do not forget to register with @andyhilkens.bsky.social !

Tomorrow!

This is happening next week! There is still time to register with @andyhilkens.bsky.social

We've recently passed our one hundredth events mark. More than half of the papers and all lectures are available on our Youtube channel. www.youtube.com/@TeTraSemina...

Here goes the recording – thanks to all who joined in! Mateusz Kusio (KU Leuven) •The Manuscript Tradition of Commodianus: On the Reception of an Obscure Poet•

Tomorrow! If you want to attend online and are not yet on the mailing list, contact @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link!

Join us on Thursday 6 February at 10 AM for a conversation with @mateuszkusio.bsky.social on the early Christian Latin poet Commodianus

No problem if you missed last week's paper on Philo of Alexandria by Lea Niccolai (Cambridge). The recording is now up on our YouTube channel! www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUcH...

Tomorrow!

For those who missed it, the recording of Ted Erho's paper onthe Ethiopic version of Alexander I of Alexandria's letter is now up on our YouTube channel! www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6gU...

Who needs words? Next Thursday 23 January at 10 am CET, Lea Niccolai (Cambridge) will speak about the paradox of written scripture and unwritten divine law in Philo. All welcome!

The day after tomorrow! There is still time to register!