Forum of Early Medieval Studies

27/08/2026

Dear colleagues,
We would like to alert you to a call for contributions to proposed sessions for the International Medieval Congress (IMC) 2027 in Leeds.
The sessions, titled "East and West in the Early Middle Ages: Translation across Communities", examine translation and translators in encounters between eastern and western communities from a range of disciplinary, geographical, and chronological perspectives.
We are interested in analyses of Greek, Latin, Syriac, Armenian, Coptic, Hebrew, and early Arabic texts in translation; transfer of knowledge: the circulation, reception, and reuse of translated texts; translation and the construction of authority and communal identity; translation at courts, monasteries, schools, and scriptoria; translators as cultural brokers, intermediaries, and ambassadors; patronage and the social status of translators; translation in religious controversy; resistance to and the backlash against translation; erroneous translation; retranslation, revision, and competing translations; translation practices, including paraphrase, abridgment, adaptation, and compilation.
The sessions are supported by The Center for the Study of Christianity at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and ROMANA: The Roman Turn among Jews, Greek Pagans and Christians.
Please see the attachment for further details.
Application deadline: 15 September 2026

15/05/2024

יום עיון: כתבי יד באלף הראשון לספירה
10 ביוני 2024 (ד בסיוון תשפ״ד) 09:30 – 16:30
בניין בית הספר מנדל ללימודים מתקדמים במדעי הרוח (חדר 521), הר הצופים
דד ליין להרשמה: 26 במאי 2024
להרשמה: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-ymuak-UviewqWldKEx6UyTwcZoqji26AknsToKreoFVGNg/viewform

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הפורום הישראלי לחקר ימי-הביניים המוקדמים בשיתוף בית הספר ג׳ק, ג׳וזף ומורטון מנדל ללימודים מתקדמים במדעי הרוח ובתמיכת החברה ההיסטורית הישראלית מתכבדים להזמין תלמידות ותלמידי מחקר ליום עיון בנושא כתבי יד באלף הראשון לספירה, בו נתמקד בכתב היד כמקור ראשוני משותף ונעסוק בכתבי יד משלהי העת העתיקה וימי הביניים המוקדמים. יום העיון ישלב הרצאות, שינתנו על ידי מספר חוקרים וחוקרות, וסדנת איניציאלים, בה המשתתפים יתנסו בהכנת תחילית מעוטרת בכתב קלטי, תוך הקפדה על שלבי הפקתם בכתבי היד המדיאבליים, לשם הבנת התהליך וחווייתם של בעלי המלאכה.

מידע נוסף בצרופה. מספר המקומות מוגבל.

16/10/2023

****UPDATE****

In light of recent events in Israel, Prof. Mark Vessey's talk has been postponed.
A new date will be announced soon.

Stay safe,
Peace,
Mor, Shachar and Oz

Hi All,
It gives us great pleasure to share with you the plan for the Fall semester of 2023\4:

October 25th, 19:00 Jerusalem (17:00 London)
Mark Vessey (The University of British Columbia) |
The Birth of a Literary Lion, or: How Much of the Early- Medieval Jerome Legend was Manufactured in Bethlehem?

November 29th, 19:00 Jerusalem (17:00 London)
Bonnie Effros, (The University of British Columbia) |
Guided by Faith: Ultramontane Scholars' Attempted Revision of the History of Late Antique Christian Gaul

December 18th, 19:00 Jerusalem (17:00 London)
Alice Rio (King's College London) |
Long-Distance Slave Trading and its Impact on the Societies of Early Medieval Europe: Some Regional Profiles

January 17th, 19:00 Jerusalem (17:00 London)
Edward Watts (University of California, San Diego) |
Justin II's Inadvertent Destruction of the Roman Imperial System

Register here:
https://forms.gle/btu1Ts4KzoKagYR8A
*Zoom links will be sent a week prior to each lecture*

We hope to see you there.
Best Wishes,
Mor Hajbi, Shachar F. Orlinski and Oz Tamir

12/09/2023

Hi All,
It gives us great pleasure to share with you the plan for the Fall semester of 2023\4:

October 25th, 19:00 Jerusalem (17:00 London)
Mark Vessey (The University of British Columbia) |
The Birth of a Literary Lion, or: How Much of the Early- Medieval Jerome Legend was Manufactured in Bethlehem?

November 29th, 19:00 Jerusalem (17:00 London)
Bonnie Effros, (The University of British Columbia) |
Guided by Faith: Ultramontane Scholars' Attempted Revision of the History of Late Antique Christian Gaul

December 18th, 19:00 Jerusalem (17:00 London)
Alice Rio (King's College London) |
Long-Distance Slave Trading and its Impact on the Societies of Early Medieval Europe: Some Regional Profiles

January 17th, 19:00 Jerusalem (17:00 London)
Edward Watts (University of California, San Diego) |
Justin II's Inadvertent Destruction of the Roman Imperial System

Register here:
https://forms.gle/btu1Ts4KzoKagYR8A
*Zoom links will be sent a week prior to each lecture*

We hope to see you there.
Best Wishes,
Mor Hajbi, Shachar F. Orlinski and Oz Tamir

14/06/2023

Don't miss out on Prof. Kate Cooper's talk at the Forum!
Register here: https://forms.gle/VWPkUz485pcBdboGA

Dear all,

We are excited to invite you to the fourth and final lecture for this spring semester lecture series at the Israeli Forum of Early Medieval Studies.

Professor Kate Cooper of Royal Holloway, University of London, will discuss Ambrose and Justina Re-Visited.

The lecture will take place on Wednesday, June 21st, 2023, at 19:00 Jerusalem (17:00 London).

Register here: https://forms.gle/VWPkUz485pcBdboGA.
*The Zoom link will be sent a week prior to the lecture*
Please see further details in the attachments.

With Best Wishes,
Mor Hajbi and Shachar F. Orlinski

28/05/2023

Dear all,

We are excited to invite you to the fourth and final lecture for this spring semester lecture series at the Israeli Forum of Early Medieval Studies.

Professor Kate Cooper of Royal Holloway, University of London, will discuss Ambrose and Justina Re-Visited.

The lecture will take place on Wednesday, June 21st, 2023, at 19:00 Jerusalem (17:00 London).

Register here: https://forms.gle/VWPkUz485pcBdboGA.
*The Zoom link will be sent a week prior to the lecture*
Please see further details in the attachments.

With Best Wishes,
Mor Hajbi and Shachar F. Orlinski

17/05/2023

Don't miss out!

We are excited to invite you to the third lecture for this spring semester lecture series at the Israeli Forum of Early Medieval Studies.

Professor Albrecht Diem, Syracuse University, will discuss The Pursuit of Early Medieval Monasticism: New Directions of Research.

Please note that the date has been changed:
The lecture will take place on Tuesday, May 23rd, at 19:00 Jerusalem (17:00 London).

Please see further details in the attachments.

Register here: https://forms.gle/VWPkUz485pcBdboGA

With Best Wishes,
Mor Hajbi and Shachar F. Orlinski

27/04/2023

We are excited to invite you to the third lecture for this spring semester lecture series at the Israeli Forum of Early Medieval Studies.

Professor Albrecht Diem, Syracuse University, will discuss The Pursuit of Early Medieval Monasticism: New Directions of Research.

Please note that the date has been changed:
The lecture will take place on Tuesday, May 23rd, at 19:00 Jerusalem (17:00 London).

Please see further details in the attachments.

Register here: https://forms.gle/VWPkUz485pcBdboGA

With Best Wishes,
Mor Hajbi and Shachar F. Orlinski

16/04/2023

Deadline in one week: April 23rd, 2023!

CFA!
Ph.D. Student Workshop
"Textual Communities in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages: Formation, Influence, and Afterlife."

Jerusalem, 5-7 September 2023
Deadline for proposals: April 23rd, 2023

The Israeli Forum of Early Medieval Studies and Utrecht University invite Ph.D. students to submit their proposals. The aim of this workshop is to open up the discussion of textual communities in Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages. We welcome speakers from various disciplines, studying varying periods and religions (such as late-antique Judaism, early Islam, and Eastern, Western, and Syriac Christianity).

Please see further information in the attachments.

29/03/2023

We are excited to invite you to the second lecture for this spring semester lecture series at the Israeli Forum of Early Medieval Studies.

Professor Deborah Deliyannis, Indiana University Bloomington, will discuss "Early Medieval Churches, Real and Imagined."

The lecture will take place on Thursday, April 20th, at 19:00 Jerusalem (17:00 London).
Register here: https://forms.gle/VWPkUz485pcBdboGA

Hope to see you soon,
Mor Hajbi and Shachar F. Orlinski.