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Madalina Toca

@madalinatoca.bsky.social
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Late antiquity, epistolography, manuscripts | Humboldt Fellow in Bamberg. Research Associate at the University of Vienna and KU Leuven. Former Royal Society of Edinburgh Saltire Early Career Fellow in Classics at the University of Edinburgh

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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar @tetraseminar.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Congratulations to our TeTra colleague Giorgia Nicosia for publishing her PhD work as a book — in Open Access, so have a feel! www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar @tetraseminar.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Tomorrow! Don't forget to register!
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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar @tetraseminar.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Next Thu 20 August 10 AM CET Julie Dainville (Brussels) will deliver the paper •In the Rhetor's classroom: Rhetorical tradition and the papyri• If you are not yet on our mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link Image: P. Oxy . 4855 col. 3
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The CLAIM & GenAut Projects @receptionmatters.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Tomorrow – GenAut seminar | Rachael Helen Banes (Wien, GenAut team) "Apostolic Successors in Epigraphic Databases: What Does the Data Show?" Tomorrow 11 August at 10 am CET. See you there! genaut.univie.ac.at/?page_id=671
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The CLAIM & GenAut Projects @receptionmatters.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
GenAut talks | Come meet our colleagues Maria S. Thomas and Andy Hilkens in Leuven at the EABS Annual Conference in Leuven! It's a nice session too (on Thursday): •Biblical Reception in Eastern Christian Traditions• Room: MTC 00.12 Time: 2:30–4:30 PM
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The CLAIM & GenAut Projects @receptionmatters.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
TeTra talks | Andy Hilkens will give two talks in Oxford this week: "Clement of Rome in the Armenian Tradition," and "Ephrem Armenus: the Armenian reception of the homilies of Ephrem of Nisibis and Ephrem Graecus," at Pembroke College. Join in if you're around! www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/event/clemen...
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The CLAIM & GenAut Projects @receptionmatters.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Come work with the CLAIM team in the new ERC project in Vienna! Apply here: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Postdoct... Details CLAIM.univie.ac.at/ @erc.europa.eu | @univie.ac.at | @etf-univienna.bsky.social
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Philip Forness @philipforness.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Come join us in Leuven for our Summer School on translations!
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The CLAIM & GenAut Projects @receptionmatters.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Meet our team! Starting today: Rachael Helen Banes. Welcome aboard, Rachael! The GenAut Project: "The Followers of the Apostles as Literary Characters" genaut.univie.ac.at/ genaut.univie.ac.at/?page_id=37
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The CLAIM & GenAut Projects @receptionmatters.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Tomorrow, on the cult of Thecla.
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The CLAIM & GenAut Projects @receptionmatters.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
GenAut research trip | More photos from our colleague's @dekayra.bsky.social trip to Deir al-Surian for manuscript work.
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The CLAIM & GenAut Projects @receptionmatters.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
GenAut research trip | Our colleague Maria S. Thomas @dekayra.bsky.social at Deir al-Surian for manuscript work. Here are some photos!
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The CLAIM & GenAut Projects @receptionmatters.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Our colleague's yesterday paper recording. Enjoy!
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The CLAIM & GenAut Projects @receptionmatters.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
GenAut talks | Maria S. Thomas, "Publishing in a Twelfth-Century Syriac Monastery: Manuscript Production, Authority, and Scribal Practice at the Monastery of Mary Magdalene in Jerusalem," Thursday 26 February, online. @dekayra.bsky.social.
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The CLAIM & GenAut Projects @receptionmatters.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Congrats to our collaborators @worldlyscribe.bsky.social, Giorgia Nicosia, @madalinatoca.bsky.social, and Adrian Pirtea for their articles in the newly published thematic issue of the Journal of Eastern Christian Studies (co-edited by Marion). Several in Open Access! brill.com/view/journal...
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The CLAIM & GenAut Projects @receptionmatters.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The first talk of this years online seminar: Jakob Engberg, "The Care for the Remains of Polycarp in the Martyrdom of Polycarp in its Second Century Context." Tuesday, 17 February (10 AM CET) •Followers of the Apostles in Cultic Contexts• genaut.univie.ac.at
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The CLAIM & GenAut Projects @receptionmatters.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
We're thrilled to share with you the programme for the 2026 online seminar of the project! The series is curated by our colleague Maria S. Thomas (@dekayra.bsky.social). All welcome! Let us know if you'd like to add you to the email list. genaut.univie.ac.at/?page_id=671
The programme of the 2026 GenAut online seminar, with the general theme "The Followers of the Apostles in Cultic Contexts." It can be found online at https://genaut.univie.ac.at/?page_id=671.
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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar @tetraseminar.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
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...
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Sarah Parkhouse @sarahparkhouse.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
We are looking for a one-year full-time Research Associate to work on Coptic manuscripts in Manchester as part of a wonderful project that connects mss with local communities. Requires strong skills in Coptic, English, & Arabic. Deadline 31/10. Please share! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Research Associate – Coptic in Manchester (UKRI):John Rylands Library
Key collaborators are the Coptic Church in Stockport, Manchester, and the Coptic Church in Llandudno, Wales. The project has an extensive and international advisory board. A PDRA seeking an academic career may find the balance between traditional research and co-creation appealing.
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Dan Batovici @danbatovici.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Meet our team! Starting today: Maria S. Thomas The GenAut Project: "The Followers of the Apostles as Literary Characters" genaut.univie.ac.at ‪@dekayra.bsky.social‬
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Dan Batovici @danbatovici.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
There is a new Center for Advanced Studies at the University of Vienna, offering both Senior and Early-Career 1-year fellowships for 2026/27. Deadline 1 Sept 2025. Might be interesting for someone out there. vicas.univie.ac.at/
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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar @tetraseminar.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Here's the recording of the event!
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TeTra | Book in the Spotlight: Sofia Puchkova, Re-envisioning of Mopsuestia’s Exegesis (2024)
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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar @tetraseminar.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
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
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Sabrina Inowlocki @sabrinainowlocki.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
It's tomorrow!
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Dan Batovici @danbatovici.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Four-year postdoc in Syriac studies in Vienna. Join my team in the FWF START Project "Generative Authority: The Followers of the Apostles as Literary Characters," genaut.univie.ac.at/ Deadline June 1st. Happy to respond to any inquiries! @fwf-at.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
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Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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Working with Manuscripts
It’s a nice moment when you receive the first copies of a book you’ve written. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of opening the box of authors’ copies of Working with Manuscripts, wri…
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Annette von Stockhausen @avstockhausen.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/02/2025
Bookmarked: From Vienna to the World: Launching the First Public Syriac HTR Model on Transkribus – The Digital Orientalist digitalorientalist.com/2025/02/18/f… #HTR_Syrisch_Transkribus Today’s post is […]
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Giulia Marolla @giuliamarolla.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
This Friday in Edinburgh. Do come along if you are around and you have a thing for letter collections!
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IOSCS @ioscs.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Summer School in Salzburg, Austria, June- 30 July 4, 2025. On Biblical Manuscripts and Their Use in Biblical Studies: The Hebrew, Greek, Latin Texts of Joshua: “The Jericho story."
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Ulrike Graßnick @ulrikegrassnick.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Effort. #medievalsky @britishlibrary.bsky.social Arundel 38, f. 65r
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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar @tetraseminar.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
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...
A screen grab of the latest nine recorded papers of the TeTra Research Seminar.
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Jennifer Barry @jennisifire.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Heads up Late Antiquity folks. KU Leuven Fellowships: www.kuleuven.be/lectio/visit...
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Call for applications: LECTIO Visiting Fellowships 2025–2026
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HMML @visithmml.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Accepting applications for Introduction to Classical Armenian, a language and paleography course held from July 7 to August 1, 2025, at HMML in Collegeville, Minnesota. Application deadline: February 24, 2025 Learn more: hmml.org/programs/int...
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Dan Batovici @danbatovici.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Visiting Fellowships in Leuven, if you were looking for one. They basically offer a travel subsidy and accommodation for 4-6 weeks. www.kuleuven.be/lectio/visit...
Visiting fellowships in Leuven.
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Dr Carolyn La Rocco 🏺🍃 @carrielarocco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
A great resource :) “Epistolæ: Medieval Women's Letters… a collection of medieval Latin letters to and from women. The letters collected here date from the 4th to the 13th centuries, and they are presented in their original Latin as well as in English translation...” (epistolae.ctl.columbia.edu)
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Epistolae
Epistolae is a collection of letters to and from women in the Middle Ages, from the 4th to the 13th century. The letters, written in Latin, are linked to the names of the women involved, with English ...
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Heike Omerzu @heikeomerzu.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Two fully funded 3-year PhD scholarships at the Faculty of Theology in Copenhagen. Please share widely! #PhD #Theology #UCPH employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
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PhD Scholarships at the Faculty of Theology, including Centre of African Studies
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Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
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More than 300 medieval manuscripts from the Bibliotheca Vossiana now available in open access - Leiden University
The most important group of medieval manuscripts from the Special Collections of the University Libraries of Leiden (UBL), the Codices Vossiani Latini, is now available in open access via the Digital ...
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Esther Brownsmith, PhD @brownsmith.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Today marks the publication of Unruly Books: Rethinking Ancient and Academic Imaginations of Religious Texts, edited by myself, Liv Ingeborg Lied, and Marianne Bjelland Kartzow! We delve into "unruly books" of antiquity and what they tell us about how people have understood books—then and now.
The book cover, front and back, for "Unruly Books: Rethinking Ancient and Academic Imaginations of Religious Texts," edited by Esther Brownsmith, Liv Ingeborg Lied, and Marianne Bjelland Kartzow
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Manuel Kamenzin @manuel-kamenzin.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
#openaccessmiddleages Jonatan Pettersson and Anna Blennow (eds.): Models of Change in Medieval Textual Culture (2024). Link: www.degruyter.com/do... #medieval
Jonatan Pettersson and Anna Blennow (eds.): Models of Change in Medieval Textual Culture (2024).
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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar @tetraseminar.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
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...
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TeTra | Ted Erho "A letter of Alexander I of Alexandria preserved in Ethiopic"
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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar @tetraseminar.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
The day after tomorrow! There is still time to register!
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Emilie Nadal @emilienadal.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Le plus sympathique portrait d'évangélistes du Moyen Âge : saint Matthieu, dans des évangiles bretons de la fin du 9e siècle (Boulognes-sur-mer, ms. 8, f. 8).
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Brepols @brepols.net · 13/01/2025
𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙥𝙪𝙨 𝙉𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙯𝙚𝙣𝙪𝙢 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙥𝙪𝙨 𝘿𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙖𝙘𝙪𝙢 Edited by Caroline Macé 𝘈𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘈𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 More info: bit.ly/3yfrADs #ChurchFathers #Literature #Religion #Medievalsky #Medievalists #GreekLiterature #EarlyChristianity #ChurchHistory
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Aaron Allen @mchapelproject.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Some recycled music used as binding material in the Canongate Burgh Court Books, ECA SL150/1/3, 1577-1580.
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Julia Hillner @writinghelena.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Check out @ellakirsh.bsky.social 's fantastic article on the teaching of shorthand writing to often enslaved people in the later Roman empire - just published open access in the latest issue of the Journal of Roman Studies www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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‘Etched into the Soul’: The Education of Shorthand-Writers in Late Antiquity | The Journal of Roman Studies | Cambridge Core
‘Etched into the Soul’: The Education of Shorthand-Writers in Late Antiquity - Volume 114
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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Palimpsests and Related Phenomena across Languages and Cultures Edited by Jost Gippert, José Maksimczuk, and Hasmik Sargsyan @degruyterbrill.bsky.social #openaccess www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
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Palimpsests and Related Phenomena across Languages and Cultures
Palimpsests are manuscripts whose original content has been erased, scraped away, washed off and later overwritten. In their lower layers, they often contain unique versions of texts – including those...
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Spread word! Peter Van Nuffelen is recruiting two postdocs for his ERC Advanced Grant project 'New Polities. Political Thought in the First Millennium'. The candidates should have experience with Hebrew, Middle-Persian or Arabic sources. Ghent and its university come highly recommended.
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Postdoctoral researcher
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Joshua Alfaro @joshuaalfaro.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
New book series: Receptio Patristica: Studies in the Afterlife of Early Christian Texts and Writers. The series editors, Anthony Grafton and Paolo Sachet, look forward to receiving proposals for monographs, edited volumes, single-author collections, and Festschriften. brill.com/display/seri...
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Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
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Decoration of the Fore-edges of Coptic Codices
There is a fun article in The New York Times about the growing trend among publishers of producing deluxe editions of romance and fantasy books. The article mentions different kinds of cover enhanc…
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Madalina Toca @madalinatoca.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
New #epistolography volume, on fictional letter and power, in Open Access: www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
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