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Event Tag Archives: Syriac

Robert KitchenTrying to Be Perfect

26 March 2014 4:00 pm
  • Venue: Lower Alcuin Library
  • Categories: Lecture
  • Tags: history, perfection, Persian empire, Syriac
This lecture will unveil a perfectly intriguing, yet secluded episode of Late Antique Christianity as described in The Book of Steps.

Anton PritulaSyriac Poetry of the Mongol Time

04 December 2014 3:30 pm
  • Venue: HMML Reading Room
  • Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation
  • Tags: poetry, Syriac
In this lecture, Dr. Anton Pritula will present his research on the Syriac Christian poets of the 13th- 14th centuries, reconstruct the main stages and styles, and describe the political and historical milieu of the epoch.

Margherita FarinaLearning good Syriac

09 April 2015 3:30 pm
  • Venue: HMML Reading Room
  • Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation
  • Tags: HMML, Syriac
The lecture will explore the manuscript tradition of Barhebraeus’ Metrical Grammar in the light of its use by Eastern and Western scholars between the 14th and 16th century.

Todd GodwinWhy Should Ecumenists Care about Syriac Christianity along the Ancient Silk Road?

17 March 2016 3:30 pm
  • Venue: HMML Reading Room
  • Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation
  • Tags: Eastern Orthodox, Middle East, Syriac, Todd Godwin
Christianity has been a global religion virtually from its inception. Yet this is not well known among the general public.

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