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June 16, 2011 e-newsletter

International Cooperation Initiative (ICI)

The International Meeting in London provides an opportunity for those who have participated in the International Cooperation Initiative to get together to share ideas. If you have not been involved in ICI, but are interested in knowing more about the program, you are invited to attend the Advisory Board discussion on Tuesday July 5 at 13:30. Questions? Contact Leigh Andersen or Ehud Ben Zvi.

Meetings

International Meetings

Now less than a month from the International Meeting, we have a record number of registrants—over 900!  If you have not already registered, you still can here.  Information about the meeting, program highlights, and the online program can be found on the IM homepage.

Annual Meetings

Register for the Annual Meeting this summer and save!

Registration rates for the Annual Meeting in San Francisco will remain at the Early Bird rate of $175 for members and $100 for students through August 31.  Take advantage of your free time this summer and register for this stimulating meeting.  When you register online, you may also sign up for tours, reserve housing at one of the conference hotels, and register as a candidate for the Employment Center.

Wabash Workshop on Designing an Introductory Course Syllabus
The Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion is offering a pre-conference workshop on Friday, November 18, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. at Annual Meetings 2011 in San Francisco. The introductory course sits at the nexus of multiple concerns and demands. This workshop will examine the introductory course in its multiplicity through the common element of all courses: the syllabus. The syllabus will allow us to ask a variety of questions about contextual demands of institution, guild, departmental, and personal goals. Participants will be required to bring a syllabus from an introductory course they are currently teaching or TA-ing (or from an introductory course they would like to teach).

For more information, contact Paul Myhre, Associate Director, Wabash Center at 800-655-7117 or myhrep@wabash.edu.

Publications News

SBL Publications is pleased to announce that Global Hermeneutics? Reflections and Consequences, published earlier in the online open access International Voices in Biblical Studies series, is now available in a print edition.

As new titles are added to this series and also to the Ancient Near East Monographs series (also online and open access), they will be made available through SBL's print-on-demand program.

International Voices in Biblical Studies and Ancient Near East Monographs were established in order to fulfill the mission of the International Cooperation Initiative and to foster biblical scholarship worldwide."

Website Updates

On the membership page you can view a new video created by SBL staff and volunteers. SBL members talk about why they support the annual Society Fund drive.

On the About Us page, we have posted a video of the 2010 presidential address delivered by Vincent L. Wimbush, Claremont Graduate University:
Interpreters—Enslaving/Enslaved/Runagate

The Presidential Address, presented at every Annual Meeting, is transcribed and published in the first Journal of Biblical Literature (JBL) issue of the following year. To read the transcription of this recording, go to the JBL page where you will see additional instructions. 

American Council of Learned Societies News

Congratulations to three SBL members who have been awarded ACLS Fellowships:

Cornelia Horn / Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowship
Assistant Professor, Theological Studies, Saint Louis University
The Reception of Apocryphal Traditions: Bridging Islam and Christianity in the First Millennium

Sara J. Milstein / ACLS New Faculty Fellows Program
New Faculty Fellow, Jewish Studies, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Reworking Ancient Texts: Revision through Introduction in Biblical and Mesopotamian Literature

Karen Sonik / ACLS New Faculty Fellows Program
New Faculty Fellow, Art History, University of California, Los Angeles
Daimon-Haunted Universe: Conceptions of the Supernatural in Mesopotamia


The American Council of Learned Societies recently announced the results of its 2010-11 fellowship competitions. Nearly $15 million was awarded to 350 scholars worldwide, making ACLS a major source of support for humanistic scholarship in the United States. Browse new and recent recipients and their funded projects at www.acls.org/fellows/new The 2011-12 competitions will open at the end of July. Updated program descriptions and application information will be posted at www.acls.org/programs/comps.

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June 2011
6/19- 7/29 The Advanced Summer program for the Study of Jewish-Christian Encounters in the First Centuries CE,
is a 6 week English-language program, designed for advanced students (M.A., M.Div., M.A.R, Ph.D., etc.) in ancient Judaism and early Christianity from the United States and Europe. The program will provide English-speaking students with basic scholarly skills in the Hebrew language and in rabbinic literature and culture. It will expose them to current scholarship and to leading Israeli scholars in these fields, as well as to various archeological sites.
The studies will take place at the Tel Aviv University campus, located in the heart of Tel Aviv. Accommodations are available at the recently renovated on-campus housing.
Application deadline: March 15th, 2011
More Information
6/20- 6/24 For God and Glory: The Religion of Sports
Saint Martin's University in Lacey, Washington offers a five-day learning experience that explores the long-standing and complex relationship between religion and sports. Speakers include Dr. Christopher Evans, Fr. Patrick Kelly, S.J., Professor Alon Raab, and Dr. Ian Werrett.
More information
6/20- 7/1 Colloquium on Material Culture and Ancient Religion (COMCAR)
The theme for this year's colloquium is, "Archaeology & Identity in Roman Achaia: Corinth, Athens, and Related Sites." The dozen specialists include the directors of excavations at Corinth, Isthmia, Kenchreai, and the Athenia agora. The colloquium is open to faculty with continuing appointments and to advanced doctoral students with teaching appointments. For itinerary, application form, costs, and other information, visit the COMCAR website
6/21- 6/24
Melanesian Association of Theological Schools (MATS) Inaugural Conference

The inaugural Melanesian Association of Theological Schools conference will be held at Pacific Adventist University from 21-24 June 2011.

Abstracts of 250 words should be sent by post, fax, or email (as Word attachments) to: Ms. Sandra Iga, Secretary - School of Theology, Pacific Adventist University, Private Mail Bag, Boroko NCD, Papua New Guinea. Tel: (675) 328 0324 Fax: (675) 328 1257 Email: sandra.iga@pau.ac.pg.

For more information about the conference and the meeting to reconstitute the association to be held on the last day of the conference see http://www.pau.ac.pg or contact Scott Charlesworth
6/23- 6/25 On Sea And Ocean: New Research In Phoenician Seafaring
In the absence of written records, the Phoenicians are seen through either the prism of Greek, Roman, and Biblical literature or their material remains as analyzed through archaeology. During the past decade, nautical archaeological aspirations have turned toward the presence and capabilities of the Phoenicians sailing the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean with the goal of creating a better understanding of their role in the ancient world.

The Marburg Center for the Ancient World, the Archäologisches Seminar at Phillips-Universität Marburg, and the Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Unterwasserarchäologie (DEGUWA) invite papers for a symposium on current and new evidence of Phoenician seafaring. Papers in German, English, French, and Italian on Phoenician maritime endeavors-- and their Punic iterations-- are welcomed, particularly those concerning archaeological discovery and analysis as well as new avenues of theory and research. Accepted and presented papers will be published in a volume of the proceedings.

Abstracts of approximately 75 words should be submitted by 15 March 2011 to the organizers at ralph.pedersen@staff.uni-marburg.de
6/26- 6/30 Philosophical Investigation of the Hebrew Scriptures, Talmud and Midrash
The department of Philosophy, Political Theory and Religion (PPR) at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem is hosting this interdisciplinary conference. 2011. More information
6/26- 6/29 Sixth North American Syriac Symposium
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
More information
July 2011
7/1- 7/2 Empire, Migration and Oceanic Biblical Interpretation
A conference of the Oceania Biblical Studies Association (OBSA) to be held at Malua Theological College in Samoa. The deadline for all paper proposals is May 31st, 2011. For further information, please contact Dr Nasili Vaka'uta ( n.vakauta@auckland.ac.nz) or send an email to OBSAMail@gmail.com.
7/3-7/8 SBL International Meeting, London, England
7/4-7/8 57th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale
Rome, Italy
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7/7-7/9 The Bible in the Seventeenth Century: The Authorised Version Quatercentenary (1611-2011)
Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies: University of York

Speakers Include: Sharon Achinstein, Hugh Adlington, David Appleby, Gordon Campbell, Elizabeth Clark, Karen Edwards, Lori Anne Ferrell, Christopher Haigh, Paul Hammond, Hannibal Hamlin, Tom Healy, Mark Knights, Peter Lake, Barbara Lewalski, Erica Longfellow, Judth Maltby, Scott Mandelbrote, Peter Marshall, Peter McCullough, Nick McDowell, David Norton, Roger Pooley, Joad Raymond, Anne Prescott, Jane Shaw, Jonathan Sheehan, Alison Shell, Yvonne Sherwood, Deborah Shuger, Nigel Smith, Peter Stallybrass, Alex Walsham, Helen Wilcox, Susan Wiseman, Blair Worden, Stephen Zwicker More information
7/9 2nd Derby Symposium on Social Scientific and Cultural Studies Approaches in Biblical Studies
University of Derby, UK.
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7/11-7/13 Who do you think you are?
Gender and the transmission of identity in the Hebrew Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls and other related literature

Oxford Centre for Christianity and Culture presents a three-day conference on the Hebrew Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls and other related literature (Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, rabbinic writings, and other post-biblical literature), to be held at the Oriental Institute, Pusey Lane, Oxford OX1 2LE from Monday 11 July to Wednesday 13 July 2011. Main speakers will include Professor Ida Fröhlich, Dr Susanne Scholz, Dr Deborah Rooke. Deadline 10 June 2011.
Queries? Contact deborah.rooke@theology.ox.ac.u
Registration details and programme listed under 'Centre for Christianity and Culture' and then 'Conferences'.
7/11-7/13 Religion in the Persian Period: Emerging Judaisms and Other Trends"
A conference at the Humanities Research Institute, University of Sheffield. Papers that explore some aspect of religion within any area of the Persian empire are welcome.
. See PDF for more information.
7/13- 7/14 Foundations for the Future:
Learning and teaching conference organised by the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies (PRS). Keynote speaker: Baroness Mary Warnock
A reminder that we are keen to receive proposals for this conference from anyone with an interest in learning and teaching in our disciplines (philosophy, theology, religious studies, history and philosophy of science, technology and medicine, and biblical studies). Bursaries of up to £100 will be available to assist with speaker expenses in attending.
Details about the conference and information about how to submit your proposal are available from the conference webpage:
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7/14- 7/16 Configuring Communities: The Socio-Political Dimensions of Ancient Epistolography
The Department of Classics & Ancient History and the Department of Theology & Religion, Durham University, will be hosting an international conference.(full conference programme at http://www.dur.ac.uk/mediterranean.centre/letters/conference/)

BURSARIES: Thanks to the generous support of the Classical Association, six bursariesof up to £250 each are available for PhD students wishing to attend theconference; please apply informally via email to paola.ceccarelli@durham.ac.uk by 27 May, indicating Name; Institution; Nameof Supervisor; Programme and Year of Study; and Brief Statement of Interest.

REGISTRATION: Details as to registration and conference fees are available athttp://www.dur.ac.uk/mediterranean.centre/letters/conference/ Please send the form (on paper or electronically) to v.m.arbia@durham.ac.uk
7/18-7/21 Summer SOTS Meeting
The Society for Old Testament Study (SOTS) will meet at St Hilda's College, University of Oxford. The meeting includes a joint day with the British Association for Jewish Studies (BAJS)
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7/20 – 7/23 Built on Rock or Sand? Q Studies – Retrospects, Introspects and Prospects
The Department of Catholic Theology at the University of Graz (Austria) will host an international conference in July 2011 on the current state and future directions of Q studies. Speakers include John S. Kloppenborg, Harry T. Fleddermann, Christopher Tuckett, Joseph Verheyden, Clare K. Rothschild and Paul Foster. Queries? Contact quelle-q@uni-graz.at
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7/26-7/28 Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense LX International Biblical Conference
Topic: The Apocryphal Gospels within the Context of Early Christian Theology, Venue: KU Leuven, Faculty of Theology
Proposals for offered papers should be submitted to the president before April 1, 2011
President: Prof. Dr. Jens Schroeter (HU Berlin): schroetj@hu-berlin.de ; Secretary CBL: Prof. Dr. Joseph Verheyden (KU Leuven): jos.verheyden@theo.kuleuven.be For more information please contact the secretary or check the CBL conference webpage at http://www.theo.kuleuven.be/page/centr_collbibl
August 2011
8/2- 8/6 Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas
The 66th General Meeting of Society for New Testament Studies (SNTS) will take place at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.
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8/3- 8/11 Koine Greek Instructors: Fluency Workshop in Fresno, CA
Yes, speaking and hearing ancient Greek is a good thing. And now – a workshop specifically designed to grow oral fluency in Koine Greek, run by the Biblical Language Center and Fresno Pacific University.
Teaching Greek in Greek at the rate of natural speech offers advantages in efficiency, attainment levels, and broader student success throughout the various stages of language learning. However, there is a prerequisite to build our skills in this area of rapid, classroom communication in Greek. This workshop is designed to help Greek teachers bridge a gap from typical Greek training to the needs of immersion methodologies.
More information
8/8- 8/11 The Annual Meeting of the European Association of Biblical Studies (EABS)
The Annual Meeting will be held in Thessaloniki, Greece
February 15 is the final date to submit paper proposals
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8/23- 8/25 From Ancient Manuscripts to the Digital Era. Readings and Literacies
This international conference, held at the University of Lausanne (CH), seeks to demonstrate the major impact of the Digital Era on knowledge, by studying the history of cultural technologies. The present evolution of the Ancient manuscript allows one to detect this turning-point, notably with the digital editions of Homer and the New Testament. The notions of authorship and critical edition are questionned : modern history and contemporary analysis have to be enrooted in ancient memory to reflect upon the digital turn. A public evening will conclude the conference on the 25th August. Org. Claire Clivaz (IRSB, Lausanne).More information
September 2011
9/1 Call for Papers Deadline
Creation, Conflict and Cosmos: A Conference on Romans 5- 8 in celebration of Princeton Theological Seminary's Bicentennial. Presentations will be offered by an outstanding group of international scholars, including:

John M.G. Barclay, Durham University
Martinus C. de Boer, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Susan Grove Eastman, Duke University Divinity School
Neil Elliott, Fortress Press
Beverly Roberts Gaventa, Princeton Theological Seminary
J. Louis Martyn, Union Theological Seminary (emeritus)
Ben Myers, Charles Sturt University School of Theology, Sydney
Stephen Westerholm, McMaster University
Philip G. Ziegler, King's College, University of Aberdeen

Short papers will be read in simultaneous sessions. To offer a paper, submit a 200-word abstract by September 1, 2011 to b.gaventa@ptsem.edu
More information.
9/1- 9/3 British New Testament Society
University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG1 4FQ, United Kingdom
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9/5- 9/9 8th International Congress of Hittitology
The Congress will take place in Warsaw, Poland at the University of Warsaw.
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9/6- 9/9 Annual Meeting of the New Testament Society of South Africa
The NTSSA will meet at the University of North West in Potchefstroom, South Africa.
For further information, please visit our webpage.
9/19- 9/22 In Search of Well-Being: Perspectives on Health and ReligiousTraditions
University of South Africa, Pretoria, RSA
Presentations are invited on the following areas:• New Testament and early Christian perspectives on healing and well-being
• Religious traditions and human well-being: towards salvation or damnation
• Well-being and health in an age of the HIV/AIDS pandemic
• Collective well-being and quality of life: globalisation and ecology
• Cross disciplinary and cross-cultural explorations of well-being
• Individuals, societies and environment: faith and the pursuit of well-being
• How do we define well-being in the 21st century?
• Is well-being the new religion of the 21st century?

Please submit abstracts of appr. 200 words via e-mail attachment to Prof Pieter F.Craffert (craffpf@unisa.ac.za) and/or Prof. Pieter J.J. Botha ( bothapjj@unisa.ac.za)by April 30, 2011.

For more information please contact Prof. Pieter Craffert (tel.: +27 12 429 4062 /+27 83 324 4485) or Prof. Pieter Botha (tel. +27 12 429 4062 or +27 12 803 0933).
9/21- 9/22 Emerging Normativities: Examining the Formation of Proto-Orthodox Christianities and Rabbinic Judaisms 200-800 CE
St. Thomas More College in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
The confirmed plenary speakers are Daniel Boyarin (UC Berkeley) and Anders Runesson (McMaster University).
For more information (PDF) about the conference
9/30- 10/1 "Reading Genesis 1-2: An Evangelical Conversation"
 A "multiple views" symposium on how to read the creation narratives of Genesis 1 and 2, taking place at the Chattanooga Convention Center, Chattanooga, TN.

Principal speakers are
(1) Prof. John Walton of Wheaton College/Wheaton Graduate School ("cosmic temple" approach);
(2) Prof. Tremper Longman III of Westmont College (theistic evolution);
(3) Prof. Richard Averbeck of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School ("literary/intertextual" approach);
(4) Prof. C. John Collins of Covenant Theological Seminary ("analogical days" approach); and
(5) Prof. Todd Beall of Capital Bible Seminary (literal/"recent creationist" approach).

More information
October 2011
10/31 Workshop Call for Papers Deadline
The Program in Judaic Studies in collaboration with the Brown University Library's Center for Digital Scholarship is pleased to announce plans for a two-day workshop devoted to investigating the ways in which the digital humanities has or can change the study of religion in antiquity. The workshop will take place on February 13-14, 2012, at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

We invite proposals for papers and presentations that explore the intersection of ancient religion and the digital humanities. We are particularly interested in presentations of projects that have the potential to open up new questions and avenues of research. Can digital tools not only allow us to do our work faster and more thoroughly but also enable entirely new kinds of research? How might different digital data (e.g., textual, geographic, and material culture) be used together most productively? The workshop will concentrate primarily on research rather than directly on pedagogy or scholarly communication. One session will be devoted to "nuts and bolts" issues of funding and starting a digital project.

The focus of the workshop will be on the religions of West Asia and the Mediterranean basin through the early Islamic period. Proposals relating to other regions, however, will also be considered.

More and updated information 

Please submit proposals of up to 300 words by October 31, 2011, to Michael Satlow  


November 2011
11/11 Shakespeare & the Bible
a symposium on the 1611 bible at Rhodes College, Memphis TN. Invited speakers include Robert Alter, Brian Cummings, Hannibal Hamlin, and Naomi Tadmor.
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11/16- 11/19 ASOR Annual Meeting
The American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) will hold their Annual Meeting at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, CA
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11/17- 11/19

Adventist Society for Religious Studies
The 2011 meeting will convene in San Francisco, California. The theme for the meeting is: "Gates and Walls: Inclusivity and Exclusivity and the People of God." 
more information

11/18- 11/22 SBL Annual Meeting,
The SBL Annual Meeting will be held in San Francisco, California.
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