Fellowships in the CAS Research Focus “Textual Practices in the Pre-Modern World: Texts and Ideas between Aksum, Constantinople, and Baghdad“ - Workshop “Synopses and Lists”

Julia Schreiner Announcement
Location
Germany
Subject Fields
Ancient History, Islamic History / Studies, Jewish History / Studies, Medieval and Byzantine History / Studies, Religious Studies and Theology

 

Call for Applications

Fellowships in the CAS Research Focus “Textual Practices in the Pre-Modern World: Texts and Ideas between Aksum, Constantinople, and Baghdad“

Workshop “Synopses and Lists”
(7 – 11 October 2019)

Center for Advanced Studies, LMU Munich

 

The Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) at LMU Munich is a forum for intensive international academic exchange. Its purpose is to promote cooperation with national and international Visiting Fellows who work closely on collaborative projects with LMU professors. In order to intensify interdisciplinary cooperation at LMU Munich, the Center has set up the CAS Research Focus program.

Members of the CAS Research Focus “Textual Practices” are:

  • Prof. Dr. Peter Adamson (Ancient and Arabic Philosophy, LMU)
  • Dr. Teresa Bernheimer (Arabic Philology, LMU)
  • Prof. Dr. Loren Stuckenbruck (Protestant Theology, New Testament Studies, LMU)
  • Prof. Dr. Ronny Vollandt (Judaic Studies, LMU)
  • Prof. Dr. Martin Wallraff (Protestant Theology, Early Church History, LMU)

In the context of the CAS Research Focus “Textual Practices” the group organizes a workshop on “Synopses and Lists” at CAS LMU. The workshop will bring together internationally renowned researchers who are invited to LMU Munich to contribute to the Focus Group’s research as visiting fellows for up to 4 weeks. The participation at the workshop “Synopses and Lists” (7 – 11 October 2019) is a mandatory part of the fellowships.

Textual practices in pre-modern societies cover a great range of representation, from the literary to the pictorial. Among the most intriguing are synopses and lists. While lists provide a complete enumeration of ideas, people, events, or terms, synopses juxtapose one against the other. To understand how they were planned, produced, and consumed, is to gain insight into the practices of what one can call management of knowledge in a time before out to our own. Synopses and lists entail a variety of textual practices to allow storing, retrieving, selecting, and organizing this knowledge. Both make deliberate – yet not always explicit – choices as to what is included and excluded, thereby creating lasting hierarchies and canons.

Synopses and lists are found in all kinds of textual materials, from the Eusebian canons to tax lists and genealogies in the Bible and in historiographical works. What is their role in constructing a particular vision of the world and in providing meaningful record of it?  What types of synopses and lists exist, e.g. indexes, tables of contents, systems of cross-references, divisions of the text into sections and subsections made visible on the page through the layout, signs, or different scripts? Aiming to understand how synopses and lists function in different types of literature, the workshop particularly looks to offer a historical and transcultural perspective.

Applications are welcome from all disciplines dealing with these questions. Both senior and junior postdoc researchers are encouraged to apply. The Center for Advanced Studies will provide financial and organizational support for visits lasting from one to four weeks. Travel and accommodation will be paid for and an allowance will be provided to cover operating costs. Guests will receive a workspace at the Center and will have access to all its facilities. Visiting researchers will find an open and stimulating research environment in an interdisciplinary setting.

Applications should consist of a brief outline (1-2 pages) of the expertise and intended contribution to workshop “Synopses and Lists” as to the CAS Research Focus. Applications should also contain a résumé including a CV and a list of the most recent publications. In order to strengthen the role of women in academia, female scholars are strongly encouraged to apply.

 

Please submit all the application documents electronically (in one PDF file) by

31 March 2019

to Email: Julia.Schreiner@cas.lmu.de

Dr. Julia Schreiner
Wissenschaftliche Referentin
Center for Advanced Studies LMU
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1
80539 München

 

Contact Information

Dr. Julia Schreiner
Center for Advanced Studies LMU
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1
80539 München
Germany

Contact Email
Julia.Schreiner@cas.lmu.de