The Board of the International Association for Coptic Studies is pleased to announce the IACS Awards for Academic Excellence, to be presented during the Thirteenth International Congress of Coptic Studies, which will take place in Göttingen, Germany, from 27 July to 1 August 2026. For the 2026 competition, two prizes will be awarded: Submissions must …
It is our sad duty to announce the death of our esteemed colleague, Prof. Dr. Dr. Martin Krause, a towering figure in the field of Coptology. Renowned as both a teacher and a scholar, Professor Krause’s life and work profoundly shaped Coptic studies during many decades. His intellectual profile was defined by a remarkable breadth …
It is with much sadness and regret that we note the passing of our great colleague, Peter Nagel, Professor of Christian Orient at the Universities of Halle/Saale and Bonn. Professor Nagel had been a member of the IACS board since 1976 and president of our association from 1988 to 1992. His manifold contributions to Coptic studies relate …
Abbreviated English version of the announcement: The Gertrud and Alexander Böhlig Foundation supports scientific research in the languages and cultures of the Christian Orient. Therefore, the Foundation announces the “Alexander-Böhlig-Preis 2025” (for 7,500 euros). A prize is awarded every two years for outstanding doctoral dissertations and “Habilitationschriften” from the field of Christian Orient and the …
Call for Prize-Competition Submissions for the “Alexander-Böhlig-Preis 2025” Read More »
Via Joyce Wijnmalen: The goal of the Van Moorsel en Rijnierse Foundation is to stimulate research into Coptic Orthodox Christianity in Egypt and the Nile Valley. We are looking for applications for post doc projects in the field of (art) history and archaeology. The total available budget is € 360,000, which allows funding for two …
Dear friends, we are pleased to announce the new edition of our Coptic Summer School for 2024! This year we have thought of a new formula: starting in May we will have a weekly online meeting, and finally an in-person week in July at the headquarters of the Waldensian Faculty in Rome. As in 2022, …
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We are serious in our long look at Mediterranean societies and exhort those who know languages outside Greek and Latin to apply, including Coptic, Syriac, Arabic, Aramaic, and Hebrew. The Department of Classics at the University of Georgia invites applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor in Data Analytics and Pedagogy in Classics with an …
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Classics, University of Georgia Read More »
In honor of Heike Behlmer‘s sixty-fifth birthday, her colleagues have published a Festschrift dedicated to her. Edited by Diliana Atanassova, Frank Feder, and Heike Sternberg el-Hotabi, the volume brings together the essays of fifty-seven scholars, honoring the eminent contributions that Prof. Behlmer (University of Göttingen) has made to various fields of research, including Egyptology, Coptology, …
