[Bilimsel Haber] Summerschool: Medieval Greek and Paleography (June 2-27, Washington D.C)

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BYZANTINE GREEK SUMMER SCHOOL

JUNE 2 - 27, 2008

Dumbarton Oaks will again offer an intensive four-week course in medieval
Greek and paleography in the early summer of 2008. A limited number of
places will be available for students from North America and Europe.

Course Offerings: The principal course will be a daily 1.5 hour session
devoted to the translation of sample Byzantine texts. Each week texts will
be selected from a different genre, e.g., historiography, hagiography,
poetry, and epistolography. Two afternoons a week hour-long sessions on
paleography will be held. One additional hour weekly will provide
instruction in the basic bibliography of Byzantine philology (dictionaries,
grammars, etc.) and electronic tools, such as the Thesaurus Linguae
Graecae. In addition each student will receive a minimum of one hour per
week of individual tutorial. Thus 11.5 hours per week will be devoted to
formal classroom instruction. It is anticipated that students will require
the remaining hours of the week to prepare their assignments.
If they should have extra time, they may conduct personal research in the
Dumbarton Oaks library.

Faculty: Stratis Papaioannou, Brown University/Dumbarton Oaks; Alice-Mary
Talbot, Dumbarton Oaks

Accommodation and Costs: No tuition fees will be charged. Successful
candidates from outside the Washington area will be provided with housing
in the guesthouse at no cost and lunch on weekdays. Local area students
will not be offered accommodation, but will receive free lunch on weekdays.
Students are expected to cover their own transportation
expenses.

Requirements for Admission: Applicants must be graduate students in a field
of Byzantine studies (or advanced undergraduates with a strong background
in Greek) at a North American or European university. Two years of college
level ancient Greek (or the equivalent) are a prerequisite; a diagnostic
test will be administered to finalist applicants before the
final selection of successful candidates is made.

Application Procedure: Applicants should send a letter by January 15, 2008,
to Dr. Talbot, describing their academic background, career goals, previous
study of Greek, and reasons for wishing to attend the summer school. The
application should also include a curriculum vitae and a transcript of the
graduate school or undergraduate record. Two letters of
recommendation should be sent separately, one from the student's advisor,
and one from an instructor in Greek, assessing the candidate's present
level of competence in ancient or medieval Greek. Principles of selection
will include three considerations: previous meritorious achievement, need
for intensive study of Byzantine Greek, and future direction of research.
Awards will be announced in late February 2008, and must be accepted by
March 15.

DUMBARTON OAKS
Program in Byzantine Studies
1703 32nd St., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20007
Tel.: 202-339-6940 FAX: 202-339-6419
E-mail: Byzantine at doaks.org 

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