The cultivation of the ancient languages from which our tradition draws is increasingly disappearing from university and other curricula. Latin and Greek have already been marginalised and are struggling to survive - not to mention the other languages of the Christian Orient.
This symposium seeks to set a counterpoint. The immediate occasion for this meeting is a text edition from Syriac sources by Erich Renhart which recently published in the Patrologia Orientalis series. We explore questions regarding meaning and purpose of dealing with our written cultural heritage in the face of very real threats both in terms of its material preservation as well as its study and cultivation. In addition, perspectives on how this essential work can be carried out in the future are also explored.
THURSDAY | 20 June 2024 | |
9:00 | Pablo Argárate, Graz University | Opening |
9:15 | Erich Renhart, Graz University | “The Oldest Manuscript Fragments of University Library Graz” |
10:00 | Jost Gippert, Hamburg University | “Cultural Heritage Hidden and Obscured – Palimpsests from the Caucasus” |
10:45 | COFFEE BREAK | |
11:00 | Gohar Muradyan, Matenadaran Yerevan
Aram Topchyan, Matenadaran Yerevan | “The New Critical Edition of the Old Armenian Version of the Alexander Romance” “Greek and Roman Literature in Old and Modern Armenian Translations" |
12:00 | Baby Varghese, SEERI, Kerala | “Research on the Text of the Syriac Anaphora of St James: Inter-Disciplinary Approach” |
12:45-14:00 | LUNCH (in-house) | |
14.00 | Dietmar W. Winkler, Salzburg University | “Back to the Roots. The Necessity of Studying Sources for Present-Day Ecumenical Dialogues” |
14:45 | COFFEE BREAK |
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15:15 | Philippe Luisier SJ, PIO, Rome | “Die Patrologia Orientalis, seit mehr als 120 Jahren im Dienst der Quellenarbeit christlich-orientalischer Texte” |
16:00 | Erich Renhart, Graz University | Presentation of PO 59,1 (fasc. 256): The Syriac Anaphora of Saint Basil |
16:30 | Discussion | Review of the day | |
17:00 | BUFFET RECEPTION | Courtesy of Elke Kahr, Mayor of Graz |
FRIDAY | 21 June 2024 | |
9:00 | Vice Rector Reidl, Graz University | Welcome on behalf of the University |
9:15 | Erich Renhart, Graz University | The Astonishing Story of the Codex Beratinus |
10:00 | Kristijan Kuhar and Silvio Košćak, Staroslavenski Institute, Zagreb | “Glagolitic Written Heritage in Digital Format. Pros and Cons” |
10:45 | Josip Dukić, Split University | “The Center for Epigraphic, Paleographic and Historical-Theological research ‘Don Frane Bulić’ in Split and the Publication of Historical Sources” |
11:30 | Franz Karl Prassl, Pontificio Istituto di Musica Sacra, Rome | “On the Benefits of Studying Notated Liturgical Manuscripts” |
12:15 | Closing remarks | Pablo Argárate, Erich Renhart |
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