Photo: Hratch Tchilingirian
Faculty of Oriental Studies
Eastern
Christianity
literature,
theology, art,
politics
Lecture Seminar Series
(7th edition)
Small in numbers relative to global
Christianity, multi-ethnic Eastern Chris-
tian communities are among the most
ancient natives in the wider West Asia
region. These lectures highlight the rich
historical, theological, literary and cultur-
al heritage of Christian communities in
presently much-troubled regions.
Conveners: Dr Hratch Tchilingirian
Prof Theo Maarten Van Lint
Tuesdays, 5:00-6:30 pm, The Allen & Overy
Room, Pembroke College, Oxford
For further details please contact:
hratch.tchilingirian@orinst.ox.ac.uk
These lecture series are organised with the
support of Oxford Armenian Studies.
Trinity Term 2019
Week 2 | 7 May
Symbolism in Ethiopian art: Gold, Text & Images
~ Dr Jacopo Gnisci
ERC Research Associate, Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies
Week 3 | 14 May
The decade that changed Orthodox Church
history: the See of Kyiv between Constantinople
and Moscow in the late 17th century
~ Dr Vera Tchentsova
Associate, ‘Stories of Survival’ Project, Faculty of History, Oxford
Week 4 | 21 May
From Syria to Armenia: Renegotiating home,
identity and belonging among Syrian Armenian
youth
~ Jessica Page
St. Edmund Hall, MPhil, Modern Middle Eastern Studies, Faculty of
Oriental Studies, Oxford
Week 5 | 28 May
Electing “Patriarch of Constantinople”: Church
and State relations since the establishment of the
Republic of Turkey.
~ Dr Hratch Tchilingirian
Associate of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, Oxford
Week 6 | 4 June
Deaconesses in the Syriac tradition.
~ Prof Sebastian Brock
Faculty of Oriental Studies, Oxford
Week 7 | 11 June
An Indian Monk’s Psalmic Odes (so-called
‘Odes of Solomon’) from Apostolic times dis-
covered in the 20th century.
~ Dr Bernard Kilroy
D.Th., Vidyajyoti Jesuit College, Delhi