Authorial Publication in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages

Authorial Publication in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages

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Prof. Samu Niskanen, Department of Philosophy, History and Art Studies, University of Helsinki (Helsinki Universität)
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Helsinki Universität
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Academy of Finland
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Helsinki
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Finland
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15.06.2023 - 15.06.2023
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Samu Niskanen, Universität Helsinki

The papers in this colloquium discuss the practices of publication from the fourth to the ninth century, or how readerships were targeted in the late antique and early medieval periods. The authors to be commented on include Ausonius, Cassiodorus, Jerome, Paulinus of Aquileia, and Jonas of Orléans.

Authorial Publication in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages

June 15th 2023, University of Helsinki
Venue: Zoom (for the meeting ID and passcode, see below)

The papers in this colloquium discuss the practices of publication from the fourth to the ninth century, or how readerships were targeted in the late antique and early medieval periods. The authors to be commented on include Ausonius, Cassiodorus, Jerome, Paulinus of Aquileia, and Jonas of Orléans. The programme is found below.

To obtain the Zoom meeting ID and passcode and the abstracts, please contact Samu Niskanen (samu.niskanen@helsinki.fi).

Programm

N.B. The times below are in Central European Time (CET), one hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.

09:20
Welcome
Samu Niskanen

09:30–11:00
Session 1: Late Antiquity, moderated by Jakub Kujawinski

Samuel Fernandez, Letter publishing at the outbreak of the Arian crisis

Samu Niskanen, How publication affects preservation and transmission: observations on Ausonius’ works

Marco Cristini, Cassiodorus’ Variae and the Gothic War: the role of authorial publication in sixth-century diplomacy

11:30–12:30
Session 2: Jerome, moderated by Nina Nikki

Anna Usacheva, The letter as a form of publication in the Corpus Hieronymi

Jessica van ‘t Westeinde, Jerome’s authorial distributions in ‘exile’

14:00–15:30
Session 3: The Early Middle Ages, moderated by Jesse Keskiaho

Luiza Fizzarotti, Scribere dulce habui: Bede’s list of his writings in the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum

Andrea Verardi, Publishing against a heretic: Paulinus of Aquileia and the Contra Felicem libri tres

Francesco Veronese, Morality for all seasons: the specula of Jonas of Orléans

15:45–16:00
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Contact (announcement)

E-Mail: samu.niskanen@helsinki.fi

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