Name: Dr Sebastian Brock
University of Oxford
http://www.orinst.ox.ac.uk/staff/ec/sbrock.html

Events this person is speaking at:

Saturday 31 October 2015 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Syriac Christian communities: people, monuments and manuscripts in Syria, Turkey, and Iraq
Date: 31 October 2015, 10:40 - 11:10 (Saturday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2015)
Speaker s: Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford), Sebastien de Courtois (l’École Pratique des Hautes Études)
Venue: St John's College, St Giles OX1 3JP
Venue Details: Auditorium
Organisers: Dr Emma Cunliffe (University of Oxford), Rev Liz Carmichael (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 10 August 2023 (16th Week, Trinity Term)

Gregory of Nyssa: On the Human Image of God
Date: 10 August 2023, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 16th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker s: Reverend Professor John Behr (Regius Chair in Humanity at University of Aberdeen), Andrew Louth (Emeritus Professor of Patristic and Byzantine Studies, University of Durham ), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Organisers: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford), Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum, AMES), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Thursday 12 October 2023 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Mary’s Ordeal: A Syriac Narrative Poem on Many and Joseph
Date: 12 October 2023, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum)

Wednesday 25 October 2023 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Isaac of Nineveh and Mysticism in the Syriac Christian Tradition
Date: 25 October 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 20 November 2023 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Manuscript Project at the Coptic Monastery of St Paul the Hermit at the Red Sea, Egypt
Date: 20 November 2023, 17:00 - 18:00 (Monday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker s: Dr Lisa Agaiby (University of Divinity, Australia), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: online
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Saturday 10 February 2024 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

The Role of Symbols in St Ephrem the Syrian and St Teresa of Avila
Date: 10 February 2024, 10:30 - 16:00 (Saturday, 4th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker s: Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford), Julienne McLean
Venue Details: 2 Canterbury Rd., OX26LU, Oxford
Organiser: Rev Liz Carmichael (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 4 April 2024 (-2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Nikos Kazantzakis and Orthodox Christianity
Date: 4 April 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, -2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Basilius Jacobus (Bert) Groen (University of Graz), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Organisers: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford), Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum, AMES), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Tuesday 14 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

2024 ZERNOV LECTURE 'The Ecumenical Journey of the Writings of St Isaac the Syrian’
Date: 14 May 2024, 17:00 - 19:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Maison Française d'Oxford, 2-10 Norham Road OX26SE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 24 June 2024 (10th Week, Trinity Term)

Who was Mary, the Blessed Virgin and Mother of God? A Byzantine hagiographical narrative by the ninth-century Monk Epiphanio
Date: 24 June 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Monday, 10th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Mary Cunningham (University of Nottingham), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford), Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum, AMES), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Monday 8 July 2024 (12th Week, Trinity Term)

Finding a Home: The West Syriac Context of the Clementine Epistles on Chastity
Date: 8 July 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Monday, 12th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Dr Dan Batovici (KU Leuven), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford), Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum, AMES), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Thursday 19 September 2024 (22nd Week, Trinity Term)

Dialogue and Fire in a Fragmentary Syriac Martyrdom Narrative
Date: 19 September 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 22nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Dr Ephrem Aboud Ishac (University of Graz), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford), Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum, AMES), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Monday 14 October 2024 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Christian Trees
Date: 14 October 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Monday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Dr Thomas Arentzen (Stockholm School of Theology), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford), Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum, AMES), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Christian Trees
Date: 14 October 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Monday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Dr Thomas Arentzen (Stockholm School of Theology, Sweden), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford), Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum, AMES), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Events this person is organising:

Thursday 10 August 2023 (16th Week, Trinity Term)

Gregory of Nyssa: On the Human Image of God
Date: 10 August 2023, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 16th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker s: Reverend Professor John Behr (Regius Chair in Humanity at University of Aberdeen), Andrew Louth (Emeritus Professor of Patristic and Byzantine Studies, University of Durham ), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Organisers: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford), Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum, AMES), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Thursday 12 October 2023 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Mary’s Ordeal: A Syriac Narrative Poem on Many and Joseph
Date: 12 October 2023, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum)

Monday 20 November 2023 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Manuscript Project at the Coptic Monastery of St Paul the Hermit at the Red Sea, Egypt
Date: 20 November 2023, 17:00 - 18:00 (Monday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker s: Dr Lisa Agaiby (University of Divinity, Australia), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: online
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Monday 19 February 2024 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

Setting the Stage: The Rose of Performance in Studying Late Ancient Hymnody
Date: 19 February 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Monday, 6th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Prof Laura Lieber (Duke Univeristy, USA)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 7 March 2024 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

The Miracle of Pilgrimage: A Coptic Journey to the Holy Land During the Ottoman Period
Date: 7 March 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 8th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Professor Febe Armanious (Middlebury College, USA)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 4 April 2024 (-2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Nikos Kazantzakis and Orthodox Christianity
Date: 4 April 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, -2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Basilius Jacobus (Bert) Groen (University of Graz), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Organisers: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford), Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum, AMES), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Monday 24 June 2024 (10th Week, Trinity Term)

Who was Mary, the Blessed Virgin and Mother of God? A Byzantine hagiographical narrative by the ninth-century Monk Epiphanio
Date: 24 June 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Monday, 10th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Mary Cunningham (University of Nottingham), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford), Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum, AMES), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Monday 8 July 2024 (12th Week, Trinity Term)

Finding a Home: The West Syriac Context of the Clementine Epistles on Chastity
Date: 8 July 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Monday, 12th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Dr Dan Batovici (KU Leuven), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford), Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum, AMES), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Thursday 22 August 2024 (18th Week, Trinity Term)

The Origins of the First Anti-Jewish Good Friday Hymns
Date: 22 August 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 18th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Prof George Demacopoulos (Fordham Univeristuy), Prof Sebastian Brock (Retired Reader in Syriac Studies at the Oriental Institute and currently a Professorial Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford), Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum, AMES), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Thursday 19 September 2024 (22nd Week, Trinity Term)

Dialogue and Fire in a Fragmentary Syriac Martyrdom Narrative
Date: 19 September 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 22nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Dr Ephrem Aboud Ishac (University of Graz), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford), Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum, AMES), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Monday 14 October 2024 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Christian Trees
Date: 14 October 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Monday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Dr Thomas Arentzen (Stockholm School of Theology), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford), Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum, AMES), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Christian Trees
Date: 14 October 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Monday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Dr Thomas Arentzen (Stockholm School of Theology, Sweden), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford), Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum, AMES), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)