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Name: Prof Sebastian Brock
Retired Reader in Syriac Studies at the Oriental Institute and currently a Professorial Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford
Events this person is speaking at:
Tuesday 31 January 2017
“Syriac Christianity as a crossroads of cultures”
Date: 31 January 2017, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Prof Sebastian Brock (Retired Reader in Syriac Studies at the Oriental Institute and currently a Professorial Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford)
Venue: Pembroke College, St Aldates OX1 1DW
Venue Details: The Allan and Overy room
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Saturday 11 November 2023
Holy Women of the East and West
Date: 11 November 2023, 9:00 - 15:00
Speaker
s:
Prof Sebastian Brock (Retired Reader in Syriac Studies at the Oriental Institute and currently a Professorial Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford),
Cressida Marcus,
Dr. Paula Clifford
Venue Details: St. Theosevia Trust House, 2 Canterbury Rd. OX26LU
Organiser:
Rev Liz Carmichael (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 15 January 2024
Ephrem the Syrian and a New Beginning in Syriac Poetry
Date: 15 January 2024, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
s:
Professor Alberto Rigolio (Durham University, UK),
Prof Sebastian Brock (Retired Reader in Syriac Studies at the Oriental Institute and currently a Professorial Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford)
Organisers:
Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum),
Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)
Host:
Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)
Thursday 22 August 2024
The Origins of the First Anti-Jewish Good Friday Hymns
Date: 22 August 2024, 17:00 - 18:00
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)
Monday 25 November 2024
The Monastic Homilies of Isaac of Antioch
Date: 25 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
s:
Revd Dr Shafiq Abouzayd (Oxford Interfaith Forum),
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)
Monday 19 May 2025
Narsai’s Memra 49, on Adam and Eve: O Instructive Fault!
Date: 19 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
s:
Professor Andrew Younan (ohn Paul the Great Catholic University in Escondido, California),
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 12 June 2025
The Peshitta and the Making of the Antioch Bible
Date: 12 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
s:
Dr George A. Kiraz (Institute for Advanced Study),
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)
