Call for Papers: Herman Hoskier and the Future of Textual Scholarship on the Bible
Call for Papers
Herman Hoskier and the Future of Textual Scholarship on the Bible
28-30 August 2017
Dublin City University
School of Theology, Philosophy, and Music
Herman Charles Hoskier (1864-1938) was a textual scholar of the New Testament whose work remains influential in the field today. As part of the Irish Research Council¡¯s Decade of Centenaries, this conference explores the present state and future prospects of textual scholarship on the Bible in the digital age, using Hoskier¡¯s work as a starting point for the discussion. Short papers are invited that address the following topics: the intellectual context of twentieth century textual scholarship, manuscript collections in Ireland, the future of the critical edition, the digital humanities and the Bible, Hoskier¡¯s text critical work and current developments in the field, the versions in textual scholarship, the Editio Critica Maior, manuscripts as objects and material culture, trends and prospects in textual criticism, text critical method, the future of textual scholarship, early printed editions, studies on manuscripts, and related topics.
Abstracts of 250 words will be accepted until 15 April 2017 (send to Dr. Garrick Allen, garrick.allen@dcu.ie). For more information on this event see the project blog (www.hchoskier.blogspot.ie) and follow Hoskier on Twitter (@HCHoskier). Registration will open 15 February 2017 and close 30 June 2017. The early bird cost is €60 (until 1 May 2017, thereafter €90). This project is funded by the Irish Research Council.
Keynote Speakers include:
¡¤ David Parker (University of Birmingham)
¡¤ Stanley Porter (McMaster Divinity College)
¡¤ Jennifer Knust (Boston University)
¡¤ J. K. Elliott (University of Leeds)
¡¤ Martin Karrer (KiHo Wuppertal)
¡¤ Juan Hern¨¢ndez Jr. (Bethel University)
¡¤ Claire Clivaz (Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics)
¡¤ Thomas J. Kraus (Universit?t Zurich)
¡¤ Tommy Wasserman (Ansgar Teologiske H?gskole)
¡¤ Christina Kreinecker (Universit?t Salzburg)
¡¤ Klaus Wachtel (INTF M¨¹nster)
¡¤ Catherine Smith (University of Birmingham)
¡¤ Hugh Houghton (University of Birmingham)
¡¤ Martin Wallraff (LMU M¨¹nchen)
¡¤ Jan Krans (VU Amsterdam)
¡¤ Annette H¨¹ffmeier (INTF M¨¹nster)
¡¤ Jill Unkel (Chester Beatty Library)
¡¤ Dirk Jongkind (University of Cambridge)
