Publikationen

Aufsätze

1. The politics of holy space: Jerusalem in the Theodosian Era, in: J. Weiss/S. Salih (Hgg), Locating the Middle Ages: the spaces and places of medieval culture, London 2012 (=King's College London Medieval Studies. 23), S. 95-107.
2. Invisible monks, human eyes and the Egyptian Desert in late antique hagiography, in: H. Barnard/K. Duistermaat (Hgg), The history of the peoples of the Eastern Desert, Los Angeles 2012, S. 298-311.
3. Vertraute Fremdheit - erlesene Landschaft. Arbeit an Präsenz im Reisebericht der Egeria, in: H. Baumann (Hg.), "Habt euch müde schon geflogen...". Reise und Heimkehr als kulturanthropologische Phänomene, Marburg a.d. Lahn 2010 (=Ignis. 3), S. 159-174.
   
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4. Ο άγιος Ιερώνυμος και οι Σαρακηνοί της Συρίας και της Παλαιστίνης: σχόλια σχετικά με τους βίους του Μάλχου του Μοναχού και του αγίου Ιλαρίωνα, in: Α. Κραλίδης και Α. Γκουζουκώστας (εκδ), Βυζάντιο & Αραβικός κόσμος [St Jerome and the Saracens of Syria and Palestine: some remarks on the Lives of Malchus the Monk and St Hilarion, in: A. Kralidis/A. Gkoutsoukostas (Hgg) Byzantium and the Arabic World]. 2013.
5. Do good to Sion in thy good pleasure: the patronage of Aelia Eudocia Augusta, in: Wiener Jahrbuch für Kunstgeschichte. 2013.
6. How to get rid of Venus? Some remarks on Jerome's Vita Hilarionis and the conversion of Elusa in the Negev, in: D. Schwartz/N. McLynn/A. Papaconstantinou (Hgg), Conversion in Late Antiquity: Christianity, Islam, and Beyond, Aldershot 2013.

Kleinere Beiträge

1. Constructing the city of God: Jerusalem in the fifth century, in: Bulletin of the Council for British Research in the Levant 7 (2012), S. 54.
2. Cities of Caesar, Cities of God: Jerusalem and Constantinople in Late Antiquity, in Bulletin of the Council for British Research in the Levant 7 (2012), S. 17.
3. Der Herrscher als Gärtner. Islamische Palast- und Gartenanlagen zwischen Weltaneignung und Blasphemie, in: unı.vers Forschung 18 (2012), S. 24-27. 

Beiträge in Lexika und Nachschlagewerken

1. Encyclopedia of Ancient History, hg. von R. Bagnall (et al.), Oxford 2012; 20 Lemmata :
Aelia Capitolina (I; S. 120-121; zus. mit Ch. Weikert) • Arabic and old Arabic (II; S. 600-601) • Arabs (II; S. 601-605) • Beth Shean/Scythopolis (III; S. 1104-1105) • John Bagnell Bury (III; S. 1226-1227) • Cyril of Scythopolis (IV; S. 1904) • Dead Sea (IV; S. 1936-1937) • Sea of Galilee (V; S. 2817-2818) • Ioppa/Jaffo (VII; S. 3489-3490) • Jerusalem (VII; 3576-3579; zus. mit Ch. Weikert) • John of Gischala (VII; S. 3609-3610) • Jordan River (VII; S. 3622-3623) • Lebanon Mountain (VII; S. 3987) • Lydda/Lod/Diospolis (VIII; 4185-4186) • Magister Equitum (VIII; S. 4232-4233) • Marutha (VIII; S. 4336-4337) • Parthia (IX; S. 5068-5071; zus. mit Ph. Wirtz) • Ptolemais/Akko (X; 5629) • Rusafa/Sergiopolis (XI; S. 5982-5983) • Samaritan Temple on Mt. Garizim (XI; S. 6584-6585).

2. Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity, ed. O. Nicholson (et al.), Oxford forthcoming; 19 Lemmata:
Anjar (Lebanon) • Bethlehem • Bethlehem, Church of the Nativity • Christianity among Arabs • Attaleia • Hiǧāʾ • Ibn al-Kalbī, Hishām • Jerusalem • Jerusalem, churches of • Jerusalem, see of • Melitene • Mundhir b. al-Harith (Ghassanid phylarch) • Nilus, narrations of • Nu'man b. al-Mundhir (Ghassanid phylarch) • Palmyra • Qaṣīda • Sergioupolis/Rusafa • Ṭayyāyē • Ṭayyiʾ

3. Lexikon byzantinischer Autoren, hg. von M. Grünbart/A. Riehle, forthcoming; 8 Lemmata:
Agathangelos • Hesychius von Jerusalem • Ioannes Moschos • Ioannes von Nikiou • Kyrillos von Jerusalem • Theodoros von Petra • Theodoros von Tabennisi • Theodosios von Jerusalem

Rezensionen (alphabetisch nach Autoren/Herausgebern)

1. J. Aliquot, Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie. Tome 11 - Mont Hermon (Liban et Syrie), Beirut 2008 (=Ifpo-Bibliothèque archéologique et historique. 138). In: Levant 43 (2011), S. 116-118.
2. W. Ameling/H. Cotton/W. Eck (Hgg), Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae: Vol. 2, Caesarea and the middle coast. 1121-2160, Berlin 2011. In Plekos 15 (2013), S. 37-49.
3. J. Beaucamp/F. Briquel-Chatonnet/C. Robin (Hgg), Juifs et chrétiens en Arabie aux Ve et VIe siècle: regards croisés sur les sources, Paris 2010 (=Collège de France, Centre de recherche d'histoire et civlisation de Byzance, Monographies. 32, =Le massacre de Najrân: religion et politique en Arabie du Sud au VIe siècle. 2). In Plekos 14 (2012), S. 55-74 ( Volltext).
4. A. Berger, Konstantinopel. Geschichte, Topographie, Religion, Stuttgart 2011. In: Gymnasium 119,3 (2012), S. 312-313.
5. H. Cotton/L. di Segni/W. Eck (Hgg), Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae: Volume I, Jerusalem. Part 1: 1-704, Berlin 2010. In: Plekos 13 (2011), S. 91-100 ( Volltext).
6. H. Cotton/L. di Segni/W. Eck (Hgg), Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae: Volume I, Jerusalem. Part 2: 705-1120, Berlin 2012. In: Plekos 15 (2013), S. 1-6 ( Volltext).
7. G. Fisher, Between empires: Arabs, Romans, and Sasanians in Late Antiquity, Oxford 2011 (=Oxford Classical Monographs). In: H-Soz-u-Kult, 13.02.2012 ( Volltext).
8. U. Rubin, Muḥammad the Prophet and Arabia, Aldershot 2011 (=Ashgate Variorum Collected Studies Series. 968). In: H-Soz-u-Kult, 24.09.2012 ( Volltext).
9. H. Sivan, Galla Placidia: the last Roman empress, Oxford 2011. In: Plekos 14 (2012), S. 119-128 ( Volltext).
10. J.-B. Yon/P.-L. Gatier (Hgg), Choix d'inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie, Beirut 2008 (=Guide archéologique. 6). In: Levant 43 (2011), S. 124-126. 

 

Vorträge

2012

24) 11/2012: "Marauders, daredevils, and noble savages: the non-sedentary Arabs in the Roman perception (3rd-7th centuries)" - Conf. "The Arab East and the Bedouin component: features and tensions from Late Antiquity to the Present", Orient-Institut (Beirut) & Collaborative Research Centre "Difference and Integration", American University, Cairo/Egypt.

23) 07/2012: "Courting controversy: Jerusalem in Theodosian times" - Conf. "Jerusalem past-present-future (כנס ימי ירושלים)", inauguration of the School for Jerusalem studies, Yad Yizhak Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem/Israel.

22) 04/2012: "The Syriac sources on the building history of Jerusalem in Late Antiquity (Kudüs'ün Kuruluşu İle İlgili Süryanice Kaynaklar)" - Conf. "International Syriac Studies Symposium", inauguration of the Center for Syriac Studies, Mardin-Artuklu Üniversitesi, Mardin/Turkey (Vortrag krankheitsbedingt verlesen).

21) 04/2012: "Neighbours of Christ: saints and their martyria in Constantinople and Jerualem" - Conf. "Cities of Caesar - Cities of God", Kenyon Institute (Council of British Research in the Levant), East Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine.

20) 03/2012: "From Lot's Wife to St Stephen: constructing the sacred topography of Jerusalem", evening lecture, Kenyon Institute (Council of British Research in the Levant), East Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine.

19) 01/2012: "Als die Säulen weinen lernten. Christliche Gewalt gegen heidnische Bauten in der Spätantike " - Conf. "Gemeinsames Oberseminar der Universitäten Bamberg, Bayreuth, Gießen, Braunschweig, Regensburg", University of Bamberg, Bamberg/Germany.

2011

18) 12/2011: "Jerome on the conversion of Arab tribes" - Conf. 'Βυζάντιο και Αραβικός κόσμος, συνάντηση πολιτισμών', Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki/Greece.

17) 07/2011: "Neighbours of Christ: saints and their martyria in Constantinople and Jerusalem" - Conf. 'Constantinople and Jerusalem', Chair of Ancient History & Collaborative Research Center 619 "Ritual Dynamics", University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg/Germany.

16) 06/2011: "In search of Lot's wife: old and new saints for Jerusalem" - Lecture, 'After Rome Seminar' (org. Bryan Ward-Perkins, Trinity College), Oxford University, Oxford/U.K.

15) 04/2011: "Peter the Iberian, Aelia Eudocia Augusta, and the building history of Jerusalem in the fift century" - Conf. 'The Third Annual Pitt Rivers Symposium', Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi & Vardzia/Georgia.

14) 04/2011: "Re-shaping the holy: late antique Jerusalem and the discovery of space" - Conf. 'Urban contexts', Princeton-Oxford-Vienna Graduate Exchange in Late Roman, Byzantine, and Early Mediaeval History, Princeton University, New Jersey/U.S.A.

13) 01/2011: "Elusive diviners: priest and seers in Ibn al-Kalbī's Kitāb al-Aṣnām and beyond" - Conf. 'Priests and seers in the religious cultures of the Roman world: Oxford-Princeton workshop', Oxford University, Oxford/U.K.

2010

12) 07/2010: "When religion became serious: the Arabs on their way towards monotheism" - Workshop 'Converting practice', Mellon Sawyer Seminar, Oxford University, Oxford/U.K.

11) 03/2010: "Taming the "wolves of Arabia": interaction and symbiotic relationships between Romans and Arabs at the Eastern border (1st-5th centuries)" - Conf. 'Contact zones of empires in Asia and Europe', European Science Foundation/Japanese Science Foundation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka/Japan.

2009

10) 12/2009: "Raum und Erinnerung in der liturgischen Landschaft Jerusalems" - Lecture, Workshop 'Räumliche Strukturierung und rituelle Reichweiten', Collaborative Research Center 619 "Ritual Dynamics", University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg/Germany.

9) 06/2009: "Constant threat or successful integration? The motif of the conversion of nomad Arab tribes at the Roman Estern frontier in late antique sources" - Conf. 'Religious culture in late antique Arabia', University of Berlin (FU)/Museum for Islamic Art, Berlin/Germany.

8) 05/2009: "Locating the political city: Jerusalem in the Theodosian Era (379-457 AD)" - Conf. 'Locating the Middle Ages: the spaces and places of medieval culture', King's College, London/U.K.

7) 04/2009: "Heimkehr in eine wohlbekannte Fremde. Erwartung und Wirklichkeit im Reisebericht der Egeria" - Conf. 'Reise und Heimkehr als kulturanthropologische Phänomene', University of Gießen, Gießen/Germany.

6) 02/2009: "When the wolves of Arabia joined the flock of Christ: The conversion of nomadic Arab tribes in late antique hagiography" - Conf. 'The Oxford Byzantine Society Conference', Oxford/U.K.

2008

5) 12/2008: "Taming the "wolves of Arabia": Romans, Arabs, and the holy man" - Lecture, Nederlands-Vlaams Instituut, Cairo/Egypt.

4) 11/2008: "To see or not to see: invisible monks, the human eye, and the Eastern Desert" - Conf. 'The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology (UCLA) Conference', Cairo/Egypt.

3) 09/2008: "Do good to Sion in thy good pleasure: a Byzantine empress and Jerusalem" - Conf. 'Female Founders in Byzantium', University of Vienna, Vienna/Austria.

2007

2) 12/2007: "Asketische Traditionen der Antike als Erfolgskonzepte im Mittelalter?" - Lecture, 'Mediävistisches Kolloquium', University of Bamberg, Bamberg/Germany.

1) 06/2007: "Autorität durch Askese. Säulenheilige im spätantiken Syrien" - Lecture, 'Nacht der Forschung', University of Bamberg, Bamberg/Germany.