A call for papers has been announced for an interdisciplinary graduate symposium at Brandeis University on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Dead Seas Scrolls: Life in Ancient Times When: October 6, […]

Call for papers: The Christian Mystery: Early Christianity and the pagan mystery cults in the work of Franz Cumont (1868-1947) and in the history of scholarship. Location: Universiteit Ghent, Belgium […]

Call for Papers: Correspondences Deadline: August 1, 2013 Correspondences is a biannual online journal devoted to the academic study of Western esotericism. We are looking forward to the release of […]

From the American Philological Association: CFP: Approaches to Greek Cult: Graduate Workshop Saturday, March 9 2013. Senate House, London. The aim of this workshop is to bring together postgraduate students […]

Just a reminder that the International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature will be meeting 7-11.7.2013 at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland; paper proposals are due on 1.2.2013 […]

There are two dominant understandings of Pythagoras in the Pythagorean tradition (and research about it): Pythagoras as a “shaman” and “religious leader” on the one hand, as a “philosopher” and […]