2024 Dumbarton Oaks/HMML Introduction to Syriac Summer School, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, July 8–August 2, 2024
In partnership with Dumbarton Oaks, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library will host an intensive four-week course as an introduction to the Syriac language and paleography in the summer of 2024. This course is intended for doctoral students or recent PhDs who can demonstrate a need for Syriac in their research. Priority is given to students who lack opportunities to continue studying Syriac at their own institutions. The program welcomes international applicants but does not sponsor J visas.
Up to ten places will be available. The course is open to all individuals who have a need for Syriac in their research.
All costs are generously funded by Dumbarton Oaks. Participants must pay their own travel costs to and from Collegeville, Minnesota, USA.
Prerequisites: Familiarity with the Syriac alphabet (Serto script).
2024 Faculty
Guest Faculty
- Dr. Jonathan Loopstra, Professor of History, Redeemer University, Ancaster, Ontario
- Additional instructor to be announced.
HMML Staff
- Father Columba Stewart, OSB, Executive Director, HMML & Professor of Theology at Saint John’s University
- Dr. Matthew Z. Heintzelman, Curator of Western European Manuscripts & Special Collections
- Dr. Josh Mugler, Curator of Eastern Christian and Islamic Manuscripts