SSCN Voumes 1-10, 1994-2004

St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter

Monks, Priests and Magicians: Demons and Monastic Self-Differentiation in Late Ancient Egypt, by David Brakke, Indiana University Prophecy and Porneia in Shenoute s Letters , by Caroline Schroeder, Ithaca College The Practices of Monastic Prayer: Origins, Evolution and Tensions , by Columba Stewart, St. John's University Clothes Make the Monk: The Rhetoric of Clothing in Late Antique Monasticism, Rebecca Krawiec, Canisius College Dressed for Eternity , Eunice Maguire, Johns Hopkins University Lecture: " Remembering for Eternity: The Ascetic Landscape as Cultural Discourse in Early Christian Egypt " by James Goehring, Mary Washington College Saturday, March 8, 2003 "Spiritual Economy and Spiritual Craft: Monastic Pottery Production and Trade ," by Ivancica Schrunk, University of St. Thomas " Tableware and Monastic Practice 600-1400: New Questions from the Ceramic Corpus at John the Little's Monastery, " by Darlene Brooks Hedstrom, Wittenberg University " Analysis of Space Surrounding the Visible Remains of the Red and White Monasteries, " by Todd Brenningmeyer and Sheila McNally, University of Minnesota " Shenoutian Control, Articulate Discourse, and the Communal Challenges of the White Monastery ," by Mark Moussa, Catholic University of America " Monastic Order in Shenoute's White Monastery Federation, " by Bentley Layton, Yale University "Imagined Antiquity: Women's Spirituality ", by Pieternella van Doorn-Harder, Valparaiso University " Preservation and Destruction at the Red and White Monasteries, Sohag, " by Elizabeth Bolman, Temple University Sunday, March 9, 2003 Closing Session. Discussion

organizations as well as others contributing to the funding of this project. The Foundation has obtained a preliminary approval from the Patriarchate as well as the Fayoum Diocese for organizing the second symposium, dealing with the Christian monuments of the Fayoum Oasis, South of Cairo. This is scheduled for early February of 2004. Dr. Gawdat Gabra is coordinating the scholarly issues pertaining to this symposium. Both of our organization will be working together with the Patriarchate in organizing the 2006 Symposium at the St. Shenouda Monastery, as well as possibly the 2008 Coptic Congress in Egypt, if awarded by the IACS. Comments, suggestions, and lifetime membership information can be directed to the following address: Dr. F. G. Estafanous 21106 South Woodland Road Shaker Heights, OH 44122 Tel: (216) 921-4748, Fax: (216) 921-3637 e-mail: jestodad@aol.com Website: www.stmarkfoundation.coptic-history.org 13. Christianity in al-Fayoum Symposium: Preparation is continuing for the Second Coptic Studies Symposium to be held in Egypt will deal with the subject of Christianity in Al-Fayoum. The preliminary list of the participants, compiled by Dr. Gawdat Gabra, was published in Volume 9 No. 1 of this Newsletter.. The list includes scholars from ten different countries and it will be hosted by Bishop Abraam of al-Fayoum on behalf of the Patriarchate. Because of the venue. Only a limited n mber of members of St. Mark Foundation and our Society will be able to attend. This will allow for more attendance by scholars, students and clergymen from Egypt. 14. Living for Eternity-Monasticism in Egypt Conference: We received from Mr. Mark R. Moussa notification about this exciting conference. The conference is scheduled for March 6-9, 2003. According to the website, the conference will be the culmination of a major exhibit that the University of Minnesota is holding on Life in Late Roman and Early Islamic Egypt . Its schedule is as follows: Thursday March 6, 2003 Lecture: "Mural Paintings in Coptic Monasteries: Problems of Dating and Conservation" By Karel Innemée, University of Leiden Friday March 7, 2003

St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter For further information and to view the conference abstracts, consult the conference following website: http://egypt.cla.umn.edu/eventsr.html

15. Christ in Christian Tradition: A few years ago we were introduced to a volume in this series (v.2, pt.4) that deals with a survey of Christological writings of the Coptic fathers on this subject after the Council of Chalcedon. The book includes 50+ pages on the Christology of St. Shenouda the Archiman-

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