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Vincent van Gerven Oei deposited Finding Old Nubian, or, why we should divest from Western tongues in the group
Union for Nubian Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 4 months agoIn this essay, I venture to describe my own trajectory, through linguistics and continental philosophy, to becoming a philologist specialized in the Old Nubian language, in tandem with a broader analysis of the destabilizing powers of philology that resonate in both deconstruction and psychoanalysis: the problem of the material carrier of writing…[Read more]
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Vincent van Gerven Oei deposited Finding Old Nubian, or, why we should divest from Western tongues on Humanities Commons 5 years, 4 months ago
In this essay, I venture to describe my own trajectory, through linguistics and continental philosophy, to becoming a philologist specialized in the Old Nubian language, in tandem with a broader analysis of the destabilizing powers of philology that resonate in both deconstruction and psychoanalysis: the problem of the material carrier of writing…[Read more]
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J.D. Schnepf's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months ago
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James Elkins started the topic Online summer reading group on Joyce and Schmidt in the discussion
Writing Systems on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoAnnouncing a reading group on the limits of the novel
June 6 – August 29
I’d like to invite everyone to an online reading group on Finnegans Wake and Arno Schmidt’s novel Bottom’s Dream. We’ll be focusing on the way both books threaten the narrative of the traditional novel by privileging language, scholarly apparatus, and other material. T…[Read more]
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James Elkins started the topic Online summer reading group on Joyce and Schmidt in the discussion
Philosophy on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoAnnouncing a reading group on the limits of the novel
June 6 – August 29
I’d like to invite everyone to an online reading group on Finnegans Wake and Arno Schmidt’s novel Bottom’s Dream. We’ll be focusing on the way both books threaten the narrative of the traditional novel by privileging language, scholarly apparatus, and other material. T…[Read more]
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James Elkins started the topic Online summer reading group on Joyce and Schmidt in the discussion
Literary Translation on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoAnnouncing a reading group on the limits of the novel
June 6 – August 29
I’d like to invite everyone to an online reading group on Finnegans Wake and Arno Schmidt’s novel Bottom’s Dream. We’ll be focusing on the way both books threaten the narrative of the traditional novel by privileging language, scholarly apparatus, and other material. T…[Read more]
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James Elkins started the topic Online summer reading group on Joyce and Schmidt in the discussion
Irish Literature and Culture on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoAnnouncing a reading group on the limits of the novel
June 6 – August 29
I’d like to invite everyone to an online reading group on Finnegans Wake and Arno Schmidt’s novel Bottom’s Dream. We’ll be focusing on the way both books threaten the narrative of the traditional novel by privileging language, scholarly apparatus, and other material. T…[Read more]
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James Elkins started the topic Online summer reading group on Joyce and Schmidt in the discussion
History of Linguistics and Language Study on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoAnnouncing a reading group on the limits of the novel
June 6 – August 29
I’d like to invite everyone to an online reading group on Finnegans Wake and Arno Schmidt’s novel Bottom’s Dream. We’ll be focusing on the way both books threaten the narrative of the traditional novel by privileging language, scholarly apparatus, and other material. T…[Read more]
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James Elkins started the topic Online summer reading group on Joyce and Schmidt in the discussion
Global & Transnational Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoAnnouncing a reading group on the limits of the novel
June 6 – August 29
I’d like to invite everyone to an online reading group on Finnegans Wake and Arno Schmidt’s novel Bottom’s Dream. We’ll be focusing on the way both books threaten the narrative of the traditional novel by privileging language, scholarly apparatus, and other material. T…[Read more]
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James Elkins started the topic Online summer reading group on Joyce and Schmidt in the discussion
German Literature and Culture on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoAnnouncing a reading group on the limits of the novel
June 6 – August 29
I’d like to invite everyone to an online reading group on Finnegans Wake and Arno Schmidt’s novel Bottom’s Dream. We’ll be focusing on the way both books threaten the narrative of the traditional novel by privileging language, scholarly apparatus, and other material. T…[Read more]
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James Elkins started the topic Online summer reading group on Joyce and Schmidt in the discussion
Humanities March on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoAnnouncing a reading group on the limits of the novel
June 6 – August 29
I’d like to invite everyone to an online reading group on Finnegans Wake and Arno Schmidt’s novel Bottom’s Dream. We’ll be focusing on the way both books threaten the narrative of the traditional novel by privileging language, scholarly apparatus, and other material. T…[Read more]
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James Elkins started the topic Online summer reading group on Joyce and Schmidt in the discussion
Digital Humanists on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoAnnouncing a reading group on the limits of the novel
June 6 – August 29
I’d like to invite everyone to an online reading group on Finnegans Wake and Arno Schmidt’s novel Bottom’s Dream. We’ll be focusing on the way both books threaten the narrative of the traditional novel by privileging language, scholarly apparatus, and other material. This p…[Read more]
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Vincent van Gerven Oei deposited Two Old Nubian Inscriptions from Akasha West in the group
Union for Nubian Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 9 months agoThe present paper analyses two Old Nubian inscriptions found at a church in Akasha West in 1969. The first inscription was found on an ostracon and invokes Jesus Christ. The second inscription was found on the altar inside the church’s sanctuary, and refers to the Holy Altar of Michael. The publication gives a description of the inscrip- tion, a t…[Read more]
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Vincent van Gerven Oei deposited An Old Nubian Curse from the Faras Cathedral in the group
Union for Nubian Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 9 months agoThe present paper analyses an Old Nubian inscription from the Faras Cathe- dral, containing a curse with a reference to Col 1:13. The publication gives a description of the inscription, a transcription with critical apparatus, and a grammatical and general commentary on the text.
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Vincent van Gerven Oei deposited Rubrication Patterns in Two Old Nubian Manuscripts from Serra East in the group
Union for Nubian Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 9 months agoThe present paper analyses the rubrication patterns in two Old Nubian manu- scripts (known under the sigla St and SC) both originally intended for deposition at the Jesus Church in Serra East. Through a comparison with rubrication patterns in other Old Nubian manuscripts, the authors argue that the rubricated phrases in St and SC show an internal…[Read more]
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Vincent van Gerven Oei deposited Two Old Nubian Inscriptions from Akasha West on Humanities Commons 5 years, 9 months ago
The present paper analyses two Old Nubian inscriptions found at a church in Akasha West in 1969. The first inscription was found on an ostracon and invokes Jesus Christ. The second inscription was found on the altar inside the church’s sanctuary, and refers to the Holy Altar of Michael. The publication gives a description of the inscrip- tion, a t…[Read more]
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Vincent van Gerven Oei deposited Rubrication Patterns in Two Old Nubian Manuscripts from Serra East on Humanities Commons 5 years, 9 months ago
The present paper analyses the rubrication patterns in two Old Nubian manu- scripts (known under the sigla St and SC) both originally intended for deposition at the Jesus Church in Serra East. Through a comparison with rubrication patterns in other Old Nubian manuscripts, the authors argue that the rubricated phrases in St and SC show an internal…[Read more]
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Vincent van Gerven Oei deposited An Old Nubian Curse from the Faras Cathedral on Humanities Commons 5 years, 9 months ago
The present paper analyses an Old Nubian inscription from the Faras Cathe- dral, containing a curse with a reference to Col 1:13. The publication gives a description of the inscription, a transcription with critical apparatus, and a grammatical and general commentary on the text.
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Vincent van Gerven Oei deposited For Sale: Geography in Old Nubian Land Sales in the group
Union for Nubian Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years agoIn this article I want to focus on the way in which land property is described within the Makuritan kingdom, based on a grammatical analysis of Old Nubian land sales. I will argue that such descriptions are always relative in nature, referring to adjacent plots oriented from south to north on the banks of the Nile. South is thus considered the…[Read more]
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Vincent van Gerven Oei deposited For Sale: Geography in Old Nubian Land Sales on Humanities Commons 6 years ago
In this article I want to focus on the way in which land property is described within the Makuritan kingdom, based on a grammatical analysis of Old Nubian land sales. I will argue that such descriptions are always relative in nature, referring to adjacent plots oriented from south to north on the banks of the Nile. South is thus considered the…[Read more]
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