Events
Exploring Finitude: Weakness, Suffering, and Faith in Isaac of Nineveh
A lecture by Dr. Valentina Duca (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
When:
January 29, 2024 | 7:30 PM GMT
Location:
Blackfriars (OX1 3LY)
Chapter:
Oxford University
This lecture is free and open to the public. No pre-registration is required.
About the speaker:
Valentina Duca is a postdoctoral researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. After obtaining degrees in Theology and the History of Religions, she specialized in Eastern Christianity at Oxford University, especially Syriac (MPhil; DPhil). She spent two years at the Catholic University of Leuven, exploring the influence of the thought of Paul and Mark the Monk on Isaac of Nineveh.
Her current project involves the production of a critical edition of hitherto unedited writings of Isaac and an analysis of the concept of experience in East-Syriac mysticism. She recently published a monograph titled “Exploring Finitude”: Weakness and Integrity in Isaac of Nineveh (2023) with Peeters, Leuven (OLA).