Chercheurs
Youhanna Nessim Youssef
ynyoussef at hotmail dot com
Études Coptes et Arabes
Chercheur en responsabilité
Chris-cross Entangled Christianities in Jerusalem and the Middle East: A cross-cultural bottom-up approach (12th-16th centuries) ERC (2024-2029 program n° 101124193
Doctorat d’Études Orientales,
Option Coptologie
Université Paul Valéry,
Montpellier III, France
Recherches sur Jules d’Akfahs
Option Coptologie
Université Paul Valéry,
Montpellier III, France
Recherches sur Jules d’Akfahs
2024-Researcher Chris-cross.
Entangled Christianities in Jerusalem and the Middle East: A cross-cultural bottom-up approach (12th-16th centuries)
’ERC (2024-2029 program n° 101124193
2020-2022 Senior lecturer, Sankt Ignatios College, University College Stockholm-Stockholm School of Theology
2014-Associate Professor, Saint Athanasius Coptic Orthodox Theological College
University of Divinity-Melbourne
1999-2019 Researcher
Australian Catholic University- Centre for Early Christian Studies, MacAuley Campus.
1997-Senior honorary fellow, The University of Melbourne
Entangled Christianities in Jerusalem and the Middle East: A cross-cultural bottom-up approach (12th-16th centuries)
’ERC (2024-2029 program n° 101124193
2020-2022 Senior lecturer, Sankt Ignatios College, University College Stockholm-Stockholm School of Theology
2014-Associate Professor, Saint Athanasius Coptic Orthodox Theological College
University of Divinity-Melbourne
1999-2019 Researcher
Australian Catholic University- Centre for Early Christian Studies, MacAuley Campus.
1997-Senior honorary fellow, The University of Melbourne
Christianisme à l’époque Mamelouk.
Publications:
1. Daniel and the Boy Caleb- a fragmentary Arabic pseudograph, Arameo-Arabica et Graeca 8, Servicio de Publicaciones Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca 2023, 72 pages (with Juan Pedro MONFERRER-SALA).
2. The history of the rite of Holy Week in the Coptic Orthodox Church, Sydney: St Shenouda Press 2023, 134 p.
3. Interpretations of the Theotokias by the Patriarch John Ibn Qiddis, Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies 53, New Jersey: Gorgias Press 2020, 174p.
4. The rite of consecration of the Myron, Textes et documents 18, Le Caire: Société d’Archéologie Copte 2017.
5. Severus of Antioch, his life and times, Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity 7, (editing with John D’Alton), Leiden: Brill 2016.
6. The life and works of Severus of Antioch in the Coptic and Copto-Arabic tradition texts and commentaries, Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies 28, New Jersey 2014 (ISBN 978-1-61719-738-3).
7. La consécration du Myron par Gabriel IV, 86e patriarche d’Alexandrie en 1374, Jerusalemer Theologisches Forum 20, Münster: Aschendorff Verlag 2014, 340 pp. (ISBN 978- 3- 402-11027-0) with the collaboration of fr Ugo Zanetti.
8. From Old Cairo to the New World: Coptic studies presented to Gawdat Gabra on the Occasion of his Sixty-fifth birthday, Colloquia Antiqua Supplement to the Journal of Ancient West and East 9, (editing with Samuel Moawad) Leuven: Peeters 2013
9. A Homily on Severus of Antioch by a bishop of Assiut, Patrologia Orientalis 50 Fascicule 1 N 222. [Pontificio Istituto Orientale –Roma] Brepols –Turnhout /Belgique 2006, 110p.
10. The Arabic life of Severus of Antioch attributed to Athanasius, Patrologia Orientalis 49 Fascicule 4 N 220, [Pontificio Istituto Orientale –Roma] Brepols –Turnhout /Belgique 2004, 153p.
11. “Life of Severus of Antioch as an Advocate of Orthodoxy,” Coptic culture and community, daily lives, changing times, Mariam F. Ayad, (ed), Cairo- New York: American University in Cairo Press 2023, p.249-260.
12. “A collection of Fragmentary Colophons: Manuscripts from the Monastery of Saint Macarius,” Literary Snippets Colophons Across Space and Time, G. A. Kiraz and S. Schmidtke (eds), NJ: Gorgias Press 2023, p.227-239.
13. “Doxologies of Victor šu and Piphamon” Oriens Christianus 107 (2024) 86-102. (appeared 2025).
14. “A Coptic liturgical Shamlah from the Coptic Museum,” Bulletin de la Société d’Archéologie Copte 61 (2022) 39-50 (With Hany Zarif Khalil)
15. “Ecumenism in Egypt- the Pre-Modern-period,” Parole de l’Orient 50 (2024) 315-331.
Publications:
1. Daniel and the Boy Caleb- a fragmentary Arabic pseudograph, Arameo-Arabica et Graeca 8, Servicio de Publicaciones Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca 2023, 72 pages (with Juan Pedro MONFERRER-SALA).
2. The history of the rite of Holy Week in the Coptic Orthodox Church, Sydney: St Shenouda Press 2023, 134 p.
3. Interpretations of the Theotokias by the Patriarch John Ibn Qiddis, Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies 53, New Jersey: Gorgias Press 2020, 174p.
4. The rite of consecration of the Myron, Textes et documents 18, Le Caire: Société d’Archéologie Copte 2017.
5. Severus of Antioch, his life and times, Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity 7, (editing with John D’Alton), Leiden: Brill 2016.
6. The life and works of Severus of Antioch in the Coptic and Copto-Arabic tradition texts and commentaries, Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies 28, New Jersey 2014 (ISBN 978-1-61719-738-3).
7. La consécration du Myron par Gabriel IV, 86e patriarche d’Alexandrie en 1374, Jerusalemer Theologisches Forum 20, Münster: Aschendorff Verlag 2014, 340 pp. (ISBN 978- 3- 402-11027-0) with the collaboration of fr Ugo Zanetti.
8. From Old Cairo to the New World: Coptic studies presented to Gawdat Gabra on the Occasion of his Sixty-fifth birthday, Colloquia Antiqua Supplement to the Journal of Ancient West and East 9, (editing with Samuel Moawad) Leuven: Peeters 2013
9. A Homily on Severus of Antioch by a bishop of Assiut, Patrologia Orientalis 50 Fascicule 1 N 222. [Pontificio Istituto Orientale –Roma] Brepols –Turnhout /Belgique 2006, 110p.
10. The Arabic life of Severus of Antioch attributed to Athanasius, Patrologia Orientalis 49 Fascicule 4 N 220, [Pontificio Istituto Orientale –Roma] Brepols –Turnhout /Belgique 2004, 153p.
11. “Life of Severus of Antioch as an Advocate of Orthodoxy,” Coptic culture and community, daily lives, changing times, Mariam F. Ayad, (ed), Cairo- New York: American University in Cairo Press 2023, p.249-260.
12. “A collection of Fragmentary Colophons: Manuscripts from the Monastery of Saint Macarius,” Literary Snippets Colophons Across Space and Time, G. A. Kiraz and S. Schmidtke (eds), NJ: Gorgias Press 2023, p.227-239.
13. “Doxologies of Victor šu and Piphamon” Oriens Christianus 107 (2024) 86-102. (appeared 2025).
14. “A Coptic liturgical Shamlah from the Coptic Museum,” Bulletin de la Société d’Archéologie Copte 61 (2022) 39-50 (With Hany Zarif Khalil)
15. “Ecumenism in Egypt- the Pre-Modern-period,” Parole de l’Orient 50 (2024) 315-331.
1. 2023 “Bible in the Liturgical texts,” Coptic literature, 10th International Symposium of St Mark Foundation for Coptic history, Monastery of Saint Bishoi, Logos Centre 29January-2 February.
2. 2024 “La liturgie Copte comme témoin de la Patristique, l’exemple de Sévère d’Antioche, » GroupeAmi d’Études Patristiques, Université de Fribourg (Swiss) 23 May 2024).
3. 2024 « Une doxologie inédite de Sainte Marina, la martyre, »21e Journée d ;Études Coptes, Association Francophone de Coptologie, Université de Strasbourg 30 May – 1 June.
4. 2024 “More liturgical texts relating to Saint Shenoute,” 25th St. Shenouda -UCLA Conference of Coptic Studies – July 19-20.
5. 2025 “Psalis for Saint Marina,” 11th International Symposium – Saint Mark Foundation for Coptic Heritage, 3-5 February.
6. 2025 “Liturgical allusions from the Coptic and Greek Apophthegmata Patrum” 11th International Symposium – Saint Mark Foundation for Coptic Heritage, 3-5 February. (With Rouwaida Mamouni).
7. 2025 “Council of Nicaea” Bibliotheca Alexandrina- Centre Studies Center, (27 February 2025).
8. 2025 “Le patriarche Copte Jean XIII, et ses activités littéraires et pastorales, » Le traitement numériques des données prosopographiques et topographiques : perspectives et méthodes, Séminaire Chris-cross (Entangled Christianities in Jerusalem and the Middle East a cross-cultural botton-up approach) 18 mai- IFAO, Le Caire.
9. 2025 “The Veneration of Athanasius in the Writings of Severus of Antioch” The living spirit of Nicaea, St Athanasius College, University of Divinity (20-22 June)
10. 2025 “Athanasius in a Coptic liturgical text” Nicaea at 1700 conference, Institute for Lay Ministry Sacred Heart Major Seminary (3 October)
2. 2024 “La liturgie Copte comme témoin de la Patristique, l’exemple de Sévère d’Antioche, » GroupeAmi d’Études Patristiques, Université de Fribourg (Swiss) 23 May 2024).
3. 2024 « Une doxologie inédite de Sainte Marina, la martyre, »21e Journée d ;Études Coptes, Association Francophone de Coptologie, Université de Strasbourg 30 May – 1 June.
4. 2024 “More liturgical texts relating to Saint Shenoute,” 25th St. Shenouda -UCLA Conference of Coptic Studies – July 19-20.
5. 2025 “Psalis for Saint Marina,” 11th International Symposium – Saint Mark Foundation for Coptic Heritage, 3-5 February.
6. 2025 “Liturgical allusions from the Coptic and Greek Apophthegmata Patrum” 11th International Symposium – Saint Mark Foundation for Coptic Heritage, 3-5 February. (With Rouwaida Mamouni).
7. 2025 “Council of Nicaea” Bibliotheca Alexandrina- Centre Studies Center, (27 February 2025).
8. 2025 “Le patriarche Copte Jean XIII, et ses activités littéraires et pastorales, » Le traitement numériques des données prosopographiques et topographiques : perspectives et méthodes, Séminaire Chris-cross (Entangled Christianities in Jerusalem and the Middle East a cross-cultural botton-up approach) 18 mai- IFAO, Le Caire.
9. 2025 “The Veneration of Athanasius in the Writings of Severus of Antioch” The living spirit of Nicaea, St Athanasius College, University of Divinity (20-22 June)
10. 2025 “Athanasius in a Coptic liturgical text” Nicaea at 1700 conference, Institute for Lay Ministry Sacred Heart Major Seminary (3 October)