evelyne.diels@kuleuven.be

Evelyne Diels is a PhD candidate at KU Leuven and the University of Innsbruck. Since October 2024, she has been conducting research on Byzantine question-and-answer literature, with a particular focus on the collections attributed to (Pseudo-)Anastasius of Sinai and especially the Greek Soterios and its Slavonic translations. Her work examines the transmission, reception, and transformation of these texts across the Byzantine and Slavonic traditions, paying special attention to processes of reuse, rewriting, and compilation. Her research combines literary, philological, comparative and translation-based approaches to investigate the dynamics of textual compilations in medieval Eastern Christianity.

Byzantine studies, Greek language and literature, Slavonic studies, reception history, manuscript studies, intellectual history.

• Diels, E. (2026). The Greek Source of the Slavonic Version of Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans? A Comparison between MSS Taur. C.I.10, Ath. Chil. 644 and Vindob. Slav. 33. Slavia. Časopis pro Slovanskou Filologii (in press).
• Diels, E. (2026). Het Paradijs: αἰσθητός of νοητός? Quaestio 23 in de Soterios. Handelingen van de Koninklijke Zuidnederlandse Maatschappij (KZM) voor Taal- en Letterkunde en Geschiedenis. (DOI)

• Diels, E. (2026). The Slavonic Metaphrasis of Byzantine Orthodoxy: Biblical Citation as a Tool of Rewriting in the Soterios. Presented at the PhD Symposium, University Vienna, 12 October 2026.
• Diels, E. (2026). Textual Organisation in MS Berol. Wuk 45: Anthological Strategies in the Slavonic Soterios Collection. Presented at the 17. Altslavistiktagung, Freiburg (im Breisgau), 18 Sep 2026-19 Sep 2026.
• Diels, E. (2026). The Reception of (Ps.-)Anastasius of Sinai’s Quaestiones et Responsiones in Michael Glykas’ Quaestiones ad sacram scripturam and the Slavonic world. Presented at the International Conference of Byzantine Studies 2026, Vienna, 28 August 2026.
• Diels, E. (2026). Texts in Transition: Anthological Selection and Translation Practices in the Slavonic Tradition of the Greek Soterios. Presented at the International Conference of Byzantine Studies 2026, Vienna, 28 August 2026.
• Diels, E. (2025). ThISTL: A Key to the Study of Slavonic Florilegia. Presented at the Transfer of Ideas in European Spiritual History: From Medieval Texts to Interactive Online Content, University of Innsbruck, 30 Jun 2025-02 Jul 2025.
• Diels, E. (2025). Paradijs op aarde of allegorie? Quaestio 23 in de Soterios. Presented at the 24ste Dag van de Byzantinistiek, UC Louvain, 25 May 2025-25 May 2025.
• Diels, E. (2025). “Every Nation Gets the Government it Deserves”. Quaestio 16 in the Greek Soterios and its Slavonic Reception. Presented at the Receiving Byzantium, Byzantium Receiving, Central European University, Vienna, 16 May 2025-17 May 2025.
• Sels, L., Diels, E. (2025). The Slavonic Metaphrasis of Byzantine Orthodoxy at KU Leuven (Weave FWO): Doctoral Research and the Thomson Database (ThISTL). Presented at the 17th Meeting of Paleoslavists, Ghent University, 25 Apr 2025-26 Apr 2025.
• Diels, E. (2025). Kenmerken van het Bijbelse paradijs beschreven of herschreven? Een case-study van vraag 23 in Pseudo-Anastasius’ Quaestiones et responsiones. Presented at the KZM, KANTL, Gent, 28 Mar 2025-28 Mar 2025.