The Annual School of Byzantine Studies – the 2023 edition

THE ANNUAL SCHOOL OF BYZANTINE STUDIES PEACE AND WAR IN BYZANTIUM

 

THE ANNUAL SCHOOL OF BYZANTINE STUDIES

Sixth Edition

PEACE AND WAR IN BYZANTIUM

September 14th-20th 2023

 

The Institute for Advanced Studies in Levant Culture and Civilisation, in partnership with the „Aristotle” University of Thessaloniki, organizes on the 14th-20th of September 2022 the sixth online edition of the Annual School of Byzantine Studies, titled „Peace and War in Byzantium”. The scientific director of this event is prof. univ. dr. Athanasios Semoglou („Aristotle” University of Thessaloniki).

Confirmed invited guests: Prof. dr. Athanassios Semoglou („Aristotle” University of Thessaloniki), prof. dr. Alexander Alexakis (Ioannina University), prof. dr. Pablo Argarate (University of Graz), prof. dr. Anca Dan (CNRS, Paris), prof. dr. So Miyagawa (National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics), lect. dr. Manuela Dobre (University of Bucharest), dr. Mariana Bodnaruk (Central European University & University of Fribourg), assist. dr. Andra Jugănaru (University of Bucharest), dr. Antonio Pio di Cosmo (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia &ISACCL), dr. Liviu Iancu (ISACCL), PhD c. David Gabriel Carpen (University of Bucharest).

Their contributions will be published in a collected volume.

 

For the past five editions, please check:

The Annual School of Byzantine Studies – the 2022 edition

The Annual School of Byzantine Studies – the 2021 edition

The Annual School of Byzantine Studies – the 2020 edition

The Annual School of Byzantine Studies – the 2019 edition

The Annual School of Byzantine Studies – the 2018 edition

 

The topic of the sixth edition of the Annual School of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies is "Peace and War in Byzantium", which will naturally complement and enrich the aspects already outlined in the previous editions: the fundamental role of these concepts in creating and preserving political, religious, social, cultural identities, and various tools for instrumentalizing them: Church, education, army; the transmission of lost or found texts/topos/images in order to promote cultural political and religious ideas in the Byzantine and Balkan space; the Byzantine political and theological attitudes towards peace and war.

The aim of the Annual School of Byzantine Studies is to aid the development of young researchers – Romanian and foreign alike – by facilitating access to recently uncovered sources and new methodologies in the field. The School offers an unmitigated rapport with some of the great scholars in Byzantine studies of worldwide acclaim, in an attempt to foster a community of young specialists in the field, aiming to revitalize Byzantine Studies in Romania, capitalise upon the Roman-Byzantine cultural heritage found in the Dobruja region and strengthen professional and individual ties between Romanian professors and students on the one hand and foreign specialists on the other through the creation of international partnerships and mobilities.

The School’s activities will move online, to be held via Zoom. The School’s programme features lectures given by invited professors, workshops presenting the newest methodologies and sources available in the field, presentation sessions where PhD candidates and Masters students can showcase their original research.

The School’s activities will move online, to be held via Zoom, in English and Romanian, and is addressed to the students, MA and PhD students, and also to other categories of interested persons. They will receive participation diplomas.

For registration and other details please write an email to office@institutlevant.ro and raducan_ana_maria@institutlevant.ro until the 13th of September 2023.