Vienna Dialogues - 18. Oktober 2014

 

People on the Move and the Things they Carry: 
Historical, Social and Demographic Dimensions of Mobility in Byzantium and Beyond

 

 

Saturday, 18 October 2014

Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, University of Vienna

08:30
Registration
08:50
Welcoming Remarks

09:00-10:00
Ulrike KOENEN, Münster University
Exotische Kunstwerke im Reisegepäck: Bestaunt, begehrt, normiert und nachgeahmtABSTRACT
Respondent: Claudia Rapp, Dep. of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, Univ. of Vienna

10:00-11:00
Martin VUCETIC, Wissenschaftscampus Mainz
The Basileus on the Move, Encounters of Byzantine Emperors with Foreign Rulers at Places other than Constantinople (7th-12th Centuries) ABSTRACT
Respondent: Ewald Kislinger, Dep. of Byz. and Modern Greek Studies, Univ. of Vienna

11:00-11:30
Break

11:30-12:30
Sebastian KOLDITZ, University Heidelberg
Emperors, Bishops and Diplomats: the Byzantine Presence in Italy at the Time of the Council of Ferrara-Florence. ABSTRACT
Respondent: Thomas Prügl, Department of Catholic Theology, Univ. of Vienna

12:30-14:00 
Lunch

14:00-15:00 
Alessandro TOSINI, Turin University
"Palace Architecture between Baghdad and Constantinople. The Reception of Foreigners and the Mobility of Ceremonial Models in Sources and Iconography (10th Century) ABSTRACT
Respondent: Ksenia I. Lobovikova, Dep. of History, Rudboud University Nijmegen

15:00-16:00
Falko DAIM, Wissenschaftscampus Mainz
Zu den Awaren und ihren Beziehungen: China und Byzanz
Respondent: Johannes Giessauf, Department of History, Graz University

16:00-16:30 
Break

16:30-17:30 
Alexander BEIHAMMER, University of Cyprus
Byzantium and the Seljuqs
Respondent: Johannes Preiser-Kapeller, Division of Byzantine Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences Studies

17:30-18:30 
Kristina LAVYSH, National Academy of Sciences, Minsk
"Western Rus in Contact with Byzantium and the Orient" ABSTRACT
Respondent: Heinz Miklas, Department of Slavonic Studies, University of Vienna

18:30-18:45
Concluding Discussion

19:00
Dinner