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Faculty of HumanitiesByzantine & Modern Hellenic StudiesUniversity of Haifa

Cultural Exchanges between Byzantium, East and Westin the Late Byzantine World (12th-16th centuries)

9.00 Gathering

9.15 -10.00 Opening LectureChair: Ruthy Gertwagen, University of HaifaJohn H. Pryor, University of Sydney A Medieval Maritime Revolution: Crusading by Sea, 1097-1204 and the Byzantine Empire

Coffee break

10.30 – 13.30 Session I. Political Power and DiplomacyChair: Jeannine Horowitz, University of HaifaEleni Tounta, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Ioannis Smarnakis, University of the Aegean Political Power and Violence in a Frontier Society: Byzantine and Norman Encounters in the Kingdom of Sicily (12th-13th centuries)Elisabeth Malamut, Université d’Aix-Marseille Les cadeaux diplomatiques entre Byzance et les souverains étrangers aux XIIIe-XVe siècles Polymnia Katsoni, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,Political Relations and Secret Interaction during the Ottoman State’s Formative PeriodCecily Hilsdale, McGill University, MontrealConstricted Visions of Imperium: The Image of John VIII Paleologos in Paris and Moscow

Shaping IdentitiesChristopher MacEvitt, Dartmouth College, New HampshireTrue Romans: Byzantine and Eastern Christians in the Wake of the First CrusadeShay Eshel, Hebrew University, JerusalemCompetitive Elect Nations: Byzantium and the Franks during the Crusades

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15.00 – 17.00 Session II. Chronicles and Historical LiteratureChair: Sophia Menache, University of HaifaElizabeth Jeffreys, Exeter College, Oxford UniversityA Constantinopolitan Poet Views Frankish AntiochKiriakos Papoulidis, Wroclaw UniversityProfane Literature as a Narrative Source of History in Late Byzantium: for a Typological Comparison between “Chronicles” and “Laments” (13th – 16th centuries)Angel Nicolaou-Konnari, University of CyprusLeontios Makhairas’ Greek Chronicle of the “Sweet Land of Cyprus”: Sources and Textual LinksDean Sakel, University of Bosphorus, IstanbulThe Ecthesis Chronica and Oral Historical Traditions in 16th century Constantinople

Coffee Break 17.30 – 19.00 Session III. Cultural Interchanges: Byzantium and VeniceChair: Benjamin Z. Kedar, Hebrew University Jerusalem,Vice President Israel Academy of Sciences and HumanitiesLuigi Andrea Berto, Western Michigan UniversityThe Venetian Way to be Part of the Byzantine Koiné during the High Middle AgesEnnio Concina, Ca’ Foscari University, VeniceVenice and Byzantium between Late Medieval and Early Renaissance: Artistic Relations as Mirror to Political RelationshipAnastasia Kanellopoulou, American School of Classical Studies, AthensVenice, the Sea and the Cult of St Nicholas

9.00 – 11.30 Session IV. Manuscripts and IconsChair: Elisheva Ravel – Neher, Hebrew University JerusalemAlexei Lidov, Institute for World Culture, The Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityThe Priesthood of the Theotokos in Late Byzantine ArtBarbara Schellewald, University of Basel Culture Transfer and the AlpsDionysios Mourelatos, University of AthensThe Relations between Islam and Byzantium. Evidence from Portable Painted Panels from the 12th to the 14th centuriesMati Meyer, The Open University, Ra’ananaOn Earthly Possessions and the Desire of the Flesh in the Sacra Parallela (BnF, gr. 923)Nino Kavtaria, National Center of Manuscripts, TbilisiGeorgian Book Art of the 12th-13th centuries: The Illustrations of Jruchi II Gospel (H-1667). Icono-graphic and Stylistic Aspects

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12.00 – 13.30 Session V. Intellectual Thought and Transmission of CultureChair: Yossi Ziegler, University of HaifaRenate Burri, Humboldt University, BerlinManuel Chrysoloras and Ptolemy’s Geography in the WestMichalis Mantzanas, Theological Academy of AthensThe Impact of Palama’s Philosophical Theology in the 14th century Byzantine LiteratureAthanassios Semoglou, Aristotle University of ThessalonikiThe Monastery of Chora in Constantinople: The Byzantine “Name of the Rose”

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15.00 – 17.00 Session VI. Ecclesiastical Art. Cultural Exchanges and SyncretismChair: Emma Maayan – Fanar, University of HaifaIoannis Vitaliotis, Academy of AthensChurch Wall-paintings in Albania (14th – 16th centuries): Between Byzantium and the WestSarah T. Brooks, James Madison University, VirginiaHagia Sophia in Trebizond: A Case Study in Cultural ExchangeNurit Kenaan – Kedar, Tel-Aviv UniversityEcclesiastical Pictorial Traditions in the Holy Land under 19th century Ottoman Rule: The Encounter between Byzantine, Western and Local ArtTalia Traister, Ministry of Education, JerusalemThe Patriarch and the Candle-lighter: The 19th century Iconostasis of the Church of St George in Lydda. A Local Commemoration of Patrons and Artists

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17.30 – 19.00 Session VII. Material CultureChair: Yoni Asher, University of HaifaIoanna Christoforaki, Academy of AthensCross-Cultural Encounters in Outremer: Lusignan Cyprus and the Holy LandGlenn Peers, University of Texas, Austin / American School of Classical Studies, AthensFinding Middle Ground in the Medieval Near EastNina Ergin, Tera Lee Hedrick, Koç University, IstanbulA Shared Culture of Heavenly Fragrance:A Comparison of Late Byzantine and Ottoman Incense Burners and Censing Practices in Religious Context

9.00 – 11.00 Session VIII. Literature and DramaChair: Robert Elbaz, University of HaifaWalter Puchner, University of AthensChristus patiens. The Cyprus Passion Cycle and Oxford Bodleian Gr. Barocci 216Adam J. Goldwyn, Uppsala UniversityAncient Greek Epic, Western Medieval Romance and the Creation of a Hybrid Genre in Byzantine Accounts of the Trojan WarPrzemyslaw Marciniak, University of SilesiaThe Byzantine Performative Culture between East and WestAngeliki Koumanoudi, Simona Rodan, University of HaifaSailing Back to Byzantium: Facets of Tyche in Byzantine Literary Sources

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11.30 – 13.00 Session IX. Commercial Routes and Economic TiesChair: Yaacov Lev, Bar-Ilan UniversityDavid Bramouillé, Université Paris I Panthéon-SorbonneFatimids and Byzantium : Beyond War and Diplo-macySmaragdi I. Arvaniti, University of AthensThe Role of Trade in the Movement of Goods, Ideas, People and Cultures in the Late and Post-Byzantine / Ottoman Period: The Development of Ceramic Production as Attested in Means of Technology and DecorationMarina Koumanoudi, Anastasia G. Yangaki, Institute for Byzantine Research, AthensFinancial Records as Insights into the Material Culture of Cythera during the Late Middle Ages

Closing Remarks

PostersGuentcho Banev, Foundation of the Hellenic World, Athens, Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World Project on Late Byzantine Mediterranean World

Anna Christidou, Central European University, Budapest, Late Medieval Albania: a Cauldron of Patrons and Cultures

Erga Shneurson, Tel-Aviv University,‘Parochet’ and Hierotopy in Georgian Architectural Ornamentation

Wednesday 16 MayLibrary Auditorium, Room 146, New Wing

Thursday 17 MayLibrary Auditorium, Room 146, New Wing

Friday 18 MaySenate Hall, Eshkol Building, 29th Floor

Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation

International Conference 16-18 May 2012