22nd International Congress of Byzantine Studies

Organized by the Bulgarian Association of Byzantinists and Medievists, a collective member of the Association Internationale des Études Byzantines

SOFIA

Patron: President of the Republic of Bulgaria Georgi Parvanov

Adresses and Contacts Université de Sofia “Saint Clément d’Ohrid”

XXIIe Congrès International des études byzantines

15, Boulvd. Tsar Osvoboditel, BG-1504 Sofia, Bulgarie

Téléphone: (+ 359 2) 930 83 05

fax: (+359 2) 856 49 82

E-mail: byzcongress2011@yahoo.com

www.22byzantinecongress.org

The Organizing Committee of the 22nd International Congress of Byzantine Studies welcomes you to Sofia. You are cordially invited to contribute to the congress, which will be held in the main building (the Rectorate) of Sofia University. Founded in 1888, the University is situated in the historic center of our city, overlooking the Parliament, the St. Alexander Nevsky Patriarchal Cathedral, SS Cyril and Methodius National Library, the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Fine Arts, and the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.

Its central location places it within a short walking distance of all museums, galleries, theaters, and concert halls in the downtown area of the city. Public transportation makes the Sofia University Rectorate easily accessible for all those who will be arriving at Sofia Airport, Sofia Central Train Station, and Sofia Central Bus Station.

The main theme of the congress, Byzantium without borders, aims at exploring the role of this great empire in the medieval world and its undiminished contemporary significance. The Congress program invites the presentation of research in both traditional and novel areas. The working languages of the Congress are English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Greek, and Bulgarian.

Congress-related exhibitions and evening events will shed additional light on the intriguing world of Byzantium. Publishers and book-sellers from all over the world will be exhibiting at the Book Fair. Souvenirs bearing the logo of the Congress will be on sale in the Congress souvenir shop.

A concert whose program includes church music from Byzantium and the Orthodox Slavic world as well Bulgarian folklore pieces will be held at the beginning of the Congress.

http://22byzantinecongress.org/program/programme-scientifique/

SÉANCES PLÉNIÈRES

Première séance plénière (lundi, 22 août 2011)

Introduction : Entre deux congrès Sofia : 1934-2011. Les congrès internationaux des études byzantines face à la conjoncture historique : Vassilka T_pkova-Zaïmova, Maria Nystazopoulou-Pélékidou L’idée et la mémoire de Byzance – réception sans frontières

Byzantium as Seen by Itself – Images and Mechanisms at Work : Johannes Koder.

Byzantium Viewed by the Others : Maria Mavroudi

La réception de la littérature et de l’art byzantins dans le monde slave : Axinia D_urova, Vassia Velinova

Nostalgia and Post-Byzantine “Use” of Byzantium : How and Why we Remember Byzantium ?: Silvia Ronchey

Deuxième séance plénière (lundi, 22 août 2011) Les phénomènes du Mont Athos et du Mont Sinaï

Mount Athos and Political Thought in the Slavonic World : Bojana Krsmanovi_

The Writing Centre Mount Sinai Viewed from the Slavonic Tradition : Heinz Miklas

The Mount Athos Archival and Library Evidence :Andreas Müller, Kiril Pavlikjanov

Troisième séance plénière (mardi, 23 août 2011) Les villes et l’aménagement de l’espace

Constantinople in Serbian Medieval Sources : Radivoj Radi

Les villes et les Croisées : Antonio Carile

A New Archaeological Study of Hagia Sophia : Ken Dark, Jan Kostenec

Monumentality versus Economic Vitality: Was a Balance Struck in the Late Antique City : Marlia Mundell Mango

The Byzantine Town: Producers and Consumers : Archibald Dunn

La topographie sacrale et profane de la ville : Claudia Rapp, Arne Effenberger

Quatrième séance plénière (mercredi, 24 août 2011) Libertés et restrictions à Byzance

L’égalité comme principe de la justice sociale : I. P. Medvedev

The Idea of Liberty in Byzantium : Dimiter G. Angelov

State, Belief and Individual: a Byzantine Paradox : John Haldon

Dikai kai Dikaiosyne : Eleftheria Papagianni

Reisen und Verkehrswege in Byzanz : Ewald Kislinger

The Autocephalous Byzantine Church Province of Bulgaria/Ohrid. How independent were its archbishops?: Günter Prinzing

Cinquième séance plénière (jeudi, 25 août 2011) Mare Nostrum/ Mare Majus

Main Changes in the Black Sea Trade and Navigation, 12th-15th Centuries : Serguej P. Karpov

Venezia, Genova e il mar Nero-rivalità e commercio: Laura Balletto, Sandra Origone, Michel Balard

Du Danube à l’Euphrate : frontières, navigation, commerce : Nevra Ne_ipo_lu (?)

Da Bisanzio a Venezia, da Venezia a Bisanzio: circulazione di uomini, beni ed idee: Chryssa Maltézou

Ports, Trading Posts and Shipping in the Blach Sea Area : Dimitar Dimitrov

Le commerce au pourtour de la mer Noire : David Jacoby

Sixième séance plénière (vendredi, 26 août 2011) Le sacré : la théologie et l’art à Byzance

L’Enfer et le Royaume céleste dans leurs dimensions théologiques : Vassa Kontouma-Conticello

La représentation de l’espace et du temps dans la peinture byzantine : Tania Velmans

L’univers « visible » et « caché » des manuscrits : Guglielmo Cavallo

The Limits of Conservatism in the Figurative Arts: Anthony Cutler

Monumental Painting as a Historical Source. The Evidence of Church Inscriptions, Donor Portraits and Iconography (Projects and Perspectives) : Sophia Kalopissi-Verti

Septième séance plénière (samedi, 27 août 2011) L’avenir des études byzantines

The Perspectives of Byzantine Studies in the Face of the New Conditions of Scientific Work and Research: Taxiarchos Kolias Information Approach to Studying on the Byzantine Law: The lexes and texts: Yury Vin