Past events
16 December 2021, 17:00-18:30 CEST, MoByz Virtual lecture by Anestis Karasaridis (Masaryk University, Brno) on “Did Pandemics foster the Rise of Christianity? A comparative Modelling of the Antonine and Cyprianic Plagues in Rome and Achaea” Invitation-Poster
18-21 November 2021 Concluding Conference of “Moving Byzantium: Mobility, Microstructures, and Personal Agency” Project (Originally Planned 18-20 November 2020 but cancelled due to Corona Virus). The hybrid Conference has a twofold structure:
1. "Mobility in Focus: Byzantium". A Celebration at the Conclusion of the Moving Byzantium Project with a lecture by Prof. Mischa Meier, 18 November 2021, Sky Lounge, Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 (Programme, Registration for the online participants, Poster and Invitation) and
2. An International Conference of the Wittgenstein-Award Project, Friday 19-Sunday 21 November, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Hollandstrasse 11-13, 1st floor (Programme, Registration for the online participants, Poster and Final Programme)
10–11 September 2021, Graduate and Early Career Workshop: Armenia & Byzantium without Borders III – (Originally Planned 8-10 May 2020 but cancelled due to Corona Virus Further information & Call for papers (deadline 31st of October 2019), Programme, Abstracts
5-9 July 2021 "Moving Byzantium IV" - Sessions at the International Medieval Congress in Leeds - Download the Programme 2021 / Download the Abstracts 2021 (Originally Planned 6-9 July 2020 but cancelled due to Corona Virus Programme 2020 / Abstracts 2020)
27–28 May 2021, Virtual International Workshop “Bridging the Gap: The Prosopography of a Fragmented World (13th cent. CE)”
Poster / Programme / Abstracts / Recording
17 May 2021, 17:00-18:30 CEST, MoByz Virtual Lecture by Dr. Lilia Campana (Institute of Nautical Archaeology, Texas A&M University) on “Byzantine Ship Design and Its Legacy in the West: Transmission and Application of Shipbuilding Knowledge in Venice and Beyond” Invitation-Poster
27 October 2020, 13:00-14:00, MoByz Virtual Lecture by Dr. Péter Bara (Research Centre for the Humanities, Budapest) on “The Portrayal of Leo of Chalcedon in the Alexiad: Its Accuracy and Motivation” Invitation-Poster
19 October 2020, 13:00-14:30 MoByz Virtual Lecture by Prof. Karin Krause (The University of Chicago, Divinity School) on “Divine Craftsmanship: The Mandylion Legend as an Allegory of the Nature of Christ” Invitation-Poster
22 June 2020, 13:00-14:00 MoByz Virtual Lecture by Dr. Yannis Stouraitis (University of Edinburgh) on "Authorial agencies, ideology and historicity in the story of the 42 Martyrs of Amorion" Invitation - Poster
! CANCELLED ! 6-9 July 2020 "Moving Byzantium IV" - Sessions at the International Medieval Congress in Leeds Programme 2020 / Abstracts 2020)
! CANCELLED ! 8–10 May 2020, Graduate and Early Career Workshop: Armenia & Byzantium without Borders III – Further information & Call for papers (deadline 31st of October 2019)
! CANCELLED ! 30 April 2020, 12:00-13:00, MoByz Lecture by Prof. Paul Magdalino (Emeritus Professor of Byzantine History, University of St. Andrews) – “Constantinople and the Pontus before the First World War: The Continuation of a Byzantine Relationship?”
! CANCELLED ! 19–21 March 2020, International Workshop “Bridging the Gap: The Prosopography of a Fragmented World (13th cent. CE)” Poster / Programme / Abstracts
! CANCELLED ! 11 March 2020, 15:00 Lecture co-organized with the Complexity Science Hub Vienna (Research Group “Social Complexity and Collapse”): Prof. Ronnie Ellenblum (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) on “Resilience” or “Fragility”? Reconsidering Climate and Historical Civilizations Invitation English / Invitation German / Link to the OEAW calendar
6 March 2020 Mobilität und Migration: Vienna Tübingen II –Collaboration of the Moving Byzantium Project (University of Vienna /Austrian Academy of Sciences) with the DFG Research Group 2496 "Migration and Mobility in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages" (University of Tübingen) – Group discussion on common research interests and publications: A Sourcebook on Byzantine Mobility
8 January 2020, 16:00-17:30, MoByz Forum XX by Prof. Francesca Dell’Acqua (University of Salerno) on “Transfiguration or Second Coming? Christ as the ‘Redeeming Light’ in the Age of the Image Controversy” – Invitation
12 December 2019, 12:00-13:00, MoByz Lecture by Dr. Nicholas J. B. Evans (Clare College and Faculty of History, University of Cambridge) “Byzantine Shadow Economies: A Case Study from the Caucasus” – Invitation
9 December 2019, 12:00-13:00, MoByz Lecture by Prof. Paul Magdalino (Emeritus Professor of Byzantine History, University of St. Andrews) “The Houses of the Aristocracy in Palaiologan Constantinople” – Invitation
18 November 2019, 13:30-14:30, MoByz Lecture by Prof. Karin Krause (The University of Chicago, Divinity School) “Venetian Reinterpretations of a Relic: The Blood of Christ and the Icon of Berytus” – Invitation
22 November 2019, 12:00-13:00, MoByz Lecture by Prof. Filippo Ronconi (EHESS, CéSor, IIPS) “Shedding Some Light on the Latin Translations of the Hagiographic Dossier of Sts Cyrus and John: Between Bonifatius Consiliarius and Anastasius Bibliothecarius” – Invitation
7 October 2019, 17:00-18:30, MoByz Book Club Meeting IV under the moderation of Dr. Ekaterini Mitsiou – Invitation
30 Sept. - 1. Oct. 2019 Mobilität und Migration: Ein Workshop – Vienna Tübingen I Collaboration of the Moving Byzantium Project (University of Vienna /Austrian Academy of Sciences) with the DFG Research Group 2496 "Migration and Mobility in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages" (University of Tübingen) – Programme
15 July 2019, 17:00-18:30, MoByz Book Club Meeting III under the moderation of Dr. Matthew Kinloch – Invitation
1-4 July 2019 "Moving Byzantium III" - Sessions at the International Medieval Congress in Leeds Programme / Abstracts
6-8 June 2019, Workshop co-organized with the Institute of Iranian Studies (OeAW) on “Urban Agencies: Personal and Collective Agency in Anatolian and Caucasian Cities (13th-14th Centuries)” - Programme - Announcement For further information, click here
3 June 2019, 17:00-18:30, MoByz Book Club Meeting II under the moderation of Dr. Emilio Bonfiglio – Invitation
20 May 2019, MoByz Book Club Meeting I under the moderation of Dr. Johannes Preiser-Kapeller – Invitation
6 May 2019 Forum Moving Byzantium XIX on “Defining Factions and Networks of the Laurentian Schism: Ostrogothic Italy 498-514” by Daniel Knox (CEU) – Invitation
4 February 2019 Forum Moving Byzantium XVIII on “The Virgin ‘wider than Heaven’. From Pseudo-Dionysius to the Theological Controversies which opposed Byzantium to Rome between the seventh–ninth centuries” by Ass. Prof. Francesca Dell'Acqua Boyvadaoğlu (University of Salerno) - Invitation
21 January 2019 Forum Moving Byzantium XVII on “The Troubles with Likeness: Divine Responses to Man-Made Icons” by Prof. Karin Krause (The University of Chicago) - Invitation
16 December 2018, Scholarly Conversation with Prof. Paul Magdalino (University of St Andrews) on “The Urban Environment and Development of Byzantine Constantinople” - Invitation
18 December 2018, Forum Moving Byzantium XVI on “Byzantine Studies and Environmental History: How to Develop a Meaningful Exchange between the two Disciplines?” by Ass. Prof. Adam Izdebski (Jagiellonian University, Krakow – Poland & Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany) - Invitation / Poster
23 November 2018, Forum Moving Byzantium XV on “Moving Byzantine Historiography into Postmodernity: From Vanishing Ladies to Female Gendered Characters” by Dr. Matthew Kinloch (Austrian Academy of Sciences) Invitation/Poster
4 October 2018, Forum Moving Byzantium XIV on “Creating and Communicating a Worldview: Diagrammatic and Theoretical Accounts of the Cosmos in Palaiologan Byzantium” by Dr. Divna Manolova (University of Silesia in Katowice) - Invitation/Poster
2-5 July 2018 "Moving Byzantium II" - Sessions at the International Medieval Congress in Leeds Programme / Abstracts
12 June 2018, 11:30-13:00 Lecture on "The Houses of the Elite in the Byzantine Constantinople" by Prof. Paul Magdalino (University of St Andrews) Invitation/Poster
28 May 2018, 17:00-18:30 Forum Moving Byzantium XIII on "The Armenian Translation of the Greek Miracles of St Thecla in the Context of Armenian-Byzantine Contacts in the 11th Century" by Prof. Dr. Valentina Calzolari Bouvier (University of Geneva) - Invitation/Poster
7 May 2018, 18:00-19:00 Informal presentation on the topic "Identifying Greeks and Greekness: Migration, Acculturation, and Integration in Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Central Italy, 600-100 " by Prof. Edward Schoolman (University of Reno, Nevada) - Invitation/Poster
24 April 2018 (17:00) Open Lecture: “The Sinai Palimpsests: Recovering Ancient Texts and the Early History of the Monastery” by Father Justin Sinaites (Librarian, Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine, Sinai/Egypt) at the "BIG Lecture Hall" - University of Vienna, Universitätsring 1, 1010 Vienna - Poster/Invitation
In conjunction with:
25-27 April 2018 (9:00-18:00/18:30) International conference: “New Light on Old Manuscripts: Recent Advances in Palimpsest Studies” at the “ÖAW Sitzungssaal” - Austrian Academy of Sciences, Doktor-Ignaz-Seipel-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna, First Floor - Poster - Programme - Abstracts
20-22 April 2018 International Workshop: ‘Armenia & Byzantium Without Borders’ - Poster - Programme - Abstracts
09 April 2018 (17:00-18:30) Forum Moving Byzantium XII on Hostages in Byzantium by Prof. Em. Judith E. Herrin (Constantine Leventis Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's College London) - Invitation and Bibliography (English)
12 March 2018 (18:30-20:00): Lecture “Byzantium beyond Byzantium: What about Greek(s) in Eighth-Century Italy? The Case of the Hypapante” by Dr. Francesca Dell'Acqua Boyvadaoğlu (University of Salerno) Invitation/Poster
05 March 2018 (17:00-18:30): Forum Moving Byzantium IX – “The Division and Classification of the Byzantine Élite (11th and 12th centuries)” by Márton Rózsa (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest) - Invitation and Bibliography (English)
29 January 2018 (17:00-18:30): Forum Moving Byzantium XI – “Liturgy and the Formation of Identity” by Dr. Daniel Galadza (University of Vienna and Austrian Academy of Sciences) – Invitation and Bibliography (English)
5-7 Dec. 2017 International Conference in collaboration with the WissenschaftsCampus Mainz “Pilgrimage to Jerusalem: Christians, Jews and Muslims” - Programme
1 December 2017: Forum Moving Byzantium X – “Organized Lay Piety in Late Antiquity or: Rethinking the Beginnings of Communal Monasticism” by Prof. Dr. Claudia Rapp (University of Vienna / Austrian Academy of Sciences). Discussion moderator and respondent: Dr. Dionysios Stathakopoulos (King’s College London) - Invitation and Bibliography (English)
30 October 2017: Forum Moving Byzantium VIII – “Fasting on Wednesdays and Fridays” by Dr. Dirk Krausmüller (University of Vienna), Invitation and Bibliography (English)
28 September 2017: Forum Moving Byzantium VII – “Evolution of Large-Scale Societies” by Prof. Dr. Peter Turchin (University of Connecticut, USA) Invitation (English) / Invitation (German)
3-6 July 2017: “Moving Byzantium” at the International Medieval Congress in Leeds Programme / Abstracts / Participants
26-28 June 2017: Conference “Courts on the Move: Perspectives from the Global Middle Ages” Poster / Programme / Participants
12 June 2017: Lecture by Dr. Kostis Smyrlis (New York University) on “Manning the Byzantine Administration: The Families of Bureaucrats (11th-12th c.)” Invitation / Abstract
2 May 2017: Forum Moving Byzantium VI – From Cities to Countryside: "Byzantine Issues" in Medieval Armenian Literature (Moderator: Dr. Emilio Bonfiglio – Member of the Wittgenstein Project Team) Invitation and Bibliography (English) / Invitation-Poster (German)
21 March 2017: Forum Moving Byzantium V : Nomads and the State / Nomaden und Staat (Moderator: Dr. Nicholas J. B. Evans – Member of the Wittgenstein Project Team) Invitation and Bibliography (English) / Invitation-Poster (German)
20-21 January 2017: Vienna Dialogues Continued – Workshop-style conference on “Mobility and Migration in Byzantium: the Perspective of Material Culture” Programme / Abstracts / Participants / Flyer
9 January 2017: Forum Moving Byzantium IV: Mobility and Networks / Mobilität und Vernetzungen (Moderator: Dr. Johannes Preiser-Kapeller – Member of the Wittgenstein Project Team) Invitation and Bibliography (English) / Invitation-Poster (German)
2-3 December 2016: Conference on “Language Multiplicity in Byzantium: Words—Texts—Contexts” Programme / Participants / Flyer
17-19 November 2016: Conference on “Monastic Journeys from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages: Religious Aspirations, Political Goals and Economic Concerns” Poster / Programme / Abstracts
14 November 2016: Forum Moving Byzantium III: Microstructures in Byzantium: Groups and Group Formation / Mikrostrukturen in Byzanz: Gruppen und Gruppierung (Moderator: Prof. Dr. Claudia Rapp – Project Leader) Invitation and Bibliography (English) / Invitation-Poster (German)
24 October 2016: Forum Moving Byzantium II: Position of the Individual and Personal Agency / Positionierung und Handlungsspielräume des Individuums (Moderator: Dr. Ekaterini Mitsiou - Member of the Wittgenstein Project Team) Invitation and Bibliography (English) / Invitation-Poster (German)
17-18 June 2016: Vienna Dialogues Continued: Workshop-style conference on “Mobility and Migration: the Perspective of Written Culture (Sources and Concepts)” Programme and Abstracts / Programme (PDF)
6 June 2016: Forum Moving Byzantium I: Revolution in Byzanz / Revolution in Byzantium (Moderator: Dr. Yannis Stouraitis – Member of the Wittgenstein Project Team) Invitation and Bibliography / Poster
25 May 2016: Wittgenstein-Preis Projekt: Einführungsveranstaltung / Wittgenstein-Prize Project: Kick-off Event Programme
Events of Interest:
Vienna Dialogues Series (2011-2016): Vienna Dialogues Conversation and Cooperation: Mobility in Byzantium and Beyond (Workshop-Style Conferences)