Monthly Archives: May 2016

Kurs vid Newmaninstitutet i Uppsala

Newmaninstitutet i Uppsala ger kursen Ortodoxa ikoner i modern litteratur (7,5 hp) senare delen av höstterminen 2016 (7/11 2016 – 13/1 2017). Den går på halvdistans med undervisning i Uppsala två heldagar, 23/11 och 14/12. Den planeras också gå lokalt i Uppsala … Continue reading

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Judith Herrin receives the Heineken Prize

Once again, the field of Byzantine studies and affiliated disciplines have caught wider attention from a high-ranking scientific award. The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences has awarded the 2016  Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for History (a sum of USD 200,000) to … Continue reading

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Chronicles as Literature at the Crossroad of Past and Present

In the last days of April, Munich was the venue for a conference devoted to Byzantine historiography, and more specifically to ways of writing it and ways of reading it. The city of Karl Krumbacher, whose portrait the participants had the opportunity to … Continue reading

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