Author Archives: nordbyz

Nordic Tales, Byzantine Paths, and a visit to Gotland

Posted on November 15, 2022 by nordbyz

In 2019, when we all thought that the 24th International Congress of Byzantine Studies would take place in Istanbul in August 2021, the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul was approached by Buket Kitapçı Bayrı of the Tukish Committee for Byzantine … Continue reading →

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Bridge between Worlds

Posted on October 4, 2022 by nordbyz

The 24th International Congress of Byzantine Studies took place in Venice and Padua, 22–24 August 2022. The theme, “Byzantium – Bridge Between Worlds”, was originally coined by the Turkish Committee for the congress to be held in Istanbul in August … Continue reading →

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In Search of Constantinople in Istanbul – and Venice!

Posted on August 12, 2022 by nordbyz

Sergey Ivanov’s guidebook to the Byzantine monuments of Istanbul has already appeared in Russian, Bulgarian and Turkish. Thanks to a collaboration between the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul, the Turkish publisher Kitap Yayinevi, and The Byzantine Legacy, an English translation … Continue reading →

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Receptions of the Bible in Byzantium: Texts, Manuscripts, and their Readers – a new book in the Uppsala Series!

Posted on April 23, 2021 by nordbyz

Edited by Reinhart Ceulemans and Barbara Crostini Politics of Interpretation: with Gábor Buzási, Paul M. Blowers, Sysse Gudrun Engberg, Meredith L. D. Riedel Quotation: with Sébastien Morlet, Alexandru Ioniţă, Emmanuel van Elverdinghe, Panagiotis Ch. Athanasopoulos Rewritten Bible: with Francesca Promote … Continue reading →

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A forgotten study

Posted on April 23, 2021 by nordbyz

”It is generally agreed that the Byzantines first developed the dessert as a method of light entertainment”: https://youtu.be/XM8sGTGxnwg?t=166 (2:46)

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Ink, Bronze, and Blood of the Nation: Living in Medieval Serbia Today

Posted on March 11, 2021 by nordbyz

By Milan Vukašinović History, and a good deal of it medieval, has been making headlines in Serbia lately. The municipal government of Belgrade keeps allocating millions of euros for the project of piercing the foundations of the city’s medieval fortress … Continue reading →

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Chora and Hagia Sophia, post-reconversion: first impressions

Posted on October 14, 2020 by nordbyz

Last weekend two of the NBN members decided to have a closer look at the current state of the Chora church and Hagia Sophia efter the turbulence of the last two months. In Chora/Kariye Camii, a minbar has been added … Continue reading →

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Spatial Paths to Holiness: New Dissertation at Uppsala University!

Posted on September 4, 2020 by nordbyz

Myrto Veikou has handed in her doctoral dissertation for the traditional “spikning” at Uppsala University: “Spatial paths to holiness: Literary ‘lived spaces’ in eleventh-century Byzantine saints’ lives”. The dissertation will be defended on September 26 with Stephanos Efthymiadis as faculty … Continue reading →

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The Perpetual Conquest

Posted on July 24, 2020 by nordbyz

As turquoise carpets begin to cover up the ancient marble floors of the Hagia Sophia in preparation for the first Muslim Friday prayers to be held there since 1935; as various rumors about the future of its Byzantine mosaics make … Continue reading →

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I väntan på bättre tider

Posted on May 10, 2020 by nordbyz

Det är tunnsått med glädjande nyheter den här våren och osäkerheten är stor om hur vi ska förhålla oss till den globala situation som har uppstått. Så vi gör ett litet inpass från programmet Zvampen 1984, med dagarnas egen jubilar … Continue reading →

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