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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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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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New project at Uppsala University!

Posted on January 12, 2020 by nordbyz

As most of our readers have probably already heard, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond has generously decided to support Ingela Nilssons’ project Retracing Connections: Byzantine Storyworlds in Greek, Arabic, Georgian, and Old Slavonic (c. 950 – c. 1100)! The project is administrated by Uppsala … Continue reading →

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Gästforskarvistelser vid de svenska Medelhavsinstituten

Posted on July 5, 2019 by nordbyz

I höst utlyser Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) medel till kostnader för vetenskapligt arbete vid de svenska Medelhavsinstituten i Aten, Istanbul och Rom. Forskare kan söka medel för att bedriva vetenskapligt arbete inom områdena humaniora, samhällsvetenskap, juridik och religionsvetenskap. Med vetenskapligt arbete … Continue reading →

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Monumenta Musicae Byzantinae i Köpenhamn hotas av nedläggning – en petition finns nu för påskrift!

Posted on May 17, 2019 by nordbyz

Christian Troelsgård blev den 8 maj 2019 varslad om uppsägning vid Köpenhamns universitet på grund av besparingar. Troelsgård är sedan 26 år anställd som lektor vid Saxo-Institutet med särskilt ansvar för bysantinsk musikvetenskap. Han är en de få auktoriteterna på … Continue reading →

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Støtt det norske institutt i Athen!

Posted on September 1, 2018 by nordbyz

I 30 år har Det norske institutt i Athen spilt en viktig rolle for norsk arkeologi, for studier av antikken og for kunnskap om det østlige middelhavsområdet. Instituttet har vært en døråpner for norske forskere og studenter og en godt … Continue reading →

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