Tag Archives: Islam

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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Byzantium, alt-right and hooliganism

Posted on May 8, 2017 by nordbyz

As our readers will know, the Nordic Byzantine Network is not only preoccupied with the study of Byzantium as such, but also with the metahistory of its past and contemporary use. Such was, for instance, the topic of a two-day … Continue reading →

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Christmas reading – new book by network member!

Posted on December 14, 2015 by nordbyz

If you haven’t decided what to read over the holidays, the Nordic network can warmly recommend a new book. Olof Heilo has written a highly interesting and important monograph on Byzantium as a key to understanding the rise of islam, Eastern … Continue reading →

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Things that are not mosques: neo-Byzantine cathedrals

Posted on December 2, 2014 by nordbyz

A few days ago, the picture of a ballot box in front of Westminster cathedral – the metropolitan Catholic cathedral of London – evoked some sneering twitter remarks about “mosques” from a member of the nationalist British UKIP or UK independence party. The jeering response from social media … Continue reading →

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At the Crossroad

Posted on November 11, 2014 by nordbyz

A few hours before the SRII seminar “The Straits: Inquiries into a Crossroad” was set to begin, the three NBN members responsible for its planning and execution sat down at a café on Tünel square and pondered the outcome. Would … Continue reading →

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Byzantium and the Arab World: a two-day seminar in Uppsala (September 18-19, 2014)

Posted on September 26, 2014 by nordbyz

The increasing interest in the formative role of the Byzantine Empire to Christian Europe can perhaps only be matched by the booming market of studies on the rise of Islam. Since the two historical topics are intertwined for a period of some two … Continue reading →

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