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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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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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Bysans i Belgrad

Posted on September 3, 2016 by nordbyz

Den 22-27 augusti samlades världens bysantinologer i Belgrad för att under AIEB:s egid delta i den 23:e internationella kongressen för bysantinska studier. Temat för 2016 års kongress var ”Byzantium – a world of changes”, och i viss mån kan man … Continue reading →

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Ideologies and Identities in the Medieval Byzantine World (Vienna, April 16-17, 2015)

Posted on April 19, 2015 by nordbyz

As part of a project financed by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) investigating the ideology of the lower strata in the Byzantine Empire, a two-day workshop devoted to the same and overlapping topics brought together scholars from Austria, France, Britain, … 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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Inte bara Sverige

Posted on October 30, 2014 by nordbyz

Danmarks utbildnings- och forskningsminister har nyligen uttryckt sin avsikt att stänga ned – bland annat! – utbildningarna i grekiska, ryska, persiska, turkiska och hebreiska med motiveringen att dessa humanistiska ämnen bara frambringar arbetslösa. Argumentationen känns igen och är kanske allraminst obekant i Danmark, … Continue reading →

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Där världar möts

Posted on October 23, 2014 by nordbyz

Att de danska och finska instituten tvingats stänga sina omsorgsfullt och mödosamt uppbyggda forskningsanläggningar i Damaskus kan förefalla som en ytterst beklaglig men i sammanhanget mera marginell konsekvens av den tragedi som för närvarande utspelar sig i Syrien och hela Mellanöstern. Desto mera anmärkningsvärt är … Continue reading →

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