Tag Archives: reception

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 →

Posted in events, publications | Tagged art, coins, Gotland, middle-byzantine era, reception, storytelling, Vikings | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Arabic, Armenian, Bible, exegesis, Gennadios Scholarios, George of Pisidia, Greek, hymnography, John Chrysostomos, John Droungarios, Julian the Apostate, Leo V, manuscript, Metaphrasis Psalmorum, Nicetas Chartophylax, Photios, prophets, psalms, reception, Saint Basil the Younger, Simonov Psalter | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Aleksandar Karađorđević, Aleksandar Obrenović, Balkan, Belgrade, Kosovo, Mount Athos, Prince Lazar, reception, Sáva Chilandarets, Serbia, Stefan Dusan, Stefan Nemanja, Twelfth century | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Constantinople, graffiti, Greece, Hagia Sophia, hooligans, Islam, Istanbul, mosque, Orthodoxy, politics, reception, sport, Trikala, Turkey | 4 Comments

Ny serie om vikingaflicka i Miklagård

Posted on September 14, 2016 by nordbyz

Läsare av Dagens ETC har sedan i somras kunnat följa den äventyrliga vikingaflickan Siris resa till Miklagård i form av Patric Nyströms och Per Demervalls nya seriealbum Siri och vikingarna, utgivet av Rabén & Sjögren (2016). I följetongsformatet publiceras en … Continue reading →

Posted in events, publications | Tagged comics, Constantinople, Hippodrome, Miklagård, reception, Vikings | Leave a comment

Kurs vid Newmaninstitutet i Uppsala

Posted on May 28, 2016 by nordbyz

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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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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Motsägelsefull historiesyn

Posted on April 2, 2015 by nordbyz

I anslutning till den nya filmen om Konstantin den store och Katarina av Alexandria (se förra inlägget) drar sig NBN till minnes den kolumn i Sveriges största dagstidning hösten 2011 där den bysantinska kristendomen utpekades som roten till allt ont. Enligt kolumnisten … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ancient world, Christianity, Constantine the Great, Nicaea, reception | Leave a comment

Cinema: Decline of an Empire (2014)

Posted on February 25, 2015 by nordbyz

Finding a film about ancient Rome is never hard. Finding a film about anything Byzantine is quite the opposite. Consequently, when one does unearth a film about something byzantine with it feels necessary to watch it. On principle alone if … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alexandria, Christianity, Constantine the Great, film, reception, Roman, Rome, Saints, St. Catherine | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in events | Tagged archaeology, art, Balkan, Bursa, Christianity, Constantinople, economic history, Islam, Istanbul, literature, Mediterranean, Nicaea, Ottoman, reception, relics, renaissance, Troy | Leave a comment