Institute for Medieval Studies
IMC 2022 Session
Session | 1113 |
Title | Byzantine Borders, II: The Problem with Borders |
Date/Time | Wednesday 6 July 2022: 11.15-12.45 |
Sponsor | Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman & Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham |
Organiser | Leslie Brubaker, Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman & Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham |
Moderator/Chair | Luca Zavagno, Department of History, Bilkent University, Ankara |
Paper 1113-a | The Problem with Borders (Language: English) Chris Wickham, Faculty of History, University of Oxford / Department of History, University of Birmingham Index Terms: Byzantine Studies; Economics - Trade; Social History |
Paper 1113-b | Ecclesiastical Buildings of Naples under Byzantine Rule, c. 660-1000 (Language: English) Nila Namsechi, Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman & Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham Index Terms: Architecture - Religious; Byzantine Studies; Monasticism |
Paper 1113-c | Bodies of Evidence: Byzantinists and the Use of Human Remains (Language: English) Laura M. Clark, Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman & Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham Index Terms: Archaeology - General; Byzantine Studies |
Abstract | In the second of four sessions on Byzantine borders, speakers address the methodological and theoretical problem of borders in the pre-modern world, then turn to the specific case of (what is now) Italy under Byzantine rule, with particular attention the ideological baggage that the label 'Italo-Byzantine' assumes. |