Proceedings of the 21st International Congress of Byzantine Studies (London, Institute of Education, 21–26 August 2006)

Publisher's description:
The theme of the 2006 International Congress of Byzantine Studies was display. This is explored under eight headings which highlight different aspects of the theme and different disciplines within Byzantine Studies: Empire, Works and Days, Infrastructures, Words, Texts, Orthodoxy, Byzantium as Display, and The Future of the Past. In the process many of the possible responses to Byzantium are examined, the most direct response being to ask whether there was a real Byzantium or only an imaginary modern construct. But the aim is to make this simple dichotomy more complex, and assess first what strategies the people of Byzantium used to express their thoughts, ideals, fears and beliefs, and then how these have been interpreted through various modern discourses.
The first volume presents the texts of the 28 plenary papers delivered at the Congress; the second and third contain the abstracts of the approximately 700 papers written for the 64 separate panels and the sessions of communications.

Contents:
Volume I:
VII Message from HRH The Prince of Wales
VIII Foreword
IX Editorial Note
X List of Abbreviations
XIII List of Illustrations
OPENING ADDRESS
1 Byzantine Studies on Display, Judith Herrin
I EMPIRE:
15 Byzantium's overlapping circles, Jonathan Shepard
57 The Display of Byzantium in Italy. Wie stellte sich Byzanz, seinen Untertanen in Italien, deren Nachbarn und den Eroberern dar?, Vera von Falkenhausen
79 The Empire Challenged: Tradition, Transformation and Adaptation in Late Byzantine Politics and Society, Nevra Necipoğlu
II WORKS AND DAYS:
83 Action in the trenches: A call for a more dynamic archaeology of early Byzantium, Marlia Mango
99 Les funérailles du ktitor – aspect archéologique, Marko Popovic
131 Paesaggio urbano e strutture economiche a Roma nell'alto medioevo: il contributo delle indagini archeologiche, Riccardo Santageli Valenzani
III INFRASTRUCTURES:
145 Introduction, Michael Jeffreys
147 Le corpus de la peinture monumentale Byzantine: bilan et perspectives, Panayotis L. Vocotopoulos
153 Epistularum Neograecarum Initia, Andreas Rhoby and Michael Grünbart
157 New Developments in Hagiography: The Rediscovery of Byzantine Hagiography, Stephanos Efthymiadis
173 Byzantinische Diplomatik: (Dead or Alive?), Alexander Beihammer
189 Lexicography, Sonja Schönauer
193 Syriac Sources and Resources for Byzantinists, Sebastian Brock
IV WORDS:
213 Displaying la littérature byzantine, Paolo Odorico
235 Written Display in the Late Antique and Byzantine City, Charlotte Roueché
255 Romanos the Melodist and the Christian self in early Byzantium, Derek Krueger
V TEXTS:
277 Roman antiquarianism: aspects of the Roman past in the middle Byzantine period (9th–11th cent.), Athanasios Markopoulos
299 Zum Edieren von Texten: über Zitate, Dieter Reinsch
VI ORTHODOXY:
313 Orthodoxy on sale: the last Byzantine and the lost Crusade, Silvia Ronchey
VII Byzantium as Display:
345 Libri in scena, Guglielmo Cavallo
365 L'image et la parole: à propos de la visualisation du dogme, Axinia Dzurova
379 The empress and the virgin on display in 6th-century art, Henry Maguire
Index.

Volume II:
Foreword
1 I EMPIRE:
3 I.1 Rival empires
9 I.2 Theories of empire
12 I.3 Occidentalism and Orientalism
18 I.4 Institutions of empire
22 I.5 Greek communities after 1204
27 I.6 Art of Empire
32 I.7 Evangelisation
36 I.8 Being Byzantine/Being not Byzantine
43 II WORKS AND DAYS:
45 II.1 Landscape, archaeology and society
50 II.2 Logistics and transport
57 II.3 Vessels
62 II.4 Burial
66 II.5 Secular space
73 II.6 Natural world
78 II.7 Economy
82 II.8 Medicine
87 III INFRASTRUCTURES:
89 III.1 Instrumenta Studiorum
89 III.2 Technology
91 III.3 From BZ to Byzantium@display
95 III.4 Teaching Byzantium with Computer and Internet
101 III.5 Sigillography
105 III.6 Numismatics
110 III.7 Prosopography
116 III.8 Science
119 IV WORDS:
121 IV.1 Words on the page
126 IV.2 Words inscribed
130 IV.3 Words in ritual
133 IV.4 Words of display
138 IV.5 Words for retrieval
139 IV.6 Treasured Words
143 IV.7 Words in publication – ‘Medieval letter collections, modern editions’
148 IV.8 Words historicised
153 V TEXTS:
155 V.1 Historiography and chronography
162 V.2 Writing ‘True Stories’
165 V.3 Emotions
169 V.4 Ceremony
172 V.5 Translation and interpretation
177 V.6 Documents as literature
180 V.7 Displaying knowledge
186 V.8 Fantasy
191 VI ORTHODOXY:
193 VI.1 Control of belief
198 VI.2 The autonomy of philosophy
203 VI.3 Theology, texts, orthodoxy
207 VI.4 Difference
210 VI.5 Sacred space
218 VI.6 Monastic mountains and deserts
225 VI.7 Cult sites and pilgrimage
229 VI.8 Art and Orthodoxy
233 VII BYZANTIUM AS DISPLAY:
235 VII.1 Orthodoxy on display
239 VII.2 In the palace
242 VII.3 In the city
250 VII.4 In the village
253 VII.5 On the move: portable objects
258 VII.7 A Abroad
263 VII.8 On the catwalk: dress and fashion
269 VIII THE FUTURE OF THE PAST:
271 VIII.1 Display through exhibitions
278 VIII.2 Managing the heritage
284 VIII.3 Collections
290 VIII.4 Fakes
295 VIII.5 Restoring monuments
296 VIII.6 Working monasteries on Mounts Sinai and Athos
297 VIII.7 Eastern Anatolia and the Caucacus
302 VIII.8 Egypt and the Levant
307 Index of speakers.

Volume III:
Foreword
I EMPIRE:
3 I.1 Rival Empires
19 I.2 Theories of Empire
29 I.4 Institutions of Empire
39 I.5 Greek Communities after 1204
41 I.6 Art of Empire
59 I.7 Evangelisation
65 I.8 Being Byzantine/Being not Byzantine
II WORKS AND DAYS:
75 II.1 Landscape, Archaeology and Society
81 II.2 Logistics and Transport
88 II.3 Vessels
96 II.4 Burial
98 II.5 Secular Space
103 II.6 Natural World
105 II.7 Economy
III INFRASTRUCTURES:
111 III.2 Technology
112 III.5 Sigillography
114 III.6 Numismatics
118 III.8 Science
IV WORDS:
123 IV.1 Words on the Page
135 IV.3 Words in Ritual
144 IV.4 Words of Display
V TEXTS:
157 V.1 Historiography and Chronography
171 V.2 Writing ‘True Stories’
182 V.3 Emotions
184 V.4 Ceremony
185 V.5 Translation and Interpretation
199 V.7 Displaying Knowledge
VI ORTHODOXY:
205 VI.1 Control of Belief
219 VI.2 The Autonomy of Philosophy
224 VI.3 Theology, Texts, Orthodoxy
241 VI.5 Sacred Space
257 VI.6 Monastic Mountains and Deserts
264 VI.7 Cult Sites and Pilgrimage
270 VI.8 Art and Orthodoxy
VII BYZANTIUM AS DISPLAY:
311 VII.1 Orthodoxy on Display
319 VII.5 On the Move: Portable Objects
323 VII.8 On the Catwalk: Dress and Fashion
VIII THE FUTURE OF THE PAST:
329 VIII.2 Managing the Heritage
337 VIII.6 Working Monasteries on Mounts Sinai and Athos
339 VIII.7 Eastern Anatolia and the Caucacus
351 HISTORY OF BYZANTINE STUDIES
359 POSTERS
379 Panels: Additional Abstracts (Supplement to Vol. II)
397 Index of Speakers.