Скачать или смотреть Inter-faith encounters in Late Byzantium: Conflict and dialogue in the Eastern Mediterranean Day One

The aim of our Colloquium is to explore case studies of unity in diversity or unity vs diversity in Late Byzantium, a period of dramatic decline of the Byzantine Empire and the parallel rise of the Ottoman Empire, in a vast territory inhabited by various Christian, Jewish and Muslim communities. It seeks to throw new light to the history and culture of the Eastern Mediterranean, the region of the Black Sea, the Balkansand Asia Minor at a time marked by tension and intolerance together with gradual assimilation and adaptation as well as by a high degree of flexibility and fusion of cultures. Such intermingling is evident in the social and intellectual world of the protagonists involved, in literature, art, architecture, and visual and material culture. Our speakers represent a variety of scholarly fields and methodological approaches, focusing on case studies of inter-faith encounters during the late Byzantine and the early Ottoman periods (13th-15th c.), covering aspects of inter-faith tension, conflict, tolerance and co-existence, re-addressing earlier debates and providing fresh perspectives on the mechanics of identity formation, boundary building, inter-religious and inter-cultural exchange, and community inclusion and exclusion, shedding light on the complexities of a colourful, yet harsh and violent world, inhabited by Christians, Jews and Muslims of different denominations.

Day 1

Welcome by Prof Katherine Harloe (ICS Director)
Opening remarks by Dr Charalambos Dendrinos, Director of the Hellenic Institute, RHUL
Chair: Dr Chrysovalantis Kyriacou
Prof. Rustam Shukurov (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
Jack Dooley (Royal Holloway, University of London)
Prof. Nicholas de Lange (University of Cambridge)
Closing remarks by Dr Paris Chronakis, Director, Centre for Greek Diaspora Studies, RHUL