This document provides the program for an international doctoral workshop on spiritual guidance in 9th century Byzantium focusing on the letters of Theodore the Studite to Eirene the Patrician. The workshop was held over two days with sessions on the historical context of 9th century Byzantium, letters as a genre, and readings and analysis of specific letters with translation and commentary. Participants included doctoral students and faculty from universities in Europe who specialize in Byzantine studies. The workshop aimed to explore the use of letters for spiritual guidance and network building during the Middle Byzantine period through close examination of Theodore's correspondence.
This document provides the program for an international doctoral workshop on spiritual guidance in 9th century Byzantium focusing on the letters of Theodore the Studite to Eirene the Patrician. The workshop was held over two days with sessions on the historical context of 9th century Byzantium, letters as a genre, and readings and analysis of specific letters with translation and commentary. Participants included doctoral students and faculty from universities in Europe who specialize in Byzantine studies. The workshop aimed to explore the use of letters for spiritual guidance and network building during the Middle Byzantine period through close examination of Theodore's correspondence.
This document provides the program for an international doctoral workshop on spiritual guidance in 9th century Byzantium focusing on the letters of Theodore the Studite to Eirene the Patrician. The workshop was held over two days with sessions on the historical context of 9th century Byzantium, letters as a genre, and readings and analysis of specific letters with translation and commentary. Participants included doctoral students and faculty from universities in Europe who specialize in Byzantine studies. The workshop aimed to explore the use of letters for spiritual guidance and network building during the Middle Byzantine period through close examination of Theodore's correspondence.
Convey a Letter to Your Brother - Correspondence and Network Building in the Middle Byzantine Period (Adashinskaya) The Letters of Jacob the Monk to Sebastokratorissa Eirene (Spingou)
16.30-17: Coffee Break
17-19: Session Six
Monks vs. State: Stoudios Monastery during the Late Eighth and Early Ninth-Century Byzantium (Stambolov)
Spiritual Guidance in Ninth-Century Byzantium.
The Letters of Theodore the Studite to Eirene the Patrician (Roundtable discussion)
Theodore the Studite. Biography & uvre (Mitrea)
Concluding Remarks (Gaul)
The Epistolary Collection of Thedore the Studite (Kraft)
16-16.30: Coffee Break 16.30-18.30: Session Two Letters 55 & 77 - Reading, Translation & Commentary Participants Adashinskaya, Anna (CEU, adashinskaya_anna@ceu-budapest.edu) Buzsi, Gbor (CEU, Instructor, Department of Medieval Studies, buzasig@ceu.hu) Gara, Katarzyna (Jagiellonian University, km.gara@gmail.com) Gaul, Niels (CEU, Associate Professor, Department of Medieval Studies, gauln@ceu.hu) Ivanievi, Dora (CEU, ivanisevic_dora@ceu-budapest.edu) Kraft, Andras (CEU, kraft_andras@ceu-budapest.edu) Manolova, Divna (CEU & Ko Universitys RCAC, manolova_divna@ceubudapest.edu) Menze, Volker (CEU, Associate Professor, Department of Medieval Studies; Director of CEMS, menzev@ceu.hu)
Minasidis, Dimitris (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
dminasid@hotmail.com) Mitrea, Mihail (CEU, mitrea_mihail@ceu-budapest.edu) Riehle, Alexander (University of Vienna, Faculty Member, Institut fr Byzantinistik and Neogrzistik, alexander.riehle@univie.ac.at) Spingou, Foteini (University of Oxford, foteini.spingou@keble.ox.ac.uk) Stambolov, Alexey (University of Sofia, a_stambolov@abv.bg) Sykopetritou, Paraskevi (University of Cyprus, s.sykopetritou@gmail.com) Zagklas, Nikolaos (University of Vienna, nikolaos.zagklas@gmail.com)
Sponsors
The Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies (CEMS), CEU
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