Byzantium at Ankara: New seminar series

 

Byzantium at Ankara

New seminar series

Byzantium at Ankara continues its journey through the new Fall 2020/2021 Seminar Series, which will take place online. The series started on Thursday 15 October 2020 (h. 18:00 -Istanbul Time) with a talk by Dr Philipp Niewöhner (Georg August Universität Göttingen) entitled "The grave of Saint Nicholas." The full roster of speakers (including Prof. Judith Herrin, Dr Ioanna Christoforaki and Dr Tolga B. Uyar among the others) can be found at www.byzantiumatankara.net For registration and more information please write to byzantiumatankara@hotmail.com The Byzantine Seminar Series "Byzantium at Ankara" is an event organized and hosted in collaboration by the Department of History at Bilkent University and the Department of History of Art at Hacettepe University which has been held since the 2019/2020 Academic Year as organized by Assoc. Prof. Dr Sercan Yandim Aydin and Asst. Prof. Dr Luca Zavagno (Bilkent University). It is now entering its second year of activity with a Global Byzantium Summer Seminar Series in collaboration with scholars from both Europe and the US. The object of the series of talks is to implement the interest and knowledge of the history and culture of the Byzantine Empire by bringing together local and visiting scholars in order to cover different aspects of the history, archaeology, and art history of the Byzantine Empire. Further, it aims to sensitize and stimulate young scholars, graduate students and academicians to help generate awareness about innovative interdisciplinary approaches to Byzantine studies.

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