4th Annual Late Antique and Byzantine Studies Graduate Workshop
The IV. Graduate Workshop on Late Antique and Byzantine Studies is co-organized by doctoral candidates from the University of Vienna and Central European University. It gives graduate students from both institutions an opportunity to present their research and get feedback from an informal and receptive audience.
When
February 28, 2025 | 09:00 - 18:30
Where
Central European University, Quellenstrasse 51, 1100, Vienna | D001
Programm
09:00-10:00 Registration and Welcome
10:00-11:30 Session One
The Romans' “Other” Eye: Political History Unraveled according to the Persian Sacred History | Arash Khorashadi
The Notion of the Free Will in Late Antique Christian Literature and its Philosophical Background | Dachi Pachulia
East Influencing West: Byzantine Influences on Cultural, Religious and Political Aspects of Flemish Society from First until the Fourth Crusades | Marieke Verbiest
Chair: Olga Vlachou
11:30-11:45 Coffee Break
11:45-13:15 Session Two
The Repit Temple in Athribis: Archaeological Insights into the Destruction of Reliefs in Late Antiquity | Estera Golian
Architectural and Historical Investigations into the Dating of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Berat Castle | Andrea Pambuku
“Birds that Are Gentle Fly in Flocks:” Emotions, Presence and Nature Representation in Cassiodorus’s Variae | Anastasiia Morozova
Chair: Ada Kök
13:15-14:00 Lunch Break
14:15-15:45 Session Three
Between Roman Traditions and Christian Innovations - The Transformation of the Imperial Image in the Late Roman and Early Byzantine Empire (306-711 CE) | Johann Hillen
The Titles of the Roman Imperial Elite in Early Late Antiquity. Epigraphic and Papyrological Perspectives | Felix Michler
North Italian Ecclesiastical Schism and Pelagius I during the Three Chapters Controversy (556–561 CE) | Ada Kök
Chair: Liudmila Eramova
15:45-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17:30 Session Four
The Origins and Prerequisites for the Cult of the Three Byzantine Hierarchs Gregory the Theologian, Basil the Great, and John Chrysostom (9th–11th Centuries) | Liudmila Eramova
Social Networks and Prosopography of 12th-Century Byzantium | Olga Vlachou
Shining in the West: Georgian Royal Brides as Diplomats in Byzantium in the 11th and 13th Centuries | Kassandra Cox
Chair: Marieke Verbiest
17:30 Closing Remarks and Roundtable
Followed by a wine reception
Contact
The conference is generously funded by the Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies @CEU, the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies @univienna, and the Doctoral School of Historical and Cultural Studies.
