Much as it still is today, this seasonal turn was celebrated with festivals that set aside the toil of spring in favor of games and leisure. It’s May again, the month that marked the traditional beginning of summer in the Middle Ages. The conference schedule, location details, and live stream registration link will be posted in September.Įnd of the Year Reflections on Mirrors, Fountains, and Love The conference will be hosted in person as well as live-streamed. Margarita Vulgaropoulou (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)Īntony Eastmond (Courtauld Institute of Art) Tolga Uyar (Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University) Jelena Bogdanović (Vanderbilt University)Ĭhristian Raffensperger (Wittenberg University) Rarely is the visual production of these areas allowed to speak for itself.Īnthi Andronikou (University of St Andrews) The material culture produced in the regions “east” of Western Europe-such as modern-day Ukraine, Serbia or Romania, to mention only a few-has for a long time been considered of “lesser” value or importance compared to France or Italy the Caucasus is often considered only in relation to Byzantium and art produced in Armenia, Georgia and Anatolia has often been discussed in terms of a center/periphery dichotomy. These territories are often neglected in medieval and early modern scholarship as regions that are merely “East” of somewhere more important. The conference will focus on the regions of medieval Syria, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe. Building on or dismantling such historical divisions as Western/Eastern Roman Empire, Latin/Orthodox, or simply East/West, speakers will explore what “East” and “East Christian” mean, how the boundaries of these concepts changed over time, and where exactly are the edges of the geographic, political, and religious “East.” This conference will offer a new understanding of the eastern Christian world by examining its cultural production in its own right and demonstrating that its rich, complex, and significant artistic production was not at the periphery of somewhere else, but rather at the center of an interconnected world. This conference asks how the concept of “the East” has shaped perceptions of Eastern Christianity generally and Eastern Christian Art more specifically, in Euro-American scholarship as well as in the popular view. Please save the date for the next Index of Medieval Art conference, “Whose East? Defining, Challenging, and Exploring Eastern Christian Art” on November 11, 2023. Personification of Sunrise, State Historical Museum, Moscow, Chludov Psalter, gr.
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