News & Updates
The Byzantinist Society of Cyprus now Online!
The society was founded in March 2013 with the aim to support and promote the research, teaching and dissemination of knowledge related to byzantine culture in all fields of Byzantine and Medieval Studies within Cyprus and abroad.
Visit their new website at: http://www.byzantinistsociety.org.cy/
Visit their new website at: http://www.byzantinistsociety.org.cy/
Our first e-Newsletter in now ready!
Though it has taken us a bit more that we expected, we have finally prepared our first eNewsletter, which you can download as a .pdf by clicking HERE.
Issue 1 provides information on upcoming events (conferences, lectures, exhibitions, etc.), calls for papers and contributions, info on the Byzantine programme here at the University of Cyprus as well as updates on our graduate members.
Feel free to give us your comments and suggestions by using the Contact Us tab.
Issue 1 provides information on upcoming events (conferences, lectures, exhibitions, etc.), calls for papers and contributions, info on the Byzantine programme here at the University of Cyprus as well as updates on our graduate members.
Feel free to give us your comments and suggestions by using the Contact Us tab.
Two SNBMS members’ participation at the IMC 2013!
Tuesday 2 July 2013: 09.00-10.30
Session 516: Purity and Pleasure: The Lives of Byzantine Clerics and Saints
Andria Andreou, “Suffering for Salvation: The Saint as a Scapegoat”
Thursday 4 July 2013: 09.00-10.30
Session 1512: A Dream Come True?: Landscapes of the Imagination
Efthymia Priki, “Pleasure, Terror, and Spatial Aesthetics in Erotic Dream Narratives”
Session 516: Purity and Pleasure: The Lives of Byzantine Clerics and Saints
Andria Andreou, “Suffering for Salvation: The Saint as a Scapegoat”
Thursday 4 July 2013: 09.00-10.30
Session 1512: A Dream Come True?: Landscapes of the Imagination
Efthymia Priki, “Pleasure, Terror, and Spatial Aesthetics in Erotic Dream Narratives”
November 2012
SNBMS has formed an affiliation with Porphyra, the first online italian journal dedicated exclusively in Byzantine Studies. More on this collaboration and the opportunities it creates will be posted soon on our website. You can visit Porphyra's website at: http://www.porphyra.it/
SNBMS has formed an affiliation with Porphyra, the first online italian journal dedicated exclusively in Byzantine Studies. More on this collaboration and the opportunities it creates will be posted soon on our website. You can visit Porphyra's website at: http://www.porphyra.it/
Upcoming Events
Εργαστήρι Βυζαντινών Σπουδών / Colloquium Studiorum Byzantinorum (UCY) Spring Term 2015
21 Ιανουαρίου / January
Panagiotis Agapitos, Stavroula Constantinou and Efthymia Priki (University of Cyprus)
Byzantine Vernacular Erotics: A Mini Symposium
NB: This event is co-sponsored by the Byzantinist Society of Cyprus.
For further details, see http://www.byzantinistsociety.org.cy/activities/BEK_21-1-15.pdf
4 Φεβρουαρίου / February
Παναγιώτης Αγαπητός (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου)
Τοπική ιστορία και μυθοπλασία του εγκλήματος: η βυζαντινή Θεσσαλονίκη τον 9ο αιώνα
18 Φεβρουαρίου / February
Στυλιανός Περδίκης (Μουσείο Ιεράς Μονής Κύκκου)
Οι θησαυροί της Λάμπουσας
4 Μαρτίου / March
Χριστόδουλος Χατζηχριστοδούλου (Ιστορικό Αρχείο Τράπεζας Κύπρου)
Φέρτε μου το ματσούκιν μου που 'ν' άης Μάμας πάνω. Ένας ακρίτας άγιος στην Κύπρο
18 Μαρτίου / March
Linda Safran (Pontifical Institute for Medieval Studies, Toronto / Israel Institute for Advanced Studies, Jerusalem)
Circular Reasoning? Concentric Patterns on Middle Byzantine Floors
22 Απριλίου / April
Mihail Mitrea (Central European University, Budapest)
Saints, Italians, and Ismaēlitai: Cultural and Religious Encounters in the Hagiographical OEuvre of Patriarch Philotheos Kokkinos (ca. 1300–1377/8)
29 Απριλίου / April
Paraskevi Sykopetritou (University of Cyprus)
Imperial ceremonies and political ideology in the Late Byzantine Palaiologan Court (1261-1354)
Panagiotis Agapitos, Stavroula Constantinou and Efthymia Priki (University of Cyprus)
Byzantine Vernacular Erotics: A Mini Symposium
NB: This event is co-sponsored by the Byzantinist Society of Cyprus.
For further details, see http://www.byzantinistsociety.org.cy/activities/BEK_21-1-15.pdf
4 Φεβρουαρίου / February
Παναγιώτης Αγαπητός (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου)
Τοπική ιστορία και μυθοπλασία του εγκλήματος: η βυζαντινή Θεσσαλονίκη τον 9ο αιώνα
18 Φεβρουαρίου / February
Στυλιανός Περδίκης (Μουσείο Ιεράς Μονής Κύκκου)
Οι θησαυροί της Λάμπουσας
4 Μαρτίου / March
Χριστόδουλος Χατζηχριστοδούλου (Ιστορικό Αρχείο Τράπεζας Κύπρου)
Φέρτε μου το ματσούκιν μου που 'ν' άης Μάμας πάνω. Ένας ακρίτας άγιος στην Κύπρο
18 Μαρτίου / March
Linda Safran (Pontifical Institute for Medieval Studies, Toronto / Israel Institute for Advanced Studies, Jerusalem)
Circular Reasoning? Concentric Patterns on Middle Byzantine Floors
22 Απριλίου / April
Mihail Mitrea (Central European University, Budapest)
Saints, Italians, and Ismaēlitai: Cultural and Religious Encounters in the Hagiographical OEuvre of Patriarch Philotheos Kokkinos (ca. 1300–1377/8)
29 Απριλίου / April
Paraskevi Sykopetritou (University of Cyprus)
Imperial ceremonies and political ideology in the Late Byzantine Palaiologan Court (1261-1354)