Friday 17 March 2023

11:30-12:00 Opening statement

12:00-13:00 Inaugural lecture
Birgit Meyer – Catching up: Byzantine reverberations in the material study of religion

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:30 Session 1: Objects in motion
Anne Lester – Beyond the Borders, Outside the Frame. Translating Presence from Byzantium to the West after 1204
Ivan Foletti – Beyond the Myth of Byzantium: Ritual Installations and Visual Concepts in Seventh-century Tsromi, Mren, and Talin

15:30-16:00 Tea and Coffee break

16:00-17:30 Session 2: Religion in 3D
Paroma Chatterjee – Statues and Sacred Icons in Constantinople: Movement, Naturalization, and Identity
David Frankfurter – Christian Figurines of Late Antiquity and Perceptions of Idolatry

19:00 Reception