Day 1 - The 54th Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies: Material Religion in Byzantium & Beyond
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
Date: 17 March 2023, 11:30 (Friday, 9th week, Hilary 2023)
Venue: Corpus Christi College, Merton Street OX1 4JF
Venue Details: Unless otherwise indicated, and via Zoom
Speaker: Various Speakers
Part of: The 54th Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies: Material Religion in Byzantium & Beyond
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.oxforduniversitystores.co.uk/conferences-and-events/history-faculty/events/material-religion-in-byzantium-and-beyond-spbs-54th-spring-symposium
Cost: Various
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Belinda Clark