Australian Association for Byzantine Studies XVIIITH Biennial Conference

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Byzantine Culture in Translation

Australian Association for Byzantine Studies XVIIITH Biennial
Conference,
28-30 November 2014, University of Queensland

Byzantine culture emanated from Constantinople throughout the Middle
Ages,
eastwards into Muslim lands and central Asia, north into Russian,
Germanic
and Scandinavian territories, south across the Mediterranean into Egypt
and
North Africa and westwards to Italy, Sicily and the other remnants of
the
western Roman Empire. Byzantine culture was translated, transported and
transmitted into all these areas through slow or sudden processes of
permeation, osmosis and interaction throughout the life of the Empire,
from
the fourth century to the fifteenth and far beyond. Various literary
aspects
of Byzantine culture that were literally translated from Greek into the
local and scholarly languages of the Medieval West and Muslim Middle
East
include dreambooks, novels, medical and scientifica texts and works of
Ancient Greek literature. Yet translation was a phenomenon that
stretched
far beyond texts, into the areas of clothing and fashion, the visual
arts
(especially icons) and architecture, military organisations, imperial
court
ceremonial, liturgical music and mechanical devices. This conference
celebrates all aspects of literary, spiritual or material culture that
were
transported across the breadth of the Empire and exported from it.
Papers
are welcome on all aspects of Byzantine culture that exerted some
influence
- whether lasting or fleeting - and were translated into
non-Greek-speaking
lands, from the early Byzantine period to the present day.

Confirmed speaker: Maria Mavroudi, University of California - Berkeley

Convenor: Dr Amelia Brown, The School of History, Philosophy, Religion
and
Classics, University of Queensland

Papers of 20 minutes are now sought on any of the topics mentioned
above.
Please send a title and abstract of 200 words along with your own email
address, affiliation and title to the convenor at
conference@aabs.com.au.

Closing date for submissions: 31 August.

Bursaries:

Two bursaries of $500 each will be offered to postgraduate students or
postdoctoral fellows who present papers and are not residents of
Queensland.
Applications may be sent with abstract and CV to Bronwen Neil, President
of
AABS, at president@aabs.org.au.  Please supply your residential address
and
a short (150 words max.) explanation of your financial circumstances,
stage
reached in your studies and any other relevant information.  Membership
of
AABS is required for successful applicants; please see the web site at
http://www.aabs.org.au/members/ for membership subscriptions.  Deadline
for
bursary applications is 31 August.

Full details on the new AABS web site at http://www.aabs.org.au/