Byzantine

Name: Byzantine Crime Novels in the Twenty-First Century: From History to Fiction by Panagiotis Agapitos, University of Mainz
Start: 2024-11-16T16:00:00-08:00
End: 2024-11-16T18:00:00-08:00
Location: Royce Hall, 314

February 2019
Antony Eastmond, Art and Cultural Resistance between Islam and Christianity

Featured February 7, 2019 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Royce Hall, 314 10745 Dickson Ct., Los Angeles, CA, United States

The eastern frontier between Islam and Christianity in the thirteenth century was extremely porous: artists, merchants and pilgrims carried ideas and goods across it with ease. The results of this movement are visible in the churches and mosques, monasteries and madrasas that survive in modern territories of Armenia, Georgia and eastern Turkey. These buildings are...
February 2020
Symposium: A Celebration of International Greek Language Day

February 9, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Royce Hall, 314 10745 Dickson Ct., Los Angeles, CA, United States

Free
May 2020
Celebrating Faith in Late Byzantium: The Valadoros Epitaphios at the Benaki Museum

May 7, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

This talk, delivered by Professor Anastasia Drandaki, presents the story of the exciting discovery of the Valadoros Epitaphios, a rare, gold-embroidered fourteenth- century epitaphios and a true masterpiece of Byzantine art. The epitaphios is part of the bequest of the siblings Anastasios and Maria Valadoros, which includes more than 300 icons and a large number...
October 2021
Nikos Panou, “Slaying the Dragon: Byzantine Survivals in the Greek War of Independence”

October 2, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

by Zoom

The lecture will focus on an aspect of the Greek War of Independence that calls for answers to questions as basic as they are elusive. What role did the Byzantine...
Anastassios Antonaras, Head of Exhibitions, Communication and Education Department, Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki | “Documenting Diversity in Thessaloniki and Its Hinterlands: Three Archaeological Stories”

October 9, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

by Zoom

This lecture examines the diverse population that lived in Byzantine Thessaloniki and the surrounding area through three case studies: a young girl with African religious beliefs who lived in the late 3rd century, a Slavic lady of the late 8th century, and a group of archers from the 14th - 15th century who were trained...
February 2022
Maria Pantelia, “Preserving Greek Literature from Homer to Solomos”

February 9, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Opening remarks by Her Excellency Alexandra Papadopoulou, Ambassador of Greece to the United States. For almost three millennia Greek literature has been preserved in a variety of different media, encompassing inscriptions on stone, papyrus rolls, medieval manuscripts, and, most recently, digital formats. It is a checkered history. Natural disasters, accidents, wars, political and religious upheavals...
April 2022
Eleni Kefala, “Strangers No More: Constantinople, Tenochtitlan, and the Trauma of the Conquest”

April 29, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

by Zoom

The Byzantines had long dreaded the year 1492. According to their calculations based on the Scriptures, it would bring the end of the world. In an eerie stroke of irony, they were right in their fears. Even though they were slightly off in the timing of the fall of Constantinople into the hands of the...
November 2022
Byzantine Studies Conference

Featured November 3, 2022 - November 6, 2022

Luskin

We welcome the Byzantine Studies Association of North America (BSANA) and participants to the 48th Annual Byzantine Studies conference at UCLA! Most conference activities will take place at the Luskin...
November 2023
Reconsidering the Generation of the 1930s: The Roots and Breadth of Greek Modernism Conference

Featured November 18, 2023

Royce Hall, 314 10745 Dickson Ct., Los Angeles, CA, United States

Reconsidering the Generation of the 1930s: The Roots and Breadth of Greek Modernism Conference Saturday, November 18, 2023 314 Royce Hall, UCLA 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Conference organized by...
October 2024
Cappella Romana

Featured October 27, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Saint Sophia Cathedral 1324 S Normandie Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Cappella Romana World première program IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ST. DEMETRIOS Directed by Alexander Lingas Founder and Director, Cappella Romana A performance presented by the UCLA SNF Center for the...
November 2024
Byzantine Crime Novels in the Twenty-First Century: From History to Fiction by Panagiotis Agapitos, University of Mainz

Featured November 16, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Royce Hall, 314 10745 Dickson Ct., Los Angeles, CA, United States

Byzantine Crime Novels in the Twenty-First Century: From History to Fiction A lecture by Panagiotis Agapitos Gutenberg Distinguished Research Fellow, Byzantine Literature University of Mainz Saturday, November 16, 2024 4:00 p.m. 314 Royce Hall, UCLA Campus Reception to follow RSVP link: https://forms.gle/AMserxQLbWa2exNS9 Event is free but RSVPs are requested. If you are unable to attend...

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Byzantine

February 2019

Antony Eastmond, Art and Cultural Resistance between Islam and Christianity

February 2020

Symposium: A Celebration of International Greek Language Day

May 2020

Celebrating Faith in Late Byzantium: The Valadoros Epitaphios at the Benaki Museum

October 2021

Nikos Panou, “Slaying the Dragon: Byzantine Survivals in the Greek War of Independence”

Anastassios Antonaras, Head of Exhibitions, Communication and Education Department, Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki | “Documenting Diversity in Thessaloniki and Its Hinterlands: Three Archaeological Stories”

February 2022

Maria Pantelia, “Preserving Greek Literature from Homer to Solomos”

April 2022

Eleni Kefala, “Strangers No More: Constantinople, Tenochtitlan, and the Trauma of the Conquest”

November 2022

Byzantine Studies Conference

November 2023

Reconsidering the Generation of the 1930s: The Roots and Breadth of Greek Modernism Conference

October 2024

Cappella Romana

November 2024

Byzantine Crime Novels in the Twenty-First Century: From History to Fiction by Panagiotis Agapitos, University of Mainz