Programme

Saturday 24 March 2012, Exeter College

9.30 Registration; Coffee

10.20 Opening

10.30 Session 1: The world of Psellos
Michael Jeffreys, Psellos’ dominance in the historiography of the eleventh century: past,
present and future
Floris Bernard, Literary gatherings and authorial practices in the network of Michael
Psellos
Jean-Claude Cheynet, Administration provinciale dans la correspondence de Michel Psellos
12.00 Session 1: Discussion

12.30 Lunch

13.30 Session 2: The here and the hereafter 1
Paul Magdalino, From ‘encyclopaedism’ to ‘humanism’: the turning-point of Basil II and the millennium
Andrew Louth, Spirituality in the age of Michael Psellos
Jane Baun, Eleventh-century eschatology
15.00 Session 2: Discussion

15.30 Tea

15.45: Session 3: The here and the hereafter 2
Barbara Crostini, Eleventh-century monasticism between politics and spirituality
Dirk Krausmueller, From competition to conformity: monastic fasting and social change
Judith Ryder, Leo of Chalcedon and conflicting ecclesiastical models
Georgi Parpulov, The rise of devotional imagery in eleventh-century Byzantium
17.45: Session 3: Discussion

18.15 Executive Meeting of SPBS

Sunday 25 March 2012, Exeter College

9.00 Communications I, II (2 x 5 speakers)

10.15 Coffee

10.30 Session 4: Byzantium from within
James Howard-Johnston, The Peira and legal practices in eleventh-century Byzantium
Leonora Neville, Taxes and taxis: some thoughts on ideology, money and power in
eleventh-century Byzantium
Peter Sarris, Rural landscapes and social structures
12.00 Session 4: Discussion

12.30 Lunch, Annual General Meeting of SPBS

13.30 Session 5: Byzantium and beyond 1
Florin Curta, The image and archaeology of the Pechenegs
Tim Greenwood, Byzantine influence on Armenian urban consciousness
Jonathan Shepard, Storm clouds and a thunderclap: east-west tensions towards the mid-eleventh century.
15.00 Session 5: Discussion

15.30 Tea

15.45 Session 6: Byzantium and beyond 2
Anthony Eastmond, Georgian devotional practices
Robert Ousterhout, Cappadocian settlements and architecture
Mark Whittow, The eleventh century and the feudal revolution
17.15 Session 6: Discussion

18.15 Wine Reception (Lady Margaret Hall)
20.00 Conference Dinner (Lady Margaret Hall)

Monday 26 March 2012, Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies

9.00 Communications III, IV, V, VI (4 x 5 speakers)

10.15 Coffee

10.30 Session 7: Other voices
Peter Frankopan, Images of the family in Anna Komnene’s Alexiad: a new interpretation
Catherine Holmes, John Skylitzes’ Synopsis and the political culture of eleventh-century Byzantium
Dimitris Krallis, An eleventh-century rhetorical interface between army and civilians:
Attaleiates’ Encomium to Botaneiates
Charlotte Roueche, Kekaumenos at the frontier
12.30 Session 7: Discussion

13.00 Closing and Lunch

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