21st International Congress of Byzantine Studies

London 21-26 August 2006

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Written texts, the traditional matter of Byzantine Studies, are examined through their elements of genre and use, including transmission, translation and display of truth.

Co-chairs: Martin Hinterberger, Ruth Macrides
Plenary speakers:

Athanasios Markopoulos Roman antiquarianism: aspects of the Roman past in the middle Byzantine period (9th-11th cent.)
Dieter Reinsch Zum Edieren von Texten: über Zitate
Commentator: Antony Littlewood

Panels and co-ordinators:

V.1 Historiography and Chronography Catherine Holmes, Michael Whitby
V.2 Writing 'True Stories' Muriel Debie, Arietta Papaconstantinou
V.3 Emotions Martin Hinterberger
V.4 Ceremony Franz Alto Bauer, Jeffrey Featherstone
V.5 Translation and interpretation Simon Franklin, Maria Mavroudi
V.6 Documents as literature Joëlle Beaucamp
V.7 Displaying knowledge Inmaculada Perez Martin
V.8 Fantasy Panagiotis Roilos