of Macedonia
- Second announcement -
Summer School
“Reconstructing Imaginary and Real Byzantium: Historical and Cultural
Legacys that Divide and Integrate Europe”
to be held 16th-29th August, Ohrid, Macedonia
The Summer School “Reconstructing Imaginary and Real Byzantium: Historical and Cultural Legacy that Divide and Integrate Europe” will explore the complex and fascinating phenomenon that is Byzantium and its legacy, striving to go beyond the established approach in the study of Byzantine history and culture. The objective of the Summer School is to create distance from the stereotyped application of “Byzantinism” and to introduce the Real instead of Imaginary Byzantium. Apart from the historical analysis of the origins of Byzantium and its development as a separate political and cultural entity that dominated Eastern Mediterranean for more than a millennium, various questions concerning the interpretation/misinterpretation of the Byzantine legacy in the conceptualization of European civilization will be discussed. The Summer School will explore Byzantine studies in the Western Europe and “put them in a dialogue” with those taking place in Southeastern Europe. Its main goal is to stimulate the critical understanding of Byzantium and its heritage not just as a factor of the East-West division, but as an integrative civilizational bridge between the Balkans/Southeast Europe and Western Europe.
The Summer School is integral part of Ohrid Summer University (OSU) which is an academic program for young faculty, PhD candidates, postgraduates, researchers and professionals, which offers intensive, problem oriented and research based courses from the domain of social sciences and humanities.
Academic Programme
Resource persons:
Prof. Dr Paul Stephenson, University of Durham, UK
Prof. Dr Koray Durak, Bogazici University, Turkey
Prof. Dr Elizabeta Dimitrova, University of St. Cyril and Methodius, Macedonia
Prof. Dr Andrew Roach, Glasgow University, UK (Joint session – from the Summer School on Bogomilism)
The Summer School will broadly cover the following courses within the framework of master classes and workshops:
1) Europe's Byzantine Past / Byzantium's European Future
Dr Paul Stephenson, University of Durham, UK
2) An Eastern Window: Byzantium and the Islamic world
Dr Koray Durak, Bogazici University, Turkey
3) The Balkan Heritage in the Byzantine artistric production: From Church Canons to artistic imagination
Dr Elizabeta Dimitrova, Sts. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, R. Macedonia
Director of the Summer School: Prof. Dr Mitko B. Panov
Academic coordinator of the OSU Programme: Jasminka Kuzmanovska, MA
The Programme consists of several features:
- In regard to the high standards established by the Euro-Balkan Institute and due to its membership in the Erasmus Charter, the Summer School will grant the participants appropriate certificate with 10 credits (ECTS), applicable in the master studies of participant’s home universities.
- Memorable social events on the campus and at the Ohrid Lake.
- Tours of the numerous medieval churches, ancient and medieval monuments in the UNESCO protected city of Ohrid, located at the shore of the unforgettably beautiful Ohrid Lake (covered by the participation fee).
Eligibility and fee:
- Participants should be postgraduate students (preferably MA, PhD student or young researchers) interested in exploring the issues of Byzantine Studies (not older than 36 years of age).
- The Organizer provide scholarship for accommodation for 15 participants. The total tutition fee will be only 100 euro.
- Participants from all countries are eligible to participate. In the selection criteria process for accommodation grant priority will be given to the applicants from the countries of Southeastern Europe.
- The remaining 5 applicants who will not be selected for an accommodation grant, will have to cover accommodation costs and tutition fee.
Number of participants: 20
Working language of the Summer School will be English.
Deadline for submitting the application: June 15th 2010.
Deadline for announcing the results of the selection process: July 1st 2010.
Contact person:
Prof. Dr Mitko B. Panov,
Director of the Summer School
Euro-Balkan Institute
Blvd. Partizanski Odredi 63, 1000, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Tel/Fax. + 389 2 30 75 570
Email: mitko.panov@gmail.com
www.euba.edu.mk
Detailed Academic programme
http://euba.edu.mk/mak/sub.asp?id=608&kat=43
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