Ohrid, 16-29 August, 2010
Course Director: Prof. Maja Angelovska-Panova PhD
The Summer School “Bogomils: A Dissident bridge of European cultural continuity” will explore the history of Europe that is less known yet highly significant, that of the Bogoumil movement and its intellectual legacy. It is a history of spirituality demonstrating centuries-long cultural and intellectual exchange between the Byzantium, Balkans and the West of Europe, establishing civilizational continuity of a Europe undivided between the East and the West. The main aim of the summer school is to present the phenomena of Bogomilism, which in circumstances of rigorous religious confrontations, represented a factor of interaction and unification between different cultures and civilizations in Europe .
ACADEMIC PROGRAMME OF THE SUMMER SCHOOL
Resource persons:
Prof. Dr Andrew Roach, Glasgow University , UK
Prof. Dr Yuri Stoyanov, University of London , UK
Prof. Dr Metin Izeti, State University of Tetovo , Macedonia
FIRST WEEK 16-20 AUGUST
Course title: Heresy and popular religion in East and West, 1000-1300
Resource person: Dr Andrew Roach, University of Glasgow UK
Description of the Course: This course compares the growth of heresy in eastern and western Europe and places it in the context of popular religion. It will look at the dualist heresies of the Bogomils and Cathars and examine new interpretation of both. The workshops will provide an opportunity to share material on what constituted popular belief in the Middle ages and how the laity defined their spiritual allegiances. The historiography of the subject will also be studied with a view to looking at the influence of later religious and political issues on our vision of the past. There will also be the chance to discuss the techniques and challenges of teaching medieval religious history to students in the twenty-first century.
16 AUGUST
Instructor: Dr. Andrew Roach
Morning Session: 9:30 - 13:00
Topic: Deconstructing the Bogomils ( 9:30-11:00 )
Format: Keynote lecture
Break 11:00-11:30
Topic: Did east meet west?: the problem of Bogomil influence on Cathars ( 11:30-13:00 )
Format: interactive lecture
Afternoon Session time: 15:30-17:00
Workshop: Bogomils in the West: the Western sources
17 AUGUST
Instructor: Dr Andrew Roach
Morning Session: 9:30 - 13:00
Topic: The Albigensian Crusade ( 9:30-11:00 )
Format: interactive lecture
Break 11:00-11:30
Topic: Networks of the Cathars ( 11:30-13:00 )
Format: interactive lecture
Afternoon Session time: 15:30-17:00
Workshop: Religion and vernacular culture in the West
18 AUGUST
Instructor: Dr Andrew Roach
Morning Session: 9:30 - 13:00
Topic: Valdes of Lyon : an alternative vision of the Church ( 9:30-11:00 )
Format: interactive lecture
Break 11:00-11:30
Topic: Francis and Sava : a comparison ( 11:30-13:00 )
Format: interactive lecture
Afternoon Session time: 15:30-17:00
Workshop: Teaching medieval religion
FILM: Francis God’s Jester dir. R. Rosselini (1950) and other depictions of Francis of Assisi
19 AUGUST
Instructor: Dr Andrew Roach
Morning Session: 9:30 - 13:00
Topic: The Inquisition ( 9:30-11:00 )
Format: interactive lecture
Break 11:00-11:30
Topic: The Long Goodbye: the persistence of medieval heresy ( 11:30-13:00 )
Format: interactive lecture
Afternoon Session time: 15;30-17:00
Workshop: Historiography: the uses and abuses of medieval religion
20 AUGUST
Guest lecturer: Dr. Metin Izeti, State University of Tetovo
Morning Session: 9:30 - 13:00
Topic: Sufism and Islamic Heterodoxy (90:30- 11:00)
Format: interactive lecture
Break 11:00-11:30
Topic: Philosophy of Islamic Mysticism ( 11:30-13:00 )
Format: interactive lecture
Afternoon Session time: 15:30-17:00
Workshop: Related to the titles of the lectures
WEEKEND 21-22 AUGUST
Social activities / Tours
SECOND WEEK 23-27 AUGUST
Course title: The Evolution of the Balkan-Byzantine Apocalyptic Tradition and its Role in the Emergence of Heterodox and Heretical Currents and Changing Politico-Eschatological Models in Medieval Balkan Christianity
Resource person: Dr Yuri Stoyanov, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London , UK
Description of the Course: The general purpose of the course is to explore and demonstrate the manifold role of the Balkan-Byzantine apocalyptic tradition in medieval Balkan Christianity, with a particular focus on its role in the rise and evolution of heterodox, mystical and heretical trends (such as Bogomilism and Paulicianism) in the region throughout the medieval period. Another focus of the course will be the impact of Balkan-Byzantine apocalypticism on the political theologies and changing politico-eschatological models in the various versions of Balkan Christianity, which could serve on occasions as religio-political bridge-building between these versions. The course will explore the specific nature of Byzantine apocalypticism and its main forms, the historical-eschatological and the visionary (or ascent) apocalypses as well as their re-interpretation and transformations in the South Slavonic Orthodox world. The significant impact of Balkan-Byzantine apocalypticism on the religious and political life in the medieval Balkans will be charted in the framework of the main subject of the Summer School and will focus on its role in the creation of theological diversity and syncretistic (often popular Christian) theologies, heterodox and heretical forms of Christianity as well as the emergence of new apocalyptic traditions trying to conceptualize the present and forecast the future (sometimes in the context of a search for a religious and political unity in Balkan Christianity). The course will also address the implications of the diffusion of Byzantine and Balkan-Byzantine apocalypticism in Western Europe for the rise of Western popular heresy and dissent.
23 AUGUST
Instructor: Dr Yuri Stoyanov
Morning Session: 9:30 - 13:00
Topic: The Nature and Specific Features of the Byzantine Apocalyptic Tradition vis-à-vis Catholic Europe and the Early Medieval Balkans - first part ( 9:30-11:00 )
Format: interactive lecture
Break ( 11:00-11:30 )
Topic: The Nature and Specific Features of the Byzantine Apocalyptic Tradition vis- à -vis Catholic Europe and the Early Medieval Balkans - second part ( 11:30-13:00 )
Format: interactive lecture
Afternoon Session time: 15:30-17:00
Workshop: Related to the title of the lecture
24 AUGUST
Instructor: Dr Yuri Stoyanov
Morning Session: 9:30 - 13:00
Topic: The Consequences of the Early Adoption of Byzantine Apocalypticism in South Slavonic Orthodox Christianity for its Later Mainstream and Heterodox Developments - first part (9:30-11:00)
Format: interactive lecture
Break 11:00-11:30
Topic: The Consequences of the Early Adoption of Byzantine Apocalypticism in South Slavonic Orthodox Christianity for its Later Mainstream and Heterodox Developments - second part 11:30-13:00)
Format: interactive lecture
Afternoon Session time: 15:30-17:00
Workshop: Related to the title of the lecture
25 AUGUST
Instructor: Dr Yuri Stoyanov
Morning Session: 9:30 - 13:00
Topic: The Role of the Balkan-Byzantine Apocalypticism in the Rise of Mystical, Heterodox and Heretical Trends in Medieval Balkan Christianity - first part ( 9:30-11:00 )
Format: interactive lecture
Break 11:00-11:30
Topic: The Role of the Balkan-Byzantine Apocalypticism in the Rise of Mystical, Heterodox and Heretical Trends in Medieval Balkan Christianity - second part ( 11:30-13:00 )
Format: interactive lecture
Afternoon Session time: 15:30-17:00
Workshop: Related to the title of the lecture
26 AUGUST
Instructor: Dr Yuri Stoyanov
Morning Session: 9:30 - 13:00
Topic: Balkan-Byzantine Apocalypticism and its Role in the Theological Diversity and Formation of Politico-Eschatological Models in Medieval Balkan Christianity first part ( 9:30-11:00 )
Format: interactive lecture
Break 11:00-11:30
Topic: Balkan-Byzantine Apocalypticism and its Role in the Theological Diversity and Formation of Politico-Eschatological Models in Medieval Balkan Christianity - second part ( 9:30-11:00 )
Format: interactive lecture
Afternoon Session time: 15:30-17:00
Workshop: Related to the title of the lecture
27 AUGUST
Instructor: Dr Yuri Stoyanov
Morning Session: 9:30 - 13:00
Topic: The Legacy and Re-Interpretations of Jewish and Early Christian Apocalyptic Traditions in Balkan-Byzantine Apocalypticism and its Heretical Developments (9:30-11:00)
Format: interactive lecture
Break 11:00-11:30
Topic: The Diffusion of Balkan-Byzantine Apocalypticism in the Medieval West and its Implications for the Rise of Western Popular Heresy - Patterns and Unresolved Problems ( 11:30-13:00 )
Format: interactive lecture
Afternoon Session time: 15:30-17:00
Workshop: Related to the first lecture
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 Maja Angelovska - Panova,
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: angelovska_maja@yahoo.com
www.euba.edu.mk
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