The Arthur H. Dadian and Ara Oztemel Chair of Armenian Art at Tufts University and the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture at Hellenic College Holy Cross in Brookline, MA, are pleased to announce upcoming East of Byzantium lectures:
Friday, January 29, 2021 | 3:00 pm (EST) | Zoom
Sideways-Oriented Images of Manichaean and Armenian Liturgical Books
Zsuzsanna Gulácsi, Northern Arizona University
Zsuzsanna Gulácsi explores codicological connections between Manichaean manuscripts and Eastern Christian and Islamic manuscripts from Syro-Mesopotamia and what these similarities suggest about contact between the Manichaean communities in East Central Asia and their Mesopotamian homeland well into the medieval period.
Advance registration required. Registration closes at 10:00 AM (EST) on January 29, 2021. Register: https://eastofbyzantium.org/upcoming-events/
Tuesday, February 2, 2021 | 3:00 pm (EST) | Zoom
Back to Byzantium: Translation, Legitimacy, and Worlding on the Byzantine Frontier
Sergio La Porta, California State University, Fresno
Sergio La Porta discusses the translation of the martyrology of St. Step‘anos Ulnec‘i and its place in the larger Mediterranean world.
Advance registration required. Registration closes at 10:00 AM (EST) on February 2, 2021. Register: https://eastofbyzantium.org/upcoming-events/
East of Byzantium is a partnership between the Arthur H. Dadian and Ara Oztemel Chair of Armenian Art at Tufts University and the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture at Hellenic College Holy Cross in Brookline, MA, that explores the cultures of the eastern frontier of the Byzantine empire in the late antique and medieval periods.
Contact Brandie Ratliff (mjcbac@hchc.edu), Director, Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture with any questions.
