International conference 'Liturgy and Hymnody in Byzantium Across Centuries and Spaces'

On 22–23 November 2018 the Centre for Medieval Studies, School of History, HSE is delighted to be running the international conference 'Liturgy and Hymnody in Byzantium Across Centuries and Spaces. This event brings together scholars from across a spectrum of specializations, affiliations, and academic traditions to look at Byzantine liturgy and hymnography across a consider'able time span. Through talks and exchange of various kinds of academic expertise, we aim to seek new insights into the historical development of Christian liturgical ritual, hymn-writing and singing from the earliest times into late Byzantine epoch.

Participants include Professor Harald Buchinger (University of Regensburg), Professor Stig Frøyshov (University of Oslo), Dr Alexander Lingas (City University, London), Dr Thomas Arentzen (Dumbarton Oaks Library/University of Oslo), Dr Roman Krivko (University of Vienna), Dr Alexandra Nikiforova (St Tikhon University, Moscow), Dr Sergey Kim (Moscow Theological Academy), Dr Ksenia Morugina (Higher School of Economics/Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow), Dr Mikhail Zheltov (Moscow Patriarchate Graduate School), Dr Arkadiy Avdokhin (Higher School of Economics, Moscow).

The conference programme is available here.

We very much look forward to seeing you at this event. Please register by 20 November 2018 by sending a brief message to Natalia Tarasova at ntarasova@hse.ru