HSE Scholars at 23rd International Congress of Byzantine Studies in Belgrade

Professor Sergey Ivanov and Lecturer Varvara Zharkaya presented papers on Byzantine Culture

23rd International Congress of Byzantine Studies took place in Belgrade, August 22-27, and brought together scholars from many European countries and universities. Two HSE scholars and a former student participated in the congress. Professor  Sergey Ivanov not only was a moderator of a plenary session but gave a talk 'Flush Toilets, Torn Nostrils, and Other Byzantine Realia Revealed by the Oldest Slavic Translation of the Life of Basil the Younger'. Varvara Zharkaya presented paper entitled “Don’t Put on a Friend’s Mask, but Pronounce an Impartial Judgment”: Constantine Acropolites’ Hagiographic Oeuvre in His Letter-Collection'. A former student of 'Philology' bachelor programme Jan Zaripov spoke about Plato’s Theory of Tripartite Soul in Speech to Alexios I Komnenos by Theophylact of Ochrid.

Full program is available here