********The Twenty-First Annual Byzantine Studies Conference********
Call for Papers
The Twenty-first Annual Byzantine Studies Conference will be held at New York
University and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York from Thursday
evening, November 9, through Sunday early afternoon, November 12, 1995. The
conference is an annual forum for the presentation and discussion of papers
on every aspect of Byzantine history and culture, and is open to all,
regardless of nationality or academic status.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
Those who would like to have a paper considered for the program should submit
an abstract following these guidelines:
1. All proposed papers must be substantially original and never have been
presented in a public forum. Only one paper can be delivered by each
contributor.
2. All abstracts must be typed and single spaced. Please include your name,
address, any academic affiliation, phone and fax numbers and e-mail address,
the paper's title, a preferred session (if any), the time desired (15 or 20
minutes), and any projection or other special facilities required. Abstracts
should be no more than 500 words and should indicated the paper's original
contribution in sufficient detail with some indication of the contributor's
conclusions so that the Program Committee may fairly assess its merits.
3. It is desirable, but not necessary, to submit abstracts for a specific
session. Proposals for several sessions have been received with the
expectation that many will be interdisciplinary, including: The Urban
Landscape; Byzantine Romances; Byzantium and the Steppes; Anna Comnena: Her
Alexiad and its Cultural Context; Pedagogy and Byzantine Studies; Workshop
Practices: Artists at Work; A Long-lived Legacy: Byzantine Art after 1453;
Pioneers of Byzantine Studies in America; Architectural Studies in Honor of
Richard Krautheimer; Armeno-Byzantine Relations in the 10th-11th Centuries;
New Technology for Byzantine Studies; Reception of Byzantine Art in the 19th
and 20th Centuries; Byzantine Piety; Feudalism in the East and West;
Barbarians and Romans; Documentation, Preservation; and Conservation of
Monuments; Venice and the East; Byzantine Renaissances: Fact or Fiction?;
Genre and Cliche in Byzantine Literature; Art and Ritual; Money and Taxation
in Late Antiquity; Palaeologan Culture; Byzantine Tradition in Slavic Lands;
Comnenian Contacts with the West; Fall of Constantinople; Hesychasm;
Byzantium and Modern Popular Culture; Islamicization of the Near East; Coins
and their (Archaeological) Contexts; and Byzantine Folklore. We are
particularly encouraging submissions in Late Byzantine history and culture
for this conference. Proposals for other panels with suggested chairs and
commentators as well as proposals for entire panels (with abstracts are
welcome).
4. Abstracts must be postmarked no later than March 15, 1995 (or March 2 if
submitted from abroad), and sent to Mary-Lyon Dolezal, Program Chair,
Dumbarton Oaks, 1703 32nd Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20007 (tel.
202-342-3272). No faxes please.
5. Notice of acceptance or rejection will be mailed by the end of May. If
accepted, the abstract must be revised and retyped (according to guidelines
mailed with the acceptance notice) for inclusion in the Conference's
Abstracts of Papers; failure to do so by August 1, 1995 will be considered a
withdrawal of the paper.
6. The submission of an abstract and its acceptance represents a commitment
from the contributor to read the paper in person at the Conference. Those
who cannot attend must withdraw their papers no later than August 1, 1995.
7. All abstracts will be reviewed by each member of the Program Committee:
Mary-Lyon Dolezal (Art History, Dumbarton Oaks/Univ. of Oregon), Chair;
Joseph Alchermes (Art and Archaeology, Univ. of Minnesota); Charles Brand
(History, Bryn Mawr); David Olster (Univ. of Kentucky); and Thelma Thomas
(Art History, Univ. of Michigan).
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS
Questions concerning local arrangements may be directed to Thomas Mathews
(Institute of Fine Arts, New York; 212-772-5837). Participants should note
that the Conference is funded by registration fees, which must be paid by
all participants, and that the Conference has no funding to defray the costs
of travel or lodging. Graduate Students may be eligible for a travel subsidy
and should declare their status when submitting their abstracts.
ANNUAL DUES REQUIREMENT
Annual dues for the Byzantine Studies Conference are $20 for regular members
and $10 for associate members (students or scholars not currently employed).
Those submitting abstracts must be members in good standing with current
dues paid to be considered by the Program Committee (with the exception of
non-U.S. scholars without access to U.S. funds who may pay their dues at the
Conference). Checks payable to "Byzantine Studies Conference" may be sent to
Denis Sullivan (Univ. of Maryland), Secretary-Treasurer, 4400 East-West
Highway #1017, Bethesda, MD 20814 (e-mail: [log in to unmask]) or
the checks may be sent with the abstracts to Mary-Lyon Dolezal, Program
Chair.
MAILING LIST
Questions concerning the mailing list may be directed to Ralph W. Mathisen
(Univ. of S. Carolina), Vice-President; e-mail:
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FURTHER INFORMATION
Information concerning the Byzantine Studies Conference may be obtained from
Susan T. Stevens (Randolph Macon Women's College), President; e-mail:
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