Programme
Thursday 25/06/2009
08:00 - 09:00 Arrival of delegates
09:00 - 09:45 Opening Ceremony
Welcome Message from the President of the City of Athens Cultural Organisation, Mr Aggelos Moschonas
Welcome Message from the General Manager of The Athens Concert Hall, Mr N. Manolopoulos
Welcome Message from the Minister of Culture, Mr A. Samaras
Welcome Message from the Minister of Macedonia - Thrace, S. Kalafatis
Welcome Message from a Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Welcome Message from a Representative of the Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs
09:45 - 09:55 Conference Opening by the Mayor of Athens, Mr Nikitas Kaklamanis
09:55 - 10:10 Opening Speech, H. Glykatzi - Ahrweiler
10:10 - 10:30 Byzantine Chorus "Tropos"
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 1.Byzantine studies today
Head of Session: Vassiliki Papoulia, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Moderator: Maria Nystazopoulou-Pelekidou, Greek Committee of Byzantine Studies, university of Ioannina, Greece
1.1 Eastern Europe, Speaker: Mikhail Gratsianskiy, Russian Historical Institute, Russia
1.2 Eastern Mediterranean, Speaker: Michel Balard, Université Paris 1, Panthéon - Sorbonne, France
1.3 The Balkans, Speaker: Radivoj Radic, Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade, Serbia
1.4 Greece, Speaker: Alkmini Stavridou - Zafraka, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
12:30 - 12:45 Coffee Break
12:45 - 14:15 1. Byzantine studies today (cont.)
Head of Session: Constantinos Pitsakis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Moderator: Evangelos Chrysos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, The Hellenic Parliament Foundation, Greece
1.5 Western Europe, Speaker: Johannes Koder, Universitat Wien, Austria
1.6 The US, Speaker: Henry Maguire, Johns Hopkins University, USA
1.7 The Far East and Australia, Speaker: Michael Jeffreys, Oxford University, UK
1.8 Cooperation programmes, Speaker: Peter Schreiner, University of Cologne, Germany
14:15 - 17:00 Lunch Break
17:00 - 19:00 2. Byzantium and the sciences today
Head of Session: Chararalampos Bouras, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Moderator: Vasilios Katsaros, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
2.1 Art and archaeology, Speaker: Ufuk Kocabas, Istanbul University Yenikapi, Turkey
2.2 Law, Speaker: Spyros Troianos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
2.3 Institutions, Speaker: Jean Claude Cheynet, Université de Paris IV Sorbonne, France
2.4 Physical Sciences, Speaker: Evaggelia Varella, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
2.5 Philosophy, Speaker: Linos Benakis, Academy of Athens, Greece
19:00 End of the Scientific Programme
Friday 26/06/2009
09:00 - 10:30 3. Byzantine studies and the Orthodox tradition
Head of Session: Metropolite of Pergamon, Chairman of the Mixed Committee of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Church of Greece for the historical and Byzantine issues. Representative of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Greece, Academy of Athens
Moderator: Protopresbyter Georgios D. Metallinos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
3.1 Byzantium and the contemporary liturgical practice, Speaker: Georges FIlias, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
3.2 Byzantium and the theological studies, Speaker: Archimandrite Nikolaos Ioannidis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
3.3 Schools of Byzantine music, Speaker: Dimitrios Balageorgos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 4. The continuation of the Byzantium and the institutions for its survival
Head of Session: Archbishop Sina Damianos. God Trodden Mount Sinai Monastery, St Katherine' s.
Moderator: Archimandrite Nikolaos Ioannidis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
4.1 Local orthodox churches (the jurisdictions today), Speaker: Protopresbyter Georgios Metallinos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
4.2 Monastic communities, Speaker: Kriton Chryssochoidis, Institute for Byzantine Research/National Hellenic Research Foundation,
Greece
4.3 Contemporary monastic life, Speaker: Archimandrite Vasilios Iviritis, Holy Monastery of Iviron, Holy Mountain
4.4 Monastic libraries and research, Speaker: Agamemnon Tselikas, Center for History and Palaeography /National Bank Cultural Foundation, Greece
12:30 - 12:45 Coffee Break
12:45 - 14:00 5. Management of the Byzantine cultural heritage
Head of Session & Moderator: Kelly Bourdara, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
5.1 World Cultural Heritage: The Treaty of 1972 and the role of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Speaker: Maria Gropa, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, France
5.2 Byzantine monuments in Peril, Speaker: Anna Marangou, Archaeologist - Historian of Art, Cyprus
5.3 Preservation, Speaker: Anastasia Tzigounaki, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Greece
14:00 - 17:00 Lunch Break
17:00 - 18:15 6. Cultural influences of the Byzantium
Head of Session: Hans Eideneier, University of Hamburg, Germany
Moderator: Martin Hinterberger, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
6.1 Folk tradition, Speaker: Stylianos Lampakis, Institute for Byzantine Research/National Hellenic Research Foundation,
Greece
6.2 Scholarly and folk literature, Speaker: Marc Lauxtermann, University of Oxford, UK
6.3 Linguistic continuations, Speaker: Io Manolessou, University of Patras, Greece
18:15 - 18:30 Coffee Break
18:30 - 19:45 6. Cultural influences of the Byzantium (cont.)
Head of Session: Chryssa Maltezou, Instituto Ellenico di Studi Bizantini Postbizantini di Venezia, Italy
Moderator: Nikolaos Zias, European Center for Byzantine and Postbyzantine Monuments, Greece
6.4 Byzantine influences in contemporary painting, Speaker: Nikolaos Zias, European Center for Byzantine and Postbyzantine Monuments, Greece
6.5 Byzantine influences in contemporary architecture, Speaker: Charalampos Bouras, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
6.6 Byzantine influences in contemporary music, Speaker: Nikolaos Maliaras, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
19:45 End of the Scientific Programme
Saturday 27/06/2009
09:00 - 10:30 7. The civilization of Byzantium in the Museums of the World and the contribution of the extensive periodical exhibitions to its appreciation
Head of Session: Dimitrios Konstantios, Byzantine and Christian Museum of Athens, Greece
Moderator: Anastasia Tourta, European Center for Byzantine and Postbyzantine Monuments, Greece
7.1 Round table: The appreciation of Byzantium in the world's museums, Speakers: Jannic Durand, Musée du Louvre, France / Isidoros Kakouris, European Center for Byzantine and Postbyzantine Monuments, Greece/ Robin Cormack, University of Nottingham, UK/ Maria Vasilaki, University of Thessaly, Greece
7.2 The Byzantine museum of Thessaloniki, Speaker: Anastasia Tourta, European Center for Byzantine and Postbyzantine Monuments, Greece
7.3 The Byzantine and Christian Museum of Athens, Speaker: Dimitrios Konstantios, Byzantine and Christian Museum of Athens
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 8. Byzantine studies and contemporary technologies
Head of Session: Moschos Morfakidis, Center of Byzantine, New Greek and Cypriot Studies of Granada, Spain
Moderator: Taxiarchis Kolias, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Greece
8.1 Information digitization for the Byzantine culture, Speaker: Charalambos Gasparis, Institute for Byzantine Research / National Hellenic Research Foundation, Greece
8.2 Distance Learning, Speaker: Timothy Gregory, Ohio State University, USA
8.3 Educational material accessible to the world wide web, Speaker: Guentcho Banev, Foundation of the Hellenic World, Greece
8.4 Electronic databases of ancient and Byzantine authors, Speaker: Maria Pantelia, University of California, Irvine, USA
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 - 15:30 9. Coordinator's meeting - conclusions
