Political Culture in Three Spheres

Byzantium, Islam, and the West

c. 711 – c. 1453

Workshop, Aberystwyth, 1-3 July 2008

Organisers

Catherine Holmes (Oxford) Jonathan Shepard (Oxford)

Jo van Steenbergen (Ghent) Björn Weiler (Aberystwyth)

Programme

All events will take place in the Council Chamber, Old College

1 July

Arrival

20:30 Dinner

Pier Brasserie

Marine Terrace

(01970) 636123

Map

2 July

9:00 Keynote paper

Stephen Humphreys (UC Santa Barbara)

Analysing the Political Cultures of the Medieval World:

Women, Property & War

10:00 - 10:30 tea & coffee

10:30 – 12:30 Historical Context

Introduction:

Catherine Holmes (Oxford)

Andrew Marsham (Manchester)

Len Scales (Durham)

12:30-14:30 Lunch

(individual arrangements)

14:30-16:30: Ideology & Propaganda

Introduction:

Judith Herrin (London)

Tom Brown (Edinburgh) )

Jenny Oesterle (Bochum)

19:30 Dinner

Le Casablanca

26 Eastgate Street

01970 617024
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3 July

9:00 - 11:00 Practice & organisation

Introduction:

Rosemary Morris (York)

Eric Hanne (Florida Atlantic)

Björn Weiler (Aberystwyth)

11:00-11:30 Tea & Coffee

11:30-13:00 Inner and Intersphere Contacts

Introduction:

Jonathan Shepard (Oxford)

Alexander Beihammer (Cyprus)

Jo van Steenbergen (Ghent)

13:00-14:00 lunch

14:00-15:00 Roundtable & conclusion