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The MotherBreast Programme<\/a> is participating in the Leeds International Medieval Congress<\/a>, which is organized as a virtual event in July 2021 (5-9 July), with a series of sessions (4 in total) entitled: Breast Borders: Motherhood and Breastfeeding in the Middle Ages.<\/p>\n

Date and Time:<\/strong>
\nWednesday 7 July 2021, 9am-6pm British Summer Time (GMT+1).<\/p>\n

Breast Rules Leeds Sessions:
\nBreast Rules: Motherhood and Breastfeeding in the Middle Ages, I – Mothers and Wet Nurses [Session No: 1008]
\nBreast Rules: Motherhood and Breastfeeding in the Middle Ages, II – Motherhood, Breastfeeding, and Religion [Session No: 1108]
\nBreast Rules: Motherhood and Breastfeeding in the Middle Ages, III – Milk and Blood [Session No: 1208]
\nBreast Rules: Motherhood and Breastfeeding in the Middle Ages, IV – Breastfeeding in Art and Literature [Session No: 1308]<\/p>\n

SESSION I<\/strong> (Wednesday 7 July 2021: 09.00-10.30)
\nAspasia Skouroumouni Stavrinou, Department of Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies, University of Cyprus, Nicosia.
\n1.Stavroula Constantinou, Department of Byzantine &Modern Greek Studies, University of Cyprus, Nicosia
\nWhose Milk Is Best?: The Mother-Wet Nurse Debate in Byzantine Culture
\n2.The Date Palm and the Wet Nurse: Commodified Breast Milk in Medieval Jewish Thought
\nRebecca Winer, Department of History, Villanova University, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n

SESSION II<\/strong> (Wednesday 7 July 2021: 11.15-12.45)
\nMati Meyer, Department of Literature, Language & the Arts, Open University of Israel, Raanana.
\n1.Birth and Maternity in Byzantine Prayerbooks
\nEirini Afentoulidou, Abteilung Byzanzforschung, \u00d6sterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien
\n2. Children in Distress: Agonising Mothers as Intercessors in Byzantine Miracle Collections
\nAndria Andreou, Department of Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies, University of Cyprus, Nicosia
\n3. Mothers in Pain: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Breastfeeding in Greek Martyrdom Accounts
\nChristodoulos Papavarnavas, Abteilung Byzanzforschung, Institut f\u00fcr Mittelalterforschung, \u00d6sterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien<\/p>\n

SESSION III<\/strong> (Wednesday 7 July 2021: 14.15-15.45)
\nChristodoulos Papavarnavas, Abteilung Byzanzforschung, Institut f\u00fcr Mittelalterforschung, \u00d6sterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien
\n1.The Use and Symbolism of a ‘Masculine’ Milk from the Egyptian Period of the Pyramids to the Medieval Period
\nSandra Jaeggi-Richoz, Centre Suisse Islam et Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 (CSIS), Universit\u00e9 de Fribourg
\n2.Milk in Ancient and Byzantine Medical Treatises
\nAspasia Skouroumouni Stavrinou, Department of Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies, University of Cyprus, Nicosia<\/p>\n

SESSION IV<\/strong> (Wednesday 7 July 2021: 16.30-18.00)
\nStavroula Constantinou, Department of Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies, University of Cyprus, Nicosia
\n1.Breastfeeding in the Greek Anthology
\nMaria Christodoulou, Independent Scholar, Cyprus
\n2.Breastfeeding in Byzantine Art: Aspects of Materiality and Realia
\nMati Meyer, Department of Literature, Language & the Arts, Open University of Israel, Raanana
\n3. St Nicholas Refuses His Mother’s Breast: Some Reflections on Iconography between Byzantium and the West
\nIrene Caracciolo, Dipartimento di Storia Antropologia Religioni Arte Spettacolo, Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Roma ‘La Sapienza’<\/p>\n

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