International Conference – Storyworlds in Collections: Toward a Theory of the Ancient and Byzantine Tale (2nd – 7th c. CE)
October 14, 2021
CML videoseminar. Ingrid Bennewitz, “Brynhild’s Return. On the Depiction of the Icelandic Queen in Twenty-first Century Cinema”
October 19, 2021
4 – 6 November 2021
For the full schedule, please check out the pdf here: Conference on Medievalism Provisional Schedule
The conference will take place online because of the continuing Covid 19 pandemic.
Please note that all times are (North American) Eastern Daylight Time
NetMAR members will participate in Session 1b as follows:
Session 1b – Medieval Rituals and the Modern World
Organizer: Nils Holger Petersen
Moderator: Stavroula Constantinou
Stavroula Constantinou, University of Cyprus
“Byzantine Rituals in Modern Greek Narratives”
Ingrid Bennewitz, University of Bamberg
“‘Take your Hands off the Harp!’: Rituals, Music and Meals in Medieval Literature and Films of Quentin Tarantino”
Christos Hadjiyiannis, University of Cyprus
“Modern Martyrs: Byzantine Female Martyrdom in Elias Maglinis’s The Interrogation (2008)”
Nils Holger Petersen, University of Southern Denmark / University of Copenhagen
“Crux fidelis (Venantius Fortunatus, 6th century): From Part of the Adoration of the Cross since c. 800 to Settings by Krzysztof Penderecki (1999) and Wolfgang Rihm (2000)”
