September 30, 2022
New NetMAR blog entitled “Teaching (in) the Middle Ages: Arts – Rituals – Education”, September 2022

Blog by Michaela Pölzl (UNI BA)

International NetMAR Summer School: NetMAR is excited to share with its blog readers a recap of its very successful summer school on “Teaching (in) the Middle Ages: Arts – Rituals – Education” that was held at the University of Bamberg in July 2022.
March 12, 2022
International Workshop: Inside Out: Gender and Aging Agency in Urban and Non-urban Religious Spaces in Antiquity, 29-30 March 2022
The Principal Investigator of TaleTheory, and Director of the Centre of Medieval Arts and Rituals Dr. Stavroula Constantinou participates to the hybrid International Workshop "Gender and Ageing Agency in Urban and Non-Urban Religious Spaces in Antiquity, 29-30 March 2022, with the contribution “Female agency in religious space: Mothers and infants in early Byzantine miracle tales“
February 14, 2022
International Conference “Ηumour and Religion”, 19 February 2022
The Principal Investigator of TaleTheory and Director of the Centre for Medieval Arts and Rituals Dr. Stavroula Constantinou participates to the International Conference "Humour and Religion" organised by Sankt Ignatios College, of the University College, Stockholm.
February 1, 2022
Vacancy: Call for Expression of Interest – Medieval Emotions and Cognitive Neuroscience
The Centre for Medieval Arts & Rituals (CeMAR), the Centre for Applied Neuroscience (CAN), and the Discourse, Context, and Society Lab (DISCONSO) at the University of Cyprus (UCY) invite expressions of interest for applications for the ONISILOS Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) COFUND project.
January 21, 2022
Seminar on “Issues of Metaphrasis”, 21 February 2022
The Principal Investigator of TaleTheory and Director of the Centre for Medieval Arts and Rituals Dr. Stavroula Constantinou, and the TaleTheory Project Advisor Prof. Christian Høgel participate to an invited hybrid seminar organised by The Department of Linguistics and Philology of Uppsala University.
January 17, 2022
Call for Papers for NetMAR International Conference: The Arts and Rituals of Pilgrimage
The Network for Medieval Arts & Rituals (NetMAR), an international, interdisciplinary network investigating the overlaps between medieval arts and rituals, invites applications for 20-minute papers that address the broad theme of Arts & Rituals of Pilgrimage. The conference will be held at the premises of the University of Cyprus in 01-03 December 2022.
December 6, 2021
NetMAR first Stakeholders Workshop: “Creative Tourism and Medieval Arts and Rituals in Cyprus“ 26 January 2022
The Network for Medieval Arts & Rituals (NetMAR) invites you to participate at the first NetMAR Stakeholders Workshop, which will be held between 9am and 12pm in the morning of 26th January 2022 at the “Andreas Patsalides” hall of the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation.
October 14, 2021
International Conference – Storyworlds in Collections: Toward a Theory of the Ancient and Byzantine Tale (2nd – 7th c. CE)
This conference is organized in the framework of the two-year research project (2019-2022) “Storyworlds in Collections: Toward a Theory of the Ancient and Byzantine Tale (2nd – 7th c. CE)”, which is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Cyprus through the Research and Innovation Foundation.
June 25, 2021
Narrating Relationships in Holy Lives from the First Millennium AD conference 12 July 2021 (online)
TaleTheory’s Principal Investigator and Director of the Centre of Medieval Arts and Rituals Dr Stavroula Constantinou, will be speaking at the Narrating Relationships in Holy Lives from the First Millennium AD conference, organised by the Department of Classics & Ancient History of the University of Exeter.
May 2, 2021
CFP: International Conference: Storyworlds in Collections. Toward a Theory of the Ancient and Byzantine Tale (2nd c. – 7th c. CE)
This conference is organized in the framework of the two-year research project (2019-2022) “Storyworlds in Collections: Toward a Theory of the Ancient and Byzantine Tale (2nd – 7th c. CE)”, which is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Cyprus through the Research and Innovation Foundation.
April 7, 2021
Invitation to the Workshop: Tales From Antiquity to the Present: Genre, Impact and Application (Η Σύντομη Διήγηση από την Αρχαιότητα Μέχρι Σήμερα: Το Είδος, η Σημασία και οι Πρακτικές της Εφαρμογές), in Greek
Η Ερευνητική Μονάδα Μεσαιωνικών Τεχνών και Τελετουργιών (ΕΜοΜεΤ) της Φιλοσοφικής Σχολής του Πανεπιστημίου Κύπρου, διοργανώνει εργαστήριο με θέμα "Η Σύντομη Διήγηση από την Αρχαιότητα μέχρι Σήμερα: Το Είδος, η Σημασία και οι Πρακτικές της Εφαρμογές".
March 10, 2021
Interdepartmental Postgraduate Programme in Byzantine Studies and the Latin East Open Day
The Interdepartmental Postgraduate Programme in Byzantine Studies and the Latin East of the University Of Cyprus invites you to its “Open Day”, during which the coordinators and the faculty will present the Programme and will answer questions on the curriculum, academic requirements and training opportunities, career prospects, admission procedures, scholarships, etc.
January 5, 2021
NetMAR: Kick-off Event, 11-12 February 2021
The Director of the Centre for Medieval Arts and Rituals (CeMAR) of the University of Cyprus, Assoc.Professor Stavroula Constantinou and all the valued co-participants of the NetMar Team, invite you to join them on the kick-off event of the Network of Medieval Arts and Rituals Project (NetMAR). 
October 1, 2020
Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, NetMAR Twinning Project VACANT POSITION FOR A SPECIAL SCIENTIST – PROJECT MANAGER
The Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies of the University of Cyprus is seeking to appoint a Special Scientist (Administration Support Staff) to act as Project Manager of the European Research Programme “Network for Medieval Arts and Rituals”.

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