Byzantium and Its Neighbors

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, St. Louis Univ.

Organizer Name

Joseph J. Reidy

Organizer Affiliation

St. Louis Univ.

Presider Name

Joseph Western

Presider Affiliation

St. Louis Univ.

Paper Title 1

Magistrianoi: Seventh- and Eighth-Century Byzantine Envoys

Presenter 1 Name

Jason Fossella

Presenter 1 Affiliation

St. Louis Univ.

Paper Title 2

Between Preslav and Baghdad: Performance and Epistolary in the Constructed Image of the Byzantine Envoy

Presenter 2 Name

Anna Linden Weller

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Rutgers Univ.

Paper Title 3

Byzantium and the Pechenegs: To What Extent Did Christianization Bear upon Their Relations?

Presenter 3 Name

Gerald Mako

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Cambridge

Paper Title 4

Variant Objectives: Byzantine Diplomacy with Muslim Powers during the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries

Presenter 4 Name

Basit Hammad Qureshi

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Start Date

11-5-2012 1:30 PM

Session Location

Fetzer 1005