Eastern Anatolia in Translation: Cultural Competition, Coexistence, and Transformations (1000-1500)

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Society for Armenian Studies

Organizer Name

Sergio La Porta

Organizer Affiliation

California State Univ.-Fresno

Presider Name

Bert Beynen

Presider Affiliation

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Temple Univ.

Paper Title 1

Crisis and Creation in Thirteenth-Century Anatolia

Presenter 1 Name

Rudi Paul Lindner

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Paper Title 2

Jalal-ad-Din Rumi and Soltan Walad's Engagement with Turkish and Greek Communities in Konya

Presenter 2 Name

Michael Pifer

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Paper Title 3

A Prosopographical Study of the Arab Emirates in Medieval Armenia

Presenter 3 Name

Alison Vacca

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Paper Title 4

England and the "East": Armenians in the Middle English Romance Beves of Hamtoun

Presenter 4 Name

Tamar M. Boyadjian

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Michigan State Univ.

Paper Title 5

Cult and Community Identity: The Tomb of Saint Gregory in Erznka

Presenter 5 Name

Sergio La Porta

Start Date

10-5-2014 10:00 AM

Session Location

Schneider 1320

Description

This panel will focus on cultural interactions between different ethnic and religious communities in Eastern Anatolia in the medieval period (1000-1500). Contact between Armenian, Georgians, Greeks, Turks, Mongols, and Europeans, among others, resulted in a dynamic cultural environment. Connected to both the Mediterranean and Iranian worlds, Eastern Anatolia served as a place where medieval peoples, ideologies, and ideas competed and co-existed with each other. The papers in this panel will address personal encounters through trade, travel, or diplomacy; cultural appropriation and translation in the literary and visual arts; and different communities’ perceptions of each other.

Sergio La Porta