27-29 May 2010: The final workshop of the Leverhulme glass network took place as a conference entitled 'New Light on Old Glass: Byzantine Glass and Mosaics' at the British Museum. Programme
21-25 Sept 2009: Liz James and Bente Bjornholt attended the annual meeting of AIHV in Thessaloniki, Greece. Report
7-10 July 2009: Third workshop of Leverhulme International Network: the Composition of Byzantine Glass Mosaic Tesserae took place in Athens. Report
27-28 Feb 2009: Two study days/workshops associated with Sussex took place in London in relation to the exhibition at the Royal Academy: Byzantium 330-1453 (25 Oct 2008-22 March 2009):
27 Feb: Byzantine art in the making and Byzantium in London [PDF 111.86KB] organised by Liz James
How was Byzantine art made? In what ways did manufacturing techniques affect appearance? What difference does it make to use stone or glass in a mosaic, to use elephant ivory or bone, beaten silver or silver-gilt? Exactly how do you make an enamel? How did the Byzantines sculpt and on what? And what goes into a Byzantine coin? These and other similar questions will be discussed by speakers at this study day devoted to making Byzantine art. Come and discover how the objects now on display at the Royal Academy came into being.
28 Feb : Byzantine art in the making and Byzantium in London [PDF 111.86KB] organised by Jonathan Harris
Byzantium may seem remote from London both in time and space. This workshop will bring the two societies together by investigating the ways in which they interacted in the past and by exploring the reminders, remnants and reflections of Byzantium that can be found in London today.
June 2008: Study Day on Byzantine mosaics at the British Museum, London. Study Day on Byzantine mosaics [PDF 58.11KB]
June 2008: Second workshop of Leverhulme International Network: the Composition of Byzantine Glass Mosaic Tesserae took place in Venice and Ravenna. For a full report and more information about the Network follow the link on the right.
Sep 2007: First workshop of the Leverhulme International Network: the Composition of Byzantine Glass Mosaic Tesserae. For a full report and more information about the Network follow the link on the right.
25 Aug 2006:
21st International Congress of Byzantine Studies, London 21-26 August 2006
Paper by Bente Bjornholt: Counting swords: the digital index of the Madrid Skylitzes. 9 Dec 2004: Conference organised by the Centre on Archaeology, Art and Text in Byzantium at University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Speakers included: Pamela Armstrong, Jonathan Bardill, John Bintliff, Leslie Brubaker, Robin Cormack, Jim Crow, Dirk Krausmüller, John Moreland and Mary Whitby.
12-14 July 2004: Clash of Cultures at the International Medieval Congress, Leeds
On 13 July 2004 the AHRB Centre organised a day of papers on the Madrid Skylitzes manuscript entitled 'The Cultures and Contexts of the Madrid Skylitzes'. Speakers included: Rosa Bacile, Bente Bjornholt, John Burke, Alistair Carroll, Christine Havice, Catherine Holmes, Margaret Mullett and Dion Smythe.