7th International Byzantine Seminar Lecture Series: Byzantine Diplomacy in a Global Perspective, Northeast Normal University via Zoom

The 7th International Byzantine Seminar Lecture Series with the theme "Byzantine Diplomacy in a Global Perspective" begins October 23, 2023. It is organized by the Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations (IHAC) at the Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China with the collaboration of the Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies at the University of Cologne and the Department of Historical and Classical Studies at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. 

Lectures will be held online via Zoom. Registration is free but required. The Zoom link will be provided upon registration. Contact Dr. Li Qiang for additional information or registration at liq762[at]hotmail[dot]com. Please include IBSLS Registration in the subject line.

Schedule
All lectures take place at 7:30–9:00 pm (China)/1:30–3:00 pm (CEST)

October 23: Ekaterina Nechaeva (Université de Lille)
Early Byzantine Gift-Giving: Diplomacy and the Steppe-Peoples

November 6: Douglas Whalin (Northeast Normal University and Austrian Academy of Sciences)
Strategy and Diplomacy in the First Arab Siege of Constantinople, AD 654

November 20: Mirela Ivanova (University of Sheffield)
Inventing Slavonic: Cultures of Writing between Rome and Constantinople