Mobility and Migration in Byzantium: Sources and Concepts, Universität Wien, June 17–18, 2016
"Mobility and Migration" are concepts that open up broad new vistas on Byzantine history and culture - from social and political issues (e.g. vertical mobility in Byzantine society, non-sedentary peoples within and outside of Byzantium, diplomatic travel and gift exchange), to questions of migration and trade and their cultural impact (e.g. the spread of artistic or literary motifs, the dissemination of religious movements). Two workshop-style conferences during 2016 are intended to lay the groundwork for future study by focusing on different kinds of sources (June: textual sources, November: material culture), the methodological challenges they pose and their potential to contribute to a fuller and more nuanced understanding of social permeability and intercultural contact in the Byzantine Middle Ages.
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