International Workshop "Gender and Ageing Agency in Urban and Non-Urban Religious Spaces in Antiquity, 29-30 March 2022
The Principal Investigator of TaleTheory, and Director of the Centre of Medieval Arts and Rituals Dr. Stavroula Constantinou participates to the hybrid International Workshop "Gender and Ageing Agency in Urban and Non-Urban Religious Spaces in Antiquity, 29-30 March 2022, with the contribution “Female agency in religious space: Mothers and infants in early Byzantine miracle tales“
Time and Place
University of Hamburg (hybrid event)
29-30 March 2022
You can find the Program here
Seminar on "Issues of Metaphrasis", 21 February 2022
The Principal Investigator of TaleTheory and Director of the Centre for Medieval Arts and Rituals Dr. Stavroula Constantinou, and the TaleTheory Project Advisor Prof. Christian Høgel participate to an invited hybrid seminar organised by The Department of Linguistics and Philology of Uppsala University.
Time and Place
Engelska parken 9-3042 Uppsala University & Zoom
You can find the Program here
International Conference "Ηumour and Religion", 19 February 2022
The Principal Investigator of TaleTheory and Director of the Centre for Medieval Arts and Rituals Dr. Stavroula Constantinou participates to the International Conference "Humour and Religion" organised by Sankt Ignatios College, of the University College, Stockholm.
Time and Place
Sankt Ingatios College, Stockholm
19 February 2022
You can find the Program here
Call for Expressions of Interest in Medieval Emotions and Cognitive Neuroscience, Centre of Medieval Arts and Rituals, Centre of Applied Neuroscience, and Discourse, Context and Society Lab (University of Cyprus)
The Centre for Medieval Arts & Rituals, the Centre for Applied Neuroscience, and the Discourse, Context, and Society Lab at the University of Cyprus invite expressions of interest for applications for the ONISILOS Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions COFUND project.
You can view the call and details here
Zenonio Free University, 9 November 2021
The Project TaleTheory participates to the second lecture of the institution of "Free Universities"
Time and Place
House of Letters and Arts, Larnaka
Τuesday, 9 Νοvember 2021, 7:00 p.m.
You can view the invitation here
International Conference: Storyworlds in Collections. Toward a Theory of the Ancient and Byzantine Tale (2nd c. - 7th c. CE)
Time and Venue:
26-27 November, 2021
University of Cyprus
You can view the Conference Call for Papers via this link:
You can view the Abstracts and Conference Programme via the following link:
You can register to the Conference via the following link
Call for Papers: NetMAR at ICM Michigan, 9-14 May 2022
The international Network for Medieval Arts and Rituals (NetMAR) is seeking to organise a session at the 57th International Congress of Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, 9-14 May, 2022.
Please visit the link for more information and the Call for Papers.
https://netmar.cy/2021/08/02/call-for-papers-netmar-at-imc-2022/
For more information, please contact: Stavroula Constantinou (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Narrating Relationships in Holy Lives from the First Millennium AD conference, 12 July (online)
TaleTheory’s Principal Investigator and Director of the Centre of Medieval Arts and Rituals Dr Stavroula Constantinou, will be speaking at the Narrating Relationships in Holy Lives from the First Millennium AD conference, organised by the Department of Classics & Ancient History of the University of Exeter. Dr Constantinou’s paper is entitled “Narrating Friendship in Byzantine Hagiography” and features an engaging reading of friendship in the fifth-century anonymous text Life of Eupraxia. The conference will be held online via zoom, on 12 July 2021. For more information about the programme, please see the workshop website: Narrating Relationships in Holy Lives. This is a closed workshop; to enquire about attendance, please contact the conference organisers at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Interational Medieval Congress, Leeds IMC 2021: TaleTheory, Session of Wednesday, July 7 2021, 11:15-12:45
Andria Andreou, paper focusing on the mother - child bond in Miracle Collections
Time and Place:
Online Event (ZOOM), Wednesday July 7 2021, 11:15-12:45
Paper entitled:
"Children in Distress: Agonising Mothers as Intercessors in Byzantine Miracle Collections"
For further information see here
or follow the link of the International Medieval Congress
https://www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2021/programme/
NETMAR: Invitation to join the NetMAR fringe event hosted by the International Medieval Congress, Leeds 2021
The associates of the Network of Medieval Arts and Rituals (NetMAR) warmly invite you to join the online fringe event that will take place on Thursday, July 8 2021 in the context of the International Medieval Congress IMC Leeds 2021
Details on how to register and description of the event can be found here
2021 International Conference: "Epiphanies of the Saints" in Late Antique Literature
Stavroula Constantinou: Lecture on Epiphanies in Byzantine Literature
Time and place:
Online event, via Zoom 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. CET
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89672374192?pwd=bUcyZFV4T29uWHRGNnY0Q0piVy84QT09%23success#success
Lecture entitled:
“Patterns of Epiphany in Byzantine Miracle Stories"
Relevant Material:
2021 international Conference Epiphanies of the Saints Programme
Invitation to an Open Day: Interdepartmental Postgraduate Programme in Byzantine Studies and the Latin East
Time and Place:
Online Event (ΖΟΟΜ). Wednesday 17 Μαρτίου 2021, 5.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m.
Details:
The event is free and open to the public, registration required (https://ucy.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIEkduChrzMuGNSIdEpM8fKQa9-giZ72RxZr)
For further Information please contact Antonia Giannouli This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (BMGS) and Angel Nikolaou-Konnari This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (His-Arch) or visit the Programme's website
You can view the Invitation via this link:
Invitation to the Workshop: Tales From Antiquity to the Present: Genre, Impact and Application (Η Σύντομη Διήγηση από την Αρχαιότητα Μέχρι Σήμερα: Το Είδος, η Σημασία και οι Πρακτικές της Εφαρμογές), in Greek
Time and Place:
Online Event (ΖΟΟΜ). Wednesday 07 April 2021, 4.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m.
Details:
The event is free and open to the public, registration required (https://ucy.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIqdu-trD4vE9bKIOm1vO_vw68dauld6EOX).
For further information, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
You can view the Invitation via this link:
The Director of the Centre of Medieval Arts and Rituals (CeMAR) of the University of Cyprus Assoc. Prof. Stavroula Constantinou and her associates, warmly invite you to attend the kick-off meeting of the Network for Medieval Arts and Rituals (NetMAR).
Time and Venue:
Online event (via Zoom).
The event is free and open to the public, registration required (https://ucy.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArdeugpzooHtNgIadlMYT01ka1Lpuy1yvL ).
For further information, please contact Dr. Christos Hadjiyiannis on 22-893881, or via email (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
You can view the Invitation via this link:
You can view the Program via this link:
International Conference: Storyworlds in Collections. Toward a Theory of the Ancient and Byzantine Tale (2nd c. - 7th c. CE)
Time and Venue:
26-28 November, 2021
University of Cyprus
You can view the Conference Call for Papers via this link:
Presentation of the TaleTheory Programme at the Second Forum on Research Interdisciplinarity at the University of Cyprus (23-24 September 2020)
Presentation of the Taletheory Programme (with emphasis on the interdisciplinary collaborations and applications of the research).
Time and Place:
24.09.2020, Thursday, 11.00, University of Cyprus (via Zoom)
Lecture entitled:
The Power of Narration: An Interdisciplinary Approach of the Late Antique and Byzantine Tale
Relevant Material:
Full Programme and Details of the UCY Interdisciplinary Forum
You can view the Presentation of the Forum via this link:
