Split into a workshop and a museum visit, we hope that many of our colleagues will be able to attend and to participate in presenting their methodologies and sources on this theme.
Friday 31.10.2025:
CEU, Senate Room (B319)
14:00–14:15 — Greetings
14:15–15:00 — Christopher Sprecher: Gaining, Giving, and Guarding Education: The Case of Anania of Širak (c. 610–c. 680) and the Transmission of Byzantine Learning to Armenia
15:00–15:45 — Francesca Fiaschetti: Rashīd al-Dīn as a cultural broker between China and the Ilkhanate (14th c.)
15:45–16:30 — Aliaksandra Valodzina: Christian translator and scribe of pagan Grand Duke of Lithuania Gediminas as gatekeepers between the Western European Christian and Lithuanian pagan worlds (14th c.)
16:30–17:00 — Coffee break
17:00–17:45 — Dmitrii Zharov: The Janitor as a gate-keeper in Jesuit Collegia (16th c.)
17:45–18:30 — Hakan Yerebakan: Ottoman scholars and mediation of rumors between private and public spaces (16th c)
18:30–19:00 — Conceptual and field research prep-workshop
19:00–20:00 — Reception
Saturday 1.11.2025
Weltmuseum, Heldenplatz, 1010 Wien
10:00–12:00 — Field trip to the Weltmuseum
ÖAW, 5. Stock, Seminarräume BR7 and BR8
12:00–13:00 — Lunch
13:00–14:00 — Final round-table discussion
When:
31 Oct. - 1 Nov. 14:00 2025
Where:
Senate Room (B319)
Central European University (CEU)
Quellenstraße 51
1100 Vienna
