INSTITUTE FOR NEOHELLENIC RESEARCH
Forthcoming Events
Sixth International History Congress
The Enlightenment and Religion:
The Orthodox World
3-5 December 2009
“Leonidas Zervas” Amphitheatre, NHRF
Vas. Constantinou 48, Athens
Proceeded by the Fourteenth
Annual C. Th. Dimaras Lecture:
The Enlightenment and Religion:
The main philosophical problems
by
Professor Knud Haakonssen
University of Sussex
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
7.30 p.m.
Ινστιτούτο Νεοελληνικών Ερευνών / Ε.Ι.Ε.
Λεωφ. Βασιλέως Κωνσταντίνου 48, 116 35 Aθήνα, Tηλ. (210) 72.73.554, Fax: 72.46.212, E-mail:[email protected]
INR/NHRF – Institute for Neohellenic Research / NHRF
48, Vassileos Constantinou Av., 116 35 Athens, Greece, Tel. (+30210) 72.73.554, Fax: 72.46.212, Email:[email protected]
The Enlightenment and Religion: The Orthodox World
3-4 December 2009
Athens, Institute for Neohellenic Research, National Hellenic Research Foundation
In Collaboration with
The Centre for Intellectual History, University of Sussex
and
The Lilian Voudouri Foundation
Preliminary Programme
Thursday 3 December
Opening Session
P. M. Kitromilides
Session I: The Greek Orthodox East
Vassilis Makrides, The Enlightenment in the Greek Orthodox East: Appropriation,
Dilemmas and Ambiguities.
Dimitris Moschos, An alternative “enlightenment”: The Philokalia.
Eugenia Drakopoulou, The interplay of Orthodoxy and Enlightenment in religious art.
Session II: The Russian Tradition
Simon Dixon, Religion and the Enlightenment in Russia.
Elena Smilianskaia, The battle against superstition in eighteenth century Russia:
between “rational” and “spiritual”.
Iannis Karras, Evgenios Voulgaris and Platon Levshin, Metropolitan of Moscow: the
exchange of theological ideas between two leading Enlightenment thinkers.
Friday 4 December
Session III: The Serbian Tradition
Bojan Alexsov, From St. Sava to Dositej and Back: Reconciling Enlightenment,
Orthodox Christianity and Nationalism in Serbian Culture.
Marija Petrović, The Serbian Church hierarchy and popular education in the
Habsburg lands during the eighteenth century.
Nenad Ristovic, The Enlightenment of Dositej Obradović in the context of Christian
classical humanism.
Session IV: The Romanian and Bulgarian lands
Andrei Pippidi, The Enlightenment and Orthodox Culture in the Romanian
principalities.
Mihai Ţipau, Orthodoxy and Patriotism: Naum Râmniceanu.
Vassilis Marangos, The challenge of secularism in Bulgarian society.
Session V: Conclusion
Note:
The conference is open to all interested scholars free of charge.
Registration at the opening of the conference.
Certificates of participation can be issued if needed.