Leibniz ScienceCampus
Byzantium between
Orient and Occident
Leibniz ScienceCampus
Byzantium between
Orient and Occident
SPEAKER
Prof. Dr. Falko Daim
Römisch-Germanisches
Zentralmuseum (RGZM), Mainz
Tel.: 06131 / 91 24 - 116
[email protected]
COORDINATOR
Dr. Benjamin Fourlas
Römisch-Germanisches
Zentralmuseum (RGZM), Mainz
Tel.: 06131 / 91 24 - 168
[email protected]
The Greek-influenced Byzantine Empire
played a vital role in the formation of
modern Europe and the Mediterranean
states. Between the 4th and the 12th century, Byzantine culture set standards in all
areas of life and had a key influence on all
neighbouring states. Byzantium formed a
bridge between Antiquity and the Modern
Age and, at the same time, between Europe and the Orient. The Byzantine heritage
is still present today in many countries in
the form of the Orthodox Church. Despite
its historical significance, research into
Byzantine history and culture in Germany
occupies a niche area, although the Byzantine element is gaining a new importance
against the backdrop of the European unification process.
PARTNERS
Leibniz Institutes:
Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum (RGZM), Mainz
Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG), Mainz
University:
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Further Partners:
State Museum Mainz
Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier
www.byzanz-mainz.de
Picture: Martin Fisch/flickr.com
The Leibniz ScienceCampus Mainz aims to
establish a broad platform for interdisciplinary Byzantine studies within an institutional framework. The various cultural processes of reception, transfer and exchange
which took place in the reception of Antiquity and the continued existence of Byzantine culture as well as between Byzantium and the Latin West, the Slavic North
and the Islamic South are examined in a
uniform approach. The Leibniz ScienceCampus promotes the integration of dispersed scientific disciplines dedicated to
Byzantium, and enables multidisciplinary,
historical and cultural research to be conducted under one roof.