24° Congresso Internazionale di Studi Bizantini (Venezia-Padova 2022).
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info: info@byzcongress2022.org
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to inform you that the official website of the 24th International Congress of Byzantine Studies is online at the address: byzcongress2022.org
The website is still a work-in-progress, but all the essential details (i.e. deadlines and contact addresses) are there. Please keep checking it from time to time to keep updated.
Our best wishes,
The organising committee
Dear Colleagues,
A few days away from the final deadline for the Plenary Sessions, I first of all wish to thank you on behalf of the Organising Committee for your widespread participation and the high number of proposals submitted to us over the past few months for the Thematic sessions, the Free Communications, and the Round Tables, despite the difficulties we have all been experiencing over the last year.
Now that all the deadlines are almost behind us, I wish to inform you about the following stages and our schedule. The Congress website will be launched in the summer, when it will be possible to enrol by paying the normal fee (until 30 November 2021) and receive all the necessary supplementary information. From 1 December the enrolment fee will be increased by roughly 25%.
Prior to the official launching of the Congress website, any new information will be published on www.studibizantini.it.
Once the Congress website is online, it will be possible to upload papers for the Plenary Sessions and abstracts of the papers for the Round Tables, Thematic Sessions, and Free Communications by strictly following the instructions and editorial guidelines provided on the website. I can already point out that the deadlines for the uploading of the texts are as follows:
15 October 2021: texts for the Plenary Sessions;
30 November 2021: abstracts for the Round Tables, Thematic Sessions, and Free Communications.
I thank you for your participation and attention.
Antonio Rigo
Organising Committee of the 24th International Congress of Byzantine Studies
we would like to update you about the 24th International Congress of Byzantine Studies program.
As previously requested by the organising committee, many of you have already confirmed their participation and paper titles, while many others have sent new proposals. We would like to thank you all for your collaboration.
Now the deadlines of April 15 and May 15 are approaching and, therefore, we would like to remind you to send your confirmations or new proposals as soon as possible.
The email address to which to send confirmations and new proposals, and ask for any information or clarification is: icbs2022@studibizantini.it
We would also like to remind you about the guidelines and deadlines.
April 15, 2021
FREE COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTERS
You can either simply confirm your title or send a revised form of it. You can send a new proposal with title and at least 5 keywords (along with your affiliation, address and contact details). You also can express the wish to be included in a Thematic Session focusing on a particular topic.
THEMATIC SESSIONS FOR FREE COMMUNICATIONS
The Organizing Committee will group the Free Communications into Thematic Sessions. If you like, you can propose a Thematic Session with some colleagues working on a common topic (minimum 6, maximum 9 people, who cannot all come from the same country). In this case, just send us the title and a short abstract of the Thematic Session, the list of participants (with their affiliations, contacts and nationalities), the titles of their papers and at least 5 keywords. The length of a Thematic Session must not exceed 2 hours.
May 15, 2021
ROUND TABLES
If your Round Table has been accepted by the Turkish Committee, let us know if you are still willing to organize it and confirm the abstract you sent, together with the list of participants (minimum 4, maximum 6 speakers – listed along with their affiliations, contact details and nationalities – who cannot all come from the same country) and the titles of their contributions. The length of a Round Table must not exceed 2 hours.
If you wish, you may change the topic of the Round Table in order to take the new location into account; however, if this is the case, the Venetian-Paduan Committee will have to examine the new proposal and discuss it with the International Bureau.
PLENARY SESSIONS
If you have been invited by the Turkish committee to present a Plenary Session paper, please let us know whether you are still willing to do so and confirm your final title. Please note that you may also change your topic in order to take the new location into account. The deadline for submitting the final version of your paper for the congress proceedings is July 15, 2021.
PLEASE NOTE:
Conveners (chairs, moderators, organizers, etc.) and speakers can participate in NO more than 3 sessions. This means that each one of you can EITHER present two (2) papers and chair / organize / moderate one (1) thematic session / round table OR chair / organize / moderate two (2) sessions / round tables and present one (1) paper. In NO case a participant can present more than two (2) papers.
The official languages of the Congress are English, French, German, Greek, Italian and Russian.
Please check the website of the Associazione Italiana di Studi Bizantini for future updates: www.studibizantini.it
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Dear Colleagues,
We are making our best effort in keeping you informed on developments in the plans for the next International Congress of Byzantine Studies. If the current COVID 19 global pandemic crisis will substantially improve, the Congress, as agreed, is scheduled to take place in Venice – Padua on the 22-27 AUGUST 2022.
At the moment though, the current situation (as per November 2020) does not allow us to make further plans, and no contractor has been so far officially hired, in order not to waste resources should the Congress be further postponed.
However, what we can do is to start working on the structure of the program and define the new calendar for submissions of your contributions to the Congress.
As the Bureau of the AIEB has already made clear, the Congress will substantially keep the same program defined for Istanbul, with minor adjustments. In this sense, we are giving the opportunity to participants, should they so wish, to revise their proposals to take the new location of the Congress into account. This includes plenary sessions, round tables and free communications.
We ask you to submit a confirmation of your willingness to participate in the Congress and your revised proposal with the title/titles of contributions and name of participants.
The following cases may occur:
1) If you are a scholar who wants to offer a FREE COMMUNICATION, there is something new for you:
A) If you want to simply offer a free communication and you are fine to be grouped with other speakers, we will do it for you. You just send us the titleof your paper and at least 5 keywords by APRIL 15, 2021.
B) If you want to offer a free communication, but you wish either to be inserted in the same group with other colleagues (e.g. colleagues you know already working on the same subject or on a subject that you feel is complementary to yours), or you want to present a research group (maximum 9 people and minimum 6 in 2 hours), you can do it. But be aware that in this case applies the rule that the group of scholars cannot include only people coming from one country, both according to the principle of nationality of the participants and of the country where they live: i.e., it is not possible to have a group composed, for example, by 5 scholars who either are all Italian (living in Italy or abroad) or work all in Italy (being Italian or not).
You just send us the list of participants (with their affiliations and nationalities), the titles of their papers and at least 5 keywords by APRIL 15, 2021.
This new format is planned especially for young scholars.
2) If your ROUND TABLE has been accepted by the Turkish committee: let us know by MAY 15, 2021 if you are still willing to organize and manage the round table you submitted and confirm the abstract of the round table together with the list of participants (with their affiliations) and the titles of their contributions.
Also in this case, if you wish so, you may change the topic of the round table to take the new location into account; however, this be the case, the Venetian-Paduan committee will have to examine the new proposal and discuss it with the international bureau.
We would also like to remind you that a round table should have a maximum of 6 and a minimum of 4 participants and that the group of scholars cannot be coming from only one country both according to the nationality of the participants and the country where they live: i.e., it is not possible to have a round table composed, for example, by 5 scholars who either are all Italian (living in Italy or abroad) or work all in Italy (being Italian or not).
3) If you have been invited by the Turkish committee to present a PLENARY SESSION PAPER: let us know by MAY 15, 2021 if you are still willing to give your paper and confirm your final title. Please notice that you may also change your topic to take the new location into account.
The deadline for submitting the final version of your paper for the proceedings of the congress is JULY 15, 2021.
How to keep in contact:
You can find further updates on the website of the Associazione Italiana di Studi Bizantini: www.studibizantini.it
If you have questions or doubts, you can write to icbs2022@studibizantini.it
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President’s Letter to Nat. Committees 19-10-20.pdf