IMC 2017: Sessions

Session 818: Enemies and Exclusion in the Medieval Slavonic World: Vilifying Otherness

Sponsor:	Slavonic & East European Medieval Studies Group (SEEMSG)
Organiser:	Alexandra Vukovich, Newnham College, University of Cambridge
Moderator/Chair:	Nicholas Mayhew, Department of Slavonic Studies, University of Cambridge
Paper 818-a	The State and the 'Other': Responses to the Problem of Brigandage in the Medieval Balkans (Language: English) Panos Sophoulis, Department for Slavic Studies, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Language and Literature - Slavic, Local History, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 818-b	Images and Attributes of Enemies in Pre-Revolutionary Russia (Language: English) Kati Parppei, Department of Geographical & Historical Studies, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu Index terms: Language and Literature - Slavic, Military History, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 818-c	The Politics of Dining with the Enemy in Early Rus' (Language: English) Alexandra Vukovich, Newnham College, University of Cambridge Index terms: Language and Literature - Slavic, Mentalities, Military History, Politics and Diplomacy
Abstract	This session provides a discussion of the hostile 'other'. Each paper examines how exclusion was constructed in historical sources, and identifies the identity and function of the enemy 'other' in the Medieval Slavonic world.