IMC 2024: Sessions

Session 209: The Caucasus in Crisis, II: Religion and Belief

Monday 1 July 2024, 14:15-15:45

Organisers:	James Baillie, Institut für Iranistik, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien Kate Franklin, School of Historical Studies, Birkbeck, University of London
Moderator/Chair:	Nicholas J. B. Evans, Institute for Medieval Studies / School of History, University of Leeds
Paper 209-a	Bone, Blood, and Stone: Polluting Bodies in Medieval Armenian Landscapes (Language: English) Kate Franklin, School of Historical Studies, Birkbeck, University of London Ani Honarchian, Department of Theological Studies, Saint Louis University, Missouri Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Geography and Settlement Studies and Mentalities
Paper 209-b	Disappearing Evidence: Uncovering the History of a Monastery in Peril (Language: English) Whitney Kite, Department of Art History & Archaeology, Columbia University Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Ecclesiastical History and Religious Life
Paper 209-c	In the Midst of Crisis: The Leadership of Catholicos Viro in Early 7th-Century Caucasian Albania (Language: English) Alexander Kavtaradze, School of Arts & Sciences, Ilia State University, Tbilisi Index terms: Ecclesiastical History and Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 209-d	A Paradoxical 'Golden Age': Political Crisis and Architectural Production in 7th-Century Armenia (Language: English) Cassandre Lejosne, Section d'historie de l'art, Université de Lausanne Index terms: Architecture - Religious and Politics and Diplomacy
Abstract	In this session, speakers will examine the role of religious ideas, architecture, and institutions in shaping and revealing crisis across the medieval Caucasus region. The papers include looking at religious leadership and monastic life in moments of crisis, the influence of political crisis on religious material culture, and the interactions of beliefs about body and landscape in reflecting crises and conflicts in the region. This session is organised by the Medieval Caucasus Network.