Talks
Borisova, Tatiana. “Russian Church Art in Greece in the context of Russian-Greek Cultural Relations.” Invited Talk at: History, Culture and Arts Department of the Institute of Humanities of the Novosibirsk State University, September 4, 2019.
Borisova, Tatiana. “Characteristic Features of the Reception of the Images of Russian Saints in the Greek Literature of the First Half of the XIX Century: On the Material of the Service to Alexander Nevsky by Konstantinos Oikonomos”. Talk at the 5th International Conference, Russia and Greece: the Dialogues of Cultures, Petrozavodsk, Russia, October 10, 2019 (the talk was published in 2020: E. Litinskaya (Ed.) Rossia i Gretsia: dialogi kul’tur. Materialy V Megdunarodnoi konferencii. Petrozavodsk 2020 (Россия и Греция: диалоги культур : материалы V Международной конференции : сборник науч. статей / отв. ред. Е. П. Литинская ; Петрозаводск 202)
Borisova, Tatiana. “Ο ρόλος της Μονής του Αγίου Παντελεήμονα στη διαμόρφωση της λατρείας του Αγίου Ιωάννου του Ρώσου (φιλολογική προσέγγιση),” Talk at 5ο Διεθνές Επιστημονικό Εργαστήριο της Αγιορειτικής Εστίας
Boycheva, Yuliana. “Icons as Historical Sources: Studying Russian Icons in the Balkans.” Invited talk at the Workshop: Transferul cultural în arta post-bizantină / Cultural Transfer in Post-Byzantine Art,” Sesiunea Științifică, “Unitate, Continuitate și Independență în Istoria Poporului Român. 102 ani de la Marea Unire (1918 – 2020), November 27, 2020
Boycheva, Yuliana. “RICONTRANS: Visual Culture, Piety and Propaganda: Transfer and Reception of Russian Religious Art in the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean (16th – early 20th c.).” Talk at the Lecture Series 2021, co-organised by FORTH and Berkeley University of California, May 10, 2021
Boycheva, Yuliana. “Η μελέτη των αντικειμένων ρωσικής θρησκευτικής τέχνης στα Βαλκάνια: θεωρητική προσέγγιση και υλοποίηση.” Talk at the Workshop: Ποσοτική και Ποιοτική Ανάλυση Δεδομένων στην Ιστορική Έρευνα, October 7, 2021
Boycheva, Yuliana. “Οι δεσποτικές εικόνες του τέμπλου του Αγ. Αχιλλείου Λαρίσης – συμβολή στην μελέτη ρωσικής θρησκευτικής τέχνης στα Βαλκάνια (18ος-19ος αι.).” Talk at the Scientific Symposium: “Η Τέχνη στην Θεσσαλία την Εποχή του Διαφωτισμού (1770-1830)” / “Art in Thessali during the Enlightenment (1770-1830)”. The Diachronic Museum of Larisa, November 26, 2021
Boycheva, Yuliana. “Les icônes comme sources historiques : études des icônes russes dans les Balkans / Icons as Historical Sources: Studying Russian Icons in the Balkans.” Talk at the International Colloquium: “Icônes : la fabrique matérielle du visuel.” Paris, Petit Palais – Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris (auditorium Institut national d’histoire de l’art Galerie Colbert, salle Giorgio Vasari), December 8-10, 2021
Boycheva, Yuliana. “Russian ecclesiastical vestments in Crete: from imperial donations to the vast circulation of mass-produced vestments.” Talk at the 13th International Congress of Cretan Studies, organised by the Society of Cretan Historical Studies (room ZEUS/Γ — C. Modern and Contemporary Period), October 7, 2022.
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Boycheva, Yuliana. “Religious Patronage as an Instrument of ‚Soft‘ Political Propaganda: Russian Donations to Orthodox Communities in the Aegean Islands During the Russo-Turkish War 1768–1774.” Talk at the Art Reading 2024 International Conference: Old Art Module – Art and History, held at the Institute for Art Studies, BAS, Sofia, April 11-13, 2024.
Cojocaru, Cristina. “O analiză critică a denominaţiei “icoane lipoveneşti.” Talk at the online edition of the 4th Museikon Restoration Workshop dedicated to “Approaches and challenges in the restoration of Russian Icons,” September 29-30, 2021.
Cojocaru, Christina. “Politics and Propaganda in the Transfer of Russian Icons to Moldavia, Wallachia and Transylvania in the 18th Century.” Talk at the Art Reading 2024 International Conference: Old Art Module – Art and History, held at the Institute for Art Studies, BAS, Sofia, April 11-13, 2024.
Drandaki, Anastasia. “Η αόρατη Τέχνη: Ρωσικές εικόνες στην Ελλάδα (16ος – 19ος αι.). ” Talk at the Symposium: Δέκατο Τρίτο Επιστημονικό Συμπόσιο Ανασκαφή και Έρευνα XIII: Από το Ερευνητικό Έργο του Τομέα Αρχαιολογίας και Ιστορίας της Τέχνης, Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Philosophy, Department of History and Archaeology, April 7-9, 2021 (abstract on p. 30)
Drandaki, Anastasia. “Art invisible : les icônes russes dans les collections grecques / Invisible Art: Russian Icons in Greek Collections.” Talk at the International Colloquium: “Icônes : la fabrique matérielle du visuel.” Paris, Petit Palais – Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris (auditorium Institut national d’histoire de l’art Galerie Colbert, salle Giorgio Vasari), December 8-10, 2021
Dumitran, Ana. “A past too distant: the dating of the inscription in the church of Râmeț Monastery.” Talk at the international conference organized by the Museum from Vaslui, September 30 – October 1, 2020.
Dumitran, Ana. “Râmeț Monastery Church: the chronology of the painting layers after a new reading of the inscription from the narthex.” Talk at the online international conference of the Alba Iulia Museum, November 26, 2020.
Dumitran, Ana. “The Inscription in the Narthex of the Râmeț Monastery Chirch (Alba County, Romania). A Reconsideration of the Dating.” Talk at the online international conference organized by the Art Institute from Bucharest, December 10, 2020.
Dumitran, Ana. “The author of the icon of the Mother of God from Țelna and his imaginary hermeneia.” Talk at the International conference Border and Communities in Central and South-Eastern Europe, organized by the West University of Timișoara, March 16-17, 2021.
Dumitran, Ana. “An icon painter from Transylvania in the 16th century and his imaginary model notebook.” Talk at the 2nd International Congress on Byzantine Studies and Eastern Middle Ages, organized by the Federal University of Sao Paulo, March 23-25, 2021.
Dumitran, Ana. “Icoana Maicii Domnului cu Pruncul de la Țelna: o nouă încercare de încadrare cronologică / The icon of the Mother of God with Child from Țelna: a new attempt for dating.” Talk at the Annual Scientific Conference of the Bucharest History of Art Institute, May 6-7, 2021.
Dumitran, Ana. “Loss but not lost forever: Byzantine and Ruthenian icons in Romanian space and their reflection in local icon painting.” Talk at the International Methodological workshop New Topics, Sources and Methods in the Historical Research, organized by “1st December 1918” University of Alba Iulia, June 4, 2021.
Dumitran, Ana. “O icoană și universul în care a fost creată / An icon and the artistic environment in which it was created.” Talk at the International Conference Acta Moldaviae Meridionalis organized by “Ștefan cel Mare” Museum of Vaslui, September 23-24, 2021.
Dumitran, Ana. “Comercianți de icoane în vizorul autorităților, sau despre toleranța religioasă între destabilizarea socială și cea politică în contextul Răscoalei lui Horea / Icon traders in the eyes of the authorities, or about religious tolerance between social and political destabilization in the context of the Horea Uprising.” Talk at the Symposium Romanian Enlightenment: tolerance and assertion of identity in Transylvania, in 18th – 19th centuries and today’s Europe, organized by the Oradea Greek-Catholic Bishopric, October 7-9, 2021.
Fafalios, Pavlos. “Σύντομες Παρουσιάσεις Ευρωπαϊκών Έργων που είναι σε εξέλιξη.” Talk at the Workshop: Πληροφοριακά Συστήματα Τεκμηρίωσης Επιστημονικής Έρευνας στις Ανθρωπιστικές και Κοινωνικές Επιστήμες, September 23, 2020 (watch here).
Fafalios, Pavlos. “Σημασιολογική τεκμηρίωση ερευνητικών δεδομένων και γνώσης στον τομέα της Ιστορίας της Τέχνης με το σύστημα SYNTHESIS.” Talk at the Workshop: Ποσοτική και Ποιοτική Ανάλυση Δεδομένων στην Ιστορική Έρευνα, October 7, 2021 (watch here).
Filip, Dumitrița.”Iconografia – factor de coeziune regională.” Invited talk at the Workshop: Transferul cultural între artă și istorie / Cultural Transfer between Art and History,” Sesiunea Științifică, “Unitate, Continuitate și Independență în Istoria Poporului Român. 102 ani de la Marea Unire (1918 – 2020), November 26, 2020
Filip, Dumitrița. “Restoration of a group of Russian icons for the Ricontrans project.” Talk at the international conference Acta Moldaviae Meridionalis, organized by “Stephen the Great” Museum in Vaslui, September 30 – October 1, 2020.
Filip, Dumitrița. “Museums and Research Projects during a Time of Pandemic.” Talk at the online international conference organized by the Institute for Studies in Eastern Christianity, New York, December 11, 2020.
Filip, Dumitrița, Elena Badea, Cristina Carşote, Emanuel Hadȋmbu, Iulia Maria Caniola, Simona Păunescu. “Revealing the History of the objects: a synergy between Restoration and Chemistry: Research Report on the Restoration of a group of Russian icons for RICONTRANS project.” Talk at the online edition of the 4th Museikon Restoration Workshop dedicated to “Approaches and challenges in the restoration of Russian Icons,” September 29-30, 2021.
Fragopoulou, Maria Ernest and Lida Charami. “Ο Θησαυρός Όρων του Έργου RICONTRANS: Russian Icons Transfer, Visual Culture, Piety and Propaganda: Transfer and Reception of Russian Religious Art in the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean (16th – early 20th Century).” Talk at the Workshop: Θησαυροί Όρων σε Ψηφιακές Συλλογές των Ανθρωπιστικών Επιστημών, September 14, 2021 (watch here).
Gerd, Lora and Yuliana Boycheva. “The Dissemination of Russian Religious Art in the Balkans as Instruments of Political and Religious Propaganda (Artefacts & Written Sources).” Talk at the Seminar: Histoire comparée et connectée des christianismes orientaux (XVIe-XIXe s.), École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), January 17, 2023.
Gerd, Lora. “Russian support for the church institutions of Greece: tradition, ideology and politics in the 19th century.” Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS-FORTH), Rethymnon, October 11, 2022 (watch here).
Gerd, Lora. “Russian support for the church institutions of Greece: tradition, ideology and politics in the 19th century.” Panteion University, Athens (KENI-Research Centre for Modern History), Saki Karageorga II amphiteatre, October 13, 2022.
Gerd, Lora. “Between the Crimean and the Russo-Ottoman War of 1877–1878. Russian Aid for the Churches of Bulgaria.” Talk at the Art Reading 2024 International Conference: Old Art Module – Art and History, held at the Institute for Art Studies, BAS, Sofia, April 11-13, 2024.
Gergova, Ivanka and Natalia Komashko. “Eдна икона във войни / Αn Icon in Wars.” Talk at the Art Reading 2024 International Conference: Old Art Module – Art and History, held at the Institute for Art Studies, BAS, Sofia, April 11-13, 2024.
Katopi, Sofia. “The research for Russian ecclesiastical items in Rethymno, Crete.” Invited talk at the Workshop: Transferul cultural în arta post-bizantină / Cultural Transfer in Post-Byzantine Art,” Sesiunea Științifică, “Unitate, Continuitate și Independență în Istoria Poporului Român. 102 ani de la Marea Unire (1918 – 2020), November 27, 2020.
Katopi, Sofia. “Religious Identity and Cultural Politics of the Great Powers in the Cretan State (1898–1913).” Talk at the Art Reading 2024 International Conference: Old Art Module – Art and History, held at the Institute for Art Studies, BAS, Sofia, April 11-13, 2024.
Kostić, Ana. “The memorial church in Gornji Adrovac as a symbol of political, cultural and artistic ties between Serbia and Russia at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century.” Public lecture at the Sekulić Icon Collection, the Museum of the City of Belgrade, December 14, 2023.
Makuljević, Nenad. “Russian icons in Serbian church culture of the new century: contexts and functions.” Public lecture at the Sekulić Icon Collection, the Museum of the City of Belgrade, December 6, 2023.
Nikolov, Angel. “In search of Russian religious art in South Bulgaria: a short report about the first field expedition of the Bulgarian team of RICONTRANS.” Invited talk at the Workshop: Transferul cultural în arta post-bizantină / Cultural Transfer in Post-Byzantine Art,” Sesiunea Științifică, “Unitate, Continuitate și Independență în Istoria Poporului Român. 102 ani de la Marea Unire (1918 – 2020), November 27, 2020.
Nikolov, Angel. “Икони и войни: няколко примера от Руско-турската война 1877–1878 / Icons and Wars: Some Examples from the Russo-Turkish War 1877–1878.” Talk at the Art Reading 2024 International Conference: Old Art Module – Art and History, held at the Institute for Art Studies, BAS, Sofia, April 11-13, 2024.
Preobrazhenskii, Aleksandr. “Couches «moscovites» et «grecques» dans les icônes russes réalisées pour les orthodoxes orientaux (xve-xviiie siècle) / ‘Muscovite’ and ‘Greek’ Layers in Russian Pieces Made for the Eastern Orthodox Audience (15th-18th century).” Talk at the International Colloquium: “Icônes : la fabrique matérielle du visuel.” Paris, Petit Palais – Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris (auditorium Institut national d’histoire de l’art Galerie Colbert, salle Giorgio Vasari), December 8-10, 2021
Seraïdari, Katerina. “Ο περιπετειώδης βίος της προσφυγικής καμπάνας του Καρς: από την μεταφορά, την αχρήστευση και τις θυγατρικές καμπάνες (1956) στην επετειακή αναβίωση (23 Οκτωβρίου 2022).” Talk at the Conference: “Πολιτισμός, Μνήνη, Ανώτατη Εκπαίδευση: Η Παρουσία και η Συμβολή των Προσφύγων της Μικρασιατικής Καταστροφής στην Ελλάδα του 20ου Αιώνα.” National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Panepistimiou 30, Athens) March 30-31 & April 1, 2023
Touloupi, Eirini. “Η ρωσική παρουσία στην Νάξο (17ος – 19ος αι.).” Talk at the conference: “Η Νάξος διά μέσου των αιώνων.” 7th Hellenic Conference, Naxos, November 2-5, 2023.