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Is Byzantine Studies a Colonialist Discipline?

Toward a Critical Historiography

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

AvBenjamin Anderson,Mirela Ivanova,Benjamin (Cornell University) Anderson,Mirela (University of Sheffield) Ivanova

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Is Byzantine Studies a colonialist discipline? Rather than provide a definitive answer to this question, this book defines the parameters of the debate and proposes ways of thinking about what it would mean to engage seriously with the field’s political and intellectual genealogies, hierarchies, and forms of exclusion.In this volume, scholars of art, history, and literature address the entanglements, past and present, among the academic discipline of Byzantine Studies and the practice and legacies of European colonialism. Starting with the premise that Byzantium and the field of Byzantine studies are simultaneously colonial and colonized, the chapters address topics ranging from the material basis of philological scholarship and its uses in modern politics to the colonial plunder of art and its consequences for curatorial practice in the present. The book concludes with a bibliography that serves as a foundation for a coherent and systematic critical historiography. Bringing together insights from scholars working in different disciplines, regions, and institutions, Is Byzantine Studies a Colonialist Discipline? urges practitioners to reckon with the discipline’s colonialist, imperialist, and white supremacist history.In addition to the editors, the contributors to this volume include Andrea Myers Achi, Nathanael Aschenbrenner, Bahattin Bayram, Averil Cameron, Stephanie R. Caruso, Şebnem Dönbekci, Hugh G. Jeffery, Anthony Kaldellis, Matthew Kinloch, Nicholas S. M. Matheou, Maria Mavroudi, Zeynep Olgun, Arietta Papaconstantinou, Jake Ransohoff, Alexandra Vukovich, Elizabeth Dospěl Williams, and Arielle Winnik.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-06-27
Mått140 x 216 x 15 mm
Vikt318 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieICMA Books | Viewpoints
Antal sidor216
FörlagPennsylvania State University Press
ISBN9780271095264

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Benjamin Anderson is Associate Professor of the History of Art and Classics at Cornell University. He is the author of Cosmos and Community in Early Medieval Art and coeditor of Antiquarianisms: Contact, Conflict, Comparison, and The Byzantine Neighbourhood: Urban Space and Political Action.Mirela Ivanova is Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Sheffield. She is the author of Inventing Slavonic: Cultures of Writing Between Rome and Constantinople.

List of IllustrationsPreface: The Historical ConjunctureIntroduction: For a Critical Historiography of Byzantine StudiesBenjamin Anderson and Mirela IvanovaPart 1: How Is Byzantine Studies (Re)Produced?1. Hieronymus Wolf’s Silver Tongue: Early Byzantine Scholarship at the Intersection of Slavery, Colonialism, and the CrusadesNathanael Aschenbrenner and Jake Ransohoff2. Byzantine Archaeology: Teaching the Tenth and the Twentieth CenturiesHugh G. Jeffery3. Byzantium in ExileŞebnem Dönbekci, Bahattin Bayram, and Zeynep OlgunPart 2: How Is Byzantium (Re)Produced?4. Methodological ImperialismNicholas S. M. Matheou5. The Price of AdmissionAnthony Kaldellis6. Byzantine Studies: A Field Ripe for DisruptionAveril Cameron7. Subaltern ByzantinismMaria MavroudiPart 3: How Are Byzantine Texts (Re)Produced?8. Byzantine and Western Narratives: A Dialogue of EmpiresArietta Papaconstantinou9. The Ethnic ProcessAlexandra Vukovich10. Publication and Citation Practices: Enclosure, Extractivism, and Gatekeeping in Byzantine StudiesMatthew KinlochPart 4: How Is Byzantine Art (Re)Produced?11. The South Kensington Museum, Byzantine Egyptian Textiles, and Art-Historical ImperialismArielle Winnik12. From Ethnographic Illustration to Aphrodisian Magistrate: Changing Perceptions of an Early Byzantine PortraitStephanie R. Caruso13. Expanding and Decentering Byzantium: The Acquisition of an Ethiopian Double-Sided Gospel LeafAndrea Myers Achi14. Equity, Accessibility, and New Narratives for Byzantine Art in the MuseumElizabeth Dospěl WilliamsA Collective Bibliography Toward a Critical Historiography of Byzantine StudiesList of ContributorsIndex

“This volume is a significant contribution to the ongoing transformation of Byzantine studies. By moving beyond simplistic pronouncements and engaging with contemporary discussions on decolonization, it dismantles lingering Eurocentrism and fosters a more nuanced understanding of the medieval past. The contributors offer a rich tapestry of perspectives, critically examining the power dynamics that shaped both the historical reality of Byzantium and the subsequent development of the field itself.”—Katerina Ragkou Antiquity