International conference (hybrid format).
Venue: Vilnius, 30–31 May, 2024
Conference organisers: Darius Baronas, Jonathan Shepard, Sergejus Temčinas, Constantin Zuckerman (Lithuanian Institute of History)
This international conference aims to address the issue of Byzantium's political and cultral impact on the region of present-day Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, and Ukraine. What kind of interests, interest-groups and beliefs were in play in the interactions between Byzantium and its northern neighbours? Themes to be addressed in these territories include:
- The attractions of Byzantine Soft Power, its export and local reception;
- The Byzantine empire's need for military aid and material support;
- Relics diplomacy;
- The role of the patriarchate of Constantinople in creating new ecclesiastical structures;
- The Byzantine contributions to Church Union;
- The long-term legacy of Eastern Christendom in the lands of the Crown of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
