Seminar on the occasion of the publication of Autour du Premier humanisme byzantin & Études sur le XIe siècle,
edited by Jean-Claude Cheynet et Bernard Flusin.

Speakers: Marc Lauxtermann, Exeter College, James Howard-Johnston, Corpus Christi College, J-C. Cheynet, Paris-Sorbonne and B. Flusin, Paris-Sorbonne/EPHE

Convenor: Vivien Prigent, CNRS/MFO

PROGRAMME:

15.00-16.00
Introduction: Vivien Prigent (Maison française d’Oxford)
Presentation of the book by Marc Lauxtermann (Exeter College) and James Howard-Johnston (Corpus Christi College)

16.00: coffee break

16.15-17.45
Jean-Claude Cheynet (Université Paris-Sorbonne), “The 11th century Byzantine society; fifty years of historiography”
Bernard Flusin (Université Paris-Sorbonne – EPHE) « Naissance ou renaissance? La culture écrite à Byzance au IXe siècle »

17.45: drinks