[Discussion] Sixth Conference of the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 09:04:28 -0700

The Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East is pleased=20
to announce its sixth conference, which will be held in Istanbul, Turkey=20
to coincide with the 800-year anniversary of the conquest of=20
Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade. The conference will take place at=20
the University of Bogazici on the shores of the Bosporus. The conference=20
will open on 25 August with an optional tour of Istanbul during the day=20
and plenary lectures in the evening by Michel Balard and Thomas F.=20
Madden. A Welcome Reception hosted by the president of the University of=20
Bogazici will follow. More than thirty sessions of scholarly papers will=20
be delivered in concurrent sessions on 26, 27, and 28 August. The formal=20
conference will conclude with a plenary panel on the state of research=20
on the Fourth Crusade, which will include Alfred J. Andrea, Michael=20
Angold, Michel Balard, David Jacoby, Thomas F. Madden, and Jonathan=20
Riley-Smith. A Farewell Banquet will follow. On 29 August there will be=20
a tour of Princes=92 Islands and other Bosporus highlights for=20
participants conducted by Asnu-Bilban Yalcin of Istanbul University. On=20
30 August to 1 September there will be an optional tour of Troy,=20
Pergamum, and Ephesus.

      The Sixth Conference of the

    /Society for the Study of the Crusades/

    /and the Latin East/

      25-29 August 2004

      Istanbul, Turkey

          Conference Theme:

      /1204: A Turning Point in the Relations Between Eastern and
      Western Christendom/

        *Wednesday, August 25, 2004*

Bogazici University
*16.00: Registration and distribution of dossiers*

*18.30 - Plenary Session*
Chair: Nevra Necipoglu (Bogazici University)
Welcome Addresses:
Prof. Dr. Sabih Tansal, president (Bogazici University)
Prof. Dr. Selim Deringil, chair of the Department of history (Bogazici=20
University)

Presidential Address: Michel Balard (Sorbonne)
Opening Lecture:
Thomas F. Madden (Saint Louis University), "1204 and Historical Memory"

*20.00: Welcome Reception hosted by the president of Bogazici University*

        Thursday, August 26, 2004

*9.30-11.00*

*[a] The Fourth Crusade*
Chair: John France
Jonathan Riley Smith (Emmanuel College, Cambridge), "An Alternative=20
Approach to the Fourth Crusade"
Aryeh Grabois (University of Haifa), "The Fourth Crusade and the Holy Lan=
d"
Lucie Kuhse (University of Hamburg), "The Conquest of Constantinople: A=20
Question of Honour?"

*[b] The Military Orders: The Templars*
Chair: Malcolm Barber
Elena Bellomo (Universit=E0 Cattolica del Sacro Cuore), "Barotius,=20
Crusader and Templar Master of Lombardy and Italy"
Ignacio de la Torre (UNED), "The Templars as Papal Bankers"
Paul Crawford (Alma College), "Templars and Masters: A Second Look at=20
the Involvement of the University of Paris in the Trial of the Templars"

*[c] Crusader Archeology*
Chair: Benjamin Kedar
Mathias Piana (University of Augsburg, Germany), "The Crusader Castle of=20
Toron: First Results of its Investigation"
Adrian J. Boaz (University of Haifa), "Crusader and Armenian Castles:=20
Architectural Interchange and Adaptation"
Kate Raphael (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), "Arrows and Catapult=20
Stones: Hard Evidence from the Siege of Arsuf (1265) and Acre (1291)

*Coffee Break*

*11.30-13.00
*

*[a] Different Perspectives of the Fourth Crusade*
Chair: Susan Edgington
S. I. Luchitskaya (Institute of General History, Moscow), "Russian=20
Medieval Perceptions of the Fourth Crusade"
Christer Carlsson (Stockholm), "1204 - The Time of the Fourth Crusade=20
from a Northern Perspective"
Aphrodite Papayianni (University of London), "The Byzantines' Views on=20
the Events of 1204: 1204-1453"

*[b] The Ideal of Knighthood and the Military Orders*
Chair: Jonathan Riley Smith
Malcolm Barber (University of Reading), "The Reputation of Gerard of=20
Ridefort"
Sophia Menache (University of Haifa), "Don Alonso of Aragon, Master of=20
Calatrava"
Zsolt Hunyadi (University of Szeged), "Hospitallers, Templars, and=20
Teutonic Knights in the Medieval Kingdom of Hungary"

*[c] Military History*
Chair: Matthew Bennett
Piers Mitchell (Imperial College, London), "Weapon Injuries Sustained by=20
the Frankish Garrison during the Siege of Vadum Iacob Castle"
Reuven Amitai (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), "Slowly but Surely:=20
Mamluk Siege Methods against the Franks"
B. Vasiliki A. Simpson, "The Fires of the Fourth Crusade: A Memoir of=20
the Architectural Loss"

*14.30-16.00*

*[a] Economic Aspects of the Fourth Crusade*
Chair: David Jacoby
Merav Mack (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), "Commercial Aspects of the=20
Fourth Crusade"
Kelly Linardou (Birmingham University) and Titos Papanastorakis (Aegean=20
University), "Politics of Looting and the Formation of Symbolic=20
Identities: The Choice of Venetians and Franks and the Distribution of=20
Constantinopolitan Booty after the Conquest of 1204"
Robert D. Leonard (NCIS), "The Effects of the Fourth Crusade on European=20
Gold Coinage"

*[b] The Second Crusade*
Chair: Aryeh Grabois
William J. Purkis (Emmanuel College, Cambridge), "Bernard of Clairvaux=20
and the Preaching of the Second Crusade"
G. A. Loud (University of Leeds), "The Failure of the Second Crusade: A=20
Reconsideration"
Jonathan Phillips (Royal Holloway University of London), "Armenia and=20
the Second Crusade"
Michael Evans (University of Reading), "Penthesilea on the Second=20
Crusade: Is Eleanor of Aquitaine the 'Amazon Queen' of Nicetas Choniates?=
"

*[c] The Crusades, Before and After*
Chair: Yvonne Friedman
Tracy Smith (Berkeley), "The Crusades: A Cultural Anthropological Study"
Charles R, Bowlus (University of Arkansas), "The Origins of=20
Byzantine-Latin Animosities in East-Central Europe"
Janus M=F6ller Jensen (University of Southern Denmark), "The Forgotten=20
Periphery and the Forgotten Crusades: Greenland and the Crusades, 1400-15=
36"

*Coffee Break*

*16.30-18.00*

*[a] The Conquest and Sack of Constantinople, 1204*
Chair: Thomas Madden
John H. Pryor (University of Sidney), "The Chain of the Golden Horn"
David Perry (University of Minnesota), "The Translatio Symonensis and=20
the Seven Thieves: A Venetian Fourth Crusade furta sacra Narrative and=20
the Looting of Constantinople"
Michael Angold (University of Edinburgh), "The Debate over the Sack of=20
Constantinople, 1204"

*[b] The Papacy and the Crusades*
Chair: Jonathan Phillips
Theresa M. Vann (Hill Monastic Manuscript Library), "Eleventh- and=20
Twelfth-Century Vocabulary of Holy War in the Mediterranean"
John France (Swansea University), "The Papacy and Its Byzantine Strategy"
Ane Bysted (University of Southern Denmark), "Crusade Indulgences in=20
Twelfh- Century Theology: The Spirit of the Spiritual Privilege"

*[c] The Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem*
Chair: Michel Balard
Benjamin Kedar (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), "Enhancing Holy Places=20
in the Kingdom of Jerusalem: The Diverging Fortunes of Hebron and Sebaste=
"
Sylvia Schein (University of Haifa), "The Twelfth-Century Communication=20
Network between the Kingdom of Jerusalem and Byzantium"
Ronnie Ellenblum (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), "Crusader History and=20
Plate Tectonics: Vadum Iacob and the Earthquakes of 1202 and 1759"

        Friday, August 27, 2004

*9.30-11.00*

*[a] Innocent III and the Fourth Crusade*
Chair: Brenda Bolton
Jonathan Harris (Royal Holloway University of London), "Collusion with=20
the Infidel as a Pretext for Military Action against Byzantium"
Jennifer A. Price (University of Washington), "Legatine Power and the=20
Crusade Vow: Innocent III, Peter Capuano, and the Conquest of=20
Constantinople"
Giulio Cipollone (Pontifical Gregorian University), "In the Language of=20
Innocent III: Christians are worse than Saracens, Jews and Pagans: The=20
Case of the Venetians"

*[b] Jihad, Military Orders, and Crusades in Spain*
Chair: Theresa Vann (Monastic Hill Library)
Cristina de la Puente (CSIC, Madrid), "Jihad and Reconquista in al-Andalu=
s"
Simon F. Barton (University of Exeter), "The Nobility and the Iberian=20
Crusades"
Ana Echevarria (UNED, Madrid), "Muslim Vassals of the Military Orders=20
and their Conversion"

*[c] The Latin East*
Chair: Gilles Grivaud
Jean Richard (Acad=E9mie des inscriptions et belles-lettres), "Les Etats=20
Latins du Levant face =E0 la conqu=EAte de Constantinople"
Yvonne Friedman (Bar Ilan University), "Christian-Muslim Peace Endeavors=20
and Conflict Resolution"
Ronnie Ellenblum (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), "'Crusader Cities',=20
'Muslim Cities,' and the Post-Colonial Debate"
Ioanna Christoforaki (Academy of Athens), "Circulating Images,=20
Transmitting Ideas: The Cultural Economy of Crusader Cyprus"

*Coffee Break*

*11.30-13.00
*

*[a] The Fourth Crusade: Different Perspectives*
Chair: Jenny Horowitz
Monique Zerner (University of Nice), "Ceux qui refus=E8rent le=20
d=E9tournement de la croisade vers Contantinople"
Philippe Gardette (Trinity College, Cambridge), "Jews and the Capture of=20
Constantinople in 1204 and in 1453: A Parallel"
Marco Meschini (Universit=E0 Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano), "Les=20
quatre croisades de 1204"

*[b] Crusade Historiography*
Chair: David Perry
Tivadar Palagyi (University of Budapest), "Images byzantines et persanes=20
de Constantinople dans des texts =E9piques de Georges de Pisidie et de=20
Firdousi"
Serban Marin (Istituto Romeno di cultura), "The Venetian Chronicles'=20
Viewpoint regarding the Fourth Crusade: Between Justification and Glory"
Konstantinos A. Zafeiris (University of St. Andrews), "The Synopsis=20
Chronike and Its Selective Use of the Sources"

*[c] The Art of War and the Conquest of Constantinople*
Chair: Reuven Amitai
Birsel K=FCc=FCksipahioglu (Istanbul University), "The Western Plans to=20
Capture Byzantium from the Beginnings of the Crusades to 1204"
Francesco dall'Aglio (Istituto Italiano per gli studi filosofici),=20
"Brothers in Arms: The Art of War according to Balduin and Henry"
Matthew Bennett (Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst), "Why and how were=20
the Fourth Crusaders able to capture Constantinople?"

*Lunch Break*

*14.30-16.00*

*[a] Latin Constantinople*
Chair: John W. Barker
Thomas F. Madden (Saint Louis University), "The Latin Empire's Fractured=20
Foundation: The Rift between Boniface of Montferrat and Baldwin of Flande=
rs"
David Jacoby (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), "Demography and Society=20
in Latin Constantinople, 1204-1261"
J=FCrgen Kr=FCger (University of Karlsruhe), "Relics, Spoils, and Mosaics=
:=20
St Marc in Venice and its Relation to the Churches of Constantinople and=20
of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem"

*[b] Frankish Greece and Anatolia after the Fourth Crusade*
Chair: Jean Richard
Ebru Altan (Istanbul University), "Anatolia after the Fourth Crusade"
Diana Gililand Wright (New School University), "The Parlement of Ravenika=
"
Gilles Grivaud (Universit=E9 de Rouen), "La place du clerg=E9 mineur grec=
=20
dans la soci=E9t=E9 des Etats francs apr=E8s 1204"

*[c] The Kingdom of Lesser Armenia and the Crusades*
Chair: Sylvia Schein
Christopher MacEvitt (Dartmouth College), "Matthew of Edessa and the=20
Problem of Tolerance in the Latin East"
Karl Borchardt (University of W=FCrzburg), "'Good Heretics'?: Western=20
Attitudes towards the Armenians in the Fourteenth Century"
Zara Pogossian (Central European University), "Crossing Cultures in the=20
Text of the Letter of Love and Concord: an Armenian Apocryphal Source=20
from the Period of the Fourth Crusade"

*Coffee Break*

16.30-18.00

*[a] Historiography of the Fourth Crusade*
Chair: Jonathan Harris
Alicia J. Simpson (King's College, London), "Before and After 1204: The=20
Versions of Niketas Choniates' Historia and the Collapse of Byzantium"
Jenny Horowitz (University of Haifa), "'By overturning the Cross with=20
the Cross they bore sewn on their backs, the Latins rejected Christ':=20
Niketas Choniates' Testimony as a Reflection of the Byzantine Stance=20
towards the Franks"
Elizabeth Siberry (Independent Scholar), "The Fourth Crusade: Some Later=20
Perspectives"

*[b] Commemorating the Crusades and Artistic Patronage*
Chair: Nurith Kenaan Kedar
Christine Verzar (Ohio State University), "The Artistic Patronage of the=20
Returning Crusader: The Arm of St. George and Ferrara Cathedral"
Montserrat Pages (Museu Nacional d'art, Catalunya), "Ripoll and Taull,=20
Memory and Patronage after the Reconquista"
Nurith Kenaan-Kedar (Tel Aviv University), "Returning Crusades and the=20
Mural Cycle of Saint-Chef (Dauphine)
Hanna Taragan (Tel Aviv University), "Mamluk Patronage and Crusader=20
Memories"

*[c] Dynastic Politics and the Crusades*
Chair: Ronnie Ellenblum
Torben K. Nielsen (Aalborg University), "War and Marriage: Cultural=20
Encounters in the Baltic Crusades"
John W. Barker (University of Wisconsin-Madison), "Crusading and=20
Matrimony in the Dynastic Policies of Montferrat and Savoy"
Jochen G. Schenk (Emmanuel College, Cambridge), "Templar Support and the=20
Crusading Tradition of Noble French Families"

        Saturday, August 28, 2004

*9.30-11.00*

*[a] Historiography of the Crusade*
Chair: Boaz Adrian
Cyril Aslanov (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), "Villehardouin and=20
Robert de Clari on the Conquest of Constantinople: The Rise of a New=20
Historiography?
Luis Garcia Guijarro (University of Zaragoza) - Manuel Rojas (University=20
of Extremadura), "Crusader Historiography and Reconquista: A Spanish=20
View of Existing Clich=E9s"
Taef el-Azhari (Helwan University, Cairo), "The Muslim Perspectives of=20
the Middle East during the Fourth Crusade"

*[b] The First Crusade*
Chair: G. A. Loud
Johanna Maria Van Winter (University of Utrecht), "The Origins of the=20
Priest Godschalk the Crusader"
Koray Durak (Harvard), "Byzantine Imperial Discourse on the Crusaders in=20
Anna Komnena's Alexiad as a Mechanism of Imperial Control"
Sini Kangas (University of Helsinki), "The Image of the Greeks in the=20
Sources of the First Crusade"

*[c] Rulers, Crusades, and the Military Orders*
Chair: Dean Sakel
J. T. Roche (University of St Andrews), "Conrad III and the Second=20
Crusade, 1147/8: Retreat from Dorylaeum?"
Peter S. Peleg (University of Haifa), "Frederick II and the Major=20
Military Orders"
Jos=E9 Manuel Rodr=EDguez Garc=EDa (University of Salamanca), "1269-1271:=
 The=20
Spanish and St. Louis' Second Crusade"

*Coffee Break*

*11.30-13.00*

*[a] The Fourth Crusade, the Latin Empire, and the Papacy*
Chair: Luis Garcia Guijarro
Alfred J. Andrea (University of Vermont), "'What we have here is a=20
Failure to Communicate': Innocent III and Alexius III on the Eve of the=20
Fourth Crusade"
Michael Lower (University of Minnesota), "Pope Gregory IX and the Latin=20
Empire"
Susan B. Edgington (Queen Mary, University of London), "A Female=20
Physician on the Fourth Crusade? Laurette de Saint-Valery"

*[b] Venice and the Crusades*
Chair: Karl Borchardt
Pierre A. MacKay (University of Washington), "Walking the Streets of=20
Negropont"
Ruth Gertwagen (Oranim College, Israel), "Maritime Factors in the=20
Formation of the so-called Venetian Maritime Empire and the Development=20
of Its ports System"
P. Racine (Universit=E9 Marc Bloch, Strasbourg ), "Venise et son=20
arri=E8re-pays continental =E0 l'=E9poque de la 4=E8me Croisade"

*[c] Different Perspectives of the Fourth Crusade*
Chair: Sophia Menache
Dean Sakel (Bogasici University), "A Garbled Byzantine Account of 1204"
William J. Hamblin, (Brigham Young University) "Arab Perspectives on the=20
Fall of Constantinople to the Crusaders in 1204"
Angus Steward (University of St Andrews), "The Emperor Baldwin"

*14.30-16.00*

*Plenary Session*
*New and Old in the Research of the Fourth Crusade*
Chair: Benjamin Kedar
Panel: David Jacoby, Jonathan Riley Smith, Michel Balard, Thomas Madden,=20
Michael Angold, and Alfred J. Andrea.

*20.00
Farewell Banquet*

        Sunday, August 29, 2004

*9.00-17.00*

*Princes' Island and Bosphorus Highlights* - guidance and supervision of=20
Prof. Asnu-Bilban Yalcin (Istanbul University)

Prof. Sophia Menache
Department of History
University of Haifa
Haifa 31905,
ISRAEL

Email: menache@research.haifa.ac.il <mailto:menache@research.haifa.ac.il>
Visit the website at http://sscle.slu.edu