Order and Hierarchy in Late Antique and Byzantine Thought

Event: International Conference

Location: NEC conference hall

10 October 2024, 9.30-17.30

Conveners: Bogdan TĂTARU-CAZABAN, Marilena VLAD

Participants: Michele ABBATE, Mircea DULUȘ, Delphine LAURITZEN, Frederick LAURITZEN, Ernesto MAINOLDI, Bogdan TĂTARU-CAZABAN, Ovidiu SFERLEA, Dimitrios VASILAKIS, Marilena VLAD

PROGRAM

9.30
Opening Remarks

9.45
Michele ABBATE (University of Salerno)
From the Proclean ‘triads’ to the concepts of ‘trinity’ and ‘hierarchy’ in the Corpus Areopagiticum

10.25
Marilena VLAD (Institute for South-East European Studies)
Mystery as the meaning of Dionysius’ hierarchy

11.05
Ernesto MAINOLDI (University of Salerno)
Participation in divine life and hierarchical transmission from the perspective of the liturgy

11.45
Coffee Break

12.00
Delphine LAURITZEN (Sorbonne University)
L’ordre cosmique de Jean de Gaza: une hiérarchie dynamique

12.40
Mircea DULUȘ (Institute for South-East European Studies)
The Areopagitica in Niketas David the Paphlagonian’s hagiographic writings

13.30
Lunch break

14.30
Frederick LAURITZEN (Scuola grande di San Marco)
The metaphysics of the imperial hierarchy in Psellos

15.10
Bogdan TĂTARU-CAZABAN (Institute for South-East European Studies, Institute for the History of Religions)
La pluralité des hiérarchies selon Grégoire le Sinaïte

15.50
Coffee break

16.00
Dimitrios VASILAKIS (University of Ioannina)
The reception of Dionysian ‘hierarchy’ in Gregory Palamas’ work

16.40
Ovidiu SFERLEA (Institute for South-East European Studies, University of Oradea)
Calliste Angélikoudès en débat avec Thomas d’Aquin sur l’interprétation de la ‘hiérarchie’ dionysienne

17.20
Conclusions

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This event is organized within the research project Order and Hierarchy in Late Antique and Byzantine Thought (PN-III-P4-PCE-2021-0417; PI: Dr. Marilena Vlad) funded by UEFISCDI and hosted by the Institute of South-East European Studies, Bucharest.