Byzantine Studies

BOOKS RECEIVED ASSOCIATION OF CYPRIOT ARCHAEOLOGISTS, (t990): M u slim places o f w orship in C yprus. A.C.A. Nicosia, 59 pp. ISBN 9963-38-013-1. CUCO, Josepa and PUJADAS, Joan J. (eds) (1990): Id en tita d es C olectivas: E tnicidad y Socialidad en la P eninsula Iberica. Generalität Valenciana, 323 pp. ISBN 84-7579-997-3. HOLTON, David (ed.) (1991): L itera tu re and S o c ie ty in R enaissance C rete. Cambridge: University Press, 339pp. ISBN 0 521 32579 X. £40/$64.50 (hardback) KOMNINOU, M. & PAPATAXIARCHIS, E. (eds) (1990): K o in o n ita , K o in o n ia ka i Ideologia. O K o n sta n tin o s K a ra vid a s ka i i P rovlem atikhi ton K o in o n iko n E pistim ion. Athens: Ekdhoseis Papazisi, 372pp. ISBN 960-02-0847-6. LEE, Guy (1991): T h e P oem s o f C atullus (A new translation by Guy Lee). Oxford: University Press: World’s Classics Series, 195pp. ISBN 0-19-282850-9. £4.99 (paperback). BRIEF NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS Two copies of submitted articles must be made. They should be on A4. paper double spaced, of a maximum length of 25-30 pages. An Abstract of the article is required. Notes and Bibliography must be placed at the end of the article. Black and White photographs may also be included. A more detailed Style Sheet is available on request from the General Editor. NEWS SECTION BYZANTINE STUDIES 2o-22 July: Monemvasia, Greece. ‘The Morosini Campaign and the “Regno di Morea’”, 3rd Symposium of History and Art. Monemvasiotikos Omilos is organizing its 3rd Sympo­ sium in Monemvasia, in collaboration with the Community of Monemvasia. More informa­ tion from Dr Haris Kalligas, tel. 0732-61284 (Monemvasia) or 01-8014071 (Kifissia). 20 Aug-5 Sept: Rethymnon, Crete. Seventh International Cretological Congress. Further information from Mr. I. Papiomytoglou, Director of the Central Public Library of Rethymnon, Agias Varvaras, Rethymnon 74100, Greece. 8-15 August: Moscow. XVIIIth International Congress of Byzantine Studies. For complete details see BBBS 16 (1990), 27-9. For more information, write to Prof G. Litavrin, USSR 117030 Moscow, Dm. Uljanov 19, USSR; FAX BYZ KONG ORG KOM 1239003. Registra­ tion before 1 March 1991 remains at $120: a/c N 7012592. Vnecheconombank USSR, 103016 Moscow, Kopievski, per 3/5. 19-24 August: Oxford. Eleventh International Conference on Patristic Studies. Enquiries to Dr E. A. Livingstone, 15 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3JS. 22-28 Sept: Bonn. ‘Peregrinatio’, 12th International Congress of Christian Archaeology. November: Johannesburg. Congress of Byzantine and Patristic Studies: N ikep h o ra s G regoras and H u m a n P erspectives. 7-10 Nov: Brookline, Massachussetts. 17th Annual U.S. Byzantine Conference, Hellenic College. Sessions will include: Art and the Church (A. Kartsonis, chair); Byzantine Art in North American Collections (G. Vican, chair); Papers in Memory of Kathleen Shelton (L. Roussin, chair); Papers on Michael Psellus in Memory of Leendert G. Westerink (J. Duffy, chair); the Reception of Byzantium in the West (C. Chazelle, chair); Sanctity (S. Harvey, chair); Social History (A. Laiou, chair); Women in Byzantium: Varieties of Evidence (A. Weyl Carr, chair). Paper proposals (one-page abstracts) must be submitted by March 15; proposals for 325 additional sessions are welcome and should be submitted as soon as possible. Send all submissions to Dale Kinney, Program Chair, Department of History of Art, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn mawr, PA 19010, USA. 7-8 May: London. International Symposium, Digenes Akrites: new perspectives on Byzantine heroic poetry, to be held at King’s College London under the auspices of the Centre for Hellenic Studies. Organisers: R. Beaton, D. Ricks. L A U T R E E T L E S A C R E : L 'E T H N O L O G IE , L E F I L M E T H N O G R A P H IQ U E E T L E S U R R E A L I S M E E N F R A N C E (1 9 3 0 -6...