The Annual 海角社区 Lecture in Medieval and Early Modern Slavonic Studies was launched in 2016 to examine听key questions of听early Slavonic Studies, with a particular focus on the lands of present-day Ukraine. It听features leading scholars who study the ever-changing cultural landscape of the Ukrainian lands and the varied composition and character of their inhabitants听from the medieval period to the late eighteenth century.
In line with current trends in scholarship, the series moves beyond deep-rooted national paradigms and adopts a transnational approach to the study of the Rus and Ruthenian past and to the early modern history of Ukraine and its neighbours. It casts Ukraine as a听multifocal centre for the formulation and transformation of political notions, social paradigms and cultural identities.听
The Annual Lecture is also accompanied by a led by the guest scholar, with the aim of听bringing postgraduates together from Great Britain and beyond to enrich discussions on current research in the field.听
2021
Postponed due to Covid-19 lockdown
2020
Alexander Kulik Hebrew University of Jerusalem
'Early Rus鈥� Jewry: Byzantine Connections'
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2019
Petra Melichar Slavonic Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences (Prague); Editor-in-chief, Byzantinoslavica
'The Empress鈥檚 New Clothes:听Foreign Brides in Byzantium'
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2018
Robert Romanchuk Florida State University
'The Old Slavonic Digenis Akritis: Its Origin, 'Formulaic Style,' and Problems of Its Edition'
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2017
Yuri听Avvakumov University of Notre Dame (USA)
'The听Uniates' and the Invention of Eastern Orthodoxy'
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2016
Oleksyi听Tolochko National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
'The 'Primary Chronicle' and the Origins of the听Kyivan听Rus State'
