The International symposium in Byzantine and Medieval Studies "Days of Justinian I" is an annual interdisciplinary scholarly forum aimed at the presentation of the latest research followed by discussions on various aspects of Byzantine and Medieval Studies before 1500; this includes the treatment and interpretation of cultural, historical and spiritual heritage in contemporary modern Europe. The Symposium is dedicated to Emperor Justinian I with the aim to bring together scholars from around the world to address a broad range of issues related to Byzantium and the European Middle Ages, comprising the exploration of the cultural and historical legacy as an integrative component of the diversities and commonalities of Europe and wider.

This year the special thematic strand Ideology will instigate scholarly debate about the different aspects of ideology in Byzantium and in Medieval Western Europe. Ranging from the general belief of the people about their world, to the particular sets of ideas and notions, the ideology operated at different levels in the Middle Ages, articulating the power and impacting the societies. Various questions will be raised in exploring the ideology as a function of propaganda that legitimized a political order and justified influence. This will encompass an ideological framework of imperial action, competition over status and identity, rival ideological claims to the Roman Empire, relationship with nationalism.

The Symposium will embrace broader geographical areas and chronological scope, addressing wide range of conceptual issues in examining the ways of which ideology functioned in different political, social, economic, cultural, religious conditions in the Eastern Roman Empire and in Medieval Western Europe, generating specific sets of ideas, values and beliefs that changed with time.

Papers are welcomed on various topics that may include, but are not limited to the following areas of discussion:

⊕ Ideology and Identity

⊕ Imperial ideology and political thought

⊕ Ideology and social practices

⊕ Religion and Ideology

⊕ Ideology and the political order

⊕ Ideology and rhetoric

⊕ Ideology and propaganda

⊕ War Ideology

⊕ Iconography and Ideology

⊕ Ideology and the Romanness

⊕ Ideological claims to the Roman Empire

⊕ Ideology and ethnicity

⊕ Ideology and assimilation

⊕ Historiography and Ideology

⊕ Ideology and diplomacy

⊕ Ideology and education

⊕ Ideological content of law

⊕ Ideology and literary practice

⊕ Art and architecture as an expression of ideology

⊕ Ideology and gender

⊕ Ideology and music

⊕ Ideology, customs and traditions

⊕ Ideology, Heresy and violence

⊕ Ideology and Cultural heritage: Interpretation, restoration, protection

⊕ Ideological claims and nationalism

Deadline for submitting the abstract of the papers: 15 October, 2021

Notification of acceptance for applicants: 20 October, 2021

Deadline for submitting the full papers for publication: 1 March, 2022. Please send the application form to the following address: days.justinian@gmail.com

Presentation of the papers will be limited to 10 minutes. Working languages: Macedonian and English.

No participation fee is required. Travel and accommodation expenses are covered by the participants themselves.

The full papers will be peer-reviewed. Papers delivered at the Symposium will be published in the Proceedings of the Symposium.

For further inquiries you can contact the Organizing Committee at: days.justinian@gmail.com

You can download the Call for papers at: https://bit.ly/3hkJF7G

Application form at: https://bit.ly/3dbBXLu

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