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Experiencing Byzantium: Papers from the 44th Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, Newcastle and Durham, April 2011

This book presents the results of an international and interdisciplinary conference held in 2011 at Newcastle and designed, organised and chaired by the editors under the auspices of the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies. In the context of its interdisciplinary field (Byzantine studies), the theoretical approach is highly original and the book breaks new ground throughout by addressing the themes of experience and emotion in Byzantium. Although a book with papers by many authors, the whole project represents the vision of the editors who conceived the idea and shaped both the international conference and this final product of the project. In addition to devising the theme of the book the editors selected the contributors for the publication; indeed three of the papers are by research students at the time supervised by Jackson (Moore, Green, Manolopoulou). The editors reviewed and commented in detail on each paper to ensure contributors kept to the overall vision for the research; in addition, they coordinated refereeing by two additional specialists in the specific field of each paper to ensure both high quality peer-review. The project was managed jointly by the editors throughout and accomplished with the specific intention of pushing sub-disciplines from across the field of Byzantine studies in new theoretical and methodological directions. The first chapter (written by the editors) therefore provides not only a substantial review, but also seeks to contribute to the development of new approaches by advocating a research agenda designed by the editors.