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ABSTRACTS OF THE PAPERS DELIVERED DURING THE CONFERENCE ANNIHILATIN EVIL: SCENES OF FIGHTING, SLAYING, TRAMPLING AND BINDING BAD FORCES IN ART, 2022
ABSTRACTS OF THE PAPERS DELIVERED DURING THE CONFERENCE ANNIHILATIN EVIL: SCENES OF FIGHTING, SLA... more ABSTRACTS OF THE PAPERS DELIVERED DURING THE CONFERENCE
ANNIHILATIN EVIL: SCENES OF FIGHTING, SLAYING, TRAMPLING AND BINDING BAD FORCES IN ART.
4th NOVEMBER of 2022
Starting at 2 pm. CET
Link for the audience: https://uksw.webex.com/uksw-en/onstage/g.php?MTID=e5ed24ccc9052667bfd842f0ef66b5eb1
Bulletin de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale, 2019
Publication of ten Coptic ostraca by a group of Egyptian students under the direction of the auth... more Publication of ten Coptic ostraca by a group of Egyptian students under the direction of the authors. They include three devotional exercises, four letters, two legal texts and one accounting document. They originate, except for one or two, from the Theban region.
Bulletin de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale, 2019
Publication of ten Coptic ostraca by a group of Egyptian students under the direction of the auth... more Publication of ten Coptic ostraca by a group of Egyptian students under the direction of the authors. They include three devotional exercises, four letters, two legal texts and one accounting document. They originate, except for one or two, from the Theban region.
East-West Dialogue: Individual and Society through Ages: Proceedings of the International Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Conference "East-West - Multitopic - Dialogue, second edition" , Hyperion University of Bucharest, June 7th 2019, 2020
"The Institutes" of Cassian is considered one of the early Latin monastic literary texts, which p... more "The Institutes" of Cassian is considered one of the early Latin monastic literary texts, which played a vital role in presenting the eastern, and more specifically the Egyptian monasticism to the Latin west. This study aimed to explore these texts, where Cassian provided its exemplar as a model to follow in both the newly founded and the already existing western monastic communities in Gaul, and found its way to the Benedictine Rules, which played in its turn, a vital role in defining the western monasticism.
BIFAO 119 , 2019
It is a collective article under the supervision and with the introduction of Prof. Anne Boud'hor... more It is a collective article under the supervision and with the introduction of Prof. Anne Boud'hors and Esther Garel, with nine other colleagues, to edit ten Coptic ostraca from the collection preserved at the IFAO.
These ostraca bear different kinds of texts (three devotional exercises; four letters; two legal texts; and an accounting document). Most of them are most probably from the Theban Region, which can give us a glance at the daily life, in that region, in the 7-8th centuries AD.
أعمال الملتقى الأول لشباب الباحثين في الدراسات القبطية, 2018
This paper discusses the apophthegm Bessarion 12 in the Alphabetical collection of the Apophthegm... more This paper discusses the apophthegm Bessarion 12 in the Alphabetical collection of the Apophthegmata Patrum, whether it belongs to Bessarion or Serapion.
History of Art Conferences by Youhanna Matta
Annihilating Evil: Scenes of Fighting, Slaying, Trampling and Binding Bad Forces in Art, 2022
INRODUCTION AND PROGRAM OF THE CONFERENCE HELD at the University of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński in ... more INRODUCTION AND PROGRAM OF THE CONFERENCE HELD at the University of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński in Warsaw
(4th of November 2022, online)
2.00 pm ─ 9.00 pm CET
The conference will be on CISCO WEBEX PLATFORM.
Link for the audience:
https://uksw.webex.com/uksw-en/onstage/g.php?MTID=e5ed24ccc9052667bfd842f0ef66b5eb1
INTRODUCTION
Christianity is a religion based on love because “Love is of God” [1 John 4: 8]. In this world full of love evil appears, its source being the rebellion of the fallen angels. It is spread by Satan and the insidious forces, perversely harassing mortals, so that unable to protect themselves, they turn to God, the angels and the saints for help. To overcome the evil powers they have to be annihilated: trampled underfoot, pierced with a spear or tied up. There is no mercy in this struggle, it must be final, because evil has to be defeated and prevented from recovering. Hence the expressiveness of scenes of a ruthless and ultimate battle with evil.
The aim of the conference is to discuss various aspects of the fight against evil in art and literature, from pre-Christian to modern times. The conference is mainly about Eastern Christianity. It takes into account not only the Christian slayers of evil, but also their predecessors: Horus, Mithras and Perseus. The papers are arranged to show the overlapping and intermingling of different traditions over the centuries.
PROGRAM:
2.00 pm – 2.15 pm - Opening of the Conference
Introduction
2.15 pm – 2.35 pm – Michał Gawlikowski (ret., University of Warsaw)
Mithra and Demons. The paintings in a Syrian Mithraeum
2.35 pm – 2.55 pm – Korshi Dosoo (University of Würzburg)
Annihilating Evil in Coptic Magical Texts
2.55 pm – 3.15 pm – David Frankfurter (Boston University)
Trampling Evil in Image and Practice
3.15 pm – 3.35 pm – Youhanna Matta (The Institute of Coptic Studies in Cairo)
The Spiritual Battle of Ascetics and Martyrs in the Wall Paintings of the Church of St. Antony Monastery by the Red Sea.
3.35 pm – 4.05 pm – Discussion
4.05 pm – 4.30 pm – Break
4.30 pm – 4.50 pm – Delphine Lauritzen (Sorbonne University, Paris)
Perseus and other antique monster-slayers as precursors of the heavenly avengers
4. 50 pm – 5.10 pm – Juraj Franek (Masaryk University, Brno)
'Holy Rider' Magical Amulets from Late Antiquity and Early Byzantium
5.10 pm – 5.30 pm – Stephen Snyder (Boğazci University, Istanbul)
Otherworldly Justice: The Image of St. George Slaying Diocletian.
5.30 pm – 5.50 pm – Magdalena Łaptaś (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw)
Trampling, Spearing and Binding the Evil Forces in Nubian Mediaeval Painting
5.50 pm – 6.20 pm – Discussion
6.20 pm– 7.20 pm – Break
7.20 pm – 7.40 pm – Tania Tribe (SOAS, University of London)
Fighting the Devil in Ethiopian Art (13th-18th centuries)
7.40 pm – 8.00 pm – Todor Todorov and Vanya Sapundzhieva (St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo)
Images of Diseases as Devils in the icons of Saints-Healers
8.00 pm – 8.20 pm – Magdalena Łanuszka (International Cultural Centre in Krakow)
Mother of God beating the devil: the legend of Theophilus of Adana depicted in Medieval artworks
8.20 pm – 8.50 pm – Discussion
8.50 pm – Conclusions
ABSTRACTS OF THE PAPERS DELIVERED DURING THE CONFERENCE ANNIHILATIN EVIL: SCENES OF FIGHTING, SLAYING, TRAMPLING AND BINDING BAD FORCES IN ART, 2022
ABSTRACTS OF THE PAPERS DELIVERED DURING THE CONFERENCE ANNIHILATIN EVIL: SCENES OF FIGHTING, SLA... more ABSTRACTS OF THE PAPERS DELIVERED DURING THE CONFERENCE
ANNIHILATIN EVIL: SCENES OF FIGHTING, SLAYING, TRAMPLING AND BINDING BAD FORCES IN ART.
4th NOVEMBER of 2022
Starting at 2 pm. CET
Link for the audience: https://uksw.webex.com/uksw-en/onstage/g.php?MTID=e5ed24ccc9052667bfd842f0ef66b5eb1
Bulletin de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale, 2019
Publication of ten Coptic ostraca by a group of Egyptian students under the direction of the auth... more Publication of ten Coptic ostraca by a group of Egyptian students under the direction of the authors. They include three devotional exercises, four letters, two legal texts and one accounting document. They originate, except for one or two, from the Theban region.
Bulletin de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale, 2019
Publication of ten Coptic ostraca by a group of Egyptian students under the direction of the auth... more Publication of ten Coptic ostraca by a group of Egyptian students under the direction of the authors. They include three devotional exercises, four letters, two legal texts and one accounting document. They originate, except for one or two, from the Theban region.
East-West Dialogue: Individual and Society through Ages: Proceedings of the International Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Conference "East-West - Multitopic - Dialogue, second edition" , Hyperion University of Bucharest, June 7th 2019, 2020
"The Institutes" of Cassian is considered one of the early Latin monastic literary texts, which p... more "The Institutes" of Cassian is considered one of the early Latin monastic literary texts, which played a vital role in presenting the eastern, and more specifically the Egyptian monasticism to the Latin west. This study aimed to explore these texts, where Cassian provided its exemplar as a model to follow in both the newly founded and the already existing western monastic communities in Gaul, and found its way to the Benedictine Rules, which played in its turn, a vital role in defining the western monasticism.
BIFAO 119 , 2019
It is a collective article under the supervision and with the introduction of Prof. Anne Boud'hor... more It is a collective article under the supervision and with the introduction of Prof. Anne Boud'hors and Esther Garel, with nine other colleagues, to edit ten Coptic ostraca from the collection preserved at the IFAO.
These ostraca bear different kinds of texts (three devotional exercises; four letters; two legal texts; and an accounting document). Most of them are most probably from the Theban Region, which can give us a glance at the daily life, in that region, in the 7-8th centuries AD.
أعمال الملتقى الأول لشباب الباحثين في الدراسات القبطية, 2018
This paper discusses the apophthegm Bessarion 12 in the Alphabetical collection of the Apophthegm... more This paper discusses the apophthegm Bessarion 12 in the Alphabetical collection of the Apophthegmata Patrum, whether it belongs to Bessarion or Serapion.
Annihilating Evil: Scenes of Fighting, Slaying, Trampling and Binding Bad Forces in Art, 2022
INRODUCTION AND PROGRAM OF THE CONFERENCE HELD at the University of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński in ... more INRODUCTION AND PROGRAM OF THE CONFERENCE HELD at the University of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński in Warsaw
(4th of November 2022, online)
2.00 pm ─ 9.00 pm CET
The conference will be on CISCO WEBEX PLATFORM.
Link for the audience:
https://uksw.webex.com/uksw-en/onstage/g.php?MTID=e5ed24ccc9052667bfd842f0ef66b5eb1
INTRODUCTION
Christianity is a religion based on love because “Love is of God” [1 John 4: 8]. In this world full of love evil appears, its source being the rebellion of the fallen angels. It is spread by Satan and the insidious forces, perversely harassing mortals, so that unable to protect themselves, they turn to God, the angels and the saints for help. To overcome the evil powers they have to be annihilated: trampled underfoot, pierced with a spear or tied up. There is no mercy in this struggle, it must be final, because evil has to be defeated and prevented from recovering. Hence the expressiveness of scenes of a ruthless and ultimate battle with evil.
The aim of the conference is to discuss various aspects of the fight against evil in art and literature, from pre-Christian to modern times. The conference is mainly about Eastern Christianity. It takes into account not only the Christian slayers of evil, but also their predecessors: Horus, Mithras and Perseus. The papers are arranged to show the overlapping and intermingling of different traditions over the centuries.
PROGRAM:
2.00 pm – 2.15 pm - Opening of the Conference
Introduction
2.15 pm – 2.35 pm – Michał Gawlikowski (ret., University of Warsaw)
Mithra and Demons. The paintings in a Syrian Mithraeum
2.35 pm – 2.55 pm – Korshi Dosoo (University of Würzburg)
Annihilating Evil in Coptic Magical Texts
2.55 pm – 3.15 pm – David Frankfurter (Boston University)
Trampling Evil in Image and Practice
3.15 pm – 3.35 pm – Youhanna Matta (The Institute of Coptic Studies in Cairo)
The Spiritual Battle of Ascetics and Martyrs in the Wall Paintings of the Church of St. Antony Monastery by the Red Sea.
3.35 pm – 4.05 pm – Discussion
4.05 pm – 4.30 pm – Break
4.30 pm – 4.50 pm – Delphine Lauritzen (Sorbonne University, Paris)
Perseus and other antique monster-slayers as precursors of the heavenly avengers
4. 50 pm – 5.10 pm – Juraj Franek (Masaryk University, Brno)
'Holy Rider' Magical Amulets from Late Antiquity and Early Byzantium
5.10 pm – 5.30 pm – Stephen Snyder (Boğazci University, Istanbul)
Otherworldly Justice: The Image of St. George Slaying Diocletian.
5.30 pm – 5.50 pm – Magdalena Łaptaś (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw)
Trampling, Spearing and Binding the Evil Forces in Nubian Mediaeval Painting
5.50 pm – 6.20 pm – Discussion
6.20 pm– 7.20 pm – Break
7.20 pm – 7.40 pm – Tania Tribe (SOAS, University of London)
Fighting the Devil in Ethiopian Art (13th-18th centuries)
7.40 pm – 8.00 pm – Todor Todorov and Vanya Sapundzhieva (St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo)
Images of Diseases as Devils in the icons of Saints-Healers
8.00 pm – 8.20 pm – Magdalena Łanuszka (International Cultural Centre in Krakow)
Mother of God beating the devil: the legend of Theophilus of Adana depicted in Medieval artworks
8.20 pm – 8.50 pm – Discussion
8.50 pm – Conclusions