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Books by Bas Lafleur (Snelders)
Peeters: Leuven, 2010
As elsewhere in the Middle East, the Mosul area witnessed a flourishing of Christian art during t... more As elsewhere in the Middle East, the Mosul area witnessed a flourishing of Christian art during the thirteenth century. Discussing both art-historical and written sources, this book examines the role of art in expressing the identity of Mosul’s Syrian Orthodox community, and explores the relationship between Christian and Islamic art. Christian-Muslim relations in the Middle East during the medieval period have often been seen in terms of conflict and violent opposition, a presumed dichotomy which focuses almost exclusively on theological differences and fails to take account of the social complexities of daily life. The present study challenges these simplistic views of division along religious lines, seeing the boundaries between the Christian and Muslim communities as areas of intermingling rather than separation. A detailed comparative analysis between Christian and Islamic art provides a far more nuanced picture of extensive cultural interaction, in which the Christians were fully integrated into their environment while still retaining their own exclusive religious and communal identit
Edited Books by Bas Lafleur (Snelders)
Valiz and ECF: Amsterdam , 2018
Over the past decades, the cultural and political map of Europe and the world has changed rapidly... more Over the past decades, the cultural and political map of Europe and the world has changed rapidly. Developments such as the changing status of the European Union, migration, and th wider repercussions of globalization have posed numerous social and political challenges. Instead of recognizing and valuing these challenges, there is a growing tendency to retreat into fixed ideas of culture and cultural divides. This book celebrates the capacity of individuals and small groups to contribute to social change through culture and art. It is a source of inspiration for renegotiating our understanding of the world and affirming culture as a critical space to practive courage and perseverance amid complex societal reconfigurations.
Courageous Citizens focuses on those whose daring, sharing, and inventing contribute to our collective future, and for whom cultura and democracy are the starting points for vision and action. The cycle of (re-)thinking, doing, and changing that is inherent in remodelling the way we view the world and concurrently the potential of culture to contribute to positive social change is addressed through three key themes:
I - Diversity and Equality;
II - Communities and Democracy;
III - Fragmentation and Solidarity.
Courageous Citizens is published on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture (PMA), an annual award acknowledging and amplifying the work of individuals and collectives whose creative work can truly make a difference in Europe’s societies.
European Cultural Foundation: Amsterdam (2012)
Papers by Bas Lafleur (Snelders)
Page 1. © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, DOI: 10.1163/187124109X407989 CHRC .-Church Histo... more Page 1. © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, DOI: 10.1163/187124109X407989 CHRC .-Church History and Religious Culture www.brill.nl/chrc The Formation of a Communal Identity among West Syrian Christians: ...
Eastern Christian Art, 2004
Eastern Christian Art, 2004
Church History and Religious Culture 89.1-3 = Bas ter Haar Romeny (ed.), Religious Origins of Nations? The Christian Communities of the Middle East (Leiden: Brill, 2010), 2009
Among those who opposed the Council of Chalcedon in 451, the West Syrian (or Syriac Orthodox) Chr... more Among those who opposed the Council of Chalcedon in 451, the West Syrian (or Syriac Orthodox) Christians were probably least likely to form a national or ethnic community. Yet a group emerged with its own distinctive literature and art, its own network, and historical consciousness. In an intricate process of adoption and rejection, the West Syrians selected elements from the cultures to which they were heirs, and from those with which they came into contact, thus defining a position of their own. In order to study this phenomenon, scholars from various disciplines, and affiliated to two different faculties, were brought together in a programme financed by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research NWO. This essay introduces their research project and methodology, and presents their results and conclusions.
Eastern Christian Art 9 (2012-2013)
Eastern Christian Art 4 (2007), 27-48.
Eastern Christian Art 3 (2006), 105-142.
Antiquité Tardive 13 (2005), 321-333
Chapters in Books by Bas Lafleur (Snelders)
Art and Material Culture in the Byzantine and Islamic Worlds: Studies in Honour of Erica Cruikshank Dodd, 2021
Courageous Citizens, 2018
Conversation ‘Art, Knowledge, and Politics’ with Vasyl Cherepanyn, Director of the Visual Culture... more Conversation ‘Art, Knowledge, and Politics’ with Vasyl Cherepanyn, Director of the Visual Culture Research Centre (VCRC) in Kiev, Ukraine. With him we talked about topics such as politicized culture and political subjectivity; identity and citizenship; learning and knowledge with and through visual culture. The centre was founded in 2008 as a platform for collaboration among academics, artists, and activists, initially emerging from the Department of Cultural Studies at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. In this time of political turmoil in Ukraine, VCRC provides a much-needed meeting ground for social activism and progressive artistic and discursive programming that is making a remarkable contribution to sustaining cultural and political debate across Ukraine and the region.
Nineveh, The Great City: Symbol of Beauty and Power. Papers on Archaeology of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities, 2017
Published by Sidestone Press, Leiden www.sidestone.com Imprint: Sidestone Press Lay-out & cover d... more Published by Sidestone Press, Leiden www.sidestone.com Imprint: Sidestone Press Lay-out & cover design: Sidestone Press Photograph cover: Detail of a relief showing King Ashurbanipal on a horse. Nineveh, Iraq; N Palace, Room S; 645-635 BC; gypsum; H 165.1 cm, W 116.8 cm; British Museum, London (1856,0909.48/BM 124874). © The Trustees of the British Museum. ISBN 978-90-8890-496-7 (softcover) ISBN 978-90-8890-497-4 (hardcover) ISBN 978-90-8890-498-1 (PDF e-book)
Christian Art under Muslim Rule, 2016
L'art chrétien médiéval du Moyen-Orient a attiré une attention toujours croissante de la part du ... more L'art chrétien médiéval du Moyen-Orient a attiré une attention toujours croissante de la part du monde universitaire au cours des deux dernières décennies. Au-delà du domaine de l'histoire de l'art, cependant, l'art chrétien d'Orient reste un domaine de recherche largement inexploité. Il n'est quasiment jamais utilisé comme source dans les cultural studies. Les études portant sur l'histoire sociale et culturelle des communautés chrétiennes orientales se sont presque exclusivement concentrées sur les sources écrites, en particulier sur les textes qui ont été produits dans les cercles monastiques pour un lectorat ecclésiastique. Ces sources ne nous donnent qu'une image très partielle du développement et des attitudes d'une communauté. Les oeuvres d'art et l'architecture restent encore largement négligés. Pourtant, en tant qu'élément de la vie quotidienne, elles révèlent souvent des points de contacts qui n'ont jamais été jugés suffisamment importants pour être consignés dans les registres officiels. Ces sources peuvent même conduire à dresser une image en contradiction flagrante avec celle que les plus hautes autorités ecclésiastiques souhaitaient véhiculer. C'est en cela que l'étude des sources matérielles apparaît essentielle lorsque l'on cherche à élaborer une image globale et équilibrée du développement social et culturel des communautés chrétiennes d'Orient, ainsi que de leurs relations avec les groupes environnants. Cet article marque le début d'un nouveau projet de recherche interdisciplinaire sur l'histoire sociale et culturelle de la communauté syro-orthodoxe sous domination musulmane. Il se donne pour but de dresser une première vue d'ensemble de l'art et de l'architecture des chrétiens syro-orthodoxes du nord de la Mésopotamie, dans une période approximativement comprise entre 640 et 1300 après Jésus-Christ.
L'Hagiographie syriaque. Études syriaques, 2012
Odile Chenal and Bas Snelders, Remappings: The Making of European Narratives, European Cultural Foundation: Amsterdam 2012, 29-38
D. Knipp (ed.) 2011, Siculo-Arabic Ivories and Islamic Painting, München, 223-253.
Church History and Religious Culture 89.1-3 = Bas ter Haar Romeny (ed.), Religious Origins of Nations? The Christian Communities of the Middle East (Leiden: Brill, 2009)
Among those who opposed the Council of Chalcedon in 451, the West Syrian (or Syriac Orthodox) Chr... more Among those who opposed the Council of Chalcedon in 451, the West Syrian (or Syriac Orthodox) Christians were probably least likely to form a national or ethnic community. Yet a group emerged with its own distinctive literature and art, its own network, and historical consciousness. In an intricate process of adoption and rejection, the West Syrians selected elements from the cultures to which they were heirs, and from those with which they came into contact, thus defining a position of their own. In order to study this phenomenon, scholars from various disciplines, and affiliated to two different faculties, were brought together in a programme financed by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). This essay introduces their research project and methodology, and presents their results and conclusions.
Book Reviews by Bas Lafleur (Snelders)
Eastern Christian Art 9 (2012-2013)
Peeters: Leuven, 2010
As elsewhere in the Middle East, the Mosul area witnessed a flourishing of Christian art during t... more As elsewhere in the Middle East, the Mosul area witnessed a flourishing of Christian art during the thirteenth century. Discussing both art-historical and written sources, this book examines the role of art in expressing the identity of Mosul’s Syrian Orthodox community, and explores the relationship between Christian and Islamic art. Christian-Muslim relations in the Middle East during the medieval period have often been seen in terms of conflict and violent opposition, a presumed dichotomy which focuses almost exclusively on theological differences and fails to take account of the social complexities of daily life. The present study challenges these simplistic views of division along religious lines, seeing the boundaries between the Christian and Muslim communities as areas of intermingling rather than separation. A detailed comparative analysis between Christian and Islamic art provides a far more nuanced picture of extensive cultural interaction, in which the Christians were fully integrated into their environment while still retaining their own exclusive religious and communal identit
Valiz and ECF: Amsterdam , 2018
Over the past decades, the cultural and political map of Europe and the world has changed rapidly... more Over the past decades, the cultural and political map of Europe and the world has changed rapidly. Developments such as the changing status of the European Union, migration, and th wider repercussions of globalization have posed numerous social and political challenges. Instead of recognizing and valuing these challenges, there is a growing tendency to retreat into fixed ideas of culture and cultural divides. This book celebrates the capacity of individuals and small groups to contribute to social change through culture and art. It is a source of inspiration for renegotiating our understanding of the world and affirming culture as a critical space to practive courage and perseverance amid complex societal reconfigurations.
Courageous Citizens focuses on those whose daring, sharing, and inventing contribute to our collective future, and for whom cultura and democracy are the starting points for vision and action. The cycle of (re-)thinking, doing, and changing that is inherent in remodelling the way we view the world and concurrently the potential of culture to contribute to positive social change is addressed through three key themes:
I - Diversity and Equality;
II - Communities and Democracy;
III - Fragmentation and Solidarity.
Courageous Citizens is published on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture (PMA), an annual award acknowledging and amplifying the work of individuals and collectives whose creative work can truly make a difference in Europe’s societies.
European Cultural Foundation: Amsterdam (2012)
Page 1. © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, DOI: 10.1163/187124109X407989 CHRC .-Church Histo... more Page 1. © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, DOI: 10.1163/187124109X407989 CHRC .-Church History and Religious Culture www.brill.nl/chrc The Formation of a Communal Identity among West Syrian Christians: ...
Eastern Christian Art, 2004
Eastern Christian Art, 2004
Church History and Religious Culture 89.1-3 = Bas ter Haar Romeny (ed.), Religious Origins of Nations? The Christian Communities of the Middle East (Leiden: Brill, 2010), 2009
Among those who opposed the Council of Chalcedon in 451, the West Syrian (or Syriac Orthodox) Chr... more Among those who opposed the Council of Chalcedon in 451, the West Syrian (or Syriac Orthodox) Christians were probably least likely to form a national or ethnic community. Yet a group emerged with its own distinctive literature and art, its own network, and historical consciousness. In an intricate process of adoption and rejection, the West Syrians selected elements from the cultures to which they were heirs, and from those with which they came into contact, thus defining a position of their own. In order to study this phenomenon, scholars from various disciplines, and affiliated to two different faculties, were brought together in a programme financed by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research NWO. This essay introduces their research project and methodology, and presents their results and conclusions.
Eastern Christian Art 9 (2012-2013)
Eastern Christian Art 4 (2007), 27-48.
Eastern Christian Art 3 (2006), 105-142.
Antiquité Tardive 13 (2005), 321-333
Art and Material Culture in the Byzantine and Islamic Worlds: Studies in Honour of Erica Cruikshank Dodd, 2021
Courageous Citizens, 2018
Conversation ‘Art, Knowledge, and Politics’ with Vasyl Cherepanyn, Director of the Visual Culture... more Conversation ‘Art, Knowledge, and Politics’ with Vasyl Cherepanyn, Director of the Visual Culture Research Centre (VCRC) in Kiev, Ukraine. With him we talked about topics such as politicized culture and political subjectivity; identity and citizenship; learning and knowledge with and through visual culture. The centre was founded in 2008 as a platform for collaboration among academics, artists, and activists, initially emerging from the Department of Cultural Studies at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. In this time of political turmoil in Ukraine, VCRC provides a much-needed meeting ground for social activism and progressive artistic and discursive programming that is making a remarkable contribution to sustaining cultural and political debate across Ukraine and the region.
Nineveh, The Great City: Symbol of Beauty and Power. Papers on Archaeology of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities, 2017
Published by Sidestone Press, Leiden www.sidestone.com Imprint: Sidestone Press Lay-out & cover d... more Published by Sidestone Press, Leiden www.sidestone.com Imprint: Sidestone Press Lay-out & cover design: Sidestone Press Photograph cover: Detail of a relief showing King Ashurbanipal on a horse. Nineveh, Iraq; N Palace, Room S; 645-635 BC; gypsum; H 165.1 cm, W 116.8 cm; British Museum, London (1856,0909.48/BM 124874). © The Trustees of the British Museum. ISBN 978-90-8890-496-7 (softcover) ISBN 978-90-8890-497-4 (hardcover) ISBN 978-90-8890-498-1 (PDF e-book)
Christian Art under Muslim Rule, 2016
L'art chrétien médiéval du Moyen-Orient a attiré une attention toujours croissante de la part du ... more L'art chrétien médiéval du Moyen-Orient a attiré une attention toujours croissante de la part du monde universitaire au cours des deux dernières décennies. Au-delà du domaine de l'histoire de l'art, cependant, l'art chrétien d'Orient reste un domaine de recherche largement inexploité. Il n'est quasiment jamais utilisé comme source dans les cultural studies. Les études portant sur l'histoire sociale et culturelle des communautés chrétiennes orientales se sont presque exclusivement concentrées sur les sources écrites, en particulier sur les textes qui ont été produits dans les cercles monastiques pour un lectorat ecclésiastique. Ces sources ne nous donnent qu'une image très partielle du développement et des attitudes d'une communauté. Les oeuvres d'art et l'architecture restent encore largement négligés. Pourtant, en tant qu'élément de la vie quotidienne, elles révèlent souvent des points de contacts qui n'ont jamais été jugés suffisamment importants pour être consignés dans les registres officiels. Ces sources peuvent même conduire à dresser une image en contradiction flagrante avec celle que les plus hautes autorités ecclésiastiques souhaitaient véhiculer. C'est en cela que l'étude des sources matérielles apparaît essentielle lorsque l'on cherche à élaborer une image globale et équilibrée du développement social et culturel des communautés chrétiennes d'Orient, ainsi que de leurs relations avec les groupes environnants. Cet article marque le début d'un nouveau projet de recherche interdisciplinaire sur l'histoire sociale et culturelle de la communauté syro-orthodoxe sous domination musulmane. Il se donne pour but de dresser une première vue d'ensemble de l'art et de l'architecture des chrétiens syro-orthodoxes du nord de la Mésopotamie, dans une période approximativement comprise entre 640 et 1300 après Jésus-Christ.
L'Hagiographie syriaque. Études syriaques, 2012
Odile Chenal and Bas Snelders, Remappings: The Making of European Narratives, European Cultural Foundation: Amsterdam 2012, 29-38
D. Knipp (ed.) 2011, Siculo-Arabic Ivories and Islamic Painting, München, 223-253.
Church History and Religious Culture 89.1-3 = Bas ter Haar Romeny (ed.), Religious Origins of Nations? The Christian Communities of the Middle East (Leiden: Brill, 2009)
Among those who opposed the Council of Chalcedon in 451, the West Syrian (or Syriac Orthodox) Chr... more Among those who opposed the Council of Chalcedon in 451, the West Syrian (or Syriac Orthodox) Christians were probably least likely to form a national or ethnic community. Yet a group emerged with its own distinctive literature and art, its own network, and historical consciousness. In an intricate process of adoption and rejection, the West Syrians selected elements from the cultures to which they were heirs, and from those with which they came into contact, thus defining a position of their own. In order to study this phenomenon, scholars from various disciplines, and affiliated to two different faculties, were brought together in a programme financed by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). This essay introduces their research project and methodology, and presents their results and conclusions.