Backer Rewards Episode 16 - Russia and Byzantium with Professor Sergey Ivanov

<p>Our sixteenth Kickstarter backers reward episode looks at the relationship between Byzantium and the Rus and later Russia in conversation with Professor Sergey Ivanov.</p><p>Professor Ivanov is a Russian scholar who has been studying Byzantium for many decades. He currently works in the Institute of Oriental and Ancient Studies&nbsp;at the National Research University “Higher School of Economics” in Moscow.&nbsp;</p><p>He has written several&nbsp;books about Byzantium as well as contributing hundreds of articles to the field. His areas of study include Byzantine religious missions, the cultural influence of Byzantium on the Rus',&nbsp;Holy Fools and Constantinople itself. He has also taken part in public lectures and debates on the legacy of Byzantium in modern Russia.</p><p>To see his full list of publications please click <a href="https://www.hse.ru/en/org/persons/77284674" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a> . His books <a href="https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199272518.001.0001/acprof-9780199272518" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘Holy Fools in Byzantium and Beyond’</a>&nbsp;and <a href="https://books.google.ru/books/about/Pearls_Before_Swine.html?id=c-krjgEACAAJ&amp;redir_esc=y" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘Pearls before Swine: Missionary Work in Byzantium’</a> have been translated into English. As have a number of articles and other book chapters.&nbsp;</p><p>To read a public lecture which Professor Ivanov gave in 2009 about “The Second Rome as Seen by the Third: Russian Debates on the “Byzantine Legacy” please click <a href="http://polit.ru/article/2009/04/14/vizant/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here.</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>