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Program
November 20
9:00–10:00: Registration (Central Building of BAS)
10:00–10:30 Opening Ceremony (Prof. Marin Drinov Hall at the Central Building of BAS)
10:30–12:00 First Keynote Lecture
Lorenzo Pubblici
Experiencing Alterity: Italian Merchants and Local Population in 14th Century Venetian Azov Sea. Changes and Continuity
10:00–10:30 Opening Ceremony (Prof. Marin Drinov Hall at the Central Building of BAS)
10:30–12:00 First Keynote Lecture
Lorenzo Pubblici
Experiencing Alterity: Italian Merchants and Local Population in 14th Century Venetian Azov Sea. Changes and Continuity
12:00–14:00 Lunch
14:00–15:30 Panel 1
Hall A, Rectorate Building of Sofia University
Chair: Tsvetelin Stepanov
Hao Chen
Some Considerations on the Türk Khaganate’s Ruling Family
Szabolcs Felföldi
The Capitals of the Nomads Near Rrivers
Richárd Szántó
The Carpathian Basin in the Cosmography of Anonymous of Ravenna
Tsvetelin Stepanov
“From ‘Steppe Empires’ / ‘Super-complex Chiefdoms’ to ‘Early States’: The Case of Danube Bulgaria and Khazaria (Religious Aspects)”
Hall A, Rectorate Building of Sofia University
Chair: Tsvetelin Stepanov
Hao Chen
Some Considerations on the Türk Khaganate’s Ruling Family
Szabolcs Felföldi
The Capitals of the Nomads Near Rrivers
Richárd Szántó
The Carpathian Basin in the Cosmography of Anonymous of Ravenna
Tsvetelin Stepanov
“From ‘Steppe Empires’ / ‘Super-complex Chiefdoms’ to ‘Early States’: The Case of Danube Bulgaria and Khazaria (Religious Aspects)”
15:30–17:30 Coffee Break and Free Time
17:30–19:00 Second Keynote Lecture
Hall A, Rectorate Building of Sofia University
István Zimonyi
The Role of Volga Bulgaria in the History of Eastern Europe
Hall A, Rectorate Building of Sofia University
István Zimonyi
The Role of Volga Bulgaria in the History of Eastern Europe
19:30 Dinner
November 21
9:00–10:30: Panel 2/1
Hall A, Sofia University
Chair: Borislav Pavlov
Ayman Dossymbayeva
A Turkic Way to Europe
Borislav Pavlov
Precious Cargo. The Transportation, Packaging and Deposition of Malaja Pereščepina Hoard
Katalin Pintér-Nagy
One of the Avar Customs in the Historical Work of Theophylact Simocatta
Hall A, Sofia University
Chair: Borislav Pavlov
Ayman Dossymbayeva
A Turkic Way to Europe
Borislav Pavlov
Precious Cargo. The Transportation, Packaging and Deposition of Malaja Pereščepina Hoard
Katalin Pintér-Nagy
One of the Avar Customs in the Historical Work of Theophylact Simocatta
9:00–10:30 Panel 3/1: The Cumans and Medieval Bulgaria
Hall B, Sofia University
Chair: Francesco Dall’Aglio
Albena Milanova
“Late” Nomads and the Everyday Life in Byzantine Bulgaria (Eleventh-Twelfth Centuries)
Plamen Pavlov
Pechenegs and Cumans as Factors in the Bulgarian Uprisings in the 11th c.
Francesco Dall’Aglio
Moving Foundations: the Cumans in Paristrion and the Birth of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom
Hall B, Sofia University
Chair: Francesco Dall’Aglio
Albena Milanova
“Late” Nomads and the Everyday Life in Byzantine Bulgaria (Eleventh-Twelfth Centuries)
Plamen Pavlov
Pechenegs and Cumans as Factors in the Bulgarian Uprisings in the 11th c.
Francesco Dall’Aglio
Moving Foundations: the Cumans in Paristrion and the Birth of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom
10:30–11:00 Coffee Break
10:30–12:00 Panel 2/2
Hall A, Sofia University
Chair: Michal Holeščák
Michal Holeščák
Tatar Coin Hoard from Slovakia
Irina Shingiray
‘Bir Tengri:’ Pluralism of Nomadic Islam in the Caspian Steppe during the 9th-11th Century CE
Deyan Rabovyanov
Bone Appliques for Quiver from Medieval Bulgaria – Steppe Military Fashion in European South-East during 13th-14th c.
Hall A, Sofia University
Chair: Michal Holeščák
Michal Holeščák
Tatar Coin Hoard from Slovakia
Irina Shingiray
‘Bir Tengri:’ Pluralism of Nomadic Islam in the Caspian Steppe during the 9th-11th Century CE
Deyan Rabovyanov
Bone Appliques for Quiver from Medieval Bulgaria – Steppe Military Fashion in European South-East during 13th-14th c.
10:30–12:00: Panel 3/2: The Cumans and Medieval Bulgaria
Hall B, Sofia University
Chair: Alexander Nikolov
Ivelin Ivanov
Nomads vs. Knights. The Cumans in the Bulgarian-Latin Wars (1205-1211)
Konstantin Golev
The Winter is Coming: A Comparison Between the Seasonal Campaigns of the Cuman-Qïpchaqs in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Alexander Nikolov
Eurasian Nomads in the Chronicle of Morea: Reality and Stereotypes
Hall B, Sofia University
Chair: Alexander Nikolov
Ivelin Ivanov
Nomads vs. Knights. The Cumans in the Bulgarian-Latin Wars (1205-1211)
Konstantin Golev
The Winter is Coming: A Comparison Between the Seasonal Campaigns of the Cuman-Qïpchaqs in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Alexander Nikolov
Eurasian Nomads in the Chronicle of Morea: Reality and Stereotypes
12:00–14:00 Lunch
14:00–15:30 Panel 4/1: Early Medieval Nomads between Iran, Central Asia and Europe: The Iissues of the Archaeological Evidence (pre-organized panel)
Hall A, Sofia University
Chair: Bruno Genito
Bruno Genito
The Archaeology of the Nomads in Iran: Premises, Development and Aims
Krizstina Hoppál
Count Zichy and His Nomadic Finds. The Zichy Collection of the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts in Budapest
Tamás Hajdu
Mobile Pastoralists and the Physiological Consequences of their Lifestyle – a Paleopathological Approach
Hall A, Sofia University
Chair: Bruno Genito
Bruno Genito
The Archaeology of the Nomads in Iran: Premises, Development and Aims
Krizstina Hoppál
Count Zichy and His Nomadic Finds. The Zichy Collection of the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts in Budapest
Tamás Hajdu
Mobile Pastoralists and the Physiological Consequences of their Lifestyle – a Paleopathological Approach
14:00–15:30 Panel 5: The Mongols and Hungary (Pre-organized Panel)
Hall B, Sofia University
Chair: Konstantin Golev
Balázs Nagy
Reflections for the 1241-42 Mongol Invasion of Hungary in the Medieval European Historiography
Stephen Pow
The Mysterious Battle in Hayton’s Manuscript, the Death of Batu, and Russia’s St. László Legend
Dorottya Uhrin
Perished Codices and Charters in Hungary during the Mongol Invasion
Hall B, Sofia University
Chair: Konstantin Golev
Balázs Nagy
Reflections for the 1241-42 Mongol Invasion of Hungary in the Medieval European Historiography
Stephen Pow
The Mysterious Battle in Hayton’s Manuscript, the Death of Batu, and Russia’s St. László Legend
Dorottya Uhrin
Perished Codices and Charters in Hungary during the Mongol Invasion
15:30–16:00 Coffee Break
16:00–17:30 Panel 4/2: Early Medieval Nomads between Iran, Central Asia and Europe: The Iissues of the Archaeological Evidence (pre-organized panel)
Hall A, Sofia University
Chair: Bruno Genito
Tamás Szeniczey
Biological Reconstruction of the Avar Period Population Changes in Eastern-Transdanubia
Andrea Montella
Nomadic Peoples and the Chinese Perspective on the Basis of the Archaeological Evidence
Hall A, Sofia University
Chair: Bruno Genito
Tamás Szeniczey
Biological Reconstruction of the Avar Period Population Changes in Eastern-Transdanubia
Andrea Montella
Nomadic Peoples and the Chinese Perspective on the Basis of the Archaeological Evidence
16:00–17:30 Panel 6
Hall B, Sofia University
Chair: Tatiana Skrynnikova
Tatiana Skrynnikova
Chinese Sources about Yeke Mongol Ulus Emergence
Yihao Qiu
Topoi Relating to the Baljuna Legend: Various Narratives on the Beginning of Epoch of the Mongols
Simon Berger
Nomadic State in the Sedentary World: The Military Mode of Government of Conquered Lands in the Mongol Empire
Márton Vér
The Administration in the Turfan Region under Mongol Rule: Regular Practice and Exceptional Cases
Hall B, Sofia University
Chair: Tatiana Skrynnikova
Tatiana Skrynnikova
Chinese Sources about Yeke Mongol Ulus Emergence
Yihao Qiu
Topoi Relating to the Baljuna Legend: Various Narratives on the Beginning of Epoch of the Mongols
Simon Berger
Nomadic State in the Sedentary World: The Military Mode of Government of Conquered Lands in the Mongol Empire
Márton Vér
The Administration in the Turfan Region under Mongol Rule: Regular Practice and Exceptional Cases
18:00–19:30 Short City Tour
19:30 Dinner
19:30 Dinner
November 22
9:00–10:30: Panel 7/1
Hall A, Sofia University
Chair: Yihao Qiu
Fangyi Cheng
Reshaping Medieval China through Shock Cavalry with Northern Nomadic Origin
Kürşat Yıldırım
Some Notes on Missions of Pei Ju to the Turks
Jinxiu Li
From North of the Gobi Desert to East of Yellow River: Sassanid silver coins and the Steppe Silk Road
Hall A, Sofia University
Chair: Yihao Qiu
Fangyi Cheng
Reshaping Medieval China through Shock Cavalry with Northern Nomadic Origin
Kürşat Yıldırım
Some Notes on Missions of Pei Ju to the Turks
Jinxiu Li
From North of the Gobi Desert to East of Yellow River: Sassanid silver coins and the Steppe Silk Road
9:00–10:30: Panel 8
Hall B, Sofia University
Chair: Éva Kincses-Nagy
Nilgün Dalkesen
The Religious and Political Basis of Anatolian Revolts Rooted in the Mongolian Period
Tatiana A. Anikeeva
The Battle of the Epic Hero with the Death: to the Question of the Relationship between Medieval Turkic and Byzantine Folklore
Éva Kincses-Nagy
It is Better to Die with a Good Name than to Live with a Bad One
Hall B, Sofia University
Chair: Éva Kincses-Nagy
Nilgün Dalkesen
The Religious and Political Basis of Anatolian Revolts Rooted in the Mongolian Period
Tatiana A. Anikeeva
The Battle of the Epic Hero with the Death: to the Question of the Relationship between Medieval Turkic and Byzantine Folklore
Éva Kincses-Nagy
It is Better to Die with a Good Name than to Live with a Bad One
10:30–11:00 Coffee Break
11:00–12:30 Panel 7/2
Hall A, Sofia University
Chair: Fangyi Cheng
Ah-Rim Park
The Turks and the Sogdian Relations in the Arts of Mongolia and the Eastern and the Western Turkestan
Sun Hao
The Khitan-Liao Dynasty Westward Expedition and the Communication between the Khitan Liao and the Qirqiz Khanate
Hall A, Sofia University
Chair: Fangyi Cheng
Ah-Rim Park
The Turks and the Sogdian Relations in the Arts of Mongolia and the Eastern and the Western Turkestan
Sun Hao
The Khitan-Liao Dynasty Westward Expedition and the Communication between the Khitan Liao and the Qirqiz Khanate
11:00–12:30 Panel 9: Between Descriptive and Political Strategy: The Image of Nomads in Central and East European Medieval Historiographic Traditions (pre-organized panel)
Hall B, Sofia University
Chair: Aleksander Paroń
Kiril Marinow
Between Narrative and Reality or How to Deal with the Bulgarians: Intricacies of Byzantine Thinking and Acting
Aleksander Paroń
Steppe Fauna or Ugly, but Human Beings? Considerations on Perception of Nomads in the Latin and the Byzantine Written Sources (10th-12th Century) and on the Policy Towards Steppe-Dwellers
Tsvetelin Stepanov
Late Medieval Nomads in the Bulgarian Historical-Apocalyptic Literature: Images and Realities
Adrian Jusupović
Independence of Country and Independence of Literature. Image of Basqaq in Russian Chronicles
Hall B, Sofia University
Chair: Aleksander Paroń
Kiril Marinow
Between Narrative and Reality or How to Deal with the Bulgarians: Intricacies of Byzantine Thinking and Acting
Aleksander Paroń
Steppe Fauna or Ugly, but Human Beings? Considerations on Perception of Nomads in the Latin and the Byzantine Written Sources (10th-12th Century) and on the Policy Towards Steppe-Dwellers
Tsvetelin Stepanov
Late Medieval Nomads in the Bulgarian Historical-Apocalyptic Literature: Images and Realities
Adrian Jusupović
Independence of Country and Independence of Literature. Image of Basqaq in Russian Chronicles
12:00–14:00 Lunch
14:00–15:30: Panel 10
Hall A, Sofia University
Chair: Aleksei Kalionski
Delyan Rusev
Lost in Historiography: The Unsettled Dispute on the Turcoman Settlement in Thirteenth-Century Dobrudja and its Consequences
Chaim Nissim, Hatim Mahamid
Rakb al-Hajj al-Shāmī; Between Nomads (ʿurbān) and Pilgrimages’ Caravans in Late Middle Ages
Harun Yeni
Nomads and Ottomans: The Evolution of Serving the Ottoman Military
Aleksei Kalionski
Sedentary and Nomad Yörüks in the Sixteenth-Century Ottoman Rumelia
Hall A, Sofia University
Chair: Aleksei Kalionski
Delyan Rusev
Lost in Historiography: The Unsettled Dispute on the Turcoman Settlement in Thirteenth-Century Dobrudja and its Consequences
Chaim Nissim, Hatim Mahamid
Rakb al-Hajj al-Shāmī; Between Nomads (ʿurbān) and Pilgrimages’ Caravans in Late Middle Ages
Harun Yeni
Nomads and Ottomans: The Evolution of Serving the Ottoman Military
Aleksei Kalionski
Sedentary and Nomad Yörüks in the Sixteenth-Century Ottoman Rumelia
14:00–15:30 Panel 11
Hall B, Sofia University
Chair: Antti Ruotsala
Aaron Molnar
Crossing the Grassy Sea: Steppe Urban Networks, Koryo Merchants, and Travelers in Comparative Perspective
Antti Ruotsala
The Franciscans and Conversion of the Mongols in Mongolia and China (c. 1245-1370)
Ishayahu Landa
The “Global North” of the Eurasian Steppe in the Aftermath of the “Mongol Moment”: A Reassessment of the Geopolitical, Ethnical and Religious Developments
Hall B, Sofia University
Chair: Antti Ruotsala
Aaron Molnar
Crossing the Grassy Sea: Steppe Urban Networks, Koryo Merchants, and Travelers in Comparative Perspective
Antti Ruotsala
The Franciscans and Conversion of the Mongols in Mongolia and China (c. 1245-1370)
Ishayahu Landa
The “Global North” of the Eurasian Steppe in the Aftermath of the “Mongol Moment”: A Reassessment of the Geopolitical, Ethnical and Religious Developments
15:30–16:00 Coffee Break
16:00–17:30 Panel 12
Hall A, Sofia University
Chair: Uli Schamiloglu
Uli Schamiloglu
Bubonic Plague and Southeastern Europe in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods
Csaba Göncöl
Sources of Ötämiš Ḥāǰǰī and ʿAbdu’l-Ġaffār. Critical remarks on the lost chronicle of Dōst Sulṭān
Evlogi Stanchev
Symbolism of Tatar Identity in Russian Historical Context
Hall A, Sofia University
Chair: Uli Schamiloglu
Uli Schamiloglu
Bubonic Plague and Southeastern Europe in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods
Csaba Göncöl
Sources of Ötämiš Ḥāǰǰī and ʿAbdu’l-Ġaffār. Critical remarks on the lost chronicle of Dōst Sulṭān
Evlogi Stanchev
Symbolism of Tatar Identity in Russian Historical Context
16:00–17:30 Panel 13
Hall B, Sofia University
Chair: Irina Konovalova
Szabolcs Jozsef Polgar
The Nomads of the Eastern European Steppe in the Eyes of their Settled Neighbours: The Russian Primary Chronicle on the Nomads (from the Sarmatians to the Pechenegs)
Irina Konovalova
Pechenegs in the Imperial Space of Byzantium in The Middle of the 10th Century
Edina Dallos
Bashkirs and a „Piece of Wood the Size of a Phallus”
Tatiana Kalinina
Kitāb Gharāʾib al-funūn wa-mulaḥ al-‘uyūn” (XI cent.) about Middle Asia
Hall B, Sofia University
Chair: Irina Konovalova
Szabolcs Jozsef Polgar
The Nomads of the Eastern European Steppe in the Eyes of their Settled Neighbours: The Russian Primary Chronicle on the Nomads (from the Sarmatians to the Pechenegs)
Irina Konovalova
Pechenegs in the Imperial Space of Byzantium in The Middle of the 10th Century
Edina Dallos
Bashkirs and a „Piece of Wood the Size of a Phallus”
Tatiana Kalinina
Kitāb Gharāʾib al-funūn wa-mulaḥ al-‘uyūn” (XI cent.) about Middle Asia
19:30 Official Closing of the Conference and Dinner
November 23
Excursion to the Rila Monastery
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