CAS Sofia is organizing an international workshop on the topic "Does Monastic Economy Matter? Religious Patterns of Economic Behavior." at 7, Stefan Karadzha Str., vh.3, fl.2.

AGENDA:

11 November, 2017 (Saturday)

09:00 – 09:10 Opening: Roumen Avramov (Centre for Advanced Study Sofia)

Panel I: The Monastic Economy: Contemporary Overview and the Recent Past
Chair: Aleksandar Fotic (Department of History, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade)

09:10 – 09:30 Isabelle Jonveaux (University of Graz)
Models of Monastic Economy in Contemporary Europe

09:30 – 09:50 Michalis N. Michael (University of Cyprus, Department of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies)
When Ecclesiastical Power became ‘National': Church Property and the British Colonial Administration in Cyprus

09:50 – 10:10 Daniela Kalkandjieva (Sofia University)
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church and the Management of the Monastic Economy during the Interwar Period

10:10 – 10:30 Discussion

10:30 – 10:45 Coffee break

Panel II: The Economy of the Holy Mountain
Chair: Michalis N. Michael (University of Cyprus, Department of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies)

10:45 – 11:05 Dimitrios Kalpakis (Ioannina Ephorate of Antiquities, Archaeological Museum of Ioannina)
Athonite Estates of the Byzantine Era; Theoretical and Functional Framework Issues

11:05 – 11:25 Aleksandar Fotic (Department of History, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade)
How to Run a Big Monastic çiftlik? The Case of Hilandar's ʻBulgar metochionʼ in Karviya (Kalamaria), 16th – 17th centuries

11:25 – 11:45 Phokion Kotzageorgis (University of Thessaloniki)
Crisis and Survival of the Athonite Monasteries during the 17th and 18th centuries

11:45 – 12:00 Coffee break

12:00 – 12:20 Nadia Danova (Institute for Balkan Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)
Religion, économie et politique: le monastère Zographe et la Russie (XVIe-XIXe siècles)

12:20 – 12:40 Christos P. Kakalis (Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture)
Representing Mountains: Printmaking and the Depiction of the Holy Mountain

12:40 – 13:10 Discussion

13:10 – 15:00 Lunch

Panel III: Managing the Monastic Wealth
Chair: Phokion Kotzageorgis (University of Thessaloniki)

15:00 – 15:20 Lidia Cotovanou (Institute of History "Nicolae Iorga", Bucharest)
La portée économique de la charité pratiquée par les Monti di Pietà catholiques et les monastères orthodoxes (XVe – XVIIIe siècles)

15:20 – 15:40 Preston Perluss (Graduate Business School Grenoble IAE, Université Pierre Mendès-France ; Laboratoire de recherche historique des Rhône-Alpes (LARHRA)
Monastic Properties in the Urban Environment: Parisian Examples

15:40 – 16:00 Styliani Lepida (University of Cyprus, Department of Turkish, and Middle Eastern Studies)
Aspects of the Transactional Activity of Kykkos Monastery in the 16th and 17th centuries. Real Estate Contracts.

16:00 – 16:15 Coffee break

16:15 – 16:35 Ioan-Augustin Gurita (University of Iasi)
Social and Economic Reasons for Founding New Monasteries and Sketes in the 18th Century Moldavia

16:35 – 16:55 Angelina Marou (University of Ioanina)
Monasteries in the Region of Ioannina during the Second Half of the 19th century: Land Acquisition and Property Rights Following the Tanzimat Reforms

16:55 – 17:15 Ivan Biliarski (Institute for historical studies, Bulgarian academy of sciences), Mariana Tzibranska (Institute for Bulgarian language, Bulgarian academy of sciences):
The Term "Komat" in the Context of Late Mediaeval Moldavian Texts about Monastic Property

17:15 – 17:45 Discussion

19:30 Dinner

12 November, 2017 (Sunday)

Panel IV: Managing the Monastic Activities
Chair: Isabelle Jonveaux (University of Graz)

09:00 – 09:20 Kalina Mincheva (Sofia University, Centre for Slavo-Byzantine Studies "Prof. Ivan Dujčev")
The Monastic Economy in the Sanjak of Kyustendil According to the Ottoman Tax Register of 1570-1573

09:20 – 09:40 George Lazar (Institute of History "Nicolae Iorga", Bucharest)
La gestion de la fortune monastique : le monastère de Rm. Sărat (Valachie) et son livre de comptes (1734-1739)

09:40 – 10:00 Marius Chelcu (Institute of History „A. D. Xenopol", Iasi)
Economic Status of Moldavian Monasteries in the 18th Century. Notes on income and expense lists

10:00 – 10:15 Coffee break

10:15 – 10:35 Petronel Zahariuc (University of Iasi)
Les monastères Neamt et Secu (Moldavie) et leurs activités économiques jusqu'au milieu du XIXe siècle

10:35 – 10:55 Eleonora Naxidou (University of Thrace, Komotini)
Orthodox Monasteries in the 19th century Balkans: The Emergence of Modern Ideas within a Traditional Spiritual and Economic Environment

10:55 – 11:25 Discussion

Panel V: Planning the future activities of the Network
Chair: Roumen Avramov (Centre for Advanced Study Sofia)

11:25 – 12:30 General discussion

Lunch