Mainz Hbf RHEIN Mainz - Kastel Mainz Römisches Theater Rheingoldhalle / Rathaus Mainzer Dom Augustinergasse Rheinstrasse Museum für Antike Schiffahrt Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Archäologie Mounted Warriors in Europe and Central Asia Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Archäologie International Conference Mainz, April 25 th – 26 th , 2018 Chair: Johannes Preiser-Kapeller 14.30–15.10 Neslihan Asutay-Effenberger (Berlin – Bochum) The „Turkish Triangle“. From the static Element of the Seljuks to the Ornament in Byzantine Art 15.10–15.50 Sören Stark (New York) Inner Asian Nomadic Elites of the 5th-6th Centuries CE. An old archaeological Puzzle in the Light of recent Discoveries 15.50–16.30 Rustam Shukurov (Moskau) Becoming a Roman: Barbarians as a Source of Manpower in Byzantium in the 11 th –14 th Centuries 16.30–17.00 COFFEE BREAK 17.00–17.40 Matteo Compareti (Beijing) Huns and Turks in "Sino-Sogdian" Funerary Monuments and Sogdian Paintings Conference Programme Tagungsprogramm Conference Programme Conference Programme Tagungsprogramm Conference Programme Turks in Central Asia and in Anatolia Mongols 17.40–18.20 Marie Favereau (Oxford) The Mediterranean and the Steppe: The Integration of the Italian Traders into the Golden Horde Closing Remarks: Walter Pohl 18. 30 END OF THE CONFERENCE Große Bleiche VENUE Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Forschungsinstitut für Archäologie Ernst-Ludwig-Platz 2 55116 Mainz INFORMATION / CONTACT Jessica Schmidt M.A. [email protected]T: 06131 9124 162 Funded by the Society of the Friends of the RGZM
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Mainz Hbf
RHEIN
Mainz - Kastel
Mainz Römisches Theater
Rheingoldhalle /Rathaus
Mainzer Dom
Augustinergasse
Rheinstrasse
Museum für Antike Schi�ahrt
Römisch-GermanischesZentralmuseum
Römisch-GermanischesZentralmuseum
Leibniz-Forschungsinstitutfür Archäologie
Mounted Warriors in Europe and Central Asia
Römisch-Germanisches ZentralmuseumLeibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Archäologie
International ConferenceMainz, April 25th –26th, 2018
Chair: Johannes Preiser-Kapeller
14.30–15.10Neslihan Asutay-Effenberger (Berlin – Bochum)The „Turkish Triangle“. From the static Element of the Seljuks to the Ornament in Byzantine Art
15.10–15.50Sören Stark (New York)Inner Asian Nomadic Elites of the 5th-6th Centuries CE. An old archaeological Puzzle in the Light of recent Discoveries
15.50–16.30Rustam Shukurov (Moskau) Becoming a Roman: Barbarians as a Source of Manpower in Byzantium in the 11th–14th Centuries
16.30–17.00 COFFEE BREAK
17.00–17.40Matteo Compareti (Beijing) Huns and Turks in "Sino-Sogdian" Funerary Monuments and Sogdian Paintings
17.40–18.20Marie Favereau (Oxford) The Mediterranean and the Steppe: The Integration of the Italian Tradersinto the Golden Horde
Closing Remarks: Walter Pohl
18. 30 END OF THE CONFERENCE
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VENUE Römisch-Germanisches ZentralmuseumForschungsinstitut für ArchäologieErnst-Ludwig-Platz 255116 Mainz
INFORMATION / CONTACTJessica Schmidt [email protected]: 06131 9124 162
Funded bythe Society of the Friends of the RGZM
Huns
Alans
Avars
Bulgars
Khazars
Hungarians
Thursday, 26th April
Chair: Falko Daim
9.30–10.10Johannes Preiser-Kapeller (Wien) Capitals and imperial Landscapes of Steppe Empires in medieval Eurasia
10.10–10.50Nick Evans (Cambridge) The Womb of Iron and Silver: Slavery in the Khazar Economy
11.00–11.30 COFFEE BREAK
11.30–12.10Stefan Albrecht (Mainz) The Hungarian Invasions as an common European Trauma
12.10–12.50Adam Bollók (Budapest) From "Steppe State" to Christian Kingdom, from Árpád's People to national Ancestors
13.00–14.30 LUNCH BREAK
Chair: Neslihan Asutay-Effenberger
14.30–15.10Walter Pohl (Wien) The Avars in a Central Eurasian Perspective
15.10–15.50Tivadar Vida (Budapest) The Settling of the Carpathian Basin by Mounted Warriors in the Avar Period and the Structure of their Power.
16.00–16.30 COFFEE BREAK
16.30–17.10Gergely Csiky (Budapest) The Transformation of Horse Riding in the Steppes during the 1st Millennium AD – Considerations on the Spread of Stirrups in Eurasia
17.10–17.50Falko Daim (Mainz - Wien) When Cultures meet: Moving Things, changing Motifs
17.50–18.30Panos Sophoulis (Sofia) The Bulgar Paradox: A Horse powered (?) Elite in the Balkans
19.00 Reception for Speakers and Guests
Wednesday, 25th April
9.30–9.40Welcome and IntroductionFalko Daim
Chair: Walter Pohl
9.40–10.20Jan Bemmann (Bonn) Climate Change, Natural Disasters and their Impact on Nomadic Polities
10.20–11.00Khodadat Rezakhani (Princeton)On the Fringes of the Eurasian Steppe: Horses and Warriors in the World of the ‘Iranische Hunnen’”
11.00–11.30 COFFEE BREAK
11.30–12.10Timo Stickler (Jena) The Impact of the Huns on the Politics of the Late Roman Empire and vice versa
12.10–12.50Richard Foltz (Montreal) The Caucasian Alans between Byzantine Christianity and traditional Paganism.
13.00-14.30 LUNCH BREAK
Mounted Warriors in Europe and Central Asia
The European self-perception is mainly based on the «old world», the Greek and Roman cultures of the Mediterranean, which interacted with the ones in the North. In fact, however, Europe has always been in close contact with the Eurasian steppe region, and thus received critical stimuli, technologies and goods of all kinds. Time and again, powerful confederations of equestrian warriors also came to the West, settling here and establishing contacts with European polities. While the «empires» of the Bulgarians, Hungarians and Turks slowly became medieval and early modern states, the Sarmatians, Huns, Avars or Mongols disappeared from the map.The conference will focus on the horse-powered polities that came from the East to the environs of Europe between the 4th and 15th century, including the Eurasian peoples who directly or indirectly initiated migrations and military expeditions to Europe. The conference aims to identify typical constellations and processes, but also significant differences among the various tribal federations. Some presentations are dedicated to a specific people, others are devoted to overarching topics.
The conference is organised by the Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz in cooperation with the Institute for Medieval Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna.
