PROGRAMME
Friday 24 April 2026
8:45 Reception of the attendees
The One-Day Thematic Conference of the 45th Symposium of the ChAE dedicated to the memory of Professor Emerita Maria Constantoudaki-Kitromilides ARTISTIC CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE BYZANTINE WORLD AND ITALY FROM THE FOURTH CRUSADE TO THE SURRENDER OF CANDIA TO THE OTTOMANS (1204-1669)
First Session of the Thematic Conference (9:00-11:00)
GENERAL ISSUES / ARCHITECTURE
CHAIRS: Angeliki Katsioti, Klimis Aslanidis
9:00 Introduction to the Thematic Conference – Greetings
9:30: Anastasia Drandaki, Byzantine questions and Western influences: Historiographical perspectives in the dialogue between Byzantine and Italian art (Major Paper) (in Greek).
10:00 Michalis Olympios, What have we learned about the ecclesiastical architecture of the Latin East in the Last twenty-five years? (Major Paper) (in Greek).
10:30 Stavros Mamaloukos, Ecclesiastical architecture in Latin-ruled Southern Greece from the early 13th to the mid-15th century (in Greek).
10:45 Discussion
11:00 Coffee Break
Second Session of the Thematic Conference (11:30-14:00)
PAINTING ISSUES
CHAIRS: Anastasia Drandaki, Maria Kazanaki-Lappa
11:30 Michele Bacci, Conceptualizations and experiences of stylistic difference between Italy and Byzantium in the late Middle Ages (Major Paper) (in Greek).
12:00 Maria Vassilaki, The Modena triptych once again (in Greek).
12:15 Robin Cormack, Thinking about El Greco.
12:30 Konstantia Kefala, Triregnum, Pareidolia and a Mongol: Echoes of Italian painting in the frescoes of the katholikon of Patmos Monastery (in Greek).
12:45 Nano Chatzidakis, Saint Jerome depicted in bust on a small Cretan icon of the Byzantine Museum of Athens (in Greek).
13:00 Nickiphoros (Nicky) Tsougarakis, From Italy to Candia and back again: the case of Santa Maria di Spagna (Major Paper) (in Greek).
13:30 Discussion
14:00 Coffee Break and Light Lunch
Third Session of the Thematic Conference (15:00-16:15)
MUSICAL STUDIES / WOOD CARVED ICONOSTASIS / NEW CRETAN ICONS
CHAIRS: Platon Petridis, Athanasios Maïlis
15:00 Savvas Prastitis, Learning networks and musical memory: Cypriot scholars in Italy, Hieronymos Tragodistes and his musical manuscripts (in Greek).
15:15 Stella Frigerio-Zeniou, Venice – Cyprus: barco – pala d’altare – iconostasis (in Greek).
15:30 f. Dionysios Lykogiannis, archimandrite and Dimitra Nikolia, An unknown icon by Michael Damaskenos in Zakynthos (in Greek).
15:45 Maria Nanou, “Hand of Philotheos the Hieromonk”: Icon of Saint Demetrius enthroned from the Velimezis Collection at the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation, donated by the Margaritis and Makris families (in Greek).
16:00 Discussion
16:15 Coffee Break
Fourth Session of the Thematic Conference (16:30-18:00)
PAINTING ISSUES / IDEOLOGY / MATERIAL CULTURE
CHAIRS: Maria Vassilaki, Michele Bacci
16:30 Teodoro De Giorgio, Saint Nicholas, “Palladium” of Salento: monumental images and frontier identity between Byzantium and Italy (13th-15th centuries).
16:45 Guoda Gediminskaitė, Iconographical and ideological mobility between Constantinople and Crete in the second half of the fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries: Anthimos the Confessor as a Case Study.
17:00 Vasiliki (Vicky) Foskolou, The research project at the University of Crete: “Ex-Materia: Exploring the material culture of Venetian Crete in the late Middle Ages (13th–15th centuries)”. A preliminary presentation (in Greek).
17:15 Discussion
17:30 End and concluding remarks of the thematic conference
Friday 24 April 2026 ANNUAL EVENT OF THE CHRISTIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY COORDINATORS: Sophia Kalopissi-Verti, Georgios Pallis, Maria Kazanaki-Lappa AWARDS CEREMONY OF THE NIKOLAOS V. DRANDAKIS PRIZE 2026 (sponsored by Sharon E. J. Gerstel and Anthi Andronikou) AWARDS CEREMONY OF THE MARIA S. THEOCHARI PRIZE 2026 (sponsored by the Pericles S. Theocaris Foundation) BOOK LAUNCH of the Christian Archaeological Society Publications (sponsored by AIGEAS and the Pericles S. Theocaris Foundation)
19:00 End of the second day of the Symposium