Books by Ingela Nilsson
“Space Matters!” claimed Doreen Massey and John Allen at the heart of the Spatial Turn developmen... more “Space Matters!” claimed Doreen Massey and John Allen at the heart of the Spatial Turn developments (1984). Compensating a four-decades shortfall, this collective volume is the first reader in Byzantine spatial studies. It contextualizes the spatial turn in historical studies by means of interdisciplinary dialogue. An introduction offers an up-to-date state of the art. Twenty-nine case studies provide a wide range of different conceptualizations of space in Byzantine culture articulated in a single collection through a variety of topics and approaches. An afterword frames the future challenges of Byzantine spatial studies in a changing world where space is a claim and a precarious social value.
Contributors are Ilias Anagnostakis, Alexander Beihammer, Helena Bodin, Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom, Béatrice Caseau Chevallier, Paolo Cesaretti, Michael J. Decker, Veronica della Dora, Rico Franses, Sauro Gelichi, Adam J. Goldwyn, Basema Hamarneh, Richard Hodges, Brad Hostetler, Adam Izdebski, Liz James, P. Nick Kardulias, Isabel Kimmelfield, Tonia Kiousopoulou, Johannes Koder, Derek Krueger, Tomasz Labuk, Maria Leontsini, Yulia Mantova, Charis Messis, Konstantinos Moustakas, Margaret Mullett, Ingela Nilsson, Robert G. Ousterhout, Georgios Pallis, Myrto Veikou, Joanita Vroom, David Westberg, and Enrico Zanini.
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What does power abuse look and feel like in the academic world? How does it affect university fac... more What does power abuse look and feel like in the academic world? How does it affect university faculty, students, education and
research? What can we do to counteract and prevent power abuse?
These questions are addressed in this collection of
autobiographical poems, essays and illustrations about academia.
The contributors reflect on individual experiences as well as
underlying institutional structures, providing original perspectives
on bullying, sexual harassment, discrimination, and other forms of
power abuse in academic workplaces. They share their stories in
order to break the culture of silence around power abuse in
academia and point out pathways for constructive change.
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Convivium Supplementum (CONVISUP 7), 2021
The articles gathered in this special issue of Convivium offer a variety of perspectives-history ... more The articles gathered in this special issue of Convivium offer a variety of perspectives-history of medieval art, architecture, literary studies-that explore the relations between spoliation and translation, with a particular focus on the interconnections and similarities between material/artistic and textual/literary cultures. Building on current research in spolia and translation studies, these contributions respond to the increasing interest in and popularity of these two topics in recent scholarship. A conceptual point of departure is that reuse and translation represent two crucial processes facilitating cultural dialogues and exchanges across time and space. Material and textual spolia fascinate us, because they provide various means and levels of engagement with the past with a tangible form, sometimes of an ambivalent nature. Objects, artefacts, buildings, and texts have been subject to constant reworkings, through which they have been interpreted and translated: old stories gain new significance in new contexts, just as old objects gain new meanings in new settings. The aim of this collection is to foster a better understanding of such processes and, at the same time, of the history of the medieval worlds of the Eastern Mediterranean, which is marked by constant cross-cultural encounters and interactions.
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In twelfth-century Constantinople, writers worked on commission for the imperial family or aristo... more In twelfth-century Constantinople, writers worked on commission for the imperial family or aristocratic patrons. Texts were occasioned by specific events, representing both a link between writer and patron and between literary imagination and empirical reality. This is a study of how one such writer, Constantine Manasses, achieved that aim. Manasses depicted and praised the present by drawing from the rich sources of the Graeco-Roman and Biblical tradition, thus earning commissions from wealthy 'friends' during a career that spanned more than three decades. While the occasional literature of writers like Manasses has sometimes been seen as 'empty rhetoric', devoid of literary ambition, this study assumes that writing on command privileges originality and encourages the challenging of conventions. A society like twelfth-century Byzantium, in which occasional writing was central, called for a strong and individual authorial presence, since voice was the primary instrument for a successful career.
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Transactions of the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul, vol. 23, 2019
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The corpus of Palaiologan romances consists of about a dozen works of imaginative fiction from th... more The corpus of Palaiologan romances consists of about a dozen works of imaginative fiction from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries which narrate the trials and tribulations of aristocratic young lovers. This volume brings together leading scholars of Byzantine literature to examine the corpus afresh and aims to be the definitive work on the subject, suitable for scholars and students of all levels. It offers interdisciplinary and transnational approaches which demonstrate the aesthetic and cultural value of these works in their own right and their centrality to the medieval and early modern Greek, European and Mediterranean literary traditions. From a historical perspective, the volume also emphasizes how the romances represent a turning point in the history of Greek letters: they are a repository of both ancient and medieval oral poetic and novelistic traditions and yet are often considered the earliest works of Modern Greek literature.
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Dans cette étude, les romans byzantins sont considérés comme une entrée pour comprendre le discou... more Dans cette étude, les romans byzantins sont considérés comme une entrée pour comprendre le discours littéraire du XIIe siècle : nous examinons la fonction de la structure et des techniques narratives telles qu'elles apparaissent dans plusieurs textes contemporains. Partant des textes comnènes, nous nous intéressons donc au succès du discours romanesque du XIIe siècle, mais aussi aux questions générales de la littérature byzantine : l’imitation littéraire et les relations entre la forme et le contenu, le réel et la fiction, le genre et l’ouvrage individuel.
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Round trip to Hades explores how the theme of visiting the Underworld and returning alive has bee... more Round trip to Hades explores how the theme of visiting the Underworld and returning alive has been treated, transmitted and transformed in the ancient Greek and Byzantine traditions. The journey was usually a descent (katabasis) into a dark and dull place, where forgetfulness and punishment reigned, but since ‘everyone’ was there, it was also a place that offered opportunities to meet people and socialize. Famous Classical round trips to Hades include those undertaken by Odysseus and Aeneas, but this pagan topic also caught the interest of Christian writers. The contributions of the present volume allow the reader to follow the passage from pagan to Christian representations of Hades – a passage that may seem surprisingly effortless.
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Articles by Ingela Nilsson
Scandinavian Journal of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 8, pp. 9-66, 2022
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M. J. Kelly and C. Taranu (eds), Vera Lex Historiae? Constructions of Truth in Medieval Historical Narrative (Punctum Books), 213–49, 2022
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E. Fiori and M. Trizio (eds), 24th International Congress of Byzantine Studies 1: Proceedings of the Plenary Sessions (Venice 2022), 141–60., 2022
This paper offers an overview of recent developments in philology and literary studies, arguing t... more This paper offers an overview of recent developments in philology and literary studies, arguing that the field has become more modern and inclusive, thus gaining a central place in Byzantine Studies at large. Three concepts are used to structure the discussion and target different areas of interdisciplinarity: metaphrasis, reception and hybridity. Theory is identified as crucial and necessary to the advancement of Byzantine Studies, along with an awareness of reception processes and our own role as scholars. Such a development, it is argued, can revitalise the study of Byzantium within the broader Humanities.
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Scandinavian Journal for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 7: 9–40, 2021
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Scandinavian Journal for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 7: 81–107, 2021
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in A. T. Drago and O. Hodkinson (eds), Ancient Love Letters: Form, Themes, Approaches, 23-37, 2023
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Books by Ingela Nilsson
Contributors are Ilias Anagnostakis, Alexander Beihammer, Helena Bodin, Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom, Béatrice Caseau Chevallier, Paolo Cesaretti, Michael J. Decker, Veronica della Dora, Rico Franses, Sauro Gelichi, Adam J. Goldwyn, Basema Hamarneh, Richard Hodges, Brad Hostetler, Adam Izdebski, Liz James, P. Nick Kardulias, Isabel Kimmelfield, Tonia Kiousopoulou, Johannes Koder, Derek Krueger, Tomasz Labuk, Maria Leontsini, Yulia Mantova, Charis Messis, Konstantinos Moustakas, Margaret Mullett, Ingela Nilsson, Robert G. Ousterhout, Georgios Pallis, Myrto Veikou, Joanita Vroom, David Westberg, and Enrico Zanini.
research? What can we do to counteract and prevent power abuse?
These questions are addressed in this collection of
autobiographical poems, essays and illustrations about academia.
The contributors reflect on individual experiences as well as
underlying institutional structures, providing original perspectives
on bullying, sexual harassment, discrimination, and other forms of
power abuse in academic workplaces. They share their stories in
order to break the culture of silence around power abuse in
academia and point out pathways for constructive change.
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Articles by Ingela Nilsson
Contributors are Ilias Anagnostakis, Alexander Beihammer, Helena Bodin, Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom, Béatrice Caseau Chevallier, Paolo Cesaretti, Michael J. Decker, Veronica della Dora, Rico Franses, Sauro Gelichi, Adam J. Goldwyn, Basema Hamarneh, Richard Hodges, Brad Hostetler, Adam Izdebski, Liz James, P. Nick Kardulias, Isabel Kimmelfield, Tonia Kiousopoulou, Johannes Koder, Derek Krueger, Tomasz Labuk, Maria Leontsini, Yulia Mantova, Charis Messis, Konstantinos Moustakas, Margaret Mullett, Ingela Nilsson, Robert G. Ousterhout, Georgios Pallis, Myrto Veikou, Joanita Vroom, David Westberg, and Enrico Zanini.
research? What can we do to counteract and prevent power abuse?
These questions are addressed in this collection of
autobiographical poems, essays and illustrations about academia.
The contributors reflect on individual experiences as well as
underlying institutional structures, providing original perspectives
on bullying, sexual harassment, discrimination, and other forms of
power abuse in academic workplaces. They share their stories in
order to break the culture of silence around power abuse in
academia and point out pathways for constructive change.
http://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1216614&dswid=4791
Buy the book (283 SEK = c. 29 euros):
http://acta.mamutweb.com/Shop/Product/0019-Storytelling-in-Byzantium/DIVA2%3a1216614