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For those who understand rivalries between American universities, you'll understand that it's with a bit of kenosis that as a graduate of the University of California I post something that promotes Stanford University, but this is worth sharing. Several very interesting sessions to be sure:
https://auralarchitecture.stanford.edu/
ABOUT
As both a forum open to the public and a course offering academic credit to Stanford students (ARTH208C/408C, cross-listed with Classics, Music, Religious Studies, and CREEES), this year-long seminar explores the creation and operations of sacred space in Byzantium by focusing on the intersection of architecture, acoustics, music, and ritual. The goal is to develop a new interpretive framework for the study of aural architecture and religious experience. Leading scholars from the US and abroad will present their current research and lead the discussion.
FACULTY COORDINATOR
Bissera V. Pentcheva
Department of Art & Art History
This seminar stems from the collaborative research project “Icons of Sound” that I co-direct, for more information, visit:
iconsofsound.stanford.edu
FORMAT
Discussion will center on pre-circulated papers posted on this website before the individual sessions. These readings will explore the relationship between sound and space by integrating the humanities with exact sciences. Topics rage from architectural design and materials, Byzantine musicology, psalmody, medieval music notation, reconstructions of ritual and modern performance to the science of acoustics, computer modeling, and auralizations.
Meetings are scheduled on select Mondays in Cummings Art Building, room 103. Dinner will be served during each session.
UPCOMING SESSIONS
Select Mondays
November 2013 - October 2014
5:15 PM - 8:05 PM
Stanford University
Cummings Art Building, Room 103
Map & Directions
FALL 2013
November 4 | Alexander Lingas
(Center for Music Studies, City University London)
Topic: performance and overview of Byzantine music scholarship; liturgy of the hours in Constantinople
WINTER 2014
January 27 | Wieslaw Woszczyk
(Schulich School of Music, McGill University)
Topic: acoustics of Hagia Sophia; virtual/scientific approach to humanities and sacred space
February 24 | Christian Troelsgård
(SAXO Institute of Archaeology, Ethnology, Greek and Latin, History, University of Copenhagen)
Topic: Byzantine musical notation
SPRING 2014
April 28 | Christina Maranci
(Department of Art and Art History, Tufts University)
Topic: comparing architecture and liturgy of Georgia and Armenia with Jerusalem
May 19 | Steven Hawkes-Teeples
(Department of Theology, Saint Louis University)
Topic: role of mystagogical texts in the liturgy
June 2 | Peter Jeffery
(Department of Music, University of Notre Dame)
Topic: a comparative study liturgy of Rome and Jerusalem; local vs. universal liturgy in Byzantium
FALL 2014
October 6 | Ruth Webb
(UFR Département langues et cultures antiques, Université Lille III)
Topic: ekphrasis and sacred space
November 10 | Vasileios Marinis
(Yale Institute of Sacred Music)
Topic: interaction between the Byzantine liturgy and architectural design decisions
https://auralarchitecture.stanford.edu/
ABOUT
As both a forum open to the public and a course offering academic credit to Stanford students (ARTH208C/408C, cross-listed with Classics, Music, Religious Studies, and CREEES), this year-long seminar explores the creation and operations of sacred space in Byzantium by focusing on the intersection of architecture, acoustics, music, and ritual. The goal is to develop a new interpretive framework for the study of aural architecture and religious experience. Leading scholars from the US and abroad will present their current research and lead the discussion.
FACULTY COORDINATOR
Bissera V. Pentcheva
Department of Art & Art History
This seminar stems from the collaborative research project “Icons of Sound” that I co-direct, for more information, visit:
iconsofsound.stanford.edu
FORMAT
Discussion will center on pre-circulated papers posted on this website before the individual sessions. These readings will explore the relationship between sound and space by integrating the humanities with exact sciences. Topics rage from architectural design and materials, Byzantine musicology, psalmody, medieval music notation, reconstructions of ritual and modern performance to the science of acoustics, computer modeling, and auralizations.
Meetings are scheduled on select Mondays in Cummings Art Building, room 103. Dinner will be served during each session.
UPCOMING SESSIONS
Select Mondays
November 2013 - October 2014
5:15 PM - 8:05 PM
Stanford University
Cummings Art Building, Room 103
Map & Directions
FALL 2013
November 4 | Alexander Lingas
(Center for Music Studies, City University London)
Topic: performance and overview of Byzantine music scholarship; liturgy of the hours in Constantinople
WINTER 2014
January 27 | Wieslaw Woszczyk
(Schulich School of Music, McGill University)
Topic: acoustics of Hagia Sophia; virtual/scientific approach to humanities and sacred space
February 24 | Christian Troelsgård
(SAXO Institute of Archaeology, Ethnology, Greek and Latin, History, University of Copenhagen)
Topic: Byzantine musical notation
SPRING 2014
April 28 | Christina Maranci
(Department of Art and Art History, Tufts University)
Topic: comparing architecture and liturgy of Georgia and Armenia with Jerusalem
May 19 | Steven Hawkes-Teeples
(Department of Theology, Saint Louis University)
Topic: role of mystagogical texts in the liturgy
June 2 | Peter Jeffery
(Department of Music, University of Notre Dame)
Topic: a comparative study liturgy of Rome and Jerusalem; local vs. universal liturgy in Byzantium
FALL 2014
October 6 | Ruth Webb
(UFR Département langues et cultures antiques, Université Lille III)
Topic: ekphrasis and sacred space
November 10 | Vasileios Marinis
(Yale Institute of Sacred Music)
Topic: interaction between the Byzantine liturgy and architectural design decisions
