Frederick Lauritzen
Read classics at New College, Oxford (1996-2000, BA, MA) and the obtained a doctorate in classics from Columbia University in New York (2000-2005 MA, Mphil, PhD) with a thesis on the Chronographia of Michael Psellos (published in 2013). Has published over 50 papers and 1 book. Has given over 70 lectures in various countries (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, UK, USA)
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Alessandria e Costantinopoli 26 ottobre 2021
Scuola Grande di San Marco
Istituto Ellenico di Studi Bizantini e Post Bizantini
Ciclo di conferenze: Platonismo Bizantino
Peer review papers by Frederick Lauritzen
the Palamite doctrine of energies. Nikephoros Gregoras was condemned at the gathering
and subsequently defended his position in his History of the Romans, where he indicated
that the Neoplatonist Plotinus held the same views on the relation between the
divine and its activities. This would imply that Plotinus’ ideas were also condemned at the
synod of 1351. On the other side of the debate, the Neoplatonist Proclus had anticipated
the same arguments as Gregory Palamas in his commentary on Plato’s Parmenides. Indeed, the Palamite debate employed argumentative strategies which had distinguished Plotinus from Proclus and therefore revealed the brilliant dynamism of Byzantine Platonism in the
fourteenth century.
part of the New Testament survives, little has reached us of the Old Testament
(notably the book of Nehemiah). The recent discovery of a Palimpsest in Bologna
and a series of inscriptions in Mangup in Crimea have yielded verses from eight
psalms in Gothic. The verses present the same variants as found in the Paraphrase
of Apollinaris of Laodicaea. These readings are different from Alexandrinus,
Sinaiticus and Vaticanus as well as Rahlfs’ critical edition. The re fore, the readings
of Apollinaris of Laodicaea’s paraphrase and Wulfila’s translation derive from Lucian
of Antioch’s edition of the Psalms used at the court of Constantinople in the reign
of Constantius II (337-361).
(1-52) are often dedicated the emperors or empresses and the content is tied to dynamics at the palace. Therefore Psellos’ genuine poetic production may be
considered ‘poesies d’occasion’ or ‘Gelegenheitsdichtung’ or imperial poetry.
ultimately lost control of most of Anatolia between 1071-1081.
Alessandria e Costantinopoli 26 ottobre 2021
Scuola Grande di San Marco
Istituto Ellenico di Studi Bizantini e Post Bizantini
Ciclo di conferenze: Platonismo Bizantino
the Palamite doctrine of energies. Nikephoros Gregoras was condemned at the gathering
and subsequently defended his position in his History of the Romans, where he indicated
that the Neoplatonist Plotinus held the same views on the relation between the
divine and its activities. This would imply that Plotinus’ ideas were also condemned at the
synod of 1351. On the other side of the debate, the Neoplatonist Proclus had anticipated
the same arguments as Gregory Palamas in his commentary on Plato’s Parmenides. Indeed, the Palamite debate employed argumentative strategies which had distinguished Plotinus from Proclus and therefore revealed the brilliant dynamism of Byzantine Platonism in the
fourteenth century.
part of the New Testament survives, little has reached us of the Old Testament
(notably the book of Nehemiah). The recent discovery of a Palimpsest in Bologna
and a series of inscriptions in Mangup in Crimea have yielded verses from eight
psalms in Gothic. The verses present the same variants as found in the Paraphrase
of Apollinaris of Laodicaea. These readings are different from Alexandrinus,
Sinaiticus and Vaticanus as well as Rahlfs’ critical edition. The re fore, the readings
of Apollinaris of Laodicaea’s paraphrase and Wulfila’s translation derive from Lucian
of Antioch’s edition of the Psalms used at the court of Constantinople in the reign
of Constantius II (337-361).
(1-52) are often dedicated the emperors or empresses and the content is tied to dynamics at the palace. Therefore Psellos’ genuine poetic production may be
considered ‘poesies d’occasion’ or ‘Gelegenheitsdichtung’ or imperial poetry.
ultimately lost control of most of Anatolia between 1071-1081.
Rhyme and Reason: Geopolitics in a changing world Analysis and predictions, Venice 2024
Method in Madness: Geopolitics in a changing world Analysis and predictions, Venice 2023
The Depiction of Character in the Chronographia of Michael Psellos, (Studies in Byzantine History and Civilization), Turnhout 2013
Edited volumes
F. Lauritzen (ed.), Theodore Metochites: Statesman and Philosopher, 1270-1332, Steubenville Ohio, 2024.
F. Lauritzen, S. Wear (eds.), The Byzantine Platonists, 284-1453 (Theandrites: Studies on Byzantine Philosophy and Christian Platonism), Steubenville Ohio, 2021
Kindle editions
Middle Egyptian
Loyalist Teaching Sehetepibra: Hieroglyph text and English translation (kindle edition)
Homer
Homer Iliad: Greek text and and English translation by Alexander Pope (1720) (English Edition), (Kindle edition)
Musaeus
Musaeus Hero and Leander: Greek edition (1825) and English translation by George Chapman (1616), (Kindle edition)
Plato
Plato Parmenides Greek and English (kindle edition), Venice
Plato Laws: in Greek and English (kindle edition)
Plato Republic: Greek edition and English translation, (Kindle edition)
Plotinus
Plotinus Enneads: Greek text and English translation (Kindle edition)
The volume shows the manifold themes of Greek poetry in Late Antiquity. Pagan and Christian concepts merge in the works of Nonnus of Panopolis and in the “Ekphrasis” of John of Gaza, the poems of George of Pisidia are read against the background of late antique philosophy and the autobiographies of Gregory of Nazianzus as literary forms of expression. The ekphrastic narrative techniques of Quintus Smyrnaeus and the composition of characters in Colluthus are analyzed, and Lycophron is proved as another source of Nonnus’ “Dionysiaka”. The contributions also deal with mythological characters, cyclopes and elephants, and late antique epigrammatic poetry is contextualized in the cultural and literary environment of the time.
Character is the single most important feature of the Chronographia written by Michael Psellos (1018-1081?). It is an historical account of the events at court from the time of Basil II (986-1025) to Michael VII Doukas (1071-1078) with the insight of someone whose career developed within the imperial court and his unsurpassed eye for details of personality was enlightened by his intellectual interests. During his lifetime, Psellos was considered the forefront of philosophical studies in the capital and therefore was named consul of philosophers (ὕπατος τῶν φιλοσόφων) in 1047 and he credited himself with reintroducing Plato on the cultural scene of Constantinople. It was his attractive manner of speech which led him to remain in the emperor’s presence and his rhetorical ability also plays an important role in the Chronographia, especially when he emphasizes or fabricates events to justify his understanding of a person’s mind. Many have employed Psellos’ Chronographia for its value in shedding light on historic events, itself important, though it often neglects the fact that Psellos’ historiography is not based on factual details to explain multiple causes for events, but seeks to attribute blame or merit to the personality of the ruling emperor."
Scuola Grande di San Marco
[in persona]
13:00 Introduzione:
Dott. Po’ direttore del Polo Museale Scuola Grande di San Marco
Vasileios Koukousas, Presidente Istituto Ellenico
Andreas Katsaniotis, Sottosegretario di stato agli Affari Esteri incaricato per i greci all'estro
[sessione online]
Presiede Mario Po’
14:30 Frederick Lauritzen, Scuola Grande di San Marco, Venezia, Plotino Alessandrino e Proclo Costantinopolitano
15:00 Michael Chase, CNRS, Parigi, Flos intellectus: notes on the transfer of a Neoplatonic doctrine from Alexandria
to Constantinople
15:30 pausa
Presiede Sergio Mainoldi
16:00 Benedetto Neola, Università di Salerno e Sorbonne Université (Paris IV), Il problema della passibilità: la
Cristologia di Cirillo e la dottrina delle anime pure di Ermia a confronto
16:30 Isabel Grimm, Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Munich, Cyranides from Alexandria to Constantinople
17:00 Claudio Moreschini, Università di Pisa, Tradizione alessandrina e insegnamento di Gregorio Nazianzeno negli
Ambigua ad Iohannem di Massimo il Confessore: alcune osservazioni
17:30 pausa
Presiede Frederick Lauritzen
18:00 Sarah Wear, Franciscan University, Steubenville OH, Cyril of Alexandria and Hermias on the rational soul
18:30 Panagiotis Pavlos, University of Oslo, Dionysius School of Alexandria
19:00 Aaron Johnson, Lee University, Cleveland TN Cyril of Alexandria as a Reader of Plato
19:30 Edward Watts, San Diego University, CA, Christian Students in the School of Ammonius
Martedì 26 ottobre
Istituto Ellenico di Studi Bizantini e Post-Bizantini
[in persona]
Mattino
Presiede: Christos Aramptazis
11:50 introduzione:
Vasileios Koukousas, presidente Istituto Ellenico;
Mario Po’ direttore del Polo Museale Scuola Grande di San Marco
12:00 Photios Ioannidis, Università di Salonicco, Gregory the Theologian.
12:30 Panagiotis Tzoumerkas, Supreme Ecclesiastical Academy of Thessaloniki, Philosophical disputes in
Alexandria in the 5th century.
Pomeriggio
presiede: Photios Ioannidis
15:00 Sergio Mainoldi, Università di Salerno, Sintesi asintotiche. I teologi cristiani di fronte al platonismo tra
Alessandria e Costantinopoli passando per Atene.
15:30 Elena Giannakopoulou, Università di Atene, Condemning Origenism in the Ecumenical Councils.
16:00 Thomai Chouvarda, Università di Salonicco, Clement of Alexandria and Gregory Palamas. The connection
between Philosophy and Theology.
16:30 Stefan Toma, Università di Kiel, Gennadios Scholarios and the Platonic tradition in the 15th century.
17:30 discussione
18:00 Tavola rotonda presieduta da Panagiotis Tzoumerkas.: Alexandria and Constantinople: History, Theology,
Philosophy. Vasileios Koukousas Chrestos Arabatzis, Lambros Alexopoulos.
18:45 Conclusioni: Alessandria e Costantinopoli a Venezia. Frederick Lauritzen
La filosofia medievale in occidente è fondata prevalentemente sul pensiero di Aristotele e su testi di matrice religiosa. Nell’impero bizantino, Aristotele era considerato un’anticamera alla filosofia di Platone. L’utilizzo di termini e concetti platonici anche nelle discussioni teologiche bizantine, rende Platone il punto di riferimento antico della filosofia Bizantina.
Venezia ha un ruolo centrale nella trasmissione del sapere orientale platonico ad un occidente aristotelico. I testi scelti e stampati a Venezia permisero la diffusione di nozioni platoniche ben conosciute a Bisanzio, ma innovative nell’ambiente umanistico rinascimentale. La biblioteca del convento di San Giovanni e Paolo preservò i testi platonici, oltre ad un manoscritto fondamentale dei dialoghi di Platone, e permise, insieme alla biblioteca Marciana, di poter reintrodurre il platonismo e soprattutto il neoplatonismo, anche bizantino, nella cultura occidentale.
22 November 2017
Scuola Grande di San Marco, Venice, Italy
to attend write to scuolagrandesanmarco@aulss3.veneto.it
As India and Greece move into the 21st century with confidence, the former as one of the leading powers of our world and the latter as a stable society and state in SE Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean with a long history, and while global developments present new challenges for the world’s nations, highlighting common civilizational elements and common courses in history can be helpful in shaping a mutual understanding and perception for the future.
Greece and India are bearers of two of the greatest civilizations in history, which came into close contact over the centuries, having extensively and for a long time interacted with each other, on various occasions. Besides that, the two countries, albeit different in matters of size, also share healthy democratic institutions and vibrant societies, respectful towards other cultures.
It is with these common elements in mind that the Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post Byzantine Studies, Venice, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and Aristotle University, Thessaloniki have collaborated to conduct an International Conference under the auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs and under the general title: “The Greek World and India: History, Culture and Trade from the Hellenistic period to Modern Times."
The aim of the Conference is to bring to the forefront the most recent research on the interaction, communication and influences between the Greek World and India from the period when these were at their peak, following Alexander’s the Great quest into Asia, until Modern Times. It is a firm belief of the organisers that exploring past aspects of the 2000 years-long history of Indo-Hellenic contacts could open new ways of promoting and enhancing current relations between the two nations. Within this context, the Conference will aim at focusing particularly on the following areas of research, by means of distinct panels consisting of specialized scholars and researchers:
9h15 : salutations
Michelle BUBENICEK, directrice de l’École nationale des chartes
Isabelle LE MASNE DE CHERMONT, directrice des manuscrits, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Vincent DEROCHE, Sorbonne, directeur de l’équipe « Monde byzantin », UMR 8167 Orient et Méditerranée
9h30 : introduction
Konstantinos VLASIS, secrétaire d’État aux Affaires étrangères de la République hellénique en charge de la Diaspora grecque
Christian FÖRSTEL, Delphine LAURITZEN et Frederick LAURITZEN, organisateurs
Session I — Perspectives d’ensemble
Président : Jean-Claude CHEYNET (Sorbonne Université)
10h : « Le Psautier de Paris, un chef d’œuvre de l’art byzantin », par Jannic DURAND, directeur du département des Objets d’art, Musée du Louvre
10h30 : « Books and Prayer in the Long 10th Century: People, Manuscripts, Contexts », par Claudia RAPP, Universität Wien, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften,
11h : pause
11h30 : « Le Psautier de Paris et la minuscule bouletée 40 ans après (vidéo) », par Maria-Luisa AGATI, Università di Roma II Tor Vergata
12h : « De Constantinople à Paris : le manuscrit BnF, Grec 139, entre le xvie et le xxe siècle », par Christian FÖRSTEL, département des Manuscrits, Bibliothèque nationale de France
12h30 : discussion
Session II — Iconographie et esthétique
Présidente : Raphaëlle ZIADE (Petit Palais, Ville de Paris)
14h30 : « Adjusting Antiquity: On the Principles of Design in the Paris Psalter and their Application in Practice », par Anthony CUTLER, Pennsylvania State University
15h : « Les personnifications comme marqueur d’une esthétique tardo-antique ? », par Delphine LAURITZEN, Sorbonne Université, UMR 8167 Orient et Méditerranée
15h30 : pause
16h : « La diffusion et l’impact des modèles iconographiques du Psautier de Paris », par Elisabeth YOTA, Sorbonne Université, Centre André Chastel
16h30 : « Narration et speculum principis », par Ioanna RAPTI, École Pratique des Hautes Études et Anne-Orange POILPRE, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
17h15 : discussion
18h15 : présentation du Psautier de Paris (BnF Grec 139) dans la grande salle de lecture des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque nationale de France, site Richelieu
Samedi 3 juillet 2021
Session III — Le texte : les psaumes et les chaînes exégétiques
Président : François PLOTON-NICOLLET, École nationale des chartes
9h : « An unconventional Catena on the Psalms: the composition and textual structure of the type III catena », par Leontien VANDERSCHELDEN, Université catholique de Louvain
9h30 : « Catenae sur les psaumes et théologie. Les tendances révisionnistes du xie siècle et la chaîne de Nikitas de Serres », par Christos ARABATZIS, Université Aristote de Thessalonique et Vasileios KOUKOUSAS président de l’Institut hellénique des études byzantines et post-byzantines de Venise
10h : pause
10h30 : « Codex Parisinus gr. 139 (Rahlfs 1133) as a Witness to the Hexapla of Psalms », par Felix ALBRECHT, Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen
11h : « Apollinaris of Laodicea and the Paris Psalter », par Frederick LAURITZEN, Institut hellénique et Scuola Grande di San Marco, Venise
11h30 : discussion
12h : conclusions, par Peter SCHREINER, Universität zu Köln
PROGRAMMA
Venerdi, 15 novembre 2019
17:00 Inizio – Saluti
Anastasios Theofilogiannakos, sostituto Direttore dell’Istituto Ellenico
Christos Arampatzis, Presidente del Comitato di Sorveglianza dell’Istituto Ellenico
Konstantinos Alexandris, Segretario Generale di Diplomazia Pubblica e di Affari Religiosi e Consolari, Ministero Greco degli Affari Esteri
17:20 Relazione d’apertura del S.S. il Patriarca ecumenico Bartolomeo
17:45 Intervallo
Sessione Α: Constantinopoli e Venezia durate il periodo bizantino
Presidenza: Christos Arampatzis, Professore di Patrologia, Università Aristotele di Salonicco
18:00 Ioannis Panagiotopoulos, Professore associato di Storia Ecclesiastica, Università Nazionale Capodistriana di Atene
Venezia e Constantinopoli durante il periodo dell’Iconoclasia
18:15 Frederick Lauritzen, Dottore di Storia Bizantina, Scuola Grande di S. Marco
Venezia Ortodossa: Legami tra Costantinopoli e la Serenissima in età
paleologa (1261-1453)
18:30 Evangelia Amoiridou, Professoressa associata di Storia Ecclesiastica, Università Aristotele di Salonicco
Vasilevousa - Serenissima. Un approccio dei rapporti ecclesiastici tra
Constantinopoli e Venezia durante il 15o secolo
18:45 Discussione
Sessione B: Patriarcato Ecumenico, Venezia, Europa. Dalla Caduta al mondo moderno
Presidenza: Alexandros Alexandris, Ambasciatore in honorem
19:00 katerina B. korrè, Docente di Storia Medioevale e pre-Moderna, Università dello Ionio
Patriarcato Ecumenico e Arcidiocesi di Philadelphia: dimensioni
storiche di un rapporto dinamico
19:15 Efstathios Lianos Liantis, Dottore di Teologia, Università Aristotele di Salonicco
Il vescovo di Cerigo Massimo Margounio e la “metakenosis” della
teologia ortodossa all’Europa del Rinascimento
19:30 Athanasios Tzierzis, Dottore di Storia Ecclesiastica, Università Aristotele di Salonicco
Patriarcato Ecumenico e Comunità Greco-Ortodossa di Venezia durante il 19o secolo
19:45 padre Konstantinos Κenanidis, Dottore di Teologia, Università Louvain-la-Neuve
Patriarcato Ecumenico ed Europa moderna
20:00 – 20:15 Discussione - Conclusioni
Istituto Ellenico Venezia 12-13 Settembre 2023
Panel: Theandrites: Byzantine Philosophy and Christian Platonism (284-1453)
Date of Conference: 13-18 June 2023
Venue: Catania, Sicily, Italy
Deadline: 16th January 2023
One page abstract to be sent to Sarah Wear (swear@franciscan.edu) and Frederick Lauritzen (frederick.lauritzen@scuolagrandesanmarco.it).
Conference: International Society of Neoplatonic Studies
Panel: Theandrites: Byzantine Philosophy and Christian Platonism (284-1453)
Date of Conference: 10-14 June 2020
Venue: Athens, Greece
Conference website
Deadline: 24th February 2020
One page word abstract to be sent to Sarah Wear (swear@franciscan.edu) and Frederick Lauritzen (frederick.lauritzen@new.oxon.org).
Papers presented in Athens will be considered for publication in the series Theandrites: Studies in Byzantine Philosophy and Christian Platonism (284-1453) (after peer review)
This panel focuses on the reception of Platonism in the Christian philosophy of the Byzantine era (4th-15th centuries), an era marking the creation of a unique dialogue between Hellenic Platonism and the theology of the Church Fathers and Byzantine Christians. The panel is open to all issues relating to Byzantine Platonism. This includes: Christians in the Greek-speaking East and their relationship to the Latin tradition in the West, as well as the Christian Platonism found in contemporary church fathers, the Greek-speaking Christians in late antique Gaza, Athens, and Alexandria; the philosophical theology of Pseudo-Dionysius, Maximus, and John Damascene; the later reception of Platonic theories on the soul, time, and eternity, and metaphysics, as well as ritual among Greek Christians and Hellenes. We welcome papers that trace Platonic ideas, terminology, and methodology as they move throughout the Eastern Roman Empire and the Byzantine Orthodox world.
The present volume takes place within the long-established and well-trodden path of angelology. Angels are inexhaustible, so we have not sought to produce a “Summa theologica” about them. Our aim is to propose a journey across the centuries from Antiquity to Byzantium in order to capture the moment when the multifaceted figure of the angel emerges and asserts itself. The idea and representation of the angel is anything but straightforward. In addition to the duo associating “conception” and “representation”, we thought interesting to stress this third term: “perception.” One cannot be solely rational in the exegesis of thoughts or images when approaching the angelic phenomenon. Other more flexible, more imaginative cognitive paths open up thanks to the attention paid to a reality rich in nuances and meanings. It is indeed an invention in the full sense of the term. The angel cannot be explained only by syncretism. It is not enough to retrace in texts, monuments, and iconography, the ways in which the biblical angels— in the Old and New Testament—, would have melted into their counterparts from Graeco-Roman culture and other civilizations around the Mediterranean, producing so to speak a kind of kaleidoscopic creature, a daimon with wings tinged with Judaism, Gnosis and Manichaeism, fascinated for Neoplatonism, or, yielding to exotic temptations, even venturing into Mazdeism and beyond. The Christian angel is a hybrid; but he acquires a unique personality, whose strength is measured by his posterity.