Berliner Byzantinistik/ Berlin Byzantine Studies - FU Berlin

und georgischer Sprache studiert. Byzanz wird begriffen als Knotenpunkt, über den sich die Kulturen des Vorderen Orients mit dem Abendland auf allen Ebenen austauschten. Hierzu gehört auch die Musik – der vielleicht lebendigste Teil des byzantinischen Erbes, der bis heute aktiv gepflegt wird. Berlin Byzantine Studies pursues a rare avenue of research, namely the relationship of Byzantium to the Near East from Late Antiquity until the Early Modern Period. This not only concerns the relationship with Islam – both in a religious and political sense –, but also that to Jews and Oriental Christians. Therefore, sources in Arabic, Syriac, Hebrew, Coptic, Armenian, and Georgian are also treated here. Byzantium is understood as a point of convergence, which concerns the cultural exchange on all levels between the Near East and Western Europe. The musical tradition of Byzantium in particular falls into this category, as it represents a living aspect of Byzantine culture still actively practiced today.