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SUMMARY:Byzantine Crime Novels in the Twenty-first Century: From History to
	 Fiction
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DESCRIPTION:A lecture by Panagiotis Agapitos\, Gutenberg Distinguished Rese
	arch Fellow\, University of Mainz\n\nEvent is free but RSVPs are requested
	.\n\nConversation following the lecture with Michael Cooperson\, Associate
	 Director\, UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Helle
	nic Culture.\n\nThis lecture tackles the question of “authenticity” when w
	riting crime novels set in the remote past. Agapitos’ three novels (publis
	hed between 2003 and 2009 in Greece)\, that are set in the first half of n
	inth-century Byzantium during the rule of the last iconoclast emperor\, Th
	eophilos (r. 829–842)\, form the basis of a lively discussion about the ch
	allenges of producing a satisfactory narrative. The fairly clear generic c
	onventions of a traditional British-style mystery are not applicable to a 
	medieval culture such as Byzantium\, starting with the basic issue of the 
	absence of detection and the relevant detective. Contemporary fans of crim
	e fiction have broad expectations about what a detective novel should be\,
	 but they also want a feeling of “real” history in the narrative. In his n
	ovels\, the speaker tackles this problem by employing various techniques d
	erived from Byzantine rhetoric and narrative\, while\, at the same time us
	ing archaeological\, historical and textual studies to offer a medieval ye
	t contemporary crime story that feels medieval but is\, in fact\, postmode
	rn.\n\nPanagiotis Agapitos is the Gutenberg Distinguished Research Fellow 
	in Byzantine Literature at the University of Mainz. Previously\, he taught
	 for 25 years at the University of Cyprus as Professor of Byzantine Litera
	ture and Culture in the Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies. 
	He studied at the University of Munich and received his Ph.D. from Harvard
	 University in 1990. He has taught as a visiting professor at the Free Uni
	versity of Berlin\, the High School of Social Sciences in Paris\, Stanford
	 University\, and the Sapienza University of Rome. His research interests 
	focus on Byzantine literature\, the history of manuscripts and education i
	n Byzantium\, the critical edition of Medieval Greek texts\, narratology\,
	 theory and practice of rhetoric\, genre studies and cultural history. He 
	has published over 90 papers on these topics\, while his most recent book 
	is a translation into English of the Tale of Livistros and Rodamne\, a Byz
	antine romance of the thirteenth century (Liverpool University Press\, 202
	1). He is currently writing a narrative history of Byzantine literature (A
	D 300–1500) under contract with Cambridge University Press. In his free ti
	me\, he writes “mystery stories” set in ninth-century Byzantium.\n\nThis e
	vent is held under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Los 
	Angeles and made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).
	\n\nGefyra (Bridge) is a collaborative program established by the UCLA SNF
	 Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and the SNF Centre for Hellenic 
	Studies at Simon Fraser University with support from the Stavros Niarchos 
	Foundation (SNF). Gefyra’s mission is to connect students\, faculty\, and 
	communities along the West Coast of North America with Greek scholars\, ar
	tists\, and other creators\, so that they can together explore expansive a
	nd imaginative approaches to Greek culture and knowledge production. The p
	rogram additionally supports academic conferences and cultural projects th
	at bridge the West Coast and Greece.\n\nEvent Website: https://hellenic.uc
	la.edu/event/panagiotis-agapitos/\n\nEvent Website: https://forms.gle/AMse
	rxQLbWa2exNS9\n\nSource: https://community.ucla.edu/event/5c3ac308-118e-4c
	6e-98c7-022d6c2d7566
LOCATION:314 Royce Hall
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