Mount Athos in Context

Symposium on the occasion of the Art History exhibition: “Holy Mountain: Icons from Mount Athos and Photographs by Frank Horlbeck”: Welcome and Introductory Remarks 9:00-9:15 Dean Karl Scholz Bp. Demetrios of Mokissos 9:15-9:45 Thomas Dale Historical Perspectives on Mount Athos and Byzantine Monasticism 9:45-10:30 Leonora Neville 10:30-11:15 Alice-Mary Talbot 11:30-12:45 Lunch Break Stillness on the Holy Mountain: Sacred Topography, Sacred Space and Liturgy 1:00-1:45 Christos Kakalis 1:45-2:30 Derek Krueger 2:30-3:00 LauraLee Brott 3:00-3:15 Coffee Break Icons from Mount Athos 3:15-3:45 Kristin Edwards 3:45-4:15 Michelle Prestholt 4:15-5:00 Mateusz Ferens   Oscar F. and Louise Greiner Mayer Gallery Chazen Museum of Art University of Wisconsin – Madison This event is co-sponsored by the Institute for Research in the Humanities, the Department of Art History, the Anonymous Fund of the College of Letters and Science, the Medieval Studies Program, the Department of History, the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA), the Religious Studies Program.