Online Seminar Lecture Series by the Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations (IHAC) at the Northeast Normal University in Changchun, China: Byzantium and the Steppe

04 November-09 December, 2025

1. Prof. Aleksander Paroń, Institute for History of Material Culture PAN

Title: " Nomadic Neighbors and Imperial Strategy: The Pechenegs in Byzantine Foreign Policy"

4 November 2025, 15:30-17:00 (China), 8:30-10:00 (CET)

2. Dr. Szabolcs Polgar, University of Szeged

Title: “The Western Eurasian Steppe between Byzantium and the Caliphate”

25 November 2025, 15:30-17:00 (China), 8:30-10:00 (CET)

3. Prof. Constantin Zuckerman, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes

Title: “The Conversion of the Khazars”

2 December 2025, 15:30-17:00 (China), 8:30-10:00 (CET)

4. Dr. Salvatore Liccardo, Austrian Academy of Sciences

Title: “At the Edge of the Endless Steppe: Integrating Genetic, Archaeological, and Historical Perspectives on Eurasian Nomads in the Early Medieval Pannonian Basin”

9 December 2025, 15:30-17:00 (China), 8:30-10:00 (CET)

Lectures will be held via Zoom

For more information https://www.nenu.edu.cn/info/2731/281021.htm