Reclaiming Byzantium

Pinar Ure completed her PhD in 2014 under the supervision of Professor Dominic Lieven at the LSE. She received her MA from the University of Pennsylvania. She is currently Assistant Professor at Istanbul Kemerburgaz University.

Introduction: Regenerating Distant Past: Nationalist and Imperialist Uses of Ancient History in the 19th Century

Chapter 1: Double-Headed Eagle Over Russia: Russian Appreciation of the Byzantine Heritage

1.1. Fyodor Ivanovich Uspenskii: The Making of a Russian Byzantinist
1.2. The Development of Archaeology and Byzantine Studies in the Russian Empire
1.3. From Russian to Ottoman Shores: The Attraction of the Black Sea as a Repository of Byzantine Monuments
1.4. The Image of Byzantium in Russian Thought in the Late 19th Century

Chapter 2: Archaeology in the Ottoman Empire: Cultural Property as a Symbol of Sovereignty

2.1. Byzantine Studies in the Ottoman Empire


Chapter 3: At the Intersection of Science and Politics: Russian Archaeological Institute in the Ottoman Empire

3.1. Russians in the Holy Land: Imperial Palestinian Orthodox Society (IPPO)
3.2. The Establishment of the Russian Archaeological Institute in Constantinople (RAIK)


Chapter 4: Expeditions of the Russian Archaeological Institute and Contacts with Ottoman Authorities

4.1. Studies in Istanbul


Chapter 5: On the Eve of the Balkan Wars: Archaeology in the Midst of Political Unrest

5.1. The Establishment of the Slavic Department within RAIK


Chapter 6: The Doom of Empires: The Fate of the Russian Archaeological Institute After 1914


Conclusion
Suggestions for Further Reading
Bibliography
Index