Dr. Maréva U

Curriculum vitae

Since September 2023

Postdoctoral Researcher at Philipps University of Marburg, Department of Christian Archaeology and History of Byzantine Art

Since December 2019

Postdoctoral Researcher affiliated with UMR 8167 Orient & Méditerranée, Monde Byzantin, Paris, France

2022-2023

Postdoctoral Fellow at GABAM (Center for Late Antique and Byzantine Studies) – ANAMED (Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations), Koç University, Istanbul, Türkiye

2021

PhD in Byzantine Art and Architectural History, École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) – Paris Sciences & Lettres University (PSL), Paris

Thesis entitled: Les lieux luminaires et leurs décors dans les églises monastiques byzantines (X^e-XV^e siècle) : fonctions, significations et expériences des portes et des passages [Liminal Places and their Decoration in Byzantine Monastic Churches (10^th-15^th Century): Function, Meaning, and Experience of Doorways and Passageways]

2015

MA in Byzantine Art History and Archaeology, Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University (2^nd year)

Dissertation entitled: La porte et ses abords. Fonctions et symboliques des images des espaces d’entrée dans les églises médiobyzantines [The Doorway and its Surroundings. Function and Meaning of the Images of Entrance Spaces in Middle Byzantine Churches]

2014

MA in Byzantine Art History and Archaeology, Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University (1^st year)

Dissertation entitled: Images et passages. Relations, fonctions et symboliques dans les églises byzantines du XIIe siècle [Images and Passageways. Relation, Function, and Meaning in Byzantine Churches of the 12th century]

2013

BA in Art History and Archaeology, Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University

Research Focus

Byzantine architectural space

Byzantine monumental decoration (sculpture, wall painting, mosaic)

Experience of space and spatial anthropology

Byzantine monasticism

Liminality

Fellowships

2018-2019 – Research fellowship of the A. G. Leventis Foundation, Cyprus

September 2017 – Research fellowship of the French School at Athens, Greece

October 2016 – Research fellowship of the French School at Athens, Greece

2015-2018 – PhD fellowship of the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research

Publications

M. U, “Experiencing the Portico Space of Middle and Late Byzantine Monastic Churches”, in Religious Buildings “Made in Byzantium”: New Perspectives on Architecture, Decoration, and Function, edited by I. Jevtić, N. Kontogiannis and N. Stanković (forthcoming).

M. U, “De seuil en seuil : circuler dans l’espace de l’église des Saints-Apôtres, à Thessalonique (début du XIVe siècle)”, in L’église microcosme: architecture, objets et images au Moyen âge, edited by A.-O. Poilpré and P. Plagnieux, Paris, 2023, p. 17-36.

M. U, “L’espace du monastère de la Panagia Kosmosoteira à Vira (Pherai), en Grèce : étude des modalités d’accès et de circulation”, Cahiers archéologiques, 59, 2022, p. 89-102.

B. Caseau, E. Neri, M. U, “Les processions à Byzance : une expérience multisensorielle et performative”, in Rituels religieux et sensorialité (Antiquité et Moyen Âge). Parcours de recherche, edited by B. Caseau and E. Neri, Milan, 2021, p. 137-173.

I. Rapti, M. U, V. Petiteau, “Избор снимака српских споменика из мијеове фототеке” [Selection of Photos of Serbian Monuments from the Millet Photo-Archive], in Габријел Мије и истраживања старе српске архитектуре [Gabriel Millet and the Study of Ancient Serbian Architecture], edited by D. Preradović, Belgrade, 2019, p. 109-120.

M. U, “Images et passages dans l’espace ecclésial à l’époque médiobyzantine”, in Visibilité et présence de l’image dans l’espace ecclésial. Byzance et Moyen Âge occidental, edited by S. Brodbeck and A.-O. Poilpré, Paris, 2019, p. 303-327.

M. U, “Expérience spirituelle de la lumière et du passage dans l’espace ecclésial byzantin”, in Actes du séminaire transversal : La Lumière, edited by L. Haslé, T. Lacomme, M. U and A. Valencia-Diaz, Paris, 2017, p. 50-60.

L. Haslé, T. Lacomme, M. U and A. Valencia-Diaz (ed.), Actes du séminaire transversal : La Lumière, Paris, 2017.

Conference Presentations

“From Existential to Spatial Liminality in Byzantine Cenobitic Monasteries”, Liminal Spaces in Byzantium and Beyond: Perceptions, Performativity, Placemaking, International Conference organized by M. Veikou and B. Kitapçı Bayrı, April 27-29, 2023, Swedish Institute at Athens, Greece.

“Marble Pavements of the Middle and Late Byzantine Churches: Function and Meaning in the Architectural Space”, Mosaics session of the 24th International Congress of the Byzantine Studies, August 22-27, 2022, Venice-Padua, Italy.

“Crossing the Threshold of a Byzantine Church: The Experience of the Spatial Transition”, Passages from Antiquity to the Middle Ages VIII - Experiencing Space, International Conference organized by by S. Katajala-Peltomaa, S. Pihko and V. Vuolante, August 17-19, 2022, Tampere University, Finland.

“Porches and Porticoes of Byzantine Churches: Architecture, Function, and Meaning of the First Liminal Spaces”, Religious Buildings “Made in Byzantium”: New Perspectives on Architecture, Decoration, and Function, Workshop organized by I. Jevtić, N. Kontogiannis and N. Stanković, September 2020, Koç University - Gabam-Anamed (online).

“Spatial Analysis of the Monastery of Panagia Kosmosoteira in Pherai (Vira), Greece: Doorways and Paths”, Digital Humanities and Ritual Space (Unlocking Sacred Landscapes II), October 19-21, 2018, Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Rethymnon, Crete.

“The Liminal Spaces and their Decoration in Byzantine Churches: the Example of the Panagia Phorbiotissa in Asinou”, First Annual Conference on Byzantine and Medieval Studies, January 13-15, 2017, Municipal Multipurpose Center, Nicosia, Cyprus.

“Les fonctions des portes latérales des églises byzantines : données textuelles et matérielles”, Byzantine Architecture session of the 23rd International Congress of the Byzantine Studies, August 22-27, 2016, Faculty of Philology, Belgrade.

“Expérience spirituelle de la lumière et du passage dans l’espace ecclésial byzantin”, La Lumière, postgraduate interdisciplinary workshop of the École Pratique des Hautes Études, April 7, 2016, Collège de France, Paris.

“Espaces liminaires et symbolisme eschatologique. La porte et les images de leurs abords dans les églises byzantines de Chypre”, Journée d’étude interlaboratoires sur Chypre, organized by A. Nicolaïdès and A. Hermary, December 7, 2016, Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l’homme, Aix-en-Provence.

“Images et passages dans l’espace ecclésial à l’époque médiobyzantine”, Visibilité et présence de l’image dans l’espace ecclésial. Byzance et Moyen Âge Occidental, conference organized by S. Brodbeck and A.-O. Poilpré, September 25, 2015, Institut national d’Histoire de l’art, Paris.