Invitation to the scientific conference „The Foundation of Kyiv and the Territories of the Southern Rus”
The Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History Polish Academy of Sciences Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research
We cordially invite you to the workshop on the theme
INTERCULTURAL MOBILITY ON AND UNDER BORDERS
and conference
THE FOUNDATION OF KYIV AND THE TERRITORIES OF THE SOUTHERN RUS.
CURRENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND ITS RECEPTION
Warsaw (4–5th September 2025)
Place of workshop: Tadeusz Kościuszko Conference Hall at the Institute of History Polish Academy of Sciences (Rynek Starego Miasta 31; 00-272 Warsaw)
Workshop and conference will have hybrid form (traditional and on-line way).
If you want to connect with us please send request for link to the following address: David.Hill@niku.no or ajusupovic@ihpan.edu.pl
INTERCULTURAL ARE. MOBILITY ON AND UNDER BORDERS
10.00 – Opening Ceremony
10.15–11.45. First Session
Chair: Stepan Stepanenko
10.15–10.45 Ideal borders and real borderlands in the Rusian historical writing
Arkadiusz Siwko – The Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History Polish Academy of Sciences
10.45–11.15 The Borderland Between Poland and Rus’ from the late of 10th Century to the year 1340
Michał Dzik – University of Rzeszów
Adrian Jusupović – The Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History Polish Academy of Sciences
11.15–11.45 Some remarks on the Scandinavian participation in the Rus’ attack on Poland in 1031.
Maciej Lubik – University of Zielona Góra
Discussion
12.00–13.20. Second Session
Chair: Adrian Jusupović
12.00–12.20 The Desna Frontier: Rus and Severians
Olena Chernenko – Warsaw University
12.20–12.40 Grand Challenges, Big Questions and Research Gaps
David Hill – Norwegian institute for Cultural Heritage Research
12.40–13.00 Ostriv on the Ros, results of 2023–2025 excavations
Baranov, V., Ivakin, V., Dyachenko, D. – Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Schneeweiß Jens – Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie
Shiroukhov, R. – Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie
13.00–13.20 Waterways of the Northern Black Sea Region: a historical retrospective
Maksim Levada – National Museum of History of Ukraine
13.20–13.35 Issues of identity and identification on Rus Western borders, in Ukraine
Stepan Stepanenko – Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie – Zentrum für Baltische und Skandinavische Archäologie
13.35–15.00 – lunch
15.00–17.00. Brainstorming. Discussion about a common research project
Chair: David Hill
5th September 2025
THE FOUNDATION OF KYIV AND THE TERRITORIES OF THE SOUTHERN RUS.
CURRENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND ITS RECEPTION
8.00–10.00. Block 1
Chair: Adrian Jusupović
8.30 Rus, Slavs and Varangians – mobility, assimilation, and state formation
David Hill – Norwegian institute for Cultural Heritage Research
8.45 What early medieval hillforts along the Dnipro and Desna rivers tell us about the scale of the Scandinavian presence?
Alla Kurzenkova – British Academy Researcher-at-Risk Postdoctoral Fellow (University of Glasgow
9.00 Trade, Settlement, and Influence: Rus in tenth century Chernihiv region of Ukraine
Stepan Stepanenko – Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie – Zentrum für Baltische und Skandinavische Archäologie
9.15 Porossya – A key region for studying cultural transition and ethnic interaction during the Rus’ period
Artem Borysov – Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
9.30 The need to look closer. Archaeological Exhibition “Kyjivan Rus’. Origins” at the National Museum of Lithuania
Egle Zaveckiene and Rūta Kačkutė – National Museum of Lithuania
9.45 Insular connectivity with Kyiv and Byzantium in the late Viking period Byzantine coinage on Gotland, The Baltic Sea and beyond
Christoph Kilger – University of Uppsalla Gotland
10.00 Vestfold, Norway – contacts with the Rus: A snapshot of Islamic coinage recovered from Viking contexts
Vibeke Lia Vestfold County, Norway
10.15 Discussion
10.30 Coffee Break
Block 2
Chair: David Hill
11.00 Monumental Architecture of Kievan Rus: The Formation Stage
Olena Chernenko – University of Warsaw
11.15 Kyiv Perchersk Lavra – ‘Cave Monastery’ complex. The origins and role in the development of monastic sites in Kyivan Rus
Dmytro Peftits and Sergiy Taranenko – National Preserve “Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra”
11.30 Recent archaeological observations from the cathedral of Saint Sophia of Kyiv
Timur Bobrovsky – The National Conservation Area “St. Sophia of Kyiv
11.45 Plinthoi (bricks) and their stamps and markings from the monuments of the Pechersk Monastery of the 11th–13th centuries
Olena Machota – National Preserve “Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra”
12.00 Kyivan bone-carving workshops of Early Rus period in the context of European bone carving
Maryna Sergeeva – Institute of Archaeology NAS of Ukraine
12.15 Kufic dirhams with graffiti in the form of a bident
Andriy Boiko, Hararin and Oleksii Artuikhin – National Bank of Ukraine/National Academy of Culture and Arts Management
12.30 Traumas and their treatment in ancient Kyiv
Arina Potapova and Aleksandra Kozak – National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy/Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine
12.45 Discussion
13.00 Lunch
Block 3
Chair: Stepan Stepanenko
14.00 Artistic influences on Norway from Kievan Rus in the eleventh and twelfth centuries
Kjartan Hauglid – Norwegian institute for Cultural Heritage Research
14.15 Byzantine and Early Rus’ craft interaction through the medieval glassmaking workshop of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra: the case of glazed pottery
Sergiy Taranenko and Mariia Tymoshenko – National Preserve „Kyiv-Pechersk lavra”/Museum of Kyiv History
14.30 Digitizing archaeological heritage of Kyiv and Southern Rus’: preservation, research, and knowledge dissemination
Kateryna Ilchyshyna, Ivanova Oleksandra and Ivan Zotsenko – Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Science of Ukraine / National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
14.45 The consequences of the Russian military invasion of 2022 for the archaeological heritage in the vicinity of Kyiv
Volodomyr Hnera, Artem Borysov and Ivan Zotsenko – Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
15.00 Strategies for Protection of Cultural Heritage Artefacts looted during War and Conflict – an International Perspective
Håkon Roland – Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo
15:15 Discussion
15.30–16.00 Posters
Chair: Sergiy Taranenko
Glazed tableware from medieval Kyiv. The issues of style, distribution and dating
Mariia Tymoshenko – Head of the Department ‘Kyiv Ancient and Medieval’, Museum of Kyiv History
On determining the probable centres of production of ceramic glazed painted eggs from princely Kyiv
Alina Sushko – Deputy director general for research work Kyiv History Museum
