The Committee for the Study of Late Antiquity (CSLA) fosters interdisciplinary discussion and cooperation among University members who study the period extending from 200 to 800 CE in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
Comprised of specialists in history, classics, religion, art and archaeology, and Near Eastern studies, the CSLA provides a forum for discussion among students, faculty, visiting scholars, and members of the Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton Theological Seminary. The committee also organizes a program of public lectures, often in collaboration with other departments and programs.
The CSLA is under the aegis of the Council of the Humanities.
Announcements - 2019
New research conducted by former CSLA graduate students Merle Eisenberg and Lee Mordechai, and Janet Kay, a former CSLA postdoctoral fellow, suggests that the impact of the Justinianic Plague may have been greatly exaggerated.
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Princeton graduate students whose research focuses on the late antique period may apply for a CSLA fellowship.
The fellowship is intended to support a wide range of opportunities: summer study programs, archaeological work, independent research and travel (pre-dissertation), language courses, dissertation research, etc.
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Lucas McMahon, a graduate student in the Department of History, won the prize for his paper "Communication in the Exarchate of Ravenna." The prize is given annually to the best graduate student essay on any subject relating to the study of Late Antiquity.
