Events Archive - 2021
During the first half of the seventh century, the Byzantine state was affected by various disasters which were the result of political missteps, natural catastrophes, famines and plagues as well as military defeats. Lost battles against the Persians in particular were perceived as devastating events for…
Robert S. Nelson, one of the foremost art historians and Byzantinists, who is currently resident at the Institute for Advanced Studies, will lead the discussion. This will circle around the numerous art historical, historical, and philological issues that pertain to a mosaic icon of St. Demetrios that traveled from Byzantium to Renaissance…
In the course of writing Ravenna. Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe, I realised that the concept of Late Antiquity was inadequate. It looked backwards to the past, rather than forward to a newly Christianized universe, manifested by the inhabitants of fifth-seventh century Ravenna. Investigating the…
Our first, fully vaccinated, workshop will take place on Sunday, Oct. 10, 12-2pm, in Scheide Caldwell 103 (or under the tent in front of the building, weather permitting). To kick things off, we have decided to discuss parts of the recently published “Byzantium Unbound,” by Anthony Kaldellis, PDFs of which you will find below…
In this online workshop, we aim to situate the transmission of Arabic science into Greek in a broader context. Toward this goal, the papers will investigate a number of related questions, including how Arabo-Greek scientific translation related to Graeco-Arabic scientific translation in Baghdad, what were the connections between these Arabo…
The workshop will pivot mainly from the Vatican Library's Greek manuscript collection and cover the gamut of palaeographical skills and analyses required to conduct research on various aspects of mediaeval books and literature. We will survey the main mediaeval Greek scripts and the characteristics which enable us to date codices; we will…