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4th International Late Antique and Byzantine Studies Graduate Conference, Vienna
May 22, 2026 : Central European University, Quellenstrasse 51, D001, 1100 Vienna. May 23, 2026 : Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, University of Vienna, Postgasse 9, Lecture Hall, 1010 Vienna. Central European University and Universit
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History May 2026 at Leiden University
Research Seminars Medieval and Early Modern History The seminars are informal and intended to foster discussion. There are drinks afterwards. Everyone is welcome to join. For more information https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2026/05/resear
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Doctoral and Postdoctoral Spring School in Rome, Italy: Arabo-Byzantine Workshop: Towards a Cross-Disciplinary Analysis of Eastern Mediterranean Sources
18-22 May, 2026 “A fresh understanding of medieval Eastern Mediterranean history requires a careful and integrated reading of a wide range of primary sources. Textual, documentary, and material sources (such as manuscripts, papyri, coins, and seals)
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Book presentation at ANAMED: "Liminal Spaces and Spatial Practices in Byzantium"
This event, a special discussion on Liminal Spaces and Spatial Practices in Byzantium, welcomes Buket Kitapçı Bayrı, the volume's co-editor, alongside Rebecca Darley, the volume's English copy editor and ANAMED's current senior fellow, on May 11 at 1
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Hybrid Symposium at Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul: The Komnenian Restoration of Byzantium & its Legacy
8-9 May, 2026 Symposiarchs: Dr Maximilian Lau & Dr Georgios Theotokis The symposium titled “The Komnenian Restoration of Byzantium and Its Legacy”, the first of which was held last year at Oxford University, sponsored by Ibn Haldun University and org
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Lecture by Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom: The Spatial and Material Turn in Monastic Archaeology: A Retrospective
Time: 12.00 p.m. – 1.00 p.m. Spatial readings of monuments and landscapes have fundamentally changed how archaeologists approach settlements and their relationship to the environment. On a more intimate scale, the evolution of materiality studies has
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Lecture by Koray Durak at Northwestern University, US: From “Byzantine Intrigues” to Civil Byzantium: The Making of Byzantium in Contemporary Turkey
Join the Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program for "From 'Byzantine Intrigues' to Civil Byzantium: The Making of Byzantium in Contemporary Turkey" with Koray Durak, Boğaziçi University, on Monday, April 20 at 12:30pm in Kresge Hall, Room 1515. To reg
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Hybrid Lecture by Koray Durak at Kemal H. Karpat Center: Managing Byzantine Heritage in the Modern World: The Development of Byzantine Studies in Turkey
KEMAL H. KARPAT CENTER FOR TURKISH STUDIES presents KARPAT LECTURE Co-sponsored by: Department of History · Middle East Studies Program · Center for European Studies · Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) · Medieval Studies Progr
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Online ANAMED Library Talk by Alkiviadis Ginalis: "Harbours of the Aegean in Late Antiquity and the Medieval Period. Thessaly, Maritime Connectivity, and the Eastern Mediterranean Seascape"
18.00-20.00 This book, bearing the same title, represents the first comprehensive attempt to study harbors and maritime connectivity in the Aegean from an archaeological perspective, going beyond the examination of individual settlements. It offers a
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Lecture by Prof. Glenn Peers: Community and Difference: Freaks and Byzantine “Healing”
Time: 6pm GMT / 1PM EST Nearly every film dealing with disability falls into the error of the ‘narrative prosthetic’, wherein another character’s disability becomes a mechanism for the normative lead to reach positive self-realization. The only film
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Seminar by Dr. Taner Güler at Istanbul Medeniyet University: "Maritime Archaeology from Antiquity to the Middle Ages: The Harbor of Theodosius and the Yenikapı Ships"
14.00 In this seminar, hosted by the Faculty of Letters at Istanbul Medeniyet University, we delve into the depths of maritime history with Dr. Taner Güler. Speaker: Dr. Taner Güler (Istanbul University) Location: IMU South Campus, Aşık Paşa Conferen
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Lecture by Dr. Şeniz Atik (Istanbul Aydın University) at GABAM: "Byzantine Glass Artifacts Unearthed in Archaeological Excavations in Istanbul"
18.00 ANAMED Auditorium Dr. Şeniz Atik (Istanbul Aydın University) – Byzantine Glass Artifacts Unearthed in Archaeological Excavations in Istanbul* The talk will be delivered in Turkish, with simultaneous translation into English.