Byzantine Studies research seminars

Everyone is welcome to attend.

For more information, contact Dr Yannis Stouraitis (Yannis.Stouraitis@ed.ac.uk).

Semester 2 2025/26

DateSpeakerTopicVenue
Mon 2 FebDr Daniel Reynolds (Birmingham)‘Charlemagne's Jerusalem: The Melkite Patriarchate of Jerusalem in the early ninth century’5:10pm,
Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre, Old College
Mon 16 MarProfessor Tim Greenwood (St Andrews)‘Greek versions of Armenian texts in Late Antiquity: when, where and why?’5:10pm,
Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre, Old College
Mon 13 AprDr Marie-Hélène Blanchet (CNRS Paris)‘A union with heretics? The dilemma of uniting the Byzantine and Roman Churches (13th–15th centuries)’5:10pm,
Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre, Old College
Mon 11 MayProfessor Margaret Mullett (Edinburgh)

‘Fantastic beasts and where to find them: Byzantine hybrids’

Annual Joint SPBS-ÖBG Lecture, hosted by the A. G. Leventis Centre for Greek Studies

G.159 – McLaren Stuart Room, Old College

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