Category Archives: Meetings

May 23—Ilaria Ramelli, Philosophical Asceticism and Justice in Antiquity and Late Antiquity

The Workshop on Late Antiquity and Byzantium, in collaboration with the Early Christian Studies Workshop, is pleased to announce our last meeting of Spring 2017: Please come by if you’re free this afternoon—we look forward to seeing you there!

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May 16—Thomas Deswarte, Did Isidore of Seville write on Acolytes? Some reflections on his Epistola ad Leudefredum and his De Ecclesiasticis Officiis

The Workshop on Late Antiquity and Byzantium, in collaboration with the Medieval Studies Workshop, is pleased to announce our next meeting: Did Isidore of Seville write on Acolytes? Some reflections on his Epistola ad Leudefredum and his De Ecclesiasticis Officiis Prof. Thomas Deswarte … Continue reading

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April 25—Brian Salas, Overstriking the Miliaresion: Byzantine Silver in the Age of Islam

The Workshop on Late Antiquity and Byzantium is pleased to announce our next meeting: Overstriking the Miliaresion: Byzantine Silver in the Age of Islam Brian Salas Ph. D. Student, University of Chicago (History) This presentation investigates the role of Byzantine silver … Continue reading

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April 11—Ani Honarchiansaky, Lifting the Yoke of Taxation by Holy Cross: Taxation and Resistance in Sasanian Iran

The Workshop on Late Antiquity and Byzantium is pleased to announce our next meeting: Lifting the Yoke of Taxation by Holy Cross: Taxation and Resistance in Sasanian Iran Ani Honarchiansaky Visiting Ph. D. Student, University of California, Los Angeles The historic … Continue reading

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April 4—Jason Osequeda, Constructing a New Jerusalem: Building a Bridge to the Christian Past and Forging a New Identity in Late Antique Constantinople

The Workshop on Late Antiquity and Byzantium is pleased to announce our first meeting of Spring 2017: Constructing a New Jerusalem: Building a Bridge to the Christian Past and Forging a New Identity in Late Antique Constantinople Jason Osequeda Ph. D. Student, … Continue reading

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February 28—Maxime Emion, A military and social elite in the Later Roman Empire: protectores Augusti (3rd-6th c. CE)

The Workshop on Late Antiquity and Byzantium is pleased to announce our last meeting of Winter 2017: A military and social elite in the Later Roman Empire: protectores Augusti (3rd-6th c. CE) Missorium of Theodosius, 4-5th c. CE. Real Academia de la … Continue reading

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February 14—Felix Szabo, Servants of the Lord: Eunuchs in Middle Byzantine Christianity (843-1204 CE)

The Workshop on Late Antiquity and Byzantium is pleased to announce our next meeting: Servants of the Lord: Eunuchs in Middle Byzantine Christianity (843-1204 CE) The monk Sabas instructs the emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates. Bibliothèque National de France MS Coislin … Continue reading

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February 8—Dörthe Führer, Geoffrey of Vitry’s Commentary on the Medieval Alexander Epic

The Workshop on Late Antiquity and Byzantium is pleased to announce our next meeting: Geoffrey of Vitry’s Commentary on the Medieval Alexander Epic Alexander the Great unhorses Porus, King of India. British Library Royal MS 20 B XX, f. 53r … Continue reading

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January 31—Kelly Holob, Rational Worship and Harmonization in the Hymns of Synesius of Cyrene

The Workshop on Late Antiquity and Byzantium is pleased to announce our next meeting: Rational Worship and Harmonization in the Hymns of Synesius of Cyrene Eitharide muse in neo-attic style (2nd-1st c. BCE, Archaeological Museum, Istanbul) Erich Lessing Culture and … Continue reading

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January 17—Christopher A. Faraone, A Medieval Copper Plaque from Egypt (Louvre inv. AD 00372): Composite Amulet or Pattern-Book for Making Individual Body-Amulets?

The Workshop on Late Antiquity and Byzantium is pleased to announce our first meeting of Winter Quarter 2017: A Copper Plaque in the Louvre: the Transformation of Greek Amulets in Late-Antique Egypt Christopher A. Faraone Professor of Classics, Frank and Gertrude Springer Professor in … Continue reading

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