Centre for Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies seminars
The Centre for Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies seminars combine select sessions of the Classics, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies and History of Christianity Research seminars with the Byzantine Studies seminars. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Time and location
The composite Centre for Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies seminar series take place throughout the year at 5:15pm unless stated otherwise. For details please see below and please check below for changes and venues.
Semester 2 2022/23
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 16 Jan |
Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila (University of Edinburgh) |
‘Narratives from the dark age. Persian tales from early Islamic times’ Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar |
Project Room, 50 George Square |
| Tue 24 Jan | Stuart Airlie (University of Glasgow), Tom Brown, Roger Collins, Lucy Grig (all Edinburgh), Linda Safran (Toronto) |
‘Italy, the east Roman world and Early Medieval Europe’ Discussion and celebration of Thomas S. Brown’s 'Festschrift' With Medieval History Research Seminars |
LG.09, 40 George Square |
| Tue 31 Jan | Nora K. Schmid (University of Hamburg) |
'Asceticism in sermons of Kharijites and Islamic renunciants’ Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations Research Seminar |
4:10pm, Althaus-Reid Room, New College |
| Wed 8 Feb | Giulia Marolla (University of Bari) |
‘Four Burgundian kings in 5th century Gaul? The case of Sidonius Ep. 5.7’ Classics Research Seminar |
5:10pm, Teviot Lecture Theatre |
| Mon 13 Feb | Panagiotis Agapitos (University of Cyprus) |
‘Byzantine literature within a medieval Eurasian literary supersystem: Amorous tales and the practice of narrative fiction’ Byzantine Studies Research Seminar |
LG.11, 40 George Square |
| Tue 14 Feb |
Andrew Peacock (University of St Andrews) CANCELLED |
‘Translating the Bible in Mongol Tabriz: Persian manuscripts, Syriac translators and European patronage’ Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations Research Seminar |
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| Wed 15 Feb |
Adrastos Omissi (University of Glasgow) CANCELLED |
‘Late Roman Italy, Late Roman Gaul: Their strategic and geographic relationship’ Classics Research Seminar |
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Mon 20 Feb 9.00 - 6.00pm |
Classics Workshop |
‘Authors, addressees, and audiences in Roman letters’ Please contact Professor Gavin Kelly (Gavin.Kelly@ed.ac.uk) for details |
Seminar Room 1, Crystal McMillan Building |
| Thu 9–Sun 12 Mar | 2nd Edinburgh Byzantine Book Festival |
Details to follow Please contact Dr Petros Bouras-Vallianatos (petros.bouras-vallianatos@ed.ac.uk) for details |
On Zoom |
| Wed 15 Mar |
Linda Safran (University of Toronto) CANCELLED |
‘Contacts between Sinai and Southern Italy’ Byzantine Studies Research Seminar with History of Art Research Seminar |
Hunter Theatre, Hunter Building (ECA), 74 Lauriston Place |
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Tue 21 Mar 4:10pm |
Neelam Hussain (Mingana Collection of Middle Eastern Manuscripts) |
‘Manuscripts, readers & reading communities: Tracing the career of the Sirr al-Asrār through time and space’ Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations Research Seminar |
Althaus-Reid Room, New College |
| Mon 27 Mar | Yan Zaripov (University of Oxford) |
‘The poetics of theatricality in Theodoros Prodromos’s epigrams on the Old and New Testament’ Byzantine Studies Seminar |
LG.09, 40 George Square |
| Mon 3 Apr | Hilary Kilpatrick (Independent) |
‘Shī’īs, Christians, and the uses of artifice: Approaches to Arabic poetry in the Ottoman era’ Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar |
Project Room, 50 George Square |
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Tue 4 Apr 4:10pm |
Hilary Kilpatrick (Independent) |
‘What is al-Shābushtī's (d. c. 999) Kitāb al-diyārāt (The Book of Monasteries) really about?’ Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations Research Seminar |
Elizabeth Templeton Lecture Room, New College |
| Mon 24 Apr | Zachary Chitwood (University of Mainz) |
'Electiveaffinities: Papal and regal privileges for Mount Athos and the holy mountain’srelationship with the Medieval West' Byzantine Studies Seminar |
Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre, Old College |
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Wed 10 May 5:10pm |
Tim Penn (University of Edinburgh/ University of Oxford) |
'Finding intramural burials in the towns of late antique and early medieval Italy: visibility, accessibility and memory' Classics Research Seminar |
Meadows Lecture Theatre |
| Thu 15 May |
Benjamin Anderson (Cornell University) Mirela Ivanova (University of Sheffield) |
Title tbc Byzantine Studies Seminar |
Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre, Old College |
| Wed 31 May | Louise Blanke (University of Edinburgh) | Title tbc | 17:10, tbc |
| Date tbc (May) | Margaret Mullett (University of Edinburgh), Scott Redford (SOAS), N. N. | Event in honour of Professor Jim Crow | Tbc |
Semester 1 2022/23
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
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Mon 3 Oct |
Nik Matheou (University of Edinburgh) |
‘Merchant oligarchy in the imperial east? The city of Ani under Roman rule, 1045–1064’ Byzantine Studies seminar |
LG.11, 40 George Square |
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Mon 10 Oct |
Marie Legendre, Abdullah Haidar, Leone Pecorini Goodall (all University of Edinburgh) |
‘The Umayyad Women Project’ Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research seminar |
Project Room, 50 George Square |
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Wed 12 Oct |
Book launch event - Maureen Carroll, "The Making of a Roman Imperial Estate. Archaeology in the Vicus at Vagnari, Puglia" (Oxford: Archaeopress, 2022) and Alastair Small and Carola Small, "Archaeology on the Apulian – Lucanian Border" (Oxford: Archaeopress, 2002). |
With contributions from Maureen Carroll (University of Sheffield), Alastair Small (University of Edinburgh), Carola Small (University of Edinburgh), Robert Leighton (University of Edinburgh), and Ben Russell (University of Edinburgh). Reception sponsored by Archaeopress. NB 5:10pm Classics Research seminar |
Meadows Lecture Theatre |
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Tues 18 Oct |
James Cave (University of York) With an introduction to the project by Gianluca Raccagni (University of Edinburgh) |
‘A “Viking” in the sun: Using creative practice to explore performativity in the Mediterranean world of Harald Hardrarda’ Byzantine Studies seminar with the History & Games Lab |
LG.09, 40 George Square |
| Mon 31 Oct | Salam Rassi (University of Edinburgh) |
'Christian kingship and its discontents in the liturgy, historiography, and theology of the church of the east' CLAIBS seminar |
LG.11, 40 George Square |
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Tue 1 Nov |
Carole Hillenbrand (University of Edinburgh) |
‘Mary the mother of Jesus in Islam’ 2022 Montgomery Watt Lecture (IMES) |
G.03, 50 George Square |
| Mon 14 Nov | Nadine Viermann (Durham University) |
‘In and out of Constantinople: Early 7th century coronation rituals in context’ Byzantine Studies seminar |
LG.11, 40 George Square |
| Wed 16 Nov |
Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis (British Museum) |
Parthia and Rome: Interaction and conflict To be followed by a celebration of the publication of Eberhard Sauer et al., "Ancient arms race: Antiquity’s largest fortresses and Sasanian military networks of Northern Iran" (Oxford: Oxbow, 2022) NB 5:10pm Classics Research seminar |
Teviot Lecture Theatre |
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Mon 21 Nov |
Lucy Grig (University of Edinburgh) |
‘Lived religion and popular culture in Late Antiquity: Approaches and methods’ NB 4:10pm History of Christianity Seminar |
Elizabeth Templeton Lecture Theatre, School of Divinity |
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Thurs 1 Dec
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Rebecca Darley (University of Leeds), Elena Paulino Montero (UNED, Madrid), Mike Carr, Nik Matheou, Niels Gaul (all University of Edinburgh) |
‘Writing the global Middle Ages: Themes and approaches’ NB 4:00pm CLAIBS seminar with the Edinburgh Centre for Global History |
Meadows Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School, Doorway 4 |
Further information
For further information please contact:
- Byzantine Studies events: Professor Niels Gaul (N.Gaul@ed.ac.uk)
- IMES events: Dr Marie Legendre (Marie.Legendre@ed.ac.uk)
- Classics events: Dr Anja Slawisch (Anja.Slawisch@ed.ac.uk)
- History of Christianity events: Dr Felicity Loughlin (f.loughlin@ed.ac.uk)
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