Past Events

2012-13

New Testament in Byzantium

April 26-28, 2013, Byzantine Studies Symposium. Robert S. Nelson and Derek Krueger, Symposiarchs.

"Render unto Caesar": Coins and Seals in Byzantium

April 13, 2013, Byzantine Studies Teaching Fellows' Day. Scott Johnson and Jonathan Shea, Organizers.

Byzantine Survey Archaeology: Reflections and Approaches

March 29-30, 2013, Byzantine Studies Colloquium. Sharon Gerstel and John Haldon, Colloquiarchs.

Imperial Radiance: Solar Imagery and Cosmic Order

November 15, 2012, Byzantine Studies Public Lecture, Ioli Kalavrezou.

The (Mis)interpretation of Byzantine Dream Narratives

November 8-10, 2012, Byzantine Studies Workshop.

Conceiving Byzantium: 'Behind the Scenes at Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition'

September 20, 2012, Byzantine Studies Public Lecture, Helen C. Evans.

2011-12

Rome Re-Imagined: Byzantine and Early Islamic Africa, c. 500-800

April 27-29, 2012, Byzantine Studies Symposium. Susan T. Stevens and Jonathan P. Conant, Symposiarchs.

Monks, Monasteries, and Monasticism in the Eastern Mediterranean

April 6, 2012, Byzantine Studies Fellows' Workshop.

Pagans, Christians, and Muslims: Mediterranean Transitions

March 31, 2012, Byzantine Studies Teaching Fellows' Day. Örgü Dalgiç, Scott Johnson, Jonathan Shea, and Jack Tannous, Organizers.

The Social Network in Byzantium and its Neighbors

March 16-17, 2012, Byzantine Studies Colloquium. Margaret Mullett and Adam Schor, Colloquiarchs.

Conversations on Byzantine Archaeology in North America: The Role of the American Overseas Research Centers

January 13-14, 2012.

Dialogues in Byzantium: The Long History of a Literary Form

November 10, 2011, Byzantine Studies Public Lecture, Averil Cameron.

A Prince and his Monastery: Isaac Comnenus and the Church of the Virgin Kosmosoteira in Thrace

September 29, 2011, Byzantine Studies Public Lecture, Nancy Ševčenko.

2010-11

Workshop: Digital Humanities and Seals, 2, Visual Arts

Saints and Sacred Matter: the Cult of Relics in Byzantium and Beyond

April 29-May 1, 2011, Byzantine Studies Symposium. Cynthia Hahn and Holger Klein, Symposiarchs.

After Evagrius: The Controversial Legacy of Evagrius of Pontus

April 15-16, 2011, Byzantine Studies Round Table. Robin Darling Young and Joel Kalvesmaki, Organizers.

Cross Talk

March 26, 2011, Byzantine Studies Teaching Fellows' Day. Örgü Dalgiç and Jack Tannous, Organizers.

The Byzantine Self

March 18-19, 2011, Byzantine Studies Colloquium. Maria Mavroudi and Stratis Papaioannou, Colloquiarchs.

The Many Worlds of Ihor Ševčenko

February 26, 2011, Byzantine Studies Workshop.

Looking into Carolingian Monastic Libraries: Reichenau and St. Gall

February 17, 2011, Byzantine Studies Public Lecture, Patrick Geary.

Cataloguing and Publishing Byzantine Seals in a Digital Age

December 7-9, 2010, Byzantine Studies Workshop. Margaret Mullett, Gudrun Buhl, Eric McGeer, and Jonathan Shea, Organizers.

Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives in a Digital Age

December 2-3, 2010, Byzantine Studies Workshop. Margaret Mullett and Gunder Varinlioğlu, Organizers.

The Songbook of William Villehardouin, Prince of Frankish Greece

November 4, 2010, Byzantine Studies Public Lecture, John Haines.

Dante and the Greeks

October 1-3, 2010, Byzantine Studies Symposium. Jan Ziolkowski, Organizer.

2009-10

Warfare in the Byzantine World

April 30-May 2, 2010, Byzantine Studies Symposium. John Haldon, Symposiarch.

Conversations on Byzantine Archaeology in North America

April 9-10, 2010. John Haldon, Michael McCormick and Margaret Mullett, Organizers.

Theology and Social Criticism: Salvian of Marseilles and the End of the Roman Empire in the West

April 1, 2010, Byzantine Studies Public Lecture, Peter Brown.

The Boundaries of Byzantine Friendship

March 5-6, 2010, Byzantine Studies Colloquium. Margaret Mullett and Stratis Papaioannou, Colloquiarchs.

Reading and Writing the Qur'an with Riccoldo da Monte di Croce

March 3, 2010, Byzantine Studies Public Lecture, Thomas Burman.

Light, Surface, Spirit: Phenomenology and Aesthetics in Byzantine Art

November 12-13, 2009, Byzantine Studies Colloquium. Ioli Kalavrezou and Bissera Pentcheva, Colloquiarchs.

Round Table: Iconoclasms: Practices of the Past, Interpretations of the Present

September 25-6, 2009, Byzantine Studies Round Table. Leslie Brubaker and Richard Clay, Organizers.

Nectar and Illusion: Nature and Rhetoric in Byzantium

September 23, 2009, Byzantine Studies Public Lecture, Henry Maguire.

2008-09

The Art of Stratification: Levels of Discourse in Byzantine Literature

May 14, 2009, Byzantine Studies Public Lecture, Panagiotis Roilos.

Morea: The Land and Its People in the Aftermath of the Fourth Crusade

May 1-3, 2009, Byzantine Studies Symposium. Sharon Gerstel, Symposiarch. S.E.J. Gerstel, ed., Viewing the Morea: Land and People in the Late Medieval Peloponnese (Washington, DC, 2013).

Climate Change and the Fall of the Roman Empire

April 25, 2009, Byzantine Studies Public Lecture, Michael McCormick. Poster.

Climate Change and the Fall of the Roman Empire

April 24-5, 2009, Byzantine Studies Workshop.

The Art of Monasticism: Aesthetic Manifestations of the Angelic Life in Late Antique Upper Egypt

April 23, 2009, Byzantine Studies Public Lecture, Elizabeth Bolman.

How Cunning was El Cid? Arabo-Andalusian hiyal in Medieval Castilian Literature

April 2, 2009, Byzantine Studies Public Lecture, Luis Girón Negrón.

Splashing out of the Bath: The Digital Archimedes Palimpsest

January 29, 2009, Byzantine Studies Public Lecture, William Noel.

Mont Saint-Michel or Toledo: Greek or Arabic Sources for Medieval European Culture?

October 23, 2008, Byzantine Studies Public Lecture, Charles Burnett.

2007-08

Trade and Markets in Byzantium

May 2-4, 2008, Byzantine Studies Symposium. Cécile Morrisson, Symposiarch. Published 2012.

Excavating Shipwrecks in Constantinople's Theodosian Harbor

January 17, 2008, Byzantine Studies Public Lecture, Cemal Pulak.

Byzantine Science

December 12, 2007, Byzantine Studies Public Lecture, Maria Mavroudi.

Islam and the Heritage of Late Antiquity

November 14, 2007, Byzantine Studies Public Lecture, Hugh Kennedy.

Byzantine Literature: New Voices and Current Approaches

November 9-10, 2007, Byzantine Studies Colloquium. John Duffy and Stratis Papaioannou, Organizers.

2006-07

From Enrico to Andrea Dandolo: Imitation, Appropriation and Meaning at San Marco in Venice

April 28, 2007, Byzantine Studies Colloquium. Henry Maguire and Robert Nelson, Colloquiarchs. Published 2010.

Wood, Bone, Iron and Stone: Multidisciplinary Investigations of Daily Life at Late Byzantine Cherson (Crimea)

March 14, 2007, Byzantine Studies Public Lecture, Adam Rabinowitz.

Old Testament in Byzantium

December 1-3, 2006, Byzantine Studies Symposium. Paul Magdalino and Robert Nelson, Symposiarchs. Published 2010.

The Virgin's Church at Asinou, Cyprus: A Small Paradise in Time

November 7, 2006, Byzantine Studies Public Lecture, Annemarie Weyl Carr.

2005-06

Becoming Byzantine: Children and Childhood in Byzantium

April 28-30, 2006, Byzantine Studies Symposium. Arietta Papaconstantinou and Alice-Mary Talbot, Symposiarchs. Published 2009.

The Secret of Liquid Fire--An Early Medieval Terror Weapon

February 16, 2006, Byzantine Studies Public Lecture, John Haldon.

Confessions of a Troglodyte: A Byzantine Settlement in Cappadocia

September 29, 2005, Byzantine Studies Public Lecture, Robert Ousterhout.

2004-05

Symposium: Urban and Rural Settlement in Anatolia and the Levant, 500-1000 AD: New Evidence from Archaeology

Symposiarchs: Clive Foss and Johannes Koder, April 22-24, 2005. Published in Dumbarton Oaks Papers 61 (2007): 215-352.

Colloquium: Ernst Kitzinger Memorial

Colloquiarchs: Henry Maguire and Alice-Mary Talbot.

2003-04

Symposium: Egypt and the Byzantine World, 450-700

Symposiarch: Roger Bagnall, April 30-May 2, 2004.

2002-03

Symposium: The Sacred Screen: Origins, Development, and Diffusion

Symposiarchs: Sharon Gerstel and George Majeska, May 9-11, 2003. Published 2006.

2001-02

Symposium: Realities in the Arts of the Medieval Mediterranean, 800-1500

Symposiarchs: Anthony Cutler and Angeliki Laiou, April 26-28, 2002. Published in Dumbarton Oaks Papers 58 (2003): 155-354.

2000-01

Symposium: Late Byzantine Thessalonike

Symposiarch: Jean-Michel Spieser, May 4-6, 2001. Published in Dumbarton Oaks Papers 57 (2002): 1-278.

1999-2000

Symposium: Pilgrimage in the Byzantine Empire, 7th-15th c.

Symposiarch: Alice-Mary Talbot, May 5-7, 2000. Published in Dumbarton Oaks Papers 56 (2002): 59-241.

1998-99

Symposium: Byzantine Eschatology: Views on Death and the Last Things (8th to 15th Centuries)

Symposiarchs: George Dennis and Ioli Kalavrezou, April 30-May 2, 1999. Group Photo and Program.

1997-98

Symposium: Constantinople: The Fabric of the City

Symposiarchs: Henry Maguire and Robert Ousterhout, May 1-3, 1998. Group Photo and Program.

1996-97

Symposium: The Crusades from the Perspective of Byzantium and the Muslim World

Symposiarchs: Angeliki Laiou and Roy Mottahedeh, May 2-4, 1997. Group Photo and Program.

1995-96

Symposium: Aesthetics and Presentation in Byzantine Literature, Art, and Music

Symposiarch: John Duffy, May 3-5, 1996. Group Photo and Program.

1994-95

Symposium: Palestine and TransJordan before Islam

Symposiarch: Jean-Pierre Sodini, April 28-30, 1995. Group Photo and Program.

1993-94

Symposium: Byzantine Court Culture from 829 to 1204

Symposiarch: Henry Maguire, April 22-24, 1994. Group Photo and Program.

1992-93

Symposium: Byzantium and the Italians 13th-15th Centuries

Symposiarchs: John Barker and Angeliki E. Laiou, April 30-May 2, 1993. Group Photo and Program.

1991-92

Symposium: Law and Society in Byzantium 9th-12th Centuries

Symposiarch: Dieter Simon, May 1-3, 1992. Group Photo and Program.

1990-91

Symposium: Byzantine Civilization in the Light of Contemporary Scholarship

Symposiarch: Speros Vryonis, Jr., May 3-5, 1991. Group Photo and Program.

1989-1990

Symposium: The Holy Image

Symposiarchs: Hans Belting and Herbert Kessler, April 27-29, 1990. Group Photo and Program.

1988-89

Symposium: The Byzantine Family and Household

Symposiarch: Angeliki Laiou, May 5-7, 1989. Group Photo and Program.

1987-88

Symposium: Byzantium and the Caucasus: Confrontation and Interaction between the Empire, Armenia, and Iberia

Symposiarch: Robert W. Thomson, April 29-May 1, 1988. Group Photo and Program.

1986-87

Symposium: Mount Athos

Symposiarch: Nicolas Oikonomides, May 1-3, 1987. Group Photo and Program.

1985-86

Symposium: Ecclesiastical Silver Plate in Sixth Century Byzantium

May 16-18, 1986. Program

1984-85

Symposium: Byzantium and the Barbarians in Late Antiquity

Symposiarch: Evangelos Chrysos, May 3-5, 1985. Group Photo and Program.

1983-84

Symposium: Byzantine Art and Literature around the Year 800

Symposiarch: David H. Wright, April 27-29, 1984. Group Photo and Program.

1982-83

Symposium: Byzantine Medicine

Symposiarch: John Scarborough, April 29-May 1, 1983. Group Photo and Program.

1981-82

Symposium: Continuity and Change in Late Byzantine and Early Ottoman Society

Symposiarchs: Anthony Bryer and Heath Lowry, May 14-16, 1982. Group Photo and Program.

1980-81

Symposium: Art in Norman Sicily

Symposiarch: Ernst Kitzinger, May 1-3, 1981. Group Photo and Program.

1979-1980

Symposium: East of Byzantium: Syria and Armenia in the Formative Period

Symposiarchs: Nina G. Garsoian, Thomas F. Matthews, and Robert W. Thomson, May 9-11, 1980. Group Photo and Program.

1978-79

Symposium: Byzantine Liturgy

Symposiarch: John Meyendorff, May 10-12, 1979. Group Photo and Program.

1977-78

Symposium: Venetian Mosaics and Their Byzantine Sources

Symposiarch: Otto Demus, May 11-13, 1978. Group Photo and Program.

1976-77

Colloquium: The Transmission and Reception of Knowledge

Colloquiarch: John Murdoch, May 5-7, 1977. Program.

1975-76

Symposium: Urban Societies in the Mediterranean World

Symposiarch: David Herlihy, April 30-May 2, 1976. Group Photo and Program.

1974-75

Symposium: Monte Cassino

Symposiarch: Herbert Bloch, May 1-3, 1975. Group Photo and Program.

1973-74

Symposium: The Decline of Byzantine Civilization in Asia Minor, Eleventh-Fifteenth Century

Symposiarch: Speros Vryonis, Jr., May 2-4, 1974. Group Photo and Program.

1972-73

Symposium: Art, Letters, and Society in Byzantine Provinces

Symposiarch: Ihor Sevcenko, May 3-5, 1973. Group Photo and Program.

1971-72

Symposium: Current Work in Medieval and Byzantine Studies

Symposiarchs: Ernst Kitzinger, William Loerke, Cyril Mango, and Ihor Sevcenko, May 4-5, 1972. Group Photo and Program.

1970-71

Colloquium: Byzantine Books and Bookmen

Colloquiarchs: Cyril Mango and Ihor Sevcenko, April 29-May 1, 1971. Program and Invitation.

1969-1970

Symposium: Byzantium and Sasanian Iran

Symposiarch: Ihor Sevcenko, April 30-May 2, 1970. Group Photo and Program.

1968-69

Symposium: Byzantine Society

Symposiarch: Peter Charanis, May 1-3, 1969. Group Photo and Program.

1967-68

Symposium: After the Fall of Constantinople

Symposiarch: Kenneth M. Setton, May 2-4, 1968. Group Photo and Program.

1966-67

Symposium: Justinian and Eastern Christendom

Symposiarch: John Meyendorf, May 4-6, 1967. Group Photo and Program.

1965-66

Symposium: The Age of Constantine: Tradition and Innovation

Symposiarchs: Alfred R. Bellinger and Richard Krautheimer, May 5-7, 1966. Group Photo and Program.

1964-65

Symposium: The Byzantine Contribution to Western Art of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries

Symposiarchs: Ernst Kitzinger and Kurt Weitzmann, April 29-May 1, 1965. Group Photo and Program.

1963-64

Symposium: The Byzantine Mission to the Slavs: St. Cyril and St. Methodius

Symposiarchs: Francis Dvornik and Roman Jakobson, May 7-9, 1964. Group Photo and Program.

1962-63

Symposium: The Relation between Byzantium and the Arabs

Symposiarch: Hamilton A.R. Gibb, May 2-4, 1963. Group Photo and Program.

1961-62

Symposium: The Hellenistic Origins of Byzantine Civilization

Symposiarch: Romilly J.H. Jenkins, May 3-5, 1962. Group Photo and Program.

1960-61

Symposium: The History of Byzantine Science

Symposiarch: Milton V. Anastos, May 4-6, 1961. Group Photo and Program.

1959-1960

Symposium: The Mosaics and Frescoes of the Kariye Djami, Their Cultural and Artistic Background

Symposiarch: Paul A. Underwood, May 5-7, 1960. Group Photo and Program.

1958-59

Symposium: Antioch-on-the-Orontes in the Byzantine Period

Symposiarch: Glanville Downey, April 30-May 2, 1959. Group Photo and Program.

1957-58

Symposium: Studies in Byzantine Art

Symposiarch: Sirarpie Der Nersessian, May 1-3, 1958. Program.

1956-57

Symposium: Byzantium in the Seventh Century

Symposiarch: Ernst Kitzinger, May 2-4, 1957. Group Photo and Program.

1955-56

Symposium: The Cappadocian Fathers

Symposiarch: Werner Wilhelm Jaeger, May 3-4, 1956. Group Photo and Program.

1954-55

Symposium: Palestine in the Byzantine Period

Symposiarch: Carl H. Kraeling, April 21-23, 1955. Group Photo and Program.

1953-54

Symposium: Byzantine Liturgy and Music

Symposiarch: A.M. Friend, Jr., April 29-30, 1954. Group Photo and Program.

1952-53

Symposium: The Cultural Era of Constantine Porphyrogenitus

Symposiarch: Kurt Weitzmann, April 30-May 2, 1953. Group Photo and Program.

1951-52

Symposium: Byzantium and the Slavs

Symposiarch: Reveren Francis Dvornik, April 24-26, 1952. Group Photo and Program.

1950-51

Symposium: Iconoclasm

Symposiarch: A.M. Friend, Jr., April 26-28, 1951. Group Photo and Program.

1949-1950

Symposium: The Emperor and the Palace

Symposiarch: André Grabar, April 17-29, 1950. Group Photo and Program.

1948-49

Symposium: The Relations between Byzantium and Its Neighbors

Symposiarch: Robert P. Blake, April 28-30, 1949. Group Photo and Program.

1947-48

Symposium: The Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople

Symposiarch: S. Der Nersessian, April 22-24, 1948. Group Photo and Program.

1946-47

Symposium: Byzantine Art and Scholarship

Concluding Sessions of the Bicentennial Conferences of Princeton University, April 25-26, 1947. Group Photo and Program.

1945-46

Symposium: Hagia Sophia

Symposiarch: A.A. Vasiliev, May 2-4, 1946. Group Photo and Program.

1944-45

Symposium: The Decorations in the Synagogues of Dura-Europos

Symposiarch: Albert Mathias Friend, Jr., April 26-28, 1945. Group Photo and Program.

1943-44

Symposium: Portraits and Biographies in Byzantine Manuscripts

Symposiarch: Albert Mathias Friend, Jr., April 27-29, 1944. Program.

1942-43

Symposium: Byzantine and Medieval Art and Literature

Symposiarch: George La Piana, April 29-May 1, 1943. Program.

1941-42

Symposium: Byzantine Seminary

Symposiarch: E.K. Rand, October 9-11, 1941. Group Photo and Program.