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Senior Fellows

The Senior Fellows committee advises the Director of Dumbarton Oaks on all aspects of research concerning Byzantine studies at Dumbarton Oaks.

Current Senior Fellows

  • Dimiter Angelov
    2013–
  • Elizabeth Bolman
    2018–
  • George E. Demacopoulos
    2021–
  • Christina Maranci
    2023–
  • Stratis Papaioannou
    2023–
  • Claudia Rapp
    2019–2023, 2023–(chair)

Former Senior Fellows

  • John Barker
    1988–1995
  • Hans Belting
    1984–1985
  • Albrecht Berger
    2008–2013
  • Glen Bowersock
    1984–1990, 1991–1992 (chair)
  • Slobodan Ćurčić
    1983–1989
  • Fr. George T. Dennis, S.J.
    1995–2001
  • John Duffy
    1991–; 1993–1997 (chair), 2002–2004 (chair), 2014– 2023 (chair)
  • John F. Haldon
    2007–2013
  • Susan Ashbrook Harvey
    2009–2015
  • Christopher Jones
    1993–1996, 1997–1999
  • Ioli Kalavrezou
    1989–2023
  • Herbert Kessler
    1980–1986
  • Johannes Koder
    2002–2004, 2005–2008 (chair)
  • Derek Krueger
    2015–2021
  • Angeliki Laiou
    1983–1988; 1989–1990 (chair); 1991–2008
  • Kenneth Levy
    1992–1996
  • Ruth Macrides 
    2014–2019
  • Paul Magdalino
    2001–2007
  • Henry P. Maguire
    1986–1990
  • Thomas Mathews
    2001–2003
  • John Meyendorff
    1986–1992
  • Margaret Mullett
    2008–2009
  • Robert S. Nelson
    2003–2006, 2006–2012 (chair)
  • Robert Ousterhout
    2012–2018
  • James Russell
    1979–1985
  • Ihor Ševčenko
    1982–1983
  • Jean-Pierre Sodini
    1991–1997
  • Jean-Michel Spieser
    1997–2001
  • Robert F. Taft, S.J.
    1996–1998, 1999–2001 (chair)
  • Robert Thomson
    1979–1984, 1984–1988 (chair), 1988–1989
  • Peter Topping
    1979–1986
  • Speros Vryonis, Jr.
    1985–1991