Byzantine Studies

Ensoulment and Bābai the Great

Nathan Tilley traces the movement of texts and ideas east of Byzantium through the Syriac philosopher Bābai the Great

Enslavement in Early Christianity

Chance Bonar studies the context and implications of enslavement to God in early Christian texts

Monasteries Beyond the Cloisters

Justin Mann visualizes how Hosios Loukas and other Middle Byzantine monasteries shaped and controlled surrounding landscapes

Platonism in the Eastern Mediterranean

Samet Budak traces scholarly networks and intellectual traditions of Byzantine, Ottoman, and Arab philosophers

Responding to Collective Trauma in Antiquity

David Gyllenhaal considers how late antique Christian and early Islamic communities sought divine meaning in catastrophes

The Multilingual World of Byzantine Antioch

Joe Glynias sheds light on the Byzantine legacy in the Middle East through writings from eleventh-century Antioch

Dialogue and Dogma in Late Antiquity

Emanuel Fiano studies the intellectual history of early Christianity and the “parting of the ways” between Judaism and Christianity in late antiquity

From Plains to the Pindus

Molly Greene writes the first history of the Pindus Mountains under Ottoman rule

Ancient Ways of Understanding Nature

Jean De Groot studies the mathematics and concepts of mechanics in ancient texts

Studying Particles of the Past

Dmitry Korobeynikov studies the border zone of medieval Byzantium through non-Greek lead seals

Fourth-Century Churches in Egypt

Nicola Aravecchia unearths architectural evidence of early Christianity in the Dakhla Oasis

From Classics to Christianity

Hannelore Segers compares poetry from the multilingual late antique literary landscape

Shipwrecks, Mathematics, and Manuscripts

Lilia Campana combines nautical archaeology and medieval manuscripts to trace the history of Byzantine shipbuilding

The Eucharist in Eastern Christianity

Alex Neroth van Vogelpoel studies the long tradition of the Eucharistic preparatory rites in the Church of the East

Centering the Periphery

Emilio Bonfiglio reconstructs the history and culture of Armenian translations