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Byzantium & Friends

Conversations with experts in the history of Byzantium and surrounding fields, hosted by Anthony Kaldellis.

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10. A Byzantine man of affairs, with Dimitris Krallis

10. A Byzantine man of affairs, with Dimitris Krallis

Could one rise from a provincial town to a position of power and wealth in the capital without having a military career?... Read more

7 Nov 2019

1hr 7mins

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7. The kingdom of Rus' and "medieval Europe," with Christian Raffensperger

7. The kingdom of Rus' and "medieval Europe," with Christian Raffensperger

A conversation with Christian Raffensperger (Wittenberg University) about the kingdom (yes, the kingdom) of Rus' and our... Read more

17 Oct 2019

53mins

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8. Hagia Sophia rediscovered, with Bissera Pentcheva

8. Hagia Sophia rediscovered, with Bissera Pentcheva

A conversation with Bissera Pentcheva (Stanford University) about the sensory and spiritual experience of Hagia Sophia, ... Read more

24 Oct 2019

1hr 6mins

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14. Byzantine Orthodoxy and homosexuality, with Stephen Morris

14. Byzantine Orthodoxy and homosexuality, with Stephen Morris

A conversation with Stephen Morris (independent scholar) about the attitudes toward (male) homosexuality in different si... Read more

2 Jan 2020

1hr 1min

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15. When does Roman history end and Byzantine begin?, with Marion Kruse

15. When does Roman history end and Byzantine begin?, with Marion Kruse

A conversation with Marion Kruse (University of Cincinnati) about his book The Politics of Roman Memory: From the Fall o... Read more

16 Jan 2020

1hr 17mins

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16. The Parthenon mosque, with Elizabeth Key Fowden

16. The Parthenon mosque, with Elizabeth Key Fowden

A conversation with Elizabeth Key Fowden (University of Cambridge) on the Parthenon mosque and Athens under the Ottomans... Read more

30 Jan 2020

1hr 6mins

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5. Western fantasies about Byzantium, with Elena Boeck

5. Western fantasies about Byzantium, with Elena Boeck

A conversation about western fantasies, orientalism, and the making of Byzantium, with Elena Boeck (DePaul University), ... Read more

3 Oct 2019

57mins

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4. The New Environmental History, with Tina Sessa

4. The New Environmental History, with Tina Sessa

A conversation about the new environmental history of late antiquity with Kristina Sessa (The Ohio State University), ba... Read more

22 Sep 2019

58mins

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17. The peoples of the Caucasus between Rome, Iran, and the steppe, with Garth Fowden

17. The peoples of the Caucasus between Rome, Iran, and the steppe, with Garth Fowden

A conversation with Garth Fowden (University of Cambridge) about how the peoples of the Caucasus (Armenians, Georgians, ... Read more

13 Feb 2020

1hr 7mins

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3. The Colonial Fourth Crusade, with George Demacopoulos

3. The Colonial Fourth Crusade, with George Demacopoulos

A conversation about the Fourth Crusade and colonial / postcolonial theory with George Demacopoulos (Fordham University)... Read more

21 Sep 2019

51mins

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11. Byzantine erotic epigrams, with Steven Smith

11. Byzantine erotic epigrams, with Steven Smith

A conversation with Steven Smith (Hofstra University) about worldly and sinful epigrams from the sixth century that talk... Read more

22 Nov 2019

55mins

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18. Byzantine soft power in an age of decline, with Cecily Hilsdale

18. Byzantine soft power in an age of decline, with Cecily Hilsdale

A conversation with Cecily Hilsdale (McGill University) about the coping strategies that late Byzantium used to counter,... Read more

27 Feb 2020

1hr 9mins

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13. The case for Shenute the Great and the Coptic tradition, with Sofia Torallas Tovar and David Brakke

13. The case for Shenute the Great and the Coptic tradition, with Sofia Torallas Tovar and David Brakke

A conversation with Sofia Torallas Tovar (University of Chicago) and David Brakke (The Ohio State University) about Copt... Read more

19 Dec 2019

59mins

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12. Byzantine Studies in Turkey 2.0, with Siren Çelik

12. Byzantine Studies in Turkey 2.0, with Siren Çelik

A conversation with Siren Çelik (Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University) about the new generation of Turk... Read more

5 Dec 2019

1hr

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6. Armenian art, with Christina Maranci

6. Armenian art, with Christina Maranci

A conversation about Armenian art, ancient and Christian, with Christina Maranci (Tufts University), based on her book T... Read more

10 Oct 2019

1hr

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9. From India to Byzantium, with Paroma Chatterjee

9. From India to Byzantium, with Paroma Chatterjee

A conversation with Paroma Chatterjee (University of Michigan) on Indian perspectives and approaches to Byzantium. What ... Read more

31 Oct 2019

50mins

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24. Social class in Byzantium, with Efi Ragia

24. Social class in Byzantium, with Efi Ragia

A conversation with Efi Ragia (Hellenic Open University) on coming to grips with social class in Byzantium, a society wi... Read more

21 May 2020

1hr 10mins

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23. Digital humanities and Byzantium, with Kuba Kabala

23. Digital humanities and Byzantium, with Kuba Kabala

A conversation about digital humanities in Byzantine research, with Kuba Kabala (Davidson College). How did digital huma... Read more

7 May 2020

1hr 5mins

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22. Social distancing in early Byzantium, with Ellen Muehlberger and David Brakke

22. Social distancing in early Byzantium, with Ellen Muehlberger and David Brakke

What did it take, and what did it do to you, to avoid the company of others in Byzantium? How far did you have to pare y... Read more

23 Apr 2020

1hr 8mins

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21. Coping with pandemics, with Tina Sessa and Kyle Harper

21. Coping with pandemics, with Tina Sessa and Kyle Harper

A conversation with Tina Sessa (Ohio State University: see episode 4) and Kyle Harper (University of Oklahoma, author of... Read more

9 Apr 2020

1hr 11mins

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