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📜Call for Papers: Digital Medievalist sponsored sessions International Medieval Congress 2026 (Leeds, UK). We seek proposals on the following themes: - 'Large Language Models and Medieval Texts' - 'Digital Methods and Materiality of Manuscripts' ▶️Full call: tinyurl.com/f82tcrzk 📆21 Sept 2025

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🔔The May 2025 issue of Βυζάντιο explained is now live! Explore the latest in Byzantine Studies, with new events, publications, CFPs, and more. Find it here: open.substack.com/pub/byzantio... #ByzantineStudies #CFP #AcademicNewsletter #ΒυζάντιοExplained

3rd International Late Antique and Byzantine Studies Graduate Conference: Receiving Byzantium, Byzantium Receiving @univie.ac.at & @weareceu.bsky.social on May 16-17, 2025 - the program is now online! #phdsky #ancientbluesky #byzantinebluesky ⬇️⬇️⬇️ dshcs.univie.ac.at/aktivitaeten...

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New episode out now! We talk with Dr Bart Janssens, @brepols.bsky.social about how to get published as a Byzantinist — from proposal to peer review, and what’s trending in the field. youtu.be/qhRX_yOmuXg #Byzantioexplained #ByzantineStudies #AcademicPublishing

A new episode of Byzantium & Friends: Byzantine taste, meals, and food culture, with Adam Morin www.medievalists.net/2025/04/byza... #FoodHistory #ByzantineHistory

Βυζάντιο explained Newsletter - 56th Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies ONLINE REGISTRATION HAS OPENED AGAIN! Byzantium from below: rural and non-elite life in the Byzantine world #ByzantineStudies #ByzantineHistory open.substack.com/pub/byzantio...

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Our IMC 2025 Late Call for Papers are still looking for speakers to fill sessions which their research! Here is a sneak peak of some of the titles 🎉Visit the IMC website to see our lists of sessions still seeking papers: imcleeds.confex.com/imc/2025/lat... ⚔🐴

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I’ve finally bitten the bullet & started a #substack! I’ll write pieces related to Byzantine studies & history, reviews, tips+tricks, and art. This first essay is personal, outlining some feelings about Doing History. #historybluesky #byzantinebluesky empressofbyzantium.substack.com/p/bad-histor...

And here it is—the final programme of the 13th International Symposium of Byzantine Sigillography! 🎉 For more information, make sure to keep an eye on the official conference website: byzantinistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/siegelsympos... See you on Thursday in Cologne! 👇🏾 #siegelsymposium

🎉 The 13th International Symposium of Byzantine Sigillography is just one week away! Check out the full programme on the dedicated website: 🔗 byzantinistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/siegelsympos... 🤳🏽We'll be posting live updates from this account with the hashtag #siegelsymposium – don’t miss it!

Η Δρ. Μαρία Λεοντσίνη μοιράζεται την αφετηρία του ερευνητικού της έργου και τη μεγάλη ποικιλία πηγών που μελετά: χρονικά, νομικά κείμενα και πολλά άλλα! 📌 Δες ολόκληρο το επεισόδιο εδώ youtu.be/9y56UlmDkbY #Βυζάντιοexplained #Byzantine

Σήμερα, ημέρα της Γυναίκας #WomensDay2025, κοινοποιούμε το δεύτερο μέρος της συζήτησής μας με την Δρ Μαρία Λεοντσίνη! Θα το βρείτε εδώ 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y56...

🎧 Νέο επεισόδιο! 🦌📜 Συζητάμε με τη Μαρία Λεοντσίνη για την πανίδα στον βυζαντινό κόσμο & το ερευνητικό πρόγραμμα «Ήμερη και άγρια πανίδα στον ελλαδικό χώρο». 🌿🔍 Ακούστε τώρα! 🎙️👇 #ΒυζάντιοExplained #Podcast #ByzantineHistory 🔗 youtu.be/9y56UlmDkbY

📢Βυζάντιο Explained Newsletter – March 2025 is here! 🚀 🎙️ Updates from Βυζάντιο explained 📜 New publications, events, upcoming projects & more! 🔗 Read it now: open.substack.com/pub/byzantio... #ByzantineHistory, #ByzantineStudies

On Monday 10 March, the University of Leeds will be hosting this year's annual British Academy Public Lecture, 'Bonds that Last: The Social Life of Byzantium', delivered by Claudia Rapp and chaired by IMC director Axel Müller. Free tickets can be reserved in advance at:

Publication day! My article 'Manuel I Komnenos’ policy towards the sultanate of Rum and John Kontostephanos’ embassies to Jerusalem, 1159–61' appeared in 'Crusades'. Did John Kontostephanos go to the Holy Land once or twice? I use this to look at Byzantine grand strategy in the mid-12th c.

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📢 New #ByzantineStudies Newsletter is out! 🎉 Feb 2025 edition packed with events, #CFPs, new pubs, scholarships & news! Check out lectures in DC & Oxford, conferences in Edinburgh & Vienna, & funding opps at SFU! Plus, a review of text recognition tools & more! open.substack.com/pub/byzantio...

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New contribution to the Elements in the History of Constantinople by Cambridge University Press: The Chora Monastery of Constantinople by Emmanuel S. Moutafov Free download until January 2! www.cambridge.org/core/element...