Byzantium & Friends

121 Episodes

1. 61. Being Roman in Syriac, with Hartmut Leppin

   Published: 12/23/2021
2. 60. Representing the trauma of captivity, enslavement, and degradation, with Adam Goldwyn

   Published: 12/9/2021
3. 59. What exactly ended in Late Antiquity?, with Polymnia Athanassiadi

   Published: 11/25/2021
4. 58. The column and equestrian statue of Justinian, a landmark monument of Constantinople, with Elena Boeck

   Published: 11/11/2021
5. 57. A global history of the Greeks, with Roderick Beaton

   Published: 10/28/2021
6. 56. Cyril, Methodios, and the conversion of the Slavs, with Mirela Ivanova

   Published: 10/14/2021
7. 55. If you could meet and interview one person from Byzantine history, who would it be and why? (Part II), with Paroma Chatterjee and Merle Eisenberg

   Published: 7/29/2021
8. 54. The power and journeys of the True Cross and other holy relics, with Lynn Jones

   Published: 7/15/2021
9. 53. What can we know about the life of the Prophet Muhammad?, with Sean Anthony

   Published: 7/1/2021
10. 52. Crowd behavior in imperial Rome and Constantinople, with Daniëlle Slootjes

    Published: 6/17/2021
11. 51. Byzantine poetry on its own terms, with Marc Lauxtermann

    Published: 6/3/2021
12. 50. If you could meet and interview one person from Byzantine history, who would it be and why?, with Fotini Kondyli and Alexander Sarantis

    Published: 5/20/2021
13. 49. Why is there an Egyptian obelisk in the hippodrome of Constantinople?, with Cecily Hilsdale

    Published: 5/6/2021
14. 48. What did Byzantine music sound like? (The answer is more political than you’d expect), with Alexander Lingas

    Published: 4/22/2021
15. 47. The materiality of Byzantine objects, with Elizabeth Dospěl Williams

    Published: 4/8/2021
16. 46. Raiders, marauders, ravagers, and pirates: their impact on Byzantine life, with Alexander Sarantis

    Published: 3/25/2021
17. 45. Neoliberalism in academia and its impact on the humanities, with Tamar Hodos

    Published: 3/11/2021
18. 44. How can historians use new media to disseminate ideas?, with Merle Eisenberg

    Published: 2/25/2021
19. 43. Is it time to abandon the rubric “Byzantium”?, with Leonora Neville

    Published: 2/11/2021
20. 42. Byzantium in video games, with Troy Goodfellow

    Published: 1/28/2021