This term's seminars
Each course meets over a term of six seminars, with a curated reading list and a working scholar leading the discussion.
- 01French · SeminarIntroduction à l'hagiographie byzantine : textes, récits et élaboration des modèles de sainteté dans le monde byzantinPhD(c) Maria Kanava
Ce séminaire propose une introduction rigoureuse au corpus hagiographique byzantin : formes littéraires, transmission manuscrite, et fonctions sociales des vies de saints du IVᵉ au XVᵉ siècle.
- 02English · SeminarReligion and Society in ByzantiumPhD(c) Zoe Tsiami
A survey of the entanglement of religious practice and social life in Byzantium — from urban ritual and monastic economies to household piety and the politics of orthodoxy.
- 03English · SeminarMartyrdom in the Roman Empire: Christians, Persecution, and MemoryPhD(c) Zoe Tsiami
A close reading of the sources for early Christian martyrdom under Rome, and of the long afterlife of the martyr as a figure of memory, legitimation, and dispute.
Workshops
Short, focused sessions on a single theme — designed for close engagement with primary sources in a single sitting.
- 01English · WorkshopImprisoned for Christ: Captivity and Identity in Early ChristianityPhD(c) Zoe Tsiami
How did imprisonment shape early Christian identity? A collaborative workshop on captivity as a social, legal, and theological space in Late Antiquity — reading Perpetua, Ignatius of Antioch, and Eusebius.