University of Cyprus Colloquium in Byzantine and Medieval Studies, UCY Library and Zoom, Wednesdays, 5:30 pm (UK)

The Colloquium in Byzantine and Medieval Studies runs each semester under the aegis of the Interdepartmental Postgraduate Programme in Byzantine Studies and the Latin East, organised jointly by the Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies and the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Cyprus. It serves as a podium for members of the University of Cyprus academic staff, scholars and researchers in other institutions as well as the programme’s postgraduate students to give talks on subjects directly or indirectly concerned with Byzantine culture and the medieval world. 

All lectures are open to the public and are delivered on Wednesdays, at 7.30 pm, and last approx. 90 minutes, including the discussion.  If you wish to follow the papers via zoom, please register HERE.

Schedule

September 25: King Solomon, the Temple Mount, and the Earthquake of 363 AD: In Search of the Unofficial History of Jerusalem
Konstantin Klein (University of Amsterdam)

October 23: Ο Άγιος Δημήτριος, οι μονομαχικοί αγώνες και το στάδιο της Θεσσαλονίκης
Μιχάλης Καραμπίνης (Marie Curie Fellow, Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Ερευνητική Μονάδα Αρχαιολογίας)

November 20: Presentation of the volume Svetlana Bliznyuk, Το βασίλειο της Κύπρου και οι ιταλικές θαλάσσιες δημοκρατίες, 13ος–15ος αιώνας. Λευκωσία, Κέντρο Επιστημονικών Ερευνών, 2023
Moderation: Angel Nicolaou-Konnari and Michalis Olympios (University of Cyprus)