Lecture Series: The View from the Margins: Byzantine Literature of the Provinces (9th to 13th century)

[Oxford University Byzantine Society]

Dear all,

Please find the details for the upcoming numismatics lecture series, "The View from the Margins: Byzantine Literature of the Provinces (9th to 13th century)", by dr. Stratis Papaioannou below.

The lectures are open to all and will run on Wednesdays from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM. 

Please note the change of venue following the introductory lecture.

Venues:

• 28 April: The Schwarzman Centre, 30.020, Seminar Room.
  
• All other lectures: Rector’s Drawing Room, Exeter College
  

Topics: 

• Syro-Palestine, Constantinople, Italy I: Saints at the Limits 
• Syro-Palestine, Constantinople, Italy II: Rite and Sacred Song 
• Monastic Networks: Mt. Athos and Mar Saba 
• Provincial Portraits: Cappadocia, Antioch, Paphos, and Trebizond 
• The “Western” Frontier: Sicily, Southern Italy, and Learned Literature

Contact:  stratis.p...@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk

Kind regards,

Nidanu

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Nidanu O'Shea

DPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Secretary, Oxford University Byzantine Society

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