Conversations with experts in the history of Byzantium and surrounding fields, hosted by Anthony Kaldellis.
A conversation with Emily Neumeier (Temple University) about Ali Pasha of Ioannina (d. 1822), a powerful Ottoman governor of Albanian... more
A conversation with Volker Menze (Central European University) about the fifth-century patriarch Dioskouros of Alexandria, what we really know about... more
A conversation with Przemysław Marciniak (University of Silesia) about books of fantasy, science fiction, horror, and alternative history that are... more
A roundtable discussion of how the study of ancient pathogen DNA intersects with the study of disease in late antiquity.... more
A roundtable discussion of how the study of ancient human DNA intersects with the study of migration in late antiquity.... more
A conversation with Andrea Myers Achi (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) about the enduring connections between Byzantium and a number... more
A conversation with Eugene Smelyansky (Washington State University) on the invention of ideologically useful versions of Byzantium in modern Russia.... more
A conversation with Monica White (University of Nottingham) about the earliest contacts between Constantinople and the first Rus'-Varangian raiders, traders,... more
A conversation with Maria Parani (University of Cyprus) on the emperor's clothing and the staging of his public appearances. We... more
A conversation with Michele Salzman (University of California, Riverside) about the resilience shown by the city of Rome and its... more