Conversations with experts in the history of Byzantium and surrounding fields, hosted by Anthony Kaldellis.
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Thursday Oct 05, 2023
Thursday Oct 05, 2023
A conversation with Ben Anderson (Cornell University) and returning guest Mirela Ivanova (University of Sheffield) on their co-edited volume of papers on the question Is Byzantine Studies a Colonialist Discipline? Toward a Critical Historiography (Penn State University Press 2023). We talk about how colonial, imperialist, or exploitative practices and ideologies have marked the history of our field, whether by making it complicit in them or by colonizing it. You can access Ben and Mirela's compelling introduction to the volume here.
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There are a number of things about this episode that are disappointing. One might wonder, for instance, why George Floyd came up as a topic. Since ”returning stolen land” was mentioned, why did no one mention the Turkish theft of Asia Minor? But the real issue is this: I learned nothing about Byzantium from this episode. Only about the politics of the discussion panel. I
Friday Oct 06, 2023
I know that ”decolonization” is currently a hot catch phrase in Academia, but am I the only one that remembers that the very concept of a colony began with the Romans? What happened in 1204 was unjust, but pails in comparison with what the Romans did to Carthage.
Thursday Oct 05, 2023
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