Episodes

Thursday Oct 17, 2019
7. The kingdom of Rus' and "medieval Europe," with Christian Raffensperger
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
A conversation with Christian Raffensperger (Wittenberg University) about the kingdom (yes, the kingdom) of Rus' and our concept of "medieval Europe," its potential and current limitations, based on his book The Kingdom of Rus' (ARC Humanities Press 2017).

Thursday Oct 10, 2019
6. Armenian art, with Christina Maranci
Thursday Oct 10, 2019
Thursday Oct 10, 2019
A conversation about Armenian art, ancient and Christian, with Christina Maranci (Tufts University), based on her book The Art of Armenia: An Introduction (Oxford University Press 2018).

Thursday Oct 03, 2019
5. Western fantasies about Byzantium, with Elena Boeck
Thursday Oct 03, 2019
Thursday Oct 03, 2019
A conversation about western fantasies, orientalism, and the making of Byzantium, with Elena Boeck (DePaul University), based on her two articles: 'Fantasy, Supremacy, Domes, and Dames: Charlemagne goes to Constantinople (in the volume Byzantium in Dialogue with the Mediterranean: History and Heritage, 2019, 142-161), and 'Archaeology of Decadence: Uncovering Byzantium in Victorien Sardou's Theodora (in the volume Byzantium/Modernism: The Byzantine as Method in Modernity, 2015, 102-132).

Sunday Sep 22, 2019
4. The New Environmental History, with Tina Sessa
Sunday Sep 22, 2019
Sunday Sep 22, 2019
A conversation about the new environmental history of late antiquity with Kristina Sessa (The Ohio State University), based on her article 'The New Environmental Fall of Rome: A Methodological Consideration,' Journal of Late Antiquity 12.1 (2019) 211-255.

Saturday Sep 21, 2019
3. The Colonial Fourth Crusade, with George Demacopoulos
Saturday Sep 21, 2019
Saturday Sep 21, 2019
A conversation about the Fourth Crusade and colonial / postcolonial theory with George Demacopoulos (Fordham University), based on his book Colonizing Christianity: Greek and Latin Religious Identity in the Era of the Fourth Crusade (Fordham University Press 2019).

Saturday Sep 21, 2019
2. Imagining the Moment of Death, with Ellen Muehlberger
Saturday Sep 21, 2019
Saturday Sep 21, 2019
A conversation about death and the imagination with Ellen Muehlberger (University of Michigan), based on her book Moment of Reckoning: Imagined Death and its Consequences in Late Antique Christianity (Oxford University Press 2019).

Saturday Sep 21, 2019
1. Byzantine Gender, with Leonora Neville
Saturday Sep 21, 2019
Saturday Sep 21, 2019
A conversation about Byzantine gender with Leonora Neville (University of Wisconsin), based on her book Byzantine Gender (ARC Humanities Press 2019).