Social and cultural history of the medieval Near East; literacy and documentary cultures; transition from Late Antiquity to early Islam in the Eastern Mediterranean
Elected 2024
History Southern Europe Istanbul (Constantinople) Economic History Social History Language, Literature, History, Culture, Art and Archaeology of the Byzantine World
Byzantine hagiography and culture; the relations between Byzantium and the Slavs
The history of philosophy, especially c.500 – c.1700, with a focus on Boethius, Anselm and Abelard, but including philosophers up to Leibniz
