Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Podcast

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In an effort to keep moving forward, within the new parameters of COVID-19, the Byzantine Studies Program at Dumbarton Oaks has devised virtual encounters with scholars that will inform, entertain, and challenge the Byzantine scholarly community and colle


    • Oct 6, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 44m AVG DURATION
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    Episode 9: Emperor and Galilean with Drs. Brad Boswell, Matthew R. Crawford, and Anna Stavrakopoulou

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2021 50:28


    For our October podcast, we were joined by Drs. Brad Boswell (Duke University), Matthew R. Crawford (Australian Catholic University), and Anna Stavrakopoulou (Dumbarton Oaks) for a discussion of Emperor and Galilean, an oversized 1873 historical play by Henrik Ibsen in two parts and ten acts, which has at its epicenter the Byzantine Emperor Julian, who reigned from 361 to 363 Common Era, also known as Julian the Apostate.

    Episode 8: Antioch: A History with Professors Asa Eger, Andrea De Giorgi, and Reyhan Durmaz

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2021 51:00


    For our July podcast, we were joined by Professors Asa Eger (University of North Carolina at Greensboro), Andrea De Giorgi (Florida State University), and Reyhan Durmaz (University of Pennsylvania) for a discussion of a new volume just published by Routledge, entitled Antioch: A History, coauthored by Asa Eger and Andrea De Giorgi, covering the history of the city from the 4th century BCE to the present.  Transcript

    Episode 7: Hymns by Kassianí by Cappella Romana with Dr. Thomas Arentzen and Prof. Alexander Lingas

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2021 47:28


    For our April podcast, we were joined by Dr. Thomas Arentzen (Uppsala University) and Professor Alexander Lingas (City University of London), for a discussion of Hymns by Kassianí by Cappella Romana.  Transcript

    Episode 6: Baudolino with Prof. Alessandra Bucossi and Alberto Ravani

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2021 44:38


    For our February podcast, we were joined by Professor Alessandra Bucossi (Ca' Foscari University of Venice) and Alberto Ravani (DPhil/PhD Candidate, University of Oxford), for a discussion of Umberto Eco's Baudolino, published in 2000, following the adventures of a 12th-century character who's roaming the real and imaginary Christian world. Transcript

    Episode 5: The Gift with Prof. Dionysios Stathakopoulos and Dr. Alex M Feldman

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2020 46:43


    For our December podcast, we were joined by Professor Dionysios Stathakopoulos (University of Cyprus) and Dr. Alex M Feldman (University of Birmingham), for a discussion of Marcel Mauss's The Gift, which was originally published in 1925 with the title Essai sur le don. Forme et raison de l'échange dans les sociétés archaïques ("An essay on the gift: the form and reason of exchange in archaic societies").  Transcript

    Episode 4: Vasilika: A Village in Modern Greece with Prof. Sharon Gerstel and Franka Horvat

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2020 52:43


    For our October podcast, we were joined by Professor Sharon Gerstel (University of California, Los Angeles) and Franka Horvat (PhD Candidate, University of California, Los Angeles), for a discussion of Vasilika: a village in modern Greece by Ernestine Friedl, published in 1963 in New York by Holt, Rinehart and Winston.   Transcript

    Episode 3: Treasures in Heaven: Armenian Illuminated Manuscripts with Prof. Christina Maranci and Erin Piñon

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2020 50:22


    For our September podcast, we were joined by Professor Christina Maranci (Tufts University) and Erin Piñon (Doctoral Candidate, Princeton University), for a discussion of Treasures in Heaven: Armenian Illuminated Manuscripts, ed. Thomas Mathews and Roger Wieck, published in 1994 by New York and Princeton.    Transcript

    Episode 2: Renaissance Self-fashioning: From More to Shakespeare with Prof. Niels Gaul and Dr. Divna Manolova

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020 49:17


    For our August podcast, we were joined by Professor Niels Gaul (University of Edinburgh) and Dr. Divna Manolova (Centre for Medieval Literature, University of York and University of Southern Denmark) for a discussion of Stephen Greenblatt's Renaissance Self-fashioning: From More to Shakespeare, focusing on the Introduction and on Chapter 3, entitled “Power, Sexuality and Inwardness in Wyatt's Poetry."   Transcript

    Episode 1: The Roman Mind and the Power of Fiction with Prof. Anthony Kaldellis and Jake Ransohoff

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2020 48:34


    For our July podcast, we were joined by Professor Anthony Kaldellis (Ohio State University) and Jake Ransohoff (ABD, Harvard University), for a discussion of "The Roman Mind and the Power of Fiction" by John S. Richardson.    Transcript

    Episode 0: Introduction

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2020 3:54


    In an effort to keep moving forward, within the new parameters of COVID-19, the Byzantine Studies Program at Dumbarton Oaks is delighted to release a limited summer podcast series, during which a senior scholar will be discussing with a younger scholar of their choice, an article or a book chapter from a field other than Byzantine Studies that has had an impact of their work. We hope you will join us!   Transcript

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