Next week we welcome Tim Greenwood for our final East of Byzantium lecture of 2025–2026: "Contested Space: Land, Law and Society in Early Medieval Armenia." April 28 at 12:00 pm ET on Zoom. Register: eastofbyzantium.org/upcoming-eve...

2026 Summer Research Internships, The Icon Museum and Study Center | Mary Jaharis Center

Opportunity: 2026 Summer Research Internships, The Icon Museum and Study Center. Applications due April 30, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/2026-su...

ISAC/Divinity School Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Chicago | Mary Jaharis Center

Job posting: ISAC/Divinity School Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Chicago. Applications due May 1, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/isac-di...

Rethinking Late Medieval Practices of Ownership: Property, Authority, and Religious Foundations from Byzantium to the Ottomans | Mary Jaharis Center

Attend: Rethinking Late Medieval Practices of Ownership: Property, Authority, and Religious Foundations from Byzantium to the Ottomans, ANAMED, April 27, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/rethink...

TOMORROW, April 21, we welcome Darlene Brooks Hedstrom for her East of Byzantium lecture "The Spatial and Material Turn in Monastic Archaeology: A Retrospective." 12:00 pm EDT on Zoom. Register: eastofbyzantium.org/upcoming-eve...

Submissions for Mary Jaharis Center sponsored sessions at the 62nd International Congress on Medieval Studies (Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, May 13–15, 2027) are due May 11, 2026. More info & submissions: maryjahariscenter.org/sponsored-se...

Join us on April 28 for the final lecture in the 2025–2026 East of Byzantium lecture series. Tim Greenwood will present "Contested Space: Land, Law and Society in Early Medieval Armenia." 12:00 pm EDT on Zoom. Register: eastofbyzantium.org/upcoming-eve...

Thyssen @ KWI Fellowship | Mary Jaharis Center

Funding opportunity: Thyssen @ KWI Fellowship. Applications due May 11, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/thyssen...

The Periphery at the Center: Islands and Islandness in the Late Antique, Medieval, and Early Modern Mediterranean | Mary Jaharis Center

CFP: The Periphery at the Center: Islands and Islandness in the Late Antique, Medieval, and Early Modern Mediterranean, Bilkent University, October 14–16, 2026. Submissions due May 15, 202 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/the-per...

Late Antique Encounters | Mary Jaharis Center

CFP: Late Antique Encounters, Ghent Centre for Late Antiquity, Ghent University, February 3–5, 2027. Submissions due May 15, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/late-an...

From Private Libraries to Public Knowledge: Collecting, Curating, and the Future of Libraries | Mary Jaharis Center

Attend: From Private Libraries to Public Knowledge: Collecting, Curating, and the Future of Libraries, A Conference Celebrating 100 Years of the Gennadius Library (1926–2026), American School of Classical Studies at Athens and Zoom, April 21–22, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/from-pr...

“At the Name of Jesus Every Knee Should Bow”: A Byzantine Icon of Christ Pantepoptes and Its Inscriptions | Mary Jaharis Center

Attend: “At the Name of Jesus Every Knee Should Bow”: A Byzantine Icon of Christ Pantepoptes and Its Inscriptions, lecture by George Bartlett, April 22, 2026, 5:30–7:00 pm maryjahariscenter.org/blog/a-byzan...

St. Demetrios, the Gladiatorial Combats, and the Stadium of Thessaloniki | Mary Jaharis Center

New article: Michalis Karambinis, "St. Demetrios, the Gladiatorial Combats, and the Stadium of Thessaloniki," Hesperia 95.1 (2026)
maryjahariscenter.org/blog/st-deme...

Beacons and Military Communication from Antiquity to the Early Modern Period | Mary Jaharis Center

New book: Marie Ødegaard, Stuart Brookes, and Thorsten Lemm, eds,. Beacons and Military Communication from Antiquity to the Early Modern Period (Brill, 2026)

Submissions for Mary Jaharis Center sponsored sessions at the 52nd Annual Byzantine Studies Conference (University of Notre Dame, October 22–25, 2026) are due May 8, 2026. More info & submissions: maryjahariscenter.org/sponsored-se...

Next week we welcome Darelen Brooks Hedstrom for our next East of Byzantium lecture: "The Spatial and Material Turn in Monastic Archaeology: A Retrospective." April 21 at 12:00 pm ET on Zoom. Register: eastofbyzantium.org/upcoming-eve...

Comparative Diplomatics: The Medieval Written Word in the Mediterranean Basin | Mary Jaharis Center

Attend: Comparative Diplomatics: The Medieval Written Word in the Mediterranean Basin, DiploMA Doctoral School, Toledo, Spain, October 5–9, 2026. Applications due April 25, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/compara...

Beyond the Battlefield: Consequences of Premodern Warfare for Society, Culture and Landscape | Mary Jaharis Center

Attend: Beyond the Battlefield: Consequences of Premodern Warfare for Society, Culture and Landscape, International Summer School, University of Mainz, July 20–24, 2026. Applications due April 30, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/beyond-...

The Μanuscript Τradition of the Ekthesis Nea, Late 14th to Mid 15th Century | Mary Jaharis Center

Attend: The Μanuscript Τradition of the Ekthesis Nea (Ηandbook of the Patriarchal Chancellery), Late 14th to Mid 15th Century, lecture by Raúl Estangüi Gómez, NHRF at the Princeton Athens Center and Zoom, April 20, 2026, 6:00 PM (EET) maryjahariscenter.org/blog/the-man...

Monastic Desires: Homoeroticism, Homophobia, and the Love of God in Medieval Constantinople | Mary Jaharis Center

New book: Derek Krueger, Monastic Desires: Homoeroticism, Homophobia, and the Love of God in Medieval Constantinople (Cambridge University Press, 2026) maryjahariscenter.org/blog/monasti...

A Byzantine Century: Political, Colonial, and National Uses of Neo-Byzantine Architecture, 1820s–1920s | Mary Jaharis Center

New book: Adrien Palladino, ed, A Byzantine Century: Political, Colonial, and National Uses of Neo-Byzantine Architecture, 1820s–1920s (Brepols, 2026) maryjahariscenter.org/blog/a-byzan...

The Mary Jaharis Center invites proposals for sponsored sessions at the 52nd Annual Byzantine Studies Conference, University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. Submissions due May 8, 2026. More info & submissions: maryjahariscenter.org/sponsored-se...

Join us on April 28 for the final lecture in the 2025–2026 East of Byzantium lecture series. Tim Greenwood will present "Contested Space: Land, Law and Society in Early Medieval Armenia." 12:00 pm EDT on Zoom. Register: eastofbyzantium.org/upcoming-eve...

The Mary Jaharis Center Blog is taking a break. Posting will resume on April 14, 2026.

Threads of Knowledge: Weaving and the Life of Textiles in the Middle Ages and Renaissance | Mary Jaharis Center

CFP: Threads of Knowledge: Weaving and the Life of Textiles in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Barnard College, December 5, 2026. Submissions due May 1, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/threads...

AGBU Helen C. Evans Scholarship, 2026–2027 | Mary Jaharis Center

Funding opportunity: AGBU Helen C. Evans Scholarship, 2026–2027. Applications due May 1, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/agbu-he...

YILLIK: Annual of Istanbul Studies 8 & 9 | Mary Jaharis Center

Call for contributors: YILLIK: Annual of Istanbul Studies 8 (2026) & 9 (2027). Submissions due May 15, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/yillik-...

Byzantine Glass Finds from Archaeological Excavations in Istanbul | Mary Jaharis Center

Attend: Byzantine Glass Finds from Archaeological Excavations in Istanbul, lecture by Åženiz Atik (Istanbul Aydın University), Koç University, April 6, 2026, 6:00 PM maryjahariscenter.org/blog/byzanti...

Russian Icons at the Louvre: Interrupted Histories, Recovered Materiality, and New Research Horizons | Mary Jaharis Center

Attend: Russian Icons at the Louvre: Interrupted Histories, Recovered Materiality, and New Research Horizons, lecture by Adrien Palladino, Yale University via Zoom, April 17, 2026, 12:00–1:15 pm. Advance registration required maryjahariscenter.org/blog/russian...

Voicing Enclosure in Byzantine Historical Writing: Spaces, Characters, and Authors | Mary Jaharis Center

Attend: Voicing Enclosure in Byzantine Historical Writing: Spaces, Characters, and Authors, Seventh Annual Byzantine Fellowship Workshop, University of Notre Dame and Zoom, April 24, 2026. Advance registration required maryjahariscenter.org/blog/voicing...