Recent & Upcoming Talks

Studying East of Byzantium VIII: Material Culture is a three-part workshop that intends to bring together doctoral students studying the Christian East to reflect on how to study the material world of the Christian East, to share methodologies, and to discuss their research with senior specialists in the field.

This panel proposes a global and transhistorical consideration of mirrors as powerful symbols of representation, everyday tools, and materials for aesthetic innovation, with particular attention to the political valences of these objects.

Studying East of Byzantium VI: The State of the Field is a two-day workshop that intends to bring together doctoral students in North America studying the Christian East to reflect on the state of the field across its many disciplines, to share methodologies, and to discuss their research with senior specialists in the field.

Inspired by the interdisciplinary possibilities and the innovative scholarly avenues that the study of materiality can open in the field of Armenian Studies, the 2019 International Graduate Student Workshop focuses on the theme of material objects. The exploration of society, arts, culture, and politics through material objects will provide opportunities to discover the ordinary or the everyday practices and experiences of Armenian communities across space and time.