Online Byzantine Greek Summer School, Boğaziçi University Online, August 14–25, 2023

The Byzantine Studies Research Center of Boğaziçi University is pleased to announce the organization of its sixth Byzantine Greek Summer School to be held online during 14 - 25 August 2023. Students will have the chance to participate in an intensive program in Medieval Greek with Prof. Niels Gaul. There is no fee for participation in the program, thanks to a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

The program is designed for upper intermediate/lower advanced level students, who have completed at least three semesters of college-level Classical Greek or its equivalent. Students are expected to have knowledge of basic Greek grammar and to be able to read simple texts from ancient Greek or Byzantine literature. Daily classes are devoted to reading Byzantine texts of the learned register (e.g., the anonymous ‘professor,’ Michael Choniates) with a (loose) focus on life in Constantinople.

Classes will be held online, from Monday to Friday, and will last three hours per day (15 hours per week). The language of instruction is English. The exact schedule will be agreed with those admitted to the course; no activities will be scheduled on weekends. Students will receive a certificate of participation upon successful completion of the program.

Eligibility
Graduate students and advanced undergraduates, as well as individuals with an academic interest in or a career relevant to Byzantine studies can apply, granted that they meet the requirements mentioned above. Priority will be given to graduate students in the field of Byzantine studies.

Instructor
Niels Gaul is A. G. Leventis Professor of Byzantine Studies and Director of the Centre for Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies at the University of Edinburgh. His research currently focuses on the socio-political functions of (classicizing) learning in the medieval Byzantine and Song (Chinese) polities as well as Byzantine authorial manuscripts.