Procopius and the Language of Buildings Special Seminar Series, Oxford University via Zoom, Wednesdays, January 26–March 9, 2022, 5:30 pm
An Oxford Late Antique and Byzantine Studies Seminar Special Series focused on the DFG-funded project Procopius and the Language of Buildings.
Series Organisers: Ine Jacobs, Ida Toth, Marc Lauxtermann (University of Oxford); Marlena Whiting, Elodie Turquois, Max Ritter (University of Mainz)
Schedule
January 26: Reworking the Buildings: The shorter recension as a later epitome
Elodie Turquois (Mainz)
February 2: Long Walls and Linear Barriers in the South Balkan Provinces
Efthymios Rizos (Serres)
February 16: Procopius and the reflection of water landscapes in the 6th century
Alkiviadis Ginalis (Istanbul)
February 23: Building Stories: Constantinople in Malalas and Procopius
Olivier Gengler (Tübingen)
March 2: Re-building Byzantium: Archaeological evidence on the construction activities under Justinian in Constantinople and its neighbourhoods
Kerim Altuğ (Istanbul)
March 9: “He restored all the dismantled fortresses in Libya” (Aed. vi.5.7): Reassessing the Justinianic fortification programme in North Africa
Miranda Williams (Oxford)