Lectures/Feb 11, 2021

The Ethiopian Eunuch: Gender and Racialization in Byzantium

The Ethiopian Eunuch: Gender and Racialization in Byzantium lead image

The Ethiopian Eunuch: Gender and Racialization in Byzantium, 2021 Jackson Lecture in Byzantine Art by Roland Betancourt (University of California at Irvine), Temple University via Zoom, February 19, 2021, 4:00 pm

Professor Betancourt will present research from his recent book, Byzantine Intersectionality: Sexuality, Gender, and Race in the Middle Ages (Princeton University Press, 2020).

Roland Betancourt is Professor of Art History and Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of California at Irvine. His research focuses on the visual culture of the Byzantine Empire. He is the author of Sight, Touch, and Imagination in Byzantium (2018) and Performing the Gospels in Byzantium: Sight, Sound, and Space in the Divine Liturgy (2021).

Advance registration required.