The Justinianic Plague, Zoom lecture by Merle Eisenberg (Princeton University) and Lee Mordechai (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), July 7, 2020, 4:15–6:00 pm

The Justinian plague is considered the biggest ancient epidemic in the Euro-Mediterranean area. In discussing the effects of the Justinian Plague, which may be more likely to be considered the first phase of the Early Medieval Pandemic, results of research - carried out by using scientific methods - have led to a number of new findings and questions in recent years. These concern both the effects of the plague during the time of Justinian as well as its spread and many other aspects. The speakers will discuss these problems in dialogue form.

Merle Eisenberg is Lecturer and Postgraduate Research Associate in the Department of History at Princeton University. He is PI of the interdisciplinary environmental digital humanities project, The Justinianic Plague and the End of Antiquity, funded through Princeton’s Center for Digital Humanities

Lee Mordechai is Senior Lecturer in the Department of History at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He associate director and co-PI of Princeton University's CCHRI (Climate Change and History Research Initiative), director of FLAME (Framing the Late Antique and early Medieval Economy), and leads the PLAGUE project.

The lecture is organized by Prof. Dr. Hartmut Leppin (Frankfurt) in cooperation with the Leibniz ScienceCampus – Byzantium between Orient and Occident – Mainz/Frankfurt.

The event takes place via Zoom. Please register for participation by email until June 24th.