Trends and Turning-Points: Constructing the Late Antique and Byzantine World (c. 300–c. 1500), Oxford University Byzantine Society 18th International Graduate Conference, Oxford, February 26–27, 2016
Spanning more than a millennium in time, ranging from the Atlantic to Iran, and including a vast array of polities, social groups, and cultural moments, the Late Antique and Byzantine world is, if nothing else, complicated and varied. Despite Gibbon’s famous attempt to reduce it to a single trend, the Late Antique and Byzantine world refuses to be simplified.
This conference aims to provide a platform to identify, discuss and debate the major trends and turning-points in the Late Antique and Byzantine world.