Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture

TOMORROW, March 4, Fotini Kondyli will discuss "Spindle Whorls and Women’s Work: Reframing Middle Byzantine Lives in the Athenian Agora" for the final lecture in our 2025–2026 lecture series. 12:00 pm ET on Zoom. Register: maryjahariscenter.org/events/spind...

TOMORROW, March 4, is the last day to register for GIS Basics for Byzantinists with Becky Seifried. March 13 (Making Your Own Data) & March 20 (Designing Maps) on Zoom. More info: maryjahariscenter.org/events/gis-b...

The Trade in Religious Imagination in Late Antiquity | Mary Jaharis Center

CFP: The Trade in Religious Imagination in Late Antiquity, Cambridge Late Antique Network Seminar (CLANS), University of Cambridge, April 24, 2026. Submissions due March 13, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/the-tra...

Facing Crisis: Art as Politics in Fourteenth-Century Venice | Mary Jaharis Center

Attend: Facing Crisis: Art as Politics in Fourteenth-Century Venice, Anna Christidou Memorial Lecture by Stefania Gerevini (Bocconi University), CEU - Vienna Campus & Zoom, March 26, 2026, 5:30–8:00 pm maryjahariscenter.org/blog/facing-...

On the Trail of the Bible of Niketas: A Transverse Approach to Catenae | Mary Jaharis Center

Attend: On the Trail of the Bible of Niketas: A Transverse Approach to Catenae, KU Leuven, March 30–31, 2026. Registration closes March 20 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/on-the-...

TOMORROW, February 27, Laury Sarti will discuss "The Frankish Kingdom and the Eastern Empire: Rethinking Their Interconnections from a Medieval Perspective" for our joint @HarvardMedieval lecture. 12:00 pm ET on Zoom. Register: maryjahariscenter.org/events/the-f...

British Academy International Fellowships 2026 | Mary Jaharis Center

Funding opportunity: British Academy International Fellowships 2026. Applications due March 11, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/british...

Lecturer in Armenian Studies, Harvard University | Mary Jaharis Center

Job posting: Lecturer in Armenian Studies, Harvard University. Applications due March 21, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/lecture...

Michael Huffington Chair of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, University of Oxford | Mary Jaharis Center

Job posting: Michael Huffington Chair of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, University of Oxford. Applications due March 23, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/michael...

Coptic Summer School 2026 | Mary Jaharis Center

Attend: Coptic Summer School 2026, Rome, July 24–26, 2026. Applications due March 31, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/coptic-...

Refugee to Kingmaker: George of Antioch and Norman Visual Culture | Mary Jaharis Center

Attend: Refugee to Kingmaker: George of Antioch and Norman Visual Culture, lecture by Ariel Fein (Smart History), Yale University via Zoom, March 13, 2026, 12:00–1:15 pm. Advance registration required maryjahariscenter.org/blog/refugee...

2026 Summer School on the Languages of the Christian East | Mary Jaharis Center

Attend: 2026 Summer School on the Languages of the Christian East, Salesian Pontifical University, Rome, July 6–17, 2026. Early-bird registration closes March 15 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/2026-su...

Next week we welcome Fotini Kondyli for the final lecture in our 2025–2026 lecture series: "Spindle Whorls and Women’s Work: Reframing Middle Byzantine Lives in the Athenian Agora." March 4 at 12:00 pm ET on Zoom. Register: maryjahariscenter.org/events/spind...

Islands of Discovery | Mary Jaharis Center

CFP: Islands of Discovery, 67th Annual Conference of The Society for the History of Discoveries, St. Johns, Newfoundland, July 29–August 1, 2026. Submissions due March 15, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/islands...

The Connected Past 2026 | Mary Jaharis Center

CFP: The Connected Past 2026, University of Toronto, September 22–25, 2026. Submissions due March 15, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/the-con...

2026 Byzantine Greek Summer School | Mary Jaharis Center

Attend: 2026 Byzantine Greek Summer School, University of Vienna, July 13–24, 2026. Applications due March 22, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/2026-by...

Sanctity and Ritual Remembrance: Christian Liturgy and Memory Practices from Medieval Iberia to Central Asia | Mary Jaharis Center

Attend: Sanctity and Ritual Remembrance: Christian Liturgy and Memory Practices from Medieval Iberia to Central Asia, Austrian Academy of Sciences, March 5–6, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/sanctit...

Memory and Medieval Material Culture | Mary Jaharis Center

Attend: Memory and Medieval Material Culture, The Courtauld Medieval Postgraduate Colloquium, Courtauld Institute, Vernon Square Campus, March 6, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/memory-...

Registration for GIS Basics for Byzantinists with Becky Seifried closes in just over a week, on March 5. March 13 (Making Your Own Data) & March 20 (Designing Maps) on Zoom. More info: maryjahariscenter.org/events/gis-b...

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The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture Founded in 2010 through a generous gift from the Jaharis Family Foundation, the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture is dedicated to the promotion and advancement of knowledge about the…

Next week we welcome Laury Sarti for our joint @HarvardMedieval lecture "The Frankish Kingdom and the Eastern Empire: Rethinking Their Interconnections from a Medieval Perspective." 12:00 pm ET on Zoom. Register:

Join us on March 4 Fotini Kondyli's lecture "Spindle Whorls and Women’s Work: Reframing Middle Byzantine Lives in the Athenian Agora." 12:00 pm on Zoom. Register: maryjahariscenter.org/events/spind...

Registration for GIS Basics for Byzantinists with Becky Seifried on March 5. March 13 (Making Your Own Data) & March 20 (Designing Maps) on Zoom. More info: maryjahariscenter.org/events/gis-b...

The Mary Jaharis Center Blog is taking a break. Posting will resume on February 25, 2026

HMML Fellowships | Mary Jaharis Center

Funding opportunity: HMML Fellowships. Applications due March 15, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/hmml-fe...

AVISTA START Grant | Mary Jaharis Center

Funding opportunity: AVISTA START Grant. Applications due March 15, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/avista-...

Institutional Identities in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages | Mary Jaharis Center

CFP: Institutional Identities in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, Seventh International Graduate Conference in Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies, University of Edinburgh, May 18–19, 2026. Submissions due March 20, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/institu...

Medieval Academy of America 2026 Annual Meeting | Mary Jaharis Center

Attend: 101st Medieval Academy of America Meeting, Amherst, MA, March 19–21, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/medieva...

Eunuchs and Castrated Men in Byzantine Law and Society, 527–1056 | Mary Jaharis Center

New book: Yuki Kontani.,Eunuchs and Castrated Men in Byzantine Law and Society, 527–1056 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025) maryjahariscenter.org/blog/eunuchs...

On February 27, Laury Sarti will discuss "The Frankish Kingdom and the Eastern Empire: Rethinking Their Interconnections from a Medieval Perspective" for our joint @HarvardMedieval lecture. Join us! 12:00 pm ET on Zoom. Register: maryjahariscenter.org/events/the-f...