Centre for Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies

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On the new EUP series
03/06/2026

On the new EUP series

A new series rethinks the late Roman world, exploring its diversity, transformations, and wide-reaching historical significance.

Featuring Lucy Grig and Sam Leggett from Edinburgh.
14/05/2026

Featuring Lucy Grig and Sam Leggett from Edinburgh.

"Poverty Dynamics in the Long Late Antiquity, AD 300-800"


📆 22 to 23 July 2026
📍 In-person: Room S4, Swallowgate, School of Classics, University of St Andrews
💻️ Online: MS Teams

Spaces limited. Registration essential.
To book, email Ian B***e at [email protected] by 5pm Friday 3 July 2026.

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Poverty was a defining element in late antique and early medieval societies, shaping economic structures, social relations, cultural values, and political hierarchies. This two-day conference will analyse the dynamics of poverty from an interdisciplinary perspective, examining how poverty drivers and resilience strategies marked the social and economic condition and lived experiences of destitute and vulnerable groups across the Mediterranean during a period of unprecedented historical transformations.

This conference is generously funded by the School of Classics, the Past and Present Society, the EDI committee/CUCD, and the Institute of Classical Studies.

Registration open and full programme available here for the CLAIBS Graduate conference: 'Institutional Identities in la...
08/05/2026

Registration open and full programme available here for the CLAIBS Graduate conference: 'Institutional Identities in late Antiquity and the Middle Ages'

The 7th International Graduate Conference in Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies, will take place 18-19 May, 2026.

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School Of History, Classics & Archaeology
Edinburgh
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