Centre for Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies

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.

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.

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.

27/03/2026

Coming up on 20th April:
To mark the publication of The Cambridge History of Later Latin Literature its editors, in association with the Centre for Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies, are organising a colloquium to celebrate the research that went into this project on Latin literature from the second to the seventh century and to name some of the many opportunities that await for those studying in this area. The project involved a total of 41 contributors, and both Volume 1 and Volume 2 were published at the beginning of 2026.

To register your attendance in person or online, or for further details, please contact Aaron Pelttari ([email protected]) or Gavin Kelly ([email protected]).

The colloquium will take place in Seminar Room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building, George Square, University of Edinburgh. Schedule:

13.30: Gavin Kelly and Aaron Pelttari – The Shape and Future of Later Latin Literature
14.00: Christa Gray – An Embarrassing Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven: Sainthood and Absurdity in Latin Christian Narrative
14.30: Tristan Spillmann – Decentralised Globality and Later Latin Literature: A Progress Report on the Handbuch der lateinischen Literatur
15.00: Giulia Marolla – The Great Age of the Letter: Mapping Epistolary Collections in the Late Latin West
16.00: Mark Vessey – The Moment of CHLLL: Reader’s Notes on The Cambridge Critical Guide to Latin Literature
17.00: Danuta Shanzer – Channeling Janus: April 2026
18.00: Reception

27/03/2026

We are delighted to inform you that Issue 1 of JLAIBS Volume 5 is now out!

It features five exciting articles by Margaret Mullett (freely accessible for one month), Richard Hobbs and Sabine Klein, Nik Matheou, Cameron Barnes, and Ofer Pogorelsky.

https://www.euppublishing.com/toc/jlaibs/5/1

17/02/2026

Summer School in Roman, Late Antique and Islamic Pottery in Marsala, Sicily

15/01/2026

This is a fantastic opportunity. Note the provision of bursaries from the A.G. Leventis foundation.

Founded in 1886, the BSA is a UK-registered charity and is one of nine British International Research Institutes that receive annual funding from the British Academy.

20/12/2025

Following substantial investment in the area of Byzantine Studies at the University of Notre Dame, including the acquisition of the Milton V. Anastos Library of Byzantine Civilization and generous support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, and the National Endowment for the...

19/12/2025

Many congratulations to our alumnus and friend Leone!

We speak to Dr Leone Pecorini Goodall about his award-winning PhD research.

08/10/2025

📢 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐑𝐉𝐄 𝐏𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐉𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐉𝐄
Konferenca e Parë Shkencore Ndërkombëtare
“𝑺𝒉𝒒𝒊𝒑𝒆̈𝒓𝒊𝒂 𝒏𝒆̈ 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒖𝒅𝒉𝒆̈𝒏 𝑩𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆”
🗓️ 5–6 dhjetor 2025 | 📍 Tiranë, Shqipëri

Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë, Universiteti i Tiranës (Fakulteti i Historisë dhe i Filologjisë), Kisha Orthodhokse Autoqefale e Shqipërisë, Drejtoria e Përgjithshme e Arkivave dhe Shoqata Shqiptare e Studimeve Bizantine kanë kënaqësinë të shpallin organizimin e Konferencës së Parë Shkencore Ndërkombëtare “𝑺𝒉𝒒𝒊𝒑𝒆̈𝒓𝒊𝒂 𝒏𝒆̈ 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒖𝒅𝒉𝒆̈𝒏 𝑩𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆.”

𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐚 𝐬𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐧:
• Thellimin e studimeve mbi trashëgiminë bizantine në Shqipëri në një kontekst ndërdisiplinor.
• Nxitjen e bashkëpunimit ndërkombëtar ndërmjet studiuesve.
• Hapjen e perspektivave të reja kërkimore dhe botimeve shkencore.

𝐁𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐤𝐞:
• Roli historik dhe gjeostrategjik të hapësirës shqiptare në Perandorinë Bizantine.
• Ndikimi i Bizantit në institucionet fetare dhe kulturën religjioze të hapësirës shqiptare.
• Arti, arkitektura dhe kultura materiale dhe jomateriale gjatë periudhës protobizantine dhe bizantine në territorin shqiptar.
• Trashëgimia e dorëshkrimeve dhe kodikëve bizantinë në hapësirën shqiptare.
• Pasqyrimi dhe ndikimi i elementeve bizantinë në kulturën dhe zhvillimet artistike të Shqipërisë moderne.

📩 𝐀𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐢 𝐢 𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐞̈𝐳𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐞̈ 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞: 𝟏𝟓 𝐭𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

Për më shumë informacion dhe për pjesëmarrje, ju lutem kontaktoni:
👉 Andi Rembeci
Universiteti i Tiranës
📧 [email protected]

Komisioni Organizativ i Konferencës
Vjeshtë, 2025