3.24 FC – Byzantine Studies Today and Tomorrow

This presentation examines the historical and structural transformation of Byzantine studies in Turkey, tracing its evolution from a marginal intellectual pursuit to a fragmented yet increasingly networked academic field. Drawing on original research conducted for a doctoral dissertation, it combines historiographical analysis, dissertation-based cognitive mapping, and social network analysis (SNA) to offer a comprehensive account…

Byzantine Studies have been politicized at least since the 17th century and have played an important role in the political narratives of emerging nations in Eastern Europe and the Caucasian Region. The carving-up of the great empires of the 19th century after the Great War created a fragmented Europe with contending claims between nations and…

Despite its significance, humanities and social studies curricula in the United States rarely include much information concerning Byzantine history and culture in Global and World History courses in public and private schools for grades 6-12. If the subject is included at all, it is often treated as an isolated aspect of the late Roman Empire’s…