Located on the northwestern slopes of the Akdağ Mountains in central Anatolia, Akdağmadeni stands as a valuable case for examining the enduring legacy of Byzantine culture in post-Byzantine and post-Ottoman contexts. While the presence of Christian communities—primarily Greek Orthodox and Armenian—dates back only to the 19th century, the churches, local stories, and place names they…
Karl Benedikt Hase (1780 – 1864) was one of the most distinguished scholars of Greek literature in the 19th-century French academia. Over his career, Hase established a network of intellectual connections among Parisian Hellenists, held positions at the Bibliothèque impériale and École polytechnique, and engaged in a variety of research, editorial, and teaching activities. As…
Since the first annual Byzantine Studies Conference (BSC) of the Byzantine Studies Association of North America (BSANA) was hosted in 1975 at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Ohio, it has traveled from coast-to-coast across the United States and Canada. Hosted at museums, colleges, and universities, this interdisciplinary event has been a meeting point and…