Category Archives: Periods, Byzantine

Corinthian Scholarship Monthly (December 2012)

Posted on January 14, 2013 by

Now that the dust has settled on 2012, I release this final CSM issue for the last month of the year. By the end of the January, I’ll post some year-in-review lists for different categories of scholarship. As always, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Ceramics, Christian - 2 Corinthians, Christian - St. Paul, Isthmia, Periods, Byzantine, Periods, Classical, Periods, Greek (Geometric-Hellenistic), Periods, Hellenistic, Periods, Interim, Periods, Ottoman, Periods, Roman Colony | Leave a comment

Deltion of the Christian Archaeological Society

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

Byzantinists were stunned last week by the announcement that the Christian Archaeological Society had launched a digital version of its journal Deltion of the Christian Archaeological Society, with some open access material.  The announcement from the journal’s website: The Christian … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian - Churches, Digital Corinthia, Periods, Byzantine, Periods, Late Antiquity, Periods, Modern, Periods, Ottoman | Leave a comment

Byzantine Corinth: 2011 Publications (and a note on relative frequency of Corinthiaka)

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

In originally separating the recent scholarship on Byzantine-Modern from the 2011  scholarship on Ancient Corinth, I had forgotten that the pickings were so few.  This is a rather sad list (in terms of quantity), and I will combine these three … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, American School Excavations, Corinthian Scholarship (monthly), Periods, Byzantine, Periods, Early Modern, Travelers, Urban Center | Leave a comment

Abstracts of the AIA / APA 2012 Meetings

Posted on January 17, 2012 by

I had planned to post reviews of the AIA / APA meetings a little more than a week ago, but illness and the preparations for a new semester sapped all my momentum.  I have a lot of material in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, American School Excavations, Ceramics, Conferences, Lectures, and Presentations, Digital Corinthia, Economy, EKAS (Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey), Isthmia, Isthmus, Nemea, Periods, Archaic, Periods, Bronze Age, Periods, Byzantine, Periods, Classical, Periods, Early Modern, Periods, Hellenistic, Periods, Late Antiquity, Periods, Modern, Periods, Roman Colony, Southern Corinthia, Territory, Theater, Urban Center | Leave a comment

Reading Faith and Occupation in Late Antique Graffiti

Posted on November 30, 2011 by

Last month, Bill Caraher posted a working draft of a paper on the Christian landscapes of the Corinthia  in which he discusses a variety of Christian graffiti–crosses,  fish, Chi-Rhos, and prayers inscribed in stone–scratched in mortar and stone on churches, baths, walls, … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian - Churches, Christian - Post-Pauline, Fortifications, Lechaion Basilica, Periods, Byzantine, Periods, Late Antiquity, Periods, Modern | 3 Comments

Some Perspective on American Excavations in Corinth: Byzantium and the Avant Garde

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

I couldn’t make it last week to Grand Forks to hear Franklin & Marshall College professor Kostis Kourelis speak on the topic of Byzantium and the Avant Garde.  Thanks to Bill Caraher and the Center for Instructional and Learning Technologies … Continue reading →

Posted in American School Excavations, Christian - St. Paul, Conferences, Lectures, and Presentations, Corinth in the Mind, Museums, Periods, Byzantine, Periods, Late Antiquity, Urban Center, Video | 1 Comment

Kostis Kourelis on Byzantium and the Avant Garde

Posted on November 14, 2011 by

Professor Kostis Kourelis of Franklin and Marshall College will speak today at 4 PM CST on the American School Excavations at Corinth in the 1930s.  The presentation at the University of North Dakota is the 2011 Cyprus Research Fund Lecture.  … Continue reading →

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Corinthian Scholarship (October)

Posted on November 1, 2011 by

Bronze Age A recent M.S. thesis on the site of Kalamianos in the the southern Corinthia: some beautiful images of the site: Peter Dao, “Marine Geophysical and Geomorphic Survey of Submerged Bronze Age Shorelines and Anchorage sites at Kalamianos (Korphos, … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian - 1 Corinthians, Christian - St. Paul, Corinthian & Saronic Gulfs, Corinthian Scholarship (monthly), Diolkos, Geology, Isthmus, Periods, Bronze Age, Periods, Byzantine, Periods, Classical, Periods, Hellenistic, Southern Corinthia, Territory, Trade and Commerce | 1 Comment

Byzantium in Transition at the University of Cyprus

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

This is a pretty interesting conference being held this weekend at the University of Cyprus.  Apparently, it will be the first in a trilogy of conferences designed “to shed more light on the ‘invisible’ eras or period of major transformations … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Lectures, and Presentations, Periods, Byzantine | Leave a comment

Niketas Ooryphas Strikes Again

Posted on October 24, 2011 by

This last weekend, I had a chance to go to Chicago, see some old friends, and participate in the Byzantine Studies Conference.  I heard some excellent papers at the BSC including one on the monastic clothing in Byzantium, the historical … Continue reading →

Posted in Diolkos, Isthmus, Periods, Byzantine | 2 Comments