The Colloquium in Byzantine and Medieval Studies runs each semester under the aegis of the Interdepartmental Postgraduate Programme in Byzantine Studies and the Latin East, organised jointly by the Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies and the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Cyprus. It serves as a podium for members of the University of Cyprus academic staff, scholars and researchers in other institutions as well as the programme’s postgraduate students to give talks on subjects directly or indirectly concerned with Byzantine culture and the medieval world. All lectures are open to the public and, unless otherwise indicated, are delivered on Wednesdays, at 7.30 pm, and last approx. 90 minutes, including the discussion.
Programme of Papers for the Spring Semester 2025-26
| 18 February | ONLINE ONLY! Multigraphism and allography in the vulgarisation of Guglielmo da Saliceto’s Chirurgia in Greek charactersAntonio Pagliara (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) |
| 12 March (Thursday), at 6:00 pm |
Colloquium of Story Pharm PhD candidates
-Pablo Martin Crovetto (University of Bamberg), The Language of Illicit Sexual Desire -Pavla Araudo (University of Bamberg), Women and their health in Hildegard von Bingen’s medical works -Elena Schoretsaniti (University of Lund), The Presence of Kyranidean Recipes in Byzantine Folk Medicine -Lisa Scilipoti (Cardiff University), From Λεγόμενα to Δρόμενα: Manichaeism as the First World Religion amid the Third Century Crisis |
| 18 March |
CANCELLED! Dogmatic Panoplies in the Twelfth Century: Texts and Contexts |
| 22 April | Byzantine Law and the European Legal Tradition
Daphne Penna (University of Groningen and Catholic University of Leuven) |
The talks are open to the public and will be delivered in person (unless otherwise indicated) in Room LRC 019 at the UCY Library Wednesdays at 19:30. Please note that, exceptionally, the colloquium on March 12, will take place on a Thursday and will begin at 6:00 pm. You can also follow all presentations online via Zoom. If you wish to attend via Zoom, please register first using the following link:
https://ucy.zoom.us/meeting/register/_XETvu9_SN2q_MwJfhqZyw#/registration
For information: Dionysis Stathakopoulos, [email protected]
Last Updated on March 14, 2026
