{"id":1371,"date":"2023-01-17T10:08:36","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T07:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/byz2\/?page_id=1371"},"modified":"2026-02-20T09:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T06:42:09","slug":"structure-course-description","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/byz\/structure-course-description\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Structure – Course Description"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the postgraduate programme the seminars are allocated according to the three fields, as appears in the use of the three letters of the course codes. In each field in-depth examination of particular research issues is combined with broader interdisciplinary considerations.
\nIn particular, the postgraduate seminars are allocated as follows:<\/p>\n

1. Byzantine Language and Literature (BMG 500-515)<\/strong><\/a>
\n2. Byzantine and Medieval History (HIS 500-515)<\/strong><\/a>
\n3. Byzantine and Medieval Art and Archaeology (ARC 500-515)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

List of Postgraduate Seminars according to Field<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a>A. Byzantine Language and Literature (BMG 500-515)<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n
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  1. BMG 500 Editorial Theory and Practice<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. BMG 501 Genre Issues<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. BMG 502 Byzantine Narratives<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. BMG 503 Language and Literature<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. BMG 504 Religious Poetry and Hymnography<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. BMG 505 Biography and Autobiography<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. BMG 506 Byzantine Law<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. BMG 507 Aspects of the Male and Female World<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. BMG 508 Authors and their Audiences<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. BMG 509 Emotions and Mentalities<\/a><\/li>\n
  11. BMG 510 Representations of the Body<\/a><\/li>\n
  12. BMG 511 Conquests of Cities<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    <\/a>B. Byzantine and Medieval History (HIS 500-515)<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n
      \n
    1. HIS 502 History of Byzantine Society: The aristocracy in Byzantium (12th-15th c.)<\/a><\/li>\n
    2. HIS 503 Byzantium: Politics and Ideology: Emperor and priest, the beginnings of Byzantine political ideology<\/a><\/li>\n
    3. HIS 505 History of the Byzantine economy: Byzantium and the flourishing of Italian trade (12th-15th c.)<\/a><\/li>\n
    4. HIS 506 The Crusades and the Latin East: Social History of the Latin Eastern States: Jerusalem \u2013 Cyprus \u2013 Romania, 11th-13th c.<\/a><\/li>\n
    5. HIS 507 Latin Rule in the Greek World<\/a><\/li>\n
    6. HIS 508 Byzantine Scholars in Italy (from the Council of Ferrara-Florence to the end of the 16th c.)<\/a><\/li>\n
    7. HIS 509 Byzantine Cyprus<\/a><\/li>\n
    8. HIS 510 Frankish and Venetian Cyprus(1191-1571)<\/a><\/li>\n
    9. HIS 511 Historiography: Problems of Historicity and Ideology in the Latin-Ruled Greek World(12th-17th c.)<\/a><\/li>\n
    10. HIS 512 Receptions of Byzantium in Early Modern Europe<\/a><\/li>\n
    11. HIS 513 Receptions of the Greek Church Fathers in Early Modern Europe<\/a><\/li>\n
    12. HIS 514 Byzantium and the West (800-1000)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      \n
      <\/a>C. Byzantine and Medieval Art and Archaeology (ARC 500-515)<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
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      1. ARC 500 Survey of Research and Interpretative Approaches to Byzantine Archaeology<\/a><\/li>\n
      2. ARC 501 The Study of Ceramics in Byzantine Archaeology<\/a><\/li>\n
      3. ARC 503 The Archaeology of Death in Byzantium<\/a><\/li>\n
      4. ARC 504 Byzantine Material Culture and Identity<\/a><\/li>\n
      5. ARC 505 Byzantine Icon Theory<\/a><\/li>\n
      6. ARC 506 Byzantine “Secular” Art<\/a><\/li>\n
      7. ARC 507 Dress: The Mirror of Byzantine Society<\/a><\/li>\n
      8. ARC 508 Relations between Centre and Periphery: Byzantine Art in Cyprus<\/a><\/li>\n
      9. ARC 509 From Paganism to Christianity<\/a><\/li>\n
      10. ARC 510 Art and Identity in the Time of the Crusades<\/a><\/li>\n
      11. ARC 511 Art in Medieval Cyprus under Latin Rule<\/a><\/li>\n
      12. ARC 512 The Transformation of the Byzantine City<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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