Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture
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The Mary Jaharis Center was established in 2010 to promote Byzantine studies, with a particular emphasis on Byzantine art and culture. Visit us at maryjahariscenter.org.
Next week, we welcome Ine Jacobs for her lecture "Worshipping the Mother Goddess: An Underground Cult Complex in Late Antique Aphrodisias". December 2 at 12:00 pm ET on Zoom. Register: maryjahariscenter.org/events/worsh...
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Next week, we welcome Ine Jacobs for her lecture "Worshipping the Mother Goddess: An Underground Cult Complex in Late Antique Aphrodisias". December 2 at 12:00 pm ET on Zoom. Register: maryjahariscenter.org/events/worsh...
In two weeks, on December 9, Mikael Muehlbauer will give the next lecture in the 2025–2026 East of Byzantium lecture series. He will discuss "Learning Late Antiquity: The Quarry Church at Deir al-Ganadla and the Lost Timber Nave." 12:00 PM ET on Zoom. Register: eastofbyzantium.org/upcoming-eve...
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In two weeks, on December 9, Mikael Muehlbauer will give the next lecture in the 2025–2026 East of Byzantium lecture series. He will discuss "Learning Late Antiquity: The Quarry Church at Deir al-Ganadla and the Lost Timber Nave." 12:00 PM ET on Zoom. Register: eastofbyzantium.org/upcoming-eve...
The Mary Jaharis Center blog is taking a break for the Thanksgiving holiday. Posting will resume on December 1.
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The Mary Jaharis Center blog is taking a break for the Thanksgiving holiday. Posting will resume on December 1.
Funding opportunity: Polonsky Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. Applications due December 20, 2025 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/polonsk...
Polonsky Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute | Mary Jaharis Center
The Polonsky Academy at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute in Jerusalem will award up to seven Fellowships in the humanities or social sciences for up to four years, beginning October 1, 2026.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Funding opportunity: Polonsky Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. Applications due December 20, 2025 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/polonsk...
Attend: Armenian Society under Caliphal Rule II, Online via University of Hamburg, December 8, 2025. Advance registration required maryjahariscenter.org/blog/armenia...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Attend: Armenian Society under Caliphal Rule II, Online via University of Hamburg, December 8, 2025. Advance registration required maryjahariscenter.org/blog/armenia...
New book: Jitske Jasperse, ed., The Social Lives of Medieval Rings (ARC Humanities Press, 2025) maryjahariscenter.org/blog/the-soc...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
New book: Jitske Jasperse, ed., The Social Lives of Medieval Rings (ARC Humanities Press, 2025) maryjahariscenter.org/blog/the-soc...
Funding opportunity: 2026–2028 Postdoctoral Fellowship - Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry, Washington University. Applications due December 19, 2025 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/2026202...
2026–2028 Postdoctoral Fellowship - Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry, Washington University | Mary Jaharis Center
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November 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Funding opportunity: 2026–2028 Postdoctoral Fellowship - Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry, Washington University. Applications due December 19, 2025 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/2026202...
CFP: The Athonite Collections and Their Challenges: Open Access, Traveling Exhibitions, and Digital Surrogates, Princeton University, September 25–26, 2026. Submissions due December 20, 2025 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/the-ath...
The Athonite Collections and Their Challenges: Open Access, Traveling Exhibitions, and Digital Surrogates | Mary Jaharis Center
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November 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
CFP: The Athonite Collections and Their Challenges: Open Access, Traveling Exhibitions, and Digital Surrogates, Princeton University, September 25–26, 2026. Submissions due December 20, 2025 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/the-ath...
Attend: Armenian and Georgian Women Patrons (IX–XIV Centuries), University of Florence, November 24–25, 2025 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/armenia...
Armenian and Georgian Women Patrons (IX–XIV Centuries) | Mary Jaharis Center
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November 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Attend: Armenian and Georgian Women Patrons (IX–XIV Centuries), University of Florence, November 24–25, 2025 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/armenia...
New book: Scott Redford, ed., Kinet Höyük 7: The Medieval Period, Parts i and ii. Bilkent University Excavations at Kinet Höyük, Hatay, Turkey (BAR Publishing, 2025) maryjahariscenter.org/blog/kinet-h...
Kinet Höyük 7: The Medieval Period, Parts i and ii | Mary Jaharis Center
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November 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
New book: Scott Redford, ed., Kinet Höyük 7: The Medieval Period, Parts i and ii. Bilkent University Excavations at Kinet Höyük, Hatay, Turkey (BAR Publishing, 2025) maryjahariscenter.org/blog/kinet-h...
Join us on December 2 for the next lecture in our 2025–2026 lecture series. Ine Jacobs will discuss "Worshipping the Mother Goddess: An Underground Cult Complex in Late Antique Aphrodisias". 12:00 pm ET on Zoom. Register: maryjahariscenter.org/events/worsh...
November 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Join us on December 2 for the next lecture in our 2025–2026 lecture series. Ine Jacobs will discuss "Worshipping the Mother Goddess: An Underground Cult Complex in Late Antique Aphrodisias". 12:00 pm ET on Zoom. Register: maryjahariscenter.org/events/worsh...
Job posting: Corinth Excavations Digital Curator/Archaeologist, ASCSA. Applications due December 15, 2025 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/corinth...
Corinth Excavations Digital Curator/Archaeologist, ASCSA | Mary Jaharis Center
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November 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Job posting: Corinth Excavations Digital Curator/Archaeologist, ASCSA. Applications due December 15, 2025 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/corinth...
Attend: Arabo-Byzantine Workshop: Towards a Cross-Disciplinary Analysis of Eastern Mediterranean Sources, Doctoral and Postdoctoral Spring School, Rome, May 18–22, 2026. Applications due December 19, 2025 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/arabo-b...
Arabo-Byzantine Workshop: Towards a Cross-Disciplinary Analysis of Eastern Mediterranean Sources | Mary Jaharis Center
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November 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Attend: Arabo-Byzantine Workshop: Towards a Cross-Disciplinary Analysis of Eastern Mediterranean Sources, Doctoral and Postdoctoral Spring School, Rome, May 18–22, 2026. Applications due December 19, 2025 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/arabo-b...
CFP: Reimagining Body and Space in the Ancient World, ISAW Graduate Student Conference, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, March 5–6, 2026. Submissions due December 19, 2025 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/reimagi...
Reimagining Body and Space in the Ancient World | Mary Jaharis Center
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November 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
CFP: Reimagining Body and Space in the Ancient World, ISAW Graduate Student Conference, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, March 5–6, 2026. Submissions due December 19, 2025 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/reimagi...
New book: Christopher J. Bonura. A Prophecy of Empire: The Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius from Late Antique Mesopotamia to the Global Medieval Imagination (University of California Press, 2025) maryjahariscenter.org/blog/a-proph...
A Prophecy of Empire: The Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius from Late Antique Mesopotamia to the Global Medieval Imagination | Mary Jaharis Center
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November 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
New book: Christopher J. Bonura. A Prophecy of Empire: The Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius from Late Antique Mesopotamia to the Global Medieval Imagination (University of California Press, 2025) maryjahariscenter.org/blog/a-proph...
Job posting: Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Art History, University of Queensland. Applications due December 11, 2025 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/lecture...
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Art History, University of Queensland | Mary Jaharis Center
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November 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Job posting: Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Art History, University of Queensland. Applications due December 11, 2025 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/lecture...
Call for participants: New Scholarship, sessions at the 101st Medieval Academy of America Meeting, Amherst MA, March 19–21, 2026. Submissions due December 12, 2025 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/new-sch...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Call for participants: New Scholarship, sessions at the 101st Medieval Academy of America Meeting, Amherst MA, March 19–21, 2026. Submissions due December 12, 2025 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/new-sch...
Job posting: Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400, University of Cambridge. Applications due December 14, 2025 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/assista...
Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400, University of Cambridge | Mary Jaharis Center
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November 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Job posting: Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400, University of Cambridge. Applications due December 14, 2025 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/assista...
Attend: The Encounter with Islam in Eastern Christian Legal Traditions: Introducing the NOMOS Project, lecture by Zachary Chitwood, NHRF at the Princeton Athens Center and Zoom, November 24, 2025, 6:00 PM (EET). Advance registration required maryjahariscenter.org/blog/the-enc...
The Encounter with Islam in Eastern Christian Legal Traditions: Introducing the NOMOS Project | Mary Jaharis Center
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November 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Attend: The Encounter with Islam in Eastern Christian Legal Traditions: Introducing the NOMOS Project, lecture by Zachary Chitwood, NHRF at the Princeton Athens Center and Zoom, November 24, 2025, 6:00 PM (EET). Advance registration required maryjahariscenter.org/blog/the-enc...
Join us tomorrow, November 17, for the next lecture in our 2025–2026 lecture series. Evan Freeman will discuss "Mediating Touch: Ivory Pyxides and the Eucharist". 12:00 pm ET on Zoom. Register: maryjahariscenter.org/events/media...
November 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Join us tomorrow, November 17, for the next lecture in our 2025–2026 lecture series. Evan Freeman will discuss "Mediating Touch: Ivory Pyxides and the Eucharist". 12:00 pm ET on Zoom. Register: maryjahariscenter.org/events/media...
Join us on December 9 for the next lecture in the 2025–2026 East of Byzantium lecture series. Mikael Muehlbauer will discuss "Learning Late Antiquity: The Quarry Church at Deir al-Ganadla and the Lost Timber Nave." 12:00 PM ET on Zoom. Register: eastofbyzantium.org/upcoming-eve...
November 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Join us on December 9 for the next lecture in the 2025–2026 East of Byzantium lecture series. Mikael Muehlbauer will discuss "Learning Late Antiquity: The Quarry Church at Deir al-Ganadla and the Lost Timber Nave." 12:00 PM ET on Zoom. Register: eastofbyzantium.org/upcoming-eve...
CFP: The Reception of Ancient Greece in Europe through the Dialogue between Texts and Images Inside and Outside the Book (14th–16th Century), University of Caen Normandie, June 18–19, 2026. Submissions due December 15, 2025 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/the-rec...
The Reception of Ancient Greece in Europe through the Dialogue between Texts and Images Inside and Outside the Book (14th–16th Century) | Mary Jaharis Center
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November 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
CFP: The Reception of Ancient Greece in Europe through the Dialogue between Texts and Images Inside and Outside the Book (14th–16th Century), University of Caen Normandie, June 18–19, 2026. Submissions due December 15, 2025 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/the-rec...
Funding opportunity: Doctoral Researcher in History of Knowledge of the Medieval World, Kiel University. Applications due December 30, 2025 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/doctora...
Doctoral Researcher in History of Knowledge of the Medieval World, Kiel University | Mary Jaharis Center
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November 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Funding opportunity: Doctoral Researcher in History of Knowledge of the Medieval World, Kiel University. Applications due December 30, 2025 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/doctora...
Attend: Art and Proof in the Ninth Century, Index of Medieval Art, Princeton University, December 5–6, 2025. Advance registration requested maryjahariscenter.org/blog/art-and...
Art and Proof in the Ninth Century | Mary Jaharis Center
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November 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Attend: Art and Proof in the Ninth Century, Index of Medieval Art, Princeton University, December 5–6, 2025. Advance registration requested maryjahariscenter.org/blog/art-and...
New book: Sebastian Sobecki, ed., The Cambridge Guide to Global Medieval Travel Writing (Cambridge University Press, 2025) maryjahariscenter.org/blog/the-cam...
The Cambridge Guide to Global Medieval Travel Writing | Mary Jaharis Center
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November 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
New book: Sebastian Sobecki, ed., The Cambridge Guide to Global Medieval Travel Writing (Cambridge University Press, 2025) maryjahariscenter.org/blog/the-cam...