5th Annual Graduate Workshop on Late Antique and Byzantine Studies

25 February 2026, 09:00–18:30 | Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies | University of Vienna | Postgasse 9 | 1010 Vienna 

The Ancient, Byzantine, and Medieval Studies Cluster of the Vienna Doctoral School of Historical and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna and the Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies at Central European University are pleased to announce the Fifth Annual Graduate Workshop on Late Antique and Byzantine Studies. 

This workshop, organized by graduate students from both institutions, aims to provide a dynamic platform for students to present their ongoing research, refine conference papers, and receive valuable feedback. The event fosters intellectual exchange, encourages dialogue, and explores possibilities for future academic collaboration.

Program

REGISTRATION AND WELCOME: 13:00–13:15

SESSION 1: 13:30–15:00 | chair: Olga Vlachou

• Georgi Mitov: Revisiting the Question of Western Influences on the Funeral Rite in the Sinai Slavonic Euchologion (Cod. Sin. slav. 37 + Cod. Sin. slav. NF 1)
• Eldad Voremberg: Rabbanical Circles and Transfer of Knowledge in Southern Italy and the Eastern Mediterranean
• Naomi Ho: The Reception of the Alexander Romance during the Crusades

COFFEE BREAK: 15:00–15:15

SESSION 2: 15:15–16:15 | chair: Marieke Verbiest

• Kassandra Cox: Gender and the Path to Power in the Late 11th Century: A Comparative Study of Maria of Alania and Gregory Pakourianos
• Jacob Badger: Byzantine, Arab, and their settlements along the Anatolian Frontier between 750-1071

COFFEE BREAK: 16:15–16:30

SESSION 3: 16:30–18:00 | chair: Ada Kök

• Gunhyuk Lee: Beyond Church and Monastery: Donations to “Venerable Institutions” in Late Antique Egypt”
• Mihajlo N. Džamtovski: The Late Antique Church of Saint Demetrius in Sirmium: Problems of Chronology and Location
• Öykü Bahar Balcı Güngör: Transition Process of Settlements in Thrace from Byzantine to Ottoman Period: Lower Meriç (Evros) River Basin

WINE RECEPTION: 18:00

Organization Committee

Ada Kök | CEU
Alessandra Guido | UniWien
Dachi Pachulia | CEU
Gunhyuk Lee | CEU
Nikos Christoforakis | UniWien
Kassandra Cox | CEU
Luidmila Eramova | UniWien
Marieke Verbiest | UniWien
Olga Vlachou | CEU
Panagiotis Kouloukis | UniWien

Additional Participants

Eldad Voremberg | UniWien
Georgi Mitov | UniWien
Jacob Badger | CEU
Mihajlo Džamtovski | UniWien
Naomi Ho | CEU
Öykü B. B. Güngör | UniWien

The workshop is generously funded by the Doctoral School of Historical and Cultural Studies and the Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies at Central European University.