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CLOSEThe Section of Byzantine Research of the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) was established in 1960 as the Center for Byzantine Research (CBR), with the mission of advancing research and fostering awareness of the history and culture of Byzantium and medieval Hellenism. Its research activities are organised within specific thematic areas into specialised projects that encompass a wide range of fields and disciplines. The relevant studies draw on evidence from literary and archival sources, works of art, and archaeological findings. The projects also investigate Byzantium’s interactions with medieval Europe, the Balkans, and the wider Eastern Mediterranean.
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Lecture Series in Byzantine History, literature, art and archaeology
Organised by Kostis Smyrlis, Marina Koumanoudi and Stratis Papaioannou
Institute of Historical Research, NHRF
December 08 - September 29, 2025
18:00
Princeton Athens Center
3 Timarchou street, 116 34 Athens
Διοργάνωση: Τομέας Βυζαντινών Ερευνών (ΤΒΕ/ΙΙΕ)
November 04, 2025 - May 28, 2026
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The project The “Greek-speaking” Merchants of Constantinople, the Southern Balkans, Asia Minor, and the Islands aims to record and utilize information concerning the activities of “Greek-speaking” merchants within this geographical area.
Raw Materials, Natural Resources and Agricultural Products
Evidence from the Peloponnese, 4th-15th CenturiesThe digital database contains information on the Peloponnese concerning raw materials (soil, subsoil), natural resources (forest products, fishery products, rocks), and agricultural produce (farming, livestock) from Late Antiquity to the Late Byzantine period, that is, from the 4th to the 15th century.
The database includes iconographic material focusing on depictions of the codex in mosaics, frescoes, panel paintings, illuminated manuscripts, and works of minor arts. Its purpose is to document and analyze the iconographic conventions used in portraying the codex — which, in most cases, represents the Gospel Book.
The churches built during the Byzantine period are the ones still standing today in the historic center of Athens and beyond. Many of these churches are featured on the website “Byzantine Monuments of Attica”. Alongside the churches, a selection of frescoes, sculptures, mosaics, inscriptions, as well as rare and unpublished material from the British School at Athens (drawings and photographs by 19th-century British architects) are presented here to encourage on-site visits.
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Recent publications
At the Sources of European Poetry in Roman and in Frankish Lands
Epic and Lyric Poetry, Romances (IX-XIV Centuries)
Miltiades B. Hatzopoulos
Methoni and its Region from Antiquity to Modern Times: Archaeological and Historical Approaches
Proceedings of a Two-day Scientific Conference. Methoni, May 16th-17th 2015
Edited by: Angeliki Panopoulou
Ceramics in plain sight: The bacini of the churches of Crete
“Reflections” of the late medieval and the early modern material culture of the island. Volume I: The Regional Unit of Chania
Anastasia G. Yangaki
Edited by: Vassiliki N. Vlyssidou
Edited by: Ilias Anagnostakis, Evangelia Balta
Konstantinos Amantos: Mentor, Scholar, Citizen
Proceedings of the Scientific Symposium, Chios, May 6-8, 2016
Main page image: Cod. Patm. 29, late 9th or early 10th c., containing works of Basil of Caesarea. Detail from the headpiece on f. 2r. / Photograph: Giannis Voulgarakis. © Holy Monastery of Saint John the Theologian, Patmos. By permission of the monastery for non-commercial use exclusively on the IHR / NHRF site.