Call for applications – «Unsealing Byzantium» International Training School on Byzantine Seals

Byzantine seals have recently gained recognition as a crucial source for the study of Byzantium. Nevertheless, the rigorous interpretation of sigillographic evidence and the critical appraisal of existing scholarship necessitate specialised training and expertise that is rarely incorporated into standard academic curricula.

To address this need, an international training school is planned to introduce students and scholars of Byzantium to the discipline of Byzantine sigillography. The school is being organised by Olga Karagiorgou (Academy of Athens, KEMBT, Director of Research / Principal Investigator of the Byz-GOVAG project) and Christos Malatras (National Hellenic Research Foundation, Institute of Historical Research, Associate Researcher) in collaboration with the Numismatic Museum.

The Training School is open to Master students and doctoral candidates, as well as postdoctoral researchers in Byzantine Studies and related fields (such as Classics or Medieval Studies).

The school is launched in the framework of the project Byz-GOVAG: Agents of Cohesion in the Governance of an Empire: The Anthropo-Geography of Byzantium, 7th to 12th Centuries, hosted at the Academy of Athens (2026–2031) and funded by the European Research Council (Grant agreement no. 101200199).