Byzantine Studies

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There are now a number of Byzantine related syllabi either on this site or accessible via links. The intent is to collect Byzantine studies course syllabi [and associated subjects] for reference purposes. If you are willing to contribute a syllabus, or other classroom material, please email me at halsall@fordham.edu. If necessary I will put the document into HTML.

Last Updated: October 16, 1998

General Byzantine

• The Byzantine Empire 3330-1453, a syllabus by Dr. Gallo at Assumption College. [Internet Archive]
• Byzantine History, a syllabus by Dorothy Abrahamse at California State University, Long Beach. [In Adobe Acrobat format]
• The Forgotten Empire: 1000 Years of Byzantium (a Freshman Writing Seminar), by Jeffrey Rusten, Cornell University [At Internet Archive] [Simply hit cancel on the box asking for a password, and you will still be allowed to see the website.]
• Early Byzantine History, At Ohio State University, taught by Timothy Gregory. The site includes a useful and interesting Outline of Early Byzantine History [At Internet Archive]
• Byzantium: The Last Centuries, An online course by Stephen Reinert [Rutgers]
• Orthodox Christianity, A syllabus by Alexander Alexakis at Columbia University, New York.

• Nothing as yet!

• Byzantine Music and Hymnography, A syllabus by Dr. Diane Touliatos at University of Missouri-St. Louis.

• Nothing as yet!

• History of European Christianity Until 1500 by Karen Jolly at the University of Hawaii. [No texts]

• The Middle East: From the Romans to the Mongol Invasions A course put together by Alan Fisher of Michigan State University. Many full texts. [As of March, 2007, this link generates an error message, but will hopefully be reparied soon.]
• Middle East Under Ottoman Domination [ca. 1250 to 1914] A course put together by Alan Fisher of Michigan State University. Many full texts.
• Introduction to Islam by Elton Daniel at the University of Hawaii. [No texts] [Internet Archive]

• List of Courses Using Medieval Sourcebook
  Inlcudes links to dozens of online medieval history courses. Lynn Nelson: Medieval History Lectures History of Western Civilization A WWW course offered by Skip Knox at University of Idaho - can be taken for credit Introduction to Medieval History A course, with significant Byzantine content, offered by Paul Halsall at Fordham University The Crusades A Course offered by Paul Hyams at Cornell University. Lecture: Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Medieval Europe
• German Civilization I [to 1600] A course by David Shepherd at American University. Texts in German. [Internet Archive]

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