Seminar Schedule

Please note: All times listed are Eastern Time Zone/New York.


Thursday, December 1, 2022
4:30 PM | 211 Dickinson Hall & Zoom

  • Jane Kershaw, University of Oxford | “Across the Black and Caspian Seas: Silver and the Viking Expansion”
  • Jonathan Shepard, University of Oxford [Zoom] | “The Rus and the Black Sea Zone: Late Arrivals?”

Respondent: Matthew Delvaux, Princeton University

Zoom Registration – For those who wish to attend this seminar virtually.

Registration is not required for in-person attendance of this seminar. We kindly ask that you please follow the current University Covid-19 guidelines.

The recording of any meeting, activity or event relating to the Medieval Black Sea Project (and/or distribution of that recording) is not authorised without advance notice to, consultation with and express permission from the organisers and administrators of the project. Unauthorised recording is a violation of the policy of Princeton University and may result in disciplinary action. For further information on university policies, please consult with the Office of the General Counsel.


Thursday, February 2, 2023
4:30 PM | 211 Dickinson Hall & Zoom

The Black Sea MAP (Maritime Archaeological Project): Ancient and Medieval Shipwrecks in Bulgarian Black Sea Waters

  • Rodrigo Pacheco-Ruiz, University of Southampton | “Documenting Archaeological Sites Using Deep Sea Robotics”
  • Johan Rönnby, Södertörn University | “Sea Change, Seafaring and Long-Term History. A Maritime Archaeological Perspective”

Respondent: Sam Holzman, Princeton University

Zoom Registration – For those who wish to attend this seminar virtually.

Registration is not required for in-person attendance of this seminar. We kindly ask that you please follow the current University Covid-19 guidelines.

The recording of any meeting, activity or event relating to the Medieval Black Sea Project (and/or distribution of that recording) is not authorised without advance notice to, consultation with and express permission from the organisers and administrators of the project. Unauthorised recording is a violation of the policy of Princeton University and may result in disciplinary action. For further information on university policies, please consult with the Office of the General Counsel.


Thursday, February 9, 2023
4:30 PM | 211 Dickinson Hall & Zoom

  • Yulia Mikhailova, New Mexico Tech | “O Rus Land, Brightest of the Bright”: Land, Religion, and Identity between the Pontic Steppe and the Eastern Baltic, 10th – 13th cc.
  • Christian Raffensperger, Wittenberg University | “The Arc of Medieval Europe: Shifting our Focus in Medieval Studies”

Respondent: Helmut Reimitz, Princeton University

Zoom Registration – For those who wish to attend this seminar virtually.

Registration is not required for in-person attendance of this seminar. We kindly ask that you please follow the current University Covid-19 guidelines.

The recording of any meeting, activity or event relating to the Medieval Black Sea Project (and/or distribution of that recording) is not authorised without advance notice to, consultation with and express permission from the organisers and administrators of the project. Unauthorised recording is a violation of the policy of Princeton University and may result in disciplinary action. For further information on university policies, please consult with the Office of the General Counsel.


Thursday, March 2, 2023
4:30 PM | 211 Dickinson Hall & Zoom

  • Lilyana Yordanova, École française d’Athènes | “Entangled Past and Selective Present: the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast at the Crossroad of Cultures and Religions”
  • Valentina Izmirlieva, Columbia University | “How Moscow Usurped the Baptizer of Rus’: From Muscovy to Putin’s Russia”

Respondent: Yonatan Glazer-Eytan, Princeton University

Zoom Registration – For those who wish to attend this seminar virtually.

Registration is not required for in-person attendance of this seminar. We kindly ask that you please follow the current University Covid-19 guidelines.

The recording of any meeting, activity or event relating to the Medieval Black Sea Project (and/or distribution of that recording) is not authorised without advance notice to, consultation with and express permission from the organisers and administrators of the project. Unauthorised recording is a violation of the policy of Princeton University and may result in disciplinary action. For further information on university policies, please consult with the Office of the General Counsel.


Thursday, March 9, 2023
4:30 PM | 211 Dickinson Hall & Zoom

  • Ian Colvin, University of Cambridge | “The Strategic Importance of the Black Sea in the Age of Justinian: The View from the South Caucasus”
  • Alexander Sarantis, University of Warsaw | “The Strategic Importance of the Black Sea in the Age of Justinian: The View from the Balkans”

Respondent: Jack Tannous, Princeton University

Zoom Registration – For those who wish to attend this seminar virtually.

Registration is not required for in-person attendance of this seminar. We kindly ask that you please follow the current University Covid-19 guidelines.

The recording of any meeting, activity or event relating to the Medieval Black Sea Project (and/or distribution of that recording) is not authorised without advance notice to, consultation with and express permission from the organisers and administrators of the project. Unauthorised recording is a violation of the policy of Princeton University and may result in disciplinary action. For further information on university policies, please consult with the Office of the General Counsel.


Thursday, April 27, 2023
4:30 PM | 211 Dickinson Hall & Zoom

  • Olenka Pevny, University of Cambridge | “St. Clement in Rus’: Subverting the Latin West-Eastern Orthodox Dichotomy”
  • Julia Matveyeva, formerly at O. M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy (Kharkiv, Ukraine) | “Relics, symbols, and images of saints in the context of the altar space. From Khersones crypts to St Sophia of Kyiv”

Respondent: Maria Alessia Rossi, Princeton University

Zoom Registration – For those who wish to attend this seminar virtually.

Registration is not required for in-person attendance of this seminar. We kindly ask that you please follow the current University Covid-19 guidelines.

The recording of any meeting, activity or event relating to the Medieval Black Sea Project (and/or distribution of that recording) is not authorised without advance notice to, consultation with and express permission from the organisers and administrators of the project. Unauthorised recording is a violation of the policy of Princeton University and may result in disciplinary action. For further information on university policies, please consult with the Office of the General Counsel.