{"product_id":"is-byzantine-studies-a-colonialist-discipline-9780271095264","title":"Is Byzantine Studies a Colonialist Discipline","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA volume of essays by scholars of Byzantine art, history, and literature addressing the entanglements between the academic discipline of Byzantine studies and the practice and legacies of European colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“With this slim yet rich and thoughtful volume, the field of Byzantine studies has finally joined the project of excavating the colonialist, imperialist, and white supremacist foundations of modern academia. This collection of essays does more than merely remedy a scholarly lacuna; it sounds an urgent call to action that is bound to reverberate in years to come, generating further self-reflection, debate, and dialogue.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Ivan Drpić,author of\u003ci\u003e Epigram, Art, and Devotion in Later Byzantium \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This dynamic, multivocal volume has the potential to reshape not only the field of Byzantine studies but also larger movements within the humanities, with outstanding contributions by Aschenbrenner and Ransohoff, Achi, and Williams. Anderson and Ivanova’s work—particularly its willingness to engage with critical race and decolonial studies—will appeal to Byzantinists as well as those engaged in global medieval studies and adjacent fields, especially Ethiopian and Islamic studies.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Suzanne Conklin Akbari,author of \u003ci\u003eIdols in the East: European Representations of Islam and the Orient, 1100-1450\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface: The Historical Conjuncture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: For a Critical Historiography of Byzantine Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBenjamin Anderson and Mirela Ivanova\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1: How Is Byzantine Studies (Re)Produced?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Hieronymus Wolf’s Silver Tongue: Early Byzantine Scholarship at the Intersection of Slavery, Colonialism, and the Crusades\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNathanael Aschenbrenner and Jake Ransohoff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Byzantine Archaeology: Teaching the Tenth and the Twentieth Centuries\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHugh G. Jeffery\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Byzantium in Exile\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eŞebnem Dönbekci, Bahattin Bayram, and Zeynep Olgun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 2: How Is Byzantium (Re)Produced?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Methodological Imperialism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicholas S. M. Matheou\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. The Price of Admission\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnthony Kaldellis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Byzantine Studies: A Field Ripe for Disruption\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAveril Cameron\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Subaltern Byzantinism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaria Mavroudi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 3: How Are Byzantine Texts (Re)Produced?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Byzantine and Western Narratives: A Dialogue of Empires\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eArietta Papaconstantinou\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. The Ethnic Process\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexandra Vukovich\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Publication and Citation Practices: Enclosure, Extractivism, and Gatekeeping in Byzantine Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatthew Kinloch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 4: How Is Byzantine Art (Re)Produced?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. The South Kensington Museum, Byzantine Egyptian Textiles, and Art-Historical Imperialism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eArielle Winnik\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. From Ethnographic Illustration to Aphrodisian Magistrate: Changing Perceptions of an Early Byzantine Portrait\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephanie R. Caruso\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. Expanding and Decentering Byzantium: The Acquisition of an Ethiopian Double-Sided Gospel Leaf\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrea Myers Achi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14. Equity, Accessibility, and New Narratives for Byzantine Art in the Museum\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeth Dospěl Williams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Collective Bibliography Toward a Critical Historiography of Byzantine Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400820990295,"sku":"9780271095264","price":19.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780271095264.jpg?v=1730471657","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/is-byzantine-studies-a-colonialist-discipline-9780271095264","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}