Committee on Medieval Studies: “Worldliness in Byzantium and Beyond: Manuscript Materiality and Byzantine Materialism.”

The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture is pleased to announce the final lecture in its 2015–2016 lecture series. 

On May 4, 2016, at 6:15 pm at the Harvard Faculty Club, Cecily J. Hilsdale (McGill University) will present “Worldliness in Byzantium and Beyond: Manuscript Materiality and Byzantine Materialism.” Professor Hilsdale will consider the complicated history of the tale of Barlaam and Ioasaph.

The lecture is co-sponsored by Harvard University Standing Committee on Medieval Studies.

The lecture is free and open to the public. A reception follows.

Please visit www.maryjahariscenter.org or contact Brandie Ratliff (mjcbac@hchc.edu), Director, Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture, for additional information.​