Category Archives: Publications

Constantinople, modern Istanbul, stands at the conjunction of Europe and Asia. Founded on the site of Byzantium by Constantine in 330 CE its significance religiously, politically, and culturally in the succeeding centuries from its foundation cannot be over-emphasised. But what … Continue reading →

Hymns, Homilies and Hermeneutics in Byzantium, ed. Sarah Gador-Whyte and Andrew Mellas (Leiden: Brill, 2020). Byzantina Australiensia volume 25 The collection of papers in Hymns, Homilies and Hermeneutics explores the literature of Byzantine liturgical communities and provides a window into … Continue reading →

This review of AABS Committee member Andrew Mellas’s new publication appears on the site of the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art & Culture. Andrew Mellas, Liturgy and the Emotions in Byzantium: Compunction and Hymnody.  Cambridge University Press, 2020. From … Continue reading →

Liturgy and the Emotions in Byzantium: Compunction and Hymnody Andrew Mellas, St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College, NSW Cambridge University Press, June 2020 This book explores the liturgical experience of emotions in Byzantium through the hymns of Romanos the Melodist, … Continue reading →

Five Contemporary Texts in Annotated Translations Translated by Denis Sullivan Byzantina Australiensia vol. 23 (Leiden 2018) ISBN 978-90-04-38220-6 (hardback) ISBN 978-90-04-38216-9 (e-book) ISSN: 0725-3079 x + 252 pages Copies may be ordered online.  AABS financial members are eligible for a 25% discount.  … Continue reading →

Editors: Bronwen Neil and Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides Byzantina Australiensia vol. 24 (Leiden 2018) ISBN 978-90-04-36686-2 (hardback) ISBN 978-90-04-37571-0 (e-book) ISSN: 0725-3079 xiv + 350 pages Copies may be ordered online.  AABS financial members are eligible for a 25% discount.  Brill has set up a … Continue reading →

Greek text, English translation and commentary Author: Cynthia Stallman-Pacitti Editor: John Bernard Burke Byzantina Australiensia vol. 22 (Leiden 2018) ISBN 978-90-04-36621-3 (hardback) ISBN 978-90-04-36644-2 (e-book) ISSN: 0725-3079 xii + 526 pages Copies may be ordered online.  AABS financial members are … Continue reading →

Outlandish Knight: The Byzantine Life of Steven Runciman by Minoo Dinshaw. Penguin, 767 pp, £30.00, September 2016, ISBN 978 0 241 00493 7 This is a book that will interest the general public as well as Byzantinists.  It has a particular resonance for me, because I met Sir Steven briefly when … Continue reading →

Brill are now publishing and distributing the Byzantina Australiensia series in both print and electronic formats. Copies of each published volume may be ordered online, including back issues.  AABS financial members are eligible for a 25% discount. The individual volumes … Continue reading →

Edited by Amelia Brown, University of Queensland and Bronwen Neil, Macquarie University Byzantina Australiensia vol. 21 (2017) ISBN: 9789004348868 E-ISBN: 9789004349070 ISSN: 0725-3079 Ordering details This collection on Byzantine culture in translation, edited by Amelia Brown and Bronwen Neil, examines … Continue reading →

The individual volumes in the Byzantina Australiensia series are now becoming available online at the web site of our new publisher, Brill: http://www.brill.com/products/series/byzantina-australiensia.   See the web site for prices and the anticipated availability dates of past volumes.

Byzantina Australiensia has proved a highly successful series since the first volume was published in 1981. As of November 2016, Brill will publish and distribute the series. Copies of each volume may be ordered online at www.Brill.com, including back issues. Full … Continue reading →

Ceræ: An Australasian Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies is excited to open its call for papers for Volume 3 (2016). Articles are welcome on any topic relating to Medieval and Early Modern studies, in any discipline. In addition, … Continue reading →

The Australian Association for Byzantine Studies is pleased to announce the publication of volume 20 in the Byzantina Australiensia series: Byzantium, Its Neighbours and Its Cultures Edited by Danijel Dzino and Ken Parry Byzantina Australiensia vol. 20 (Brisbane 2014) ISBN: … Continue reading →

Edited by Danijel Dzino and Ken Parry Byzantina Australiensia vol. 20 (Forthcoming) ISBN: 978-1-876503-01-7; ISSN: 0725-3079 Byzantium was one of the longest-lasting empires in history. Throughout the millennium of its existence, the empire showed its capability to change and develop … Continue reading →

Current financial members of the Association are entitled to a 10% discount on volumes published in 2010 and later, 20% for volumes published before 2010.  More details.

Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies is an internationally recognised, peer-reviewed journal and one of the leading publications in its field. Published twice a year, its remit has always been to facilitate the publication of high-quality research and discussion in all … Continue reading →

Recently Published: Questions of Gender in Byzantine Society edited by Bronwen Neil, Australian Catholic University, Australia and Lynda Garland, University of New England, Armidale, Australia; (Ashgate, 2013). Click on the image below to download a copy of the flyer or … Continue reading →