Tutor information
Aphrodite Papayianni
Aphrodite Papayianni teaches at the University of London. She has a particular interest in the Byzantine-Western relations and has published articles in various topics of Byzantine History.
Courses
Examine the artistic life in the Byzantine Empire (4th-15th century), analyse its symbolism, assess the institutions that supported its flourishing, and survey the political and religious ideologies that influenced it.
The course will offer an overview of the political, ecclesiastical, social and artistic history of the Byzantine Empire, the most long-lived empire in the history of the western civilisation.
The course will examine the diplomatic, military, ecclesiastical, trade and cultural relations between the Byzantine Empire and its neighbours from the 4th to the 15th centuries.
The course aims to offer an overview of the cultural and artistic life in some of the major Byzantine centres (Constantinople, Thessalonica, Meteora, Mt Athos, Ravenna, Sicily, Mt Sinai and Mystras) from the 4th to the 15th century.
This course focuses on the founder of the greatest empire the ancient world had ever seen, Alexander the Great, who has been an example to European and Islamic rulers and remains the hero of numerous legends and stories worldwide.