Madeleine
@empressofbyzantium.bsky.social
Dealer in digital artefacts of Byzantium. Writer of invective and diatribe. Unapologetic Theodora stan. DPhil Candidate in History at Oxford. OUBS President 2025/6.
Making Byzantium Great Again!
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Making Byzantium Great Again!
empressofbyzantium.substack.com
Absolutely thrilled that the panel I’ve organised for #LeedsIMC2026 has been accepted! Our panel focuses on agents of memory & memory as agent between #LateAntiquity and #Byzantium. Myself & my colleagues are so ready to meet everyone & listen to some incredible papers. #LeedsIMC #historian
November 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Absolutely thrilled that the panel I’ve organised for #LeedsIMC2026 has been accepted! Our panel focuses on agents of memory & memory as agent between #LateAntiquity and #Byzantium. Myself & my colleagues are so ready to meet everyone & listen to some incredible papers. #LeedsIMC #historian
Just 6 days left to apply to the 28th OUBS Graduate Conference! Full CfP is on the OUBS website!! Get those abstracts in!! #byzantium #byzantinestudies #oxford #graduatestudent #cfp #callforpapers #abstracts
November 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Just 6 days left to apply to the 28th OUBS Graduate Conference! Full CfP is on the OUBS website!! Get those abstracts in!! #byzantium #byzantinestudies #oxford #graduatestudent #cfp #callforpapers #abstracts
Wonderful but rainy trip up to Norwich to present at the #ChaseMEMRN 2025 Winter Conference. Fantastic panels & brilliantly pulled off by the organising team. Can’t wait for next year’s, when I’ll make sure it’s less of a whistle stop journey. #byzantinehistory #academic #academia
November 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Wonderful but rainy trip up to Norwich to present at the #ChaseMEMRN 2025 Winter Conference. Fantastic panels & brilliantly pulled off by the organising team. Can’t wait for next year’s, when I’ll make sure it’s less of a whistle stop journey. #byzantinehistory #academic #academia
Very appropriate word of the day from the TLG: συγχωνεύω / “to melt down.”
Not inspired by any current events, I’m sure!
Not inspired by any current events, I’m sure!
June 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Very appropriate word of the day from the TLG: συγχωνεύω / “to melt down.”
Not inspired by any current events, I’m sure!
Not inspired by any current events, I’m sure!
Finally got my hands on this beauty! @rhigarthjones.bsky.social
Going to be binge read on my holiday & I can’t waiiit 😇😇😇
#romanhistory #classics
Going to be binge read on my holiday & I can’t waiiit 😇😇😇
#romanhistory #classics
June 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Finally got my hands on this beauty! @rhigarthjones.bsky.social
Going to be binge read on my holiday & I can’t waiiit 😇😇😇
#romanhistory #classics
Going to be binge read on my holiday & I can’t waiiit 😇😇😇
#romanhistory #classics
First day at Villa Romana del Casale yesterday!! Back again today to see more #mosaics. Absolutely floored by the quality and extent of preservation!! 🥹 #arthistory #mosaicmonday #romanmosaics #byzantineart #historian
May 5, 2025 at 6:12 AM
First day at Villa Romana del Casale yesterday!! Back again today to see more #mosaics. Absolutely floored by the quality and extent of preservation!! 🥹 #arthistory #mosaicmonday #romanmosaics #byzantineart #historian
Soo pleased to say that I passed my Transfer of Status & I’m now allowed to call myself a #doctoralstudent! 😎 celebrating by having a nap & packing for my 5-day Sicilian road trip adventure… can’t wait to see the Piazza Armerina #mosaics for real! #historian #phdstudent #romanmosaics #arthistory
May 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Soo pleased to say that I passed my Transfer of Status & I’m now allowed to call myself a #doctoralstudent! 😎 celebrating by having a nap & packing for my 5-day Sicilian road trip adventure… can’t wait to see the Piazza Armerina #mosaics for real! #historian #phdstudent #romanmosaics #arthistory
Plans to go to the library scuppered by the weather app claiming UV6 & 24 degrees…
In other news, I have my transfer of status this Friday & prep for that, as well as my other writing, is all-consuming!
But next week, #Sicily!
#Oxfordstudent #byzantium #classics #booksky #historian #historybluesky
In other news, I have my transfer of status this Friday & prep for that, as well as my other writing, is all-consuming!
But next week, #Sicily!
#Oxfordstudent #byzantium #classics #booksky #historian #historybluesky
April 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Plans to go to the library scuppered by the weather app claiming UV6 & 24 degrees…
In other news, I have my transfer of status this Friday & prep for that, as well as my other writing, is all-consuming!
But next week, #Sicily!
#Oxfordstudent #byzantium #classics #booksky #historian #historybluesky
In other news, I have my transfer of status this Friday & prep for that, as well as my other writing, is all-consuming!
But next week, #Sicily!
#Oxfordstudent #byzantium #classics #booksky #historian #historybluesky
In just over 2 weeks I’ll be in #Sicily!! Other than the Piazza Armerina mosaics I am most excited for the #CappellaPalatina. Cannot wait to learn more about Sicily in #LateAntiquity & the #MiddleAges 💛⭐️
©️ Liilia Moroz under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-...
#arthistory #byzantium #historian
©️ Liilia Moroz under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-...
#arthistory #byzantium #historian
April 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
In just over 2 weeks I’ll be in #Sicily!! Other than the Piazza Armerina mosaics I am most excited for the #CappellaPalatina. Cannot wait to learn more about Sicily in #LateAntiquity & the #MiddleAges 💛⭐️
©️ Liilia Moroz under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-...
#arthistory #byzantium #historian
©️ Liilia Moroz under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-...
#arthistory #byzantium #historian
Easter Day 2 (Easter Saturday?) & my Easter-y #Byzantine #artwork is the #mosaic from Sant’Apollinaire in Classe. I’m obsessed w the goofy sheep. I adore sheep, so much so that I’ve not had lamb since I was 7! Pls consider donating to a sheep & lamb sanctuary this Easter, loads in the UK! 🫶🏼🐑
April 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Easter Day 2 (Easter Saturday?) & my Easter-y #Byzantine #artwork is the #mosaic from Sant’Apollinaire in Classe. I’m obsessed w the goofy sheep. I adore sheep, so much so that I’ve not had lamb since I was 7! Pls consider donating to a sheep & lamb sanctuary this Easter, loads in the UK! 🫶🏼🐑
And if it isn’t him you’re wrong
April 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
And if it isn’t him you’re wrong
It’s Good Friday! Fun to be an #Easter lover & #Byzantinist this year, bc it’s a Catholic/Protestant x Orthodox collab!
To celebrate I’ll post an Easter themed #artwork a day, starting w/ this 6thc Paschal Calendar, showing the dates from 532-626 AD. 📍Ravenna, Italy.
#byzantinehistory #historian
To celebrate I’ll post an Easter themed #artwork a day, starting w/ this 6thc Paschal Calendar, showing the dates from 532-626 AD. 📍Ravenna, Italy.
#byzantinehistory #historian
April 18, 2025 at 9:53 AM
It’s Good Friday! Fun to be an #Easter lover & #Byzantinist this year, bc it’s a Catholic/Protestant x Orthodox collab!
To celebrate I’ll post an Easter themed #artwork a day, starting w/ this 6thc Paschal Calendar, showing the dates from 532-626 AD. 📍Ravenna, Italy.
#byzantinehistory #historian
To celebrate I’ll post an Easter themed #artwork a day, starting w/ this 6thc Paschal Calendar, showing the dates from 532-626 AD. 📍Ravenna, Italy.
#byzantinehistory #historian
Stuff is sad&bad rn, but my dad sent me photos of these votive crowns from 7thc #Spain & they’ve gotten me over some severe writer’s block that has been impacting my #novel progress, so I’m trying to focus on small wins. Humanity makes beautiful things & deserves more than this current moment.
April 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
April 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Late #mosaicmonday post — the ‘Tomb of Galla Placidia,’ one of the most beautiful sites of 5th-6th c mosaic artwork& architecture. 📍 #Ravenna, #Italy.
#byzantinehistory #arthistory #lateantiquity #byzantium #historian
#byzantinehistory #arthistory #lateantiquity #byzantium #historian
April 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Late #mosaicmonday post — the ‘Tomb of Galla Placidia,’ one of the most beautiful sites of 5th-6th c mosaic artwork& architecture. 📍 #Ravenna, #Italy.
#byzantinehistory #arthistory #lateantiquity #byzantium #historian
#byzantinehistory #arthistory #lateantiquity #byzantium #historian
Sooo excited that my lil review of the #SilkRoads exhibition @ the #BritishMuseum is out now in the latest #ICMA newsletter!
Give it a read if you’ve got a moment to spare 🫶🏼🪷
#arthistory #historian #byzantinehistory
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Give it a read if you’ve got a moment to spare 🫶🏼🪷
#arthistory #historian #byzantinehistory
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April 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Sooo excited that my lil review of the #SilkRoads exhibition @ the #BritishMuseum is out now in the latest #ICMA newsletter!
Give it a read if you’ve got a moment to spare 🫶🏼🪷
#arthistory #historian #byzantinehistory
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Give it a read if you’ve got a moment to spare 🫶🏼🪷
#arthistory #historian #byzantinehistory
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Took a really delightful social media break to be present in my hometown for a while!! Back to regularly scheduled #LateAntiquity / #Byzantine / #History / #Art posting soon, but for now enjoy these snippets of the world’s greatest city, my beloved #HongKong / 香港 ❤️🔥🇭🇰
+852 forever!
+852 forever!
March 31, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Took a really delightful social media break to be present in my hometown for a while!! Back to regularly scheduled #LateAntiquity / #Byzantine / #History / #Art posting soon, but for now enjoy these snippets of the world’s greatest city, my beloved #HongKong / 香港 ❤️🔥🇭🇰
+852 forever!
+852 forever!
#Women in parity w men in #LateAntiquity.
Gold glass: Peregina w SS. Peter and Paul. Mid-4th c, glass & gold leaf.📍Metropolitan Museum of Art
Donor portrait: Hethyme w St. Macarius. 4th/5th c, linen.📍Benaki Museum
Panel: figure of a woman in ‘speaker’s pose.’4th c, bone.📍V&A
#arthistory #byzantium
Gold glass: Peregina w SS. Peter and Paul. Mid-4th c, glass & gold leaf.📍Metropolitan Museum of Art
Donor portrait: Hethyme w St. Macarius. 4th/5th c, linen.📍Benaki Museum
Panel: figure of a woman in ‘speaker’s pose.’4th c, bone.📍V&A
#arthistory #byzantium
March 17, 2025 at 12:08 PM
#Women in parity w men in #LateAntiquity.
Gold glass: Peregina w SS. Peter and Paul. Mid-4th c, glass & gold leaf.📍Metropolitan Museum of Art
Donor portrait: Hethyme w St. Macarius. 4th/5th c, linen.📍Benaki Museum
Panel: figure of a woman in ‘speaker’s pose.’4th c, bone.📍V&A
#arthistory #byzantium
Gold glass: Peregina w SS. Peter and Paul. Mid-4th c, glass & gold leaf.📍Metropolitan Museum of Art
Donor portrait: Hethyme w St. Macarius. 4th/5th c, linen.📍Benaki Museum
Panel: figure of a woman in ‘speaker’s pose.’4th c, bone.📍V&A
#arthistory #byzantium
Zone of chaos / zone of productivity. Need to finish my transfer of status referencing today!!! So very excited for this term to be overr 💛 #phdstudent #oxfordstudent #study #dayinthelife
March 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Zone of chaos / zone of productivity. Need to finish my transfer of status referencing today!!! So very excited for this term to be overr 💛 #phdstudent #oxfordstudent #study #dayinthelife
Local coffee shops are the best
☕️💚🔋🔫✅
☕️💚🔋🔫✅
March 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Local coffee shops are the best
☕️💚🔋🔫✅
☕️💚🔋🔫✅
Happy funny Sunday vibes despite my ongoing stress over DPhil work. My boyfriend made the most cartoon-like perfectly fluffy and aesthetic pancakes 🫶🏼 and my cat tried valiantly, again, to leave relative comfort for a life fighting foxes in the streets. It was sunny, too!
March 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Happy funny Sunday vibes despite my ongoing stress over DPhil work. My boyfriend made the most cartoon-like perfectly fluffy and aesthetic pancakes 🫶🏼 and my cat tried valiantly, again, to leave relative comfort for a life fighting foxes in the streets. It was sunny, too!
Happy #InternationalWomensDay !! Ft. some of my mosaic muses from #Ravenna 🧝🏼♀️💛👑
#IWD #womenshistory #byzantinehistory #arthistory
#IWD #womenshistory #byzantinehistory #arthistory
March 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Happy #InternationalWomensDay !! Ft. some of my mosaic muses from #Ravenna 🧝🏼♀️💛👑
#IWD #womenshistory #byzantinehistory #arthistory
#IWD #womenshistory #byzantinehistory #arthistory
Some bits & pieces over the last few days… trying to find moments of light in our newly dark times. #Spring has (sort of!!) sprung at least! 🌸🏛️🧚🏼♀️🌙
#phdstudent #oxford #dayinthelife
#phdstudent #oxford #dayinthelife
March 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Some bits & pieces over the last few days… trying to find moments of light in our newly dark times. #Spring has (sort of!!) sprung at least! 🌸🏛️🧚🏼♀️🌙
#phdstudent #oxford #dayinthelife
#phdstudent #oxford #dayinthelife
As of today I am attempting to start my mornings sans doom scroll by reading for 20-30 mins when I wake up.
Book of choice is this excellent #history of Islamic Spain by Catlos. Highly recommend — well researched & eloquently written.
#bookreview #historian #dayinthelife #oxfordstudent
Book of choice is this excellent #history of Islamic Spain by Catlos. Highly recommend — well researched & eloquently written.
#bookreview #historian #dayinthelife #oxfordstudent
March 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM
As of today I am attempting to start my mornings sans doom scroll by reading for 20-30 mins when I wake up.
Book of choice is this excellent #history of Islamic Spain by Catlos. Highly recommend — well researched & eloquently written.
#bookreview #historian #dayinthelife #oxfordstudent
Book of choice is this excellent #history of Islamic Spain by Catlos. Highly recommend — well researched & eloquently written.
#bookreview #historian #dayinthelife #oxfordstudent
Just presented my first ever #conference paper whilst on the verge of totally losing my voice!!! Relieved it got done & glad I got to revisit some of my MA work looking at the 8thc #mosaic at St.Stephen’s Church, Umm ar-Rasas #Jordan!
#byzantinehistory #arthistory #byzantinebluesky #OUBS2025
#byzantinehistory #arthistory #byzantinebluesky #OUBS2025
March 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Just presented my first ever #conference paper whilst on the verge of totally losing my voice!!! Relieved it got done & glad I got to revisit some of my MA work looking at the 8thc #mosaic at St.Stephen’s Church, Umm ar-Rasas #Jordan!
#byzantinehistory #arthistory #byzantinebluesky #OUBS2025
#byzantinehistory #arthistory #byzantinebluesky #OUBS2025