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Michael Edward Stewart
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Loves: Hiking/gym/baseball cards/Stout/ Research Fellow https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/16690
Author-The Soldier's Life; AUP book on Procopius. Routledge books on Generalship in the Age of Justinian/ Identity in Byzantium/Marriage & Alliance
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My recent on-line discussion with my friend, the writer Adrian Goldsworthy (75 mins.), www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kht...
Geoffrey Greatrex - Procopius, Justinian and Belisarius
YouTube video by Adrian Goldsworthy. Historian and Novelist
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
November 6, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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New volume of Classica Cracoviensia Vol. 28 (2025) journals.akademicka.pl/cc/issue/vie... #openaccess @mikeaztec.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Some may know that I mostly write about Procopius and Agathias, but here is a review essay I wrote for Histos on another of my favourite sixth-century authors John Malalas: histos.org/index.php/hi....
Malalas as Historian of His Times (on O. Gengler and M. Meier, edd., Johannes Malalas: Der Chronist als Zeithistoriker) | Histos
histos.org
October 31, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I love Halloween...but a bit sad this year since I'm down to one child for trick-or-treating
October 30, 2025 at 9:55 AM
First proofs day! Coming soon an article on the Gothic Queen Matasuintha and Justinian's cousin Germanus, that I really enjoyed researching and writing:
Michael Edward Stewart (2025). Two weddings and a funeral: marriage and death in the house of Germanus. Classica Cracoviensia 28, pp. 263-296.
October 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Jonathan Wild, History, philosophy, and poetry in the Histories of Agathias of Myrina - ORA - Oxford University Research Archive ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...
History, philosophy, and poetry in the Histories of Agathias of Myrina - ORA - Oxford University Research Archive
This thesis is a study of the dynamic roles of history, philosophy, and poetry in the Histories of Agathias of Myrina. It is especially concerned with Agathias’ numerous philosophical digressions and ...
ora.ox.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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It occurred to me that MAGA isn’t actually a nostalgia for Greatness, rather a longing for American Exceptionalism. They are mad that the rest of the world has good movies & good music & technology too. They want it to be like the 50’s: cool Americans vs. the miserable rest!

They hate our freedoms!
October 6, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Might as well post this here— I *think* it's still vald
November 24, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Devastating news about Dennis. As a tribute here is a link to his magisterial piece: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
POETS AND READERS IN SEVENTH-CENTURY ROME: POPE HONORIUS, LUCRETIUS, AND THE DOORS OF ST. PETER'S | Traditio | Cambridge Core
POETS AND READERS IN SEVENTH-CENTURY ROME: POPE HONORIUS, LUCRETIUS, AND THE DOORS OF ST. PETER'S - Volume 75
www.cambridge.org
October 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Having now heard from my new series editor @ Routledge (who took over from the original editor at AUP), I’m pleased to share that, Portraits of Generalship & Authority in the Age of Justinian and Beyond, is on track and currently scheduled for publication in early 2026.
October 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
As my former country falls ever further into despotism and now what I feel is irreversible decline, I am facing the real possibility that I may never set foot there again, which is both painful and gratifying...
October 6, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Final words by Jane Goodall.
Powerful stuff.
Jane Goodall offers sage advice for the rest of us. #3E
October 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Well, its official, my Amsterdam University Press book is now a Routledge publication, good news is that there will be an affordable paperback version available: www.routledge.com/Masculinity-...
Masculinity, Identity, and Power Politics in the Age of Justinian: A Study of Procopius
A generation of historians has been captivated by the notorious views on gender found in the mid-sixth century Secret History by the Byzantine historian Procopius of Caesarea. Yet the notable but subt...
www.routledge.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Well It has happened my AUP book on Procopius will soon be available as a paper back published by Routledge: www.routledge.com/Masculinity-...
Masculinity, Identity, and Power Politics in the Age of Justinian: A Study of Procopius
A generation of historians has been captivated by the notorious views on gender found in the mid-sixth century Secret History by the Byzantine historian Procopius of Caesarea. Yet the notable but subt...
www.routledge.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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New from @EmpirePodUK
The History of Gaza Episode Three
Byzantine Gaza: The Rise of Christianity

@anitaanand.bsky.social &I are joined by the great Professor Peter Sarris to discuss Byzantine Gaza

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/2...
September 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Perhaps a sign that I'm on the cusp of being a senior rather than mid-career academic.???
September 16, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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New issue of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies Vol. 49, No. 2 (2025) www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @universitypress.cambridge.org
September 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM