List of known Byzantinists

The list of well-known Byzantinists includes people who have completed their habilitation in this subject, are relevant as authors or have made other significant contributions to Byzantine Studies. Byzantinists are generally concerned with the Middle Greek language and Byzantine literature, as well as the history, but also the art and archeology of the Byzantine Empire . Close relations exist to Biblical , Classical , Near Eastern and Provincial Roman Archeology , the Classics and Modern Greek Studies , for Ancient History , Egyptology , Islamic Studies , History of the Middle Ages and to epigraphy , Papyrology , numismatics , diplomacy and Christian archeology , which often with early Christian art works employed.

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Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A.

scientist	nationality	Place of work	Subjects / qualifications	Research priorities	image
Augusta Acconcia Longo (1941-2016)	Italian	Sapienza University , Rome	Byzantine Philology	Hymnography, religious and profane poetry in imitation of classical models, historiography, hagiography , especially Italian-Greek, and the history of Byzantine graces in southern Italy and Sicily
Willem J. Aerts (1926-2017)	Dutch	University of Groningen	Byzantine Philology Neo-Greek Studies Classical Philology	History of language, Alexander legend, Byzantine novel, Michael Psellos
Hélène Ahrweiler (* 1926) Ελένη Γλύκατζη-Αρβελέρ	Greek / French	University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne	Byzantine history	Byzantine Navy , administration, political ideology, Byzantine geography
Margaret Alexiou (* 20th century) Μάργαρετ Αλεξίου	British	University of Birmingham Harvard University	Byzantine Philology Neo- Greek Studies Comparative Studies	Lament ritual, folk tales , folk song
Stylianos Alexiou (1921–2013) Στυλιανός Αλεξίου	Greek	University of Crete	Classical Archeology Neo-Greek Studies	Literature of the Cretan Renaissance: Apokopos , Erotokritos by Vitsentzos Kornaros , Βοσκοπούλα ; Digenis Akritas ; Byzantine folk song
Michael Altripp (* 1963)	German	University of Greifswald	Theology Byzantine Art History	Iconography , Architecture and Liturgy (Liturgy Commentaries)
Konstantinos Amantos (1874–1960) Κωνσταντίνος Άμαντος	Greek	University of Athens	Byzantine history	Toponomastics , history of Ottoman rule, history of Chios , ethnology and history of neighboring peoples
Dimităr Simeonov Angelov (1917–1996) Димитър Симеонов Ангелов	Bulgarian	Sofia University	Byzantine history	Balkans in the Middle Ages , icons , Kariye Camii (Chora Church)
Dimiter Angelov (* 1972) Димитър Ангелов	Bulgarian	Dumbarton Oaks University of Birmingham Western Michigan University	Byzantine history	Ideology and Political Thought in Byzantium
Michael Angold (* 1940)	Briton	University of Edinburgh	Byzantine history	Fourth Crusade , Church and Society, the Comnenes , the Laskarids of Nikaia
Sophia Antoniadis (1895–1972) Σοφία Αντωνιάδη	Greek	Leiden University	Byzantine Philology	Ptochoprodromics
Wiada Arturovna Arutyunova-Fidanyan (* 1937) Виада Артуровна Арутюнова-Фиданян	Russian	Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Byzantine history	economic-political history, cartography as well as social and administrative structure; Countries of the Byzantine culture, e.g. B. Armenia
Panajota Asimakopoulou-Atzaka (* 20th century) Παναγιώτα Ασημακοπούλου-Ατζακά	Greek	University of Thessaloniki	Christian archeology Byzantine history	Late antiquity, interior decoration, Greek and Latin sources on art, terminology and Christian idolatry, early Christian mosaic floors
Anna Avramea (1934-2008) Άννα Αβραμέα	Greek	University of Crete	Byzantine history	Tabula Imperii Romani , Historical Geography

B.

scientist	nationality	Place of work	Subjects / qualifications	Research priorities	image
Elka Bakalowa (* 1931) Елка Бакалова	Bulgarian	New Bulgarian University , Sofia	Art history	Byzantine art, Bulgarian art of the Middle Ages
Franz Alto Bauer (* 1965)	German	University of Munich	Christian archeology art history	Forms of staging late antique monuments, statues, urban processions, pilgrimages, staging of the saint in the early medieval west, Rome
Norman Hepburn Baynes (1877-1961)	Briton	University College London	Byzantine history	Byzantine history
Roderick Beaton (* 1951) Ρόντερικ Μπήτον	Briton	King's College London	English and Neo-Greek Studies	Folk poetry, novel
Hans-Georg Beck (1910–1999)	German	University of Munich Byzantine Institute, Scheyern Monastery	Byzantine Philology	Byzantine history, literary history, theology
Alexander Beihammer (* 1970)	Austrian	University of Cyprus (on leave) University of Notre Dame	Byzantine history	Byzantine diplomacy
Klaus Belke (* 1947)	German	Institute for Medieval Research , Byzantium Research Department , Austrian Academy of Sciences , Vienna	Historical geography	Byzantine geography
Vladimir Nikolayevich Beneshevich (1874–1938) Владимир Николаевич Бенешевич	Russian	St. Petersburg University	Byzantine history	Byzantine History, Byzantine Law, Canon Law, Paleography
Albrecht Berger (* 1957)	German	University of Munich	Byzantine Philology	hagiography
Veselin Beševliev (1900–1992) Веселин Иванов Бешевлиев	Bulgarian	Sofia University	Classical Philology	Ethnogenesis of the Balkan Peoples
Jacques Bompaire (1924-2009)	Frenchman	University of Paris IV -Sorbonne University of Nantes	Classical Philology	Archives of Athos : files of the Xeropotamou monastery and the Vatopedi monastery
Carl de Boor (1848-1923)	German	University Library Bonn	Byzantine Studies	Manuscripts, Konstantin Porphyrogennetos , Nikephoros I , Theophanes , Theophylaktos Simokates , Georgios Monachos
Wolfram Brandes (* 1954)	German	Max Planck Institute for European Legal History , Frankfurt am Main University of Frankfurt am Main	Byzantine Studies	Legal history and sources of law
Gunnar Brands (born 1956)	German	University of Halle	Christian archeology	Late antiquity and early Christian architecture and architectural ornamentation, especially Syria, Asia Minor and South Arabia, topography of Eastern Christianity, Hellenistic and Roman architecture, afterlife of antiquity between the Renaissance and the 20th century
Louis Bréhier (1868–1951)	Frenchman	University of Clermont-Ferrand	Philology, history	History, art history
Robert Browning (1914-1997)	Briton	Birkbeck College, London	Classical Philology, Ancient History, Neo-Greek Studies	Byzantine history, Justinian I and Theodora I, Emperor Julian, Renaissance literature
Anthony Bryer (1937-2016)	Briton	University of Birmingham Balliol College, Oxford	Byzantine history	Empire of Trebizond , Pontic Greeks
Jean Alexandre Buchon (1791–1846)	Frenchman	Private scholar Inspecteur des archives et bibliothèques	History	Continental Greece and the Morea
Filippo Burgarella (1948-2017)	Italian	Università della Calabria , Cosenza	Byzantine history	Byzantine southern Italy
John Bagnell Bury (1861-1927)	Irishman	Trinity College , Dublin	Graecistics contemporary history	Byzantine history
Helmut Buschhausen (* 1937)	German	University of Vienna	Art history	Byzantine art history

C.

scientist	nationality	Place of work	Subjects / qualifications	Research priorities	image
Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1610–1688)	Frenchman	Amiens Paris	Byzantine Philology Byzantine History	Lexicography of Middle Greek; Byzantine genealogy, topography of Constantinople
Alan Cameron (1938-2017)	Briton	Columbia University , New York	Classical Philology Ancient History	Byzantine history
Averil Cameron (born 1940)	British	King's College London University of Oxford	Old story	Byzantine history, history of Christianity, Prokop, Agathias
Paul Canart (1927-2017)	Frenchman	Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana	palaeography	Bible manuscripts
Raffaele Cantarella (1898–1977)	Italian	University of Milan Catholic University of Milan	Byzantine Philology	Byzantine poetry
Antonio Carile (* 1940)	Italian	University of Bologna	Byzantine history	Nikephoros Bryennios , archive of mainly Venetian sources, Byzantine and Venetian historiography, the Latin Empire, socio-economic structures of Byzantium and its political theology
Guglielmo Cavallo (* 1938)	Italian	Sapienza University , Rome	Greek paleography
Jean-Claude Cheynet (* 1947)	Frenchman	University of Paris IV Sorbonne	Byzantine history	Byzantine society, aristocracy, economy, administration, army, sigillography
Evangelos Chrysos (* 1938) Ευάγγελος Χρυσός	Greek	University of Athens University of Cyprus University of Ioannina	Byzantine history Church history	Byzantine diplomacy and international relations, Byzantine administrative organization, church history in late antiquity and byzantine times
Xenija Vladimirovna Chwostowa (* 1934) Ксения Владимировна Хвостова	Russian	Lomonosov University Moscow	Byzantine Studies	Special features of the Byzantine civilization
Robin Sinclair Cormack (born 1937)	Briton	Courtauld Institute of Art, London	Byzantine art history	Byzantine art, icons
Brian Croke (born 1951)	Australian	Macquarie University	Byzantine history	Early Byzantine history
Carolina Cupane-Kislinger (* 1948)	Italian	University of Vienna	Byzantine Philology	Byzantine literature, vernacular literature
Slobodan Ćurčić (1940-2017) Слободан Ћурчић	Americans of Serbian descent	Princeton University	Byzantine art history	Byzantine architecture, architecture in the Balkans

D.

scientist	nationality	Place of work	Subjects / qualifications	Research priorities	image
Gilbert Dagron (1932-2015)	Frenchman	Collège de France, Paris	Byzantine Philology Byzantine History
Alphonse Dain (1896–1964)	Frenchman	École pratique des hautes études Institut catholique de Paris	Greek Paleography and Codicology Byzantine Philology	Byzantine military writers ( Onesandros , Heron of Byzantium , Sylloge Tacticorum , Nikephoros Uranos , Ailianos Taktikos , Leon VI. , Aineias Taktikos ) and legal scholars
Jean Darrouzès (1912–1990)	Frenchman	Institut français d'études byzantines, Bucharest, Paris, Athens	Byzantine Philology Byzantine History	Symeon the New Theologian , Epistolography , Niketas Stethatos , Theodoros Daphnopates , Edition Philology
Richard MacGillivray Dawkins (1870–1955)	Briton	Oxford University	Classical Philology Neo-Greek Studies Classical Archeology	Leontios Machairas , monks from Mount Athos, Greek dialects, Cappadocian , Greek fairy tales
Johannes G. Deckers (* 1940)	German	University of Munich	Christian archeology	Early Christian and Byzantine art
Friedrich Wilhelm Deichmann (1909–1993)	German	University of Bonn, German Archaeological Institute, Rome	Christian archeology Byzantine art history	Ravenna Rome Constantinople Nubia
Otto Demus (1902–1990)	Austrian	University of Vienna	Byzantine art history	Mosaics , wall painting , antiphonary
Sirarpie The Nersessian (1896–1989)	Armenian	Harvard University Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection Wellesley College	Byzantine Archeology Byzantine Art History	Byzantine and Armenian art, illumination
Charles Diehl (1859-1944)	Frenchman	University of Paris IV - Sorbonne	Byzantine history Byzantine art history
Jan-Louis van Dieten (1924-2003)	Dutch	Papyrus Collection and Papyrus Museum Vienna	Greek philology	Byzantine historiography
Karl Dieterich (1869–1935)	German	University of Leipzig, Bosnian-Herzegovinian Institute for Balkan Research in Sarajevo	Byzantine Studies Comparative Linguistics	History of the Greek language
Johannes Diethart (* 1942)	Austrian	Papyrus Collection and Papyrus Museum Vienna	Byzantine Studies	Lexicon of the Latin loanwords in the Greek documentary texts of Egypt , Byzantine papyrology
Ludwig Dindorf (1805–1871)	German	Leipzig	Classical Philology	Johannes Malalas , Chronicon paschale , Johannes Zonaras
Franz Dölger (1891–1968)	German	University of Munich	Byzantine Philology Byzantine History Byzantine Diplomatics
Johannes Dräseke (1844–1916)	German	Matthias-Claudius-Gymnasium Hamburg	Byzantine Philology Classical Philology Protestant Theology	Authenticity and Chronology of the Greek Fathers of the Church , Johannes Bekkos
Franz Drexl (1885–1951)	German	Gymnasiums in Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich	Byzantine Philology	Late antique and Byzantine dream books , Michael Psellos , Patristic
John M. Duffy (born 1943)	Irishman	Harvard University	Byzantine Philology Classical Philology	Michael Psellos
František Dvorník (1893–1975)	Czech	Dumbarton Oaks	Catholic Theology Byzantine History	Church history, relations with the Slavic states, political philosophy

E.

scientist	nationality	Place of work	Subjects / qualifications	Research priorities	image
Hans Eideneier (* 1937)	German	University of Hamburg	Neo-Greek Studies	Early vernacular literature
Adolf Ellissen (1815–1872)	German	Göttingen University Library	Byzantine Studies, Neo-Greek Studies	Middle and modern Greek literature
Polychronis Enepekides (1917-2014) Πολυχρόνης Ενεπεκίδης	Greek	University of Vienna	Neo-Greek Studies	Source edition
Semavi Eyice (1923-2018)	Turk	Istanbul University	Byzantine art history	Architecture of the palaeological era in Istanbul

F.

scientist	nationality	Place of work	Subjects / qualifications	Research priorities	image
Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer (1790–1861)	Austrian	University of Munich	Byzantine history Folklore	Refuted thesis of the ethnic discontinuity between ancient and post-ancient Greeks, Trapezunt Empire , Despotat Morea , Mount Athos
Vera von Falkenhausen (* 1938)	German	Rome	Byzantine history	Byzantine rule in southern Italy and Sicily , diplomacy
Georgios Fatouros (1927-2018) Γεώργιος Φατούρος	Greek	Free University of Berlin	Byzantine Philology Greek Studies	Late antique and Byzantine literature , hagiography , libanios , central Greek lexicography
Jadran Ferluga (1920-2004)	Slovene	University of Munster	Byzantine history	Byzantine administration
Karsten Fledelius (* 1940)	Dane	University of Copenhagen	History of film and media studies
Marie Theres Fögen (1946-2008)	German	Max Planck Institute for European Legal History , Frankfurt am Main University of Zurich	Legal history Jurisprudence	Byzantine legal history
Enrica Follieri (1926–1999)	Italian	La Sapienza University of Rome	Greek paleography Byzantine philology	Hymnology, hagiography
Peter Frankopan (* 1972)	Briton	Worcester College , Oxford	Byzantine history	History of the Silk Road area ; Anna Komnene , Alexiade
Alison Frantz (1903-1995)	American	American School of Classical Studies at Athens	Byzantine archeology	Archaeological photography

G

scientist	nationality	Place of work	Subjects / qualifications	Research priorities	image
Klaus Gallas (* 1949)	German	Weimar changing	Architecture Architectural History Byzantine Art History	Regional studies of Greece and the islands of Crete and Rhodes
Ernst Gamillscheg (* 1950)	Austrian	Institute for Byzantium Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna	Byzantine Philology	Book history , Greek palaeography
Antonio Garzya (1927-2012)	Italian	University of Naples University of Macerata	Byzantine History Byzantine Philology Classical Philology	Nikephoros Basilakas , Theodoros Prodromos , Voskopula
Christian host (* 1970)	Austrian	University of Vienna	Byzantine History Classical Philology	Latin translation department in the Byzantine Imperial Chancellery under the Comnene and Angeloi dynasties ; the Greek manuscripts in the Bibliotheca Corvinina of the Austrian National Library
Marcello Gigante (1923-2001)	Italian	University of Naples University of Trieste	Byzantine Philology, Greek Studies, Papyrology	Italobyzantine poet, Eugenius Panormitanus
Joseph Gill (1901–1989)	Briton	Pontifical Oriental Institute	Byzantine history Byzantine philology	Council of Basel / Ferrara / Florence , relationship between the Catholic Church and Byzantium
André Grabar (1896–1996)	Frenchman	Collège de France École pratique des hautes études , Paris University of Strasbourg	Byzantine art history Byzantine archeology Christian archeology	Christian iconography, beginnings of Christian art
Henri Grégoire (1881–1964)	Belgian	Université libre de Bruxelles	Byzantine Philology	Epic poetry, Digenis Akritas
Michael Grünbart (* 1969)	Austrian	University of Munster	Byzantine Philology Classical Philology Numismatics	History, friendship, epistolography, communication, rhetorical culture, history of science
Rodolphe Guilland (1888–1981)	Frenchman	Sorbonne	Byzantine history
André Guillou (1923-2013)	Frenchman	École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales	Byzantine history

H

scientist	nationality	Place of work	Subjects / qualifications	Research priorities	image
Fiona K. Haarer (* 20th century)	British	King's College London	Byzantine history	Byzantine history of the 5th and 6th centuries, Anastasios I.
John Haldon (* 20th century)	Briton	Princeton University Birmingham University	Byzantine history	Byzantine history
Karl Benedikt Hase (1780–1864)	German	École des Langues Orientales, Paris	Neo-Greek Studies	Greek language, lexicography, paleography, Leo Diaconus , Johannes Lydos
Hans Wilhelm Haussig (1916–1994)	German	Ruhr University Bochum Free University Berlin	Oriental Studies Byzantine History
August Heisenberg (1869–1930)	German	University of Munich	Neo-Greek Studies	Language history
Hansgerd Hellenkemper (* 1945)	German	Roman-Germanic Museum , Cologne University of Cologne	Byzantine history Byzantine geography Byzantine archeology
Benjamin Hendrickx (* 1939)	Belgian	Rand Afrikaans University	African Studies, Neo-Greek Studies	Byzantine coronation ceremony, Latin Empire , Crusader cultures in the Greco-Byzantine area, relations between Byzantium and the African continent, Encyclopaedic Prosopographical Lexicon of Byzantine History and Civilization
Günther Steffen Henrich (* 1938)	German	University of Leipzig	Neo-Greek Studies	Onomastics, metrics, rhyme, lexicography, literature
Judith Herrin (* 1942)	British	King's College London Princeton University	Byzantine history Byzantine archeology	Byzantine history, the ruling system in the provinces, rulers and common women in Byzantium and the history of Christianity in late antiquity and the iconoclasm in Byzantium
Dirk Christiaan Hesseling (1859-1941)	Dutch	Leiden University	Byzantine Studies, Neo-Greek Studies	Byzantine history Development of the Greek language Theodoros Prodromos
Friedrich Hild (* 1941)	Austrian	Institute for Byzantine , Austrian Academy of Sciences , Vienna University of Vienna	Historical geography	Byzantine geography: Tabula Imperii Byzantini
Johannes Maria Hoeck (1902-1995)	German	Byzantine Institute, Ettal Abbey Byzantine Institute, Scheyern Abbey	Byzantine Philology	Nikolaos of Otranto
Wolfram Hörandner (* 1942)	Austrian	University of Vienna	Byzantine Philology	Theodoros Prodromos Prose rhythm
Carsten Høeg (1896–1961)	Dane	University of Copenhagen	Classical Philology Neo-Greek Studies	Monumenta Musicae Byzantinae
Georg Hofmann (1885–1956)	German	Pontifical Oriental Institute	Catholic theology	Relations between the Vatican and the Greek Patriarchs of Constantinople since the 15th century
Armin Hohlweg (* 1933)	German	University of Munich	Byzantine history Byzantine philology	Byzantine philosophy and intellectual history
Ernst Honigmann (1892–1954)	German	Université Libre de Bruxelles State Library Berlin State and University Library Wroclaw	Byzantine Geography Byzantine History
Geoffrey Horrocks (* 1951)	Briton	St John's College , Cambridge	Indo-European Studies	History of language, language change, grammar of vernacular Greek of the Middle Ages, syntax, semantics, morphology
Jean Humbert (1901–1980)	Frenchman	Sorbonne University of Lille University of Lyon	Greek Studies	Disappearance of the dative
Herbert Hunger (1914-2000)	Austrian	University of Vienna	Byzantine Philology, Greek Paleography, Greek Papyrology
Joan Mervyn Hussey (1907-2006)	British	Royal Holloway, University of London	Byzantine history	Byzantine history
Irmgard Hutter (* 20th century)	Austrian	Vienna	Byzantine art history	Late antiquity and Byzantine art

I.

scientist	nationality	Place of work	Subjects / qualifications	Research priorities	image
Salvatore Impellizzeri (1917-2004)	Italian	University of Palermo	Byzantine Philology	Byzantine literary history , Digenis Akritas , Alexias , Michael Psellos , chronography
Nicolae Iorga (1871-1940)	Romanian	Romanian Academy	History	Founder of the Association Internationale des Etudes Byzantines
Johannes Irmscher (1920-2000)	German	Central Institute for Ancient History and Archeology , German Academy of Sciences , University of Berlin , University of Halle	Classical Byzantine Studies
Endre by Ivánka (1902–1974)	Hungarians and Austrians	University of Graz University Koloszvár ( Cluj )	Classical Philology

J

scientist	nationality	Place of work	Subjects / qualifications	Research priorities	image
André Jacob (1933-2019)	Belgian	University of Chieti	Paleographer, epigrapher, codicologist	Greek culture in southern Italy, especially Apulia
Guillaume de Jerphanion (1877-1948)	Frenchman	Pontifical Oriental Institute	Autodidact	Cappadocia, cave churches
Udo Reinhold Jeck (* 1952)	German	University of Bochum	Philosophy Protestant Theology Neo-Greek Studies
Elizabeth Jeffreys (* 1941)	British	Oxford University Sydney University	Neo-Greek Studies	Greek language question in the Byzantine millennium, Chronicle of John Malalas, Digenis Akritis, romance novel of the 14th century (Ο Πόλεμος της Τροάδος, German: "The Trojan War"), tradition
Michael Jeffreys (* 20th century)	British and Australian	Oxford University Sydney University	Neo-Greek Studies	Johannes Malalas , Prosopography of the Byzantine World
Romilly James Heald Jenkins (1907-1969)	Briton	Dumbarton Oaks King’s College London University of Cambridge	Neo-Greek Studies, Classical Archeology	Byzantine History, Konstantinos Porphyrogennetos: About the Government of the Empire
Victor Jernstedt (1854–1902)	Russian	Saint Petersburg University	Classical Philology	Kekänkeos , Strategikon; Michael Andreopoulos ' translation of the stories of Sindbad
Konstantin Jireček (1854-1918)	Czech	University of Vienna University of Prague

K

scientist	nationality	Place of work	Subjects / qualifications	Research priorities	image
Anthony Kaldellis (* 1971) Αντώνιος Καλδέλλης	Greek	Ohio State University
Ioannis E. Kalitsunakis (1878–1966) Ιωάννης Ε. Καλιτσουνάκης	Greek	Free University of Berlin University of Athens University of Berlin	Byzantine Studies Classical Philology	Prodromics
Petros P. Kalonaros (1894–1959) Πέτρος Π. Καλονάρος	Greek	Army school for officer candidates	Modern Greek Philology Romance Studies	Chronicle of Morea , Digenis Akritas
Athanasios Kambylis (* 1928) Αθανάσιος Καμπύλης	Greek	University of Hamburg	Byzantine Philology Classical Philology Neo-Greek Studies	Michael Psellos, Eustathios of Thessalonike, Symeon the New Theologian
Johannes Karayannopulos (1922-2000) Γιάννης Καραγιαννόπουλος	Greek	University of Thessaloniki
Patricia Karlin-Hayter (1920-2014)	British	Private scholars		9th Century, Theodor Studites , Church Organization and Canon Law and Iconoclasm
Gustav Karlsson (1909–1995)	Swede	Free University of Berlin University of Uppsala		Epistolography
Apostolos Karpozilos (* 1942) Απόστολος Καρπόζηλος	Greek	University of Ioannina
Sergei Pavlovich Karpow (* 1948) Сергей Павлович Карпов	Russian	Lomonosov University Moscow	Byzantine history Medieval studies of the Black Sea area
Alexander Kazhdan (1922–1997) Александр Петрович Каждан	Russian	Soviet Academy of Sciences Dumbarton Oaks
Ewald Kislinger (* 1956)	Austrian	University of Vienna
Ernst Kitzinger (1912-2003)	German-Americans	Dumbarton Oaks Harvard University
Johannes Koder (* 1942)	Austrian	University of Vienna University of Mainz
Taxiarchis Kolias (* 1951) Ταξιάρχης Κόλιας	Greek	National Hellenic Research Center University of Athens University of Ioannina
Foteini Kolovou (* 1964) Φωτεινή Χ. Κολοβού	Greek	University of Leipzig		Historiography ( Michael Choniates , Kritobulos von Imbros ) and epistolography ( Eustathios von Thessalonike )
Nikodim Pavlovich Kondakov (1844–1925) Никодим Павлович Кондаков	Russian	University of Prague University of Saint Petersburg University of Odessa
Evangelos Konstantinou (* 1933) Ευάγγελος Κωνσταντίνου	Greek	University of Würzburg
Sofia Kotzabassi (* 1962) Σοφία Κοτζάμπαση	Greek	University of Thessaloniki	Byzantine Philology Modern Greek Philology Classical Philology	Rhetoric , epistolography , historiography, prosopography , paleography
Sokratis Kougeas (1877–1966) Σωκράτης Κουγέας	Greek	Greek National Library Pantion University of Athens Athens School of Fine Arts University of Athens	History philology	Paleography , Codicology , New Testament , Moirologies of Mani , History of Modern Greece, Spyridon Lambros collaborators
Phaidon Koukoules (1881–1956) Φαίδων Κουκουλές	Greek	University of Athens	Byzantine Philology Classical Philology	Lexicography, folklore, paroemiography
Otto Kresten (* 1943)	Austrian	University of Vienna
Emmanuel Kriaras (1906-2014) Εμμανουήλ Γ. Κριαράς	Greek	University of Thessaloniki
Karl Krumbacher (1856–1909)	German	University of Munich	Classical Indo-European Studies	History of Byzantine Literature from Justinian to the end of the Eastern Roman Empire (1891); Founder of the Byzantine Journal (1892) and the Byzantine Archives (1898); Founder of Byzantine Studies as an academic discipline
Andreas Külzer (* 1962)	German	University of Cologne	Byzantine history Historical geography

L.

scientist	nationality	Place of work	Subjects / qualifications	Research priorities	image
Angeliki E. Laiou (1941-2008) Αγγελική Ε. Λαΐου	Greek	Dumbarton Oaks Research Library Harvard Brandeis University University of Louisiana	Byzantine history	Economic history agriculture women, marriage, love
Spyridon Lambros (1851-1919) Σπυρίδων Λάμπρος	Greek	University of Athens	History Classical Philology	Founder of Greek Byzantine Studies, Neos Hellinomnimon: Research into the scientific and philosophical developments of the Greek-speaking world during the Byzantine and Ottoman era, Middle Greek language
Basil Laourdas (1912–1971) Βασίλειος Λαούρδας	Greek	Institute for Balkan Studies , Thessaloniki	Classical Byzantine Studies	Photios
Marc Lauxtermann (* 1960)	Dutch	University of Amsterdam University of Oxford	Byzantine Studies	Byzantine poetry, epigram , including metric (especially the fifteen silver, the so-called "political verse"), earliest Greek grammars, the biography of John Mauropous , ptochoprodromics and forms of laughter
Bruno Lavagnini (1898–1992) Μπρούνο Λαβανίνι	Italian	University of Palermo	Classical Philology Byzantine Philology Neo-Greek Studies
Renata Lavagnini (* 1942) Ρενάτα Λαβανίνι	Italian	University of Palermo	Byzantine Philology Neo-Greek Studies	Jean-Baptiste Gaspard d'Ansse de Villoison Byzantine Iliad and Achilles
Paul Lemerle (1903-1989)	Frenchman	Collège de France Sorbonne École Pratique des Hautes Études Faculté des Lettres de Dijon École française d'Athènes	Byzantine history	Byzantine history Byzantine humanism
Tina Lentari (* 20th century) Σταματίνα Λεντάρη	Greek	University of Athens	Byzantine Philology	Folk language literature Digenis Akritas Byzantine novel
Pietro Luigi M. Leone (* 1937)	Italian	Università degli Studi di Lecce	Byzantine Philology	Johannes Tzetzes , Maximos Planudes , Nikephoros Gregoras , Theodorus Gaza , Johannes Zonaras
Ralph-Johannes Lilie (* 1947)	German	Free University of Berlin	Byzantine history	Byzantine history Middle Byzantine prosopography
Gennadij Grigor'jevič Litavrin (1925–2009) Геннадий Григорьевич Литаврин	Russian	Russian Academy of Sciences	Byzantine history	Byzantine history History of early medieval Bulgaria
Raymond-Joseph Loenertz (1900–1976)	Luxembourger	Ettal Abbey Scheyern Abbey	Byzantine Philology	Letters from Demetrios Kydones , Prokopios of Gaza , Nikolaos of Otranto
Santo Lucà (* 1947)	Italian	University of Rome Tor Vergata University of Calabria	Greek paleography	Byzantine palaeography and codicology

M.

scientist	nationality	Place of work	Subjects / qualifications	Research priorities	image
Paul Maas (1880–1964)	German	Clarendon Press University of Berlin University of Königsberg	Byzantine Philology Classical Philology	Romanos Melodos
Paul Magdalino (* 1948)	Briton	Koç Üniversitesi , Istanbul	Byzantine history	Society, culture and economy from the 6th to the 13th century; the city of Constantinople; Science and astrology; orthodoxy
Georgios Makris (* 1950) Γεώργιος Μακρής	Greek	University of Münster University of Bochum	Byzantine Studies Eastern European History	Social and economic history of the late Byzantine period, Byzantinoslavica, Constantinopolitana, history of the exact sciences, hagiographica , onomastics , text forgery and criticism , vernacular literature of the late and post-Byzantine period, Chronicle of Morea , Dionysius Areopagita
Chrysa Maltezou (1941) Χρύσα Μαλτέζου	Greek	Istituto Ellenico di Studi Bizantini e Postbizantini di Venezia University of Athens University of Crete National Hellenic Research Center , Institute of Byzantine Research	Byzantine history
Cyril Mango (* 1928)	Briton	Oxford University Harvard King’s College London
Manusos Manusakas (1904-2003) Mανούσος Μανούσακας	Greek	National Hellenic Research Center , Byzantine Research Institute, Istituto Ellenico di Studi Bizantini e Postbizantini di Venezia University of Thessaloniki	Byzantine History Byzantine Philology Neo- Greek Studies Paleography Edition Philology	Byzantine and Post- Byzantine History, Modern Greek Epistolography ( Frangiskos Skuphos ), History of Crete in the Renaissance , Cretan Literature of the Venetocracy , Paleography ( Johannes Skylitzes )
Paul Marc (1877-1949)	German	Bavarian Academy of Sciences		Corpus of Greek documents from the Middle Ages and modern times
Sergei Mariev (* 1976)	Russian / German	University of Munich	Byzantine Studies and Modern Greek Philology	John of Antiocheia, Bessarion, Byzantine Philosophy, Paleography
Klaus-Peter Matschke (* 1938)	German	University of Leipzig	Byzantine history	Byzantine society
John Mavrogordato (1882-1970)	Briton	Oxford University	Neo-Greek Studies	Modern Greek poetry: Erotokritos, Kavafis, Digenis Akrites
Maria Mavroudi (* 1967) Μαρία Μαυρουδή	Greek	University of California, Berkeley Princeton University	Byzantine Philology	Byzantium and the Arabs , bilingualism in the Middle Ages, Byzantine and Islamic science, the reuse of ancient tradition between Byzantium and Islam, Byzantine intellectual history, survival and transformation of Byzantine culture after 1453
Otto Mazal (1932-2008)	Austrian	University of Vienna
Giovanni Mercati (1866-1957)	Italian	Bibliotheca Vaticana
Silvio Giuseppe Mercati (1877–1963)	Italian	University of Rome University of Catania Pontificio Istituto Orientale
Karin Metzler (* 1956)	German	Free University of Berlin	Classical Philology
Emmanuel Miller (1812-1886)	Frenchman	École des langues orientales , Paris	Codicology paleography	Manuscripts, dating of manuscripts of the New Testament, Philosophumena , Leontios Machairas
Gabriel Millet (1867-1953)	Frenchman	Collège de France École pratique des hautes études École française d'Athènes
Karolos Mitsakis (* 1932) Κάρολος Μητσάκης	Greek	University of Maryland University of Oxford University of Thessaloniki University of Athens	Neo-Greek Studies
Ulrich Moennig (* 1961)	German	University of Hamburg	Neo-Greek Studies	Byzantine and modern Greek Alexander novel
Gyula Moravcsik (1892–1972)	Hungarian	University of Budapest
Cécile Morrisson (* 1940)	French	Center national de la recherche scientifique Center d'histoire et civilization de Byzance , Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France Dumbarton Oaks	Byzantine history Byzantine numismatics
Andreas E. Müller (* 1966)	German	University of Vienna	Byzantine history Byzantine auxiliary sciences	History of the early and middle Byzantine period, diplomacy and palaeography, Greek typography and the history of science in Byzantine studies
Margaret Mullett (* 1946)	British	Queen's University of Belfast

N

scientist	nationality	Place of work	Subjects / qualifications	Research priorities	image
Donald Nicol (1923-2003)	Briton	King's College London
Johannes Niehoff-Panagiotidis (* 1963)	German	Free University of Berlin Central European University	Byzantine Philology Neo-Greek Studies
Maria G. Nystazopoulou-Pelekidou (* 20th century) Μαρία Γ. Νυσταζοπούλου - Πελεκίδου	Greek	University of Ioannina

O

scientist	nationality	Place of work	Subjects / qualifications	Research priorities	image
Werner Ohnsorge (1904–1985)	German	University of Hamburg	Byzantine history
Nikolaos Oikonomidis (1934-2000) Νικόλαος Οικονομίδης	Greek	University of Montreal	Byzantine history	Byzantine administration
Anastasios K. Orlandos (1888–1979) Αναστάσιος Κ. Ορλάνδος	Greek	University of Athens	Archeology, building research	Architecture, reception
Georg Ostrogorsky (1902–1976) Георгий Александрович Острого́рский	Russian / Yugoslav	University of Belgrade	Byzantine history	History of the Byzantine State , Byzantine Economic History

P

scientist	nationality	Place of work	Subjects / qualifications	Research priorities	image
Johannes Pahlitzsch (* 1963)	German	University of Mainz
Evelyne Patlagean (1932-2008)	French	University of Paris-X Nanterre
Nancy Patterson Ševčenko (* 1939)	American	University of Massachusetts Tufts University
Edwin Patzig (1846–1929)	German	Thomas School in Leipzig Old Nikolaischule (Leipzig)		Byzantine historiography: Johannes Malalas , Johannes von Antioch , Johannes Zonaras , Leon Grammatikos
Kiril Pawlikianow (* 1965) Кирил Парашкевов Павликянов	Bulgarian	Sofia University	Byzantine history	History of the monasteries on Mount Athos
Stylianos Pelekanidis (1909–1980) Στυλιανός Πελεκανίδης	Greek	University of Thessaloniki
Lidia Perria (1950-2003)	Italian	La Sapienza University of Rome University of Messina	Greek paleography
Agostino Pertusi (1918–1979)	Italian	Catholic University of Milan	Classical Philology Byzantine Philology	Corpus Fontium Historiae Byzantinae
Urs Peschlow (1943–2018)	German	University of Mainz			Small
Peter E. Pieler (1941-1918)	Austrian	University of Vienna	Legal history	Byzantine legal history
Nina Viktorovna Pigulevskaya (1894–1970) Нина Викторовна Пигулевская	Russian	Leningrad University Academy of Sciences of the USSR	Byzantine history	Byzantium in the early Middle Ages, Byzantium and its relations with the Orient (especially with Iran and India )
Henri Pirenne (1862-1935)	Belgian	Ghent University
Gerhard Podskalsky (1937-2013)	German	Philosophical-Theological University of St. Georgen	Byzantine history	History of theology in Byzantium
Emilian Popescu (* 1928)	Romanian	University of Bucharest
Thomas Pratsch (* 1960)	German	Free University of Berlin
Theodor Preger (1866-1911)	German	High school in Ansbach Maxgymnasium Munich	Byzantine Philology	Byzantine historiography, city chronicles of Constantinople, Scriptores originum Constaninopolitanarum
Johannes Preiser-Kapeller (* 1977)	Austrian	Austrian Academy of Sciences	Byzantine history	Byzantine history and its interdependence in global comparison, social and migration history, environmental and climate history, historical network research
Günter Prinzing (* 1943)	German	University of Mainz	Byzantine Philology Byzantine History	Relations between Byzantium and Southeast and East Central Europe, church history, literary history, vernacular literature
Walter Puchner (* 1947) Βάλτερ Πούχνερ	Austrian	University of Crete University of Athens	Theater studies

R.

scientist	nationality	Place of work	Subjects / qualifications	Research priorities	image
Claudia Rapp (* 1961)	German	University of Vienna University of California at Los Angeles Cornell University	Byzantine history Byzantine philology	Cultural and intellectual history , social and religious history , ritual and communication , written culture , late antiquity
Diether Roderich Reinsch (* 1940)	German	University of Bochum Free University of Berlin	Byzantine Philology Byzantine History	Middle and late Byzantine literature , historiography , manuscript studies , textual criticism
Johann Jacob Reiske (1716–1774)	German	Old Nikolaischule , Leipzig University of Leipzig
Marcell Restle (1932-2016)	German	University of Munich	Byzantine art history
John E. Rexine (1929-1993)	Americans	Colgate University	Neo-Greek Studies Byzantine Studies Classical Philology	Orthodox Christianity , Constantine Cavarnos
Andreas Rhoby (* 1974)	Austrian	Austrian Academy of Sciences , Institute for Medium Research , Byzantine Research Department	Byzantine history Byzantine philology	Byzantine literature, epigraphy, lexicography, Byzantium and Austria, Byzantine epigrams handed down in writing, Byzantine cultural history
David Talbot Rice (1903-1972)	Briton	Courtauld Institute of Art, London University of Edinburgh
Ilse Rochow (* 1934)	German	Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Central Institute for Ancient History and Archeology , Berlin		Constantine V , Leon IV , John of Damascus , Theophanes , Kassia
Silvia Ronchey (* 1958)	Italian	University of Rome III
Charlotte Roueché (* 1946)	British	King's College London
Berthold Rubin (1911–1990)	German	University of Erlangen University of Cologne
Steven Runciman (1903-2000) Στήβεν Ράνσιμαν	Briton	Trinity College (Cambridge) Istanbul University

S.

scientist	nationality	Place of work	Subjects / qualifications	Research priorities	image
Peter Sarris (* 1971)	Briton	Trinity College , Cambridge All Souls College , Oxford		Social, economic and legal history
Constantine Sathas (1842–1914) Κωνσταντίνος Σάθας	Greek	Athens Paris	Neo-Greek Studies	Modern Greek philology, theater history, Leontios Machairas
John Scarborough (* 1940)	Americans	University of Wisconsin – Madison University of Kentucky	Medical history Ancient history	Byzantine medicine
Joachim Scharf (1913–1965)	German	University of Munster	Byzantine history
Erich Schilbach (1939-2006)	German	Munich		Byzantine metrology
Andreas Schminck (1947-2015)	German	Max Planck Institute for European Legal History , Frankfurt am Main	Jurisprudence	Byzantine legal history
Alfons Maria Schneider (1896–1952)	German	University of Munich University of Göttingen German Archaeological Institute Istanbul	Byzantine archeology Christian archeology	Topography and architectural history of the city of Constantinople
Ludwig Schopen (1799–1867)	German	University of Bonn	Byzantine history Byzantine philology	Byzantine historiography , Johannes Kantakouzenos , Nikephoros Gregoras
Peter Schreiner (* 1940)	German	University of Cologne	Byzantine history
Werner Seibt (* 1942)	Austrian	University of Vienna		Byzantine seal studies, history of the medieval Caucasus, administrative history
Ihor Ševčenko (1922-2009)	Ukrainians / Americans	University of California, Berkeley University of Michigan , Columbia University Harvard University in Dumbarton Oaks
Philip Sherrard (1922-1995)	Briton	British School at Athens , King's College London	Neo-Greek Studies	Modern Greek poetry, Orthodox theology
Alexander Sideras (1935–2019) Αλέξανδρος Σιδεράς	Greek	University of Göttingen	Classical philology, neo-Greek studies	Literature from antiquity to the present
Dieter Simon (* 1935)	German	University of Frankfurt am Main Max Planck Institute for European Legal History in Frankfurt am Main Humboldt University Berlin	law Sciences	Byzantine legal history
Claudia Sode (* 1969)	German	University of Cologne	Byzantine Philology	Vitae of Michael Synkellos and the brothers Theodoros and Theophanes Graptoi , the iconoclastic synod of Hiereia 754, research on Byzantine lead seals
Jean-Pierre Sodini (* 1940)	Frenchman	Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne	Byzantine archeology
Evangelinos Apostolides Sophocles (1807-1883) Ευαγγελινός Αποστολίδης Σοφοκλής	Greek	Harvard University	Classical philology, neo-Greek studies	Greek Lexicography Didactic material for teaching Greek
Georgios Soteriou (1880–1965) Γεώργιος Σωτηρίου	Greek	University of Athens	Christian archeology Greek paleography
Peter Soustal (* 1945)	Austrian	Institute for Byzantium Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna	Historical geography
Gustav Soyter (1883–1965)	German	University of Erlangen University of Leipzig University of Würzburg	Neo-Greek Studies	Byzantine poetry, Byzantine historiography and chronology
Graham Speake (born 1946)	Briton	Private Scholar, London	Byzantine Philology	Reception of ancient Greek literature in Byzantium, Mount Athos
Paul Speck (1928-2003)	German	Free University of Berlin		Byzantine historiography
Ernst Stein (1891–1945)	Austrian	University of Vienna	Byzantine history	Byzantine Empire , Ravenna
Rainer Stichel (* 1942)	German	University of Munster	Byzantine Studies	Interrelationships between Byzantine literature and art; Afterlife of Jewish literature of the Hellenistic period in the Byzantine world; Importance of Byzantine culture for the Orthodox Slavs
Christine Strube (* 1943)	German	University of Heidelberg	Christian archeology	Connections between architecture and liturgy , the history of settlements in the Near East , building decoration from the late antique-early Byzantine period in Constantinople , Syria and Asia Minor
Nikos Svoronos (1911–1989) Νίκος Σβορώνος	Greek	University of Crete University of Thessaloniki École pratique des hautes études (IV Section) CNRS	Byzantine history

T

scientist	nationality	Place of work	Subjects / qualifications	Research priorities	image
Lioba Theis (* 20th century)	German	University of Vienna	Byzantine art history	Byzantine architecture, reception history, digitization and archiving of image data
Freddy Thiriet (1921-1986)	Frenchman	University of Strasbourg	Byzantine history	Venetian-Byzantine history, Venetocracy
Hans Thurn (1934–1993)	German	University of Würzburg University Library of Würzburg	Codicology Byzantine Philology Classical Philology	Johannes Skylitzes , Johannes Malalas
Franz Tinnefeld (* 1937)	German	University of Munich	Byzantine Philology Byzantine History
Klaus-Peter Todt (* 1956)	German	University of Mainz	Byzantine Studies	Antiocheia, Syria et Arabia Byzantina I: Historical geography and topography of northern Syria from the Hellenistic-Roman period to the end of the Crusades as part of the Tabula Imperii Byzantini
Nikolaos Tomadakis (1907–1993) Νικόλαος Τωμαδάκης	Greek	University of Athens	Neo-Greek Studies
Erich Trapp (* 1942)	Austrian	University of Vienna, University of Bonn	Byzantine Philology	Byzantine lexicography, diachronic language development
Warren Treadgold (* 1949)	Americans	Saint Louis University	Byzantine history	Byzantine historiography, the state, state finances, the army
Max Treu (1842-1915)	German	High schools in Breslau , Waldenburg , Ohlau and Viktoria-Gymnasium in Potsdam	Byzantine Philology	Edition philology: Maximos Planudes , Nikephoros Chrysoberges , Theodoros Metochites , Manuel Holobolos , Gregory II of Cyprus
Spyros Troianos (* 1933) Σπύρος Τρωιάνος	Greek	University of Athens	Orthodox church law Greek state church law Byzantine legal history	Byzantine legal history
Constantine A. Trypanis (1909–1993) Κωνσταντίνος Αθανάσιος Τρυπάνης	Greek	University of Athens, University of Oxford, University of Chicago	Byzantine Studies, Classical Philology	poetry
Vasiliki Tsamakda (* 1970) Βασιλική Τσαμακδά	Greek	University of Mainz	Christian archeology Byzantine art history	Byzantine illumination, Byzantine painting of Crete, archeology and painting of the Domitilla catacombs in Rome
Alexander Turyn (1900-1981)	Pole	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Warsaw	Classical Philology	History of the Byzantine tradition, especially the ancient Greek tragedians

U

scientist	nationality	Place of work	Subjects / qualifications	Research priorities	image
Sinaida Vladimirovna Udaltsova (1918–1987) Зинаида Владимировна Удальцова	Soviet citizen	Moscow University	Byzantine Studies	Economic and cultural history of Byzantium
Paul Atkins Underwood (1902-1968)	Americans	Dumbarton Oaks Cornell University	Byzantine art history	Hagia Sophia , Chora Church
Fyodor Ivanovich Uspensky (1845–1928) Фёдор Иванович Успенский	Russian	University of Odessa Russian Archaeological Institute Constantinople University of Saint Petersburg	with Wassili Wassilewski founder of Russian Byzantine Studies	History of Byzantium , History of the Empire of Trebizond , excavations in Istanbul and Asia Minor

V

scientist	nationality	Place of work	Subjects / qualifications	Research priorities	image
Alexander Alexandrovich Vasiliev (1867–1953) Александр Александрович Васильев	Russian Americans	University of St. Petersburg University of Wisconsin – Madison Dumbarton Oaks	Byzantine history	Byzantine history and the relationship between Byzantines and Arabs
Tanja Velmans (* 1938) Таня Георгиева Губиделникова-Велманс	French	Center national de la recherche scientifique	Byzantine art history art history	Byzantine art and its reception in the Balkans, especially painting
Albert Vogt (1874–1942)	Swiss	University of Friborg (Switzerland)	Byzantine history Modern history	Book of ceremonies of the Emperor Konstantinos Porphyrogennetos , Byzantine theater, Topography of Constantinople
Panajotis Vokotopoulos (* 1930) Παναγιώτης Βοκοτόπουλος	Greek	University of Athens University of Thessaloniki	Byzantine archeology	Byzantine architectural history
Robert Volk (* 20th century)	German	Byzantine Institute, Scheyern Monastery	Byzantine Philology	John of Damascus , Michael Psellos , Barlaam and Josaphat

W.

scientist	nationality	Place of work	Subjects / qualifications	Research priorities	image
Rainer Warland (* 1951)	German	University of Freiburg	Christian archeology Byzantine art history	Cappadocia, sarcophagi, mosaics, plastic, book illumination
Wassili Wassilewski (1838–1898) Василий Григорьевич Васильевский	Russian	Russian Academy of Sciences University of St. Petersburg	Founder of Russian Medieval Studies with Fyodor Ivanovich Uspensky Founder of Russian Byzantine Studies	Byzantine Tax System History of Byzantine Agriculture Byzantine sources on Russian history
Edmund Weigand (1887–1950)	German	University of Munich Charles University in Prague University of Munich	Byzantine art history	Byzantine architecture, Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem
Günter Weiß (* 1937)	German	Southeast Institute	Byzantine history	The Ethnikon Sklabenoi, Sklaboi, Ioannes Kantakuzenos , Eastern Roman officials, Anastasius I of Antioch
Kurt Weitzmann (1904-1993)	German	Princeton University	Byzantine art history	Icons
Klaus Wessel (1916–1987)	German	University of Munich University of Greifswald Early Christian Byzantine Collection of the State Museums in Berlin Humboldt University in Berlin	Christian archeology Byzantine art history	Ravenna, enamel art, icons
Stephan Westphalen (* 1961)	German	University of Heidelberg	Christian archeology Byzantine art history	Church building
Thomas Whittemore (1871-1950)	Americans	Dumbarton Oaks	Byzantine Art History Christian Archeology Founder of the Byzantine Institute of America	Mosaics of Hagia Sophia , Chora Church
Nigel Guy Wilson (* 1935)	Briton	Lincoln College , Oxford Merton College , Oxford	Classical Philology	Greek palaeography Text transmission Byzantine philology Byzantine chant
Peter Wirth (* 1930)	German	Bavarian Academy of Sciences , Munich	Byzantine Philology Byzantine History	Byzantine Rhetoric Eustathios of Thessalonike Byzantine Diplomatics
Hieronymus Wolf (1516–1580)	German	augsburg	Classical Philology, founder of German Byzantine Studies	Byzantine history Corpus Historiae Byzantinae
Christopher Montague Woodhouse (1917-2001)	Briton	changing	Classical Philology	Gemistus plethon

Z

scientist	nationality	Place of work	Subjects / qualifications	Research priorities	image
Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal (1812–1894)	German	University of Heidelberg	Legal history	Byzantine legal history
Dionysios Zakythinos (1905–1993) Διονύσιος Ζακυθηνός	Greek	University of Athens	Byzantine history Modern Greek history	Byzantine and Modern Greek History
Constantine Zuckerman (* 1957)	Frenchman	École pratique des hautes études Collège de France	Byzantine history	Social and military history, Byzantine chronicles, eastern and northern neighbors of the Byzantine Empire

Legend

Scientists : This column records the name form common in German, the dates of life and the Greek name form (also from non-Greeks, if the Greek name form is common), if necessary also the Cyrillic name form.

Nationality : This column records the nationality, as far as can be determined in view of data protection and personal rights. In the case of Greeks living abroad in particular , dual citizenship can also be given without the public having to be aware of this.

Place of activity : For academics, this column usually only records the universities at which they have taught with the rank of professor, possibly in biographical order. However, lecturers with their academic affiliation and those outside of academic operations are also included with details of the city in which they are or were active.

Subjects / Qualifications : This column records the subject orientation within Byzantine Studies and the basic academic qualifications of the Byzantine Studies listed. Weightings and evaluations are not used here.

Main research areas : This column summarizes the key areas of work and research achievements of the researchers listed.

Image : This column shows images of the named Byzantinists in the form of photographs, paintings, woodcuts and the like.

See also

• Byzantine Studies # Societies, institutes, research centers
• Middle Greek language # research
• List of known Graecists
• List of well-known researchers on ancient philosophy
• List of famous Greek palaeographers
• List of known neo-Greekists
• Category: Legal historian (Byzantine law)

literature

• Evangelos Chrysos: Forty Years of Byzantine Studies in Vienna. In: Wolfram Hörandner , Johannes Koder , Maria Stassinopoulou (eds.), Viennese Byzantine and Neo-Greek Studies. Contributions to the symposium “Forty Years of the Institute for Byzantine and Neo-Greek Studies at the University of Vienna in memory of Herbert Hunger” (Vienna, December 4-7, 2002). Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2004, 25–34.
• Enrica Follieri: La filologia bizantina in Italia nel secolo XX. In: La filologia medievale e umanistica greca e latina nel secolo XX. Atti del Congresso Internazionale, Roma, Consiglio delle Ricerche, Università La Sapienza, December 11-15, 1989. Roma 1993 (Testi e studi bizantini-neoellenici, VII), pp. 389-431. Reprinted in: Dies., Bizantina e Italograeca. Studi di filologia e di paleografia. A cura di Augusta Acconcia Longo, Lidia Perria, Andrea Luzzi. Roma 1997, 3-40, online
• Stefan Heid , Martin Dennert (Hrsg.): Person lexicon for Christian archeology. Researchers and personalities from the 16th to the 21st century. 2 volumes, Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2012. ISBN 3-7954-2620-0 . - Review (PDF)

Web links

• KIRKE - Classical institutions in German-speaking countries: Byzantine and Neo-Greek Studies

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