Anthony Kaldellis ( gr, Αντώνιος Καλδέλλης; born 29 November 1971) is a

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historian who is Professor and a faculty member of the Department of Classics at the

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. He is a specialist in

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and

Byzantine Studies Byzantine studies is an interdisciplinary branch of the humanities that addresses the history, culture, demography, dress, religion/theology, art, literature/epigraphy, music, science, economy, coinage and politics of the Eastern Roman Empire. T ...

. He is also the author of numerous

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and the

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, which have been translated into many languages.

Biography

Anthony Kaldellis was born on 29 November 1971 in

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, Greece. He received his

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(1994) and

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(2001) in History from the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

. After gaining his Ph.D. Kaldellis has served as Assistant Professor (2001–2006), Associate Professor (2006–2007), Professor (2007–) and Chair (2015–) of the Department of Classics at

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. Kaldellis is a member of the advisory boards of the ''

Journal of Late Antiquity The ''Journal of Late Antiquity'' is an academic journal and the first international English-language journal devoted to the Late Antiquity. The journal was founded in 2008 and is published twice a year by the Johns Hopkins University Press. The j ...

'' (2016–), ''Minerva'' (2013), and ''

Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies ''Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1958 by John J. Bilitz. It is published by Duke University Press and devoted to the culture and history of Greece from Antiquity to the Renaiss ...

'' (2008–); a member of the editorial boards of the Byzantine Greek series of the

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(2008–) and ''Estudios Bizantinos: Digital Journal of the Spanish Society of Byzantine Studies'' (2012–); and Associate Editor of ''

Bryn Mawr Classical Review ''Bryn Mawr Classical Review'' (''BMCR'') is an open access journal founded in 1990. It publishes reviews of current scholarly work in the field of classical studies including classical archaeology.Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies'' (2006–2012).

Selected works

* ''The Argument of Psellos’ Chronographia'', 1999 * ''Procopius of Caesarea: Tyranny, History, and Philosophy at the End of Antiquity'', 2004 * ''Hellenism in Byzantium: The Transformations of Greek Identity and the Reception of the Classical Tradition'', 2007 * ''The Christian Parthenon: Classicism and Pilgrimage in Byzantine Athens'', 2010 * ''Ethnography after Antiquity: Foreign Lands and People in Byzantine Literature'', 2014 * ''A New Herodotos: Laonikos Chalkokondyles on the Ottoman Empire, the Fall of Byzantium, and the Emergence of the West'', 2014 * ''The Byzantine Republic: People and Power in New Rome'', 2015 * ''Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood: The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 A.D. to the First Crusade'', 2017 * ''A Cabinet of Byzantine Curiosities: Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from History's Most Orthodox Empire'', 2017 * ''Romanland: Ethnicity and Empire in Byzantium'', 2019 * ''Byzantium Unbound'', 2019

Podcasts

*''Byzantium & Friends'' *An interview with Professor Anthony Kaldellis about his book ''The Byzantine Republic'', from ''The History of Byzantium'' Podcast

Videos

* Interview with Dr. Anthony Kaldellis, The Institute for the Study of Western Civilization,

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* Anthony Kaldellis on the Crisis of Hellenism, Society for the Preservation of Greek Heritage

References

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External links

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''Byzantium and Friends'' podcast
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