Center for
Byzantine StudiesUniversity of Silesia
in Katowice, Poland
Literature · Culture · Nature

University of Silesia in Katowice

Center for
Byzantine
Studies

Exploring Byzantine literature and culture, the natural world, and the afterlives of Byzantium.

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Katowice, Poland
Byzantine-style frescoes covering the walls and vaults of the Trinity Chapel in Lublin
Trinity Chapel in Lublin · North wall of the nave
Photograph: Hans A. Rosbach / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized and displayed cropped.

Research & collaboration

Reading Byzantium.
Connecting its worlds.

Our research brings Byzantine texts into conversation with cultural history, the study of nature, and the reception of the Byzantine past.

Discover the people and projects at the Center for Byzantine Studies, based at the University of Silesia in Katowice.

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Current research

Research projects

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012025–2028 · LiteratureByzantine Aesop022024–2028 · NatureBeyond the Sacred032022–2026 · InsectsByzantine Cultural Entomology
National Science Centre, PolandAlexander von Humboldt FoundationNarodowy Program Rozwoju Humanistyki