A conversation about western fantasies, orientalism, and the making of Byzantium, with Elena Boeck (DePaul University), based on her two articles: 'Fantasy, Supremacy, Domes, and Dames: Charlemagne goes to Constantinople (in the volume Byzantium in Dialogue with the Mediterranean: History and Heritage, 2019, 142-161), and 'Archaeology of Decadence: Uncovering Byzantium in Victorien Sardou's Theodora (in the volume Byzantium/Modernism: The Byzantine as Method in Modernity, 2015, 102-132).
Source: https://byzantiumandfriends.podbean.com/e/western-fantasies-about-byzantium-with-elena-boeck/
5. Western fantasies about Byzantium, with Elena Boeck
Byzantium & Friends
Byzantium & Friends
Conversations with experts in the history of Byzantium, hosted by Anthony Kaldellis.