Centre for Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies

09/09/2026

We are excited to announce the publication of the second issue of JLAIBS volume 5!

This is the first part of two thematic issues on "How Rebellion Ends. Conflict Resolution in Late Antique and Early Islamicate Political Culture (Part I)" by Hannah-Lena Hagemann and Alasdair Grant.

✍️ How Rebellion Ends. Conflict Resolution in Late Antique and Early Islamicate Political Culture, I: Mapping the Field - Hannah-Lena Hagemann

✍️ Borderland Lords and their Centrally-Held Sons: The Sasanian Empire's Treatment of Captives after the AD 450–1 Armenian Rebellion - Daniel C. Alford

✍️ From Ex*****on to State Office: Dealing with the Supporters of the Failed Alid Rebel Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbdallāh (d. 763) - Natalie Kontny-Wendt

✍️ Al-Mashhad al-Juyūshī: A Symbol of Triumph and Devotion - Murtaza Shakir

✍️ ‘A Popular Insurrection Arose in the Hippodrome’ State Responses to Popular Mobilisation in Late Antique Constantinople - Kevin Feeney

✍️ The Pearl's Choice: Luʾluʾ and the Trials of the Tulunid Household - Matthew S. Gordon

Centre for Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies Edinburgh University Press School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh Edinburgh Classics Society https://www.euppublishing.com/toc/jlaibs/5/2

03/06/2026

On the new EUP series

A new series rethinks the late Roman world, exploring its diversity, transformations, and wide-reaching historical significance.

14/05/2026

Featuring Lucy Grig and Sam Leggett from Edinburgh.

"Poverty Dynamics in the Long Late Antiquity, AD 300-800"


📆 22 to 23 July 2026
📍 In-person: Room S4, Swallowgate, School of Classics, University of St Andrews
💻️ Online: MS Teams

Spaces limited. Registration essential.
To book, email Ian B***e at [email protected] by 5pm Friday 3 July 2026.

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Poverty was a defining element in late antique and early medieval societies, shaping economic structures, social relations, cultural values, and political hierarchies. This two-day conference will analyse the dynamics of poverty from an interdisciplinary perspective, examining how poverty drivers and resilience strategies marked the social and economic condition and lived experiences of destitute and vulnerable groups across the Mediterranean during a period of unprecedented historical transformations.

This conference is generously funded by the School of Classics, the Past and Present Society, the EDI committee/CUCD, and the Institute of Classical Studies.

08/05/2026

Registration open and full programme available here for the CLAIBS Graduate conference: 'Institutional Identities in late Antiquity and the Middle Ages'

The 7th International Graduate Conference in Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies, will take place 18-19 May, 2026.