We will address some of the following questions: This should, we hope, yield some amplification, reappraisal and development of his seminal work, The Byzantine Commonwealth, for the 21st century. This conference aims to return to some of the lines of enquiry and themes that Obolensky explored in his writings, the singularity of Byzantium and the empire’s place in the Eurasian world, and its interaction with other societies, cultures and powers.
“The Byzantine Commonwealth 50 Years On: Empires and their Afterlife”, Worcester College, Oxford, with the support of John Fell OUP Research Fund, Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research, History Faculty, Christ Church and Worcester College, Oxford.Ģ018 sees the centenary of the birth of Sir Dimitri Obolensky, one of the outstanding Byzantine historians of the 20th century.
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