Zulian Giulia

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1996-2002: Università Ca' Foscari, Venezia (ITA), Corso di Laurea in Lettere Moderne con indirizzo storico-artistico (area medievale), Dipartimento di storia delle arti e conservazione dei beni artistici “Giuseppe Mazzariol”: MA in Byzantine (Mediaeval) Art History; thesis title: "Tradizione e rinnovamento nell'architettura paleologa: le chiese di Mistrà (110 cum laude/110 ).

2003-2006: University of Birmingham (UK), Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies, MPhil in Byzantine Studies; thesis title: "Making Middle Byzantine Constantinople: Imperial devotional sites and ideology from Basil I to John II Komnenos" (passed with minor corrections).
2006-2007: University of Birmingham (UK), Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies, research associate (research theme: The Macedonian dynasty and Constantinople).

2017, 13th-17th February: Università degli Studi di Padova (ITA), International Winter School "Anthropology of Forgery. A multidisciplinary approach to the study of archaeological fakes".
Supervisors: Professor Ennio Concina(†); Professor Leslie Brubaker.

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MPhil Thesis by Zulian Giulia

Making middle Byzantine Constantinople: Imperial devotional sites and ideology from Basil I to John II Komnenos

This thesis discusses the mingling of changes and continuities in the layout of mediaeval Constan... more This thesis discusses the mingling of changes and continuities in the layout of mediaeval Constantinople through the lens of monastic buildings (both imperial and otherwise) and the urban worship of saints and the Theotokos; its chronological focus extends from the late ninth through the middle of the twelfth centuries. It further addresses the important changes that Evergetine monasticism elicited in imperial religiosity and the care of the dead in court contexts.

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Academic Journal Article by Zulian Giulia

Reconstructing the Image of an Empress in Middle Byzantine Constantinople: Gender in Byzantium, Psellos’ Empress Zoe and the Chapel of Christ Antiphonites

Rosetta -- Papers of the Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Birmingham (peer-reviewed), 2007

Abstract: In Byzantium the choice of a specific site for imperial patronage represented a means f... more Abstract: In Byzantium the choice of a specific site for imperial patronage represented a means for the emperor and empress to make visible their own conceptions of rulership and the religious values that they wished to promote. However, in the case of female ruler, the issue is more complex, raising issues of gender with regard to the significance and the visibility of a woman’s ‘matronage’. From this perspective, this paper analyses the case of the chapel dedicated to Christ Antiphonetes which the empress Zoe (AD 1028 – ca. 1050), belonging to the last generation of the Macedonian dynasty, chose as her personal burial place. This study considers and discusses the most important sources which allow us to understand the significance of these expressions of imperial display and the meanings they convey.

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