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Fierce debates about visual depictions of the sacred have existed for centuries. An art historian explains the controversies in the Byzantine Empire over images of Christ.
Long overlooked in the West, the Byzantine Empire has recently picked up interest among far-right and conspiracist circles. A historian of medieval culture explains what white supremacists get wrong.
Russian president Vladimir Putin draws upon the imperial symbols of the Byzantine Empire to position Russia as the “third Rome.” Meanwhile, Byzantium is erased by western history books.
The medieval Byzantine Empire might hold some lessons about tolerance and same-sex marriage.
There is an era that lends itself rather closer than the tired Nazi comparisons of Donald Trump. And it may have a far more useful message for us today.
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Byzantine History, Hitotsubashi University
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Academic Fellow in Cultural Heritage, Nottingham Trent University
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Lecturer at the National School of Architecture and Urbanism, Université de Carthage
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Associate Professor of Classics, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Lecturer at the National School of Architecture and Urbanism, Université de Carthage
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Professor, Social Studies and History Education, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor of History of Art, University of Michigan
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Professor, University of California, Irvine
