{"id":25060,"date":"2024-02-14T14:40:34","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T19:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=25060"},"modified":"2026-02-25T12:47:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T17:47:54","slug":"hi-377-byzantium","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/profile\/hi-377-byzantium\/","title":{"rendered":"HI 377: The Sword, the Cross, and the Crescent-Byzantium and the Near East"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Fall 2026 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/profile\/simon-payaslian\/\">Simon Payaslian<\/a><\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Days<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Start<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>End<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Type<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Bldg<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Room<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TR<\/td>\n<td>9:30AM<\/td>\n<td>10:45AM<\/td>\n<td>IND<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span>Examines Byzantine society and culture, focusing on conflicts and cooperation with the Islamic East until 1453, when Muslim Ottomans captured Constantinople and radically altered life and politics in the eastern Mediterranean. Explores lessons from Byzantine-Muslim relations for the twenty-first century.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Instructor:<\/h3>\n<p><span>\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-basic\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-basic post-5042 profile type-profile status-publish hentry\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/profile\/simon-payaslian\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-basic\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-basic\">\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/history\/files\/2013\/02\/Simon-Payaslian-e1675281482575-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/files\/2013\/02\/Simon-Payaslian-e1675281482575-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/files\/2013\/02\/Simon-Payaslian-e1675281482575-768x764.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/files\/2013\/02\/Simon-Payaslian-e1675281482575-841x844.jpg 841w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/files\/2013\/02\/Simon-Payaslian-e1675281482575-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/files\/2013\/02\/Simon-Payaslian-e1675281482575-710x710.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/files\/2013\/02\/Simon-Payaslian-e1675281482575-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/files\/2013\/02\/Simon-Payaslian-e1675281482575-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/files\/2013\/02\/Simon-Payaslian-e1675281482575-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-details profile-details-basic\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-basic\">Simon Payaslian<\/h6>\n\n\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-basic\">Charles K. and Elizabeth M. Kenosian Associate Professor of History<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/academics\/courses\/fall-2022-courses-2\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/fall-2024-courses\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/history\/files\/2021\/06\/Return-to_Fall-1-636x161.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"60\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-23625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/files\/2021\/06\/Return-to_Fall-1-636x161.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/files\/2021\/06\/Return-to_Fall-1-1024x260.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/files\/2021\/06\/Return-to_Fall-1-768x195.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/files\/2021\/06\/Return-to_Fall-1-800x203.png 800w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/files\/2021\/06\/Return-to_Fall-1.png 1250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20057,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/25060"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20057"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/25060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26987,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/25060\/revisions\/26987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}