Dr Tassos Papacostas
Lecturer in Byzantine Material Culture
Chair of School Library Committee
Tel +44 (0)20 7848 1292
Email tassos.papacostas@kcl.ac.uk
Address Centre for Hellenic Studies
King's College London
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London WC2R 2LS
Research interests
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Archaeology, architecture and economic history of Byzantium and the Levant from late antiquity to the late medieval period
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Cyprus from Late Antiquity to the Remaissance
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The impact and manifestations of Venetian (and Renaissance) architecture in the Eastern Mediterranean
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The evolution of settlement patterns and urban development
Biography
After qualifying as an architect in Paris (DPLG) I turned to things Byzantine and obtained an MA in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies at King's. This was followed by an MPhil at the University of Oxford where I also completed my doctoral thesis, which dealt with the archaeology of Byzantine Cyprus (2000).
Following a Past and Present Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the Institute of Historical Research (University of London), in 2001 I joined as a Research Associate the Prosopography of the Byzantine World, a British Academy project funded by the AHRC and based at the Centre for Computing in the Humanities here at King's, where I worked until my RCUK appointment in 2006.