Dear friends and colleagues,
We hope this message finds you well, looking forward to a promising year. We attach a link to our newsletter of 2025 (21in21.co.uk/news/) and a few reminders:
22 January 2026, King’s Strand campus, River Room (KIN227), 19:00-20.15: Lecture by Prof Tomasz Derda and Dr Tomasz Borowski (Warsaw): Title: ‘Marea’/Philoxenite: A New Byzantine Town and a Pilgrimage Station in the Hinterland of Alexandria. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lecture-by-dr-tomasz-borowski-mareaphiloxenite-a-new-byzantine-town-tickets-1977021656996?aff=oddtdtcreator
26 January and 9 February 2026, 17:00 (UK), 19:00 (Greece): Two panels co-hosted by the CHS-BSA on: ‘Translation and the Magnitude of Historical Figures’. More information and links are available on the BSA events webpage:
Attendees of the 26 Jan. panel can come and participate in the event, in-person, at the Cyprus High Commission, at 17:00.
5 February 2026: Great Hall, King’s Strand, 18:00: 35th Runciman lecture by Professor Claudia Rapp: ‘Small Things, Big Stories: Approaching Byzantine Society through Prayer Book Manuscripts’
Preceded by Orthodox Vespers in the Chapel at 17:15
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/35th-runciman-lecture-by-professor-claudia-rapp-vienna-tickets-1977022097313?aff=oddtdtcreator
More events, through 10 June 2026, appear on our 21in21.co.uk/events/ page (button below).
Again, we look forward to seeing you soon,
Gonda Van Steen
The full range of 21in21 events are available on our events website.
The CHS website is available here.
