Niels Gaul
A. G. Leventis Professor of Byzantine Studies and Head of Classics · College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences · University of Edinburgh
Quick answer: Niels Gaul is A. G. Leventis Professor of Byzantine Studies and Head of Classics at University of Edinburgh. Niels Gaul shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-11.
⭐ Open to PhD supervision enquiries? Yes. Areas of interest for supervision: I welcome applications from potential research students with interest in the Byzantine world: I supervise PhD students in both Classics and History. Areas of supervision: middle and late Byzantine history and culture; Byzantine rhetoric and the classical tradition; Greek palaeography and Byzantine manuscript studies; compar
Research interests
I am a Byzantinist with research interests primarily in the middle and later Byzantine periods. My current work looks at classicising learning, the classical tradition and at the learned networks permeating Byzantine society, often from a cross-cultural vantage point; manuscript culture and Greek palaeography as well as various types of social performances, be it in the form of rhetorical ‘theatre’, processions or (staged) miracles.
Selected publications (since 2023)
[2023] 'Processions in early Palaiologan Constantinople: From Michael Palaiologos's theatrical spectacles to participatory performances under Andronikos II and Patriarch Athanasios I', in L. Brubaker and N. Patterson Ševčenko (eds), Processions: Urban Ritual in Byzantium and Neighboring Lands, Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Symposia and Colloquia (Washington, D.C., 2025), 205–45.
[2023] 'George Finlay, the founding figures of Greek national historiography and iconoclast emperor Leo III: Byzantine paratexts of Revolution', in The Greek Revolution of 1821 (above), 303–26.
[2023] 'Voicing and gesturing emotions: Remarks on emotive performance from antiquity to the middle Byzantine period', in D. Cairns, M. Hinterberger, A. Pizzone and M. Zaccarini (eds), Emotions through Time: From Antiquity to Byz
Frequently asked questions
Is Niels Gaul hiring PhD students at University of Edinburgh?
Yes. As of 2026-09-11, Niels Gaul's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: Open to PhD supervision enquiries? Yes. Areas of interest for supervision: I welcome applications from potential research students with interest in the Byzantine world: I supervise PhD students in bot.
What does Niels Gaul research?
I am a Byzantinist with research interests primarily in the middle and later Byzantine periods. My current work looks at classicising learning, the classical tradition and at the learned networks permeating Byzantine society, often from a cross-cultural vantage point; manuscript culture and Greek pa
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