Yannis Stouraitis
Senior Lecturer; Byzantine History · College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences · University of Edinburgh
Quick answer: Yannis Stouraitis is Senior Lecturer; Byzantine History at University of Edinburgh. Yannis Stouraitis shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-11.
⭐ I welcome applications from potential PhD students with interest in the Byzantine world (500-1453). I supervise research students in both Classics and History on topics related to the social and cultural history, and the historiography of the medieval East Roman, aka Byzantine, Empire, and in comparison with its neighbouring cultures: the Islamic empire, the Slavic world, and western medieval Euro
Research interests
My research focuses on the social and cultural history of the Byzantine Empire in the period between the 7th and the 15th centuries. I have explored the social aspects of warfare and the war ethic in the Byzantine world, with my current focus being on civil wars. Besides, I am interested in processes of social identification and the configuration of visions of community in the high and late medieval Byzantine world. In relation to this, I have developed an interest in the study of history writing and the construction of historical memory, as well as in the question of migration in the medieval Eastern Mediterranean.
Selected publications (since 2023)
1. "Whose War Ethic? Dominant versus Subaltern Ideas about Just War in Byzantium", Dumbarton Oaks Papers 78 (2024), 81-103.*
2. "The Roman State from a Byzantine Perspective", Comment in Debate. Was There A Medieval »State«?, Medieval Worlds 18 (2023), 54-57 (open access)*.
3. "What did it mean to be ‘Roman’ in Byzantium?", in J. Shepard and P. Frankopan (eds), Revisiting the Byzantine Commonwealth: Nodes, Networks, and Spheres (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2025), 43-55*
4. "Byzantine History", in N. Christofis (ed.), History and Historiography in Greece: Recent Trends edited by N. Christofis (Berghahn Books: New York and Oxford, 2025), 41-58.*
5. "Microstructures and Mobility in Byzantium: An Introduction", co-authored with Claudia Rapp, in Cl. Rapp and Y. Stouraitis (eds), Mobility a
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Is Yannis Stouraitis hiring PhD students at University of Edinburgh?
Yes. As of 2026-09-11, Yannis Stouraitis's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: I welcome applications from potential PhD students with interest in the Byzantine world (500-1453). I supervise research students in both Classics and History on topics related to the social and cultu.
What does Yannis Stouraitis research?
My research focuses on the social and cultural history of the Byzantine Empire in the period between the 7th and the 15th centuries. I have explored the social aspects of warfare and the war ethic in the Byzantine world, with my current focus being on civil wars. Besides, I am interested in processe
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