About Evan Zarkadas

Evan Zarkadas (MA) is an independent scholar of European and Medieval history and an educator. He received his master’s in history from the University of Maine focusing on Medieval Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean, medieval identity, and ethnicity during the late Middle Ages.

Evan Zarkadas (MA) is an independent scholar of European and Medieval history and an educator. He received his master’s in history from the University of Maine focusing on Medieval Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean, medieval identity, and ethnicity during the late Middle Ages.

NBN Episodes hosted by Evan:

David Alan Parnell, "Belisarius & Antonina: Love and War in the Age of Justinian" (Oxford UP, 2023)

November 4, 2023

Belisarius & Antonina

David Alan Parnell
Hosted by Evan Zarkadas

Belisarius and Antonina were titans in the Roman world some 1,500 years ago. Belisarius was the most well-known general of his age, victor over the Pe…

Joel D. Anderson, "Reimagining Christendom: Writing Iceland's Bishops Into the Roman Church, 1200-1350" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2023)

July 25, 2023

Reimagining Christendom

Joel D. Anderson
Hosted by Evan Zarkadas
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With its expanding legal system and its burgeoning throngs of lawyers, legates, and documents, the papacy of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries h…

Larisa Grollemond and Bryan C. Keene, "The Fantasy of the Middle Ages: An Epic Journey through Imaginary Medieval Worlds" (Getty, 2022)

March 27, 2023

The Fantasy of the Middle Ages

Larisa Grollemond and Bryan C. Keene
Hosted by Evan Zarkadas

This abundantly illustrated book is an illuminating exploration of the impact of medieval imagery on three hundred years of visual culture. From the s…

Yannis Stouraitis, "Identities and Ideologies in the Medieval East Roman World" (Edinburgh UP, 2022)

December 10, 2022

Identities and Ideologies in the Medieval East Roman World

Yannis Stouraitis
Hosted by Evan Zarkadas

Identities and Ideologies in the Medieval East Roman World (Edinburgh UP, 2022) examines ideas, beliefs and practices of identification in the medieva…

Nathanael Aschenbrenner and Jake Ransohoff, "The Invention of Byzantium in Early Modern Europe" (Dumbarton Oaks, 2021)

November 30, 2022

The Invention of Byzantium in Early Modern Europe

Nathanael Aschenbrenner and Jake Ransohoff
Hosted by Evan Zarkadas

A gulf of centuries separates the Byzantine Empire from the academic field of Byzantine studies. The Invention of Byzantium in Early Modern Europe off…

Thomas E. Burman et al., "The Sea in the Middle: The Mediterranean World, 650-1650" (U California Press, 2022)

October 21, 2022

The Sea in the Middle

Thomas E. Burman, Brian A. Catlos, and Mark D. Meyerson
Hosted by Evan Zarkadas

The Sea in the Middle: The Mediterranean World, 650-1650 (U California Press, 2022) presents an original and revisionist narrative of the development …

Chrysovalantis Kyriacou, "Orthodox Cyprus Under the Latins, 1191-1571: Society, Spirituality, and Identities" (Lexington Books, 2018)

July 22, 2022

Orthodox Cyprus Under the Latins, 1191-1571

Chrysovalantis Kyriacou
Hosted by Evan Zarkadas

Medieval and Renaissance Cyprus was a fascinating place of ethnic, cultural, and religious encounters. Following almost nine centuries of Byzantine ru…

Eleanor Janega and Neil Max Emmanuel, "The Middle Ages: A Graphic History" (Icon Books, 2020)

January 25, 2022

The Middle Ages

Eleanor Janega and Neil Max Emmanuel
Hosted by Evan Zarkadas

A unique, illustrated book that aspires to bring medieval history closer to the general audience will change the way you see medieval history, The Mid…

Claire Weeda, "Ethnicity in Medieval Europe 950-1250: Medicine, Power and Religion" (Boydell and Brewer, 2021)

November 19, 2021

Ethnicity in Medieval Europe 950-1250

Claire Weeda
Hosted by Evan Zarkadas

Students in twelfth-century Paris held slanging matches, branding the English drunkards, the Germans madmen and the French as arrogant. On Crusade, ar…

Angeliki Lymberopoulou, "Cross-cultural Interaction Between Byzantium and the West, 1204-1669" (Routledge, 2020)

September 20, 2021

Cross-cultural Interaction Between Byzantium and the West, 1204-1669

Angeliki Lymberopoulou
Hosted by Evan Zarkadas

The early modern Mediterranean was an area where many different rich cultural traditions came in contact with each other, and were often forced to co-…