Annual Conference

The 52nd Annual Byzantine Studies Conference in South Bend

The Fifty-Second Annual Byzantine Studies Conference (BSC) will be held in South Bend, Indiana, on October 22–25, 2026. More details TBA. This conference will be in-person only.

Download the Call for Papers here.

• Preliminary Program: Coming soon.
• Conference Abstracts: Coming soon.
• Conference website: Coming soon.

Local Arrangements Committee

• Alexis Torrance, Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame (Theology), Local Arrangements Committee Chair
• Alexander Beihammer, Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame (History)
• Jeffrey Wickes, Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame (Theology)

2026 Program Committee

• Naomi Pitamber, Assistant Professor, Clark University (Art History), Program Committee Chair
• Alexander Beihammer, Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame (History)
• Samet Budak, Postdoctoral Fellow, Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies, Princeton University (History)
• Allison Grenda, PhD Candidate, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Art History), Graduate Student Committee Officer 
• Charles Kuper, Associate Professor, University of Tennessee (Classics)
• Ugo Mondini, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Oxford (Philology and Literature)
• Robert Nelson, Professor Emeritus, Yale University (Art History)