CONFERENCES
- Simon Fraser University (Vancouver) – The 49th Annual Byzantine Studies Conference (BSC) – Panel Title: Intersecting Sexes: Byzantine, Sasanian, and Eurasian Masculinity – (October 2023) – Paper Title: ‘What a Man, What a Man, What a Might Good Man’: Theophylact Simocatta on the Masculinity of Military Men in the Late Roman and Sasanian World
- University of Leeds – International Medieval Congress: Panel Title – Roman and Sasanian Networks and Entanglements, III: Identifying networks and Communities at Court and within the Military – (July 2023) – Paper Title: Emperor Maurice and his Eastern Generals: Military Careers and Networks along the Roman-Sasanian Frontier
- University of Oxford – The 25th Oxford University Byzantine Society International Graduate Conference – Theme: Passing Judgements: Distinctions, Separations, and Contradictions in Late Antiquity and Byzantium (February 2023) – Paper Title: Passing Judgement on Ideas of Treason in Late Antiquity: Theophylact Simocatta on the Distinctions between the Methods of Sedition in Roman and Sasanian Contexts
- 24th International Congress of Byzantine Studies, Venice and Padua – Thematic Strand: ‘The Edge of Traitors.’ Part 1: Treason and Disloyalty in Civil and Military Affairs, 4th – 6th c. (August 2022) – Paper Title: Bahram Chobin’s Revolt: A Sasanian Asset and Ally of East Rome in the Late Sixth Century?
- University of Leeds – International Medieval Congress: Panel Title – Empires without Borders – Collaboration and Rivalry between the Roman and Sasanian Empires, I: Politics and Warfare along the Mesopotamian Frontier (July 2022) – Paper Title: Rivalry Halted. Enemies Turned Allies? The Impact of Bahram Chobin’s Revolt on Roman-Sasanian Relations
- University of Oxford – The 24th Oxford University Byzantine Society International Graduate Conference – Reshaping the World: Utopias, Ideals, and Aspirations in Late Antiquity and Byzantium (February 2022) – Paper Title: Communicating the Changing Ideals of Imperial Leadership: Theophylact Simocatta on the Military Identity of Emperor Maurice, AD 578-602.
- Cardiff University (UWICAH) – Communication and Interaction in the Ancient World and its Study (November 2021) – Paper Title: Communicating and Transferring Legitimacy in the Roman Court: The Use of Emotion in Literary Context of Emperor Maurice’s Inauguration
- University of Leeds – International Medieval Congress: Panel Title – Between Byzantium and Sasanian Persia: The Climate of Leadership between Ērānshahr and the Eastern Roman Empire (July 2021) – Paper Title: Vindicated, Dismissed or Crushed: Roman-Sasanian Generalship and Punishment in the Late Sixth Century AD
- University of Birmingham – The 21st Annual Postgraduate Colloquium of the Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman, and Modern Greek Studies: Theme – Colour, Emotion and Senses (May 2021) – Paper Title: Emotion as Evidence for Legitimacy? The Public Reception of Emperor Maurice
- University of Exeter – Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in Ancient History (March 2021) – Paper Title: Becoming Šāhanšāh in Ērānshahr: Visual and Literary Evidence for Sasanian Investiture Rituals in the Late Sixth Century AD
- University of Wales, Lampeter – UWICAH: Universities in Wales Institute of Classics and Ancient History –Themes of Isolation in, and in the study of, the Ancient World (November 2020) – Paper Title: Being a ‘Byzantinist’: An Academic Discipline on the Periphery
- (Cancelled: Covid-19) Cardiff University – Breaking Boundaries: An Interdisciplinary Conference for the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (May 2020) – Paper Title: Byzantium and Sasanian Persia: A Comparative Study of Eastern Kingship
- (Cancelled: Covid-19) University of Exeter – Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in Ancient History (March 2020) – Paper Title: Panegyric and the Perception of Rulership in Early Byzantium
- University of Bristol – Centre for Medieval Studies Postgraduate Conference: Follow the Leader: Medieval Leaders and Leadership (January 2020) – Paper Title: Rulership in Early Byzantium: The Inauguration Speech of Emperor Maurice
- Sapienza: Università di Roma – Apprendistato dello Storico: Dialettiche del Potere- rivendicazione, usurpazione, giustificazione (May 2019) – Paper Title: Nikephoros III Botaneiates and Nikephoros Bryennios: The Means and Ends to Usurp an Imperial Throne and the Precedent it set for Alexios I Komnenos in 1081 AD
- St Anne’s College, University of Oxford – ‘Lampeter Legacies’, (November 2018) – Event in Honour of Professor Janet Burton – Paper Title: ό διπλωματία των Βυζαντινών: Religious Missionaries and their Role along the Northern Frontier, 8th Century – 12th Century AD [Invited]
- Lancaster University – HistFest (June 2018) – Paper Title: Realism in Late Roman Warfare: A Military Arms Race between Rome and Sassanid Persia (The Concept of Development Over Time between the 4th and 6th Century AD)
- UWTSD Lampeter – Undergraduate Humanities Conference (May 2017) – Paper Title: The Role of Emperor Justinian in the Decline of the Byzantine Empire
Seminars
- [Forthcoming] Cardiff University – Ancient History Seminar Series (March 2024) – Paper Title: Fighting the Eastern Enemy: Military Leadership during Emperor Maurice’s War with Persia
- • Army and Navy Club, London – The Iran Society and British Institute of Persian Studies Lecture Series (May 2023) – Paper Title: ‘You’re Fire’: A Comparison of Roman and Sasanian Military Careers [Invited]
- Cardiff University – Ancient History Seminar Series (February 2023) – Paper Title: Military Careers and the Aftermath of Battle in Late Antiquity: Evidence from the Late Roman and Sasanian World [Invited]
- Cardiff University – C.L.A.M.E.R (Cardiff Late Antique and Medieval Early Researcher) Seminar Series (November 2022) – Paper Title: Conflict, Alliances, and Ideology: Theophylact Simocatta on Bahram Chobin’s Revolt
- Cardiff University – C.L.A.M.E.R (Cardiff Late Antique and Medieval Early Researcher) Seminar Series (April 2022) – Paper Title: Emperor Maurice: The Proto-Return of the Soldier-Emperor? Interconnected Identities and Shifting Ideals of Military Leadership in Late Antiquity
- UWTSD Lampeter – Lampeter and Mid-Wales Classics Association Branch Research Seminar (April 2021) – Paper Title: Theophylact Simocatta and Leadership at Times of Transition: Approaches and Evidence from the Late Roman and Sasanian Empire, AD 565-602 [Invited]
Presentations
- The Sustainability of the Roman Empire’s Eastern Frontier: The Client State of Armenia, From Crassus to 100 AD.
- How Important were Cavalry Divisions in the Conflicts of Belisarios in the East?
- Defence on the Eastern Frontier: The Importance of Fortresses, rather than Armies, in the Defence of the Eastern Provinces
- Byzantium and Persia in Late Antiquity: Diplomacy of Ancient Enemies