Women Scholars of Orthodox Christianity Featuring Dame Averil Cameron

The Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University is delighted to present the third episode of its webinar series highlighting the scholarly insights and academic careers of female scholars whose research and writing explore some facet of the history, thought, or culture of Orthodox Christianity. The broadcast will be livestreamed via Zoom and open to all who have pre-registered. The event will include some time for live audience questions. For those who miss the live event, the Center will archive each episode on its website and YouTube channel.

This episode features an interview with Dame Averil Cameron. Dame Averil is one of the world’s most accomplished scholars of late antiquity and Byzantium, with major contributions to our understanding of early Christian historical writing, devotion to the Theotokos, and the intersection of Christianity with the Roman Empire. While teaching at Kings College London  from 1965 until 1994, she founded the Centre for Hellenic Studies and served as the editor for the Journal of Roman Studies. In 1994, she was elected warden of Keble College, Oxford, a position she held until her retirement in 2010. She is the author or editor of more than twenty books and, among her many honors, she was named “Commander of the Order of the British Empire” in 1999 and “Dame Commander” in 2006. She has recently written on contemporary appeals to the Byzantine heritage and the concept of orthodoxy in Byzantium. Her most recent book is Byzantine Christianity: A Very Brief History (SPCK, 2017).

Orthodox Christian Studies Center events are free.

Questions? Contact:
Orthodox Christian Studies Center
orthodoxy@fordham.edu