Walter Kaegi
Encyclopedia
Walter Emil Kaegi is a historian
and scholar of Byzantine History
, and professor of history in the University of Chicago
. He is also a Voting Member of The Oriental Institute
. He received his PhD from Harvard University
in 1965. He is known for his researches on the period from the fourth through eleventh centuries with a special interest in the advancement of Islam, interactions with religion and thought, and military subjects. He is also distinguished for analyzing the Late Roman period in European and Mediterranean context. He is known as the co-founder of the Byzantine Studies Conference and the editor of the journal Byzantinische Forschungen.
Byzantine studies
Byzantine studies is an interdisciplinary branch of the humanities that addresses the history, culture, costumes, religion, art, such as literature and music, science, economy, and politics of the Byzantine Empire. The discipline's founder in Germany is considered to be the philologist Hieronymus...
and scholar of Byzantine History
Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire during the periods of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, centred on the capital of Constantinople. Known simply as the Roman Empire or Romania to its inhabitants and neighbours, the Empire was the direct continuation of the Ancient Roman State...
, and professor of history in the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
. He is also a Voting Member of The Oriental Institute
Oriental Institute, Chicago
The Oriental Institute , established in 1919, is the University of Chicago's archeology museum and research center for ancient Near Eastern studies.- History and purpose:James Henry Breasted built up the collection of the Haskell Oriental Museum...
. He received his PhD from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
in 1965. He is known for his researches on the period from the fourth through eleventh centuries with a special interest in the advancement of Islam, interactions with religion and thought, and military subjects. He is also distinguished for analyzing the Late Roman period in European and Mediterranean context. He is known as the co-founder of the Byzantine Studies Conference and the editor of the journal Byzantinische Forschungen.
70s-80s
- Byzantium and the Decline of Rome. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1968; reprinted, 1970.
- Byzantine Military Unrest 471-843: An Interpretation. Amsterdam & Las Palmas: A.M. Hakkert, 1981.
- Army, Society and Religion in Byzantium. London: Variorum Revised Editions & Reprints, 1982.
- Some Thoughts on Byzantine Military Strategy. Hellenic Studies Lecture for Ball State University. Brookline, MA.: Hellenic College Press, 1983.
- Byzantium and the Trans-Saharan Gold Trade: A Cautionary Note. Graeco-Arabica, vol. 3 (1984), 95-100.
90s
- Procopius the Military Historian. Byzantinische Forschungen 15 (1990) 53-85.
- Byzantium and the Early Islamic Conquests. Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 1992. Paperback, 1995.
- Byzantine Logistics: Problems and Perspectives. In collective volume, ed. by John A. Lynn, entitled The Feeding of Mars (Boulder:Westview Press, 1993) 39-55.
- The Capability of the Byzantine Army for Military Operations in Italy. In: Teodorico e i Goti, ed. by Antonio Carile (Ravenna: Longo Editore,1995) 79-99.
- Egypt on the Eve of the Muslim Conquest'.' Cambridge History of Egypt , ed. C. Petry (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998) pp 34–61.
2000s
- Society and Institutions in Byzantine Africa. In: Ai confini dell'impero. Storia, arte e archeologia della Sardegna bizantina. (Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy: M & T Sardegna, 2002) pp. 15–28.
- Heraclius Emperor of Byzantium. Cambridge University Press (2003).
- Confronting Islam: Emperors versus Caliphs (641-c. 850). In: Cambridge History of the Byzantine Empire, 2008) 365-394.
- Muslim Expansion and Byzantine Collapse in North Africa. Cambridge University Press (2010).