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Andrew Walker White--pictured here performing a pantomime in the ancient theater of Aphrodisias in Turkey--is a theater artist and cultural historian, currently based in the Washington, D.C. area. His research focuses on the Greek Performing Arts between Antiquity and the Renaissance, particularly the arts of the Eastern Roman (or 'Byzantine') Empire. His recently-published book, "Performing Orthodox Ritual in Byzantium" with Cambridge University Press marks the beginning of a longer project, reuniting post-Classical Hellenic culture with the history of Western Civilization.White has two appointments at George Mason University, teaching for both the History
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Ecumenica, 2011
" Peinture … ben but as nakyd lettris to a clerk to riden the treuthe. But so ben not mi... more " Peinture … ben but as nakyd lettris to a clerk to riden the treuthe. But so ben not miraclis pleyinge that ben made more to deliten men bodily than to ben bokes to lewid men. And therfore yif they ben quike bookis,they ben quike bookis to shrewidenesse more than to godenesse. " A Treatise of Miraclis Pleyinge, ll. 373-380.
PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015
Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies
Given that realistic, theatrical representations of the sacred have long been accepted in the wes... more Given that realistic, theatrical representations of the sacred have long been accepted in the west, it may be surprising to encounter objections to it, among Christians, at the dawn of the twenty-first century. But both the Kathimerini's film critic and Archbishop Christodoulos speak to the endurance of Orthodoxy's anti-theatrical ritual aesthetic.
Journal of Roman Archaeology, 2015
PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015
PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015
PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015
PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015
PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015
PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015
PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015
PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015
PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015
PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015
PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015
PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015
Ecumenica, 2011
" Peinture … ben but as nakyd lettris to a clerk to riden the treuthe. But so ben not mi... more " Peinture … ben but as nakyd lettris to a clerk to riden the treuthe. But so ben not miraclis pleyinge that ben made more to deliten men bodily than to ben bokes to lewid men. And therfore yif they ben quike bookis,they ben quike bookis to shrewidenesse more than to godenesse. " A Treatise of Miraclis Pleyinge, ll. 373-380.
PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015
Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies
Given that realistic, theatrical representations of the sacred have long been accepted in the wes... more Given that realistic, theatrical representations of the sacred have long been accepted in the west, it may be surprising to encounter objections to it, among Christians, at the dawn of the twenty-first century. But both the Kathimerini's film critic and Archbishop Christodoulos speak to the endurance of Orthodoxy's anti-theatrical ritual aesthetic.
Journal of Roman Archaeology, 2015
PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015
PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015
PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015
PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015
PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015
PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015
PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015
PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015
PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015
PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015
PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015
PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015
This brief abstract provides, in a nutshell, the scope of my future work in the field currently k... more This brief abstract provides, in a nutshell, the scope of my future work in the field currently known as "Byzantine Theatre" but which, I believe, needs to be expanded well beyond theatre.
I will be presenting this paper as part of the 23rd International Congress of Byzantine Studies in Belgrade, Serbia on Friday, August 26.
This is a the pre-publication version of the Introduction to "Performing Orthodox Ritual in Byza... more This is a the pre-publication version of the Introduction to "Performing Orthodox Ritual in Byzantium," my recently-published book with Cambridge University Press.