Visiting speakers contribute to our seminar programme Byzantium in Belfast, and there are also specialised teaching weeks throughout the year. In the recent Research Assessment Exercise the subject was flagged, whilst in 1994 the subject won the Cadbury Schweppes Prize as part of the Partnership Awards, a scheme for commending innovation in teaching and learning in Higher Education. The subject is also home to the Evergetis Project, an international project on Byzantine monasticism that has been adopted by the British Academy. There are many reasons to recommend Queen s as the location for studying Byzantium. Queen s was the first British or Irish university to offer undergraduate degrees in Byzantine Studies, and there are still only a handful of alternatives.
Classes are small and informal, allowing for strong personal development.
Students have the opportunity to feel very close to the newest research in Byzantine Studies through the seminar series, the Evergetis Project, our own text series, and the triennial International Colloquia. Four hard disc computers are available for student use, and there is the opportunity to take part in a computer-based British Academy research project at Level 2. In general there is an awareness of the importance of personal development and transferable skills within the teaching programme. Two modules are available at Level 1, The Byzantine Empire and Byzantine Civilization and the Orthodox Church. This required travel is financially supported by the School, but there are other sources of funding for further travel.