| C. Phil., History, University of California, Los Angeles (2008); M.A., History, UCLA, (2007); Master of Advanced Studies in Theology and Religion, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, (2005); M. Div., Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (2004); B.A., Greek and Latin, Hampden-Sydney College (1998)Phi Beta Kappa. |
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| E-mail: bendelee@ucla.edu |
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| Subfield |
Rise of Islam, Byzantine Art, Early Christianity, and Late Antiquity and Early Byzantium
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| Research |
M.Th. Thesis: "Asceticism and Sanctity: A Comparative Study of Hagiographical Methodology and Metaphor in Athanasius’s Life of Antony and Theodoret’s Life of Symeon the Stylite." Dissertation: "Niketas Byzantios and the Problem of Islam"
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| Publications |
ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLES:
“Ghana,” and “Tunisia,” Greenwood Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues, 2009.
“Patriarchate of Constantinople in the Byzantine Period,” “Heraclian Dynasty (610-711),” and “Administrative Stystem in the Early Byzantine Period,” 2009, Encyclopedia of the Hellenic World, www.ehw.gr.
“Peasants in Early Medieval Islamic Lands,” “Free People of Early Medieval Islamic Cities,” “The Umayyad Caliphate,” and “The Role of the Catholic Church in Early Medieval West European Civilization,” In Era 4 edited by Fred Bisson, The World History Encyclopedia, Alfred Andrea, General Editor. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 2009.
“Anna Comnena, princess and historian, 1083-ca. 1153/4”, in International Encyclopedia for the Middle Ages-Online. A Supplement to LexMA-Online. Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, 2007, in Brepolis Medieval Encyclopedia
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| Advisors |
Professor Claudia Rapp
Committee Members: Professors Ronald Mellor, Michael Morony, Scott Bartchy, and Sharon Gerstel
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| Conference Presentations |
The Eternal Nile: Aquatic Imagery in Egyptian Christian Art, presented at the Second International Conference on Iconographical Studies: Animal Symbolism in Christian Art and Literature, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia, May 23-24, 2008.
How Theological Dialogue becomes Theological Polemic: The Hesychast Controversy as a Case Study presented at the Third Annual Graduate Student Conference in Patristic Studies, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, Massachusetts, March 15-17, 2007.
The Treason of Theology: The Ambiguous case of the Maximus the Confessor and Pope Martin, presented at the Annual University of California conference on Late Antiquity: Polis, Civis, Oikoumenę, and Imperium, University of California, Los Angeles, May 26-27, 2006.
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