The Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies (SPBS) is a scholarly society established in 1983 "with the object of furthering study and knowledge of the

history History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

and culture,

language Language is a structured system of communication. The structure of a language is its grammar and the free components are its vocabulary. Languages are the primary means by which humans communicate, and may be conveyed through a variety of ...

and

literature Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include ...

of the

Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinopl ...

and its neighbours". The executive of the SPBS is also the UK committee of the

Association Internationale des Études Byzantines International Association of Byzantine Studies (french: Association Internationale des Études Byzantines, AIEB) was launched in 1948. It is an international co-ordinating body that links national Byzantine Studies member groups. Background and A ...

(AIEB). Its current President is Dame

Averil Cameron Dame Averil Millicent Cameron ( Sutton; born 8 February 1940), often cited as A. M. Cameron, is a British historian. She was Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine History at the University of Oxford, and the Warden of Keble College, Oxford ...

Publications

The society publishes an annual journal, the ''Bulletin of British Byzantine Studies'', and an annual newsletter. An annual Spring Symposium is held, the proceedings of which are published by Ashgate in their ''Publications of the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies'' series.Publications of the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies.
Ashgate. Retrieved 11 October 2015.

References

1983 establishments in England Learned societies of the United Kingdom Byzantine studies {{England-org-stub