ANNOUNCING OUR NEW MEMBERS: Dr Sofia Puchkova and Dr Daniel Alford Sofia is an expert in Greek patristics & Syriac studies, while Daniel specialises in Persian and Armenian sources. It is a pleasure to welcome them to the team.

#DidYouKnow that Theodoric the Great, ruler of the Ostrogoths (c. 475-526), was the son of two slaves? Well... not quite. Find out more on our latest blog post: "Romance, Fantasy, & Slavery: Fredegar on the Birth of Theodoric" Link: dosseproject.com/romance-fantas…

This is what happens when you ask a historian of late Rome to help with home décor...👀

CALL FOR PAPERS - Manumission in the Islamicate World Conference Date: 22 Apr 2026 Location: University of Leicester, UK, in partnership with Markfield Institute Please submit a 300-word abstract for consideration to [email protected], along with your full name & bio by 31 May 2025

2025-26 Lecturer in Biblical and Early Christian Studies, University of Manchester, UK. FT/Fixed Term: 12 months. Requires strong publications & ability to teach biblical languages. Deadline 28 April, start 1 September. nt4ox.link/Man25

Delighted that my article 'The Bandit, the Holy Man, and the Slave in the Early Medieval West', published in the Journal of Late Antiquity, has been shortlisted for the RHS ECR article prize! blog.royalhistsoc.org/2025/05/28/roy…

Slavery and Power in Ancient Households earlychristiantexts.com/slavery-power-…

Heading to the IMC? Tomorrow Sheida will be presenting on 'Early Islamic Sexual Taboos: The Boundaries of Permissibility in al-Ṭabarī and al-Ṭabarānī's Narratives', as part of Becca Grose and Grace Stafford's panels on 'Sex Education and Late Antiquity'.

New on the blog: Teaching Slavery in Late Antiquity - a reflection In a guest post, Jamie Wood (University of Lincoln) talks about his undergraduate module on late antique slavery. We'll be publishing some of his students' work over the next few weeks dosseproject.com/teaching-slave…

We are so pleased to share that Seth M. Stadel, a DoSSE project alumnus, has published new article in the Journal of Late Antiquity, entitled 'The Legal Constructions of Christian Slavery in Fars at the End of Late Antiquity'. Read it, Open Access, here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/…

New on the blog: 'Diverse Tales of Slaves, Sex, & Female Owners' In this post, James explores how late antique sources show female masters exploiting the bodies of their slaves. Link: dosseproject.com/diverse-tales-…