Christina Christoforatou

Books

Christoforatou, C. (2024). Eros and Logos: Power and Imagination in Byzantine Romance. In Progress.

Christoforatou, C., & Vaughn, S. N. (2010). Desire and Eroticism in Medieval Europe, Eleventh to Fifteenth Centuries: Sex without Sex. Austin, University of Texas Press.

Journal Articles

(2022). Book Review (Invited).  "The Tale of Livistros and Rodamne." A Byzantine Love Romance of the 13th Century.  Trans. and ed. Panagiotis A. Agapitos. (Translated Texts for Byzantinists 10).  Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2021. Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies, 97(4). 1147-1148.

Christoforatou, C. (2015). Ontologies of Power in the Sovereign Politics of Pindar and Machiavelli. Italian Culture , 33(2). 87-104.

(2011). Figuring Eros in Byzantine Fiction: Iconographic Transformation and Political Evolution. Medieval Encounters: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Cultures in Confluence and Dialogue, 17(3). 321-359.

(2010). The Paradox of Sovereignty from Pindar to Byzantium. Exemplaria: A Journal of Theory in Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 22(4). 349-370.

Christoforatou, C., & Vaughn, S. N. (2010). Introduction: Desire and Eroticism in Medieval Europe, Eleventh of Fifteenth Centuries: Sex without Sex. Journal of the History of Sexuality, 19(1). 1-16.

(2005). The Iconography of Eros and the Politics of Desire in Komnenian Byzantium. Enarratio, 12(1). 71-109.

Conference Proceedings

Christoforatou, C. (2023). Seeing in the Mind's Eye: Theories of Consciousness from Aristotle to Bachelard by Way of Byzantium.. Proceedings of the Forty-Ninth Byzantine Studies Conference.

Christoforatou, C. (2022). Exalting Eros through Logos: Performing Passion and Imperial Power in Byzantine Fiction.. Proceedings of the Forty-Eighth Byzantine Studies Conference.

Christoforatou, C. (2014). Inventive Logos, Coercive Eros: The Poetics of Passion in Eustathios Makrembolites' "Hysmine and Hysminias.". Proceedings of the Fortieth Byzantine Studies Conference (BSANA).

Christoforatou, C. (2014). In Defense of Reverie: Cultural Fantasy and the Poetics of Space in "Belthandros and Chrysantza," "Libistros and Rodamne" and "Kallimachos and Chysorrhoe.". Romance Between East and West: New Approaches to Medieval Greek Fiction.

Media Contributions

Christoforatou, C. (2023). Manuscripts, Cultures, and Ideas on the Move: Reflections on the Sinai Palimpsests Project and the Contents of a Manuscript that Travelled from Constantinople to Sinai..

Christoforatou, C. (2017). Interview for the Great Works of Literature Program and its New Blog, Join the Conversation: Great Works of Literature Faculty Interview..

Christoforatou, C. (2011). Academic Poetry Blog, "Poem of the Month." | C. P. Cavafy, "27 June 1906. 2 p.m.":  Personhood, Citizenship and Statehood.

Presentations

Christoforatou, C. (2026, October 2). Seeing in the Mind's Eye: Theories of Consciousness from Aristotle to Bachelard by Way of Byzantium. 49th Annual Byzantine Studies Conference.. Vancouver, BC. Simon Fraser University: Byzantine Studies Association of North America (BSANA).

Christoforatou, C. (2026, October 2). Chair and moderator of a conference panel: "Justice and Morality". 49th Annual Byzantine Studies Conference. Vancouver, Simon Fraser University: Byzantine Studies Association of North America (BSANA).

Christoforatou, C. (2026, September 2). Committee-Service and Leadership Opportunities . WSAS All-Pods Seminar: The Nuts and Bolts of CUNY Life. New York: Baruch College (WSAS).

Christoforatou, C. (2026, May 2). Panel Chair and Discussant. Medieval Aesthetics and Comparative Poetics.. Annual Inter-University Doctoral Consortium on Medieval Studies Conference.. New York: CUNY Graduate Center, Columbia University, and Stony Brook University.

Christoforatou, C. (2026, April 2). Manuscripts, Cultures, and Ideas on the Move: Reflections on the Sinai Palimpsests Project and the Contents of a Manuscript that Travelled from Constantinople to Sinai.. CUNY Graduate Center and The College of Staten Island. History Lecture Series 2023.. : CUNY Graduate Center PhD Program in History & The College of Staten Island, Department of History.

Christoforatou, C. (2026, October 2). "How do Byzantinists Teach?" Round-table discussion sponsored by the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture. 48th Byzantine Studies Conference,. Los Angeles, UCLA: Byzantine Studies Association of North America (BSANA).

Christoforatou, C. (2026, October 2). Exalting Eros through Logos: Performing Passion and Imperial Power in Byzantine Fiction. 48th Annual Byzantine Studies Conference,. Los Angeles, UCLA: Byzantine Studies Association of North America (BSANA).

Christoforatou, C. (2016, October 8). Defining Cults in Byzantium. Chair. 42nd Byzantine Studies Conference. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY: Byzantine Studies Association of North America (BSANA).

Christoforatou, C. (2014, March 20). Capital/Punishment and the Ethos of Sovereignty in the Political Writings of Pindar and Machiavelli. The American Comparative Literature Association Annual Conference. NYU, New York: American Comparative Literature Association.

Christoforatou, C. (2014, April 28). Political Literature from the Athenian Republic to the Global State.. Feit Interdisciplinary Conference. New York, NY: Baruch College, CUNY.

Christoforatou, C. (2014, November 7). Inventive Logos, Coercive Eros: The Poetics of Passion in Eustathios Makrembolites' "Hysmine and Hysminias". 40th Byzantine Studies Conference. Vancouver: Byzantine Studies Association of North America.

Christoforatou, C. (2014, November 27). In Defense of Reverie: Cultural Fantasy and the Poetics of Space in "Belthandros and Chrysantza," "Libistros and Rodamne," and "Kallimachos and Chrysorrhoe". Romance Between East and West: International Conference in Medieval Greek Fiction. Athens, Greece: Swedish Institute & Riksbanken Jubeliemsfond.

Christoforatou, C. (2012, April 30). Sovereignty Redifined: Citizenship, Subjectivity, and Freedom. The Center for the Humanities, CUNY, 2011-2012 Public Lectures. New York, NY: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and The Center for the Humanities, Graduate Center, CUNY.

Christoforatou, C. (2012, March 30). The Coercive Reign of Eros and the Bounds of Sovereign Polity in Byzantine Fiction. The American Comparative Literature Association Annual Conference. Providence, RI, Brown University: American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA).

Christoforatou, C. (2011, November 18). Desire and Sexuality in Later Byzantine Fiction. 4th Annual Faculty Roundtable Discussion in Medieval Studies. New York, NY: Medieval Studies Program, Graduate Center, CUNY.

Christoforatou, C. (2009, May 8). Patrons and Writers and Odds: The Politics of Literary Creation in Byzantium and Beyond. 44th International Congress on Medieval Studies.. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI and the Medieval Association of the Midwest

Christoforatou, C. (2009, May 8). Sovereign Nomos and the Politics of Imperial Legitimation in Byzantine Narrative Fiction. 44th International Congress on Medieval Studies.. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

Christoforatou, C., & Freedman, K. (2008, November 6). Abstraction and Composition: the Challenges (and Rewards) of Interdisciplinary Teaching. Learning Communities Open Forum at Baruch College. : Dean's Office of the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, Baruch College.

Christoforatou, C. (2008, May 10). Bios, Physis, and the Paradox of Sovereignty.. 43rd International Congress on Medieval Studies. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

Christoforatou, C. (2007, May 31). 'Fear God. Honour the Emperor': The Politics of Desire in Twelfth-Century Byzantium, at The Use and Abuse of Propaganda in the Middle Ages. 42nd International Congress on Medieval Studies. Western Michigan University.. Kalamazoo, MI

Christoforatou, C. (2007, May 31). Love and Its Manifestations in the High Middle Ages.. 42nd International Congress on Medieval Studies. Western Michigan University and Medieval Association of the Midwest, Kalamazoo, MI

Christoforatou, C. (2005, May 31). Rhetoric in Byzantine Culture: New Approaches. 40th International Congress on Medieval Studies at West Michigan University. Western Michigan University and Texas Medieval Association. Kalamazoo, MI

Christoforatou, C. (2005, May 31). The Iconography of Eros and the Topography of Desire in Byzantine Narrative Fiction | Concepts of Space and Location in Medieval Literature: A Cross-Cultural Perspective: Western Christianity, Byzantium, and Islam. 40th International Congress on Medieval Studies. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Studies Certificate Program, CUNY.

Christoforatou, C. (2004, May 31). Greco-Byzantine Utopias: From Classical Gardens of Desire to Allegorical Paradisoi . 39th International Congress on Medieval Studies at West Michigan University. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

Christoforatou, C. (2003, April 25). King Eros in the Byzantine Garden.". Showcase of Doctoral Work in Medieval Studies. New York City Doctoral Consortium in Medieval Studies.. New York, NY: New York University.

Christoforatou, C. (2003, May 31). The Pleasure Garden and the Walled City: Allegorical Manifestations of Desire in the Byzantine Romances at Medieval Gardens of Desire. 38th International Congress on Medieval Studies. Western Michigan University and Medieval Romance Society. Kalamazoo, MI

Christoforatou, C. (2003, December 31). Marvelous and Sublime Manifestations in the Narratives of the Byzantine Romances of the Komnenian Period. Andrew W. Mellon Symposium. : Department of Comparative Literature. University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Christoforatou, C. (2002, April 12). Communicating Across the Curriculum: Evaluating Student-Writing in the Disciplines. Seminar on Writing and Communication. New York City College of Technology

Christoforatou, C. (2002, April 12). Writing Across the Curriculum: Writing in the Disciplines. Guest presentation in a senior seminar for students in the chemical technology field on writing and communiction. Brooklyn, New York: New York City College of Technology (CUNY).

Christoforatou, C. (2000, March 22). Reframing 'Jekyll and Hyde': The Strange Voices and the Sublime in the Case of Gothic Fiction. "British Gothic Novels Roundtable". Brooklyn, New York: New York City College of Technology (CUNY).

Christoforatou, C. (2000, October 12). Understanding Audience: Beyond 'Just for Class' Writing Assignments. 65th Annual Convention of the Association for Business Communication. Atlanta, Georgia

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