Liverpool Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages (LLAMA)

Supported by the HLC Collaboration Fund, the LLAMA research group brings together researchers from across three HLC departments (ACE, History, and Irish Studies) who work in the interdisciplinary field of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (roughly the period 200-900 CE). Formed in 2023, LLAMA builds on an established intellectual strength of the School, acts as a crucial meeting point for participants in various ongoing research projects as they develop, encourages collaboration and mutual support, and offers opportunities for mentorship between researchers at different career stages.

Two wooden panels with etchings of an old language on it.

If you would like to join the group’s mailing list, contact one of the organisers below.

Organisers

Dave Addison (David.addison@liverpool.ac.uk)
Matt Hassall (matthew.hassall@liverpool.ac.uk)
Robin Whelan (robin.whelan@liverpool.ac.uk)

Group members

Eoghan Ahern
Antonella Carbone
Marios Costambeys
Clare Downham
Alison John
Elle Jones
Georgia Petridou
Carole Pinnington
Ruth Nugent
Vasiliki Zali-Schiel

Upcoming events

Semester 2 Guest Lectures TBC

Monthly work-in-progress seminar

The group runs monthly work-in-progress seminars through the academic year. Two colleagues circulate drafts of their pieces of written work (monograph or PhD thesis chapter, journal article, essay for edited volume, etc). After brief introductions by the authors, we discuss the works and provide constructive feedback. If you wish to join the group and/or present, please get in touch with the organisers.

Past events

22 May 2025: Guest Lecture: Gerda Heydemann (Freie Universität Berlin), ‘The curse of Ham: biblical exegesis, ethnicity and race in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages’

24 October 2024: Guest Lecture: Geoffrey Greatrex (University of Ottawa/Université d’Ottawa) ‘What Sort of Late Antiquity? Reflections on Peter Brown, Journeys of the Mind.’