Kaldelis is a woke. He's unprofessionally peddling his leftist politics under the veneer of academic work. He doens't have a clue as to the ethnic heritag of eastern Romans. What he's doing is redefining ethnicity to be free of biological meaning much like leftists have been doing with gender. If one wants to know the ethnicity of middle age Romans one gets an actual science not a humanities flake like Kaldelis. DNA testing between modern and ancient Greeks has blown Kaldellis crackpot narratives out of the water. Unfortunatley many confuse narratives of Sokal-esque leftist humanities flakes like Kaldellis as "science".
Kaldelis is a joke. He's woke. He's unprofessionally peddling his leftist politics under the veneer of academic work. He doens't have a clue as to the ethnic heritage of eastern Romans. What he's doing is redefining ethnicity to be free of biological meaning much like leftists have been doing with gender. If one wants to know the ethnicity of middle age Romans one gets an actual scientist not a humanities flake like Kaldelis. DNA testing between modern and ancient Greeks has blown Kaldellis crackpot narratives out of the water. Unfortunatley many confuse narratives of Sokal-esque leftist humanities types like Kaldellis as serious academic work.
Big thanks for this one, Kelly. Dr. Kaldellis is my second favorite Romanland historian, next to Dr. Leonora Neville. The fact the I am a Senior Auditor here at the University of Wisconsin, Madison has absolutely nothing to do with that preference, of course. My copy of The New Roman Empire arrived last Saturday. My last class of the semester is next Monday. So, I will have the entire Winter Break to enjoy it. Note to my fellow WHE colleagues: I will be accepting Sherpa applications until noon on Monday, December 11, 2023. This is an absolutely beautiful book: 1,133 pages of high-quality paper and binding. The 15 maps alone are worth the price of admittance. Cannot wait! - Pete
Charles Diehl was one of the greatest Byzantinists of all time. For example, his work, "Manuel d'Art Byzantin", despite being from 1925, is very comprehensive, and the tradition he left behind is enormous. For instance, with his disciple Bréhier, whose trilogy "La civilisation byzantine - Les institutions de l'empire byzantin and Vie et mort de Byzance - still today is a very relevant work, his description of the Byzantine navy is briliiant. It is a shame that it is forgotten that those who write history today owe so much to many generations, starting with Thucydides"
As an Ann Arborite and Michigan alum I am always happy to see a fellow Wolverine succeed as Anthony Kaldellis has. This book is next on my Kindle Wishlist, can't wait to crack it. Go Blue!
@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia thank you for Replying and yes a remarkable General and Master tactician to do what he did with what he did Amazing brought low in later life by court intrigue a man amongst men one of Rome's Last Great Generals
History buffs should know the HRE claimed to be the one and only Roman empire and the eastern one Greek. They should also know Kaldellis is a woke. He's redefining ethnicity much like he redefines gender. To be free of biological reality. Sokal warned about pseudo-academics in the humanities peddling their leftit politics under the veneer of science. This describe flake Kaldelis to a tee.
One of the most thrilling historical novels set in the Byzantine Greek Empire during the last Siege of Constantinople, is “The Dark Angel” (original title Johannes Angelos), by prominent Finnish writer, Mika Waltari. Truly epic.
The use of the term Byzantium arose because the western Roman empire considered itself the real Roman empire. Long forgotten by many today is during the middle ages the HRE considered itself the only Roman empire and called the east Imperium Grecoium.. empire of the Greeks. Even the name Byzantium which was popularized by the HRE starting around the 16th century was originally a reference to ancient Greek name for Constantinople. Also of note, today many absurdly claim Slavs are "ethnic Macedonians". In other words they lie in the present while claiming to speak for the past. Bigotry towards Greeks being pawned off as academic work.. Some seem to be trying to subtlety ethnic cleanse Greeks by rewriting history. Such sorts adore the narratives of Kaldellis whose essentially a Greek version of Shlomo Sands.
Please connect this to Michael Hudson's "And Forgive Them Their Debts" and "The Collapse of Antiquity". He points to Byzantium as breaking the tradition of Rome and taking on rather the more ancient Mesopotamian tradition of the ruler protecting the people and cancelling debt-- in order to maintain rule and keep private wealth (often through government officials) from taking political power through people's debt.
I suggest reading primary sources rather than just modern interpretations that use ad-hoc analogies to make absurd claims about ethnicity and culture in the eastern Roman empire. . , Theyll usually leave out "minor" details like during the middle ages the Holy Roman empire claimed to the one any only Roman empire and the eastern one really Greeks.
I was disappointed that he made no reference to his previous book, “Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood: The Rise and Fall of Byzantium 955 A.D. to the First Crusade,” which was only published in 2017. I understand that “The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium” covers more of the early empire, but as someone who has read “Streams of Gold” - and enjoyed it - I wonder why he didn’t do a compare and contrast other than that he’s trying to sell a new book.
This man is becoming a legend in Eastern Roman studies.
He's awesome. 🙂 Thanks for watching!
One of the rudest for sure.
@@madamedellaporte4214 problems? Kaldellis is based
Kaldelis is a woke. He's unprofessionally peddling his leftist politics under the veneer of academic work. He doens't have a clue as to the ethnic heritag of eastern Romans. What he's doing is redefining ethnicity to be free of biological meaning much like leftists have been doing with gender. If one wants to know the ethnicity of middle age Romans one gets an actual science not a humanities flake like Kaldelis. DNA testing between modern and ancient Greeks has blown Kaldellis crackpot narratives out of the water. Unfortunatley many confuse narratives of Sokal-esque leftist humanities flakes like Kaldellis as "science".
An outstanding work, and an outstanding scholar. This book ought to be mandatory reading for anyone pursuing the study of the Eastern Roman world,
We agree! Thank you for watching!
Kaldelis is a joke. He's woke. He's unprofessionally peddling his leftist politics under the veneer of academic work. He doens't have a clue as to the ethnic heritage of eastern Romans. What he's doing is redefining ethnicity to be free of biological meaning much like leftists have been doing with gender. If one wants to know the ethnicity of middle age Romans one gets an actual scientist not a humanities flake like Kaldelis. DNA testing between modern and ancient Greeks has blown Kaldellis crackpot narratives out of the water. Unfortunatley many confuse narratives of Sokal-esque leftist humanities types like Kaldellis as serious academic work.
Big thanks for this one, Kelly. Dr. Kaldellis is my second favorite Romanland historian, next to Dr. Leonora Neville. The fact the I am a Senior Auditor here at the University of Wisconsin, Madison has absolutely nothing to do with that preference, of course. My copy of The New Roman Empire arrived last Saturday. My last class of the semester is next Monday. So, I will have the entire Winter Break to enjoy it.
Note to my fellow WHE colleagues: I will be accepting Sherpa applications until noon on Monday, December 11, 2023. This is an absolutely beautiful book: 1,133 pages of high-quality paper and binding. The 15 maps alone are worth the price of admittance. Cannot wait! - Pete
You're very welcome, Pete! We hope you enjoy the book and the break! 😊
Charles Diehl was one of the greatest Byzantinists of all time. For example, his work, "Manuel d'Art Byzantin", despite being from 1925, is very comprehensive, and the tradition he left behind is enormous. For instance, with his disciple Bréhier, whose trilogy "La civilisation byzantine - Les institutions de l'empire byzantin and Vie et mort de Byzance - still today is a very relevant work, his description of the Byzantine navy is briliiant. It is a shame that it is forgotten that those who write history today owe so much to many generations, starting with Thucydides"
I strongly recommend Dr. Kaldellis' podcast, "Byzantium & friends", it's truly outstanding
Thanks! We'll add it to our list. 😊
i second this
Great video!
Thank you so much. 😊
This book is now on my list.
We hope you enjoy it! Thanks for watching!
Informative as always.
Fascinating as usual Kel🥰
Thank you for watching, Han! We love your content over here at WHE!
As an Ann Arborite and Michigan alum I am always happy to see a fellow Wolverine succeed as Anthony Kaldellis has. This book is next on my Kindle Wishlist, can't wait to crack it.
Go Blue!
well-prepared interview. Kudos Kelly!!
Thanks for watching!
Very interesting !
Thank you.
And Kelly....still marvellous.
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I absolutely love Belisarius and his Story under Eperor Justinian and Nassas the Eunich what a story Phenomenal absolutely Phenomenal
He is a fascinating historical figure, that's for sure. Thanks for watching!
@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia thank you for Replying and yes a remarkable General and Master tactician to do what he did with what he did Amazing brought low in later life by court intrigue a man amongst men one of Rome's Last Great Generals
An excellent talk with Mr Kaldellis, Rome is by far my favourite civilisation and period (Empire, Republic, later under 'Byzantium')
Thanks for watching! There is plenty of other Rome content on our channel to check out after this interview!
History buffs should know the HRE claimed to be the one and only Roman empire and the eastern one Greek. They should also know Kaldellis is a woke. He's redefining ethnicity much like he redefines gender. To be free of biological reality. Sokal warned about pseudo-academics in the humanities peddling their leftit politics under the veneer of science. This describe flake Kaldelis to a tee.
Loved this!
Thanks, Jim! 🙂
One of the most thrilling historical novels set in the Byzantine Greek Empire during the last Siege of Constantinople, is “The Dark Angel” (original title Johannes Angelos), by prominent Finnish writer, Mika Waltari.
Truly epic.
After visiting Istanbul, Byzantium became one of my fave epochs. Thanks much.
The use of the term Byzantium arose because the western Roman empire considered itself the real Roman empire. Long forgotten by many today is during the middle ages the HRE considered itself the only Roman empire and called the east Imperium Grecoium.. empire of the Greeks. Even the name Byzantium which was popularized by the HRE starting around the 16th century was originally a reference to ancient Greek name for Constantinople. Also of note, today many absurdly claim Slavs are "ethnic Macedonians". In other words they lie in the present while claiming to speak for the past. Bigotry towards Greeks being pawned off as academic work.. Some seem to be trying to subtlety ethnic cleanse Greeks by rewriting history. Such sorts adore the narratives of Kaldellis whose essentially a Greek version of Shlomo Sands.
Loving the book so far.
We're happy to hear that! Thanks for watching!
They were level headed, but they did love their civil wars. I’m not knocking the East Romans. I love ‘em.
I have to wait until February 1st, then pay £35 to get my hands on a copy of THE NEW ROMAN EMPIRE.
I never thought I'd envy an Australia.
Ha. We hope you enjoy the book when you read it. 🙂
Its in my book wish list. I have a Bizantium trilogy by Julius Norwich that I like very much.
Please connect this to Michael Hudson's "And Forgive Them Their Debts" and "The Collapse of Antiquity". He points to Byzantium as breaking the tradition of Rome and taking on rather the more ancient Mesopotamian tradition of the ruler protecting the people and cancelling debt-- in order to maintain rule and keep private wealth (often through government officials) from taking political power through people's debt.
I suggest reading primary sources rather than just modern interpretations that use ad-hoc analogies to make absurd claims about ethnicity and culture in the eastern Roman empire. . , Theyll usually leave out "minor" details like during the middle ages the Holy Roman empire claimed to the one any only Roman empire and the eastern one really Greeks.
To what 1940's book does he refer? Ostrogorski? Diehl?
I was disappointed that he made no reference to his previous book, “Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood: The Rise and Fall of Byzantium 955 A.D. to the First Crusade,” which was only published in 2017. I understand that “The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium” covers more of the early empire, but as someone who has read “Streams of Gold” - and enjoyed it - I wonder why he didn’t do a compare and contrast other than that he’s trying to sell a new book.
Hi! Thanks for watching! This interview was based purely on his new book. 🙂 I'm not sure if he compares and contrasts the two books somewhere else.
It was from Kaldellis that the study of Eastern Rome got on track.
Is there a similar book for the old roman empire?
Hi! There are many books about the Roman Empire. Here are some suggestions: worldhistory.org/books/search/?query=Roman+Empire&node=
cool 🤓 very interesting
Thanks for watching!
THANK YOU KELLY GREAT SLICE OF HISTORY !
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Get to the point! What is the big takeaway?
What neoliberal austerity is doing to universities is sad to see ❤
Meaning what?
Not just in universities!