Ruth Macrides

Ruth Juliana Macrides
Macrides in 1992
Born(1949-10-01)1 October 1949[1]
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died27 April 2019(2019-04-27) (aged 69)
Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom[2]
Academic background
EducationKing's College, London
Thesis"A translation and historical commentary of George Akropolites' History" (1978)
Doctoral advisorDonald Nicol
Academic work
Institutions
Main interests
Notable worksGeorge Akropolites: The History

Ruth Iouliani (Juliana) Macrides (1 October 1949 – 27 April 2019) was a UK-based historian of the Byzantine Empire. At the time of her death, she was Reader in Byzantine Studies at the Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Greek Studies at the University of Birmingham.[3] She was an expert in Byzantine history, culture and politics, particularly of the mid-later Byzantine period, and on the reception of Byzantium in Britain and Greece.

  1. ^ Brubaker 2019, p. 304.
  2. ^ "[Notice]", Facebook, Byzantine Studies Association of North America, 28 April 2019
  3. ^ "British School at Athens : Dr Ruth Macrides (1949 – 2019)". Retrieved 1 May 2019.