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His research focuses on the history of the medieval eastern Roman (Byzantine) empire, in particular in the period from the seventh to the twelfth centuries; on state systems and structures across the
European and Islamic worlds from late ancient to early modern times; on the impact of environmental
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Princeton University, where he was professor of Byzantine history and Hellenic studies and (from 2009) the Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of European History until his retirement in 2018. He was concurrently a senior fellow at the
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University of Birmingham, Haldon held a post-doctoral fellowship at the Institut für Byzantinistik of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (1976–1979). From 1980 to 1995, he was junior professor at the
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stress on societal resilience in premodern social systems; and on the production, distribution and consumption of resources in the late ancient and medieval world.
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from 2007 to 2013. At
Princeton, Haldon also served as the director of graduate studies for the History Department (2009–2018) and as the founding director of the
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in 1970, with a thesis on "Arms, armour and tactical organisation of the
Byzantine army from Maurice to Basil II", and his master's degree from the
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Byzantine military administration: the Elite Corps, the Opsikion, and the Imperial Tagmata from the sixth to the ninth century
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Elites Old and New in the
Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East: Papers of the Sixth Workshop on Late Antiquity and Early Islam
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State, Army, and
Society in Byzantium: Approaches to Military, Social, and Administrative History, 6th–12th Centuries
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Byzantine
Praetorians: An Administrative, Institutional and Social Survey of the Opsikion and Tagmata, c. 580–900
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Byzantine
Praetorians: An Administrative, Institutional and Social Survey of the Opsikion and Tagmata, c. 580–900
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Archaeology and Urban Settlement in Late Roman and Byzantine Anatolia: Euchaïta-Avkat-Beyözü and Its Environment
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Archaeology and Urban Settlement in Late Roman and Byzantine Anatolia: Euchaïta-Avkat-Beyözü and Its Environment
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Recruitment and Conscription in the Byzantine Army c. 550–950: A Study on the Origins of the stratiotika ktemata
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A Tale of Two Saints: The Martyrdoms and Miracles of Saints Theodore ‘the Recruit’ and ‘the General’
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Recruitment and Conscription in the Byzantine Army c. 550–950: A Study on the Origins of the
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General Issues in the Study of Medieval Logistics: Sources, Problems, and Methodologies
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Archaeological Project (2006–2012, fieldwork completed by 2010) under the aegis of the
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Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, Three Treatises on Imperial Military Expeditions
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Studies emeritus, as well as former director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for
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Money, Power and Politics in Early Islamic Syria: A Review of Current Debates
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The Empire That Would Not Die: The Paradox of Eastern Roman Survival, 640–740
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Byzantium in the Iconoclast Era (c.680–850): The Sources: An Annotated Survey
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The Empire That Would Not Die: The Paradox of Eastern Roman Survival, 640–740
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Shelby Cullom Davis '30 Professor of European History, Princeton University
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Byzantium in the Seventh Century: The Transformation of a Culture
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Byzantium in the Seventh Century: The Transformation of a Culture
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Byzantium in the Seventh Century: The Transformation of a Culture
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The Byzantine Wars: Battles and Campaigns of the Byzantine Era
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Warfare, State and Society in the Byzantine World, 565–1204
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Warfare, State and Society in the Byzantine World, 565–1204
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Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies
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Haldon, John; Elton, Hugh; Newhard, James, eds. (2018),
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Byzantium in the Iconoclast Era c. 680–850: A History
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Byzantium in the Iconoclast Era c. 680–850: A History
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843:, Department of History, Princeton University
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