Dr Roman Shliakhtin, Marie Curie Research Fellow at the University of St Andrews, will deliver a lecture entitled Who Is to Blame? Culprits and Heroes in the Byzantine Narratives about the Battle of Manzikert (1071) on Thursday, November 5, 2026, at 12:00 noon in Hall 2 of the SASA Palace. This presentation highlights some of the results of the project “Memorializing Manzikert: Triumph, Loss and Making Sense of a Battle in the Twelfth-Century Mediterranean” (MEMANZ), supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme.

The invitation can be downloaded here.