Beatrice DASKAS

Beatrice DASKAS is a Researcher in the Department of Humanities at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, specializing in Byzantine Studies with a focus on art, architecture, and descriptive literary traditions. She contributes to the Research Institute for Digital and Cultural Heritage, exploring intersections between historical texts and material culture.

Her research interests include Byzantine ekphrasis (descriptive literary texts), religious iconography, and the architectural history of Constantinople. She examines how textual descriptions inform our understanding of lost monuments like the Church of the Holy Apostles and Hagia Sophia’s mosaics.

Recent publications analyze medieval ekphraseis’ role in shaping sacred space perception, Venetian-Byzantine cultural links, and the iconography of relics. Her work bridges literary analysis with art conservation, using archival sources and digital methods to reconstruct historical narratives.

Publications span peer-reviewed journals (Byzantinische Zeitschrift, Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik), exhibition catalogs, and conference proceedings. She has reviewed major scholarly works, including critical editions of Byzantine texts. Her contributions highlight interdisciplinary approaches to Byzantine heritage preservation.