Fotini Kondyli

Fotini Kondyli is an Associate Professor of Byzantine Art and Archaeology at the University of Virginia within the Department of Art History. She specializes in the Late Antique, Byzantine, and Frankish periods (5th-15th century) with particular focus on spatial practices, community building processes, and material culture of Byzantine non-elites. Her work bridges archaeology, archival research, spatial analysis, and digital humanities.

• Key Projects:
  • Director of Inhabiting Byzantine Athens digital project
  • Collaborator with IATH and Scholars’ Lab at UVA
  • Active fieldwork in Greece, Albania, Turkey, UK, and Germany

Research Highlights include analyzing Venetian ceramic diffusion in Frankish Thebes, challenging political frontier determinism in material culture studies, and developing computational methods for legacy data integration. Her 2022 monograph Rural Communities in Late Byzantium repositions non-elites in historical narratives through resilience analysis.

• Scientific Awards:
  • Dumbarton Oaks Fellowships (2008-2009, 2016)
  • Joukowsky Institute Fellowship (2012-2014)
  • American Institute for Archaeology Colburn Fellowship (2014-2015)
  • NEH Distinguished Teaching Professor (2021-2023)

She teaches courses on Byzantine art, household archaeology, premodern urbanism, and Mediterranean cross-cultural interactions while involving students in Athenian Agora excavations and digital projects.