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Joseph Kopta is an Assistant Professor at Temple University within the Art History department of the Tyler School of Art and Architecture, specializing in Byzantine manuscripts and medieval Mediterranean studies. His work explores materiality, cross-cultural networks, and artistic practices across Byzantium, Africa, Venice, and caliphal courts.
- Temple University - Assistant Professor of Instruction
- Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, München - Stipendiat der Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Research Interests center on Byzantine Gospel Lectionaries, their material construction, and aesthetic qualities that create intermedial relationships with architectural interiors. He investigates poetry of Byzantine manuscripts through the “material turn” in art history, focusing on shiny, shimmering, and fluid sensory experiences.
Academic Activities include:
- Organizing exhibitions like The Art of the Book at Temple University Libraries
- Co-organizing digital humanities projects such as A Look at a Book series
- Teaching graduate courses on Venice's visual materials and historical iconoclasm
Publications and projects examine:
- Definitions of book formats across time/geography
- Liturgical use and material aesthetics in Middle Byzantine times
- Cross-cultural artistic influences in Mediterranean contexts
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