• Late Roman art
• Early Christian art
• Byzantine art
• Medieval architecture

Joseph Alchermes' area main research interests range from Late Roman and Early Christian to Byzantine art and architecture. He teaches a wide range of courses, from the survey of ancient and medieval art to specialized investigations of Roman, eastern and western medieval, and Islamic art and architecture.

Among his most recent publications are "Town and Village in Venetian Morea," Acts of the Seventh Monemvasiotikos Homilos, edited by H. Kalligas (Athens, 2006);"The Minnesota Morea Project: A Survey of Pre-modern Vernacular Architecture in the Northwest Peloponnesos" (with F. A. Cooper, et al.); Acts of the Fifth Monemvasiotikos Homilos, edited by H. Kalligas (Athens, 2006); “Art and Architecture in the Age of Justinian,” in Michael Maas (ed.), The Age of Justinian (Cambridge, 2005); and (with collaborators Frederick A. Cooper, Kostis Kourelis, et al.) Houses of the Morea (Athens: Melissa, 2002).

He has also published articles and book chapters on such diverse topics as the urban scheme of medieval Constantinople, architectural reuse in Late Roman cities, settlements and land use in medieval Greece, and an essay and numerous entries in "The Glory of Byzantium," the catalogue of the major exhibition held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Current projects include:

• a book on ancient Naples;
• editing a volume of studies celebrating the scholarly accomplishments and retirement of Professor Thomas F. Mathews, Alchermes’ Ph.D. adviser at the Institute of Fine Arts;
• archaeological field work at several sites in southwestern mainland Greece.

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