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

Joseph Alchermes' area of specialization is Late Roman, Early Christian, and 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.

His most recent publication (with collaborators Frederick A. Cooper, Kostis Kourelis, et al.) is Houses of the Morea (Athens: Melissa, 2002), a 430-page exhibition catalogue produced in connection with a show of the same name that opened in May 2002 at the Gennadeios Library in Athens. 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 collaboration on the planning and organization of the sequel to "The Glory of Byzantium" and the publication of additional volumes on his archaeological field work in southwestern Greece.

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