Nidanu O'Shea

Wolfson College

The Natural Environment in the Syriac Tradition (ca. 4th – 13th c. CE)

My research explores ecocritical approaches in Syriac texts, and how the textual representations of the natural environment and the non-human can illuminate the human-nature relationship during this period.

Eastern Christianity; Late Antiquity and Byzantium; ecocriticism, environmental humanities; Syriac language, literature, and history