Ramez Boutros Bishara

Sessional Lecturer

Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations,
(4 Bancroft Avenue, Room TBD, Toronto, ON, M5S 1C1)
Contact: r.boutros@utoronto.ca

Fields of Study

• Coptic Studies
• History

Areas of Interest

• Coptic architecture and archaeology
• History and archaeology of Egyptian monasticism
• History and archaeology of pilgrimage sites in the mediaeval period
• Study of the pilgrimage phenomenon and the cult of physician saints (anargyroi)
• Cultural exchanges in the monastic and pilgrimage sites

Education

• PhD - L.M.S., Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, Toronto