Nila Namsechi

• BA in Classic Archeology at La Sapienza of Rome
• MA in Byzantine Studies at University of Birmingham

• BA in Classic and Medieval Archaeology at Sapienza University of Rome.
• MA Antiquity in Byzantine Studies at University of Birmingham.
• PhD candidate in Byzantine Studies at University of Birmingham.
• Project assistant, working with an educational consultancy

Nila Namsechi was the teaching associate for the Module of Rethinking the Ancient World in 2022/2023.

PhD title

PhD title: Duchy of Naples under the Byzantine rule (660-1000.c)
Supervisors: Dr Daniel Reynolds and Dr Archie Dunn
PhD Byzantine Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies

Supervisors

Dr Daniel Reynolds and Dr Archie Dunn

Course

Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)

Nila Namsechi is currently a PhD candidate in Byzantine, Ottoman, and Modern Greek Studies at University of Birmingham where she offers the first systematic study of the Byzantine and Early Medieval Duchy of Naples from c650-1000. Drawing together over fifty years of textual and archaeological research, her thesis will address the transition period that Naples underwent during these centuries by examining the built environment and monumental topography of the city and the territory of Duchy of Naples. Furthermore, her thesis aims to understand the cultural impact of Byzantium alongside other regional cultures on Naples.

In 2021, I gave a paper on Ecclesiastical Buildings of Naples at Leeds International Medieval Congress. In 2023, I gave a paper on The Religious Built Environment of Byzantine Naples at Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies in Oxford. Through the College of Arts and Law Graduate School Postgraduate Research Support Fund, I have been awarded funds to visit the library and archive of National Archaeological Museum of Naples.