Publications

Monograph

Whalin, D. (2020): Roman Identity from the Arab Conquests to the Triumph of Orthodoxy. New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture. Palgrave Macmillan. 315 pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60906-1

Peer-Reviewed Articles and Chapters

Whalin, D. (2021): “Mountains and the holy in Late Antiquity,” in Dawn Hollis, Jason König, eds. Mountain Dialogues from Antiquity to Modernity. Bloomsbury: 89-107. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350162853.ch-005

Whalin, D. (2019): “A note reconsidering the message of Heraclius’ silver hexagram, circa AD 615,” Byzantinische Zeitschrift 112/1: 221-232. https://doi.org/10.1515/bz-2019-0011

Whalin, D. (2016): “Bede and the Syriac Chroniclers: Interactions of Subject and Genre in Contemporaneous Historiography,” in Ilya Afanasyev, Juliana Dresvina and Erik Kooper, eds. The Medieval Chronicle X. Leiden; Boston. Brill: 203-221. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004318779_010

Reviews

Whalin, D. (2024): “Kasper, Michael / Rollinger, Robert / Rudigier, Andreas / Wieshöfer, Josef (eds.), Religion in den Bergen. Sakrale Orte, Heiligtümer, Performanz, Mythos und Alltagsleben. Wien/Köln/Weimar: Böhlau Verlag 2023.” Reviewed for Orbis Terrarum, Franz Steiner Verlag, Vol. 22 (2024), pp. 344-347. https://doi.org/10.25162/9783515138826

Whalin, D. (2021): “Sadi Maréchal, Public baths and bathing habits in late antiquity: a study of the evidence from Italy, North Africa and Palestine A.D. 285-700. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2020.” Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR) 2021.06.36. https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2021/2021.06.36/

Whalin, D. (2018): “David Frendo and Athanasios Fotiou, John Kaminiates: The Capture of Thessaloniki: Translation, Introduction and Notes. Byzantina Australiensia 12. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2017.” Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR) 2018.06.36. https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2018/2018.06.36/

Whalin, D. (2014): “J.E. Cooper and M. Decker, Life and Society in Byzantine Cappadocia. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.” Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies (BMGS) 38.2: 285–293. https://doi.org/10.1179/0307013114z.00000000049

Whalin, D. (2014): “Peter Bell, Social Conflict in the Age of Justinian: Its Nature, Management, and Mediation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.” Reviews in History 1660. https://doi.org/10.14296/rih/2014/1660

Encyclopedia Entries

Whalin, D. (2016): “Conquest of Jerusalem by the Sassanians (614);” “Muslim invasion of Egypt (641) and the creation of the Coptic Church;” and “Sixth Ecumenical Council (680-681),” in Holt and Curta, eds. Great Events in Religion: An Encyclopedia of Pivotal Events in Religious History. 2 Vols. Santa Barbara CA: ABC-CLIO Greenwood. Vol. 2 pp. 340-342; 355-358; 374-376.

Accepted for publication

Whalin, D. (forthcoming 2026) “Talisman or conduit? Beliefs about statuary and miracles,” in R. Denson and C. Spence, eds. The Christian and the Supernatural in Late Antiquity. Budapest: Trivent Publishing, 43 pp.

Sode, C. and Whalin, D. eds. (forthcoming 2026) Realism and Hagiography. Journal of Ancient History Supplemental Series.

Sode C. and Whalin, D. “Introduction,” idem. 15 pp.

Whalin, D. “Miraculous realist landscape in Late Antique Syria,” idem, 32 pp.