Global Byzantium is, in part, a recasting and expansion of the old 'Byzantium and its neighbours' theme with, however, a methodological twist away from the resolutely political and toward the cultural and economic.

Introduction: The Future of Global Byzantium / Seen from across the Sea: India in the Byzantine Worldview / Byzantium beyond Byzantium: What about Greek(s) in Eighth-Century Italy? / Silk in the Byzantine World: Technology and Transmission / Composing World History at the Margins of Empire: Armenian and Byzantine Traditions in Comparative Perspective / Global Byzantium: Whirlwind Romance or Fundamental Paradigm Shift? / Global Art or Local Art? The Mosaic Panels of Justinian and Theodora in S Vitale, Ravenna / Movement and Mobility: Cotton and the Visibility of Trade Networks Across the Saharan Desert / Maniera Greca and Renaissance Europe: More than Meets the Eye / Magical Signs in Christian Byzantium, Judaism and Islam: A Global Language / How global was the Mediterranean in the Early Middle Ages? A view from the Western edge / Hegemony, Counterpower and Global History: Medieval New Rome and Caucasia in a Critical Perspective / What is "Byzantine"? Gender, Ethnicity and the Construction of Identities on Byzantium's Literary Frontiers / The Helladic Paradigm in a Global Perspective / Secluded Place or Global Magnet? The Monastery of Saint Catherine in the Sinai and its Manuscript Collection / Early Byzantine Art in China: A Test Case for Global Byzantium / Centre or Periphery? Constantinople and the Eurasian Trading System at the End of Antiquity / Transferring Skills and Techniques across the Mediterranean: Some Preliminary Remarks on Stucco in Italy and Byzantium / Import, Export: The Global Impact of Byzantine Marriage Alliances during the Tenth Century / Conclusion: Post-Colonial Reflections and the Challenge of Global Byzantium