John Haldon

John F. Haldon
Born	(1948-10-23) October 23, 1948 Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Title	Shelby Cullom Davis '30 Professor of European History, Princeton University

Academic background
Education	University of Birmingham (BA) Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (MA) University of Birmingham (PhD)
Thesis	Aspects of Byzantine military administration: the Elite Corps, the Opsikion, and the Imperial Tagmata from the sixth to the ninth century (1975)
Doctoral advisor	Anthony Bryer
Academic work
Discipline	Byzantine History, Archaeology
Sub-discipline	military history historical sociology
Institutions	University of Birmingham (1980–2005) Princeton University (2005–)
Notable works	Byzantium in the Seventh Century: The Transformation of a Culture (1990)
Notable ideas	Tributary mode of production

Website	https://history.princeton.edu/people/john-haldon

John Frederick Haldon FBA (born 23 October 1948 in Newcastle upon Tyne) is a British historian, and Shelby Cullom Davis '30 Professor of European History emeritus, professor of Byzantine history and Hellenic Studies emeritus, as well as former director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies at Princeton University. He presided over the International Association of Byzantine Studies from 2016 to 2022.