Education:
- PhD Byzantine Theology (University of Manchester, 1990)
- BA First Class Hons, Philosophy and Comparative Religion (University of Manchester, 1983, Majors in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy)
Academic experience:
- Chairman of the Academic Committee, Nisibis Assyrian Theological College (2026-)
- Faculty Member of Nisibis Assyrian Theological College (2026-)
- Emeritus Senior Research Fellow, Department of History and Archaeology, Macquarie University (2021-)
- Senior Research Fellow, Department of Ancient History, Macquarie University (2016-2020)
- Senior Lecturer, CORE appointment in Byzantine Studies, Department of Ancient History, Macquarie University (2007-2016)
- Australian Research Council, Research Fellow, Department of Ancient History, Macquarie University (2000-2007)
- Lecturer in the Department of Religious Studies, University of Manchester (1993-1999)
- Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University (1987-1993)
Academic appointments:
- 2014-2019 President of the Australasian Association of Byzantine Studies
- 2014 Staff Exchange Program with the University of Leipzig
- 2007 Visiting Fellow, The Ricci Institute, University of San Francisco
Editorships:
- Since 2012 Founding editor and editor-in-chief of book series Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity, Brill (44 volumes published so far)
- Member of the editorial board of Research Perspectives in Byzantine Studies, Brill
- Member of the editorial board of The Eastern Mediterranean and China series, Brepols
- Member of the editorial board of Byzantina Australiensia series, Brill
Publications:
Some of his publications and other activities are available here.
Books
- Parry, K. Divine Providence in Late Antiquity: An Anthology of Texts with Commentary, Oxford: Wiley Blackwell, forthcoming.
- Parry, K. Attitudes to Images in Late Antiquity: An Anthology of Texts and Images with Commentary, Oxford: Wiley Blackwell, forthcoming.
- Parry, K. Painting in Gold: An Exhibition of Ancient and Contemporary Icons. Macquarie University, 2011.
- Parry, K. Depicting the Word: Byzantine Iconophile Thought of the Eighth and Ninth Centuries. Leiden: Brill, 1996.
Books edited
- Parry, K. (ed), Cultural Heritage Destruction in the Middle East: Contemporary, Historical, and Comparative Studies. Routledge, forthcoming.
- Parry, K. and D. Rickles (eds). Harmony of the Spheres: Ancient and Recent Perspectives. Bloomsbury, forthcoming.
- Parry, K. (ed), Brill’s Companion to John of Damascus, Leiden: Brill, forthcoming.
- Parry, K., G. Mikkelsen (eds). Byzantium to China: Religion, History and Culture on the Silk Roads. Studies in Honour of Samuel N.C. Lieu. Leiden: Brill, 2022.
- Parry, K., and E. Anagnostou-Laoutides (eds). Eastern Christianity and Late Antique Philosophy. Leiden: Brill, 2020.
- Parry, K. (ed.) The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Patristics. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell, 2015.
- Parry, K., and D. Dzino (eds). Byzantium, Its Neighbours and Its Cultures. Byzantina Australiensia 20. Brisbane, 2014.
- Parry, K., et al. (eds). Medieval Christian and Manichaean Remains from Quanzhou (Zayton). Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum. Series Archaeologica et Iconographica II. Brepols: Turnhout, 2012.
- Parry, K. (ed.). Art, Architecture and Religion along the Silk Roads. Brepols: Turnhout, 2008.
- Parry, K. (ed.). The Blackwell Companion to Eastern Christianity. Oxford: Blackwell, 2007.
- Parry, K., et al. (eds). From Palmyra to Zayton: Epigraphy and Iconography. Brepols: Turnhout, 2005.
- Parry, K., et al. (eds). The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity. Oxford: Blackwell, 1999.
- Parry, K., and J. F. Coakley (eds). The Church of the East: Life and Thought, special issue of the Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester 78, vol. 3 (1996).
Book chapters
- Parry, K. “Patriarch Photios’ Appeal to the Diversity of Christ’s Image.” In Byzantium: Philosophy, Theology and Science. Studies in Memoriam Linos G. Benakis. Ed. John Demetracopoulos, forthcoming 2027.
- Parry, K. “Philosophy during Iconoclasm.” In A Companion to Byzantine Philosophy. Ed. B. Byden and M. Trizio. Leiden: Brill, forthcoming 2027.
- Parry, K. “The Harmony of the Spheres in Late Antiquity and the Early Medieval Period in the East.” In Harmony of the Spheres: Ancient and Recent Perspectives. Ed. D. Rickles and K. Parry. Bloomsbury, forthcoming 2026, 11–32.
- Parry, K. “The Seventh Ecumenical Council of 787 (Nicaea II).” In The T&T Clark Companion to Creeds and Councils. Ed. D. Maxwell. T&T Clark, forthcoming 2026.
- Parry, K. “Religious Life in Byzantine Constantinople.” In The Routledge Handbook to Istanbul. Ed. K. Fleet. London: Routledge, forthcoming 2026.
- Parry, K, “Icons.” In Brill’s Companion to John of Damascus. Ed. K. Parry. Leiden: Brill, forthcoming 2026.
- Parry, K. “Apophaticism and Deification in Meister Eckhart and Nicholas of Cusa.” In An Exploration of Nothingness. Ed. L. Stern and D. Rickles. Asheville: Chiron Publications: 2024, 311–340.
- Parry, K, “Attitudes to Cult Images in Neoplatonism and Byzantine Christianity.” In The Neoplatonists and their Heirs: Christian, Jewish, and Muslim. Ed. E. Anagnostou-Laoutides and K. Parry. Leiden: Brill, 2023, 171–207.
- Parry, K, “Pierre Gilles’ Constantinople: A Sixteenth Century Frenchman in the City of Suleyman the Magnificent.” In Byzantium to China: Religion, History and Culture on the Silk Roads. Studies in Honour of Samuel N.C. Lieu. Ed. G. Mikkelsen and K. Parry. Leiden: Brill, 2022, 402–429.
- Parry, K, “The Theological Argument about Images in the Ninth Century.” In Brill’s Companion to Byzantine Iconoclasm. Ed. M. Humphreys. Leiden: Brill, 2021, 425-463.
Journal articles
- Parry, K. “Theodore the Stoudite: the Most ‘Original’ Iconophile?” Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik 68 (2018), 261-275.
- Parry, K. “Reflections on a Silk Fragment from Toyuq: Christian or Manichaean?” Journal of Inner Asian Art and Archaeology 7 (2016): 163-188.
- Parry, K. “Early Christianity in Inner Asia: The Archaeological and Art Historical Evidence.” TAASA Review (Journal of the Asian Arts Society of Australia) 22, no. 4 (2013): 8-11.
- Parry, K. “Early Christian Remains of Inner Mongolia: A Review Article.” Journal of Inner Asian Art and Archaeology 4 (2009): 175-79.
- Parry, K. “An Unusual Christian Artefact from South China.” TAASA Review (Journal of the Asian Arts Society of Australia) 15, no. 2 (2006): 12-13.
- Parry, K. “The Stone Crosses of Kerala.” TAASA Review (Journal of the Asian Arts Society of Australia) 14, no. 2 (2005): 10-12.
Awards and Competitive Grant Funding:
- 2014 Annual Alexander Böhlig Memorial Lecture, Seminar für Christlichen Orient und Byzanz, Orientalisches Institut, Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg
- 2013 Faculty Research Travel Scheme for presenting paper at international conference, University of Salzburg.
- 2011-2012 Christian hermitages from late antiquity in the desert regions of Upper Egypt: an historical and comparative archaeological study, Macquarie University.
- 2011 Faculty Research Travel Scheme for presenting paper at international conference, University of Oxford.
- 2010 Dean’s Support Fund for visiting lecturer to South Korea
- 2009-2011 Monks in the pharaohs tombs: Recovering Coptic-era monasticism in the ancient Egyptian landscape of Akhmim, Macquarie University
- 2004-2005 Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation Research Scholarship
- 2001-2012 ARC Discovery Grants, Christian and Manichaean Remains from Quanzhou, under the direction of Prof Sam Lieu
- 1986-1987 Greek Government Scholarship for research in Greece
- 1983-1986 British Academy Post Graduate Scholarship
Exhibitions curated:
- Parry, K. Painting in Gold: An Exhibition of Ancient and Contemporary Icons. Macquarie University Art Gallery, May-June 2011.
- Parry, K. Photographic exhibition: Byzantine Churches of Constantinople, St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College, Sydney, September 2008.
- Parry, K. Photographic exhibition: The Lotus and the Cross, The Ricci Institute, University of San Francisco, September-October 2007.
- Parry, K. Photographic exhibition: Constantinople-Istanbul through the Ages, Macquarie University Library, September-October 2006.
- Parry, K. Photographic exhibition: Stone Crosses of Kerala in South India, Macquarie University Library, November-December 2004.
- Parry, K. Photographic exhibition: Christian Angels on the South China Coast, Macquarie University Library, March-April 2003.
- Parry, K. Icon Exhibition, Macquarie University Library, May-June 2001.
