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Sihong Lin is a lecturer in Early Medieval History at the University of Glasgow. His research focuses on the cross-cultural exchanges during late antiquity and the early Middle Ages, emphasizing how these interactions contributed to the unity of Christendom despite its fractured nature. He investigates the religious and intellectual networks that facilitated the spread of ideas from the sixth to seventh-century Middle East to western Europe, particularly Britain, highlighting the influences of the papacy in Rome. A keen Byzantinist, Lin has published works on the political and religious history of the eastern Roman/Byzantine Empire, with a focus on the sixth-century emperors Justinian and Justin II. His work examines the impact of eastern ideas on post-Roman authors, such as Gregory of Tours in Gaul and the Venerable Bede in Northumbria, arguing for the interconnectedness of Christendom at the end of late antiquity. Lin is also interested in taking a transnational and global perspective in the study of early medieval history.