Ben Anderson is studying Byzantine literature at the Institut für Byzantinistik,    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich. He reports that his Greek and German improve daily and that he has had the chance to travel quite a bit, mostly in south Germany, Austria, and North Italy. Benjamin holds a Graduate Study Scholarship from German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).  When he returns to the U.S. in the fall of ’07 Ben will begin work on his dissertation on medieval star maps, in particular, depictions of the cosmos in the early medieval successor states. His dissertation is being directed by Prof. Dale Kinney.