In her role as AHRB Centre Research Fellow in Byzantine Art, Bente teaches undergraduates and postgraduates both at the Institute of Byzantine Studies and at the University of Sussex, one of the other constituent members of the Centre.

Forthcoming publications
B. Bjørnholt, ‘The man in the street: some problems of gender and identity in Byzantine material culture’, with L. James, Material culture and well-being in Byzantium 400–1453, ed. A. Muthesius, M. Grünbart, W. Kislinger and D. Stathakopoulos (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Autumn, 2004)
—, ‘The cultures and contexts of the Madrid Skylitzes’, Conference proceedings from International Medieval Congress, Leeds, 13 July 2004, ed. B. Bjørnholt and J. Burke (2005)
—, ‘Aspects of the production of the Madrid Skylitzes (Bib.Nac.vitr. 26-2)’, with J. Burke (2005)
—,‘Narrative, word and image?’, with J. Burke, Companion to Byzantium, ed. L. James (2006)