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    Institute for medieval research

    The Institute for Medieval Research (IMAFO) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences combines two fundamental research strategies: Firstly, a great many projects are concerned with the analysis and interpretation of the medieval heritage of Europe and Byzantium. The second research strategy involves tackling issues current in the humanities and in cultural and social studies.

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    Paleography and Codicology

    The Institute for Medieval Research (IMAFO) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences combines two fundamental research strategies: Firstly, a great many projects are concerned with the analysis and interpretation of the medieval heritage of Europe and Byzantium. The second research strategy involves tackling issues current in the humanities and in cultural and social studies.

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  • [Translate to English:] Fresco from the foot of the Oppian Hill, Rome, 8th/9th c. Vatican Museums, 31448 (ex 119) (c) © Genevra Kornbluth [http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/OppianHillFresco.html]
    Historical Identity Research

    The Institute for Medieval Research (IMAFO) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences combines two fundamental research strategies: Firstly, a great many projects are concerned with the analysis and interpretation of the medieval heritage of Europe and Byzantium. The second research strategy involves tackling issues current in the humanities and in cultural and social studies.

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  • [Translate to English:] Wappenbrief König Friedrichs III. für das Kollegiatstift zu Wiener Neustadt, HHStA Wien (Sign. AUR 1446 II 15) © monasterium.net
    Editing Projects and Source Research/MIR

    The Institute for Medieval Research (IMAFO) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences combines two fundamental research strategies: Firstly, a great many projects are concerned with the analysis and interpretation of the medieval heritage of Europe and Byzantium. The second research strategy involves tackling issues current in the humanities and in cultural and social studies.

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  • Byzantine Research

    The Institute for Medieval Research (IMAFO) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences combines two fundamental research strategies: Firstly, a great many projects are concerned with the analysis and interpretation of the medieval heritage of Europe and Byzantium. The second research strategy involves tackling issues current in the humanities and in cultural and social studies.

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The Institute for Medieval Research (IMAFO) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences combines two fundamental research strategies: Firstly, a great many projects are concerned with the analysis and interpretation of the medieval heritage of Europe and Byzantium. The second research strategy involves tackling issues current in the humanities and in cultural and social studies.

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EurAsian Transformation © Collage v. D. Giesriegl (unter Verwendung von Claudius Ptolemy - The World, The Macedonian Empire, 336-323, Wikimedia Commons und Google Earth).
Wed, 22.11.2023

Startschuss für Exzellenzcluster „Eurasian Transformations“

Der neue, vom FWF finanzierte Exzellenzcluster "EurAsian Transformations" feierte am Montagabend seinen Kickoff. Bundesminister Martin Polaschek und ÖAW-Präsident Heinz Faßmann eröffneten gemeinsam mit dem von IMAFO-Direktorin Claudia Rapp geleiteten Board of Directors und hochrangigen Gästen den transdisziplinären Forschungsverbund.


Byzantine Research

Warum das Neue Rom nicht unterging

Interview mit Johannes Preiser-Kapeller zu seinem neuen Buch über das Neue Rom

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Text Edition & Source Studies/MIR

Neuersscheinung! Milites et clientes

Studien zu sozialen Gruppenbildungsprozessen innerhalb der (rittermäßigen) Klientel der Kuenringer vom 12. bis zum 14. Jahrhundert |…

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Historical Identity Research

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Project AFRICANON

The African Origins of Western Canon Law | An investigation into the Corpus canonum Africano-Romanum

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Paleography & Codicology

Würdigungspreis des Landes Niederösterreich für Christine Glaßner

Das IMAFO gratuliert sehr herzlich zu diesem wohlverdienten Erfolg!

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Events
 

Fri, 15.12.2023

Winter school of Handwritten Text Recognition of Medieval Manuscripts

2nd Zoom Session • Latin|Greek|Czech

Wed, 24.01.2024

Epigraphies of Pious Travel

Pious Travel Three Thousand Years of Pilgrimage Graffiti (1500 BC - 1500 AD) | INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

29.01.2024

Winter school of Handwritten Text Recognition of Medieval Manuscripts

IN-PERSON IN VIENNA

Wed, 17.04.2024 – 19.04.2024

Interdisciplinary Conference – Call for Papers

Personal Stories from the Literary Landscapes of the Agitated (post-)Byzantine World (13th to 16th c.). Intercultural Perspectives,…


Media

Das Neue Rom, Klimageschichte und globale Verflechtung

Podcast ANNO MUNDI 38 22.11.2023

 

Im Osten Europas dauerte die Antike länger

Die Presse 11.11.2023

 

Einhörner muss man überlisten

ZEITonline 5.10.2023

 

Publications
 

Edit Anna Lukács

Immovable Truth

Divine Knowledge and the Bible at the University of Vienna (1384-1419)

Schlotheuber, Eva / Theisen, Maria

Die Goldene Bulle von 1356

Das erste Grundgesetz des römisch-deutschen Reichs

Johannes Preiser-Kapeller

Byzanz

https://www.chbeck.de/preiser-kapeller-byzanz/product/35514115

Markus Gneiß

Milites et clientes

Studien zu sozialen Gruppenbildungsprozessen innerhalb der (rittermäßigen) Klientel der Kuenringer vom 12. bis zum 14. Jahrhundert

Rutger Kramer / Helmut Reimitz / Graeme Ward (eds.)

Historiography and Identity III: Carolingian Approaches