Historical Identity Research

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

The division Historical Identity Research is dedicated to the research on the European Middle Ages in general. Special emphasis is laid on the formation of ethnic and political groups, identity and alterity, as well as structural change. This is achieved on the basis of careful study of the extant source texts, of their manuscript transmission and their context. Moreover, an interdisciplinary, comparative approach is applied, which is employed in a global perspective.

The division consists of three working groups: "Visions of Community", "Formation and Transformation of the Carolingian World" and "Vernacularisation and the Transformation of Identities".

Historical Identity Research Blog

01.04.2019

VISCOM Final Conference: Adventures in Comparison. The Global Middle Ages

Jasid Abdulkader, Sophie Gruber, Lena Kornprobst and Natalie C. Sandner

April 1, 2019 | Jasid Abdulkader, Sophie Gruber, Lena...

11.04.2019

Rethinking Rethinking Authority in the Carolingian Empire: Ideals and Expectations during the Reign of Louis the Pious (813-822)

Rutger Kramer

April 15, 2019 | Rutger Kramer | HI Research Blog |

This is a book about religious reforms. Or rather, it is a book...

Events

UPCOMING
24.04.2019

Scholarly Digital Editions in TEI XML: a Workshop

Workshop with Marjorie Burghart (CNRS, Lyon)

30.04.2019

Origin myths and legends in medieval Scandinavia: sources and perspectives

Vortrag mit Dr. Haki Antonsson (University College London)

14.05.2019

The Medieval Gift: Between Classical Philosophy and Social Anthropology

Vortrag mit Dr. Lars Kjær (New College of the Humanities, London)