Historical Identity Research

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: "Communities, Peoples, Mobility", "Political Transformation and Plurality" and "Textual Networks and Translation Cultures".

Historical Identity Research Blog

Mon, 10.07.2023

Some funerals and a wedding: Women of the Eurasian steppe and marriage customs in Western and Chinese written accounts

Sandra Wabnitz

Mon, 22.05.2023

Mapping Morals: Visualising the medieval North in the Mapping Medieval Peoples Project

Laura Gazzoli

News

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

zum heutigen Umgang mit dem Klimawandel. Unter Mitwirkung von V. Wieser und C. Zolles zum Thema „Kulturgeschichte der Apokalypse“.

Forschung greifbar machen | Ausstellungspraxis in den historischen Fächern |

22.-24. September 2022

Events

Head of Division

Maximilian Diesenberger
+43-1-51581-7203
max.diesenberger(at)oeaw.ac.at

AssistanCE

Marianne Pollheimer-Mohaupt
+43-1-51581-7216
marianne.pollheimer(at)oeaw.ac.at

E-Journal
Medieval Worlds

Ingrid Hartl
+43-1-51581-7228
ingrid.hartl(at)oeaw.ac.at

Historical Identity Research Blog

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December 2023

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Historical Identity Research

Historical Identity Research Blog

Some funerals and a wedding: Women of the Eurasian steppe and marriage customs in Western and Chinese written accounts

Mapping Morals: Visualising the medieval North in the Mapping Medieval Peoples Project

News

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Project AFRICANON

SWR2 Radio-Feature "Endzeit – Warum uns die Apokalypse nicht loslässt

Ausschreibung | Summer School in mittelalterlicher Geschichte

Events

Between Centre and Periphery