A Question of Perspective

Thanks to the kind invitation of Maike Schmidt, I had the chance to gather some thoughts about premodern border zones, taking my research on Crown Ruthenia as example, but also expanding the perspective. Enjoy on grenzraeume.hypotheses.org!

#ArchiveHeaven

I can’t say, that I find it easy to jump from the Middle Ages into the 19th and 20th century. It’s a lot to deal with: New kind of sources, methods, different traditions how to address issues – it’s difficult, but fun and inspiring nonetheless. The pandemic didn’t made it easier to enjoy the best

Conference report published

Many thanks to Rike Szill from Kiel University for attending the concluding conference of our Research Project “Mediation of Rulership at the Borderlands of Latin Europe”. The full report is available here.

My book is out!

I’m very happy to announce, that my book was published at Walter DeGruyter Publishing House. I’m so very grateful to all the people involved. Read a – hopefully complete – list in the Foreword, available here.