Presentation on video: "The Complex Mediterranean. Networks, diffusion and social dynamics in the pre-modern period" www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IiMfnagwno&index=2&list=PLxGU2gDyMnMkjcwWCpwr7-oPLn9rDtgOE Keynote lecture by Johannes Preiser-Kapeller, given at the Workshop: “Bridging the Gaps:...

Village communities in 13th century Byzantium: networks and microstructures The collapse of the Byzantine Empire after 1204 lead to new political entities and complicated entanglements in the Eastern Mediterranean. The broader picture of the historical developments inside the Greek states (Nicaea,...

Medieval Political and Military Space in Garhwal (Central) Himalaya, India: Studying Changing Network Patterns of Defence Strategy in the Himalayan Landscape The Garhwal (Central) Himalaya, India, most popularly known as the Abode of Gods, has a rich history, culture and archaeology. There are...

Fraktionen und Allianzen im Kampf Maximilians I. um Burgund Mit dem Tod Herzogin Marias von Burgund (1482) entbrannte in den burgundischen Niederlanden ein Streit um ihre Nachfolge. Einig war man sich, dass ihr minderjähriger Sohn Philipp (* 1478)  der wahre Herzog von Burgund sei, uneinig...

Born 1964 in Kandern (Baden-Württemberg); 1995 Dr. phil. in Medieval and Modern History (Univ. Kiel). Senior-Doc Reseacher at the Institute for Medieval Studies, Austrian Academy of Science, Division Editionsunternehmen und Quellenforschung/ MIR. My research of the last years is mainly focused on...

Upcoming Lecture: Climate, Crusades and Collapse? The Eastern Mediterranean ca. 1000-1200 (Princeton University, April 6th) https://climatechangeandhistory.princeton.edu/events/climate-crusades-and-collapse-eastern-mediterranean-ca-1000-1200 Princeton University, April 6, 2016 - 4:30pm Location:...

Networks, Networking, and Social Network Analysis: An Exploration through Libanius’ Letters Letter collections have been amongst the most fruitful sources used to carry out historical network analysis (e.g. McLean 2007). Yet barring few exceptions (e.g. Alexander & Danowski 1990, Schor 2007),...

Pastoralism, subsistence and territorial control in Roman period Palmyra: a hydrological approachPalmyra, a city in Roman Syria, flourished in the first three centuries CE. The city's wealth was to a large extent based on caravan trade between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean. Epigraphic...

Eivind Heldaas Seland (b. 1975) works as a researcher at the Department of archaeology, history, cultural studies and religion, University of Bergen within the fields of ancient history and global history. He currently heads the Research Project Networks in the Roman Near East, which aims to...

In a most recent article, a team of climatologists and historians around Ulf Büntgen has proposed the identification of a “Late Antique Little Ice Age” in the period from 536 to 660 AD which was characterised by significant socio-political upheavals and catastrophes such as volcanic eruptions and...