Im Rahmen der internationalen Herbstschule Beyond Epistemic Nationalism and Eurocentrism. Transregional Approaches to Western Balkan Modernities during the Nineteenth Century.

Rival Byzantium is a comprehensive comparative view of the way the phenomenon of Byzantium has been treated by the historiographies of the polities that have emerged from its remains – Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Serbia and Turkey – from the Enlightenment to the present day. Synthesising a sprawling mass of material largely unknown to academic audiences, it highlights the important place Byzantium's representations occupy in the identity building and historical consciousness in that part of Europe. The diverse interpretations of the Byzantine phenomenon across and within these historiographic traditions are scrutinised against the backdrop of shifting geopolitical and cultural contexts, in constant dialogue and competition with each other and in communication with extra-regional, western and Russian, academic currents. The book will be of value to medieval historians, Byzantinists and historians of historiography as well as students of and specialists in modern politics, cultural and intellectual history. 

Diana Mishkova is Professor of History and Academic Director of the Centre for Advanced Study in Sofia as well as holder of the Konstantin Jireček Medal of the Southeast Europe Association (SOG). 

Moderation: Dr. Dennis Dierks

Anmeldung bitte bis zum 1.11.2024 unter: dennis.dierks@uni-leipzig.de 

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Prof. Dr. Stefan Rohdewald (Zweigstellenleiter Leipzig)