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Curriculum Vitae| Preiser‐Kapeller, Johannes| 24.06.2015 | 1 CurriculumVitae
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Mag.Dr.JohannesPREISER‐KAPELLER
BornAugust24th,1977inZwettl/Austria
ÖsterreichischeAkademiederWissenschaften
InstitutfürMittelalterforschung
AbteilungfürByzanzforschung
Wohllebengasse12‐14/3.Stock
A‐1040Vienna,Austria
Email:Johannes.Preiser‐[email protected]
Tel.:0043‐1‐51581‐3447
http://oeaw.academia.edu/JohannesPreiserKapeller
CURRENTPOSITIONS
ResearcherattheInstituteforMedievalResearch,DivisionofByzantineResearch,AustrianAcademyofSciences,
since2007;currentprojects:“ComplexitiesandnetworksintheMedievalMediterraneanandNearEast(COMMED)”
and “Mapping MEDieval CONflicts: a digital approach towards political dynamics in the pre‐modern period”
(http://www.oeaw.ac.at/byzanz/
resp.
http://www.oeaw.ac.at/imafo/die‐
abteilungen/byzanzforschung/communities‐landscapes/historische‐geographie/komplexitaet‐netzwerke/,
http://oeaw.academia.edu/TopographiesofEntanglements
and
https://oeaw.academia.edu/MappingMedievalConflict)
ResearcherattheRömisch‐GermanischesZentralmuseum(Mainz,Germany);Project:“PortsandLandingPlacesat
the Balkan Coasts of the Byzantine Empire (4th‐12th cent.). Monuments and Technology, Economy and
Communication” (http://www.spp‐haefen.de/de/die‐projekte/haefen‐an‐der‐balkankueste‐des‐byzantinischen‐
reiches/)
Lecturer at the Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, University of Vienna, since 2009
(http://www.univie.ac.at/byzneo)
EDUCATION
Dr.Phil.(withdistinction),ByzantineStudies,UniversityofVienna,2006
DoctoralThesis“StudiesontheMetropolitansandBishopsofthePatriarchateofConstantinopleinthePalaiologean
Era(1258‐1453)”[inGerman];Supervisors:Prof.OttoKresten,Prof.WernerSeibt
Mag.Phil.(withdistinction),ByzantineandModernGreekStudies/AncientHistory,UniversityofVienna,2002
Magister‐Thesis “The Administrative History of Byzantine Armenia from the 5th to the 7th century (Genesis of the
themaArmeniakon)”[inGerman];Supervisor:Prof.WernerSeibt
RESEARCHFOCUS
- ByzantinehistoryincomparisonandentanglementwithintheMedievalWorld
- SocialandSpatialNetworkAnalysisandComplexityTheory
- SocioeconomicandecclesiasticalhistoryofByzantium
- EnvironmentalandClimateHistoryofthemedievalMediterraneanandbeyond
- ByzantineDiplomacyandDiplomatics
- HarboursandmaritimenetworksinthemedievalEasternMediterranean
- RelationsbetweenByzantiumandtheCaucasus
Curriculum Vitae| Preiser‐Kapeller, Johannes| 24.06.2015 | 2 ACTIVITIESINSCIENTIFICBOARDSANDSOCIETIES/RECENTAWARDS
- AcademicreviewerfortheShotaRustaveliNationalScienceFoundation(SRNSF),RepublicofGeorgia(since
2011;http://rustaveli.org.ge/index.php?lang=eng)
- AcademicreviewerfortheDutchNationalScienceFoundation(NWO)(since2013)
- ReviewerforJahrbuchderÖsterreichischenByzantinistik,Vienna(since2012)
- ReviewerforDumbartonOaksPapers,WashingtonD.C.(since2012)
- ReviewerforDigitalScholarshipintheHumanities(DSH),Oxford(since2014)
- ReviewerforByzantinaSymmeikta,Athens(since2015)
- ÖsterreichischeByzantinischeGesellschaft(AustrianSocietyforByzantineStudies)
- Österreichisch‐Armenische Studiengesellschaft (Austrian Society for Armenian Studies), member of the
steeringcommittee(since2007)
- Awardeeofthe“WernerWelzig‐Price2012”oftheAustrianAcademyofSciencesforspecialmeritsinthe
fieldofscienceeducationandoutreachtothepublic
- Awardee of a grant of the “Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation” for spring 2014 for
researchattheNationalHellenicResearchFoundationinAthens
- Shortlisted for the position of a Tenure‐Track Assistant Professor in Byzantine History at the
DepartmentofHistory,ColumbiaUniversity(NewYork),November2013(selectionprocedureaborted
inMarch2014withoutappointmentofoneofthefourcandidates)
- Awardeeofagrantofthego!digital‐ProgrammeoftheAustrianAcademyofSciencesfortheproject
“MappingMEDievalCONflicts:adigitalapproachtowardspoliticaldynamicsinthepre‐modernperiod”(for
theperiodOctober2014‐May2016)
TEACHING
* Lecturer at the Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, University of Vienna, since 2009
(http://www.univie.ac.at/byzneo) [evaluation of teaching in 2011: overall result 1.2 on a scale from 1
(“excellent”)to5(“poor”)].
*VisitingLecturer,UniversityBabeş‐Bolyai,Cluj‐NapocaandBucharest,Winter2011/2012
*VisitingLecturer,UniversityofTübingen(Germany),Fall2012
*VisitingProfessor,CentralEuropeanUniversity(Budapest),SpringTerm2013[evaluationofteachingin2013:
overallresult9.6onascalefrom0(“poor”)to10(“outstanding”)]
*VisitingLecturer,UniversityofMainz(Germany),January2014
* Visiting Lecturer, Institute for Historical Research, National Hellenic Research Foundation (Athens, Greece),
March‐April2014
Coursestaughtatuniversities:
1.
090095 Course: “The other middle ages: the history of the Byzantium Empire in context and comparison”;
UniversityofVienna,summerterm2009
2.
090095 Course: “The other middle ages: the history of the Byzantium Empire in context and comparison”;
UniversityofVienna,summerterm2010
3.
090095 Course: “The other middle ages: the history of the Byzantium Empire in context and comparison”;
UniversityofVienna,summerterm2011
4.
Course for Graduates and Post‐Graduates: “Calculating the Middle Ages? New quantitative methods and
social network analysis for Byzantine and Medieval Studies”; University Babeş‐Bolyai, Cluj‐Napoca and Bucharest,
Winter2011/2012
5.
090060 Course: “The other middle ages: the history of the Byzantium Empire in context and comparison”;
UniversityofVienna,summerterm2012
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Course for Graduates and Post‐Graduates: “Historical Network Analysis – Methods and Applications”;
UniversityofTübingen,Autumn2012
7.
Course for Graduates and Post‐Graduates: “Complex Middle Ages: New Methods for the Reconstruction of
Spatial and Social Entanglements in Premodern Societies (HGIS and Network Analysis)”; Center for Eastern
Mediterranean Studies (CEMS), Central European University Budapest, Spring Session 2013 (together with M.
Popović)
8. WorkshopforGraduatesandPost‐Graduates:“HistoricalandArchaeologicalNetworkAnalysis”;University
ofMainz,January2014
9. Seminar series: “Geographical and social networks”; Institute for Historical Research, National Hellenic
ResearchFoundation(Athens,Greece),March‐April2014
10. Introductory Workshop “Network analysis for archaeological and historical studies”; Austrian
ArchaeologicalInstitute(Vienna),February2015
11. 090136Course“HistoryofArmeniaandtheArmeniansintheMiddleAges‐anOverview(4th‐16thcent.CE)”,
UniversityofVienna,summerterm2015
Furthertopicsofcoursestaughtatinstitutionsofstudentandadulteducation,2004‐2015(inalphabetic
order)
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AforgottenJewishEmpire?HistoryandReligionoftheKhazars
Constantinople.Developmentandlifeofamedievalmetropolis.
DecayandByzantinism?‐TheimageoftheByzantineEmpireinWesternandEasternEuropesincetheMiddle
Ages
FragileMetropolis.AnenvironmentalhistoryofmedievalMega‐Cities.
FromAustriatoJerusalem.Austriaandthe“Orient”intheMiddleAgesbetweenLegendandReality
FromtheRomanEmpiretotheChristianstateoftheRhomaioi‐thedevelopmentoftheByzantineEmpirefrom
LateAntiquitytotheearlyMiddleAges.
How did Byzantium work? Elements of environmental history, political, economic, social and religious
developmentoftheByzantineEmpireincomparison
IcebergsattheBosporus.ClimateChangeandExtremeEventsintheMedievalMiddleEast
InthecountryofNoah´sArk.HistoryandCultureofArmeniaandArmeniansintheMiddleAges.
MissionandThirdRome?‐TheimpactoftheByzantineEmpireinSoutheastandEasternEurope
Noholywar‐theconfrontationoftheByzantineEmpirewithIslamcomparedtoWesternCrusadinguntil1453
TheBarbariansfromtheWest.ThePictureoftheWestinnon‐westernCultures
TheGlobalizationofMarcoPolo.Travelers,MiraclesandtheBlackDeath
TheGoldenByzantium.TheByzantineEmpireasglobalPhenomenonoftheMiddleAges
ThePatriarchateofConstantinople.Thehistoryofamedievalinstitution.
TheWrathofKhan.ByzantiumandthepeoplesoftheSteppefromtheHunstotheMongols.
Two emperors, two churches ‐ political, religious and cultural dimensions of the conflict between Byzantium
and“theWest”
Vienna–Constantinople‐Istanbul.Twometropolisesandtheirenvironmentinpastandpresent
Winteriscoming.Climateandmedievalhistoryinglobalperspective
OTHERACADEMICACTIVITIES
2015
Organiser, Workshop: “(Un)Calculable Conflicts. Complexity, Mathematics und Historical Research”, Institute for
MedievalResearch,AustrianAcademyofSciences,Vienna,February19th
Scientific Committee, 3rd Historical Network Research Conference, Lisbon, September 15th‐18th
(https://historicalnetworkresearch2015.wordpress.com/)
Curriculum Vitae| Preiser‐Kapeller, Johannes| 24.06.2015 | 4 OrganisationCommittee,HistoInformatics2015(3rdInternationalWorkshoponComputationalHistory),Beijing,
December8th
2014
Co‐Organiser, International Workshop, Römisch‐Germanisches Zentralmuseum (Mainz) “The Rise and Fall of
Harbours.Conceptsofenvironmentalandsocio‐culturalStudies”,June12th‐13th
2013
Co‐Organiser,InternationalMedievalCongress,Univ.ofLeeds;4sessions“ByzantiuminContext”,July1st‐4th
Organiser, International Workshop, Römisch‐Germanisches Zentralmuseum (Mainz) “Harbours and Maritime
NetworksasComplexAdaptiveSystems”,October17th‐18th
2012
Co‐Organiser, International Conference “The Patriarchate of Constantinople in Context and Comparison”, Division
forByzantineResearch,AustrianAcademyofSciences,Vienna,September12th‐15th
Co‐Organiser,InternationalConference“MultiplyingMiddleAges.Newmethodsandapproachesforthestudyofthe
multiplicity of Middle Ages in a global perspective (3rd‐16th CE)”, Division for Byzantine Research, Austrian
AcademyofSciences,Vienna,November7th‐9th
2011
Organiser, Workshop “Connecting the dots. The analysis of networks and the study of the past (Archaeology and
History)” at the Institute for Byzantine Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, June 10th (cf.
http://archaeologicalnetworks.wordpress.com/2011/06/)
Co‐organiser, Round table “Le Patriarcat œcuménique de Constantinople et Byzance hors frontières” for the 22nd
InternationalCongressofByzantineStudies,Sofia(Bulgaria),August23rd‐27th2011
Co‐organiser,InternationalConference“BetweenWorlds:TheAgeoftheAnjou(14thcentury)”,RomanianAcademy
ofSciences,AustrianAcademyofSciences,Cluj‐Napoca(Romania),October20th–23rd
2010
Co‐organiser, International Conference “Between Worlds: The Age of the Jagiellonians”, Romanian Academy of
Sciences,AustrianAcademyofSciences,Cluj‐Napoca(Romania),October22nd–23rd
Co‐organiser, Round table “Le Patriarcat œcuménique de Constantinople et Byzance hors frontières” for the 22nd
InternationalCongressofByzantineStudies,Sofia(Bulgaria),August23rd‐27th2011
SecretaryGeneral,InternationalProject“TheByzantineChurchinatimeofcrisis(1204‐1500).Sources,structures
and methods” (Cooperation Austrian Academy of Sciences – Romanian Academy of Sciences, funded by the
EuropeanUnion;POSDRU89/1.5/S/61104)(until2012)
2009
Co‐organiser,InternationalSymposium“TheRegisterofthePatriarchateofConstantinople.AnimportantSourcefor
theHistoryandChurchofLateByzantium”,InstituteforByzantineStudies,AustrianAcademyofSciences,Vienna,
May7th‐9th
Co‐organiser, International Conference “The Council of Ferrara/Florence 1439. Church Unions in the Late Middle
Ages”,RomanianAcademyofSciences,AustrianAcademyofSciences,Cluj‐Napoca(Romania),October22nd‐24th
2008
Memberoftheorganisingcommittee,InternationalConference“BetweenWorlds:MatthiasCorvinusandhisTime”,
RomanianAcademyofSciences,AustrianAcademyofSciences,Cluj‐Napoca(Romania),October23rd‐26th
Curriculum Vitae| Preiser‐Kapeller, Johannes| 24.06.2015 | 5 2006‐2009
Contributor to the new edition of the “Regesten der Kaiserurkunden des oströmischen Reiches” (“Register of
Imperial Charters of the Eastern Roman Empire“) by F. Dölger (for the period 565‐867), Kommission für die
Herausgabe des Corpus der griechischen Urkunden des Mittelalters und der neueren Zeit, Bavarian Academy of
Sciences,Munich(Germany)
CONFERENCEPAPERS/TALKSPRESENTED(inchronologicalorder)
(forslidesandabstractsofmanyofthetalks,see:http://oeaw.academia.edu/JohannesPreiserKapeller/Talks)
1.
Institut für Byzantinistik und Neogräzistik, Univ. Vienna, 19. 2. 2002: „De Armeniis, ut ipsi per omnia
sequantur Romanorum leges (Justinian, Novella 21, a. 536). Die byzantinische Verwaltung Armeniens in der Zeit
Justinians“.
2.
Symposium in memoriam Herbert Hunger „BYZNEO40 – 40 Jahre Institut für Byzantinistik und
Neogräzistik,Univ.Wien“,Vienna,4.‐7.12.2002:„MagistermilitumperArmeniam/StrategostonArmeniakon.Das
militärischeKommandoinRömisch‐Armenienim6.und7.Jh.“.
3.
Workshop „Public in Premodern Times in Eastern and Southeastern Europe“ an der Abteilung für
Südosteuropäische Geschichte, Institut für Geschichte, University if Graz, 6.‐8. 5. 2004: „Forms of rural
communitiesandruralpublicinByzantium“.
4.
Institut für Byzantinistik und Neogräzistik, Univ. Vienna, 24. 10. 2007: „Es schrieb der Kaiser …
ByzantinischeUrkundeninarmenischenQuellenvom6.biszum9.JahrhundertzwischenRealitätundFiktion“.
5.
InternationalConference„SigismundofLuxembourgandhisTime“,Oradea,Romania,6.‐9.12.2007:„Denn
derKriegumschließtunsvonallenSeiten.VorbotenundNachwehenderSchlachtvonNikopolis1396imSprengeldes
PatriarchatsvonKonstantinopel”.
6.
PresentationofthespecialissueofthejournalHistoricum„DasPatriarchatvonKonstantinopel“,Institutfür
Byzanzforschung,ÖAW,Vienna,18.3.2008:„DasPatriarchatsregistervonKonstantinopel“.
7.
InternationalConference„MatthiasCorvinusandhisTime“,Cluj‐Napoca,Romania,23.‐26.10.2008:“Sive
vincitur Hungaria… Das Osmanische Reich, das Königreich Ungarn und ihre Nachbarn in der Zeit des Matthias
CorvinusimMachtvergleichimUrteilgriechischerQuellen”.
8.
VII.AnnualCaucasus‐ConferenceinmemoriamGrigolPeradze,Warsaw,Poland,4.‐9.12.2008:„ThePicture
of the Later Roman and Early Byzantine State in the Armenian Historiography of the 5th to 8th century“ [invited
lecture]
9.
InternationalConference„ArmeniaandArmeniansinInternationalTreaties“,ArmenianStudiesProgram,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 18.‐21. 3. 2009: „erdumn, uχt, carayut‛iwn. Armenian aristocrats as
diplomaticpartnersofEasternRomanEmperors,387‐884/885AD“[invitedlecture]
10.
International Symposium „Das Patriarchatsregister von Konstantinopel. Eine zentrale Quelle zur
Geschichte und Kirche im späten Byzanz“, Institut für Byzanzforschung, ÖAW, Vienna, 7.‐9. 5. 2009: „Unsere im
Heiligen Geist innigstgeliebten priesterlichen Mitbrüder. Die Darstellung der Synode von Konstantinopel und des
EpiskopatsimPatriarchatsregistervonKonstantinopel,besondersinderAmtszeitderPatriarchenMakarios,Neilos
KerameusundAntoniosIV.(1377‐1397)“
11. International Symposium „Das Patriarchatsregister von Konstantinopel. Eine zentrale Quelle zur
Geschichte und Kirche im späten Byzanz“, Vienna, 7.‐9. 5. 2009: „Eine „Familie der Könige“? Anrede und
Bezeichnung von sowie Verhandlungen mit ausländischen Machthabern in den Urkunden des Patriarchatsregisters
vonKonstantinopelim14.Jh.“
Curriculum Vitae| Preiser‐Kapeller, Johannes| 24.06.2015 | 6 12.
InstitutfürByzantinistikundNeogräzistik,Univ.Vienna,13.5.2009:„VonOstarrichinachKleinarmenien.
DieBabenbergeraufdenKreuzzügenunddiefrühestenBeziehungenzwischenÖsterreichundArmenien“
13.
Annual Meeting of the Society of the Study of the Christian East, Institut für Ostkirchliche Studien,
UniversityofVienna,15.5.2009:„DasPatriarchatvonKonstantinopelunddaspolitischeundreligiöseUmfelddes
14.Jh.simSpiegelausgewählterUrkundendesPatriarchatsregistersvonKonstantinopel“[invitedlecture]
14.
InternationalMedievalCongress2009,UniversityofLeeds,GB,13.‐16.7.2009:„Conversion,Collaboration,
andConfrontation:IslamintheRegisterofthePatriarchateofConstantinopleinthe14thCentury“.
15.
InternationalConference“TheCouncilofFerrara/Florence1439”,RomanianAcademyofSciences,Institut
für Byzanzforschung, ÖAW, Cluj‐Napoca (Romania), 22.‐24. 10. 2009: “Der Kreuzzug als Hoffnung, die Union als
Instrument. Unionsverhandlungen zwischen Byzanz, Kleinarmenien und Westeuropa in den 1320er und 1330er
Jahren”
16.
Workshop“Basiliosder Große:Asket,Bischof,Kirchenlehrer”,StiftungProOriente, Vienna,15. 12.2009:
„BasileiosderGroßeinderfrühenarmenischenÜberlieferung“
17.
International Workshop „Processes on Networks: Hunting for Universality in Social, Economical and
BiologicalNetworks“,ComplexSystemsResearchGroup,MedicalUniversityofVienna,10.‐12.3.2010:„Complex
(social)networksandhistoricalevidence:thecaseofByzantium“[invitedlecture]
18.
InternationalConference„GenesisundDynamikenderMehrheitsentscheidung“,organisiertvonProf.Egon
Flaig,HistorischesKolleg,Munich,6.‐8.5.2010:„Hētōnpleionōnpsēphos.DerMehrheitsbeschlussinderSynodevon
KonstantinopelinspätbyzantinischerZeit–Normen,Strukturen,Prozesse”[invitedlecture]
19.
International Symposium “Le Patriarcat œcuménique de Constantinople et Byzance hors frontières”,
Centre d’Histoire et Civilisation de Byzance, Collége de France, Paris, 17.‐18. 6. 2010: „New quantitative and
qualitativeapproachesfortheanalysisoftheRegisterofthePatriarchateofConstantinople“
20.
International Medieval Congress 2010, University of Leeds, GB, 12.‐16. 7. 2010: „Calculating Byzantium?
SocialNetworkAnalysisandComplexitySciencesastoolsfortheexplorationofmedievalsocialdynamics“
21.
InternationalConference“BetweenWorlds:TheAgeoftheJagiellonians”,RomanianAcademyofSciences,
Institut für Byzanzforschung, ÖAW, Cluj‐Napoca (Romania), 22.‐23. 10. 2010: „Der Großfürst der Feueranbeter.
Kirchlich‐diplomatische Beziehungen zwischen Byzanz und dem „heidnischen“ Litauen im Kontext der Außenpolitik
desPatriarchatsvonKonstantinopelim14.Jh.“
22.
International Workshop „Historical Network Research“, Institut für Wirtschafts‐ und Sozialgeschichte,
UniversityofVienna,13.‐14.11.2010:„NetworksfromByzantiumintimeandspace:Possibilitiesandproblemsof
dynamicnetworkmodellingonthebasisofmedievalsourceevidence“[invitedlecture]
23.
InternationalConference“Kriseund Transformation”,ÖAW,Vienna, 22.‐23.11.2010:„Complexhistorical
dynamicsofcrisis:thecaseofByzantium“.
24.
Institut für Byzantinistik und Neogräzistik, Univ. Vienna, 25. 1. 2011: „Quantenbyzantinistik?
ByzanzforschunganderGrenzezwischenSozialgeschichte,PhysikundChaostheorie“
25.
InternationalWorkshop „Howtoestablish aregisterofmedievaldoctors?“,InstitutfürByzanzforschung,
ÖAW, in Cooperation with the King´s College (London), Vienna, 18. 2. 2011: „From databases to networks –
connectingandanalyzinghistoricaldatafromtheByzantineperiod“[invitedlecture]
Curriculum Vitae| Preiser‐Kapeller, Johannes| 24.06.2015 | 7 26.
„Arbeitskreis zum christlichen Diskurs der Spätantike und des frühen Mittelalters“, Univ. Vienna, 4. 3.
2011: „Originesgentium,religiöseTransformationenundStaatsbildungenimfrühmittelalterlichenKaukasusgebiet:
AlteQuellen,neueModelleundvieleProbleme”.
27.
InstitutfürByzantinistikundNeogräzistik,Univ.Vienna,6.4.2011:„„Helden“und„Überläufer“.Armenische
AristokratenimDienstebenachbarterGroßmächtevom4.biszum9.Jahrhundert.“
28.
39th AnnualConference ofComputerApplicationsandQuantitative MethodsinArchaeology,„Revivethe
Past“(CAA)inBeijing,China,12.‐16.4.2011:„Networksofborderzones–multiplexrelationsofpower,religionand
economyinSouth‐easternEurope,1250‐1453CE“[invitedlecture]
29.
Zentrum für Mittelalterforschung, ÖAW, 31. 5. 2011: „Facebook im Mittelalter. Die Analyse sozialer
NetzwerkeundMethodenderKomplexitätstheorieinderByzanzforschung“.
30.
Workshop „Connecting the dots. The analysis of networks and the study of the past (Archaeology and
History)“,InstitutfürByzanzforschung,ÖAW,Vienna,10.6.2011:„SocialNetworksofByzantium“
31.
InternationalMedievalCongress2011,UniversityofLeeds,GB,11.‐14.7.2011:„ManagementofShortage.
TheByzantineChurchinthefaceofcrisisandcollapse,1204‐1453“
32.
22ndInternationalCongressofByzantineStudies,Sofia(Bulgaria),Roundtable„LePatriarcatœcuménique
de Constantinople et Byzance hors frontières“, 23.‐27. 8. 2011: „Calculating the Synod? New quantitative and
qualitativeapproachesfortheanalysisofthePatriarchateandtheSynodofConstantinopleinthe14thcentury“
33.
InternationalConference“BetweenWorlds:TheAgeoftheAnjou(14thCentury)”,RomanianAcademyof
Sciences, Institut f. Byzanzforschung, ÖAW, Târgoviște (Romania), 20.‐23. 10. 2011: „(Not so) Distant Mirrors: a
complexmacro‐comparisonofpolitiesandpolitical,economicandreligioussystemsinthecrisisofthe14thcentury“
34.
OberseminarfürmittelalterlicheGeschichte,Friedrich‐SchillerUniversityofJena(Germany),17.11.2011:
„ImHeiligenGeistgeliebteMitbrüder.MöglichkeitenundGrenzendersozialenNetzwerkanalysefürdieErforschung
derspätbyzantinischenKircheundGesellschaft“[invitedlecture]
35.
„The Connected Past: people, networks and complexity in archaeology and history“. A two‐day
collaborative,multi‐disciplinarysymposium,UniversityofSouthampton,24.‐25.3.2012:„LuhmanninByzantium.
Asystemstheoryapproachforhistoricalnetworkanalysis“
36.
European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research 2012 (EMSCR12), Symposium “Evolution
throughouttheSciencesandHumanities”,Vienna,10.‐13.4.2012:„Acomplexsystemsapproachtotheevolutionary
dynamicsofhumanhistory:thecaseoftheLateMedievalWorldCrisis“[invitedlecture]
37.
International Symposium „Byzanz als Brücke zwischen West und Ost“, Römisch‐Germanisches
Zentralmuseum(Mainz)andInstitutfürByzanzforschung,ÖAW,Vienna,3.‐5.5.2012:„VomBosporuszumArarat.
DieWirkungundWahrnehmungdesByzantinischenReichesinArmenien“[invitedlecture]
38.
SFB‐Project „Visions of Community. Comparative Approaches to Ethnicity, Region and Empire in
Christianity,IslamandBuddhism(400‐1600CE)(VISCOM)“,Univ.Vienna,InstitutfürMittelalterforschung,ÖAW,
22. 5. 2012: „Visualising Communities. Möglichkeiten der Netzwerkanalyse und der relationalen Soziologie für die
ErfassungundAnalysemittelalterlicherGemeinschaften“[invitedlecture]
39.
International Symposium in memoriam Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal (1812‐2012),
Forschungsstelle “Edition und Bearbeitung byzantinischer Rechtsquellen” der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu
Curriculum Vitae| Preiser‐Kapeller, Johannes| 24.06.2015 | 8 Göttingen am Max‐Planck Institut für Europäische Rechtsgeschichte, Großkmehlen, 1.‐3. 6. 2012:
„Kirchenrechtliche Grundlagen und Praxis der Entscheidungsfindung in der Synode von Konstantinopel“ [invited
lecture]
40.
InternationalWorkshop„Cross‐culturallife‐worldsinpre‐modernIslamicsocieties:Actors,evidences,and
strategies“,UniversityofBamberg,AbteilungfürIranistik,22.‐24.6.2012:„Websofconversion.Ananalysisofsocial
networksofconvertsacrossIslamic‐ChristianbordersinAnatolia,South‐easternEuropeandtheBlackSeafromthe
13thtothe15thcentury“[invitedlecture]
41.
InternationalMedievalCongress2012,UniversityofLeeds,GB,9.‐12.7.2012:„RulesforHarmony?Laws
forandpracticesofdecision‐makingintheLateByzantineSynodofConstantinople“
42. InternationalConference„DasPatriarchatvonKonstantinopelimKontextundimVergleich“,Abteilungfür
Byzanzforschung/InstitutfürMittelalterforschung,ÖAW,Vienna,12.‐15.9.2012:„TheglobalPatriarch.Byzantine
ecclesiasticsasintermediariesintheMongol‐IslamicWorldofthe13th‐15thcentury“.
43.
International Conference „Multiplying Middle Ages. New methods and approaches for the study of the
multiplicity of Middle Ages in a global perspective (3rd‐16th CE)“, Abteilung für Byzanzforschung/Institut für
Mittelalterforschung,ÖAW,Vienna,7.‐9.11.2012:„Fromquantitativetoqualitativeandbackagain.Theinterplay
betweenstructureandcultureandtheanalysisofnetworksinpre‐modernsocieties“
44. WissenschaftsCampus Mainz: Byzanz zwischen Orient und Okzident, Johannes‐Gutenberg‐Universität
Mainz, 20. 11. 2012: „Aristokraten, Pilger, Gelehrte und Flüchtlinge: armenische Mobilität im frühmittelalterlichen
MittelmeerraumundNahenOsten“[invitedlecture]
45. Institut für Byzantinistik und Neogräzistik, Univ. Vienna, 23. 1. 2013: “The Emperor in the Snowstorm. New
aspectsofthemedievalhistoryofArmeniainthecontextoftheclimatehistoryoftheMiddleEast(4th‐16thcentury)
[inGerman]”
46.Workshop“StrategiesofVisualisationintheHumanities”,InstitutfürKunstgeschichte,Univ.ofVienna,26.4.
2013: “Topographies of Entanglement. Possibilities, limitations and pitfalls of historical network visualisation [in
German]”[invitedlecture]
47. University of Bern, Historisches Institut, 14. 5. 2013: “Climate, Environment and Lordship in the Medieval
SouthernCaucasus,600‐1200CE[inGerman]”[invitedlecture]
48.CentralEuropeanUniversity(Budapest),CenterforNetworkScience,4.6.2013:“MappingMedievalNetworks.
RelationalPerspectivesontheLateMedievalBalkans(1200‐1600AD)”[invitedlecture;togetherwithM.Popović]
49. International Workshop “GIS of Byzantium”, Römisch‐Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz, 14.‐15. 6. 2013:
“ConnectedPorts.MappingmaritimenetworksofByzantium”[invitedlecture]
50.InternationalMedievalCongress2013,UniversityofLeeds,GB,1.‐4.7.2013:“Medievalentanglements:trans‐
bordernetworksinByzantiumandChinaincomparison(300‐900CE)”
51.InternationalWorkshop“TheIslamisationofAnatolia,c.1100‐1500”,UniversityofSt.Andrews,KocResearch
Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Istanbul, 6.‐7. 9. 2013: “Liquid Frontiers. A relational analysis of maritime Asia
Minorasreligiouscontactzoneinthe13th‐15thcentury”[invitedlecture]
Curriculum Vitae| Preiser‐Kapeller, Johannes| 24.06.2015 | 9 52. International Workshop “Harbours and maritime Networks as Complex Adaptive Systems”, Römisch‐
GermanischesZentralmuseum,Mainz,17.‐18.10.2013:“Themaritimemobilityofindividualsandobjects:networks
andentanglements”
53.ColumbiaUniversity,DepartmentofHistory,413FayerweatherHall,25.11.2013:“Heroes,traitorsandhorses.
MobileelitewarriorsinByzantiumandbeyond,500‐1100AD”[invitedlecture,jobtalk]
54.InternationalWorkshop“Maraghaanditsscholars:Acentreoflearninganditslegacy”,UniversityofOxford,
GermanOrientalInstitute,Istanbul,6.‐8.12.2013:“EntanglingMaragha.Mappingandquantifyingthenetworksof
amedievalurbancentre”[invitedlecture]
55.Institut fürByzantinistikundNeogräzistik,Univ.Vienna,11.12.2013: “TrialogueofUnity?Negotiationsona
UnionofChurchesbetweenArmenia,thePapacyandByzantiumintheearlier14thcentury”[inGerman]
56.Seminar“NikosOikonomidis”,NationalHellenicResearchFoundation,Athens,Greece,12.3.2014:“ACollapse
oftheEasternMediterranean?NewresultsandtheoriesontheinterplaybetweenclimateandsocietiesinByzantium
andtheNearEastintheComnenianperiod,11th‐13thcentury”[invitedlecture]
57.NationalHellenicResearchFoundation,Athens,Greece,14.3.2014:“Whynetworks?Potentialsandproblemsof
historicalandarchaeologicalnetworkanalysis”[invitedlecture]
58.EuropeanSocialScienceHistoryConference2014,Vienna,23.‐26.4.2014:“Aristocrats,mercenaries,clergymen
andrefugees:deliberateandforcedmobilityofArmeniansintheearlymedievalMediterraneanandNearEast(6thto
11thcentury)”
59.EuropeanSocialScienceHistoryConference2014,Vienna,23.‐26.4.2014:“MovingHands:TypesandScalesof
LabourMobilityintheLateMedievalEasternMediterranean(1200‐1500CE)”(withEkateriniMitsiou)
60. Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut, Vienna, 28. 4. 2014: “Topographies of Entanglements. Possibilities
andLimitsofarchaeologicalandhistoricalNetworkAnalysis”[invitedlecture]
61. International Conference “The Silk Road: Trade, People & Social Networks (ca. 400‐1400 AD)”, University of
Leiden – Hermitage Amsterdam (NL), 17.‐18. 5. 2014: “Connecting narratives of the Silk Road. Mapping and
analysingmedievalnetworksofmobilityandexchange”[invitedlecture]
62. International Workshop, Römisch‐Germanisches Zentralmuseum (Mainz) “The Rise and Fall of Harbours.
Concepts of environmental and socio‐cultural Studies”, 12.‐13. 6 2014: “Un)friendly takeover. A comparison
between the emergence of "Western" maritime networks in the "East” in the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean,
800‐1700CE”
63.Seminar“HarboursofConstantinople”,InstituteforByzantineandModernGreekStudies,UniversityofVienna,
23.6.2014:“DiebyzantinischenHäfenvonKonstantinopel:Heptaskalon”
64.ExploratoryworkshopintheSFB‘VisionsofCommunity’,“Intheshadowsofempire:Peripheralpolitiesinthe
EurasianMiddleAges”,InstituteforMedievalResearch,AustrianAcademyofSciences,Vienna,23.6.2014:“Power,
Identity,MobilityandEcologyintheEarlyMedievalArmenianHighlands(5th‐11thcent.):DynamicsandContinuities”
[invitedlecture]
65.InternationalMedievalCongress2014,UniversityofLeeds,GB,7.‐10.7.2014:“BeyondHierarchies:networks,
spaceanddecision‐makingintheLateByzantineChurch”
Curriculum Vitae| Preiser‐Kapeller, Johannes| 24.06.2015 | 10 66.InternationalMedievalCongress2014,UniversityofLeeds,GB,7.‐10.7.2014:“”DieHard"or"TheRiseandFall
oftheSkleroi":elitedynamicsandaristocraticnetworksinthemiddleByzantineEmpireincomparativeperspective”
67.ViennaDialogues2014"PeopleontheMove",InstituteforByzantineandModernGreekStudies,Universityof
Vienna,18.10.2014:“ByzantiumandtheSeljuqs:someunderlyingdynamics”(ResponsetoAlexanderBeihammer,
Byzantine‐Turkish Coexistence, State Building, and the Emergence of Islam in Asia Minor in the Age of Alexios I
(1081‐1118))[invitedlecture]
68.InternationalWorkshop“WomenandmonasticisminthemedievalEasternMediterranean:Decodingacultural
map“, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, 7.‐9. 11. 2014: “Mapping networks of women in the late
medievaleasternMediterranean“[invitedlecture]
69.Conference"LinkingtheMediterranean:RegionalandTrans‐RegionalInteractionsinTimesofFragmentation
(300 ‐800 CE)", Institute for Medieval Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, 11.‐13. 12. 2014: “Two
approachestomapandanalyselongdistancenetworksacrossAfro‐Eurasia,300‐800CE”[invitedlecture]
70.Workshop"Social"Profilesand"Social"Groups:PerceptionsofSocialPositioninByzantium“,NationalHellenic
ResearchFoundationinAthens,19.12.2014:“NetworkingIdentities:arelationalapproachtowardssocialprofiles
inByzantinesociety”[invitedlecture]
71. Seminar Henri Pirenne, Ghent University (Belgium), 17. 2. 2015: “Calculating the Middle Ages? Proxies,
networks, equations and other quantitative approaches towards medieval history in a comparative perspective”
[invitedlecture]
72.Workshop:“(Un)CalculableConflicts.Complexity,MathematicsundHistoricalResearch”,InstituteforMedieval
Research,
Austrian
Academy
of
Sciences,
Vienna,
19. 2. 2015: “Vater oder Zerstörer aller Dinge? Überlegungen zur Dynamik und Funktion des Konflikts in
(vormodernen)Gesellschaften”
73. Workshop "People, ports and networking in the Roman Mediterranean" (PortusLimen‐Project), Oxford
University, All Souls College, 6. 3. 2015: “Mapping maritime networks: challenges, potentials, pitfalls and
comparisons”[invitedlecture]
74. Conference "Die Interaktion von Herrschern und Eliten in imperialen Ordnungen zwischen Spätantike und
Früher Neuzeit", University of Münster, 11. 6.‐13. 6. 2015: “Central Peripheries. Empires and Elites across the
Byzantine‐ArabFrontierinComparison(700–1100)”[invitedlecture]
75. Workshop “Comparative Studies in Imperial History (Part I) All under Heaven? The Empire’s Spatial
Dimensions”,Eisenach,30.6.‐2.7.2015:“TheMedievalRomanEmpireoftheEastasspatialphenomenon:Selected
aspects(300‐1200CE)”[invitedlecture]
76. International Medieval Congress 2014, University of Leeds, GB, 6.‐9. 7. 2015: “Topography, Ecology, and
(Byzantine)PowerinEarlyMedievalEasternAnatoliaandArmenia,700‐1050”
77. Book project and conference: “Complexity: a new framework to interpret ancient economic proxy data”.
Sagalassos, 11.‐12. 9. 2015: “Networks of proxies: a relational approach towards economic complexity in the pre‐
modernperiod”[invitedlecture]
78.Conference“Papyri&SocialNetworksinaWiderContext”,UniversityofLeiden(NL),29.‐31.10.2015:“Whatis
inanetwork?Narratives,identities,time,spaceandcomplexity”[invitedkeynotelecture]
Curriculum Vitae| Preiser‐Kapeller, Johannes| 24.06.2015 | 11 COMMUNICATINGSCIENCETOTHEPUBLIC
2015
UniversitymeetsPublic,JüdischesInstitutfürErwachsenenbildung,Vienna,Course.March11th:“JewishNetworks
fromtheFallofRometothePeriodoftheCrusades”
(with M. Popović) “On foot, on horse, on a ship? Travelling at the Mediterranean 1000 years ago” Workshops for
“JuniorScienceClub”(childrenage10‐15),ViennaSchoolBoard,April14th.
2014
University meets Public, Jüdisches Institut für Erwachsenenbildung, Vienna, Course, January 15th‐22nd: “In the
countryofNoah´sArk.HistoryandCultureofArmeniaandArmeniansinthe
MiddleAges”
(with M. Popović) “On foot, on horse, on a ship? Travelling at the Mediterranean 1000 years ago” Workshops for
“JuniorScienceClub”(childrenage10‐15),ViennaSchoolBoard,May15th‐16th.
UniversitymeetsPublic,VHSUrania,Vienna,Course,May21st:“AforgottenJewishEmpire?HistoryandReligionof
theKhazars”
University meets Public, VHS Urania, Vienna, Course, June 4th and 16th: “Fragile Metropolis. An environmental
historyofmedievalMega‐Cities”
UniversitymeetsPublic,JüdischesInstitutfürErwachsenenbildung,Vienna,Course.November26th:“Snowstormin
Jerusalem.AshorthistoryofclimateintheHolyLandfromAntiquitytotheEarlyModernPeriod”
2013
UniversitymeetsPublic,JüdischesInstitutfürErwachsenenbildung,Vienna,Course,February27th:“FromAustria
toJerusalem.Austriaandthe“Orient”intheMiddleAgesbetweenLegendandReality”
UniversitymeetsPublic,VHSUrania,Vienna,Course,April11th:“WithSatelliteandFacebookintotheMiddleAges.
NewMethodsforHistoricalResearch”(togetherwithM.Popović)
University meets Public, VHS Urania, Vienna, Course, April 26th: “The Globalisation of Marco Polo. Travellers,
MiraclesandtheBlackDeath”
Co‐operation project High School Vereinsgasse (Vienna) – University of Vienna – Austrian Academy of Sciences
“Vienna – Constantinople‐Istanbul”, February‐June: supervision of students for their research project “Vienna –
Constantinople‐Istanbul.Twometropolisesandtheirenvironmentinpastandpresent”
RadiointerviewwithHessischerRundfunk,15.10.2013:Thelost"Jewish"EmpireoftheKhazars
SciencemeetsPublic,VHSUrania,Vienna,Course,December11th:“Winteriscoming?Climateandmedievalhistory
inglobalperspective”
2012
Conception, co‐organisation of and participation in the programme to communicate science to the public at the
major exhibition “Golden Byzantium and the Orient” on the Schallaburg (Austria), March‐November
(http://www.schallaburg.at/de/ausstellung/ausblick/das‐goldene‐byzanz‐der‐orient; lectures at various schools
and
Volkshochschulen,
interviews
with
newspapers,
cf.
http://www.wienerzeitung.at/themen_channel/wz_integration/gesellschaft/?em_cnt=450545)
Lange Nacht der Forschung 2012, Aula der Wissenschaften, Vienna, April 27th: “Facebook in Byzantium. How did
SocialNetworksworkintheMiddleAges?”(station,presentationandchildrenprogramme)
(cf.http://www.lnf2012.at/index.php?option=com_jumi&fileid=7&Itemid=56&group_id=510)
ScienceSlamVienna,AuladerWissenschaften,Vienna,April27th:“AByzantineMarriage”(writingofthescriptand
participationintheperformance,whichwonthefirstprice)
Curriculum Vitae| Preiser‐Kapeller, Johannes| 24.06.2015 | 12 (http://www.scienceslam.at/category/slams/?video=byzanzforschung)
University meets Public, VHS Urania, Course, November 28th: “The Golden Byzantium. The Byzantine Empire as
globalPhenomenonoftheMiddleAges”[forthcoming]
(with M. Popović) “How do I catch a unicorn? Real and imagined animals at the Mediterranean 1000 years ago.”
Workshopsfor“ScienceLectures”(childrenage8‐12),ViennaSchoolBoard,December6th‐7th.
University meets Public, VHS Urania, Course, December 13th: “Icebergs at the Bosporus. Climate Change and
ExtremeEventsintheMedievalMiddleEast”.
2011
(with Ek. Mitsiou and M. Popović) “Village, Monastery, City. How was the life at the Eastern Mediterranean 1000
yearsago?”Workshopfor“ChildrenUniversitySteyr”(childrenage8‐10),August31st.
(with Ek. Mitsiou and M. Popović) “When was the earth flat? What did people know about the world 1000 years
ago?”Workshopsfor“ScienceLectures”(childrenage8‐12),ViennaSchoolBoard,December1st‐2nd.
2010
“From Ostarrichi to the Bosporus: an overview of relations in the Middle Ages”; Symposium of the Stiftung Pro
Orienteattheoccasionof“Istanbul:CulturalCapitalofEurope2010”attheAustrianConsulateGeneral,Istanbul,
October11th‐14th
(with Ek. Mitsiou and M. Popović) “Village, Monastery, City. How was the life at the Eastern Mediterranean 1000
yearsago?”Workshopsfor“ScienceLectures”(childrenage8‐12),ViennaSchoolBoard,December6th–7th.
2009
(withCh.Gastgeber,Ek.MitsiouandM.Popović)“AustriaandByzantium”[inGerman].WorkshopforHighSchool
Students,InstituteforByzantineStudies,AustrianAcademyofSciences,Vienna,February18th.
(with P. Soustal, Ch. Gastgeber, Ek. Mitsiou and M. Popović) Presentation of the Institute for Byzantine Studies
(Austrian Academy of Sciences) and its current projects on the “Lange Nacht der Forschung” (Long Night of
Science,over500visitors),November7th.
(withEk.MitsiouandM.Popović)“1000andonelanguages.Whichlanguages,alphabetsandculturesdidthereexist
in the Eastern Mediterranean region 1000 years ago?” Workshops for “Science Lectures” (children age 10‐12),
ViennaSchoolBoard,December1st‐2nd.
2008
(withM.Popović).“DerBalkanfängtamRennwegan…AustriaandtheOrientfromAntiquitytoModernTimes“[in
German]. Two day‐Workshop for undergraduate students in non‐historical disciplines, Austrian Association of
CatholicStudents,Vienna,May30th‐31st.
“How long is the Silk Road? A fascinating Journey from Constantinople to India and China in the Middle Ages“ [in
German].WorkshopattheChildren᾽sUniversity(age7‐12),UniversityofVienna,July17th.
(with Ek. Mitsiou and M. Popović) Presentation of the Institute for Byzantine Studies (Austrian Academy of
Sciences)anditscurrentprojectsonthe“LangeNachtderForschung”(LongNightofScience,over500visitors),
November8th.
(with M. Popović) “Kipferl and Karajan. Connections between Vienna and the Orient” [in German]. Workshops for
“ScienceLectures”(childrenage10‐12,over250participants),ViennaSchoolBoard,December11th‐12th.
(with M. Popović) “The Barbarians from the West. The Picture of the West in non‐western Cultures“ [in
German].Two‐day Workshop for undergraduate students in non‐historical disciplines, Austrian Association of
CatholicStudents,Vienna,December12th‐13th.
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“IsthistheWaytoByzantium?AJourneytoConstantinoplewithBishopLiutprandofCremona,1000Yearsago“[in
German].WorkshopattheChildren᾽sUniversity(age7‐12),UniversityofVienna,July19th.