Medieval Studies of Central Europe

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Medieval Studies of Central Europe

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16/09/2026

A postdoc alert!

The postdoctoral/project researchers will work as part of the Research Council of Finland funded project PERSECUTIO: Causalities of Polemics and Persecution in Late Medieval Europe. The project is led by Academy Research Fellow Reima Välimäki.

The project examines the causes of the persecution of heretics and Jews in late medieval Europe, particularly in the area of the Holy Roman Empire. The aim is to explain the mechanisms behind the emergence, development and spread of persecutions. The project examines the relationship between polemical accusations and polemical texts and the emergence of persecutions, comparing it with other explanatory factors such as the social networks of the actors involved. The project is based on the modelling of medieval sources and the analysis of the modelled data both qualitatively and quantitatively.

Position 1: Postdoctoral researcher (50%), 1 January – 31 December 2027
We require experience in quantitative analysis of historical or comparable humanities data and strong programming skills. The applicant we are looking for may be, for example, a statistician with experience in the analysis of historical data, or a specialist in digital history with extensive experience in quantitative research. The position requires good written and spoken command of English.
Details and apply: https://ats.talentadore.com/apply/tutkijatohtori-50-suomen-akatemian-projektiin/Db7GjN?lang=en
Application deadline: 15 October 2026

Position 2: Postdoctoral Researcher / Project Researcher 1 November 2026 – 31 March 2027

In accordance with the eligibility requirements for Postdoctoral Researchers at the University of Turku, we require a completed doctoral degree in a relevant field. For the Project Researcher position, a relevant master's degree (e.g. MA) is required. In both application categories, we require the ability to conduct independent research, a good command of written medieval Latin, and good written and spoken command of English. The position does not require programming skills or experience in quantitative research, but we value an interest in and a positive attitude towards data-intensive historical research.

Details and apply: https://ats.talentadore.com/apply/tutkijatohtori-projektitutkija-suomen-akatemian-projektiin/DapzbJ?lang=en

Application deadline: 30 September 2026

10/09/2026

📜 Thousands of medieval manuscripts. More than 3,000 chronicles. One new online resource for exploring them. Interested?

We are delighted to announce that a new version of Repertorium Chronicarum is now available online — a unique database dedicated to medieval chronicles, their authors, and the manuscripts in which their works have survived.

Developed through a collaboration between the Centre for Medieval Studies and the L. and A. Birkenmajer Institute for the History of Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the database is technically supported by the Laboratory of Humanities Research Data at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (KUL).

👉 https://repchron.lhdb.kul.pl/

And what is waiting for you there?

📚 over 10,000 manuscripts

📖 over 3,000 chronicles

🆕 continuously updated data

🗺️ an interactive map of manuscript locations

🇵🇱🇬🇧 Polish and English language versions

Repertorium Chronicarum allows users to explore medieval chronicles, their authors, and surviving manuscripts. You can find, among other things, the current locations of manuscripts, library shelfmarks, and connections between works and their creators.

🏛️ The database is an open and continuously developing project. We warmly invite researchers and everyone interested in the Middle Ages to explore the resource and share their feedback, helping us make it even better.

27/08/2026

Professor Alexander Patschovsky is continuing his work on the Passauer Anonymus. Not long ago, we announced the publication of the Passauer Anonymus's collected works on heresies. We are now happy to announce the release of Professor Patschovsky's edition of the Passauer Anonymus's 'Treatise on the Antichrist'. [link in the comments]

25/08/2026

A forthcoming volume alert: Connecting the Renaissance: Italy and East Central Europe (1300–1600), edited by Leslie Carr-Riegel, Anna Horeczy, Michael T. Lo Piano and Adam Zapała, Routledge copyright 2027, (but will premiere on 28 September this year.) The book brings together case studies of this foundational and transformative relationship in European history. Are you excited? We certainly are!

Table of contents:
Introduction / Michael T. LoPiano

Chapter 1 Little Genoa: The First Italian Community in Poland / Leslie Carr-Riegel

Chapter 2 From Padua to Kraków: Niccolò Bonavia’s De laudibus sancti Hieronymi and Its Manuscript Afterlife / Anja Božič

Chapter 3 A Polish Bishop on the Italian Chessboard: Renaissance Diplomatic Patterns in Zbigniew Oleśnicki’s Struggle for Cardinalate Confirmation / Adam Zapała

Chapter 4 John of Capestrano and his Spiritual Networks: The Case of Bohemia / Antonín Kalous and Petra Mutlová

Chapter 5 The Humanist Library of Jan Długosz (1415–1480): An Attempt at Reconstruction / Zdzisław Koczarski

Chapter 6 Connecting the Italian Humanist Literary Circle to Poland: The Case of Callimachus, Conrad Celtis, and the Origins of the Sodalitas Litteraria Vistulana / Michael T. LoPiano

Chapter 7 Aldine Prints in Kraków at the Turn of the Sixteenth Century as Vehicles of Cultural Transfer / Anna Horeczy

Chapter 8 From Queen to Deceived Bride: Beatrice of Aragon's Struggle to Become the Wife of Vladislaus II Jagiellon / Hajnalka Kuffart

Chapter 9 Ippolito I d’Este’s Episcopal Court in Eger (1498–1520) / Ilona Kristóf

More details via the link in the comments.

20/08/2026

Are you a graduate student interested in late medieval philosophy? Then the conference "CUSANUS CONTRA BOHEMOS" Revisiting Nicholas of Cusa, held in Prague on November 19 and 20, 2026, organized by the Charles University is for you!

To apply for the conference, please submit an anonymous costract of no more than 300 words for review to [email protected] along with a short personal bia. The submission deadline is 6 September 2026.
Appicants wil be notfied of their acceptance by 10 September 2026. More details on the attached poster.

07/08/2026

Scholars from the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the University of Vienna organize a Winter School devoted to the challenges and chances of using digital tools in medieval studies.

The use of AI for reading historical sources (known as Automated or Handwritten Text Recognition) is becoming an expected and necessary part of many DH projects. Nevertheless, there are still many challenges, from choosing between a growing number of options for HTR, to learning how to prepare ground truth and train models, and to navigating new methodological issues.

The Winter School: HTR of Historical Sources, 2026 (further as HTR Winter School) started in 2022 and has evolved along with technological developments and the current state of research. Most importantly: Its participants learn not only the basics of HTR, but contribute to growing datasets for particular languages and scripts.

This year, there will be working groups for the following languages/scripts:
Carolingian Latin
Late Medieval Latin
Early Modern German
Byzantine Greek
Syriac
Church Slavonic
Old Icelandic

There are five virtual sessions (with the exception of the Old Icelandic group, which is taught in situ), always on Friday from 2PM to 5PM, Central European Time:

2nd October
16th October
30th October
13th November
27th November

Call for application is open until 11th September 2026.
[details via the link in the comments]

04/08/2026

There are new materials in the Teutonic database!

At the end of July, our team editing the correspondence between the Teutonic Knights and Poland uploaded new data. Many letters have had their Polish regesta revised (we owe a lot in this respect to Professor Michał Rzepiela, a medieval Latinist from the Institute of Polish Language of the Polish Academy of Sciences). Furthermore, 29 new letters have been added to the database, bringing the total number of letters to 163.

These include:
- A 1403 letter from the rector of the school in Szamotuły to a Neumark official, which is a kind of spy report about rumours concerning the political intentions of the Polish king and nobility.
- A 1411 complaint from the Płock bishop Jakub of Kurdwanów to the Great Master Heinrich von Plauen about the loss of herrings, olive oil, almonds, rice and figs bought in Gdańsk due to the actions of the Teutonic commander of Brodnica.
- A 1418 protest by Jarosław of Iwno against the alleged incursions of the Tuchola Teutonic Knights, addressed to the commander of Toruń, Ludwig von Landsee.
- A 1421 letter from the bishop of Poznań, Andrzej Łaskarzyc, to the archbishop of Lviv, Jan Rzeszowski, requesting that the king, Władysław Jagiełło, be made aware of the dangers of negotiating with the Hussites.

These are just a few examples of what you can learn from the Teutonic letters.

[Illustration: Prof. Sobiesław Szybkowski (team leader) and Prof. Adam Szweda during a conference at the Malbork Castle Museum.]

03/08/2026

We haven't lost sight of South-Eastern Europe here. This newly published collective survey of the late medieval history of the Balkans is sure to become a fundamental reference work for anyone interested in the region.

The Balkans in the Late Middle Ages, 1300-1500. Edited By Panos Sophoulis, Florin Curta (Routledge: Copyright 2027)

31/07/2026

The dust has barely settled on International Medieval Congress - University of Leeds, but it's already high time to start thinking about the IMC 2027. Professor Emilia Jamroziak is seeking contributors for sessions on monasticism and community.

International Medieval Congress 2027 - Call for Papers in Sessions

Making Monastic Community: Identity, Memory, and Belonging
The theme of the International Medieval Congress 2027, "Community", https://www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2027/ offers an excellent opportunity to explore important dimensions of medieval monastic life.
This session(s) invites papers examining the formation, maintenance, and transformation of monastic communities throughout the medieval period. Particular attention may be given, but not limited to, the following questions:
How did monastic communities maintain cohesion and negotiate internal tensions?
How were communal identities constructed, expressed, and preserved?
What relationships existed between the community of the living and the community of the dead within monastic settings?
How was the memory of a monastic community created, transmitted, altered, or contested?
How were monastic communities, including lived experience, affected by reform movements, institutional change, and broader social, political, or religious developments?
Proposals are welcome from scholars working on the full chronological range of medieval monastic history - from late antique to late medieval and everything in between. Contributions addressing monastic traditions both within and beyond the Latin Church are particularly encouraged, including a focus on monastic communities in medieval Africa, the Eastern Churches, and Orthodox traditions.
By bringing together diverse traditions and geographical and chronological perspectives, the session seeks to foster a broader discussion of how medieval monastic communities were imagined, experienced, and remembered.
Please send paper proposals of 250 words and a brief academic CV (one page) to [email protected] by 22 August 2026.

[illustration - Investiture of a Benedictine Monk, from the manuscript De Universo or "De rerum naturis", Monte Cassino MS Casin 132 cc]

30/07/2026

During the holiday season, medievalists should broaden their horizons by asking J. Le Goff's question: Faut-il vraiment découper l'histoire en tranches? If you're not dividing the Central European history into small compartments and want some reading crop rotation, you might enjoy the latest issue of "Historical Studies on Central Europe", with many intriguing contributions on our region. Available in open access via the link in the comments.

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