Leibniz Science Campus Mainz: Byzantium between Orient and Occident

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Leibniz ScienceCampus Mainz
Leibniz ScienceCampus Mainz
Leibniz Science Campus Mainz: Byzantium between Orient and Occident
Category: Research cooperation , research network
Membership: Leibniz Association
Facility location: Mainz
Arose from: Byzantine Archeology Mainz http://web.rgzm.de/forschung/forschungsfelder/a/article/kooperation-byzantinische-archaeologie-mainz/
Type of research: Interdisciplinary Byzantine Research
Areas of expertise: Ancient History , Ancient Church History and Patrology , Byzantine Studies , Christian Archeology / Byzantine Art History , Church and Dogma History , Classical Archeology , Medieval History , Musicology , Eastern European History , Prehistory and Early History
Basic funding: Leibniz Association
Homepage: www.byzanz-mainz.de

The Leibniz ScienceCampus Mainz: Byzantium Between Orient and Occident is an interdisciplinary research association that researches the cultural transfer, exchange and reception processes between Western Europe and the Orient that originated from the Byzantine Empire or in which it was involved.

Cooperation model

The WissenschaftsCampi format is an initiative of the Leibniz Association , which aims to establish a joint strategic focus for the university and Leibniz institutes. A Leibniz ScienceCampus is a joint research network of at least one Leibniz institution, at least one university and the respective host country.

The ScienceCampus Mainz was founded on July 1, 2011 by the Roman-Germanic Central Museum in Mainz - Leibniz Research Institute for Archeology (RGZM) and the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz . The Leibniz Institute for European History in Mainz, the Landesmuseum Mainz and the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier are also involved as cooperation partners . With the start of the second funding phase in mid-2019, the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main will join the research network as a further cooperation partner.

The cooperation was initiated by Falko Daim (General Director of the RGZM from November 2003 to May 2018). The cooperation was funded by the Leibniz Association from 2015-2018. With the approval of further funding of 1.128 million euros in 2018, also from the Leibniz Association, the research and study work was financially secured until mid-2023.

organization

The WissenschaftsCampus Mainz is managed by a board made up of representatives from the participating institutions. A steering group acts together with the board as a development committee for the research program. Quality assurance is carried out by a five-person international scientific advisory board. The coordinating office is located at the Roman-Germanic Central Museum. The Graduate College Byzantium and the Euro-Mediterranean war cultures funded by the German Research Foundation from October 2018 . Exchange, demarcation and reception was initiated by the steering group of the WissenschaftsCampus Mainz and is part of the network. An interdisciplinary doctoral student network has been part of the association since 2013.

Goal and concept

The Leibniz Science Campus Mainz aims to concentrate research and activities on and around Byzantium in Mainz, to make them internationally visible and to anchor this topic, which is important for European cultural history but little known to the public, as a profile focus at the research location. The aim of the cooperation is to raise awareness of the fundamental role of Byzantium for European culture and identity as well as its bridging function in the Orient and the Islamic world in the context of research, education and communication. This is intended to contribute to a pan-European view of history and to break up the deeply rooted notion of cultures that have supposedly been opposing each other for centuries.

To implement these goals, an expanded and interdisciplinary approach that goes beyond the traditional boundaries of Byzantine studies and Byzantine art history and archeology is pursued, which takes into account both the ancient roots and the continued impact of Byzantium up to the present day, as well as all relevant subjects and Methods. The cooperation links the resources and competencies that contribute to the holistic research of the Byzantium phenomenon to create a research network on this topic that is unique in Germany.

Research and activities

Since 2011, dozens of research projects have been initiated as part of the Mainz Science Campus, the Byzantium lecture series has been established in Mainz, and numerous international conferences and workshops have been held. The focus of the research program is the interdisciplinary processing of larger topics, which are usually carried out in cooperation with international partners:

  • For salvation and happiness in life: Studies on the Byzantine pilgrimage and its roots (in cooperation with the Sacred Travel project of the University of Aarhus )
  • The short life of an imperial city - everyday life, environment and decline of the early Byzantine Caričin Grad ( Iustiniana Prima ?) (In cooperation with scientists from the Archaeological Institute in Belgrade, the École française de Rome , and others)
  • Byzantium. Historical and cultural studies manual (11th supplement to the New Pauly ) (in cooperation with 70 scholars from 18 countries)
  • The Greek treatise "On the highly esteemed and famous goldsmith's art" - edition and interdisciplinary commentary (in cooperation with scientists at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Historical Research at the National Hellenic Research Center )
  • Contact and Discourse within Christianity. Byzantium, the Latin West and the Slavic world
  • Byzantium and the Euro-Mediterranean war cultures. Exchange demarcation, reception (DFG graduate college )

Research results of the cooperation are published in the publication series Byzantium Between Orient and Occident: Publications of the Leibniz ScienceCampus Mainz , which is published by the publishing house of the Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, as well as in specialist journals. Publicity activities such as the exhibition Byzantium and the West - 1000 Forgotten Years on the Schallaburg near Melk in Lower Austria (March 17 - November 11, 2018), implemented in cooperation with the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the University of Vienna , serve to convey research results was, the lecture series Byzantium in Mainz or publications in popular organs. For example, issue 4/2018 of the archaeological and cultural studies journal Antike Welt dealt with the research results and work areas of the Leibniz Science Campus in Mainz under the title “Byzantium”.

Since its foundation, the WissenschaftsCampus Mainz has enjoyed research and activities, international collaborations, conferences, the publication series “Byzantium Between Orient and Occident”, guest invitations, the Wolfgang Fritz-Volbach Fellowship and participation in the “Princeton graduate exchange in Late Antique, Byzantine and early Medieval History “counteracted the fragmentation of the numerous subjects dealing with Byzantium as a neighboring culture. This established the currently largest center for Byzantium research in Germany, which is also attracting international attention.

literature

  • Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, annual report 2011. Mainz 2012, p. 97 f.
  • Falko Daim: Science Campus Mainz: Byzantium between Orient and Occident. In: Benjamin Fourlas, Vasiliki Tsamakda (ed.): Ways to Byzantium. Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Mainz 2011, ISBN 978-3-88467-186-3 , p. 188 f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Leibniz Association: Research / Leibniz ScienceCampi. Retrieved on August 9, 2018 (German).
  2. ↑ Press release: Science Campus Mainz: Byzantium between Orient and Occident - New research association of the Roman-Germanic Central Museum and the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Website of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  3. ↑ Leibniz ScienceCampus Mainz will be funded with over 1.1 million euros for a further four years. Website of the Leibniz ScienceCampus Mainz, accessed on June 7, 2019.
  4. ↑ Press release: Leibniz Science Campus Mainz receives funding of 1.2 million euros. Website of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  5. ↑ Press release: Leibniz ScienceCampus Mainz will be funded for another four years with over 1.1 million euros. Website of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  6. ^ A b Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz: Graduate College 2304 “Byzantium and the Euro-Mediterranean war cultures. Exchange, demarcation and reception ”. Retrieved on August 8, 2018 (German).
  7. ^ WissenschaftsCampus Mainz: Research. Retrieved August 9, 2018 .
  8. ^ WissenschaftsCampus Mainz: For salvation and happiness in life: Studies on the Byzantine pilgrimage and its roots. Retrieved August 9, 2018 .
  9. ^ WissenschaftsCampus Mainz: The Short Life of an Imperial City - Everyday Life, Environment and Fall of the Early Byzantine Caričin Grad (Iustiniana Prima?). Retrieved August 9, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Falko Daim (Ed.): Byzanz. Historical and cultural studies manual (= Der Neue Pauly . Supplements. Volume 11). Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2016, ISBN 978-3-476-02422-0 .
  11. ^ WissenschaftsCampus Mainz: The Greek treatise "On the highly esteemed and famous goldsmith's art" - edition and interdisciplinary commentary. Retrieved August 9, 2018 .
  12. ^ WissenschaftsCampus Mainz: TSP Contact and Discourse within Christianity. Retrieved August 9, 2018 .
  13. ^ WissenschaftsCampus Mainz: Byzantium between Orient and Occident: Publications of the Leibniz ScienceCampus Mainz. Retrieved August 8, 2018 .
  14. ↑ Presentation of the exhibition Byzantium and the West. 1000 forgotten years on the Schallaburg website.
  15. ↑ Ancient world. Issue 4, 2018, ISSN  0003-570X .
  16. ↑ Neslihan Asutay-Effenberger , Arne Effenberger : Byzantium. World empire of art. CH Beck, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-406-58702-3 , p. 334.
  17. ↑ Marcus Schröter: Successful Research - Classical Studies and Archeology. De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2017, ISBN 978-3-11-029902-1 , p. 101.
  18. ↑ Charalampos Chotzakoglou: Review of “Der Doppeladler. Byzantium and the Seljuks in Anatolia from the late 11th to the 13th century ” (edited by Neslihan Asutay-Effenberger and Falko Daim, Mainz 2014). In: Byzantina Symmeikta. Volume 26, 2016 doi: 10.12681 / byzsym.10079 , pp. 433-442.
  19. ^ Franka Horvat: Review of "Arts, Crafts and Trades in Ancient and Byzantine Thessaloniki: Archaeological, Literary and Epigraphic Evidence" (Anastassios Ch. Antonaras, Mainz 2016) . Bryn Mawr Classical Review on May 3, 2018, accessed August 9, 2018.
  20. ↑ Peter Soustal : Review of “Arts, Crafts and Trades in Ancient and Byzantine Thessaloniki. Archaeological, Literary and Epigraphic Evidence “(Anastassios Ch. Antonaras, Mainz 2016). In: Yearbook of Austrian Byzantine Studies . Volume 67, 2017, ISBN 978-3-7001-8272-6 , pp. 249-250.
  21. ↑ Paul Magdalino: Review of "The Byzantine Ports of Constantinople" (edited by Falko Daim, Regensburg 2016). In: Yearbook of Austrian Byzantine Studies. Volume 67, 2017, pp. 256-261.