After three years, it’s finally time for the After Empire project to come to a close. Over the course of our project, our ten members have been hard at work collaborating with each other and with people both inside and outside of academia on tenth- and eleventh-century history in a variety of forms. In addition…
Through the hard work of our Barcelona project members Matthias Tischler and Ekaterina Novokhatko, we now have an updated interactive map illustrating the origin and provenance of the 9th- to 11th-century manuscripts that they have examined over the 3 years of their strand of the ‘After Empire’ project, “From Carolingian Periphery to European Central Region:…
After Empire is pleased to announce that one of our PIs, Matthias M. Tischler, will be presenting on his research as part of our project at an upcoming international conference on Iberian medieval history, hosted at the University of Heidelberg on May 2-4. You can find more information on the conference here and you can…
After Empire is very pleased to announce that we are sponsoring two strands, one at the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo, May 9-12, 2019; the other at the International Medieval Congress at the University of Leeds, July 1-4, 2019. For a detailed list of papers and participants at both conferences, plus the other…
On 26 January 2018 eight members of After Empire gathered in Exeter for an internal project meeting, where we also had two collaborative meetings with our project partners. Firstly, we met with Rebecca Sullivan, CEO of the Historical Association, for a productive meeting discussing how the project might best meet the needs of teachers whose…
Organisers: Prof. Dr. Matthias M. Tischler (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona/ICREA), Mn. Robert Baró Cabrera (Ateneu Universitati Sant Pacià) and Dr. Marc Sureda i Jubany (Museu Episcopal de Vic) Date, Place: 8.–10. 11. 2018, Barcelona, Bellaterra and Vic Report by Ekaterina Novokhatko, Institut d’Estudis Medievals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, e-mail: Ekaterina.Novokhatko@uab.cat Questions on European identity and…
As part of the 1000th anniversary celebrations of the accession of Oliba to the Bishopric of Osona (Vic), our Barcelona PI, Matthias M. Tischler has organised an international congress to reflect on Oliba’s life, his historical context and his impact on the Catalan church. Papers will be delivered from a range of international scholars, including our…
Our Barcelona PI, Matthias M. Tischler, has recently published an article on new research into Carolingian manuscripts and public history in 21st-century Catalonia: ‘Pergamins plens de pols i pobles particulars. Nova recerca en matèria de manuscrits carolingis i d’història pública a la Catalunya del segle XXI’, Zeitschrift für Katalanistik 31 (2018), 345–349. You can download…
Participants: Stefan Esders (Berlin), Sarah Greer (St Andrews), Sarah Hamilton (Exeter), Alice Hicklin (Berlin), Simon MacLean (St Andrews), Ekaterina Novokhatko (Barcelona), Lenneke van Raaij (Exeter), Matthias M. Tischler (Barcelona), Jelle Wassenaar (Vienna) Philippe Depreux (Hamburg), Sumi Shimahara (Paris), Charles West (Sheffield) This synergy event allowed scholars to investigate several important manuscripts located in Catalan archives…
We’re pleased to announce that our partner website in Barcelona has new materials available for those interested in monastic and manuscript studies in early medieval Catalonia! A new interactive map has been created that shows the different Benedictine monasteries in medieval Catalonia. Each location pin links to an article with further information on the history…
