Users can access content written by specialists in the form of historical overview, art historical case studies, short notices about ongoing research projects, and reviews of recent books and exhibitions.
The historical overviews offer concise accounts of key regions of Eastern Europe and their interactions with neighbors during the period in question, offering historical details related to political, economic, military, social, and religious matters that would supplement the material presented on the site.
The case studies focus on the visual and material culture of the regions set against the backdrop of the historical context, and also introduce methodological and theoretical questions that could be pursued further in classes, teaching, or research. The ongoing projects about ongoing research projects allow scholars to present and disseminate in brief their ideas and work.
Finally, the reviews of recent books and exhibitions enable readers to learn more about current scholarship and exhibitions that may not be easily accessible otherwise. The content on the site is regularly updated with new scholarship and contributions.
The initial stages of development for this project (July - December 2020) have been made possible by the “Rapid Response Magic Project of the Princeton University Humanities Council.”
Mapping Eastern Europe aims to make the material evidence known and accessible, and thereby help expand the temporal and geographic parameters of the study of medieval, early modern, Byzantine, and post-Byzantine art, architecture, and visual culture. The project stems from the North of Byzantium initiative, which probes the history, art, and culture of the northern frontiers of the Byzantine Empire in Eastern Europe between the thirteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Credits
Editors: Maria Alessia Rossi and Alice Isabella Sullivan
Assistant Editor: Sarah Mathiesen
Designer and developer: Andrew Janco
Contributors
Jelena Bogdanović, Emanuela Cernea, Jasmina Ciric, Ovidiu Cristea, Konstantinos Dolmas, Ozlem Eren, Snežana Filipova, Andjela Gavrilović, Franka Horvat, Nicholas Melvani, Dragos Nastasoiu, Anastasios Ntouros, Ovidiu Olar, Anita Paolicchi, Nicole Paxton Sullo, Elias Petrou, Christian Raffensperger, James Rodriguez, Vlada Stanković, Galina Tirnanic, Marka Tomić-Đurić, Dragan Vojvodić, Margarita Voulgaropoulou, Lilyana Yordanova, Olga Yunak, Justin Wilson, Valentina Živković
