20.07. - 24.07.2026 (JGU):
International Summerschool "Beyond the Battlefield. Consequences of premodern Warfare for Society, Culture and Landscape", organized in cooperation with the Centre for Medievals Arts & Ritual (CeMAR) Zypern. The application deadline has been extended to 10 May 2026!
Join us for the first summer school of the GRK 2304. The programme will involve a combination of lectures, discussion sessions, workshops and excursions.
You can find the preliminary programme here: Summer school_programme
Applications are now open: GRK 2304_Summer School Mainz 2026
Summer Term 2026
17.04.2026:
Retreat of the members in the GRK (internal event)
13.05.2026: Guest Lecture Prof. Dr. Talmon-Heller (Mercator-Fellow GRK): "Warring with Words: Islamic Polemics against Judaism and Christianity” (P 204)
27.05.2026: Guest lecture Prof. Dr. Monica White (Nottingham): The First Two Centuries of Byzantine-Rus Encounters: War, Peace, Faith and Trade’ ( P 204)
10.06. 2026 Guest lecture: Dr. Timothy G. Dawson:
Fit for the Task. The Material Aspect of Byzantine Warfare (P 204)
26.06.2026:
Respondent-Format (internal event)
02.07. - 03.07.2026:
Workshop "War and Society: Anthropological, Ideological and Military Perspectives", organised by GRK 2304 in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Rustam Shukurov (Vienna)
for past semesters see archive