Feb 06, 2026
Scientific lectures on the appointment of the Chair of Medieval History
On February 9 and 10, 2026, the academic lectures will take place as part of the appointment committee for the W2 Chair of Medieval History at TU Dresden.
Monday, February 9, 2026 I BZW A150/151
| 10:00 | Dr. Marcel Bubert | Appropriations of history in transition. Path dependencies and creativity in legitimation strategies of the European Middle Ages |
| 12:00 | Dr. Kristin Skottki | Late medieval anti-Semitism in the field of tension between imperial history and pre-modern globality. The 'Sternberg 1492' project |
| 14:30 | Dr. Julia Exarchos | Women in the service of the city. A comparative analysis of access to offices, fields of activity and gender roles in late medieval cities. |
| 16:30 | Dr. Martin Bauch | When the desert was created around the hermit. Siena and the Great Erosion of 1318 |
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 I BZW A150/151
| 08:30 | Dr. Maximiliane Berger | No pasta in Messina. An embargo from 1190 and its history |
| 10:30 | Dr. Erik Burkart | Martial medievalism - On the performative appropriation of medieval battle books in the 21st century |
| 13:00 | Jan-Hendryk de Boer | Lightworkers. Nocturnal reading and writing as a scholarly practice in the late Middle Ages |
| 15:00 | Dr. Stefan Schröder | Transfiguration of the Past and Hopes for the Future: Temporality and Functionalization of the Crusades in the Late Middle Ages |
The lectures are open to the public. Registration is not required.