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The DFG-funded project “Approaching Byzantium” was launched in July 2021 and its first phase ended in June 2024. The second phase began in October 2024 and is expected to end in September 2025 . It entails the creation of a detailed GIS database, published via this presentation website, and the publication of a monograph analyzing the above-mentioned evidence regarding the topography and the manuscripts. The project is being conducted at the department of East European History of the Historical Seminar of Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. The research is also part of the Leibniz-WissenschaftsCampus Mainz-Frankfurt “Byzanz zwischen Orient und Okzident”, a collaborative effort between the Leibniz Zentrum für Archäologie in Mainz, JGU-Mainz, the Institut für Europäische Geschichte in Mainz, and Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt. Hosting of the database and of the presentation website, long-term archiving, as well as the appropriate technical support is provided by the Austrian Center for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH-CH) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (Vienna), the developer of the specialized software OpenAtlas.

## Events and Publications
## Publications

* Nicholas Melvani, “Approaching Orthodox sacred space in Ottoman Istanbul: the wanderings of Protestant Humanists through the Byzantine monuments of Constantinople”, *Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai – Theologia Orthodoxa* 68 (2023), 47-78 (<https://doi.org/10.24193/subbto.2023.1.02>).
* Fener after Byzantium: a maritime neighborhood of Istanbul from the mid-17th to the 18th century (Conference: “Phanariot Materialities: Aspects of Domestic Architecture, Urban Culture, and Social Mobility”, Istanbul, 29-30 June 2024).
* From Istanbul to Central Europe: Byzantine Books between Three Empires (Workshop: “Post-Conquest Materiality: Objects in the Histories of the Ottoman and Spanish Expansions”, Mainz, 12-13 May 2023).
* Byzantine Constantinople and Habsburg Global Aspirations: The Reception of the Roman Imperial Heritage in Ottoman Istanbul by Scholars from the Holy Roman Empire (Conference: “Byzanz an frühneuzeitlichen Höfen. Rezeptionen, Konfrontationen und Projekte”, Mainz, 9-11 November 2022).
* Shifting Borders in the Late Middle Ages: Byzantine Constantinople and Ottoman Istanbul Viewed by Scholars from the Holy Roman Empire in the 16th Century (Session: “Crossing Medieval Borders: Multicultural and Contested Spaces, I - Contested Sites at the Nexus of Dynamic Border Zones” at the International Medieval Congress, Leeds, 4-7 July 2022).
* Landscapes of Victory in 16th-century Istanbul (Conference: "War with Byzantium. Legitimation, Consequences and Reception", Mainz, 9-11 June 2022).



## Events

* Conference “Phanariot Materialities: Aspects of Domestic Architecture, Urban Culture, and Social Mobility”, Istanbul, 29-30 June 2024. Paper: Fener after Byzantium: a maritime neighborhood of Istanbul from the mid-17th to the 18th century ([program](https://anamed.ku.edu.tr/en/events/phanariot-materialities-domestic-architecture-urban-culture-and-social-mobility/#1717361773958-85ea07be-b56d))
* Workshop: “Post-Conquest Materiality: Objects in the Histories of the Ottoman and Spanish Expansions”, Mainz, 12-13 May 2023. Paper: From Istanbul to Central Europe: Byzantine Books between Three Empires ([program](chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.ieg-mainz.de/mediathek/file/2918/E1GRs4eaEMEc27ylVWPzNCHp7jzEnQrsNMUzCO8HNr0,/media/public/PDF-Veranstaltung/2023-05-1213-Programm-WdV-Post-conquest-Materiality-dk.pdf))
* Conference: “Byzanz an frühneuzeitlichen Höfen. Rezeptionen, Konfrontationen und Projekte”, Mainz, 9-11 November 2022. Paper: Byzantine Constantinople and Habsburg Global Aspirations: The Reception of the Roman Imperial Heritage in Ottoman Istanbul by Scholars from the Holy Roman Empire ([program and review](https://www.hsozkult.de/searching/id/fdkn-134645?title=byzanz-an-fruehneuzeitlichen-hoefen-rezeptionen-konfrontationen-und-projekte&recno=2&q=byzanz&sort=&fq=&total=582))
* Session: “Crossing Medieval Borders: Multicultural and Contested Spaces, I - Contested Sites at the Nexus of Dynamic Border Zones” at the International Medieval Congress, Leeds, 4-7 July 2022. Paper: Shifting Borders in the Late Middle Ages: Byzantine Constantinople and Ottoman Istanbul Viewed by Scholars from the Holy Roman Empire in the 16th Century ([program](https://www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imcarchive/2022/sessions/1015/))
* Round Table: “Aesthetic Categories and the Boundaries of Art in the Middle Ages” at the International Medieval Congress, Leeds, 4-7 July 2022. Presentation and discussion: Byzantine Art and Architecture in Ottoman Istanbul viewed by 16th-century Humanist Scholars ([program](https://www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imcarchive/2022/sessions/912/))
* Conference: "War with Byzantium. Legitimation, Consequences and Reception", Mainz, 9-11 June 2022. Paper: Landscapes of Victory in 16th-century Istanbul ([program](chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.byzanz-mainz.de/fileadmin/LWC_Byzanz/Tagungsprogramme/2022-06_War_with_Byzantium.pdf))

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