„Slavery and the Systems of Unfreedom in the Church of Merovingian Francia (ca. 500 – 751)“

GRK 2304 Byzanz und die euromediterranen Kriegskulturen, FB 01: Alte Kirchengeschichte und Patrologie, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Heike Grieser

Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang
Since 06/2022Doctoral Studies in the Graduiertenkolleg 2304 „Byzanz und die euromediterranen Kriegskulturen. Austausch, Abgrenzung und Rezeption“, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institute of Early Church History and Patristics
09/2021 – 05/2022Doctoral Studies in the course “Late Antique, Medieval and Early Modern Studies”, Central European University (AT)
09/2019 – 07/2021Research-M.A. “Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Studies”, Universiteit Utrecht (NL)
10/2015 – 01/2019B.A. History (Geschichte), Universität Wien (AT)
Conference Talks
29.09.2023Conference „Niemand darf in Sklaverei oder Leibeigenschaft gehalten werden. Freiheit und Unfreiheit in Mitteleuropa (vom Frühmittelalter bis 1989)“ (Würzburg, DE)
Title: “Rightful and Unrightful Unfreedom in the Early Middle Ages: The Case of Merovingian Francia”
04.07.2023International Medieval Congress (Leeds, UK)
Title: “Unfreedom in the Merovingian Church: Concepts and Terminology of Control”
02.06.2023Conference “Female Corporeality and Religion 2023” (KU Leuven, BE)
Title: “Unfreedom, Voluntary Servitude, and the Exemplary Submission of the Female Body in Late Antique Hagiography: The Cases of the Vitae Radegundis and the Vita Balthildis”
20.05.2023Workshop “Princeton Graduate Exchange in Late Antique, Byzantine and Medieval History 2023” (Princeton University, USA)
Title: “Controlling the Unfree in the Merovingian Church (c. 6th-7th centuries)”
03.11.2021Roundtable “Trans-, Inter-, Multidisciplinarity: Illusion or Reality?” (Central European University, AT)
08.07.2021International Medieval Congress (Leeds, UK)
Title: “Power through Donations: Perspectives on Gift-Giving to Ecclesiastics in Seventh- Century Frankish Hagiography”
24.03.2018Conference “Convegno SOS Archivi – Civil Protect Bolzano 2018” (Bolzano/Bozen, IT)
Title: “Scambi epistolari in Alto Adige”
Publications
Peer-reviewed: Visintini, Eduard. “Gift-Giving and the Seventh-Century Frankish Church in Merovingian Hagiography: The case of the Vita Eligii.” Millennium: Jahrbuch zu Kultur und Geschichte des ersten Jahrtausends n. Chr. 19 (2022), 1-34.
Review: David L. d’Avray, Papal Jurisprudence, 385–1234. Social Origins and Medieval Reception of Canon Law, in: Zeitschrift für Kirchengeschichte (upcoming 2024).
List of Internships and Participation in Projects
09/2020 – 02/2021Internship for “Utrecht Studies in Medieval Literacy (USML)” (Universiteit Utrecht/Brepols)
04/2020 – 07/2020Internship in the project “Anonymous Knowledge” (Universiteit Utrecht/Huygens Instituut)
02/2020 – 04/2020Internship in the project “Citizenship Discourses in the Early Middle Ages, 400-1100” (Universiteit Utrecht)
02/2019Internship in the project „Coordinating for Life: Success and failure of Western European societies in coping with rural hazards and disasters, 1300- 1800“ (Universiteit Utrecht)
07/2017 – 09/2017Internship at the Institute for Minority Rights Institution: EURAC Research, Bolzano/Bozen (IT)
07/2017 – 09/2017Internship at the Institute for Comparative Federalism Institution: EURAC Research, Bolzano/Bozen (IT)itute for Comparative Federalism Institution: EURAC Research, Bolzano/Bozen (IT)