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

GRK 2304 Byzantium and the Euromediterranean War Cultures, FB 01: Ancient Church History and Patrology, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Heike Grieser

Scientific career
Since 06/2022Doctoral Studies in the Graduiertenkolleg 2304 “Byzanz und die euromediterranen Kriegskulturen. Exchange, Demarcation and Reception”, Johannes Gutenberg University 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, University of Vienna (AT)
Conference Talks
29.09.2023Conference “Niemand darf in Sklaverei oder Leibeigenschaft gehalten werden. Freedom and Unfreedom in Central Europe (from the Early Middle Ages to 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: Yearbook on Culture and History of the First Millennium AD 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 (forthcoming 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)