since 10/2018
PhD student in the Research Training Group 2304 “Byzantium and the Euro-Mediterranean Cultures of War. Exchange, Differentiation and Reception” at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz.
Title of the Dissertation: Speaking of War: Moldavian and Wallachian Perceptions to the Ottoman Threat during the 14th-16th Centuries
Supervision: Prof. Dr. Hans-Christian Maner, Prof. Dr. Irene Dingel, Dr. Mihai-D. Grigore
Kontakt: ochirilus[at]uni-mainz.de
Tel. +496131-3929881
Ștefan S. Gorovei and Maria Magdalena Székely are both professors at the Faculty of History at “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, Romania.
The book debuts with a presentation of the complex legal framework of the Romanian Principalities’ relations with the Ottoman Empire during the 14th-16th centuries
The Romanian scholars Liviu Pilat and Ovidiu Cristea conduct an exhaustive diplomatic and political narrative focused on lower Danube and Black Sea areas
Ovidiu Cristea's attention is focused on words, gestures, and information related to warfare and how they were transmitted and understood in Danubian Principalities