Project description DEENESFRITPL Career prospects of state functionaries in Byzantium Unravelling the mysteries of Byzantine state functionaries, a groundbreaking research project is set to shed light on their career prospects, social identity, and cultural choices. The EU-funded SCIBOS project will examine a period spanning from the 7th to the 9th century, using Byzantine lead seals as a primary source (unexplored by many scholars in the field). By leveraging the tools of Digital Humanities, including the innovative SigiDoc developed through a previous MCSA project, SCIBOS aims to revolutionise the study of Byzantine lead seals. Specifically, the project will build an online database, publishing an article and corpus of unpublished seals, documenting decorative motifs, and producing a comprehensive monograph. With planned training and research activities, SCIBOS not only strives for success but also seeks to pave the way for future career advancements. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective This research project will study the career prospects (geographical and institutional mobility, communication networks, length of tenures) of state functionaries in Byzantium between the 7th and the 9th c., and their social and cultural identity through their self-representation, their professional choices, piety, and ethnic origin. Next to the admittedly limited narrative and archival sources, this project will rely as its main source on Byzantine lead seals, a source material that only few scholars in the field of Byzantine Studies have the ability to analyse. One of the primary objectives of the project is to move beyond traditional approaches in the study of Byzantine lead seals. This will be accomplished, first, by demonstrating the potential of this material for the study of a past medieval society and particularly for the fields of social and cultural history. Second, by the introduction of tools from the Digital Humanities, such as SigiDoc that has been developed through another past MCSA project by a scholar of my host institution. There will be a thorough research for relevant material which will be recorded in a standard database that will serve as basis for the further process of the material in order to answer our research questions and to complete all the products of the project. The main products of this study will consist of: 1) an online database on the career of officials; 2) an article on the career and communication networks of officials; 3) online publication of a corpus of unpublished lead seals; 4) a list of decorative and iconographic motifs on lead seals; 5) a monograph with the final overall research results. Several targeted training and research activities (the application of digital tools in Byzantine sigillography, research in Bulgarian archaeological archives, seminars, and courses) have been already planned, aiming at the successful completion of the project and the enhancement of the prospects of my future career. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabaseshumanitieshistory and archaeologyhistorymedieval historyhumanitiesother humanitieslibrary sciencesdigital humanities Keywords Byzantine Studies sigillography social identity cultural identity Digital Humanities Programme(s) HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme Topic(s) HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01-01 - MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 Call for proposal HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships Coordinator SORBONNE UNIVERSITE Net EU contribution € 195 914,88 Address 21 RUE DE L'ECOLE DE MEDECINE 75006 Paris France See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost No data Partners (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY WITH MUSEUM- BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE Bulgaria Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address UL. SABORNA 2 1000 Sofia See on map Region Югозападна и Южна централна България Югозападен София (столица) Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost No data ACADEMY OF ATHENS Greece Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Panepistimiou Ave. 28 10679 Athens See on map Region Αττική Aττική Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost No data
