Dissertation Title:
"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)
Academic Qualifications
Since 06/2022
Doctoral 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 – 05/2022
Doctoral Studies in the course “Late Antique, Medieval and Early Modern Studies”, Central European University (AT)
09/2019 – 07/2021
Research-MA “Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Studies”, Universiteit Utrecht (NL)
(Master’s of Arts)
10/2015 – 01/2019
BA “History (Geschichte)”, Universität Wien (AT)
(Bachelor of Arts)
Conference Talks
29.09.2023
Conference „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”
04.07.2023
International Medieval Congress (Leeds, UK)
Title: “Unfreedom in the Merovingian Church: Concepts and Terminology of Control”
02.06.2023
Conference “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”
20.05.2023
Workshop “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)”
03.11.2021
Roundtable “Trans-, Inter-, Multidisciplinarity: Illusion or Reality?” (Central European University, AT)
08.07.2021
International Medieval Congress (Leeds, UK) Title: “Power through Donations: Perspectives on Gift-Giving to Ecclesiastics in Seventh- Century Frankish Hagiography”
24.03.2018
Conference “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 – 02/2021
Internship for “Utrecht Studies in Medieval Literacy (USML)” (Universiteit Utrecht/Brepols)
04/2020 – 07/2020
Internship in the project “Anonymous Knowledge” (Universiteit Utrecht/Huygens Instituut)
02/2020 – 04/2020
Internship in the project “Citizenship Discourses in the Early Middle Ages, 400-1100” (Universiteit Utrecht)
02/2019
Internship 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 – 09/2017
Internship at the Institute for Minority Rights Institution: EURAC Research, Bolzano/Bozen (IT)
07/2017 – 09/2017
Internship at the Institute for Comparative Federalism Institution: EURAC Research, Bolzano/Bozen (IT)