Prof. Dr. Michael Grünbart

Current affiliations

  • Professur für Byzantinistik (Prof. Grünbart)
  • Centre for Early Medieval Studies
  • Centre for Eastern Mediterranean History and Culture (GKM)
  • Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Byzantine cultural history
  • Byzantine epistolography
  • History

Academic Education

2009Habilitaton at the LMU Munich
2000PhD at the University of Vienna
1988 - 1992Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, Classical Philology and Numismatics at the University of Vienna

Work Experience

since 2010Direktor des Instituts für Frühmittelalterforschung
since 2009Geschäftsführender Direktor des Instituts für Byzantinistik und Neogräzistik an der Universität Münster
since 2008Professor of Byzantine Studies at the University of Münster
1993 - 2008Head Librarian of he Special Library of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies
2007Vertretungsprofessur an der Univ. München

Functions and Memberships

since 2019Chairperson of the advisory board of the Expertpanel Cult2: Art and Literature des Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek – Vlaanderen (FWO) at Brussels
since 2019Chairperson of the board of the Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft zur Förderung Byzantinischer Studien (DAFBS)
since 2015Member of the board of the Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft zur Förderung Byzantinischer Studien (DAFBS)
since 2014Member of the advisory board of the Expertpanel Cult2: Art and Literature des Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek – Vlaanderen (FWO) at Brussels
since 2013Member of the advisory board of the Mediävistenverband e.V. (representing Byzantine studies)
since 03/2012Medievalists' Society
since 2010Mitglied im Vorstand des Centrums für religionsbezogene Studien (CRS)
since 2009Mitglied im Centrum für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Mittelmeerraums (GKM)

Publications

Grünbart M (2018)
In: Bausi A, Brockmann C, Friedrich M, Kienitz S (eds.), Manuscripts and Archives Comparative Views on Record-Keeping. (no publisher available).
Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution)
Grünbart M (2017)
In: Leidinger P, Hillebrand U (eds.), Deutsch-Türkische Beziehungen im Jahrhundert zwischen Erstem Weltkrieg und Gegenwart .Grundlagen zu Geschichte und Verständnis beider Länder. 100 Jahre Deutsch-Türkische…. Münster: (no publisher available).
Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution)
Grünbart M (2017)
In: Wagner W E (eds.), Ritter Runkel in seiner Zeit. Mittelalter und Zeitgeschichte im Spiegel eines Geschichtscomics. Berlin: (no publisher available).
Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution)
Grünbart M (2017)
In: Enseleit T, Peters C (eds.), Bilder vom Mittelalter Vorstellungen von einer vergangenen Epoche und ihre Inszenierung in modernen Medien. Münster: (no publisher available).
Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution)
Grünbart M (2017)
In: Delgado M (eds.), Die gute Regierung. Fürstenspiegel in Religionen und Kulturen. Fribourg: (no publisher available).
Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution)
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Projects

Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2025 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/07/2015 - 30/06/2019 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/11/2012 - 31/12/2018 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/10/2012 - 30/09/2013
Type of project: Own resources project
Duration: since 15/08/2011
Type of project: Own resources project
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Prizes

Heinrich Hertz-Stipendium
Awarded by: Kuratorium der Heinrich Hertz-Stiftung
Award given to: Tenchova A, Grünbart M
Announced at: 01/01/2012
Type of distinction: Scholarship

Doctorates

Deathscapes in the Eastern Mediterranean: Places of Memory and their Exploitation for Political Purposes
Candidate: Poeschel, Hildegard | Supervisors: Grünbart, Michael
Period of time: 01/04/2019 - 31/03/2022
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Joseph the Hymnographer. Kanones on Saints According to the Eight Modes. Critical Edition
Candidate: Toma, Paraskevi | Supervisors: Makris, Georgios; Grünbart, Michael
Period of time: until 01/03/2016
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Herrscherbuße in Byzanz
Candidate: Rickelt, Lutz | Supervisors: Grünbart M
Period of time: 01/09/2009 - 31/12/2014
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster