Jovana Andelkovic
PhD Candidate
MA, Medieval History, University of Belgrade, Serbia (2016)
BA, History, University of Belgrade, Serbia (2015)
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Research Description
In my thesis, I will try to examine various modes of collective-memory creation, while reconstructing the one author鈥檚 political activity, social network and rhetorical techniques. The activity of John Mauropous partially belongs to the narrow circle of Constantinopolitan intellectuals and, partially, to the provincial society of ecclesiastics, since he has been exiled from the capital. Working with his letter collection, which was popular enough to survive in two different manuscripts (from 11th and 14th century), I am hoping to get a better understanding of Mauropous鈥� social positioning in different Byzantine power structures, and also his testimony of the experience in such structures.
Moving away from the usual questions asked in studies of epistolography, such as who did the author write to? or what happened in the time this letter was sent? I am more interested in the question of the writer鈥檚 context 鈥� how did Mauropous use his letter collection to complement the works of his peers? Therefore, I will analyze the ways in which this corpus works as a collective unity and the way it works with other sources of the time (letters and sermons of Michael Psellos, history of Michael Attalleiates and John Skylitzes鈥� Synopsis of histories). A very important aspect of the analysis would be the examination of rhetorical techniques in all of these works, which can revile the ways of expressing personal stance or evaluation of the past.
Publications
鈥淭he geography of grief: space discourse in John Mauropous鈥� letter collection.鈥� Annual for Social History XXIII. pp. 32-54 (2016). (in Serbian)
Book review: Radi膰, Radivoj, Drugo lice Vizantije. Beograd: Evoluta 2014. pp. 326. in: 鈥淢aking and Remaking of Byzantium.鈥� Limes Plus, Belgrade (2016). 135-136.
An膽elkovi膰. Oparnica. Popovi膰. 鈥淎nalysis of applications for war reparations to Local People鈥檚 Committee of Rebelj 1945-1946.鈥� Petni膷ke Sveske 67 (2010). pp. 7-31. (in Serbian)
Conference Papers
鈥淭he Nature of Mauropous鈥� Promotion 鈥� The Social Activity Displayed in a Letter Collection鈥� 鈥� 43rd Annual Byzantine Studies Conference at the University of Minnesota in Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN. 5th-8th October 2017.
"Mauropous鈥� letter 64 as a reversed arrival speech.鈥� 19th Oxford University Byzantine International Graduate Conference. February 2017.
Epistolary Memoires 鈥� the case of storms in John Mauropous鈥� letter collection.鈥� 23rd International Congress of Byzantine Studies. Belgrade. August 2016.
Awards
Fellowship 2017
Katevatis Grad School in Hellenic Studies, 2017.
Graduate Studies Funded by the State Budget of the Republic of Serbia, 2015/16.
The Classical Association of the United Kingdom, for the 2014 Byzantine Greek Summer School at the University of Birmingham.