In July 2005, the "Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft" (DFG) established a medievalist Priority Programme called "Integration and Disintegration of Civilizations in the European Middle Ages" (SPP 1173). The programme will be financed for a period of six years and comprehends 21 research projects in 12 different disciplines (Archaeology, Art History, Byzantine Studies, Eastern European History, German Literature and Language, History of Architecture, Islamic and Jewish Studies, Medieval History, Philosophy, Theology, and Turkish Studies) during the first two years of funding and 23 research projects in the same disciplines during the second two years of funding. The research projects are located at 18 different German universities but are closely linked by workshops, conferences and summer schools. The Priority Programme is coordinated by Professor Michael Borgolte (Humboldt University of Berlin) and Professor Bernd Schneidmüller (University of Heidelberg).

SPP summer conference in Heidelberg, September 2009

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