Italy and Europe's Eastern Border (1204-1669)

Iulian Mihai Damian (Accademia di Romania, Rome); researcher; main fields of research: late medieval crusading and Franciscan missions in the East. Ioan-Aurel Pop (Romanian Academy, Center for Transylvanian Studies, Cluj-Napoca); Member of the Romanian Academy; main fields of research: medieval social structures and the relations between the Italian Peninsula and the 'East' in the Late Middle Ages and in the Early Modern Age. Mihailo St. Popovi? (Austrian Academy, Institute for Byzantine Studies, Vienna); researcher; main fields of research: history of Byzantium and South-East Europe, historical geography of the Eastern Mediterranean, HGIS and gender studies. Alexandru Simon (Romanian Academy, Center for Transylvanian Studies, Cluj-Napoca); researcher; main fields of research: medieval geopolitics and state building in East Central Europe.