It is with great pleasure that we announce the publication of a two volume monograph by the Institute of Byzantine Studies of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SASA): Barbarians, Rhomaioi and Those In Between. Integrating the Christians of the Central Balkans into the Byzantine Empire (late 10th – mid-13th century).

Our new edition is the principal outcome of the research project: “From Barbarians to Christians and Rhomaioi. The Process of Byzantinization in the Central Balkans (late 10th – mid-13th century)”. The three-year project (2022–2025) was funded by the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia within the IDEAS Programme (project acronym: BarByz_10–13; project number: 7748349). The research team, led by Dr Bojana Krsmanović, consisted of twelve researchers from the Institute for Byzantine Studies of the SASA. In addition to historical research, the project included four field surveys conducted in the territory of the Republic of Serbia, the Republic of North Macedonia and the Republic of Greece. The primary objective of these fieldwork activities was the compilation of data for the digital database “Sacral Topography of the Archbishopric of Ohrid – STOA”, the basic framework of which was created during the project. In the course of the project, five short research stays abroad were conducted and three round-tables were held at the SASA, with the participation – both in person and online – of distinguished scholars from Serbia and abroad. Members of the project team have published nineteen articles in international peer-reviewed journals and thematic volumes. Project findings have been presented to scholarly audiences both in Serbia and internationally.

Further details about the project can be found here.

The digital edition of both volumes is freely available for download on our online publications page.