The Institute for Byzantine Studies, Modern Greek Studies, Late Antique and Byzantine Art History is known for its excellent, internationally competitive cutting-edge research and externally funded projects.
MAMEMS, "Mount Athos in Medieval Eastern Mediterranean Society: Contextualizing the History of a Monastic Republic (ca. 850-1550)", is funded by a Starting Grant of the European Research Council and hosted first at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz (2020-2024) and now at the LMU Munich (from 2024). It constitutes the first comprehensive examination of the monastic communities of Mount Athos as independent actors in medieval Eastern Mediterranean society.
