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Doctoral Program in Research Training Group 2304<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

\u201cByzantium and the Euro-Mediterranean Cultures of War. Exchange, Differentiation and Reception,\u201d Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz<\/p>\n\n

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Working Title of the Doctoral Dissertation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

The Marriage Policy of the Moscow Court: Unsuccessful Dynastic Marriage Projects in Late Medieval and Early Modern Muscovy<\/p>\n\n

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Thesis Supervision<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Prof. Dr. Jan Kusber <\/p>\n\n

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This doctoral dissertation examines the Moscow court\u2019s unsuccessful dynastic marriage projects from the late fifteenth to the early seventeenth century as instruments of foreign policy. It argues that marriage negotiations were not merely ceremonial acts but key arenas in which claims to dynastic legitimacy, rank, and international recognition were formulated and contested. By focusing on unrealized or politically ineffective projects, the study highlights instances in which Muscovy\u2019s ambitions to forge alliances and elevate its status were thwarted by confessional, political, and cultural constraints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The doctoral dissertation analyzes marriage diplomacy as a structured repertoire of practices that included the selection of spouses, diplomatic correspondence, embassy negotiations, and the strategic use of royal women in international politics. It is based on Muscovite diplomatic documents preserved in the ambassadorial books and on foreign accounts that reflect how Muscovy\u2019s dynastic rhetoric was perceived and reinterpreted abroad. Methodologically, the study applies frame analysis to reconstruct how arguments were formulated and adapted to specific audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By highlighting failed negotiations, the project offers a new perspective on Muscovite foreign policy as a communicative and negotiated process. It demonstrates that even unsuccessful marriage proposals shaped diplomatic relations by testing political boundaries and exposing the limits of dynastic strategy in early modern Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/jgu-base-section>\n

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Since Oct. 2023<\/td>Ph.D. Candidate in Research Training Group 2304 \u201cByzantium and the Euro-Mediterranean Cultures of War: Exchange, Differentiation, and Reception,\u201d Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.Subject: East European History Provisional Doctoral Dissertation Title: The Marriage Policy of the Moscow Court: Unsuccessful Dynastic Marriage Projects in Late Medieval and Early Modern Muscovy<\/em>Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jan Kusber <\/td><\/tr>
Apr. \/ 2023 \u2013 Sep. \/ 2023<\/td>Research Proposal Scholarship for Prospective Doctoral Candidates in the Humanities and Social Sciences (Gutenberg Graduate School of the Humanities and Social Sciences) <\/td><\/tr>
Oct. 2020 \u2013 Mar. 2023<\/td>Master\u2019s degree in History (Medieval History), Ludwig Maximilian University of MunichThesis: The Marriage Policy of the Moscow Court during the Reign of Ivan III<\/em> (1452\u20131505)Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Julia Burkhardt<\/td><\/tr>
Sept. \/ 2018 \u2013 Mar. \/ 2019<\/td>Increased State Scholarship (HSE University, Moscow) <\/td><\/tr>
Sept. \/ 2015 \u2013 June \/ 2019<\/td>Bachelor\u2019s degree in History, Faculty of Humanities, HSE University, Moscow Thesis: Holy Queens: The Transformation of the Concept of Sainthood in Frankish Society in the 6th\u201310th Centuries<\/em>Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Mikhail Boytsov<\/td><\/tr>
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Oct. \/ 2025 \u2013 Feb. \/ 2026<\/td>Lecturer, JGU MainzSeminar in Modern History: Voices of Power: Female Agency in Medieval and Early Modern Eastern Europe<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Dec. \/ 2024<\/td>Participation in the 2024 Winter School on High-Temperature Retention of Medieval Documents \u2013 Manuscript Studies and Source Analysis (Vienna)<\/td><\/tr>
Jan. \/ 2023 – Jan. \/ 2024<\/td>Academic Editor for the electronic scientific journal “Vox medii aevi”<\/td><\/tr>
Oct. \/ 2021 – Mar. \/ 2023<\/td>Student Assistant Positions in Public History and Academic Event Organization (Deutsches Museum; 53rd German Historians\u2019 Conference, Munich)<\/td><\/tr>
Mar. \/ 2020 – Dec. \/ 2021<\/td>Scientific Editor at the Great Russian Encyclopedia <\/td><\/tr>
Sept. \/ 2017 \u2013 Dec. \/ 2020<\/td>Research Assistant at the Center for Medieval Studies at HSE University <\/td><\/tr>
Sept. \/ 2019 \u2013 Sept. \/ 2020<\/td>Participation in the Summer School \u201cPaleography and Self-Testimonies\u201d at the German Historical Institute (Moscow), in both in-person (2019) and online (2020) formats<\/td><\/tr>
June 2018 \u2013 July 2018<\/td>Archival Internship at the Russian State Library<\/td><\/tr>
Aug. \/ 2017 \u2013 Sep. \/ 2019<\/td>Participation in medieval and early medieval archaeological and architectural-archaeological fieldwork (Gnezdovo; Lower Arkhyz; Senty; Tsimlyansk)<\/td><\/tr>
Sept. \/ 2017 \u2013 June \/ 2018<\/td>Student Assistant for the course “Latin Language \u2013 Level 2” (HSE University)<\/td><\/tr>
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Modern Languages<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Russian \u2014 Native languageEnglish \u2014 C1German \u2014 C1Polish \u2014 B1French \u2014 A2<\/p>\n\n

Classical Languages<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Latin \u2014 in-depth knowledgeOld Church Slavonic \u2014 in-depth knowledge<\/p>\n\n

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Doctoral Program in Research Training Group 2304 \u201cByzantium and the Euro-Mediterranean Cultures of War. Exchange, Differentiation and Reception,\u201d Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Working Title of the Doctoral Dissertation The Marriage Policy of the Moscow Court: Unsuccessful Dynastic Marriage Projects in Late Medieval and Early Modern Muscovy Thesis Supervision Prof. Dr. Jan Kusber Since Oct. 2023 … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12422","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"content_raw":"\n

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Doctoral Program in Research Training Group 2304<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

\u201cByzantium and the Euro-Mediterranean Cultures of War. Exchange, Differentiation and Reception,\u201d Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz<\/p>\n\n

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Working Title of the Doctoral Dissertation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

The Marriage Policy of the Moscow Court: Unsuccessful Dynastic Marriage Projects in Late Medieval and Early Modern Muscovy<\/p>\n\n

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Thesis Supervision<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Prof. Dr. Jan Kusber <\/p>\n\n

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This doctoral dissertation examines the Moscow court\u2019s unsuccessful dynastic marriage projects from the late fifteenth to the early seventeenth century as instruments of foreign policy. It argues that marriage negotiations were not merely ceremonial acts but key arenas in which claims to dynastic legitimacy, rank, and international recognition were formulated and contested. By focusing on unrealized or politically ineffective projects, the study highlights instances in which Muscovy\u2019s ambitions to forge alliances and elevate its status were thwarted by confessional, political, and cultural constraints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The doctoral dissertation analyzes marriage diplomacy as a structured repertoire of practices that included the selection of spouses, diplomatic correspondence, embassy negotiations, and the strategic use of royal women in international politics. It is based on Muscovite diplomatic documents preserved in the ambassadorial books and on foreign accounts that reflect how Muscovy\u2019s dynastic rhetoric was perceived and reinterpreted abroad. Methodologically, the study applies frame analysis to reconstruct how arguments were formulated and adapted to specific audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By highlighting failed negotiations, the project offers a new perspective on Muscovite foreign policy as a communicative and negotiated process. It demonstrates that even unsuccessful marriage proposals shaped diplomatic relations by testing political boundaries and exposing the limits of dynastic strategy in early modern Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Since Oct. 2023<\/td>Ph.D. Candidate in Research Training Group 2304 \u201cByzantium and the Euro-Mediterranean Cultures of War: Exchange, Differentiation, and Reception,\u201d Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.Subject: East European History Provisional Doctoral Dissertation Title: The Marriage Policy of the Moscow Court: Unsuccessful Dynastic Marriage Projects in Late Medieval and Early Modern Muscovy<\/em>Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jan Kusber <\/td><\/tr>
Apr. \/ 2023 \u2013 Sep. \/ 2023<\/td>Research Proposal Scholarship for Prospective Doctoral Candidates in the Humanities and Social Sciences (Gutenberg Graduate School of the Humanities and Social Sciences) <\/td><\/tr>
Oct. 2020 \u2013 Mar. 2023<\/td>Master\u2019s degree in History (Medieval History), Ludwig Maximilian University of MunichThesis: The Marriage Policy of the Moscow Court during the Reign of Ivan III<\/em> (1452\u20131505)Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Julia Burkhardt<\/td><\/tr>
Sept. \/ 2018 \u2013 Mar. \/ 2019<\/td>Increased State Scholarship (HSE University, Moscow) <\/td><\/tr>
Sept. \/ 2015 \u2013 June \/ 2019<\/td>Bachelor\u2019s degree in History, Faculty of Humanities, HSE University, Moscow Thesis: Holy Queens: The Transformation of the Concept of Sainthood in Frankish Society in the 6th\u201310th Centuries<\/em>Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Mikhail Boytsov<\/td><\/tr>
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Oct. \/ 2025 \u2013 Feb. \/ 2026<\/td>Lecturer, JGU MainzSeminar in Modern History: Voices of Power: Female Agency in Medieval and Early Modern Eastern Europe<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Dec. \/ 2024<\/td>Participation in the 2024 Winter School on High-Temperature Retention of Medieval Documents \u2013 Manuscript Studies and Source Analysis (Vienna)<\/td><\/tr>
Jan. \/ 2023 - Jan. \/ 2024<\/td>Academic Editor for the electronic scientific journal \"Vox medii aevi\"<\/td><\/tr>
Oct. \/ 2021 - Mar. \/ 2023<\/td>Student Assistant Positions in Public History and Academic Event Organization (Deutsches Museum; 53rd German Historians\u2019 Conference, Munich)<\/td><\/tr>
Mar. \/ 2020 - Dec. \/ 2021<\/td>Scientific Editor at the Great Russian Encyclopedia <\/td><\/tr>
Sept. \/ 2017 \u2013 Dec. \/ 2020<\/td>Research Assistant at the Center for Medieval Studies at HSE University <\/td><\/tr>
Sept. \/ 2019 \u2013 Sept. \/ 2020<\/td>Participation in the Summer School \u201cPaleography and Self-Testimonies\u201d at the German Historical Institute (Moscow), in both in-person (2019) and online (2020) formats<\/td><\/tr>
June 2018 \u2013 July 2018<\/td>Archival Internship at the Russian State Library<\/td><\/tr>
Aug. \/ 2017 \u2013 Sep. \/ 2019<\/td>Participation in medieval and early medieval archaeological and architectural-archaeological fieldwork (Gnezdovo; Lower Arkhyz; Senty; Tsimlyansk)<\/td><\/tr>
Sept. \/ 2017 \u2013 June \/ 2018<\/td>Student Assistant for the course \"Latin Language \u2013 Level 2\" (HSE University)<\/td><\/tr>
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Russian \u2014 Native languageEnglish \u2014 C1German \u2014 C1Polish \u2014 B1French \u2014 A2<\/p>\n\n

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Latin \u2014 in-depth knowledgeOld Church Slavonic \u2014 in-depth knowledge<\/p>\n\n

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