I am an assistant professor of medieval history at Arizona State University with an interest in Black Sea – Mediterranean connections in the 14th century. I have an article coming out in Speculum in January about the timing and transmission process for plague from the northern coast of the Black Sea (Caffa and Tana) to Italy in 1347 via Genoese and Venetian grain shipment networks. https://www.medievalacademy.org/page/Forthcoming
At the moment I am focusing on a non-plague-related project, but I am also interested in the early phases of the Second Pandemic in the Golden Horde/Caucasus region as well as the process of plague transmission from the Black Sea to Mamluk Alexandria in 1347.
Dendrochronological dated house and some oral tradition from Norway in a rather popular paper:
Science Nordic (12.3.2013): Growth Rings from the Days of the Black Death
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professor in medieval and postmedieval archaeology at Bamberg university
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The 14th century has been identified as a period of global reorganization of climate. Links between major climate changes and widespread disease as well as cultural changes have been proposed. I am interested in the analysis of these climate shifts as well as the association with societal changes and impact.
Geographisches Institut, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz
Interdisciplinary approaches to the 14th century crisis and the history of plague
