Dan Ioan Muresan

Dan Ioan Muresan is a Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Rouen Normandy, specializing in the history of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, medieval imperialism, and the Mediterranean. He holds a Doctorate from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) with a thesis on the Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Romanian Principalities (2005). He teaches courses on Byzantine history, Mediterranean thalassocracies, and the medieval Maghreb, and has been affiliated with prestigious research centers like the Centre d’Études Byzantines and the Centre d’Études des Sciences Sociales du Religieux.

His research focuses on Byzantine institutional history, imperial ideologies in Southeastern Europe, and the interplay between religion and politics. He has led projects like the Leverhulme Trust-funded study on fifteenth-century crusades and edited volumes on topics such as the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s jurisdictional spaces and medieval siege warfare. His work bridges historical analysis with interdisciplinary approaches, emphasizing comparative imperial studies and cultural transmission.

Notable publications include Ioan Basarab, un domn român la începuturile Ţării Româneşti (2013, awarded the Dimitre Onciul Prize) and co-edited collections like An Ecumene of Changes (2020). He actively participates in international conferences, addressing themes such as Byzantine historiography, Ottoman expansion, and medieval ecumenical politics. His academic contributions reflect a deep engagement with both primary sources and modern historiographical debates.