Projects

FEATURED PROJECTS

Journeys to the West: Kitan and Jurchen Travelers in 13th-Century Central Asia Story Map of the early thirteenth-century travels of Yelu Chucai and Wugusun Zhongduan from north China to Central Asia in Chinggis Khan's Mongol empire.	Syriaca.org A digital project for the study of Syriac literature, culture, and history. Syriaca.org exists to document and preserve Syriac cultural heritages for use by a wide audience including researchers and students, members of Syriac heritage communities and the interested general public.	Virtual Plasencia Virtual Plasencia V1.0 is a 3D visualization depicting the relationships between Jews, Catholics, and Muslims in medieval Spain.
North of Byzantium North of Byzantium (NoB) explores the history, art, and culture of the northern frontiers of the Byzantine Empire in Eastern Europe between the thirteenth and seventeenth centuries.	The International Prester John Project A visual interactive journey across 600 years and three continents.	A Chinese Gazetteer of Foreign Lands Digital annotated translation of an early 13th-century Chinese ethnographic and geographical description of more than sixty countries, stretching from Japan to the Almohad Caliphate.
Imagining Medieval Narrative: The Travels of Marco Polo Follow the voyage of the Venetian traveller Marco Polo as it is depicted in his 13th century La Description du monde.	Early Global Connections: East Africa between Asia, and Mediterranean Europe Early Global Connections in East Africa connecting Asia, India, Middle East and Europe.	The Black Death Digital Archive Project A multidisciplinary portal for researching the Second Plague Pandemic, the 500-year dissemination of plague that caused the mid-14th century Black Death as well as innumerable plague outbreaks across Eurasia and Africa.
The North American Middle Ages: Big History from the Mississippi Valley to Mexico This project explores the historical connections between North America’s Woodland peoples and Mesoamericans.	The Story of Global Ivory in the Pre-Modern Era Ivory—all aspects of the material—its identification, origin and manufacture, how it traveled across the world, and its importance culturally as well as economically c500-1500CE	The Tang Shipwreck Tang dynasty shipwreck off Belitung Island replete with precious objects shows vibrancy of 9th century trade.
Temasik: A Malay Port-Polity in Island Southeast Asia The nature, activities and history of Temasik, a port-polity that existed on the southern coast of Singapore Island and the Malay Peninsula, during the late 13th to early 17th century.	Evil Eye The shared material culture of fear and protection summoned by believers across their intersecting medieval spaces via the Evil Eye.	Global Jerusalem Exploration of Jerusalem and its architecture within Jewish, Christian, and Islamic cultures.