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Born in Cesena (Italy) in 1999. Bachelor in History, University of Bologna: 2021. Master in Cultural Anthropology, Ca' Foscari University of Venice: 2024. Master by Research in Anthropology, University of Malta: September 2025 (ongoing).

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Viella, 2023

In the article, I propose to apply to the study of the Serbs in the early Middle Ages the constru... more In the article, I propose to apply to the study of the Serbs in the early Middle Ages the constructivist and ethnogenetic approaches. I advance the hypothesis that the term ‘Sorabos’ mentioned in the Annales Regni Francorum in the chapter on 822 does not represent the first mention of the Serbian people, but a pseudo-ethnic and collective term, in some respects analogous to the concept of Slavs as defined by Florin Curta. Considering the concept of Serbian ethnos from the point of view of ‘processuality’ prompted me to put forward the hypothesis that those readings attesting to the exi- stence of Serbs in the Balkans prior to the period in which De Administrando Imperio was written (c. 940) have no basis in the sources.

Viella, 2023

In the article, I propose to apply to the study of the Serbs in the early Middle Ages the constru... more In the article, I propose to apply to the study of the Serbs in the early Middle Ages the constructivist and ethnogenetic approaches. I advance the hypothesis that the term ‘Sorabos’ mentioned in the Annales Regni Francorum in the chapter on 822 does not represent the first mention of the Serbian people, but a pseudo-ethnic and collective term, in some respects analogous to the concept of Slavs as defined by Florin Curta. Considering the concept of Serbian ethnos from the point of view of ‘processuality’ prompted me to put forward the hypothesis that those readings attesting to the exi- stence of Serbs in the Balkans prior to the period in which De Administrando Imperio was written (c. 940) have no basis in the sources.

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