2024
Review of Historiography and Identity V: The Emergence of New Peoples and Polities in Europe, 1000-1300, edited by Walter Pohl, Veronika Wieser, and Francesco Borri (Turnhout, 2023), in Medieval Review 24.10.07
2021
Review of The Liturgical Past in Byzantium and Early Rus, by Sean Griffin (Cambridge, 2019), in Medieval Encounters 27 (2021), 117-123.
Review of Schäßburg – Weinberg/Sighişoara – Dealul Viilor II. Archäologische Grabungen bei der Fundstelle „Gräberfeld“/”Necropolă”, by Radu Harhoiu, Nikolaus Boroffka, Rodica Boroffka, Erwin Gáll, Adrian Ioniță and Daniel Spânu (Târgovişte, 2020), in Medieval Archaeology 65 (2021), no. 2, 417-419.
2020
Review of Environment, Colonization, and the Baltic Crusader States. Terra Sacra I, edited by Aleksander Pluskowski (Turnhout, 2018) and Ecologies of Crusading, Colonization, and Religious Conversion in the Medieval Baltic. Terra Sacra II, edited by Aleksander Pluskowski (Turnhout, 2019), in Medieval Archaeology 64 (2020), no. 1, 157-158.
Review of Migrazioni, clan, culture: archeologia, genetica e isotopi stabili. III Incontro per l’archeologia barbarica. Milano, 18 maggio 2018, edited by Caterina Giostra (Mantova, 2019), in Archaeologia Bulgarica 24 (2020), no. 2, 125-128.
2018
Review of Fortified Settlements in Early Medieval Europe. Defended Communities oft he 8th-10th Centuries, edited by Neil Christie and Hajnalka Herold (Oxford/Philadelphia, 2016), in Speculum 93 (2018), no. 4, 1175—1177.
2017
Review of The Archaeology of Prague and the Medieval Czech Lands, 1100-1600, by Jan Klápštĕ (Sheffield/Bristol, 2016), in Medieval Archaeology 61 (2017), no. 1, 209.
2016
Review of Hoards, Grave Goods, Jewellery. Objects in Hoards and in Burial Contexts during the Mongol Invasion of Central-Eastern Europe, by Mária Vargha (Oxford, 2015), in Medieval Archaeology 60 (2016), no. 1, 199.
Review of An Thaya und Notte im Mittelalter. Vergleichende archäologische Untersuchungen zu Sozial- und Siedlungsstrukturen im westslawischen Raum (6. bis 13. Jahrhundert), by Felix Biermann, Jiří Macháček, and Franz Schopper (Bonn, 2015), in Speculum 91 (2016), no. 2, 464-466.
2015
Review of Ethnos et droit dans le monde proto-byzantin, Ve-VIe siècle: Fédérés, paysans et provinciaux à la lumière d’une scholie juridique de l’époque de Justinien, by Avshalom Laniado (Geneva, 2015), in Journal of Late Antiquity 8 (2015), no. 2, 441-442.
Review of Central Europe in the High Middle Ages: Bohemia, Hungary, and Poland, c. 900-c. 1300, by Nora Berend, Przemysław Urbańczyk, and Przemysław Wiszewski (Cambridge, 2013), in The Medieval Review 15.04.19.
Review of Military Saints in Byzantium and Rus, 900-1200, by Monica White (New York, 2013), in American Historical Review 120 (2015), no. 1, 319-320.
2014
Review of Strategies of Identification. Ethnicity and Religion in Early Medieval Europe, ed. by Walter Pohl and Gerda Heydemann (Turnhout, 2013), in The Medieval Review 14.03.06.
2013
Review of The Archaeology of Medieval Novgorod in Context. Studies in Centre/Periphery Relations, ed. by Mark Brisbane, Nikolai Makarov, and Evgenii Nosov (Oxford, 2012), in European Journal of Archaeology 16 (2013), no. 3: 371-374.
Review of The Expansion of Central Europe in the Middle Ages, ed. by Nora Berend (Farnham/Burlington, 2012), in Canadian Slavonic Papers 55 (2013), nos. 3-4, 525-526.
2012
Review of Geschichte Südosteuropas. Vom frühen Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, ed. by Konrad Clewing and Oliver Jens Schmitt (Regensburg, 2011). In Slavic Review 71 (2012), no. 4: 921-922.
2011
Review of Barbarian Migrations and the Roman West, 367-568, by Guy Halsall (Cambridge, 2007). In Ancient West & East 10 (2011): 480-481.
Review of Byzantine Coins in Central Europe Between the 5th and 10th Century. Proceedings from the Conference Organised by Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences and Institute of Archaeology, University of Rzeszów under the Patronage of Union Académique International (Programme no. 57 Moravia Magna), Kraków, 23-26 IV 2007, ed. by Marcin Wołoszyn (Cracow, 2009). In Early Medieval Europe 19 (2011), no. 1: 122-123.
Review of Deutsche und Slawen im Mittelalter: Beziehungen zu Tschechen, Polen, Südslawen und Russen, by Thomas Wünsch (Munich, 2008). In Speculum 86 (2011), no. 1: 284-285.
Review of Il complesso tardo-antico ed alto-medievale dei SS. Cosma e Damiano, ditto Le Centoporte, Giurdignano (LE). Scavi: 1993-1994, ed. by Paul Arthur and Brunella Bruni (Lecce, 2009). In Journal of Late Antiquity 4 (2011), no. 2: 365-367.
Review of The Languages of Gift in the Early Middle Ages, ed. by Wendy Davies and Paul Fouracre (Cambridge, 2010). In The Medieval Review 11.07.05.
2010
Review of The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies, ed. by E. Jeffreys, J. Haldon, and R. Cormack (Oxford/New York, 2008). In Early Medieval Europe 18 (2010), no. 1: 118-121.
2009
Review of Europa im Weltbild des Mittelalters. Kartographische Konzepte, ed. by Ingrid Baumgärtner and Helmut Kugler (Berlin, 2008). In German Historical Institute London Bulletin 31 (2009), no. 2: 81-87.
Review of Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire, by Judith Herrin (Princeton, 2007). In American Historical Review 114 (2009), no. 3: 813-814.
Review of The Transition to Late Antiquity On the Danube and Beyond, ed. by A. G. Poulter (Oxford, 2007). In Classical Review 59 (2009), no. 1: 228-230.
Review of Muslimische Quellen über die Ungarn vor der Landnahme. Das ungarische Kapitel der Ğaihānī-Tradition, by István Zimonyi (Herne, 2006). In Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi 16 (2008-2009): 285-287.
2008
Review of Pohansko bei Břeclav: ein frühmittelalterliches Zentrum als sozialwirtschaftliches System, by Jiří Macháček (Bonn, 2007). In Early Medieval Europe 16 (2008), no. 4: 504-506.
Review of The Early Middle Ages. The Birth of Europe, by Lynette Olson (New York, 2007). In Speculum 82 (2008), no. 1: 228-230.
2007
Review of Evoluţia gândirii teoretice în arheologia din România. Concepte şi modele aplicate în preistorie, by Mircea Anghelinu (Târgovişte, 2004). In Archaeologia Bulgarica 11 (2007), no. 2: 89-92.
Review of Les trésors monétaires byzantins des Balkans et d’Asie Mineure (491-713), by Cécile Morrisson, Vladislav Popović, and Vujadin Ivanišević (Paris, 2006). In Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 31 (2007), no. 2: 229-230.
Review of Barbarian Tides. The Migration Age and the Later Roman Empire, by Walter Goffart (Philadelphia, 2006). In Speculum 82 (2007), no. 3: 705-706.
Review of Populaţia spaţiului pruto-nistrean în secolele VIII-IX, by Sergiu Musteaţă (Chişinău, 2005). In Archaeologia Bulgarica 11 (2007), no. 1: 109-111.
Review of Struggle for Empire: Kingship and Conflict under Louis the German, 817-876, by Eric J. Goldberg (Ithaca, 2006). In Slavic Review 66 (2007), no. 2: 315-316.
Review of Byzantine and Turkish Hierapolis (Pamukkale): an Archaeological Guide, by Paul Arthur (Istanbul, 2006). In American Journal of Archaeology 111 (2007), no.3, online review 06.01.02.
2006
Review of Byzantine Butrint: Excavations and Surveys, 1994-99, ed. by Richard Hodges, William Bowden, and Kosta Lako (Oxford, 2004). In Early Medieval Europe 14 (2006), no. 2: 219-220.
Review of Cumans and Tatars: Oriental Military in the Pre-Ottoman Balkans, 1185-1365, by István Vásáry (Cambridge, 2005). In The Medieval Review 06.01.02.
Review of Ethnische Interpretationen in der frühgeschichtlichen Archäologie. Geschichte, Grundlagen und Alternativen, by Sebastian Brather (Berlin/New York, 2004). In Archaeologia Bulgarica 10 (2006), no. 1: 91-94.
Review of Latin Classics in Medieval Hungary, the Eleventh Century, by Elöd Nemerkényi (Debrecen/Budapest, 2004). In The Medieval Review 06.04.06.
Review of Quantitative Studien zur Archäologie der Awaren I, by Peter Stadler (Vienna, 2005). In European Journal of Archaeology 9 (2006), no. 1: 139-141.
Review of Viking Rus. Studies on the Presence of Scandinavians in Eastern Europe, by Władysław Duczko (Leiden/Boston, 2004). In Early Medieval Europe 14 (2006), no. 3: 328-330.
2005
Review of Cumans and Tatars: Oriental Military in the Pre-Ottoman Balkans, 1185-1365, by István Vásáry. In Canadian Journal of History 40 (2005): 493-494.
Review of Gold und Herrschaft. Die Schätze europäischer Könige und Fürsten im ersten Jahrtausend, by Matthias Hardt (Berlin, 2004). In Early Medieval Europe 13 (2005), no. 4: 428-429.
2004
Review of Rex Germanorum populus Sclavorum: An Inquiry into the Origin and Early History of the Serbs/Slavs of Sarmatia, Germania, and Illyria, by Ivo Vukcevich (Santa Barbara, 2001). In Canadian American Slavic Studies 38 (2004), no. 3: 334-336.
Review of The Continental Saxons from the Migration Period to the Tenth Century: An Ethnographic Perspective, ed. by D. H. Green and F. Siegmund (Studies in Historical Archaeoethnology 6)(Woodbridge, 2003). In The Medieval Review 04.06.13.
Review of The Legend of Basil the Bulgar-Slayer, by Paul Stephenson (Cambridge, 2004). In The Medieval Review 04.10.13.
2003
Review of Archäologie der westlichen Slawen. Siedlung, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft im früh- und hochmittelalterlichen Ostmitteleuropa, by Sebastian Brather (Berlin/New York, 2001). In Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas 51 (2003): 281-284.
Review of Medieval Frontiers. Concepts and Practices, ed. by David Abulafia and Nora Berend (Burlington, 2002). In The Medieval Review 03.03.21.
Review of The Early Slavs. Culture and Society in Early Medieval Eastern Europe, by Paul M. Barford (London, 2001). In European Journal of Archaeology 6 (2003), no. 1: 99-101.
Review of Writing, Society, and Culture in Early Rus, c. 950-1300, by Simon Franklin (Cambridge, 2002). In The Medieval Review 03.07.16.
2002
Review of Archéologie et architecture d’un site monastique (Paris, 1999), by Christian Sapin. In The Medieval Review 02.03.04.
Review of Comunităţi săteşti la est de Carpaţi în epoca migraţiilor. Aşezarea de la Davideni din secolele V-VII (Piatra Neamţ, 2001), by Ioan Mitrea. In Archaeologia Bulgarica 6 (2002), no. 2: 87-97.
Review of Das slawische Brandgräberfeld von Olympia (Rahden, 2000), by Tivadar Vida and Thomas Völling. In Archaeologia Bulgarica 6 (2002), no. 1: 95-101.
Review of The Transformation of Frontiers: From Late Antiquity to the Carolingians Transformation of the Roman World, ed. by Walter Pohl, Ian Wood, and Helmut Reimitz (Leiden, 2001). In The Medieval Review 02.03.14.
2001
Review of Die awarenzeitliche Keramik. I. (6.-7. Jh.)(Berlin/Budapest, 1999), by Tivadar Vida and Feldberger Keramik und frühe Slawen. Studien zur nordwestslawischen Keramik der Karolingerzeit (Bonn,1996), by Sebastian Brather. In Archaeologia Bulgarica 5 (2001), no. 2: 93-98.
Review of The Neighbours of Poland in the Tenth Century, ed. by Przemysław Urbańczyk (Warsaw, 2000). In Early Medieval Europe 10 (2001), no. 2: 311-312.
2000
Review of Byzantium’s Balkan Frontier. A Political Study of the Northern Balkans, 900-1204, by Paul Stephenson (Cambridge, 2000). In Balkan Academic Book Reviews 22/2000.
Review of Contribuţii la istoria spaţiului pruto-nistrian în epoca Evului mediu timpuriu (sec. V-VII d. Chr.) (Chişinău, 1998), by Igor Corman. In Archaeologia Bulgarica 4 (2000), no. 1: 99-101.
Review of Der Limes an der unteren Donau von Diokletian bis Heraklios. Vorträge der internationalen Konferenz Svishtov, Bulgarien (1.-5. September 1998), ed. by Gerda von Bülow and Alexandra Milcheva (Sofia, 1999). In The Medieval Review 00.05.05.
Review of Die byzantinische Kultur und die Slawen. Zum Problem der Rezeption und Transformation (6. bis 12. Jahrhundert), by Alexander Avenarius (Vienna, 2000). In Bryn Mawr Classical Review 00.12.04.
Review of The Elefanthy. The Hungarian Nobleman and his Kindred, by Erik Fügedi (Budapest, 1998). In The Medieval Review 00.07.13.
Review of “The Man of Many Devices, Who Wandered Full Many Ways”: Festschrift in Honor of Janos M. Bak, ed. by Nagy Balazs and Marcell Sebök (Budapest, 1999). In The Medieval Review 00.04.04.
Review of The Pace of Change: Studies in Early-Medieval Chronology, ed. by John Hines, Karen Nielsen, and Frank Siegmund (Oxford, 1999). In The Medieval Review 00.01.02.
1999
Review of Aigaion Pelagos (Die nördliche Ägäis), by Johannes Koder (Vienna, 1998). In The Medieval Review 99.08.10.
Review of Die frühe Völkerwanderungszeit in Rumänien, by Radu Harhoiu (Bucharest, 1997). In Archaeologia Bulgarica 3 (1999), no. 3: 95-100.
Review of Medieval Europeans. Studies in Ethnic Identity and National Perspectives in Medieval Europe, ed. by A. Smyth (New York, 1998). In The Medieval Review 99.03.06.
1991
“Imaginea celuilalt – analiza şi previziune politică” Sociologia românească 1-2 (1991): 105-111.
1983
Review of Ialomiţa. Studii şi comunicări de istorie a agriculturii. Vol. 2 (1982). In Acta Moldaviae Meridionalis 4 (1983): 612-614.