Irena Plaović, PhD, (assistant professor, Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade), is a member of the FORMIDOX project team and coordinator of the “Dissemination” work package. Her research fields include the theory and history of rhetoric and poetics of the Middle Ages, as well as research on manuscript heritage. She received her doctorate in 2023 with the topic Реторичко наслеђе српског средњовековља: слова и похвале [Rhetorical heritage of the Serbian Middle Ages: Orations and Encomia]. Her work within the project will be devoted to the analysis of encomiastic literature, with the aim of exploring and explaining the rhetorical aspects of the constitution of collective identity and community values.
(Trans-)Formation of Identities: Orthodox Christians in the Ottoman Balkans (c.1450-c.1750)