On 9 December 2014, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Herbert Hunger (1914–2000), the founder of the Institute of Byzantine Studies (today: and Modern Greek Studies) of the University of Vienna and long-standing president of the Austrian Academy of Sciences would have celebrated his hundredth birthday. On this occasion, distinguished scholars from different parts of Europe and the United States of America met in Vienna to honor the famous researcher and to discuss the afterlife of his academic work in the fields of international Byzantine Studies. Prof. Dr. Andreas Külzer collected several significant contributions of the conference in this volume, which could serve as a source of scientific inspiration especially for scholars working in the various parts of history, historical geography and fundamental research.
Zbornik je posvećen stogodišnjici rođenja profesora Herberta Hungera (1914–2000), osnivača Instituta za vizantijske studije (danas: moderne grčke studije) na Univerzitetu u Beču i dugogodišnjeg predsednika Austrijske akademije nauka. Tom su se prigodom u Beču susreli istaknuti naučnici iz različitih delova Evrope i SAD kako bi odali počast slavnom istraživaču u području međunarodnih vizantijskih studija. Prof. dr Andreas Kilcer prikupio je nekoliko značajnih radova sa konferencije publikovanih u zborniku koji predstavlja drugi tom naučne serije “Studies in Historical Geography and Cultural Heritage”.
