Research: «Bellum geritur, ut pax adquiratur». Failed Peaces of the Middle Ages and the Militarization of the Imagery of Christian Sanctity in the Twelfth Century.
Yulia Menkova holds a Specialist Degree in Monumental Painting from the Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry. She subsequently earned both her Bachelor's Degree and her Master's Degree from the University of Bologna, with theses entitled "“Non sit notabilis habitus vester” (Aug. Ep. 211, 10): Historical Semantics of Monastic Clothing between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages" (Bachelor) and "Saints and Horses: A Study of the Iconography of Saint Paul's Conversion and the Imagery of Military Sanctity in the Middle Ages" (Masters). She is currently a PhD candidate in Peace Studies at Sapienza University of Rome, Curriculum 2 - Identities, Memories, Religions, and Peace. Her research focuses on Medieval history, the history of Christianity, Iconography, and the Anthropology of Images.