On Wednesday 14, Thursday 15 and Friday 16 June 2023, the Department of Medieval Studies at CEU hosted an interactive event in the campus auditorium, inviting the Viennese and wider academic community, alongside our alumni and friends of the department, to explore, debate and discuss topics that have engaged us in the past, continue to intrigue us now, and hold promise for the future.
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Keynote: Closing the Circle: 30 Years of Medieval Studies at the Central European University
Panel: Material and Spatial Turns: From the Medieval Archaeology of Europe to the Global Archaeology of the Modern Era
Panel: How my stay at the Medieval Studies Department enriched my personal life
Panel: Medieval Studies as a Decentering Experiment
Panel: Sacred States and Holy Empires in the Middle Ages
Panel: Transitions to Early Modern – Local and Global Variants
Panel: The Light in the Cave: Thirty Years Dedicated to the History of Philosophy and Theology
Davide Politi, Accounts on Exorcism in the Chronicle of Salimbene de Adam (12 minutes)
Michael Potterton, The Middle Ages as Heritage in Ireland (12 minutes)
Karsten Schuil, Emotional and Bodily Representations in the Vita S. Francisci (1228) by Thomas of Celano (ca.1185-1260) (10 minutes)
Jack Wilson, Mediating the Past: History and Online Outreach in 2023 (13 minutes)
Daria Ageeva, Following the Path of Fish (20 minutes)
Gerhard Jaritz, The Pig Bite (10 minutes)
Anu Mänd, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them in Medieval Art: Good and Bad Dragons (13 minutes)
Program
Wednesday 14 June 2023
16:30-17:30
Viennese Waltz Workshop: Osman Ozdemir (CEU)
Thursday 15 June 2023
9:00-9:15
Opening Address
9:15-10:45
Multimedia Panel: The Middle Ages as Heritage
The Middle Ages as heritage in Ireland
Mediating the Past: History and Online Outreach in 2023
Organizer: Katalin Szende (CEU)
Speakers: Katalin Szende, Michael Potterton (Maynooth University, Ireland), Lucie Dolezalová (Charles University, Prague), Marie Novotná (Charles University, Prague), Torfi Tulinius (University of Iceland), Gábor Klaniczay (CEU), Olga Kalashnikova (CEU), Jack Wilson (CEU)
11:00-12:30
Roundtable: The Light in the Cave: Thirty Years Dedicated to the History of Philosophy and Theology
Organizers: István Perczel (CEU) and György Geréby (CEU)
Speakers: István Perczel, György Geréby, Reka Forrai (University of Southern Denmark), Carlos Steel (The Catholic University of Leuven), Dunja Milenkovic (CEU), Piruza Hayrapetyan (CEU)
Lunch
13:30-15:00
Panel: Saints and Witches – Two Representatives of the Supernatural
Accounts on Exorcism in the Chronicle of Salimbene de Adam
Organizer: Gábor Klaniczay (CEU)
Gábor Klaniczay, Christina Lutter (University of Vienna), Ottó Gecser (ELTE), Davide Politi (CEU), Karsten Schuil (CEU)
15:15-16:45
Roundtable: Medieval Studies as a Decentering Experiment
Organizer: Éloïse Adde (CEU)
Speakers: Éloïse Adde, Thalia Brero (University of Neuchâtel), Tara Merrigan (CEU), Anja Božič (CEU), Anastasiia Morozova (CEU), Roman Tymoshevskyi (CEU)
17:00-18:00
Roundtable: How my stay at the Medieval Studies Department enriched my personal life
Organizer: Csilla Dobos (CEU)
Speakers: Cristian Gaşpar (CEU), Trpimir Vedriš (University of Zagreb), Jessica Knowles (CEU), Dunja Milenkovic (CEU), David Rockwell (CEU)
Wine reception, sandwiches and community building
Friday 16 June 2023
9:30-10:45
Roundtable: Medieval Animals at CEU
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them in Medieval Art: Good and Bad Dragons
Organizers: Gerhard Jaritz (CEU) and Alice Choyke (CEU)
Speakers: Gerhard Jaritz, Thierry Buquet (University of Caen), Anu Mänd (Tallinn University), Daria Ageeva (CEU alum.)
11:00-12:30
Roundtable: Transitions to Early Modern – Local and Global Variants
Organizer: Marcell Sebők (CEU)
Speakers: Tijana Krstic (CEU), Robyn Radway (CEU), Marcell Sebők, F. Özden Mercan (CEU alum.), E. Natalie Rothman (University of Toronto) Hakan Yerebakan (CEU), Boris Fonarkov (CEU)
13:30-14:30
Roundtable: Sacred States and Holy Empires in the Middle Ages – from Percy Ernst Schramm to Computer Games
Organizer: Daniel Ziemann (CEU)
Speakers: Daniel Ziemann, Vedran Sulovsky (University of Cambridge), Juan Manuel Rubio Arevalo (CEU), Saranya Chandran (CEU)
15:00-17:00
Multimedia Panel: Material and Spatial Turns: From the Medieval Archaeology of Europe to the Global Archaeology of the Modern Era
Organizers: József Laszlovszky (CEU)
Speakers: József Laszlovszky, Mária Vargha (Charles University, Prague), Csete Katona (CEU), Petăr Părvanov (CEU almun.), Jack Wilson (CEU)
Wine reception and celebratory party
On the following day, there will be an event in Budapest for alumni.