Old Bodies as Ourselves. Approaches to Ancient Human Remains in the 20th and 21st Centuries - a Seminar Cycle III

József Laszlovszky: Human Bones as Heritage.

Jonathan Eagles: The House of York Rediscovered: Three Case Studies

To which extent and with which limits ancient human bones can become a cultural and national heritage? A case study will be examined concerning legal, ethical and heritage issues arising from the discovery, translation and analysis in England of the 15th-century remains of members of the House of York: Edward V, Anne Mowbray, and Richard III.

József Laszlovszky is professor of archaeology at the Department of Medieval Studies, Ceu. He is director of the archaeological excavations in Visegrád. Among his books: The Landscape of Medieval Royal Power. Making of a Royal Residence at Visegrád, BAR International Series, Oxford,  2008; with Szabó, People and Nature in Historical Perspective, Budapest, 2003 and with Hunyadi, The Crusades and the Military Orders: Expanding the Frontiers of Medieval Latin Christianity, Budapest, 2001.

Jonathan Eagles has PhDs in Romanian medieval archaeology from University College London and in Scottish early modern history from the University of St. Andrews. He was an academic writing instructor in the Department of Medieval Studies at CEU in 2000-01. He is currently a green gown guide at Westminster Abbey and hosts an online proofreading service for students and academics. He is the author of 'Stephen the Great and Balkan Nationalism' (I.B. Tauris, forthcoming in 2013).