On Thursday 15 and Friday 16 June 2023, the Department of Medieval Studies at CEU will host a two-day interactive event, 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.
Preliminary Program
Thursday 15 June 2023
9:15-10:45
Multimedia Panel: The Middle Ages as Heritage
11:00-13:00
Multimedia Panel: Material and Spatial Turns: From Medieval Archaeology of Europe to the Global Archaeology of the Modern Era
14:00-15:00
Roundtable: Sacred States and Holy Empires in the Middle Ages – from Percy Ernst Schramm to computer games
15:15-16:30
Roundtable: Medieval Animals at CEU
16:45-18:00
Roundtable: How my stay at the Medieval Studies Department enriched my personal life.
Friday 16 June 2023
9:15-10:45
Roundtable: Medieval Studies as a Decentering Project/Experiment
11:00-12:45
Roundtable: Plato, Christianity and the Meaning of Evil
13:45-15:15
Panel: Saints and Witches – Two Representatives of the Supernatural
15:30-16:45
Roundtable: Transitions to Early Modern – Local and Global Variants