Current Challenges and Future Trends in Medieval Studies

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