Denní medievista

Prison spaces in the Middle Ages: an interdisciplinary approach to the territories and materialities of medieval incarceration
2019-11-05 08:00 - 23:30 (Europe/Prague) | Bordeaux, Bordeaux, Francie
Bordeaux, 2020 1st-3 april.
While recent work has renewed our knowledge of medieval execution sites and of the internal layout of detention facilities, much remains to be done to understand the distribution of prison spaces and territories, in particular to shed light on the socio-spatial dynamics and logic of their establishment. These prison spaces evolved between the beginning and the extreme end of the Middle Ages, with prisons only multiplying from the 13th century onwards. These evolutions must be understood in close coordination with the evolutions of medieval justice and its spatial practices. Studies can be carried out at the scale of a building, a neighborhood, a city, a city, one or more regions. The sources to be mobilized are very diverse: judicial documents, urban regulations, prison regulations, accounts, iconography, archaeological sources (excavations, archaeological studies of buildings, etc.), so-called „literary“ texts, etc. Three angles of approach can be used:
1/ Diversity of prison spaces: beyond the prison In the Middle Ages, prison spaces were of various material forms and sizes and had multiscalar installations in a sometimes complex interplay of jurisdictions: „holding prison“ could thus be done in a neighborhood, a city, a private individual’s house, a convent, a „private prison“, etc. The renovation, transformation and maintenance, more rarely construction, of these places are undoubtedly opportunities to understand these phenomena. The spatial distribution of the various prison sites may contain historical meanings that have not yet been explored, beyond the traditional problem of conflicts of jurisdiction. We know that some jurisdictions used to use prisons in other jurisdictions: can we go so far as to talk about prison networks with collaborations between justice systems on an urban scale?
2/ Beyond the walls: porosities of prisons Prison places only functioned in close interaction with their economic and relational environment, which conditioned their very existence and contributed to their integration into a territory. Visitors, brotherhoods or suppliers had to somehow penetrate the prison envelopes, which required material arrangements. Did some prisons have problems of neighborhood and common ownership? The visibility, acceptance and accessibility of these places are essential to interpret their uses and integration into their environment.
3/ Prison and urban spaces: prisons, stages of urban rituals Prisons were not only used to lock people up, these buildings were also used as reference places for certain urban rituals, judicial (executions) or not (visits, entries, etc.), which the historian has every interest in considering if he wants to understand all the facets of these places. From this point of view, the relative location of these places (near or in which building? Near which road?) may have had a different valence in the eyes of the population that should be taken into consideration.
Proposals for papers: title and abstract of the paper (250 words), bio-bibliographic notice (10 lines), to be sent before 5 November 2019 to the following addresses : mcharageat@free.fr ; julie.claustre@univ-paris1.fr ; Elisabeth.Lusset@univ-paris1.fr; mathieu.vivas@univ-lille.fr

V. Medievistické kolokvium - Hlína a kamení
2019-11-30 08:00 - 17:00 | Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy, nám. Jana Palacha 2, Praha 1, 116 38, Česká republika
Vážené a milé medievistky, vážení a milí medievisté,
ve dnech 21. a 22. ledna 2020 se v Praze uskuteční páté medievistické kolokvium Centra pro studium středověku FF UK, rádi bychom vás na ně pozvali. Jeho tématem bude Hlína a kamení.
V brzké době vyjde knižní výstup prvních dvou mezioborových setkání o vztahu komiky a vážnosti ve středověké kultuře. Připravovány k vydání jsou již texty do sborníku o starých babách, probíhá sběr letošních přednášek o oddechu a zahálce. S hlínou a kamením bychom se rádi vrátili od představ a slov zpátky na zem.
Tradice mezioborových kolokvií CSS FF UK určených odbornicím a odborníkům na středověk v časově i prostorově širokém slova smyslu má zdroj ve snaze medievistek a medievistů z různých specializací, oborů a pracovišť hledat pole vhodná pro přínosnou společnou práci. Záhy se kolokvia ustavila jako platforma otevřená badatelkám a badatelům z celé ČR. Hlína a kamení jsou nyní takovým polem. Lze je zničit a proměnit v neúrodný prostor, nebo obrábět, kypřit, vápnit, hnojit a střídat plodiny, perspektivy a témata, aby zůstávala úrodná. Lze je zavlažovat a hledat v nich nové prameny i zdroje nových, čerstvých otázek, nebo je lze vysoušet a otravovat s vidinou snadného zisku tvrdých fakt. Obnovený společenský zájem o půdu hodláme i v medievistice vrátit z metaforické roviny na doslovnou, k hmotě a tělu. Zajímá nás, jaké role hrály hlína a kamení ve středověké praxi a teorii.
Hlína vzniká z mrtvých těl, rodí se v ní život. Stvořen z ní byl člověk, který se živí tím, co z ní vyrůstá, po smrti se do ní ukládá a rozkládá se v ní a vytváří hlínu novou, prach. Kamení se jeví stabilněji a neživotněji, přesto dovede být magneticky přitažlivé či odpudivé, leskne se a poutá pozornost, má hodnotu a cenu, křesá oheň, drží pohromadě vodu a hlínu, odděluje, ohraničuje a tvoří části živých těl i společenství – zuby, skořápky, močové a žlučové kameny, perly, pecky, kosti, zídky, hradby, hrady, hrobky… Jaký je vztah hlíny a života a smrti? Jaké jsou vazby mezi kameny a myšlenkami či emocemi? Mezi kamením se skrývá uhlí, železo, zlato, stříbro, drahokamy. Kamení je navzdory lávě a meteoritům stále méně – naopak hlínu lze obnovovat. Kameny se vztyčují na památku, tesá se do nich, co je významné, a drtí se na prach, má-li to být zapomenuto. Brousí nože a melou zrní, vyrábí řecký oheň, odměřují míle, padají na ně kosy, králové na ně usedají a vkládají je do korun, obři z nich staví tajemné řady a kruhy, Davidové je metají po Goliáších.
Pomůže nám nějak přemýšlení o tom, jak se liší hlína a kamení od člověka, jestliže je jejich vztah k životu a smyslu tak spletitý? Co to znamená, že nemají mysl či duši, když se k nim lidské mysli vztahují, když mají různé vlastnosti a energie, a když stojí a padají u počátku i konce života? Poskytují kultury mezi antikou a modernitou inspiraci pro hospodárnější a udržitelnější přístupy k hlíně a kamení?
Hledáme středověké obrazy na kamenech a obrazy kamenů, oltáře, sochy a kamenné stavby, z hlíny vypalované věci, z moře vysráženou sůl a vysypaný písek, z písku tavené sklo a skleněné nádoby na kameny mudrců. Hledáme hlínu v písních a tancích, kamení ve snech a proroctvích, texty o modelování a představy o hodnotě hmatatelných věcí. Hledáme myšlenky a těla tvárné jako jíl, osudy křehké jako keramika a duše pevné jako kámen. Zajímá nás, je-li věčnější kamenný hrad nebo hromádky prachu a sebeobrozující prsť. Nejsme si jisti, je-li nebeský Jeruzalém postaven z drahokamů, nebo zda je docela nehmotný. Váháme, smíme-li bláto upravit dlažbou a zajímá nás, kterým lidem bylo dovoleno po dlažbě chodit. Máme radost, když najdeme antickou gemu ve středověkém šperku a pravěkou zkamenělinu v gotickém chrámu.
Anotace svých příspěvků zasílejte na mail klarapetrikova8@gmail.com či pacovsky.karel@gmail.com nejpozději do 30. listopadu 2019. Vybrané účastnice a účastníky následně požádáme o rozvinutí tezí a zaslání pramenů (textů, obrazů atd.), jejichž interpretace budou představovat. Uvítáme znalkyně a znalce všech medievistických specializací, oborů a pracovišť. Abychom posílili diskusní a tvůrčí rozměr akce, na přednášky budou reagovat nejen moderátoři, ale i předem připravení respondenti. Uvítáme, povede-li debata k vymezení přesnějšího problému středověké hlíny a kamení, jemuž bychom se společně mohli věnovat podrobněji zase o rok později. Těšíme se na vás,
Vojta Bažant, Karel Pacovský, Klára Petříková a Martin Šorm

CfP: Distinguo – Studying Distinctiones, the Backbones of Medieval Latin Preaching
2020-01-01 08:00 - 23:59 | Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy, nám. Jana Palacha 2, Praha 1, 116 38, Česká republika
Marjorie Burghart (CNRS) and Lucie Doležalová (Charles University Prague) invite submission of papers for an upcoming conference on distinctiones in the context of preaching, to be held in Prague between 23-25 April 2020.
Theme
The study of medieval preaching – and its main source, the sermon – offers a privileged insight into intellectual work and its techniques. Through this source, we can approach the persuasion strategies, and also the tools used by the preachers in their intellectual work. Among those tools was the distinctio. This technique, extremely widespread in the Middle Ages from the late 12th c. onwards, consisted of considering a word according to its various senses, properties or characteristics, and supporting them with biblical citations. Distinctiones were a key ingredient of sermons from the early 13th c. onwards, just like exempla (short narratives used for persuasion), but contrary to the latter, distinctiones have never been studied in depth or even surveyed properly. They did not benefit from an authoritative study tracing the origins and developments of the technique, its relationship with rhetoric or dialectics, the actual use of distinctions in preaching and beyond, etc. It is probably the sheer immensity of the task ahead and the paucity of reference works and finding aids that discouraged new research so far.
The aim of this conference is to stimulate the study of distinctiones, bringing new light on the strategies of communication at work in medieval preaching and the intellectual tools and techniques supporting it.

Suggested topics
We invite submission of papers on the following topics:

the origins and development of the technique: the links between distinctio and exegesis; which words, notions or lexical fields were privileged when creating distinctiones? Can we see topoi emerging in their treatment, or on the contrary was there a great versatility? What was the place of the distinctio as a dialectical device in scholastic argumentation? Could it shed new light on the intrusion of the disputatio into predicatio? etc.
The actual use of distinctiones outside of the collections: to what extent did preachers and theologians use them for their sermons, treatises or summae? When they did, how did they transform the material to merge them into their own creations? What was their relationship to other ‘ingredients’ of a sermon (exempla, authorities, similitudines, interpretation of biblical names, etc.) What was the function of distinctiones in those sermons: a mere backbone, a didactical device, or a tool to captivate the audience and drive a point home? Finally, did the actual use of distinctiones conform to the recommendations of the artes praedicandi, those ‘arts of preaching’ which provided preachers with a means to taught preachers how to make sermons? etc.;
The link between distinctiones and mnemotechnics. Their riming structure or logical patterns were certainly an important element when committing a sermon to memory – a point that did not escape many users of medieval sermon manuscripts.

We also welcome submission of papers on any relevant topic not listed above, as well as studies of individual collections of dictinctiones.
Practical information
Please send abstracts of max 300 words to medieval.distinctiones@gmail.com by January 1st 2020 23:59 GMT.
Selected contributors will be notified after January 15th 2020.

CfP: Post-classical resilient landscapes and urbanscapes
2020-02-14 08:00 - 17:00 | Madrid, Španělsko

CfP: Digital Diplomatics 2020
2020-03-17 08:00 - 17:00 | Graz, Graz, Rakousko
In the several years since the last conference/workshop dedicated to the study of Digital Diplomatics, new technologies have emerged and new projects have come to fruition. This conference/workshop will bring together selected leading and upcoming experts in the study of Digital Diplomatics and related fields, to facilitate a productive exchange on the state and the future of the field. The conference will include expert panels, lightning talks, and a poster session, which is currently open for submissions. We are soliciting posters on any subject related to the study of charters and computing, including:

Machine Learning for Digital Diplomatics
Linguistic Corpora for Digital Diplomatics
Digitally Mediated Archives for Diplomatics
The Future of Diplomatics

The poster session will be attended by leading experts in the field. Currently confirmed guests include: Antonella Ambrosia (Naples), Sébastien Barret (CNRS), Michael Gervers (Toronto), Tobias Hodel (Bern), Timo Korkiakangas (Helsinki), Els De Parmentier (Ghent), Peter Stokes (Paris), and Zarko Vujesovic (Vienna/Belgrade).
Submission Guidelines:
Please send a 100-word abstract of the poster project and a short C.V. to Sean Winslow sean.winslow@uni-graz.at. Though there is a hard deadline of 17 March 12:00 GMT, proposals received before then will be evaluated on a rolling basis, and a decision will be made within a week of receipt, and by 19 March at the latest.

CfP: Uneven regional development in the Middle Ages: “younger Europe” in transcontinental and intercontinental networks
2020-03-31 08:00 - 17:00
Uneven development is most commonly defined in terms of the gap between highly developed, industrialized countries and agrarian countries whose economies are dominated by primary sector activities. Historians have been pointing out for years that the inequalities prevailing in the world arise from structural conditions that are resistant to change and therefore develop very slowly (F. Braudel). Thus, inequalities are not only the consequences of the Industrial Revolution; they certainly also existed in pre-modern societies.
But how do inequalities arise and in which areas do they express themselves? Are they the result of the non-simultaneity of development in different regions, which is partly due to geographical conditions (“disadvantaged places”) and thus a constant in pre-industrial societies? Or are they created through interactions and confrontations with more economically and technologically advanced structures? If the latter is true, then inequalities are caused by external factors.
The starting point of the conference is the recognition that “younger Europe”, which J. Kłoczowski essentially equates with East Central Europe, although the Balkans, Kievian Rus, and Scandinavia could be considered a part of it in some centuries, has been included in continental and intercontinental interaction networks since the Early Middle Ages. In the ninth and tenth centuries, the economies of north-western Eurasia were already remarkably entangled. For example, between about 900 and 950, silver mines in Uzbekistan were running at full speed to serve markets that ranged from the Urals in the east to the Celtic lands on the Atlantic coast in the west, and from the Crimea in the south to central Sweden in the north. But such interactions did not just involve the exchange of precious metals and goods, which stimulated commercial cycles. Foreign trade (along with tributes and booty) formed the fiscal and economic basis of the rule of nascent early medieval dynasties. In parallel, the elites of the emerging states converted to Christianity, to both the Latin and Orthodox rites.
From the twelfth to fifteenth centuries, a profound transformation of society and culture took place, resulting in the increasing emergence of cities with borough rights, the resettlement of the countryside with free peasants, the construction of castles, the expansion of written communication, and the founding of monasteries and universities. These phenomena spread from west to east. In the late fourteenth century and throughout the fifteenth century, Ottoman campaigns led to the conquest of large parts of the Balkans, which initiated the peripheralization of this region.
This transformation raises the question of to what extent, and in what regional terms, networks and interactions deepened or – on the contrary – levelled out existing social and economic differences in development. Papers that focus on the following topics and explore them in comparative perspective are encouraged:
– Trade and goods production
– Monetization and commercialization
– Sovereigns and estates
– Cities and borough rights
– The status of peasants and rural commoners
– The foundation of universities and monasteries
– Imaginations of unevenness and the simultaneity of the non-simultaneous.
Conference languages are German and English.
Travel and accommodation costs are covered by the organizers.
Please send proposals with an abstract (no longer than one page / 1800 characters) and a short CV in German or English by 31 March 2020 to adamczyk@dhi.waw.pl and region@waw.pl.
PD Dr. Dariusz Adamczyk (German Historical Institute Warsaw)
Dr. Zdeněk Nebřenský (DHIW-Branch Office Prague)
Deutsches Historisches Institut Warschau
Außenstelle Prag
Valentinská 91/1
CZ 110 00 Praha 1
www.dhi.waw.pl

CfP: The Governance of Medieval European Towns
2020-04-30 08:00 - 17:00 | Castelo de Vide, Castelo de Vide, Portugalsko
This year, from October 8th to the 10th, the Institute for Medieval Studies (IEM | NOVA-FCSH) and the municipality of Castelo de Vide are organizing the V International Conference on the Middle Ages, under the theme: The Governance of Medieval European Towns.
The importance of this theme justified its selection for the International Conference on the Middle Ages that will take place in Castelo de Vide in 2020. Taking Christian and Muslim medieval Europe as the stage for reflexion, we wish to analyse the different issues generated by urban governance, drawing on diverse information sources and looking for ways to bring together perspectives from History, Archaeology, Art History, Literature, Law, among others.
We invite researchers from any scientific area interested in the subject of urban governance in the medieval period to submit sessions or papers proposals within the range of the following thematic panels: 1. Institutions from the urban power: Recruitment systems and functions 2. The faces of governance: Urban elites 3. Evidences of governance in medieval urbanism: Spaces and constructions 4. Between the written and the lived: The municipal legislation and its application 5. Governing the municipal space: The town 6. Governing the municipal space: The countryside 7. Good government of the town: managing adversity 8. Bad government of the town: Fraud, corruption, arrogance 9. Financial management of the town 10. Municipal taxation: taxes and fees 11. The relations between powers within the town 12. The relations of the municipal power with external powers: cooperation and / or conflict 13. Urban leagues and / or brotherhoods 14. Discourses and representations about urban governance 15. The construction of memory and urban identity 16. Governing Castelo de Vide during the Middle Ages The meeting will have four plenary conferences carried out by researchers invited by the organization and thematic sessions. Each session will integrate three paper presentations and will be 60 minutes long. Researchers who interested in participating can submit organized sessions or individual papers which will be gathered by the organizing committee in coherent panels. It will also be possible to
submit poster proposals within the conference’s thematic panels. The meeting will also have a cultural program with guided tours and the Conference Dinner. It will also be launched the book which resulted from de IV International Conference on the Middle Ages (Castelo de Vide, October 2019). The conference languages are Portuguese, Spanish, French and English.
Confirmed keynote speakers: To confirm
Scientific committee: Adelaide Millán Costa (U. Aberta) Alberto García Porras (U. Granada) Antonio Collantes de Terán (U. de Sevilha) Antonio Malpica Cuello (U. de Granada) Beatriz Arizaga Bolumburu (U. de Cantábria) Catarina Tente (U. Nova de Lisboa) Denis Menjot (U. Lyon 2) Emilio Martín Gutiérrez (U. de Cadiz) Hermenegildo Fernandes (U. Lisboa) Hermínia Vilar (U. Évora) Iria Gonçalves (U. Nova de Lisboa) Isabel del Val Valdivieso (U. de Valladolid) Jean Passini (EHESS-Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales) Jean-Luc Fray (U. Clermont Auvergne) Jesús Solórzano Telechea (U. de Cantábria) José Avelino Gutiérrez González (U. de Oviedo) Luísa Trindade (U. de Coimbra) María Asenjo González (U. Complutense de Madrid) Maria Filomena Barros (U. de Évora) Maria Helena da Cruz Coelho (U. de Coimbra) Mário Barroca (U. do Porto) Michel Bochaca (U. de La Rochelle) Peter Clark (U. de Helsínquia) Raphaella Averkorn (U. Siegen) Sara Prata (U. Nova de Lisboa) Sauro Gelichi (U. Ca ‚Foscari de Veneza) Wim Blockmans (U. de Leiden)
Organizing Committee: Amélia Aguiar Andrade (IEM | NOVA FCSH), Gonçalo Melo da Silva (IEM | NOVA FCSH) Patrícia Martins (CMCV)
Supporters: IEM – NOVA FCSH; CMCV; FCT; NOVA FCSH
Transportation The organization will offer bus trips for the speakers from Lisbon Airport – Castelo de Vide – Lisbon Airport, before and after the meeting.
The registration pack for speakers includes the bus trips from Lisbon Airport – Castelo de Vide – Lisbon Airport, lunch during conference days, guided tour to Castelo de Vide and Conference Dinner.
Call for sessions and papers deadline: April 30th
Session, paper and posters acceptance: May 20th
Conference fees
Speakers (general): 50 €
University students (undergraduates, MA and PhD): 40 €
IEM integrated researchers and students at NOVA FCSH: 30 €
More information: http://www.castelodevide.pt/idade-media/

Radical Religious Communities in Premodern Societies
2020-07-31 08:00 - 17:00 | Husitské muzeum v Táboře, Žižkovo Náměstí 23, Tábor, 39001, Česká republika
A conference on the occasion of the (postponed) 600th anniversary of the foundation of Tábor
The emergence of dissenting and radical religious groups was a logical consequence of the pursuit of renewal in premodern Christianity. The separation of such groups from the mainstream can in turn be seen as resulting from the diversity of solutions to the tension between religious idealism and the demands of social and political stability. The relatively intensive research of late medieval and early modern religious separatism has operated in a field demarcated by concepts such as heresy, reform and reformation, revolution, religious movements, apocalypticism, and others. By building upon this research tradition, but not limited by the restraints of any single terminology, this conference has a twofold aim: to facilitate a more comparative approach by bringing together scholars of various religious communities of premodern Europe, and to situate the study of dissident religion within its local social, political, and communal context.
Founded in February 1420, Tábor is just one—albeit in many respects an exceptional—example of a radical religious community. Born from millenarian expectations, Tábor underwent swift development, from a sectarian revolutionary commune to a military-political power within Hussitism and a properly established medieval town. In other cases like Florence, Zürich, Münster, Prague, and many more, religious radicalism settled into the pre-existing social and political structures of municipal communities, while other radical groups pursued a clandestine or secluded existence. This conference will deal with the religiously motivated group-formation from the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries, focusing on movements and ideologies such as (but not limited to) Waldensianism, Wycliffism, Hussitism, spiritual Franciscanism, the radical Reformation, and various other utopian and religiously-inspired visions.
Speakers are invited to explore the social dimension of radical religion in the medieval and early modern periods. Instead of social-economical determinism, we would like to focus on local networks, interpersonal bonds, and communal dynamisms. As a counterpart to the study of intellectual influences and ideological pedigrees, we propose to examine how emerging religious groups strove to propagate their message. While investigating the reactions of the of society, we hope to look beyond the mere reproduction of the ‚image of the other‘ to more practical deliberations about possible solutions to religious separatism, as well as to proposals for reintegration of radical groups.
The conference programme will be structured by the following themes:
• The social background of radical ideologies: group identity and goals; means of recruitment; media of mobilisation; signs and conditions of success and failure; norms and authority
• Religious leadership in urban communities: old and new elites; theocratic tendencies and the extent of clerical influence; longevity of religious enthusiasm; the ‚stabilisation‘ of the situation
• Reactions to religious separatism: strategies of dealing with dissident religious groups; the limits of inclusion; the aim of persecution (extermination, or reintegration); redefining the semantics of difference
The conference is organized jointly by the Centre for Medieval Studies (Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences) and the Hussite Museum in Tábor. Papers will be allotted 20-25 minutes. The conference language is English, with simultaneous translation into Czech. Speakers will be offered accommodation in Tábor. Limited funding to cover travel expenses (economy train or air tickets) is available, though limited. A collection of the contributions is planned for publication.
Organizing committee: Pavlína Cermanová, Robert Novotný, Martin Pjecha, Jakub Smrčka, Pavel Soukup, Zdeněk Vybíral
Please send a paper title with a 300-word abstract and a short CV before 31 July, 2020.
Contact: pjecha_martin@phd.ceu.edu

CfP Laetae segetes VII
2020-08-01 08:00 - 2020-08-03 17:00 | Filozofická fakulta MU Brno, A. Nováka 1, Brno, 60200
The Department of Classical Studies, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, formally announces the International PhD Student Conference Laetae segetes VII, an opportunity for beginning researchers to present their work. This event is a continuation of similar colloquiums held biennially since 2005. On these occasions, young scholars from various universities submitted their contributions, the majority of which were published in the conference proceedings or in the journal Graeco Latina Brunensia – the online version of the journal is available at http://www.phil.muni.cz/journals/index.php/graeco-latina-brunensia
CONFERENCE DATE AND PLACE: November 18–20, 2020, Brno, Czech Republic.
ABSTRACTS
Abstracts of papers to be presented in English, German, Italian, or French are invited for consideration by the Conference Academic Committee. Please submit your abstract (up to 200 words) until August 1, 2020 via the following address: https://forms.gle/rGPEFg5FopccSpzA7
Acceptance notification will be sent to you until August 20, 2020.
PRESENTATIONS
Individual 20-minute paper presentations will be followed by 5 minutes of discussion.
PROGRAMME
Parallel sessions and panel discussions will be scheduled over three days; papers will be grouped by sessions (Ancient Literature; Classical Languages; Ancient history; Medieval and Neo-Latin Studies; Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies). The conference programme will be available at http://classics.phil.muni.cz
CONFERENCE COORDINATORS

Katarina Petrovićová (petrovic@mail.muni.cz) and Irena Radová (radova@phil.muni.cz).

CfP: Medievalism on the Screen: The representation of the Middle Ages in Audiovisual Media in the 21st century
2021-02-01 08:00 - 23:30 | Online

Místa setkávání
2021-02-28 08:00 - 17:00 | Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy, nám. Jana Palacha 2, Praha 1, 116 38, Česká republika
Interdisciplinární konference Místa setkávání: prostor a jeho narativy organizovaná doktorandy z Ústavu světových dějin, semináře středověku, k problematice a vnímání míst setkávání v narativu středověkých dějin.
Značná rozsáhlost a mnohovstevnatost pojmu místa setkávání zabezpečí účastníkům široké pole badání a množství příležitostí k aplikaci interdisciplinárního přístupu. Prostor pro výzkum se proto otevírá nejen pro historiky, ale i pro široké spektrum badatelů z oblasti humanitních a společenskovědních oborů (sociologie, antropologie, práva, literárně-vědních oborů nebo filozofie).
Pestrost metodologických přístupů, které se mohou vztahovat k vnímání míst setkávání, ať už v rovině společenských vrstev (panovnický dvůr, církev, měšťanstvo atd.), konkrétních prostorů (doma v kruhu rodiny, anebo v rámci uzavřených skupin, jako byly cechy, nebo ve velkých různorodých skupinách na výročních trzích, popravách atd.), tak také v rovině spirituálního, nebo politicko-vojenského přesvědčení účastníků setkávání (poutě, vojenská tažení atd.), nabízejí bádání jak z hlediska politických, církevních či hospodářských dějin, tak z pohledu vědeckého bádání v oblasti reality každodennosti a jejího vnímání.
Konference si klade za cíl především nastolení následujících otázek:
Která místa lze vnímat jako místa setkávání v narativu středověkých a raně novověkých dějin? Jak se proměňovalo jejich vnímání, a co bylo příčinou těchto změn? Jaký měla místa setkávání vliv na změny ve společnosti (např. v kontextu veřejných poprav, soudů, shromažďování okolo potulných kazatelů ect.)? Je v případě setkávání možné pozorovat kontinuitu, nebo se místa měnila v závislosti na společenských změnách? Jaký vliv měla shromáždění na veřejný prostor, měnil se jejich status? Formovala jednotlivá místa setkávání názory, víru a světonázor aktérů? Pokud ano, jakým způsobem? Jaký vliv na ně měli společenští aktéři a jak na ně nahlíželi? Hrálo v prožívání těchto míst zásadnější roli společenské postavení, pohlaví nebo věk? Jak byla místa setkávání zobrazována a vnímána později?
Časové omezení:
Středověk až raný novověk Vítány budou především příspěvky z oblastí vnímání míst setkávání v čase a prostoru na konkrétních případech a jejich narativy, jejich proměna v čase, pohled společnosti na ně a kulturní odlišnosti, jejich společenský význam a církevní rámec, interdisciplinární pohledy v kontextu historického bádání, vyobrazení a představy míst setkávání v umění a kultuře, prožitek míst setkávání, interpretační roviny a proměny, rituály a místa paměti, koncepty a interpretace.
Délka příspěvků: 20 minut, následná diskuze 15 minut
Určeno pro: Studenty doktorského studia a vědecké pracovníky.
Termín odevzdání příspěvku: Do 28. února 2021 (téma a krátká anotace v rozmezí 900–1800 znaků včetně mezer)
Kontakt: mista.setkavani@ff.cuni.cz
Termín a místo konání: 27.května 2021,budova Filozofi cké fakulty UK, Náměstí Jana Palacha, místnost č. 200
V případě nemožnosti prezenčního konání konference, bude uskutečněna ve stejném termínu v online prostředí MS Teams.

CfP: Marian Devotion in Late Medieval Society
2021-07-12 08:00 - 17:00 | Online
Marian devotion rose to new heights during the late Middle Ages, with a huge number of artistic depictions created in a variety of mediums and an influx of new music and texts written in her honour. Her non-biblical activities were documented in many additional writings, such as Voragine’s Golden Legend, and expounded upon by theologians and philosophers alike as well as forming a central part of late medieval literature. This informal interdisciplinary colloquium aims to bring together research on Marian devotion to widen our collective understanding of its prevalence and importance in late medieval society.
We invite participants from any discipline to submit proposals of no more than 300 words for informal 20-minute contributions (or shorter).
Please send an abstract, expected length (in minutes), and a short biography to hallas@mua.cas.cz.
Submission deadline: 12 July, 2021.
Notification of acceptance will be sent via email by 18 July, 2021. The colloquium will take place in Prague and/or online via Zoom, depending on epidemiological circumstance, on 29-30 October 2021
We particularly welcome contributions on
* Liturgical and secular music for Mary
* Artistic depictions of Mary (and iconography)
* Marian literature
* Medieval Marian theology
* The Biblical and Apocryphal Mary
* Marian feasts
* Eastern Marian devotion
* Interdisciplinary research

Power in Numbers. The Role of the Rural Population in Christianisation and State Formation
2021-08-31 08:00 - 17:00 | Ústav pro acheologii FF UK, Celetná 20, Praha 1, Česká republika
The meeting introduces a Primus project, “Empowering the Voiceless. The Role of the Rural Population in State Building and Christianisation in East-Central Europe”, started in early 2021 at the Department of Archaeology at Charles University, Prague, and aspires to invite scholars working on similar issues to join the discussion with their papers in the framework of a workshop. The proposed meeting is a first of a series that aims to bring together researchers from Europe, dealing with different, yet connected, affairs of the state and church networks’ of archaeological and historical heritage.
In the last decade, interest in the research of Christianisation has been growing. Diverse approaches in history were observable; researchers have investigated the process in the light of state formation, church law, hagiography, and continuing the most traditional branch of research, the development of the ecclesiastical network. This latter has been primarily focusing on the higher levels – archbishoprics, bishoprics, and monastic institutions – mostly due to sources’ availability. The largest segment of the population, thus the widest audience of Christianisation, and the smallest yet arguably most influential element of the church network on the process -local churches- were neglected, as their appearance in written sources is almost nonexistent. Archaeological discussion somewhat followed the footsteps of history; researchers also focused on the archaeology of the largest centres and their ecclesiastical institutions. Besides, investigations concentrated mainly on the individual by interpreting religion in burials and interpreting the pagan-Christian shift in different cemetery types. Still, the ambiguity of the definition and the relative scarcity of such data, these investigations did not result in reliable conclusions. Even though archaeology considered the significant impact that Christianisation had on transforming the rural landscape, targeted large-scale investigations are yet to be uncovered. Our Primus project focuses on researching the archaeological remains of the earliest network of (rural) local churches and their relation to Christianisation in East-Central Europe, contextualising and analysing them at a regional level.
Accordingly, the workshop aims to examine how and why state politics have interfered in diverse religious affairs; such as the process of Christianisation and the development of the local church system in the early Middle Ages, the promotion and support of certain cults, religious orders, or particular places of pilgrimage to the later Middle Ages, and give a Longue-durée perspective on the matter, by bringing these processes together.
The workshop welcomes papers focusing on the early and High Middle Ages, within the range of the following topics:
– early rural churches, churchyards and field cemeteries
– problem of transitional cemeteries and burial practices
– connection between early state power centres and the ecclesiastical network
– monastic networks and Christianisation
– material culture connected to Christianisation
Prague, 11-13. October 2021
Applicants are asked to send a brief abstract of their 20-minute project contribution (200-300 words) to maria.vargha@ff.cuni.cz by August 31st, 2021. Limited travel bursaries will be available for those without institutional funding opportunities. Please indicate your application for funding along with your abstract.
Appliaction deadline: August 31st, 2021.

Resilience, Persistence, and Agency
2021-09-15 08:00 - 17:00 | The American University of Paris
Resilience in the face of adversity for marginalized individuals, persistence in the face of obstacles created by hegemonic power structures, and creative or subversive forms of agency were as often exerted by feminine and queer actors in the Middle Ages as they are in the twenty-first century. Contemporary medieval scholarship is inflected by intersectional feminist frameworks that explore how individuals can understand and subvert power structures in the face of multiple oppressions, postcolonial studies that broadens our understanding of what constitutes a “Middle Ages,” and critical race theory that invites medievalists to interrogate the history of their discipline and the pernicious ends to which “medievalism” has been put in contemporary white supremacist discourses. This edition of the Gender and Medieval Studies Conference invites papers that examine how resilience, persistence, and agency were deployed by actors during the global Middle Ages and how medieval studies can play an activist role in deconstructing the misperceptions of the period that buttress oppressive politics.
The organizers welcome proposals on any aspect of resilience, persistence, and agency as it relates to medieval genders and sexualities from scholars at any stage of study or career.
Proposals for papers may include, but are not limited to:

Subversive discourses in the Middle Ages
covert agency
unrecognized resilience
transgressive behaviors
persistence and resistance
anachronism and activism
postcolonial medieval studies
recovering trans and queer narratives
antiracist medieval scholarship
non-European Middle Ages

We anticipate contributors giving papers of 10-15 minutes. Proposals for panels of 3-4 papers are also warmly welcomed, as are proposals for roundtables (90 minutes) of 3-5 participants. The conference aims to be as inclusive as possible and encourages participation from around the globe. As such the sessions and activities will be a mixture of on-site events in Paris with remote and/or asynchronous participation welcome. The conference will be broadcast via Zoom on Paris time.
Please submit proposed titles and abstracts of 300 words, with a short biography to Elizabeth Kinne (gmsconference2022@gmail.com) by September 15, 2021.

Nerostu moc?
2021-10-31 08:00 - 17:00 | Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy, nám. Jana Palacha 2, Praha 1, 116 38, Česká republika
Šesté mezioborové kolokvium CSS FF UK naváže ve dnech 25.–26. ledna 2022 na debatu „Hlína a kamení“ z roku 2020. Téma nadcházejícího setkání bude zaměřeno úžeji:
▰ NEROSTU MOC? ▰
Konec „dlouhého středověku“ či předmoderní doby je obvykle kladen do 18. století, časově se tedy shoduje s obdobím, jež těsně předcházelo takzvanému antropocénu – epoše, v níž se lidská činnost výrazně propisuje do geologické struktury Země. Proto jsou podoby geologické imaginace před antropocénem podstatnou medievistickou otázkou. Přestože většina středověkých kultur byla výrazně antropocentrická, dle J. J. Cohena nebyly nelidské části stvoření vnímány jen jako předměty určené člověku k výkladu a poučení. S ohledem na svou svébytnost, provázanost a samostatnou činnost nezávislou na člověku dokládaly třeba i míru, jíž se božství vymyká lidské imaginaci. Z neuchopitelné masy zemské hmoty si k diskusi vybíráme nerosty. Jejich povaha se zdá být vrcholně „neživá“ a stabilní, až téměř věčná a neměnná. Ve skutečnosti se však mocně hýbou, vznikají, zanikají, působí, konají – představují jinou časovost změny, jinou perspektivu bytí. Známa je středověká obliba lapidární katalogizace mocných úlomků i celých skal a hor, studována jsou exempla o neživých předmětech měnících směr i význam lidských životů, pozorujeme obrazy a sochy, v nichž jsou nerosty organizačním principem i základní výtvarnou složkou. Reflexe cyklické proměny živých těl v prach, kamení a hlínu jsou vlastní jak středověké, tak současné antropologii; Freudova psychoanalytická teorie zakládá na tíhnutí organického k neorganickému pud smrti… Tyto tradice, moderní i středověké, jsou pro připravovanou debatu inspirací.
Příklady anekdot, paradoxů a výzkumných otázek
▰ Isidor ze Sevilly definuje kámen jako to, co člověku brání v chůzi, co zakopávajícího zraňuje. Geologicky uvažující historik Kosmas považuje škobrtnutí o kámen za směšné a pokorně k němu přirovnává svůj rétorický výkon. Při psaní o minulosti si pak vypomáhá kruhem pohoří, události situuje na hory a vládnoucí muže usazuje na kamenný stolec. Ještě větší význam horninám a minerálům při ztvárnění dějin přikládali kronikáři mladší, jako třeba Bohuslav Balbín. Jak ve středověku působení nerostů měnilo lidské myšlení o záměrech, příbězích a dějinách? Kterými směry vedla neživá hmota interakci mezi etymologií a gramatikou, genezí a exegezí?
▰ Ve staročeské lyrice kámen ilustruje zranitelnost těla božího syna, ale zároveň je mu přisuzována léčivá moc i světelné a tepelné záření. Drahokam je rovněž činitelem schopným zadusit pekelný plamen a jeho přitažlivost je příkladem i vykonavatelem milosti, jež drží pohromadě svět. Jak se v anorganické sféře projevují emoce? Jak v ní fyzikálně i teologicky působí láska a jaké důsledky má atraktivita mezi živým a neživým?
▰ Augustin se vyznává z přesvědčení, že všechny věci mohou vypovídat o Bohu, pokud se jich na něj ptáme. Některé neživé předměty však odpovídají nečekaně. Přesvědčila se o tom liška, z jejíhož těla učinil neživou hmotu klesající džbán. V bajkách Leonarda da Vinci se kámen jednou touží skutálet k ostatním, ač si tím pohorší, jindy se vzpírá úderům, které z něj vykřesají jasný oheň. Jaké odpovědi dává anorganická hmota na otázky, jež nejsou položeny? V některých dějinných situacích nerosty nejsou ani tolik pro člověka, jako především samy pro sebe. Jak nás setkání s jejich lhostejností proměňuje?
▰ Mramorová lebka Jana Hasištejnského z Lobkovic zřejmě spočívá na mramorové nápodobě jeruzalémského čtverhranného kamene – „prostředku světa“, na němž si Jan kdysi dvě hodiny pospal. Naději na vzkříšení tu dává fyzický dotek neživé hmoty. S jiným doufáním jsou spojeny suiseki, s jiným Stonehenge či tajemství v Ka’bě. Václav Hájek z Libočan vypráví o nálezu obřích kostí, zachovalých snad z předpotopní doby, zázračné sochy pláčou, meteority snášejí energii z hvězd, římský cement svědčí o podivuhodných silách předků. Jak zachytit energii věcnosti, aniž by se zůstávalo jen u obrazů a textů?
Medievistické kolokvium bude jako obvykle otevřeno vědám přírodním i humanitním, globálním, lokálním, pozdně antickým i raně novověkým, badatelkám i badatelům začínajícím i vyzrálým. Náměty svých příspěvků zasílejte do 31. října 2021 na některou z následujících adres.
Kontakty:
vojta.bazant@gmail.com ▰ klarapetrikova8@gmail.com ▰ martin.sorm.martin@seznam.cz

Postgraduate and early career conference in medieval archaeology
2022-01-16 08:00 - 17:00 | Praha, Praha
In May 2022 the second MERC conference for postgraduate and early career researchers working with medieval archaeology will be held in collaboration with the Institute of Archaeology in Prague of the Czech Academy of Sciences and National Heritage Institute of the Czech Republic. It is intended as an accessible and informal forum for those working in and beyond Europe, showcasing and discussing new research.
If you are interested in presenting a paper, please e-mail a title and abstract of 200 words to medievalerc@gmail.com by 16 January 2022. Information about the programme and venue will provided in February of 2022 (and hopefully we will be more aware of the pandemic situation).

CfP: Dějiny starého hornictví a hutnictví od pravěku do novověku
2022-04-30 08:00 - 17:00 | Jihlava, Jihlava
Muzeum Vysočiny Jihlava, p. o. a partneři si vás dovolují pozvat na mezinárodní konferenci Stříbrná Jihlava 2022, která se uskuteční ve dnech 29. 9. – 1. 10. 2022 (čtvrtek až sobota) v kongresovém sále budovy B Krajského úřadu Kraje Vysočina, Žižkova ul. č. 57, Jihlava.
Záštitu konferenci udělil hejtman Kraje Vysočina Vítězslav Schrek
Téma konference:
Dějiny starého hornictví a hutnictví od pravěku do novověku
Na konferenci budou přijímány příspěvky těchto tematických okruhů:

historie báňských regionů v Evropě
montánní archeologie
průzkum, zaměřování a mapování historických dolů (do 18. století), virtuální modelování montánních památek
geologie – mineralogie s vazbou na těžbu nerostných surovin
numizmatika s vazbou na těžbu nerostných surovin
ochrana montánních památek – památková péče
prezentace montánních památek – expozice

Jazyky konference: angličtina – čeština – slovenština
Kontakt:
Sylva Pospíchalová
Muzeum Vysočiny Jihlava, p. o.
Masarykovo náměstí 55
586 01 Jihlava
stribrnajihlava@muzeum.ji.cz
Přihlášky včetně abstraktu posílejte na adresu: stribrnajihlava@muzeum.ji.cz do 30. 4. 2022 nebo poštou na adresu: Muzeum Vysočiny Jihlava, p. o. Sylva Pospíchalová Masarykovo náměstí 55 586 01 Jihlava
Účastnický poplatek na zajištění občerstvení a dopravy 500,- Kč (studenti a důchodci 200,- Kč) bude vybírán při prezenci.

CfP: Construction and Reconstruction in Medieval Urban Europe
2022-04-30 08:00 - 17:00 | Castelo de Vide, Castelo de Vide, Portugalsko

CfA: September Summer School in Medieval Studies
2022-04-30 08:00 - 17:00 | Akademické konferenční centrum, Husova 4a, Praha, 11000, Česká republika
Crisis & Transition in Late Medieval Central Europe: Politics – Religion – Environment
The organizers invite Ph.D. students to apply for a five-day September School in Medieval Studies that will explore the phenomenon of the so-called „Crisis of the Late Middle Ages“ in a Central European context from the perspective of political, environmental, and religious history.
Society tends to be sensitive to indications of crisis at a time when the political situation is shaken and a general sense of insecurity spreads. This is also true for the so-called crisis of the Late Middle Ages. The September School on „Crisis & Transition in Late Medieval Central Europe“ suggests analysing the correlation between the perception of crisis by individuals and social groups, objective economic (crop failures, dearth, famine), biological (epidemics), and environmental indicators (extreme weather events, climatic change), and the ‚public‘ discourse in which the situation is reflected. In this way, the Summer School attempts to replace a separate consideration of these aspects, which has long characterized Central European research on the crisis of the late Middle Ages, with an integrative approach that assumes an interlocking of political, religious, and economic spheres and their interaction with natural conditions.
This intensive five-day course for Ph.D. students in medieval studies will introduce the participants to the topic through working with sources and discussing the relevant historiography from all three mentioned fields of research on politics, religious and environmental phenomena. Our participants will learn about the existing approaches to the late medieval crisis. Based on their own reading and interpretation of the sources, followed by joint discussion, they will gain a deeper understanding of the methodological possibilities of investigating socio-political, cultural, and environmental phenomena of the Late Middle Ages.

ELIGIBILITY
The participants should be Ph.D. students working on the Middle Ages or interested in topics and methods of medieval studies. The language of the school is English (knowledge of Latin, German and Czech is welcome but not necessary).
PROGRAMME
The 5-day programme includes three input lectures from the organizers, collaborative work with primary sources, discussions based on reading of research literature, a medieval walking tour in Prague, and a one-day field trip to Erfurt.
COSTS
The school is free of charge. The organising institutions will cover accommodation in Prague and Leipzig and the transfer in between. We are aiming for a moderate reimbursement of travel expenses to Prague and from Leipzig.
Applicants should send an abstract of their thesis and a short CV to martin.bauch@leibniz-gwzo.de and soukup@flu.cas.cz
The deadline for applications is 30 April 2022. Selection and response before 1 June 2022.

CfP: Editing Reconsidered: Editors, Users and Curators od Medieval Sources in the 21st c.
2022-08-15 08:00 - 23:30 | Filozofická fakulta Masarykovy univerzity, Arna Nováka 1, Brno, 60200
Critical editions continue to be the primary reference works for scholars of the Middle Ages from various backgrounds. Recent debates in medieval manuscript studies and the growth of the digital community are opening new perspectives for edited and unedited medieval written sources. However, the dialogue between traditional and digital philology has not yet reached its full potential. Editors of medieval sources have been considered as cultural brokers of medieval studies but they are naturally not alone in the process of knowledge transmission. Their work is greatly influenced by curators of manuscript collections, while the recipients of the editions, especially the digital ones, also shape the knowledge transfer.
The 15th century in Europe, for example, is considered to be a period of reform impulses that various authors and communities spread through various channels. Authorship attribution and theories of the text, whose precision or even value was challenged in Minnis’s magisterial contribution (Minnis 1984), has gained a new meaning also through advances of modern textual scholarship (e.g. Partridge – Kwakkel 2012). Late medieval textual exchanges, including the reform ones, are still a research topic with great potential and dynamic development (Hobbins 2009).
We invite medievalists to discuss the challenges faced not only by editors, but also by recipients of critical editions in the 21st century. Some of these challenges are emerging with new digital technologies (Driscoll – Pierazzo 2016), others, such as the problem of authorship, have always been linked to scholarly editing.
The conference intends to explore more general themes reflecting editorial practices, techniques and approaches. We invite papers reconsidering a variety of editorial issues, including, but not limited to:

readers and recipients of critical editions
theory and practice: the need for general standards applicable to critical editions (philological vs. historical approaches)
under-represented authors, challenges to the concept of single-author models, multiple authorship
textual dynamics in “entangled” texts
literary output of the Czech Reformation and its opponents
textual responses to reform impulses (especially among religious orders)
digital methods for analysing literary texts
digital, print-digital and hybrid editions: expectations, challenges, outcomes
curating digital editions
open access policy and its impact on scholarly editing

Proposals for 20-minute papers in English should not exceed 300 words. The conference will be accompanied by a poster session (proposals of max. 200 words). We especially encourage presentations of ongoing editorial projects by early career scholars. All submissions should be sent to brnoconference2022@phil.muni.cz by August 15, 2022.
Conference organizers: Petra Mutlová, Libor Švanda, Lucie Mazalová, Zuzana Čermáková Lukšová
References:
Minnis, Alastair J. Medieval Theory of Authorship. Scholastic Literary Attitudes in the Later Middle Ages. London: Scolar Press, 1984.
Partridge, Stephen B. – Kwakkel, Erik (ed.). Author, Reader, Book. Medieval Authorship in Theory and Practice. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2012.
Hobbins, Daniel. Authorship and Publicity Before Print. Jean Gerson and the Transformation of Late Medieval Learning. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009.
Driscoll, Matthew J. – Pierazzo, Elena (ed.). Digital Scholarly Editing: Theories and Practices. Cambridge: Open Book Publishers, 2016.

CfP: Networking from the Centre: Queenship in Medieval Central Europe
2022-09-15 08:00 - 17:00 | University of Leeds, University of Leeds, Leeds, Spojené království

CfP: Continuity and Change in Medieval Central Europe
2022-09-30 00:00 | Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave, Gondova ulica 2, Bratislava, Slovensko
After successful conferences in Budapest (2014), Olomouc (2016), Zagreb (2018), and online in Gdansk (2021), the Fifth Biennial Conference of MECERN (http://mecern.eu/) will focus on the vexed relationship between continuity and change in medieval history, especially in Central Europe. Continuity and Change have always been topics that historians, archaeologists, art historians, social scientists and scholars from other disciplines were interested in. Recently our society has faced profound changes and disruptions. What was the situation in the Middle Ages? Was Central Europe as a specific historical, cultural, religious and political region shaped by continual developments on the social and political level, in the period ca. 500-1600? Or, was it rather marked by unexpected and radical changes, which were the essential driving forces in the regionʼs historical development? Which medieval changes influenced the development in Central Europe substantially? What were the ruptures in the medieval past? Which phenomena and spheres of life were marked by continuity rather than change? What are the methods that medievalists use to detect and study them?
Proposals may address (but are not limited to) the following issues:

continuity and change in Central Europe with respect to historical periods and periodization, ways and uses of periodization and division of the past, the beginning and the end of the Middle Ages in Central Europe
continuity and persistence of pagan and Roman elements in Central Europe
continuities and changes with respect to decline of old and the establishment of new political and state units in Central Europe (such as Great Moravia, medieval kingdoms of Bohemia, Poland and Hungary, etc.)
persistent or changing impacts of empires present in or surrounding Central Europe
continuity and change with respect to Christianization of society throughout the medieval period, Reformation(s) and continuity and change
continuity and change from archaeological perspective
crucial political, social, economic, religious, cultural changes and turning points in medieval Central Europe
discoveries and inventions, introduction of novelties
new literary and artistic genres and styles (e.g. Humanist, Renaissance) versus continuities
continuities and changes in the visual and material culture

We welcome proposals from scholars researching all aspects of history, from political, social, cultural, economic, ecclesiastical, urban to art, literary, intellectual, and legal history, historiography, auxiliary sciences, archaeology, historical anthropology.
Both individual and panel submissions are welcome, with papers expected to be twenty-minutes long.

Deadline for submissions: 30 September 2022
Please submit a 250-word abstract and one-page CV to mecern.bratislava2023@gmail.com

Planned registration fee: EUR 85
Reduced fee for PhD students: EUR 45
No registration fees for scholars from Ukraine and in difficult conditions. Small amount of bursaries might be available to help cover travel expenses.

All accepted participants will be notified by 30 October 2022
CfP as PDF

CfP: The 2nd International Medieval Sermon Studies Society Doctoral and Postdoctoral Online Forum
2022-11-21 23:30
The International Medieval Sermon Studies Society (IMSSS) promotes and fosters the study of medieval sermons and preaching in Latin and vernacular languages within their social, literary, religious, intellectual, theological, catechetical, political, and historical contexts. Continuing with our initiative established last academic year, IMSSS seeks to provide an online forum for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers to receive input on their projects from peers and senior scholars in a virtual format. To this end, we are inviting current PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers to submit proposals for the second IMSSS Virtual Research Workshop.
The purpose of the Workshop is two-fold: To assist PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers in developing and improving their research projects; To assist PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers in building an international network of fellow students and renowned faculty.
Early career scholars will have the opportunity to present their current research projects – or any aspects of those projects related to preaching – for discussion by their colleagues and senior faculty. One or two designated respondents, chosen for their topical expertise, will provide initial feedback and questions for further consideration. Open discussion will follow.
We invite proposals in two different categories:
– Thesis Proposals and/or a short sample from your PhD thesis: appropriate for PhD candidates who desire feedback on their ideas for their continuing work.
– Research Papers: Early career scholars with projects at any stage toward completion, from initial conception to completed studies.
– Presenters from last year may submit a proposal, but priority will be given to first-time applicants. Those interested in attending and presenting their research should submit a brief statement of interest by November 21, 2022 to the following Council Member of the Society: Dr Carolyn Muessig (carolyn.muessig@ucalgary.ca).
This statement should contain:
Name
Affiliation
Name(s) of advisor(s)
Project title
Brief project description (250 words)
After receiving the proposals, we plan to organize two or three virtual meetings, tentatively in January, February, and April. Those chosen to participate will be asked to send a more substantial project description to the designated responder(s) at least 2 weeks prior to the event. If you would like more information about the society, its journal Medieval Sermon Studies, and membership please visit our website: https://imsss.net/

CfP: Víno jako kulturní fenomén ve městech od středověku do 19. století
2023-04-15 23:30

CfP: 22. zasedání k problematice sepulkrálních památek
2023-06-15 08:00 - 17:00
Periodické mezinárodní konference k problematice sepulkrálních památek pořádá Ústav dějin umění AV ČR, v. v. i., od roku 2000. Hlavním cílem těchto akcí je umožnit vzájemný kontakt zainteresovaných zástupců všech s danou problematikou souvisejících d isciplín ( dějin umění, obecných dějin, pomocných věd historických, archeologie, památkové péče, muzejnictví, restaurátorské praxe, petrografie a d.) ve prospěch větší interdisciplinarity a koordinace dosud rozptýleného bádání. Věnují se všem aspektům uvedené problematiky, preferován je ovšem věcný či metodický vztah ke středoevropskému materiálu a primární věcné či kontextuální zaměření na hmotné sepulkrální památky v užším pojetí.
Kromě běžného programu bude v rámci zasedání samostatný blok, ve spolupráci s Historickým ústavem AV ČR, věnován problematice šlechtických pohřebišť v pozdním středověku a raném novověku. Zde uvítáme především příspěvky, které si všímají regionálních, nadregionálních i internacionálních vlivů na podobu rodové pohřební tradice u domácích i v Čechách zakoupených cizích rodů, stejně tak i příspěvky zaměřené na koncepce rodových nekropolí, jejich vazbu k rezidencím apod., ale i roli rodových nekropolí jakožto ohnisek tradice a paměti.
Příspěvky zasedání budou publikovány v řadě Epigraphica & Sepulcralia nakladatelství ÚDU AV ČR, v. v. i., Artefactum.
Vyzýváme tímto zájemce o aktivní účast k zaslání návrhu příspěvku (název, stručné resumé). Délka vystoupení se předpokládá 20 minut, přihlásit lze rovněž zprávy v trvání max. 10 minut a postery.
Návrhy posílejte prosím do 15. června 2023 na adresu rohacek@udu.cas.cz. Zde zodpovíme i případné dotazy.

CfP: Arbiter, arbitrator, or compositor amicabilis
2023-06-30 08:00 - 17:00 | Filozofická fakulta Masarykovy univerzity, Arna Nováka 1, Brno, 60200
The somewhat simplistic characterization of medieval arbitration prompts a general reflection
on its development in legal handbooks, normative texts, and diplomatic sources. Tracing
the practice of arbitration is a priority, as it evolved and changed in parallel with the norm but
is not always easy to reconstruct. To aid in this endeavour, the following sub-questions are
helpful: How does the diplomatic material reflect the arbitration process, and what documents
were produced during arbitration and what was their role? What procedural rules and principles
governed arbitration at a particular time and in a specific setting? Who could serve as an
arbitrator, and what types of disputes could the arbitrator decide? What elements had to be
included in the arbitrator‘s award? How did the contemporary terminology used in arbitration
differ among national and legal systems?
The upcoming international workshop offers a forum for discussion among historians, legal
historians, philologists, and other interested scholars.
The range of topics that may be considered in papers includes:
1. Arbitration through the lens of legal theory:
a. Arbitration in Classical and Justinian’s Roman Law
b. Arbitration in the works of medieval Roman law schools (glossators,
commentators, etc.)
c. Arbitration in Canon Law
d. Arbitration in the particularistic legal orders (provincial law, municipal law,
canon law, etc.)
2. Reflections on arbitration in pragmatic writings:
a. Agenda of the arbitral tribunal
b. Arbitration documents from a diplomatic and legal perspective
c. Terminology and its evolution (arbiter, arbitrator, compositor amicabilis,
ubrmani, hadčí, etc.)
3. Arbitration in practice:
a. The person and competence of the arbitrator
b. Subject-matter, personal, and local jurisdiction
c. The various stages of arbitration
d. Arbitration from the perspective of jurisdictional disputes
e. Reconstruction of specific cases (analysis of awards and other documents)
f. Normative anchoring of arbitration and its (in)acceptance in practice.
Important dates and guide for participants:
The workshop is scheduled to take place on the 4th to 6th December 2023 and will be hosted
at the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University in Brno. The presentations and discussions
will be conducted in English. The papers will be published in a monothematic issue of Studia
historica Brunensia (database ERIH +).
The deadline to submit abstracts (including your name, email and affiliation) is June 30th,
2023. The abstracts should be no longer than 300 words. Notification of acceptance: July
30th, 2023. We will contact you about the acceptance of the paper and further details.
To submit your abstracts, please send to: bar@phil.muni.cz. Do not hesitate to contact us
with any inquiries regarding the workshop program.
Organising committee:
Mgr. et Mgr. Lenka Šmídová Malárová, Ph.D (smidova.malarova@mail.muni.cz)
Mgr. Lukáš Führer, Ph.D (lukas.fuhrer@phil.muni.cz)
Mgr. Přemysl Bar, Ph.D (bar@phil.muni.cz)
Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies
Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno

Castrum Bene 2023: Burg und (Un)Recht
2023-09-04 08:00 - 2023-09-08 17:00
Die Tagung ist interdisziplinär und thematisch weit konzipiert. Sie konzentriert sich auf das Problem befestigter Sitze und deren Beziehung zum mittelalterlichen und frühneuzeitlichen Recht. Dabei sollen insbesondere die folgenden Themen diskutiert werden:
– Burg und Herrschaftsdomäne und ihre Beziehung zum Besitzrecht,
– Bauformen von Burgen im Kontext besitzrechtlicher Beziehungen,
– die Burg als Orte der Schaffung und Ausübung von Recht,
– die Burg und ihre Funktion bei der Gewährleistung der Sicherheit,
– die Burg als Verwaltungszentrum,
– die Burg als Konfliktobjekt,
– Erbauung, Abriss und Bauform der Burg im zeitgenössischen Recht,
– rechtliche Fragen bezüglich der Burg, als Residenz-, Befestigungs- und Sakralobjekt,
– die Burg im Kontext der Siedlungsstruktur,
– aktuelle Erkenntnisse der europäischen Burgenkunde,
Die Tagung soll den Vortragenden die Möglichkeit geben, aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse vorzustellen, und gleichzeitig eine Plattform für einen breiten Austausch von Experten aus Burgenkunde, Rechtsgeschichte und verwandten Disziplinen bieten.
Vorträge sollten eine Länge von ca. 15 Minuten haben. Tagungssprachen sind Deutsch und Englisch.
Zur Veröffentlichung geplante Beiträge reichen Sie bitte bis 31. Dezember 2023 per E-Mail (cabe@kar.zcu.cz)ein.
Die Anmeldung erfolgt elektronisch von Februar bis Ende April 2023.
Reichen Sie bitte Abstracts ihrer Vorträge bis 30. April 2023 per E-Mail (cabe@kar.zcu.cz) ein.
Tagungsbeitrag: 90 €
Studierende: 50 €
Die Zahlungsangaben sowie nähere Informationen zur Tagung werden im weiteren Verlauf zur Verfügung gestellt.
Unterkünfte werden nicht organisiert und nicht erstattet. Wir empfehlen die Hotels im Pilsener Stadtzentrum – eine Übersicht finden Sie zum Beispiel auf https://www.visitplzen.eu/ubytovani/. Sie können außerdem das Unterkunftsangebot der Studentenwohnheime der Westböhmischen Universität nutzen (1 Nacht /2 Personen pro Zimmer/ 350,-Kč/ca. 15 €; 1 Nacht /1 Person pro Zimmer/ 730,-Kč/ca. 30 €). Unterkünfte im Studentenwohnheim können per E-Mail an die Organisatoren (cabe@kar.zcu.cz) reserviert werden.
Tagungskommittee:
doc. PhDr. Pavel Vařeka, Ph.D.; Vorsitzender; Katedra archeologie Fakulty filozofické Západočeské univerzity v Plzni
PhDr. Josef Hložek, Ph.D.; Katedra archeologie Fakulty filozofické Západočeské univerzity v Plzni doc. JUDr. Vilém Knoll, Ph.D.; Katedra právních dějin Fakulty právnické Západočeské univerzity v Plzni
PhDr. Peter Bednár, CSc.; Archeologický ústav, Slovenská akadémia vied
Dr. Artur Boguszewicz; Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Wydział Nauk Historycznych i Pedagogicznych, Katedra Etnologii i Antropologii Kulturowej
Dr. Istvan Feld; Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Humanities, Institute of Archaeological Sciences
Ing. arch. Petr Chotěbor, CSc.; Odbor památkové péče Kanceláře prezidenta republiky Praha 1 – Hrad
Mag. Dr. Martin Krenn; Bundesdenkmalamt, Abteilung für Archäologie
doc. Dr. Silvia Pisk; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Assoc. Prof. Katarina Katja Predovnik; Univerza v Ljubljani, Filozofska fakulteta, Oddelek za archeologijo
Dr. Adrian Andrei Rusu; Institutul de Arheologie și Istoria Artei al Academiei Române
Kontakt: cabe@kar.zcu.cz

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