Inclusion and Exclusion in the Middle Ages II
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Program in Medieval Studies, Princeton Univ.
Organizer Name
Helmut Reimitz
Organizer Affiliation
Princeton Univ.
Presider Name
Pamela A. Patton
Presider Affiliation
Index of Medieval Art, Princeton Univ.
Paper Title 1
The Idea of Luxury and the Dynamics of Power in Medieval Romance
Presenter 1 Name
Lydia Kertz
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Columbia Univ.
Paper Title 2
Nigros Æthiopes turpes reputamus: The Philology of Color and the Construction of Race in the Middle Ages
Presenter 2 Name
Leland Grigoli
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Brown Univ.
Paper Title 3
Debilis, the Liber Glossarum, and Christianization in the Carolingian Empire
Presenter 3 Name
Valerie Piro
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Princeton Univ.
Start Date
11-5-2018 3:30 PM
Session Location
Schneider 1220
Description
Today the “medieval” is cited continuously in political discourse but in ways that demonstrate either how little most people really know about the Middle Ages or how viciously they care to distort the medieval past for pernicious, racist, ends. Likewise, we medievalists can benefit from taking contemporary issues and exploring their configurations in the medieval context. Not only does this help us become more historically accurate in our scholarship, but it also helps us understand the biases we, in the present, continue to hold. Most medieval societies accommodated and integrated people with ethnic, linguistic, and religious identities different from the majority population, while at the same time policing those minority communities on a local and supra-local level. In the two session we hope to explore the tension between and complexities of inclusion and exclusion in the Middle Ages with examples from different sources such as literature, art, architecture, religious discourses, legal concepts and procedures, social practices, and political instrumentalizations as well as from contexts outside of medieval Europe who might examine these dynamics of inclusion and exclusion within different cultures and regions.
Helmut Reimitz
Inclusion and Exclusion in the Middle Ages II
Schneider 1220
Today the “medieval” is cited continuously in political discourse but in ways that demonstrate either how little most people really know about the Middle Ages or how viciously they care to distort the medieval past for pernicious, racist, ends. Likewise, we medievalists can benefit from taking contemporary issues and exploring their configurations in the medieval context. Not only does this help us become more historically accurate in our scholarship, but it also helps us understand the biases we, in the present, continue to hold. Most medieval societies accommodated and integrated people with ethnic, linguistic, and religious identities different from the majority population, while at the same time policing those minority communities on a local and supra-local level. In the two session we hope to explore the tension between and complexities of inclusion and exclusion in the Middle Ages with examples from different sources such as literature, art, architecture, religious discourses, legal concepts and procedures, social practices, and political instrumentalizations as well as from contexts outside of medieval Europe who might examine these dynamics of inclusion and exclusion within different cultures and regions.
Helmut Reimitz