Inclusion and Exclusion in the Middle Ages I
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Program in Medieval Studies, Princeton Univ.
Organizer Name
Helmut Reimitz
Organizer Affiliation
Princeton Univ.
Presider Name
William Chester Jordan
Presider Affiliation
Princeton Univ.
Paper Title 1
Urban Violence: Riot Culture and Dynamics in Late Antique Eastern
Presenter 1 Name
David A. Heayn
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Graduate Center, CUNY
Paper Title 2
Christians under Islamic Rule: The Benefits of Collaboration and Inclusion
Presenter 2 Name
Chris Prejean
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Univ. of California-Los Angeles
Paper Title 3
Inclusivity and Exclusivity in the Transmission of Poetic Knowledge in Early Medieval Japan
Presenter 3 Name
Malgorzata Citko
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Univ. of Hawaii-Manoa
Paper Title 4
At the Crossroads of Kingship and Disability: The Case of Baldwin IV of Jerusalem
Presenter 4 Name
Samantha Summers
Presenter 4 Affiliation
Queen's Univ. Kingston
Start Date
11-5-2018 1:30 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 I
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