"Can These Bones Come to Life?" II: Issues of Authority in Reconstructing, Reenacting, and Recreating the Past (and in Medieval Studies)

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Societas Johannis Higginsis

Organizer Name

Kenneth Mondschein

Organizer Affiliation

Massachusetts Center for Renaissance Studies/Anna Maria College

Presider Name

Karen Cook

Presider Affiliation

Hartt School, Univ. of Hartford

Paper Title 1

Experimental Archaeology as Fieldwork

Presenter 1 Name

V. M. Roberts

Presenter 1 Affiliation

York Univ.

Paper Title 2

Crowd Sourcing Culture: The Death of Expertise

Presenter 2 Name

Michael A. Cramer

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY

Paper Title 3

The Perception of Legitimacy: How Culture Wars Hurt (or Help) the Authority of Academic Medievalism

Presenter 3 Name

Kenneth Mondschein

Start Date

12-5-2018 3:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1120

Description

Session on ideas of "authority" in medievalism, reenactment, historical recreation, and its implications for the academy and the profession at large.

Kenneth C. Mondschein