Periodization II: What Can We Do about It?
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Special Session
Organizer Name
Eric Weiskott
Organizer Affiliation
Boston College
Presider Name
Eric Weiskott
Paper Title 1
Erasing the Past: The College Board's War against History
Presenter 1 Name
Leslie Abend
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Central High School
Paper Title 2
Periodization and the Longue Durée: Heresy and the Salem Witch Trials
Presenter 2 Name
R. D. Perry
Presenter 2 Affiliation
St. Louis Univ.
Paper Title 3
Narrating a Web instead of a Rupture
Presenter 3 Name
Miranda Wilcox
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Brigham Young Univ.
Paper Title 4
Respondent
Presenter 4 Name
Megan Cook
Presenter 4 Affiliation
Colby College
Start Date
9-5-2019 3:30 PM
Session Location
Fetzer 2020
Description
The traditional periodization of the Middle Ages no longer seems as helpful as it once was. In recent years, medievalists have begun to question and to chip away at some of the concepts that have shaped this period: the implied modernity and superiority of the Renaissance, a sense of homogeneity (religious, economic, and cultural), and Eurocentrism. At the same time, the growing marginalization of medieval studies and the humanities more generally at the institutional level have made questions about the identity of the medieval period all the more pressing. Along with "Periodization I: Do We Need It? (Roundtable)," this session will provide a forum for reconsidering the question of periodization and identifying a path forward.
Eric Weiskott
Periodization II: What Can We Do about It?
Fetzer 2020
The traditional periodization of the Middle Ages no longer seems as helpful as it once was. In recent years, medievalists have begun to question and to chip away at some of the concepts that have shaped this period: the implied modernity and superiority of the Renaissance, a sense of homogeneity (religious, economic, and cultural), and Eurocentrism. At the same time, the growing marginalization of medieval studies and the humanities more generally at the institutional level have made questions about the identity of the medieval period all the more pressing. Along with "Periodization I: Do We Need It? (Roundtable)," this session will provide a forum for reconsidering the question of periodization and identifying a path forward.
Eric Weiskott