Medievalism from around the world
Médiévalismes des quatre coins du monde
The Middle Ages, vector of cultural domination or mirror of cultural diversity?
Le Moyen Âge, vecteur de domination ou miroir de la diversité culturelle ?
Published on Thursday, April 20, 2023
Abstract
The summer school “Medievalisms form around the world” will question the issues of the reception of the Middle Ages in the age of globalisation. The working week will alternate théoretical reflexions (conferences, round tables) and practical work (experimental workshop) in English and French.
Announcement
Presentation
Is the “Middle Ages” that American, Chinese and African societies reimagine today the same? Does medievalism only value the European societies of the 5th-15th centuries or is the notion also relevant for other regions of the world, other period of history, qualified as “Middle Ages”? Do the various forms of appropriation of the Middle Ages today (artistic creation, leisure economy, cultural mediation) contribute to the global domination of Anglo-Saxon culture, or are they vectors of valorization for local cultural identities?
The summer school “Medievalisms form around the world” will question the issues of the reception of the Middle Ages in the age of globalisation. The working week will alternate théoretical reflexions (conferences, round tables) and practical work (experimental workshop) in English and French.
Summer school dates: Lausanne 11-15 september 2023
Programme
Lundi 11.09.2023
Which worlds for which medievalisms?
9.00 Registration, welcome coffee
- 9.30-10.15 Estelle Doudet & Filippo Fonio, Welcome and introduction to the school
- 10.30-11.15 Keynote speech, Tommaso Di Carpegna Falconieri (Urbino), The compass rose of medievalism / La rose des vents du médiévalisme
11.30-12.30 Experts’ round-table
- Tommaso Di Carpegna Falconieri (Urbino), Taku Kuroiwa (Tohoku U.), Anne-Cécile LeRibeuz-Koenig (U. La Réunion), Laurent Di Filippo (U. Lorraine), The Middle Ages, vector of cultural domination or mirror of cultural diversity?
12.30-14.00 Lunch
- 14.00-15.30 Medieval Lab Hélène Cordier (UNIL), Medievalist memes and cultural diversity / Mêmes médiévalisants et diversité culturelle
Coffee break
- 16.00-17.30 Medieval Lab Laurent Di Filippo (U. Lorraine), Board games and Scandinavian stories / Jeux de plateau et récits scandinaves
17.45-18.00 Collective feedback on the day’s activities
Mardi 12.09.2023
West / East
9.45-10.00 Presentation of the day’s activities
- 10.-10.45 Lecture Justine Breton (Reims), Dark Ages or Âges sombres : English- and French-Speaking Views on Medievalist TV Series / Âges sombres ou Dark Ages : approches francophone et anglophone des séries médiévalistes
- 11.15-12.00 Lecture Taku Kuroiwa (Tohoku U.), Roland, a Western Samurai? The constitution of a composite “medieval” imaginary in modern Japan / Roland, un samouraï occidental ? La constitution d'un imaginaire “médiéval” composite au Japon moderne
12.30-14.00 Lunch
- 14.00-15.30 Medieval Lab Taku Kuroiwa, Justine Breton, Youth literature, Video Games and Chilvary: Contact Point or Battlefield for Eastern/Western Medieval imaginations?
Coffee break
- 15.45.-17.15 Lecture & workshop Filippo Fonio (U. Grenoble Alpes), Transnational Dantesque Imagination and Global Medievalisms / Imaginaire dantesque transnational et médiévalismes mondiaux
17.45-18.00 Collective feedback on the day’s activities
Mercredi 13.09.2023
North / South
9.30-9.45 Presentation of the day’s activities
- 10.-10.45 Lecture Anne-Cécile Le Ribeuz-Koenig (U. La Réunion) Practising the European Middle Ages from the Indian Ocean: from a colonial culture to a global culture / Pratiquer le Moyen Âge européen depuis l'océan indien : d'une culture coloniale à une culture globale
Coffee break
- 11.15-12 Lecture Laurent Di Filippo (U. Lorraine), Imagining the Scandinavian Middle Ages / Imaginer le Moyen Âge scandinave
Packed lunches
Departure for a site visit around 12.30 pm from Lausanne station.
Arrival around 1.30-2pm Visit and free time
Jeudi 14.09.2023
Ways of doing and transmitting
9.30-9.45 Presentation of the day’s activities
- 9.45-10.30 Lecture Daniel Jaquet (Berne/Neuchâtel), Martial Arts of the Middle Ages, Crossroads between East and West / Arts martiaux du Moyen Âge, regards croisés entre l’Orient et l’Occident
- 11.-12.30 Workshop Leticia Ding (UNIL), The African Middle Ages, a cultural mediation object for the “Afrique en Ville” festival, between cultural memory and community construction / Le Moyen Âge africain, un objet de médiation culturelle pour le festival « Afrique en Ville », entre mémoire culturelle et construction communautaire
12.30-14.00 Lunch
! 2 parallel workshops
- 14.00-15.30 Medieval lab Estelle Doudet (UNIL), Virtual Reality & Medievalism, path to local or global ? / Réalité virtuelle & médievalisme: voie vers le local ou le global ?
- 14.00-15.30 Medieval lab Filippo Fonio (U. Grenoble Alpes), The Medieval brand: a global economy? / La marque “medieval": une économie mondialisée?
Coffee break
- 16.00-17.30 Medieval Lab Daniel Jaquet, Practice of the European historical martial arts / Pratique des arts martiaux historiques européens
17.30.-18.00 Collective feedback on the day’s activities
Vendredi 15.09.2023
Global medievalism for tomorrow
10.-11.30 Young researchers’ Round-table
- Jeanne Lompré-Mousnier & Chiara ZAMBELLI (Un. Grenoble Alpes), Medievalism(s) : what role in the construction of the individual and the community? / Médiévismes et médiévalismes : quel rôle dans la construction de l'individu et de la communauté ?
11.30-12 Estelle Doudet & Filippo Fonio, Conclusions
Application
Applications (CV and motivation letter) must be sent to Ms Estelle Doudet: estelle.doudet@unil.ch and Mr Filippo Fonio: filippo.fonio@unv-grenoble-alpes.fr
no later than July 13th, 2023.
Language skills in French and English are required.
Jury
- Justine Breton (Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne)
- Hélène Cordier (Université de Lausanne)
- Prof. Tommaso di Carpegna Falconieri (Università Degli Studi Di Urbino Carlo Bo)
- Prof. Laurent Di Filippo (Université de Lorraine)
- Leticia Ding (Université de Lausanne)
- Dr Daniel Jaquet (University of Bern)
- Prof. Taku Kuroiwa (Tohoku University)
- Dr Anne-Cécile Le Ribeuz-Koenig (Université de la Réunion)
- Jeanne Lompré-Mousnier (Université Grenoble-Alpes)
- Chiara Zambelli (Université Grenoble-Alpes)
Subjects
- Middle Ages (Main category)
Places
- UNIL - Centre d'études médiévales et post-médiévales
Lausanne, Switzerland
Event attendance modalities
Full on-site event
Date(s)
- Thursday, July 13, 2023
Attached files
Keywords
- médiévalisme, Moyen Âge, médiation culturelle, réception
Contact(s)
- Estelle Doudet
courriel : estelle [dot] doudet [at] unil [dot] ch - Filippo Fonio
courriel : filippo [dot] fonio [at] univ-grenoble-alpes [dot] fr
Reference Urls
Information source
- Chiara Zambelli
courriel : chiara [dot] zambelli [at] univ-grenoble-alpes [dot] fr
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« Medievalism from around the world », Summer School, Calenda, Published on Thursday, April 20, 2023, https://doi.org/10.58079/1b1l

