medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Posted by Dave Postles on behalf of Richard Rodger, Centre
> for Urban History, University of Leicester ([log in to unmask])
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> CALL FOR PAPERS
> Segregation, Integration, and Assimilation in Medieval Towns
> CEU, Budapest, 20-22 February, 2003
>
> In 2003, the traditional annual interdisciplinary workshop at
> the Department of Medieval Studies will focus on the forms,
> benefits and problems of the co-existence of various ethnic
> and religious groups in medieval towns. This athmosphere of
> tolerance and intolerance, mixed impulses, inspirations, and
> conflicts may be grasped only in fragments, with the combined
> use of written, archaeological, pictorial, topographical, and
> linguistic evidence. The first basic question is whether this
> diversity was a precondition, a catalyst, an essential
> phenomenon or an unwanted consequence of urbanisation; the
> second is what patterns have developed over time to handle
> the challenges arising from such a complex situation. During
> the workshop, this set of questions will be examined from
> several aspects, including the following:
> - The role of various minorities in the emergence of towns
> and the development of urban topography: Did the various
> ethnic and religious groups form different urban nuclei or
> were they integrated in a linear form of development? Did the
> various ethnic and religious groups reside in separate
> quarters or streets, or was there rather a segregation by
> wealth or occupation?
> - Urban administration: Did the ruling elite apply special
> measures concerning minority groups? Did these groups have
> their own separate internal administration and if so, how did
> that fit into the wider framework?
> - Forms of communication: How did multilingualism or the use
> of different languages function in oral and written
> communication? What was the role of signs and symbols as
> alternative forms of communication in urban public life?
> - Outward appearance of the people and their personal
> environment: How did the appearance and clothing of the
> individuals and the interiors and exteriors of their homes
> reflect their attachment to ethnic or religious communities?
> What strategies were employed to signal a multi-fecetted or
> changing identity?
> - How did the various larger or smaller religious and ethnic
> communities influence each other? What were the limits of
> understanding and tolerance, and how were these influenced by
> political events or changes in the economic position of a
> town? Can similar trends be observed all over Europe, were
> there regional patterns or rather differences between larger
> and smaller towns in the behaviour towards minorities? How
> did the relatively late urbanization of Central and Eastern
> Europe affect these attitudes?
>
> Proposals for papers on these or other, related, topics are
> welcome. The workshop is traditionally conducted in true
> workshop-seminar style, so paper-presenters are requested to
> present in advance a specific selection of texts or images or
> other sources (maximum 4 pages or equivalent) so that they
> can be discussed and evaluated together with the other
> participants during the workshop. Doctoral students, both
> from CEU and elsewhere, are encouraged to present their work.
> A preliminary indication of interest with a working title
> should reach the organizers by 1 July 2002. Further details
> will be available on request during the summer and autumn of
> 2002. The final program will be available in November 2002.
> For more information and to express interest please contact
> Dept. of Medieval Studies, CEU, Nádor u. 9, H-1051 Budapest,
> Hungary ([log in to unmask]); Balázs Nagy ([log in to unmask]) or
> Katalin Szende ([log in to unmask]).
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