[H-verkko] Artikkelipyyntö: Medievalism between East and West, 26-27 September 2019

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Agricolan ilmoituksiin on lähetetty uusi artikkelipyyntö: 
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Medievalism between East and West, 26-27 September 2019
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Call for Papers:

Medievalism between East and West

University of Turku, Finland

The imagination of the Middle Ages runs wild on the internet. From popular history to pseudohistorical conspiracy theories, from gaming culture to memes, the medieval inspires the present. The study of medievalism is now a well-established field of study, but scholars rarely venture beyond American and Western European cultural sphere.

The conference Medievalism between East and West explores medievalism, pseudo-history and history politics in Northern Europe and Russia. The conference has an emphasis on Finland and Russia but welcomes papers treating its themes in all geographical areas.

Although a small Nordic nation, Finland is an illuminating case of contemporary medievalism: the Middle Ages is not a part of main-stream history politics, but in recent years internet subcultures have developed blooming, mostly nationalistic discussions that challenge scholarly interpretations of history with visions of mighty early medieval kingdoms. Since 2015, the anti-immigrant movement in Finland created a particular case of medievalism as some street patrols banded under the organisation “Soldiers of Odin”. In terms of medievalism, Finland stands in the border of East and West, sharing much of its medieval history with its Slavic neighbours. Finnish popular culture and consequently most of the medievalist influences, however, are predominantly Western.

In Russia, the medieval past is much more prominent in official history politics than in most Western European countries. Both the Russian state and the Orthodox Church in Russia look back to their more than one thousand years of history – both real and imagined. Alongside the established historical understanding, also Russian internet discussions feature pseudo-historical imaginations of a forgotten era of a glorious Slavic empire.

Keynote speakers at the conference are:

Dr Sirpa Aalto, University of Oulu
Dr Andrew B. Elliot, University of Lincoln
Dr Kati Parppei, University of Eastern Finland
Prof. Sergey Zhuravlev, Institute of Russian History, Russian Academy of Sciences

The organisers invite paper proposals for a number of themes relating to the topic, for example:

medievalist pseudo-histories
medievalist myths of origins
internet medievalism
the Middle Ages in state history politics
medievalism and 21st-century nationalism
medievalism and political extremism
methods and theories in the study of medievalism
digital humanities and medievalism

The abstract should be max. 400 words long and be accompanied by a short CV (max. 1 page). The deadline for proposals is 31 March 2019. Proposals and inquiries about the conference should be sent to the address pseudohistoria [at] utu.fi

The conference is organised by the research project The Ancient Finnish Kings: a computational study of pseudohistory, medievalism and history politics in contemporary Finland and Russia (funded by the Emil Aaltonen Foundation), in co-operation with Turku Institute for Advanced Studies.

https://sites.utu.fi/pseudohistoria/news/cfp-medievalism-between-east-and-west-september-2019/
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Lisätietoja:
Reima Välimäki
pseudohistoria at utu.fi
https://sites.utu.fi/pseudohistoria/news/cfp-medievalism-between-east-and-west-september-2019/

Ilmoitus vanhenee: 31.3.2019 klo 23:59

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