A European Middle Ages. Circulation of Objects, Practices, and Techniques between Central and Western Europe (1000–1600)
Fourth PhD Students Workshop organized within the cooperation agreement signed by EHESS, CEFRES, Charles University and the Czech Academy of Sciences.
Date: April 24, 2025
Location: CEFRES, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1 (and online, to get the link, register at the address cefres@cefres.cz)
Language of the workshop: English
Convenors:
- Lise Saussus, Center of historical research, UMR 8558, School of Higher Studies in Social Sciences
- Jakub Sawicki, Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague
- Tomasz Cymbalak, National Heritage Institute, Prague
- Nicolas Thomas, National Institute of Preventive Archeological Research, Laboratory of Western Medieval Studies, Paris
Program
Each 30-min sequence includes 20-min of presentations and 10-min of questions
09h30-09h45: welcoming participants
09:45-10:00 : Introduction – Lise Saussus (EHESS, Centre de recherches historiques, Paris)
10:00-11:15 : Keynote Reading Objects as Texts: Schemata, Rhizomes, Airways – Vincent Debiais (EHESS, Centre de recherches historiques, Paris), with discussions
11:15-11:30: Coffee break
11:30-12:00: Producing basse-taille enamels in late-medieval Europe: approaching
craftmanship network with interdisciplinary methodologies – Diane Baustert (Cergy Paris University / EHESS, Paris)
12:00-12:30: The Healing Glow: Queen Sophie’s Amber Lamp and Its Voyage – Milan Matejka (Charles University, Prague)
12:30-13:00: The hacksilver hoards in the Carpathian Basin of the 10th‒11th centuries – Anna Nevalovits (Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest)
13:00-14:00: Lunch
14:00-14:30: Rhenish Stoneware in the Southeast of the Nasrid Kingdom during the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period (15th and 16th centuries) – Carmen Sánchez Castilloa (University of Granada)
14:30-15:00: The transit of nasrid leather across the Mediterranean (14th-15th centuries) -Jorge Garrido López (University of Granada)
15:00-15:30: Graphite-Tempered Pottery in Late Medieval Hungary: New Insights into Local Production and Foreign Influences – Gora Bence (ELTE Budapest)
15:30-15:45: Coffee break
15:45-16:15: Copper Alloy Belt Buckles and Fittings in 10th–12th Century Southern Finland: International Influence and Local Production? – Jenni Sahramaa (University of Helsinki)
16:15-16:45: ‘The poor and defenseless’ peasants? Consumption of “elite” material culture in the rural areas of Central Eastern Europe – Konrad Burek (University of Wroclaw)
16:45-17:30: Conclusion of the day by Jakub Sawicki (Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague) & collective discussions
Read the call for contributions here.