A European Middle Ages | Doctoral Workshop

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.

Click here to read the abstracts of presentations.

09h30-09h45: welcoming participants

09:45-10:00 : Introduction
Lise Saussus (EHESS, Centre de recherches historiques, Paris)

10:00-11:15 : Keynote & discussion
Vincent Debiais (EHESS, Centre de recherches historiques, Paris)
Reading Objects as Texts: Schemata, Rhizomes, Airways

11:15-11:30: Coffee break

11:30-12:00
Diane Baustert (Cergy Paris University / EHESS, Paris)
Producing basse-taille enamels in late-medieval Europe: approaching craftmanship network with interdisciplinary methodologies

12:00-12:30
Milan Matejka (Charles University, Prague)
The Healing Glow: Queen Sophie’s Amber Lamp and Its Voyage

12:30-13:00
Anna Nevalovits (Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest)
The hacksilver hoards in the Carpathian Basin of the 10th‒11th centuries

13:00-14:00: Lunch

14:00-14:30
Carmen Sánchez Castilloa (University of Granada)
Rhenish Stoneware in the Southeast of the Nasrid Kingdom during the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period (15th and 16th centuries)

14:30-15:00
Jorge Garrido López (University of Granada)
The transit of nasrid leather across the Mediterranean (14th-15th centuries)

15:00-15:30
Gora Bence (ELTE Budapest)
Graphite-Tempered Pottery in Late Medieval Hungary: New Insights into Local Production and Foreign Influences

15:30-15:45: Coffee break

15:45-16:15
Jenni Sahramaa (University of Helsinki)
Copper Alloy Belt Buckles and Fittings in 10th–12th Century Southern Finland: International Influence and Local Production?

16:15-16:45
Konrad Burek (University of Wrocław)
‘The poor and defenseless’ peasants? Consumption of “elite” material culture in the rural areas of Central Eastern Europe

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.