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Coordinators

Dr. M.J.M. (Mario) Damen

Faculty of Humanities

Geschiedenis

Prof. dr. S. (Serena) Ferente

Faculty of Humanities

Geschiedenis

Research description

This group comprises historians of the later Middle Ages (c. 1000-1500) working across and beyond Western Europe, including France, England, Italy, Iberia, the Near East and, of course, the Low Countries. We explore questions related to identity formation (including territoriality and health), social dynamics (including communication), political representation, legitimation and resistance, and the role that texts, rituals, the built environment and material culture played in shaping them.

Activities

Amsterdam Medieval Seminar

10 October, 16.00

VoxPop

Female Spaces in Medieval Amsterdam

(Serena Ferente, Annick, Gossen, Ravelle Veth, Fleur van Aalst, Isabelle Cox)

Please register via de QR code or follow this link:

 

7 November, 16.00 Bushuis, E1.02

Jelle Koopmans (UvA)

Medieval theatre: new objects, new methods

 

9 December, 16.00 UB Vendelstraat, Ruyszaal

Hugo van der Velden (UvA)

Jan van Eyck between history and art history

 

16 January, 16.00 IAS, Sweelinck Room (Oude Turfmarkt 147)

(joint seminar with Global Political Thought)

Ahmed El Shamsy (University of Chicago/NIAS)

Islamic Constitutionalism in the Seventh Century: The Conditional Obedience Principle

Research projects

At this moment members of the research group participate in three projects financed by NWO and ERC: