News & Events
Spring 2012
TUCEMEMS Monthly Talks
Spring 2012
Location: Sirkkala Campus, Auditiorio Janus (Kaivokatu 12)
(More information in Finnish, click here)
27 January, 2 pm: Kaisa Häkkinen (University of Turku)
17 February, 2 pm: Aino Mäkikalli (University of Turku)
30 March, 2 pm: Jussi-Pekka Taavitsainen (University of Turku)
27 April, 2 pm: Mikko Kauko (University of Turku)
4 May, 2 pm: Simo Knuuttila (University of Helsinki) Note! Location: Seminar room Tempo (Minerva 2. floor) Sirkkala Campus Kaivokatu 12.
Symposium
Symbolic Communication in Medieval and Early Modern Cultures, 9 March 2012
The theme of the symposium arises from the work of the Collaborative Research Centre 496 of the University of Münster (Germany) that has been funded by the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) since 2000. This research centre focuses on how social value systems manifested themselves, were visualised, but also changed by‚ symbolic communication over time - as opposed to instrumental, discursive, or abstract-conceptual forms. Central are symbolizations of a verbal and visual nature, as well as representational ones, including metaphors, artefacts, and gestures; and complex symbolic sequences of acts like rituals and ceremonies, or works in the fields of literature and the visual arts.
Programme:
12.00-14.30
Matti Peikola (University of Turku): Opening of the symposium
Gabriele Müller-Oberhäuser (University of Münster): 'Regina literata': book gifts from and for Queen Elizabeth I
Christian Krötzl (University of Tampere): Lot-drawing, saints and symbolic communication.
Coffee break
15.00-17.00
Teemu Immonen (University of Helsinki): Romanesque wall painting as an expression of identity.
Sari Katajala-Peltomaa (University of Tampere): Pilgrimages as symbolic communication in late medieval Europe.
Pekka Tolonen (University of Turku): Symbolic communication in the light of the records of the early Inquisition: A Maussian view
Closing remarks
Commentators: Anu Lahtinen (Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies) and Marko Lamberg (Åbo Akademi University).
Location: Janus auditorium, Sirkkala campus, Kaivokatu 12, Turku
The event is free of charge, but registration is necessary. Please register by 5 March. For registration and further information, please contact Marika Räsänen, marika. rasanen[at]utu.fi, 02-333 6691
All welcome!
Visiting Professors guest lecturer series
23 April, 4-6pm, Kathryn Edwards (History, University of South Carolina): Living with Ghosts: Europe’s Haunted History in the Later Middle Ages. (Abstract)
Location: Lecture hall II, University of Turku, main building, Yliopistonmäki
24 May, 2-4pm David Wallace (Department of English, University of Pennsylvania):From Turku to Cairo. Conceptualizing European Literary History 1348-1418.
Location: Auditorium Janus, Sirkkala Campus
Courses: Academic year 2011-2012
Symbolic communication and social value systems in pre-modern cultures
5.-20.3.2012Prof. Dr. Gabriele Müller-Oberhäuser, Institute of Book Studies & Textual Research/English Seminar, University of Münster (Germany) Course description
Old Icelandic saga (2 or 4 credit points)
Spring semester 2012, 1st quarter (7 meetings), Fridays 10-12 (1st meeting on Friday, 13 January) Prof. Kendra Willson, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Course description
Medieval books, early prints and interpreting texts
September, 5-13
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Werner Williams, Universität Augsburg Course description
Early Centuries of Russian History: The Tenth and Sixteenth Centuries
September, 6 - October, 13
Dr. Adrian Jones, La Trobe University, Australia Course description
Visiting professors, Academic year 2011-2012
Dr. Adrian Jones (La Trobe University, Australia)
Prof. Dr. Gabriele Müller-Oberhäuser (Institute of Book Studies & Textual Research/English Seminar, University of Münster, Germany)
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Werner Williams (Universität Augsburg)
From our partners:
Medieval Europe Research Congress – Medieval Europe Helsinki 2012
The 5th International Conference of Medieval and Later Archaeology29th August – 1st September 2012
Call for Papers
Call for Papers: 18th EAA Annual Meeting 2012, Helsinki, Finland, 29 August–1 September
The Medieval Europe Research Congress "Medieval Europe Helsinki 2012" is going to be organized as a part of The 18th Annual Meeting of The European Association of Archaeologists EAA (http://www.eaa2012.fi/ ).
See the complete CFP in PDF-file below