The conference was held at the University of Leeds from 2nd to 5th July 2018. It was attended by a large number of members of the Centre as well as other Cezch researches and expers from the field of Medieval studies. Some of the participated as organizers (Special Strand – “Memory” – Lucie Doležalová, Jan Čermák) others as speakers.
There was also a special workshop of the HERA project Sound Memories organized by members of the Department of Musicology at the Faculty of Arts (Charles University). You can watch a short documentary about the project here.
Overview of the presentations given by speakers from the Czech Republic:
| Iva Adámková, Institute of Greek & Latin Studies, Univerzita Karlova, Praha
Manipulation des Gedächtnisses bei den ersten Zisterzienser? |
| Vojtěch Bažant, Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha / Faculty of Arts, Univerzita Karlova, Praha Memory of a Pilgrim: An Instrument of Urban Community Representation (Language: English) Index Terms: Architecture – Religious; Lay Piety; Local History |
| Matouš Jaluška, Institute of Czech Literature, Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha
Old Czech Duke Ernst as a Quest for Surrogate Centre |
| Jindřich Marek, Faculty of Arts, Univerzita Karlova, Praha
Václav Koranda the Younger: Utraquist Tradition and Memory |
| Lenka Panušková, Institute of Art History, Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha
Heavenly Jerusalem as a Diagram: Symbolics in Devotional Practices |
| Martin Šorm, Centre for Medieval Studies / Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha / Department of Czech History, Univerzita Karlova, Praha
Politics of Abduction and ‚Sites of Memory‘ in the So-Called Dalimil’s Chronicle |
| Věra Soukupová, Department of History, University of Ostrava / Department of Czech History, Univerzita Karlova, Praha
Gendered Body Politic and the Construction of Czech Historical Memory |
| Jaroslav Svátek, Centre for Medieval Studies, Univerzita Karlova, Praha
How to Transfer the Holy Land Reality?: Pilgrim Accounts as Vehicles of Holy Land Transmission in the Late 15th Century |
| Ludmila Luňáková, Department of History, Masarykova univerzita, Brno
Creating the Identity of the gens Boemorum through the Holy Days of Czech Patrons in the Narrative Sources of Early Premyslid Bohemia, until 1198 |
| Lucie Mazalová, Department of Classical Studies, Masarykova univerzita, Brno
The Influence of John Wycliffe in Jan Hus’s Criticism of the Antichrist |
| Petra Mutlová, Department of Classical Studies, Masarykova univerzita, Brno
Networks in the Czech Reformation: The Case of the Lay Chalice |
| František Novotný, Department for the Study of Religions, Masarykova univerzita, Brno
Multi anni elapsi, multi fratres mortui‘: Time, Distance, and Self-Defense of the Interrogated Knights Templar |
| Eliška Poláčková, Department of Theatre Studies, Masarykova univerzita, Brno / Centre for Classical Studies, Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha
A Prince or a Pauper?: Staging Noble Lineage in the Coronation Order of Emperor Charles IV |
| Peter Szabó, Department of Vegetation Ecology, Botanical Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno
Nature Conservation: A Revival of Medieval Resource Management? |
| Lenka Vrlíková, Faculty of Arts, Masarykova univerzita, Brno
Beyond the Sea: Cross-Cultural Interaction in Ethiopian Medieval Art |
| Libor Zajíc, Department of History, Masarykova univerzita, Brno The Forgotten Patrons: The Cult of Holy Five Brothers in the Czech Lands in the Period between Middle Ages and Present (Language: English) Index Terms: Ecclesiastical History; Hagiography; Liturgy; Religious Life |
| David Zbíral, Department for the Study of Religions, Masarykova univerzita, Brno
The Participation of Women (and Some Men) in Languedocian Catharism: A Network Science Perspective, II |
| Michaela Antonín Malaníková, History Department, Palacký University, Olomouc
Commemorative Strategies in Medieval Moravian Wills from a Gender Perspective |
| Vladimír Liščák, Oriental Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha The Alan Christian Nobles at the Court of Great Khans (Language: English) Index Terms: Language and Literature – Latin; Religious Life; Social History |
| Jan Malý, Department of General History, Univerzita Karlova, Praha
Inventing the Hero: The Origins of the Myth of Jaroslav of Sternberg |
| Kristýna Strnadová, Department of Greak & Latin Studies, Univerzita Karlova, Praha
Remembering the Schism of 1159: Alexander III and Victor IV in Contemporary Sources |
| Anna Vrtálková, Department of Ecclesiastical History & Patrology, Univerzita Karlova, Praha
Memory and Testaments in Late Medieval Bohemia |
| Jana Valtrová, Department for the Study of Religions, Masarykova univerzita, Brno
Remembering Franciscan Martyrs in Europe and Asia |
