Friday, February 8, 2019
The Friday schedule of De-centering the Global Middle Ages consisted of a two panels of lightning talks (8-10 minutes in length) with four speakers on each panel. The panels were followed by brief responses from University of Michigan faculty, who then moderated discussion.
Speakers were asked to produce pre-circulated papers (4-5 pages) complementing their oral presentations, which were distributed to registered attendees ahead of time. These papers summarized how their work addresses globalized ideas of or connections to the medieval world as well as conceptualizations of the “medieval” and/or how it affects their field or regional area of expertise.
The official symposium website with full program can be found here.
Live-tweet threads for this day’s events can be found below, in the order of the symposium presentations. Please click the individual tweet to launch each longer thread in a separate window. Other tweets by participants can be found on the symposium hashtag #DGMA19.
Welcome information
The day for De-centering the Global Middle Ages is here! Follow us on the #DGMA19 hashtag for quality #GlobalMiddleAges content! #medieval #medievaltwitter 💻🌏🌍🌎 Today features lightning talks, and our keynote, Saturday is primary source presentations! pic.twitter.com/YNPB7eMybW
— Paula R. Curtis (@paularcurtis) February 8, 2019
Panel 1:
Lightning talk 1:
Alice Isabella Sullivan (History of Art, University of Michigan)“Exploring New Geographies: Medieval Art in Eastern Europe”
Our first presenter is Alice Isabella Sullivan (History of Art, University of Michigan), who recently won @MedievalAcademy’s Elliott Prize. Her talk is entitled “Exploring New Geographies: Medieval Art in Eastern Europe.” 🌍 #DGMA19 #GlobalMiddleAges
— Paula R. Curtis (@paularcurtis) February 8, 2019
Lightning talk 2:
Allen Fromherz (History, Georgia State University)“To Each his Own Plate and Table: The Gulf during the Global Middle Age”
Next up is Allen Fromherz (History, Georgia State University), with “To Each his Own Plate and Table: The Gulf during the Global Middle Age.” What do and don't we know about the Gulf region, 1000-1500CE? 🌍 #DGMA19 #GlobalMiddleAges #medieval
— Paula R. Curtis (@paularcurtis) February 8, 2019
Lightning talk 3:
Talia Lieber (Art History, University of California, Los Angeles)“Spaces of Wonder and Devotion: The Thirteenth-Century Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia”
Now Talia Lieber (Art History, University of California, Los Angeles) is bringing us back to visual culture and art with her talk on “Spaces of Wonder and Devotion: The Thirteenth-Century Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia”! #DGMA19 #GlobalMiddleAges #medievaltwitter ⛪🌍
— Paula R. Curtis (@paularcurtis) February 8, 2019
Lightning talk 4:
Stephanie Leitzel (History, Harvard University)“Economies of Color: Global Commerce in Dyes and the Fate of the Italian Textile Industries”
The final panelist of our first round of lightning talks is Stephanie Leitzel (History, Harvard University), speaking on “Economies of Color: Global Commerce in Dyes and the Fate of the Italian Textile Industries.” #DGMA19 #GlobalMiddleAges #medievaltwitter 🗺🎨
— Paula R. Curtis (@paularcurtis) February 8, 2019
Panel 1 Discussion:
Karla Mallette is opening our discussion for the first #DGMA19 panel of papers. All of our speakers were thinking about "medieval" here in either (or both) temporal and geographic terms. Everyone also spoke about diverse forms of networks.
— Paula R. Curtis (@paularcurtis) February 8, 2019
Panel 2:
Lightning talk 1:
Michael McCarty (History, Salisbury University)“Post-Jōkyū War Consciousness: A Cultural “Middle Age” for Japan?”
We kick off our second panel of lightning talk presenters with Michael McCarty (History, Salisbury University) and his presentation: “Post-Jōkyū War Consciousness: A Cultural “Middle Age” for Japan?” #DGMA19 #GlobalMiddleAges #medievaltwitter 🌏🗾🏹
— Paula R. Curtis (@paularcurtis) February 8, 2019
Lightning talk 2:
Luis Miguel dos Santos (Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan)“The Lapidary of Alfonso X of Castile: Global Connections and Centralizing Discourse”
Now our very own @Umich Luis Miguel dos Santos (Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan) is presenting “The Lapidary of Alfonso X of Castile: Global Connections and Centralizing Discourse” #DGMA19 #GlobalMiddleAges #medievaltwitter 🌍💎
— Paula R. Curtis (@paularcurtis) February 8, 2019
Lightning talk 3:
James A. Benn (Religious Studies, McMaster University)“Buddhist Middle Ages in China?”
Now we move to China with James A. Benn (@James_A_Benn) (Religious Studies, McMaster University) and his talk, “Buddhist Middle Ages in China?” ” #DGMA19 #GlobalMiddleAges #medievaltwitter 🌏 📿
— Paula R. Curtis (@paularcurtis) February 8, 2019
Lightning talk 4:
Courtney E. Rydel (English, Washington College)“Literary Genre Meets GIS in the Classroom”
For our final lightning talk of the afternoon, Courtney E. Rydel (@cerydel ) (English, Washington College) will be talking pedagogy in “Literary Genre Meets GIS in the Classroom”! #DGMA19 #GlobalMiddleAges #medievaltwitter Hello, students following at #GlobalMiddleAgesWAC! 🌏🌎🌍
— Paula R. Curtis (@paularcurtis) February 8, 2019
Panel 2 Discussion:
Hussein Fancy (@letfancyroam) kicks off our discussion of this panel by asking, "is the "global" in "global Middle Ages" a verb or an adjective?" 🤔 #DGMA19 #GlobalMiddleAges #medievaltwitter
— Paula R. Curtis (@paularcurtis) February 8, 2019
Keynote
Valerie Hansen (History, Yale University)“The World in the Year 1000: When Globalization Began”
Now it's time for our #DGMA19 keynote by Valerie Hansen (History, Yale University), entitled “The World in the Year 1000: When Globalization Began.” #GlobalMiddleAges #medievaltwitter 🌏🌎🌍
— Paula R. Curtis (@paularcurtis) February 8, 2019