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\nMedievalism, Public History, and Academia: the Re-creation of Early Medieval Europe, c. 400-1000<\/h1>\n
For many, history can be described as a living thing: current events are said to \u201cmake history\u201d; new discoveries of documents or artefacts are said to re-write history, while many people are engaged in re-creating and reconstructing events and objects from the past. In all of these activities, the occasional tensions between the different actors often reflect the ambivalence of authenticity and authority within a grand historical narrative. Issues of who is in control of determining historical authenticity have long been debated. In the interpretation of historical processes, events, and individuals, the development of the academic right of expertise has long been seen as central.<\/p>\n
However, recent efforts in the interpretation and re-creation of history have proven that this view is too narrow. For the general public, even the ownership of certain memories or being admitted to communities of remembrance is tangled up in the authority of history and a sense of belonging. Recently, these issues have begun to be addressed in critical heritage studies, medievalism, and experience history.<\/p>\n
This conference aims to bring together those scholars and reenactors who engage or wish to engage with the juxtaposition of academic history, public history, and re-enacted or reconstructed history. The overarching thematic focus of this conference will engage with the question of historical authenticity and authority using a critical heritage approach. Papers should focus on thematic topics related to one or more of the following: re-creating history, imagining the past, interpretation, ambivalence of authenticity, authority of History, remembrance and memory, medievalism, and\/or public history.<\/p>\n
In conjunction with this conference, Upp\u00e5kra Archaeology Centre organized an event, Vendel Days in Upp\u00e5kra<\/a>, 29-30 September 2018.<\/p>\n The following papers were presented at the Medievalism, Public History, and Academia conference. The content of many of these presentations will be made available via blog-posts on this portal.<\/p>\n Opening remarks Keynote: Paul Sturtevant, The Public Medievalist & <\/em>the Smithsonian Institution Keynote: Jane Malcolm-Davies, University of Copenhagen Laura Fitzachary, Museum Educator & Guide, Dublin Castle, Ireland Sara Ellis Nilsson, Malm\u00f6 University Thomas Sm\u00e5berg, Malm\u00f6 University Simon Trafford, University of London, UK Martin Lund, Malm\u00f6 University Irene Barbina, Associazione La Fara Paul Mortimer, Wulfheodenas Carolina Ask, In situ 3D Peter Johnsson, Swordsmith Hannes Napierala and Tillmann Marstaller in absentia<\/em>. Campus Galli Andrea Freund, University of the Highlands & the Islands Orkney Stefan Nyzell, Malm\u00f6 University Mari Wickerts, Gothenburg City Museum Gabriele Zorzi, Associazione La FaraWednesday, September 26
\nPublic History, Guiding, and Interpreting the Past<\/h3>\n
\nSara Ellis Nilsson, Stefan Nyzell, Thomas Sm\u00e5berg<\/p>\n
\nMaking Medieval History Powerful and Meaningful without Losing your Soul (or Mind) in the Chaotic Contemporary Public Square<\/p>\n
\nCharacter or caricature? Evidence for the educational impact of costumed interpretation at heritage sites<\/p>\n
\nReimagining Medieval Dublin and the role of the Guide in Public History<\/p>\n
\nCommunicating the past through craftsmanship and art: the case of the Viking ship<\/p>\n
\nThe Long Viking Age: Perceptions of Time in Viking Age Exhibitions<\/p>\n
\nHyper-masculinity vs Viking warrior women: pop culture Vikings and gender<\/p>\n
\nMapping the Old Norse World in the Comics Imaginary<\/p>\nThursday, September 27
\nRe-creating, constructing, and imagining the medieval<\/h3>\n
\n<\/em>Textile Reconstruction: a methodological approach<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>What colour a god\u2019s eyes? An exploration of eye imagery on weapons, armour and ornaments mainly from 6th<\/sup> and 7th<\/sup> centuries in Northern Europe<\/p>\n
\nPublic archaeology and 3D technology – examples and experiences<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Reflections of the sword<\/p>\n
\nConstructing a reconstruction \u2013 planning and building a plausible ancestry of medieval buildings in Southern Germany<\/p>\n
\nReclaiming the runes: challenges for 21st<\/sup> century runologists<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Medievalist temporalities<\/p>\nFriday, September 28
\nPublic archaeology, interpretations, and re-creations<\/h3>\n
\nRecreating Viking burials from Sk\u00e4ndla \u2013 For Whom and Why? Presenting field-archaeology and local history while in search of a Viking Age farmstead<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Lombards, latecomers of the Migration Period. A glimpse into archeological data and a risky trend<\/p>\n