Medieval & Early Modern Studies in Russia
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Round tables & seminars - 2022
"Medieval & Early Modern Studies in Russia". Nationwide Scientific Conference with international participation, June 27–29, 2022, Moscow, Institute of World History of the RAS. Plenary round table "80 years – the journal “Srednie veka. Studies on Medieval and Early Modern History”, June 29, 2022 (in Russian)
1:46:50 Discussion: Pavel V. Lukin, Pavel Yu. Uvarov, Grigoriy Borisov, Igor' S. Filippov, Nadezhda A. Selunskaya, Andrey V. Kuzmin
"Medieval & Early Modern Studies in Russia". Nationwide Scientific Conference with international participation, June 27–29, 2022, Moscow, Institute of World History of the RAS. Round table "Conceiving / Constructing the medieval historiography in (present day) Russia", June 29, 2022. Organizers: Academic Journal “Vox medii aevi”, HSE University, Moscow; Grigorii I. Borisov (PhD student, University of Tübingen); Svetlana A. Yatsyk (HSE University, Moscow). Moderator: Alexander I. Sidorov (Institute of the World History, RAS) (in Russian)
Part 1
21:07 Elena S. Kravtsova (Institute of History of the Syberian branch, RAS) Medieval studies in USSR in the 1930s between politics, ideology and science (introductory articles in Soviet publications of medieval and Renaissance historical sources)
41:36 Maria N. Kirillova (Institute of World History, RAS) What the Journal of Ancient History was like in 1937–1941?
1:01:19 Stanislav G. Mereminsky (Institute of World History, RAS) Expert's comments on the reports of the first part
1:10:00 Questions and discussion
Part 2
1:39:10 Grigorii I. Borisov (PhD student, University of Tübingen) Reviews in Soviet Medieval Studies in the 1970s. Case-Study of Several Specialized Journals
2:04:15 Anastasia S. Anufrieva (Lomonosov Moscow State University) Fin de siècle. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of History, Department of the medieval history: 1970s–1990s
2:26:07 Anna Yu. Seregina (Institute of World History, RAS) Reformation Studies in Russia: history of failure?
2:44:30 Alexander I. Sidorov (IWH RAS) Concluding remarks
2:52:24 Discussion
3:16:56 Pavel V. Lukin (Institute of Russian History, RAS) Expert's comments on the reports of the second part
3:26:14 Discussion
Russian medieval studies have a complex path: it emerged in the days of Timofey Granovsky and the dispute between Westernernisers and Slavophiles; by the beginning of the twentieth century, it had formed into an independent field of knowledge with several outstanding scientific schools and distinct research profiles. However, its further development was not consistent: it was interrupted by significant social and political cataclysms. As we stand on the threshold of another watershed event, it seems necessary to reflect on Russian medieval studies' path in the twentieth century and its further development. Unlike scholars of the Ancient and Modern Ages (and colleagues dealing with the “long” Russian Middle Ages), Russian medievalists turn to the past of their discipline mainly by studying individual figures (Fyodor Uspensky, Aleksey Neusykhin, Boris Porshnev, Aron Gurevich, and many others) or research concepts (feudalism, ständische Monarchie, etc.). Therefore, the main task of this round table is to examine Russian medieval studies as a whole. What intellectual and social foundations and ideas determined and defined it? How have the fates of individual intellectuals, grouped around journals or academic departments, and entire generations been refracted under these conditions? What allows us in 2022 to feel a commonality with twentieth- century medievalists, and in what ways are we different (or do we want to be different) from them? Finally, can we talk about Russian medieval studies, comparing its intellectual path with that of English, German, French, or Italian, as integral historiography, a particular intellectual space for forming meanings?
“Medieval & Early Modern Studies in Russia. All-Russian Scientific Conference with international participation, June 27–29, 2022, Moscow. Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Round table “A Grammar of Unreal: Studies in Semantics and Pragmatics of Medieval Celtic and Germanic narrative and poetic tradition”, June 29, 2022. Organizer - Tatiana A. Mikhailova (Institute of Linguistics, RAS) (in Russian)
11:14 Technical pause
Nationwide Scientific Conference "Medieval and Early Modern Studies in Russia", June 27-29, 2022, Institute of World History, RAS. Workshop "Medieval Authorship Studies Through Digital Stylometry" (organizer - Svetlana A. Yatsyk, Centre for Medieval Studies, HSE University, Moscow), June 28, 2022.
0:00 Svetlana A. Yatsyk (HSE University, Moscow) Introduction (in English)
4:46 Alexey A. Khismatulin (PhD, Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, RAS, St. Petersburg) Identification of Authorship Using Digital Stylometry on the Example of an Anonymous Medieval Qasida (in English)
28:55 Questions
1:14:40 Questions
Stylometry is one of the rapidly developing domains of digital humanities. In particular, it is used to establish the authorship of texts that other methods cannot unambiguously attribute. However, applying stylometry to medieval texts still poses a significant challenge: both because of the variations (orthographic mistakes and more significant ones) that occurred with each copying of the text and because of the influence that the researcher who digitizes the manuscript has on the resulting text.
Participants of this workshop will present several examples of digital stylometric techniques to attribute both prose and rhymed medieval texts.
"Medieval & Early Modern Studies in Russia". Nationwide Scientific Conference with international participation, June 27–29, 2022, Moscow, Institute of World History of the RAS. Round table "Commemorative practices of Moscow Russia. XIV–XVII centuries", June 27, 2022. Organizers: Fjodor B. Uspensky (Corresponding Member of the RAS, V.V. Vinogradov Institute of the Russian Language of the RAS, Institute for Social Sciences, RANEPA), Sergey Yu. Shokarev (Institute for Social Sciences, RANEPA) (in Russian)
1:37:29 Andrey V. Kuzmin (RANEPA) Features of fixing the ancestral memory of the Gediminovites according to the synodics of the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery (using the example of RNB. F.351. No. 759/1016) (fragm.)
1:43:50 technical failure, pause
1:44:46 Discussion of the problems of comparative study of commemorative practices of Western Europe and Ancient Rus': S. Shokarev, Yu. Arnautova, L. Belyaev
2:10:48 Anna F. Litvina (Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences), Fjodor B. Uspensky (Corresponding Member of the RAS, V.V. Vinogradov Institute of the Russian Language of the RAS, Institute for Social Sciences, RANEPA) Name selection and commemorative practice in the XVI century 2:27:19 Questions
"Medieval & Early Modern Studies in Russia". Nationwide Scientific Conference with international participation, June 27–29, 2022, Moscow, Institute of World History of the RAS. Round table "Byzantium and the East", June 28, 2022. Organizer: Andrey Yu. Vinogradov (HSE University, Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS) (in Russian)
"Medieval & Early Modern Studies in Russia". Nationwide Scientific Conference with international participation, June 27–29, 2022, Moscow Round table "Medieval Consuetudines: Problem of Classification", June 29, 2022 Organizers: Galina A. Popova (Institute of World History, RAS), Anna A. Anisimova (Institute of World History, RAS) (in Russian)
"Medieval & Early Modern Studies in Russia". Nationwide Scientific Conference with international participation, June 27–29, 2022, Moscow, Institute of World History of the RAS. Round table "Courts of rulers in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: trends and discussions of newest historiography". Organizer: Yulia P. Krylova (IWH RAS), June 28, 2022 Part 1. (in Russian)
(offline) Anna Yu. Seregina (Institute of World History, RAS) The English Court of the Early Modern Times in the System of Social Communications (in Contemporary British Studies) 0:00 Questions (fragm.)
52:02 Alexandr L. Korzinin (North-West Institute of Management of RANEPA, St. Petersburg) Court of Russian Princesses in the System of Power Structures of Ancient Russia and Western Europe During the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times (11th–16th centuries): the preliminary results of the project implementation 1:12:50 Questions
(offline) Tatiana I. Zaitseva (St. Petersburg State University of Economics) Research of Courts in the Latest Russian Medieval Studies
"Medieval & Early Modern Studies in Russia". Nationwide Scientific Conference with international participation, June 27–29, 2022, Moscow, Institute of World History of the RAS. Round table "Courts of rulers in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: trends and discussions of newest historiography". Organizer: Yulia P. Krylova (IWH RAS), June 28, 2022 Part 2 (in Russian)
Presentation of the project "Itineraries of Power in the Middle Ages and Early Modern period / Les itinéraires du pouvoir au Moyen Âge et au début de l’époque moderne":
45:16 Vladimir V. Shishkin (North-Western Institute of Management of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration),
52:25 Konstantin Yu. Jeruzalimski (Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow),
1:10:21 Anna Yu. Seregina (Institute of World History of the RAS),
1:16:03 Sergey M. Ryabov (postgraduate student, Ural Institute of Humanities of the Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin (Yekaterinburg))
1:22:32 Discussion
"Medieval & Early Modern Studies in Russia". Nationwide Scientific Conference with international participation, June 27–29, 2022, Moscow, Institute of World History of the RAS. Round table "The Epidemics in the Medieval World", June 27, 2022. Organizer - Elena E. Berger (Institute of World History of the RAS; Russian Medical Museum, Moscow) (in Russian)
1:21:51 Discussion
The problems of studying medieval epidemics as an interdisciplinary scientific field are proposed for discussion. Questions will be considered, how epidemics have changed world history, how the historiography of this direction has changed over the past decades and how productive is the cooperation in the field of the history of medicine between scientists of different specialties.
"Medieval & Early Modern Studies in Russia". Nationwide Scientific Conference with international participation, June 27–29, 2022, Moscow, Institute of World History of the RAS. Open academic discussion "Video materials in the historical science of the pandemic period: pros and cons", June 28, 2022. Organizer: Elena V. Kazbekova (Institute of World History, RAS) Moderators: Galina A. Popova (Institute of World History, RAS), Elena V. Kazbekova (IWH RAS) (in Russian)
0:31 Galina A. Popova (Institute of World History, RAS) Videos in social-science and pop-social-science: is there difference
16:22 Elena V. Kazbekova (Institute of World History, RAS) The Internet project “Video Bibliography”. Scientific videos in modern medieval studies in Russia (https://video-bibliografia.igh.ru/)
36:46 Nikolay V. Promyslov (State Academic University for the Humanities (GAUGN)) Scientific and popular videos: publication formats, goals and objectives
1:06:32 Mikhail V. Zemlyakov (National Research University “Higher School of Economics”) “It Helps Us to Look at the Historical Case from a Different Perspective”: An Experience of Audio- and Video files Application in Teaching of HSE Students, 2017–2022 (Objectives, Results and Perspectives)
1:25:22 Pavel Yu. Knyazev (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of History, Department of Modern and Contemporary History) How can video material be brought into the University teaching of the Early Modern / Modern history?
Questions and discussion:
1:50:43 Ekaterina S. Nosova (Moscow Pedagogical State University)
1:56:47 Mark A. Youssim (IWH RAS)
2:07:38 M. V. Zemlyakov
2:15:36 N.V. Promyslov
2:28:07 G.A. Popova
2:35:12 P. Yu. Knyazev
2:41:05 Valentin L. Portnykh (Novosibirsk State University)
2:48:54 G.A. Popova
With the pandemic, not only Zoom, but also YouTube with videos of scientific conferences and seminars quickly entered our lives. Their account is already in the thousands and is increasing every day. Why, for whom, how do we make them? What are the dangers and pitfalls here? The following questions are proposed for discussion at the round table:
Thematic block: Video recordings of scientific conferences and seminars
For what and for whom? How to find videos on your topic? Where to store videos (upload) and how to describe? Is a video recording of a scientific report a type of publication? How to protect the copyrights of scientists?
Thematic block: Educational and popular science videos
For students or for self-education? How to use in university teaching? What should be the requirements for educational and popular science videos: duration, format (lecture, interview, film)? How to control their quality (peer review system)?
"Medieval & Early Modern Studies in Russia". Nationwide Scientific Conference with international participation, June 27–29, 2022, Moscow, Institute of World History of the RAS.
Round table "Medieval headdresses: Semiotics and Iconography", June 27, 2022
Organizer: Academic Journal “Vox medii aevi”, HSE University, Moscow Svetlana Yatsyk, Editor-in-chief of Vox medii aevi, Research fellow at the Centre for medieval Studies (HSE University, Moscow), Postdoc at École normale supérieure (Paris)
Anna A. Adashinskaya (Cand. of Sci. (History), PhD, Research Fellow, HSE University, Moscow) A Crown is Merely a Hat? Daily Headgears of Byzantine Emperors
Svetlana I. Luchitskaya (Dr. of Sci. (History), Leading Researcher, Institute of World History, RAS) Muslim Headgear: Visual Signs of Muslim Otherness in Western European Illuminated Manuscripts
Mikhail R. Maizuls (Cand. of Sci. (History), Research Fellow, Russian State University for the Humanities) Judenhut as Sign of Otherness: From Pagan to Jewish and from Jewish to Pagan
Rustam M. Shukurov (Dr. (Hab.) of History, Professor, Lomonosov Moscow State University) Turban in Byzantium
Hats and other headdresses are designed not only to keep the head warm; their symbolic function is no less critical. The wreath is capable of communicating information about the origin and profession of its wearer, their place in the social hierarchy, and ceremonial status. This seminar will focus on the use of headdresses as an instrument of symbolic communication and their descriptions in medieval sources
"Medieval & Early Modern Studies in Russia". Nationwide Scientific Conference with international participation, June 27–29, 2022, Moscow, Institute of World History of the RAS.
Round table “Representing the Past in Icelandic sagas”, June 27, 2022
Organizer: Tatjana N. Jackson, Dr. hab. of History, Chief Research Fellow at the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Participants:
Natalia Y. Gvozdetskaya. Representing the Past in the 13th-Century Icelandic Chronicle Hungrvaka: Local and Continental Тraditions
Tatjana N. Jackson. Icelandic Sagas about the Inhabitants of the Far North
Elena V. Litovskikh. On Chronological Markers in Icelandic Family Sagas
Inna G. Matyushina. From Troy to Iceland via Britain: Representing the Past in Trójumanna saga and Breta sǫgur
Elena A. Melnikova. Onyms as a Form of Representing the Past in Ancient Rus and Scandinavia
The round table entitled “Representing the Past in Icelandic sagas” will be devoted to the discussion of topical issues arising from modern research on sagas. The meeting will be led by well-known Russian scholars in the field of Old Norse-Icelandic studies who will assess the new directions, mostly regarding the study of sources, in which international research on sagas moved at the turn of the century. The participants will discuss a number of questions concerning representations of the past of both Scandinavia and beyond, in various saga genres and Old Norse-Icelandic texts. The round-table presentations are based on detailed analyses of sources and take into account results of the latest historiographical studies. The speakers will discuss not only traditional, but also other ways of representing the past, including plot motifs and names. The discussion is aimed at developing new methods of research on sagas.
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