MAD at Leeds, International Medieval Congress 2013
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Livre des propriétés des choses, 1447
The Medieval Animal Data Network organizes several sessions at the International Medieval Congress (Leeds, July 1-4, 2013). The 2013 annual theme is ”Pleasure“.
The MAD sessions will all take place Wednesday, July 3rd, from 14.15 to 18.00 (two “Pleasure” sessions), and from 19.30 to 20.30 (round-table discussion about ostriches).
The MAD sessions and round table will gather eleven scholars from Hungary, Austria, Spain, France, England. Multidisciplinary approaches will investigate on the diverse pleasures brought by living animals or objects (fur, ivory).
Program of the sessions
| Session | 1222 |
| Title | Animals and the Diversity of Pleasure, I |
| Date/Time/Place | Wednesday 3 July 2013: 14.15-15.45. Baines Wing G 40 |
| Sponsor | Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest |
| Organiser | Alice Choyke, Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest |
| Moderator/Chair | Gerhard Jaritz, Institut für Realienkunde, Krems / Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest |
| Paper 1222-a | Fun in the Chicken Run: Two 14th-Century German Poultry Poems (Language: English) Gabriele Klug, Institut für Realienkunde des Mittelalters & der frühen Neuzeit, Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Mittelalterstudien (IZMS), Universität Salzburg |
| Paper 1222-b | ‘[…] copia autem piscium excedit fere omnia regna’: The Delight of Fishes in Medieval Hungary (Language: English) Balázs Nagy, Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest |
| Paper 1222-c | When Pets Go Bad: Animal Bites and the Loss of Pleasure (Language: English) Kathleen Walker-Meikle, Department of History, University of York |
| Abstract | The session concentrates on the variety of ways that medieval people exploited and experienced animals and animal products for their own pleasures. The spectrum ranges from the tactile pleasure of furs, the beauty of ivories to the wonderment of menageries and the emotional fulfilments offered by chicken and pets. |
| Session | 1322 |
| Title | Animals and the Diversity of Pleasure, II |
| Date/Time/Place | Wednesday 3 July 2013: 16.30-18.00. Baines Wing G 40 |
| Sponsor | Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest |
| Organiser | Alice Choyke, Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest |
| Moderator/Chair | Alice Choyke, Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest |
| Paper 1322-a | Possessing Wild Beasts in Monastic Menageries: A Condemnable Effeminate Pleasure? (Language: English) Thierry Buquet, Institut Français du Proche Orient, Beirut |
| Paper 1322-b | Turning Heads: The Sartorial Use of Fur (Language: English) Eva Fairnell, Department of Archaeology, University of York |
| Paper 1322-c | Animals of Pleasure: Touch, Function, and Materiality in Gothic Ivory Carvings (Language: English) Naomi Speakman, Department of Prehistory & Europe, British Museum, London / Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London |
| Abstract | The session concentrates on the variety of ways that medieval people exploited and experienced animals and animal products for their own pleasures. The spectrum ranges from the tactile pleasure of furs, the beauty of ivories to the wonderment of menageries and the emotional fulfilments offered by chicken and pets. |
Round-table discussion
| Session | 1422 |
| Title | Ostriches: A Round Table Discussion |
| Date/Time/Place | Wednesday 3 July 2013: 19.30-20.30. Leeds University Union: Meeting Room 2 |
| Sponsor | M(edieval) A(nimal) D(ata Network), Central European University, Budapest |
| Organiser | Alice Choyke, Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest |
| Moderator/Chair | Gerhard Jaritz, Institut für Realienkunde, Krems / Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest |
| Abstract | Following the discussions at the IMC in recent years always dealing with one animal (species), we will this year concentrate on the ostrich, the knowledge about it in medieval Europe, its use and by-products, its textual and visual representations, the disseminated stories about its nature and characteristics, and its symbolic attributes. Participants include Thierry Buquet (Institut Français du Proche Orient, Beirut), Alice Choyke (Central European University, Budapest), Dragoş Gh. Năstăsoiu (Central European University, Budapest), and Mónica Ann Walker Vadillo (Universidad Complutense de Madrid). |
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Papers |
Fact Checking: Can Ostriches Digest Iron? (T. Buquet) http://mad.hypotheses.org/131 |
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