IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 1415: Journeying along Medieval Routes, V: A Round Table Discussion
Wednesday 14 July 2010, 19.30-20.30
| Sponsor: | Centre for Medieval & Renaissance Culture, University of Southampton |
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| Organiser: | Leonie V. Hicks, Department of History and American Studies, Canterbury Christ Church University |
| Moderator/Chair: | Marianne O'Doherty, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
| Abstract | This round table will draw out the issues raised in the four 'Journeying' sessions, addressing the benefits and problems of the study of medieval journeys and routes from cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives. How do the case studies we have seen presented in the 'Journeying' sessions elucidate the medieval experience of travel? We have seen case studies on periods from the 4th to the 14th centuries, and on regions as distant as Scandinavia and Egypt. Can we make use of common methodologies in regions and periods as diverse as these? Participants will include Alison Gascoigne (University of Southampton), Leonie Hicks (University of Southampton), Sue Ellen Holbrook (Southern Connecticut State University), Hugh Kennedy (School of Oriental and African Studies), Paul Oldfield (Manchester Metropolitan University), Felicitas Schmieder (Universität Hagen), and speakers from the four 'Journeying Along Medieval Routes' sessions. |