IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 1526: Political and Social Difference in the Medieval Slavonic World: Identifying Otherness
Thursday 6 July 2017, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | Slavonic & East European Medieval Studies Group (SEEMSG) |
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Organiser: | Alexandra Vukovich, Newnham College, University of Cambridge |
Moderator/Chair: | Olenka Pevny, Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge |
Paper 1526-a | Castles and Banal Lordship in Rus'?: Conventional Translations of Social Terminology as a Means of 'Othering' Slavonic Orthodox Europe (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - Slavic, Mentalities, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 1526-b | 'Like the Lynx's Fur, Neither Black nor Entirely White': Conceptualising 'Latin' Difference in the Chronicles of Early Rus' (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Slavic, Mentalities, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 1526-c | Disguising and Celebrating Gender Non-Conformity: On the 'Canonicity' of Same-Sex Identities in Muscovite Russia (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Slavic, Liturgy, Sexuality, Social History |
Abstract | This panel examines the construction of the 'other' in the Medieval Slavonic world. The three papers outline wider political identity and the Medieval Slavonic as the 'other'. The second and third papers examine political and social inclusion and exclusion along the lines of ethnic identity and sexual identity, respectively. |