IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 1040: Exploring the Blurred Boundaries between History and Fantasy across Medieval Eurasian Cultures
Wednesday 8 July 2020, 09.00-10.30
Organiser: | Fumihiko Kobayashi, Independent Scholar, New Jersey |
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Moderator/Chair: | Hyunhee Park, Department of History, John Jay College, City University of New York |
Paper 1040-a | Between History and Legend: Contemporary Portrayals of Genghis Khan from East and West (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Mentalities |
Paper 1040-b | Ilkhanid Chinoiserie and East Asian Utopias in Islamicate Culture (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Historiography - Medieval, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Political Thought |
Paper 1040-c | Chinggis Qan and a Revival of Legendary Unicorn Jiaoduan 角端 (Language: English) Index terms: Geography and Settlement Studies, Historiography - Medieval |
Paper 1040-d | An Exploration of Unburnable Material Lore that Eurasian Traders Brought to Medieval Japan (Language: English) Index terms: Folk Studies, Historiography - Medieval |
Abstract | This session explores the blurred boundaries that lie between history/reality and fantasy/unreality by focusing on some of the bizarre yet verisimilar stories considered by us today to be either historical episodes or artistic creations in medieval times. Although such boundaries do not always disturb our understanding of history, they often help us to look deeply at people's experiences of an event. Focusing on medieval Eurasian cultures found in Europe, Central Asia, Muslim states, and East Asia, this session lays the ground for reconsidering the compatible spaces that lie between history and fantasy, which inspire our curiosity about people's daily-life experiences. |