IMC 2025: Sessions
Session 205: Connecting People in the Early Middle Ages: In Memory of Janneke Raaijmakers, II
Monday 7 July 2025, 14:15-15:45
| Sponsor: | Department of History, Syracuse University, New York / Huygens Instituut, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW), Amsterdam |
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| Organisers: | Albrecht Diem, Department of History, Syracuse University, New York Mayke de Jong, Departement Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht |
| Moderator/Chair: | Mayke de Jong, Departement Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht |
| Respondent: | Stuart Airlie, School of Humanities, University of Glasgow |
| Paper 205-a | The Creation of Community through Epitaphs: Jews among Christians and Pagans (Language: English) Index terms: Epigraphy, Religious Life |
| Paper 205-b | Hrabanus Maurus' Epigraphic Poems (Language: English) Index terms: Epigraphy, Language and Literature - Latin |
| Paper 205-c | Touching Relics and Touching Manuscripts: Sensory Approaches to Authenticity (Language: English) Index terms: Manuscripts and Palaeography, Religious Life |
| Abstract | In November 2024, an edited volume titled Connecting People: Saints, Relics, and Communities in the Early Medieval World was published in memory of the early medievalist Janneke Raaijmakers, who passed away on May 2, 2021. The two sessions on Connecting People in the Early Middle Ages bring together several contributors to this volume, presenting research that expands upon their work in honor of Janneke Raaijmakers. The papers in the first session explore the political-religious dimensions of connecting communities, while the second session focuses on the materiality of objects, relics, and inscriptions – a central theme in Janneke’s research. |