The Cultural Heritage of Medieval Rituals V

 

Sunday 25 October

14.00: Welcome and brief introduction

14.15: Eric Ziolkowski, Lafayette College, ‘The Reception of a Disputed Reception: The Parable   of Three Rings Reconsidered'

15.15: Coffee and Tea

15.45: Nils Holger Petersen, the Centre, ‘The Study of the Cultural Heritage of Medieval Rituals'

16.45: Reception

20.00: Concert in Trinitatis Church (near the Centre)

 

Monday 26 october

10.00-11.00:

Margrete Syrstad Andås, ‘Liminal Faces - Liminal Spaces'

Martin Wangsgaard Jürgensen, ‘Reducing Sacred Space: The Marriage Ceremony and the   Reformation'

Discussion

 

11.00-11.30: Coffee and Tea

 

11.30-13.00:

Biörn Tjällén, ‘Folk Song, Free Will and the Representational Public Sphere of Fifteenth-Century   Sweden'

Sven Rune Havsteen, ‘Theology of Taste: Some Reflections on a Metaphorical Field of Religious   Perception and its Transformations'

Mette B. Bruun, ‘Past and Present at La Trappe'

Discussion

13.00-14.30: Lunch break

14.30 -15.30: Eyolf Østrem, ‘Between the Lines: Music from Ritual to Meaning' 

Eduardo Henrik Aubert, ‘Historicising Neumatic Notation: Medieval Neumes as Cultural   Artefacts of the Early Modern Times'

Discussion

15.30-16.00: Coffee and Tea

16.00-17.00: Richard Utz, Western Michigan University, ‘Centre as Ritual - Ritual as Centre' 

17.00: Closure

About the Centre

The Centre for the Study of the Cultural Heritage of Medieval Rituals was established on February 1^st 2002. After five years and an international evaluation, the Centre was prolonged via another 3 year grant from The Danish National Research Foundation.

The purpose of the Centre is to contribute to the understanding of modern Western European culture by highlighting the resonance and resurfacing of medieval church rituals in the modern arts and culture: Churches constructed for cultic purposes in the Middle Ages form an integrated part of modern cities, but architectural contexts and functions have changed radically. Modern drama, opera, film, and music involve scenes which stage medieval liturgical or devotional ceremonies employing or mimicking medieval liturgy, but the medieval artefacts that are being recalled have undergone sometimes radical resignification and re-contextualization. This process of cultural heritage can be examined on many levels; in the view of the Centre, the modern idea of artistic creativity altogether should be seen also in the light of this phenomenon, broadly conceived.

The conference "The Cultural Heritage of Medieval Rituals V" marks the final stage of the almost 8 year long project of the Centre. At the Conference, the major results of the centre's work will be presented and discussed. The programme also includes a concert in Trinitatis Kirke which will reflect the musical part of the Centre's project.