Medieval History
English 6100: Studies in Medievalism, Western Michigan University, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:00 am-11:30 am; Brown 2048 -- Dr. Richard Utz
Medievalism might be defined as the ongoing reception, academic and popular, of medieval culture in post-medieval times. As a phenomenon, at least from a Eurocentric perspective, it could be said to commence with Renaissance humanists? invention of their own era as rebirthing the glory of Ciceronian Rome or Periclean Athens and their concomitant debasement of the period in between Early Modernity and Classical Antiquity as a mere medium aevum, a Middle Age. Medievalism ends, but then it never really does, with your muffler repair at Merlin?s, your drive by the Neogothic Water Tower, or your annual pilgrimage to the International Medieval Congress. In this interdisciplinary graduate seminar we will explore how various ideas and functions of the ?medieval? have evolved through the centuries and why the ?Middle Age? as a cultural signifier has been able to encompass these various, often mutually exclusive ideas and functions. Areas of inquiry may include textuality, authority, periodicity, pastism, presentism, reception, nationalism, memorialization, musealization, sedimentization, and other concepts yet to be boldly neologized. Several experienced practitioners of medievalism from around the world will hopefully join us as ?real? and ?virtual? guests.
This class should be valuable to students of medieval studies as well as those interested in the early modern, modern, and postmodern readings of medieval culture. Participants interested in the seminar will be ready to engage with different modes of critical inquiry from Francis Petrarch through Umberto Eco, to participate actively in intellectually challenging seminar style discussion, and to research and write a substantial, original, and expertly edited research paper of publishable quality. For a first impression of the definition and scope of medievalism, please visit: web.mac.com/ricutz/iWeb/site/Medievalism.htm
- Richard Utz Reviews Medievalisms. Making The Past In The Present
Richard Utz recently reviewed Tison Pugh and Angela Jane Weisl's Medievalisms: Making the Past in the Present (New York: Routledge, 2013), for The Medieval Review. This coauthored volume may very well be the first book on medievalism(s)...
- Robinson And Swan Speak To Medievalism Seminar
On July 30 and August 4, Drs. Carol Robinson and Jesse Swan addressed Richard Utz's graduate seminar on Studies in Medievalism via Skype. Robinson, who teaches at Kent State Trumbull, is one of the most widely known experts on the subject of Neomedievalism...
- Sim Sessions At 2010 Congress
Studies in Medievalism is sponsoring two sessions at the 2010 Medieval Congress, I. Remembering the Middle Ages: Medievalism and Memory; and II. Medievalism in Music and the Fine Arts. If interested, please contact: Richard Utz Western Michigan Univ....
- Mass Market Medieval
Mass Market Medieval. Essays on the Middle Ages in Popular Culture. Edited by David W. Marshall (215 pages; Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2007). The 13 essays in this book explore the medieval invasion of today's media and...
- Welcome
Welcome to MEDIEVALISM! This blog will serve as a forum for communicating about all aspects regarding the reception of medieval culture in postmedieval times, usually referred to as "medievalism," from active production or recreation of medieval music,...
Medieval History
Graduate Summer Seminar on Medievalism at WMU
English 6100: Studies in Medievalism, Western Michigan University, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:00 am-11:30 am; Brown 2048 -- Dr. Richard UtzMedievalism might be defined as the ongoing reception, academic and popular, of medieval culture in post-medieval times. As a phenomenon, at least from a Eurocentric perspective, it could be said to commence with Renaissance humanists? invention of their own era as rebirthing the glory of Ciceronian Rome or Periclean Athens and their concomitant debasement of the period in between Early Modernity and Classical Antiquity as a mere medium aevum, a Middle Age. Medievalism ends, but then it never really does, with your muffler repair at Merlin?s, your drive by the Neogothic Water Tower, or your annual pilgrimage to the International Medieval Congress. In this interdisciplinary graduate seminar we will explore how various ideas and functions of the ?medieval? have evolved through the centuries and why the ?Middle Age? as a cultural signifier has been able to encompass these various, often mutually exclusive ideas and functions. Areas of inquiry may include textuality, authority, periodicity, pastism, presentism, reception, nationalism, memorialization, musealization, sedimentization, and other concepts yet to be boldly neologized. Several experienced practitioners of medievalism from around the world will hopefully join us as ?real? and ?virtual? guests.
This class should be valuable to students of medieval studies as well as those interested in the early modern, modern, and postmodern readings of medieval culture. Participants interested in the seminar will be ready to engage with different modes of critical inquiry from Francis Petrarch through Umberto Eco, to participate actively in intellectually challenging seminar style discussion, and to research and write a substantial, original, and expertly edited research paper of publishable quality. For a first impression of the definition and scope of medievalism, please visit: web.mac.com/ricutz/iWeb/site/Medievalism.htm
- Richard Utz Reviews Medievalisms. Making The Past In The Present
Richard Utz recently reviewed Tison Pugh and Angela Jane Weisl's Medievalisms: Making the Past in the Present (New York: Routledge, 2013), for The Medieval Review. This coauthored volume may very well be the first book on medievalism(s)...
- Robinson And Swan Speak To Medievalism Seminar
On July 30 and August 4, Drs. Carol Robinson and Jesse Swan addressed Richard Utz's graduate seminar on Studies in Medievalism via Skype. Robinson, who teaches at Kent State Trumbull, is one of the most widely known experts on the subject of Neomedievalism...
- Sim Sessions At 2010 Congress
Studies in Medievalism is sponsoring two sessions at the 2010 Medieval Congress, I. Remembering the Middle Ages: Medievalism and Memory; and II. Medievalism in Music and the Fine Arts. If interested, please contact: Richard Utz Western Michigan Univ....
- Mass Market Medieval
Mass Market Medieval. Essays on the Middle Ages in Popular Culture. Edited by David W. Marshall (215 pages; Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2007). The 13 essays in this book explore the medieval invasion of today's media and...
- Welcome
Welcome to MEDIEVALISM! This blog will serve as a forum for communicating about all aspects regarding the reception of medieval culture in postmedieval times, usually referred to as "medievalism," from active production or recreation of medieval music,...