History
VIU Autumn School “Republican Political Practices in Medieval Europe”
When:
11 November - 14 November 2017
School:
Venice International University Summer / Winter Schools
Institution:
Venice International University
City:
Country:
Language:
English
Credits:
2 EC
Fee:
No participation fees for students of VIU member universities. The fees will cover tuition, course materials, accommodation in multiple rooms at the VIU campus, lunches in the VIU cafeteria. Student participants will be responsible for covering their own travel expenses to and from Venice, local transportation and evening meals. The School will provide a limited number of travel grants for participants from VIU member universities EUR
About
The school focus is related to a new strong historiographical trend in medieval studies. Namely, this is a reexamination of “republican” or “democratic” tendencies within the medieval society. The Autumn School’s general aim is to bring together the scholars who concentrate on horizontal political ties within the medieval society
Medieval republicanism will be discussed also in its connection to the past and to the future. In our proposed program the following questions will be discussed: can one consider medieval practical republicanism a heritage of Antiquity or not? How did it contribute to the further development of republican theory and practices in the Modern time?
Course leader
European University at St. Petersburg, Russia Prof. Alexei Vovin - Scientific Coordinator
Target group
Master and PhD students are welcome to participate: they are encouraged to present their own topics.
Course aim
The Autumn School focuses on urban and countryside communes, first forms of proto-parliaments (like Etats Généraux in France), Orders of Knighthood, universities and other self-governing and autonomous societies in this period. The main school themes are political practices: public deliberation, voting, selection by lot, direct political participation, as well as republican notions in the texts written before 1500 A.D.: virtus, res publica, libertas and dignitas.
Fee info
Fee
No participation fees for students of VIU member universities. The fees will cover tuition, course materials, accommodation in multiple rooms at the VIU campus, lunches in the VIU cafeteria. Student participants will be responsible for covering their own travel expenses to and from Venice, local transportation and evening meals. The School will provide a limited number of travel grants for participants from VIU member universities EUR, No participation fees for students of VIU member universities. The fees will cover tuition, course materials, accommodation in multiple rooms at the VIU campus, lunches in the VIU cafeteria. Student participants will be responsible for covering their own travel expenses to and from Venice, local transportation and evening meals. The School will provide a limited number of travel grants for participants from VIU member universities
Fee
200 EUR, Stuents from non VIU-member Universities. The fees will cover tuition, course materials, accommodation in multiple rooms at the VIU campus, lunches in the VIU cafeteria. Student participants will be responsible for covering their own travel expenses to and from Venice, local transportation and evening meals.
Interested?
When:
11 November - 14 November 2017
School:
Venice International University Summer / Winter Schools
Institution:
Venice International University
Language:
English
Credits:
2 EC