Scaling Conques – The Frames of Reference in Understanding an 'Abbey in a Shell'

Locating medieval Conques within a network of abbeys characterized by administrative, political or artistic relations; understanding Conques’ treasury as a means to manifest claims connecting the abbey to the major centers of Christianity; studying the long durée of Conques’ heritage within the broader framework of 19th century national heritage building as well as that of the 20th century tourism industry; analyzing the architecture of the abbey as a complex organism whose transformations are conditioned by the period eye of each historical phase – these are just four examples of “Scaling Conques”. In continuity with the last conference highlighting interdisciplinary perspectives we will reflect on the design of our research in order to understand what it means to position Conques in the Global World as well as in a timeframe ranging from the central middle ages until today.

This conference is organized as a part of the project "Conques in the Global World. Transferring Knowledge: From Material to Immaterial Heritage" (H2020_ MSCA-RISE 101007770): https://conques.eu/

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PROGRAM

Thursday, 10 October 2024

public workshop

» 9:45

Introduction (Tanja Michalsky, Adrian Bremenkamp)

» 10:00-10:45

William Diebold, Scaling up Bernard of Angers, Liber miraculorum sanctae Fidis I, 13

» 10:45-11:30

Adrien Palladino, “An ‘idol’ emerged from the barbaric night”. Scaling the Majesty of Foy between Ancient Gaul and Modernism

| coffee break |

» 12:00-12:45

Cynthia Hahn, Rethinking the Conques Treasury

» 12:45-13:30

Adrian Bremenkamp, Conques, Rome, Jerusalem and Barbastro: The True Cross and a ‘Global’ Treasury around 1100

| lunch break |

» 14:30-15:15

Kris Racaniello, Translatio Fides: Naming & Ancestral Landscapes in Wendat and Jesuit Material Culture

» 15:15-16:00

Lei Huang, The Sculpture of Conques through the Prism of Artistic Transfers

| coffee break |

»16:30-17:15

Vincent Debiais, Circulations and Dead ends of Epigraphic Formulae (Conques, Pont-de-Salars)

Friday, 11 October 2024

» 9:30-13:00

internal meeting of the project members

Scientific Organization: Tanja Michalsky and Adrian Bremenkamp