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Indigenous Knowledge as a Resource? Transmission, Reception, and Interaction of Global and Local Knowledge between Europe and the Americas, 1492-1800 (texto en español a continuación)

September 10-11, 2018 in Tuebingen, Germany

Since antiquity, knowledge has often been juxtaposed with opinion. Whereas opinion referred to subjective perceptions and viewpoints, knowledge was intended to represent objective and verifiable propositions. On this view, knowledge per se had a universal dimension in that it pretended to be approvable through the reason of everyone, everywhere. This universal aspect of the occidental concept of knowledge stands in marked contrast to cultures of local knowledge, where the generation of knowledge was dependent on specific times and places.

One such example is the validity of indigenous knowledge contested by Europeans and likewise, indigenous challenges to European knowledge. Based on religious, linguistic, demographic, and cultural disparities, knowledge operative in one context was adapted, manipulated, reframed, or dismissed, as spurious or heretical in another framework. Focusing on the early modern period, this multidisciplinary workshop will focus on specific examples of global and local knowledge transmission, reception, and interaction between Europe and the Americas, including the Canary Islands and the Philippines. Among the broad range of possible topics and textual/pictorial/material sources are bi-lingual and pictorial catechisms, archive inventories, European natural histories, maps, commodity money, sources on indigenous medicine and nutrition, child-specific knowledge, and climate and the environment.

We also encourage comparative perspectives on the knowledge dynamics and policies in the territories dominated by the Spanish and the Portuguese, such as from the English, French, Dutch and Nordic (e.g. Russian, Danish, Swedish) colonies in the Caribbean, North America, and the Guianas. In addition, ways in which indigenous knowledge was preserved or included in archives, libraries or manuals allows for further angles of inquiry. Last, historiographical discussions on ‘indigenous knowledge’ will examine to what extent the concept was manifested in early modern societies, or whether the concept is exclusively a modern analytical tool.

Possible thematic questions:
• In which ways was local knowledge a fragile resource?
• When and how was local knowledge valued; when was it contested?
• How were European epistemologies challenged by indigenous knowledge?
• Can we reconstruct assumptions of global knowledge by Meso- and South American empires?
• To what extent did indigenous groups manipulate information fed to European conquerors, missionaries, traders, and settlers?
• Which material objects were integral to local knowledge?
• How did creole and mestizo Americans mediate between European and indigenous knowledge?
• How do archives in the Americas reflect the circulation and transmission of information between Europe and the wider world? In which ways was information sorted out?

Organizers: Laura Dierksmeier (laura.dierksmeier@uni-tuebingen.de), Fabian Fechner (fabian.fechner@fernuni-hagen.de), Kazuhisa Takeda (ktakeda@meiji.ac.jp)

Submission: Historians, linguists, archeologists, art historians, ethnologists and anthropologists of the Americas are cordially invited to submit an abstract of 250 words in English or Spanish with a narrative C.V. of 100 words to fabian.fechner@fernuni-hagen.de for a presentation (in English or Spanish) of 15 minutes.

Submission Deadline: March 1, 2018

Notification Deadline: April 15, 2018

Workshop Dates: September 10 – 11, 2018

Location: University of Tuebingen in the medieval town of Tuebingen, Germany
Closest airport: Stuttgart (33 km / 20 miles); Trains from Frankfurt am Main airport (221 km / 137 miles / 2-hour high speed train) and Munich airport (249 km / 154 miles / 4 hours) also possible.

Included: Workshop fees and catering will be covered for all accepted participants through the generous funding of the German Research Council (DFG) and the research group: SFB1070 “Resource Cultures.”

Travel Grants: Very limited funds are available to assist participants who otherwise could not attend. Please contact Laura Dierksmeier for further information.

¿Conocimientos indígenas como un recurso? Transmisión, recepción e interacción del conocimiento global y local entre Europa y las Américas, 1492-1800

10-11 de septiembre de 2018 en Tubinga, Alemania

Desde la antigüedad, el conocimiento a menudo se ha yuxtapuesto con la opinión. Aunque la opinión se refería a percepciones y puntos de vista subjetivos, el conocimiento tenía la intención de representar proposiciones objetivas y verificables. En esta vista, conocimiento per se tenía una dimensión universal en el sentido de que pretendía ser aprobada por la razón de todos, en todas partes. Este aspecto universal del concepto occidental de conocimiento contrasta notablemente con las culturas de conocimiento local, donde la generación de conocimiento dependía de tiempos y lugares específicos.

Un ejemplo de ello es la validez del conocimiento indígena impugnado por los europeos y, asimismo, los desafíos indígenas al conocimiento europeo. Con base en disparidades religiosas, lingüísticas, demográficas y culturales, el conocimiento operativo en un contexto fue adaptado, manipulado, reformulado o descartado, como falso o herético en otro marco. Centrándose en el período colonial, este taller multidisciplinario se centrará en ejemplos específicos de transmisión, recepción e interacción del conocimiento global y local entre Europa y las Américas, incluidas las Islas Canarias y Filipinas. Entre la amplia gama de temas posibles y fuentes textuales/pictóricas/materiales se encuentran los catecismos bilingües y pictóricos, los inventarios de archivos, las historias naturales europeas, los mapas, dinero-mercancía y las fuentes sobre medicina y nutrición indígena, conocimiento específico de niños, así como el clima y el medio ambiente.

También fomentamos perspectivas comparativas sobre las dinámicas y políticas de conocimiento en los territorios dominados por los españoles y portugueses, como las colonias inglesas, francesas, holandesas y nórdicas (por ejemplo, rusa, danesa, sueca) en el Caribe, América del Norte y las Guayanas. Además, las formas en que el conocimiento indígena se conservaba o se incluía en los archivos, bibliotecas o manuales permite nuevos ángulos de investigación. Por último, las discusiones historiográficas sobre el “conocimiento indígena” examinarán en qué medida el concepto se manifestó en las sociedades de la época o si el concepto es exclusivamente una herramienta analítica moderna.

Posibles preguntas temáticas:
• ¿De qué maneras fue el conocimiento local un recurso frágil?
• ¿Cuándo y cómo se valoró el conocimiento local y cuándo fue disputado?
• ¿Cómo fueron desafiadas las epistemologías europeas por el conocimiento indígena?
• ¿Podemos reconstruir los supuestos del conocimiento global por los imperios mesoamericano y sudamericano?
• ¿En qué medida manipularon los grupos indígenas la información alimentada a los conquistadores, misioneros, comerciantes y colonos europeos?
• ¿Qué objetos materiales fueron esenciales para el conocimiento local?
• ¿Cómo median los criollos y mestizos entre el conocimiento europeo y el indígena?
• ¿Cómo reflejan los archivos en las Américas la circulación y transmisión de información entre Europa y el resto del mundo? ¿De qué maneras se clasificó la información?

Organizadores: Laura Dierksmeier (Universität Tübingen, laura.dierksmeier@uni-tuebingen.de), Fabian Fechner (FernUniversität Hagen, Alemania, fabian.fechner@fernuni-hagen.de), Kazuhisa Takeda (Universidad de Meiji, Japón, ktakeda@meiji.ac.jp)

Presentación: los historiadores, lingüistas, arqueólogos, historiadores del arte, etnólogos y antropólogos de las Américas están cordialmente invitados a enviar un resumen de 250 palabras en inglés o español con un CV narrativo de 100 palabras a fabian.fechner@fernuni-hagen.de para una presentación (en inglés o español) de 15 minutos.

Fecha límite de presentación: 1 de marzo de 2018

Fecha límite de notificación: 15 de abril de 2018

Fechas del taller: 10 – 11 de septiembre de 2018

Ubicación: Universidad de Tubinga en la ciudad medieval de Tubinga (Tübingen), Alemania. Aeropuerto más cercano: Stuttgart (33 km / 20 millas); trenes del aeropuerto de Fráncfort del Meno (221 km / 137 millas / 2 horas en tren de alta velocidad) y del aeropuerto de Múnich (249 km / 154 millas / 4 horas en tren) también posibles.

Incluido: las tarifas de los talleres y la restauración se cubrirán para todos los participantes aceptados a través de la generosa financiación del Fundación Alemana para la Investigación Científica (DFG) y el grupo de investigación: SFB1070 “Resource Cultures.”

Subvenciones para viajes: fondos muy limitados están disponibles para ayudar a los participantes que de otro modo no puedan asistir. Póngase en contacto con Laura Dierksmeier para más información.

From October, 5-7, 2017, the Institute for Medieval Studies (IEM | NOVAFCSH, Lisbon)
and the municipality of Castelo de Vide (Portugal) are organizing the II International
Conference on the Middle Ages, under the theme “Space and Power in medieval urban
Europe”.
We invite researchers from any scientific area interested in the subject of the medieval
cities to submit session, paper or poster proposals within the range of the following
thematic panels:
1 – The intervention of powers over the urban space: strategies and tensions
2 – Places of power within the city: an archaeological perspective
3 – Places of power within the city: constructions, rituals, pathways and symbols
4 – Representing urban spaces of power: literature and iconography
5 – Materialities: archaeological markers for urban powers
6 – Space and power in medieval Castelo de Vide: multidisciplinary approaches to a
borderland area.
The meeting will have three plenary conferences carried out by researchers invited by the
organization and thematic sessions. Each session will integrate three paper presentations
and will be 60 minutes long. Interested researchers can submit organized sessions or
individual papers which will be gathered by the organizing committee in coherent panels.
It will also be possible to submit poster proposals within the conference’s thematic panels.
The meeting will also have a sociocultural program with a guided tour to Castelo de
Vide’s historical centre, the Conference Dinner and also a tour to Marvão and Ammaia at
the end of the scientific program. It will also be launched the book which resulted from
de 1st edition of the International Conference on the Middle Ages (Castelo de Vide,
October 2016).
The conference languages are Portuguese, Spanish, French and English.
Scientific committee:
Antonio Collantes de Terán (Universidade de Sevilha);
Antonio Malpica Cuello (Universidade de Granada);
Beatriz Arizaga Bolumburu (Universidade de Cantábria-Santander);
Denis Menjot (Universidade Lyon 2);
Iria Gonçalves (Universidade Nova de Lisboa);
Isabel del Val Valdivieso (Universidade de Valladolid);
Jean-Luc Fray (Universidade Balise Pascal – Clermont II);
Jesús Solórzano Telechea (Universidade de Cantábria-Santander);
José Avelino Gutiérrez González (Univesidade de Oviedo);
María Asenjo González (Universidade Complutense de Madrid);
Maria Helena da Cruz Coelho (Universidade de Coimbra);
Mário Barroca (Universidade do Porto);
Michel Bochaca (Universidade de La Rochelle)
Peter Clark (U.Helsínquia)
Organizing Committee:
Amélia Aguiar Andrade (NOVA-FCSH | IEM)
Catarina Tente (NOVA-FCSH | IEM)
Patrícia Martins (C.M.C.V.)
Sara Prata (NOVA-FCSH | IEM)
Deadline for session, paper and poster proposals: July 15th
Announcement of accepted sessions, papers and posters: July 30th
Final program launch: September 10th
Conference fees
Speakers (general): 40 €
University students (undergraduates, MA and PhD): 30 €
IEM integrated researchers and students at FCSH: 20 €
The basic registration back for speakers includes lunch during conference days, guided
tour to Castelo de Vide and Conference Dinner.
Saturday’s visit to Marvão and the roman town of Ammaia (lunch included): 15 €
Enrolment: http://www.castelodevide.pt/idade-media/en_GB/

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Spanish Habsburg Court during the Reign of Carlos II (1665-1700)

Special Journal Issue—The Court Historian: The International Journal of Court Studies

Despite a growing body of revisionist literature on the reign of Carlos II (1665-1700), his court remains one of the lesser known of the Habsburg period. Carlos II’s court, however, holds major allure for scholars. The court’s organization and its ceremonies were adapted to the needs of a child-king thus becoming a testing ground for existing etiquette traditions and institutional development. The presence of three queens—Carlos’s mother and regent during his minority, Mariana of Austria (1634-1696), and his two consorts, Marie Louise of Orleans (r. 1679-1689) and Mariana of Neuburg (r. 1690-1700)—stimulated the production of art, festivals, royal entries, theater, literature, and music. Several important administrative measures associated with the reign and its political circumstances are of particular interest for court studies specialists. For example, women—queens, aristocrats, ambassadresses, and nuns—played a preeminent role in court politics. Most importantly, the court of Carlos II became a hub of international diplomacy during his minority and the rest of the reign, particularly in the waning decades of the seventeenth century when the question of the Spanish succession dominated European affairs.

This special journal issue will showcase research on the court of Carlos II from cultural, gender, political, and diplomatic perspectives in order to further advance revisionist scholarship of the reign and deepen understandings of the Spanish Habsburg court from longue durée perspectives. Topics for articles may include:

1. Royal entries, festivities, travels, and processions during Carlos II’s reign
2. Literary and performing arts
3. Scientific and mathematical knowledge
4. The function of satellite courts and other centers of influence
5. Practice and representations of kingship in ceremonies, festivals, or royal portraiture
6. The politics of court fashion
7. The roles of women at court
8. Diplomatic practices at court

For essays (8,000 words maximum) to be considered for publication please submit by December 15, 2017.

Contributors are encouraged to contact the editors prior to submitting full articles. For this and additional queries, contact Jonathan Spangler, general editor, J.Spangler@mmu.ac.uk, and Silvia Z. Mitchell, guest editor, mitch131@purdue.edu

As comissões organizadora e científica do Tradição e Modernidade no Mundo Ibero-Americano convidam a comunidade científica a participar na organização de painéis, na apresentação de comunicações e à assistência de mesas redondas e conferências proferidas por especialistas.

A XII edição deste colóquio é dedicada ao tema: Intelectuais, nação e cultura: movimentos, identidades, migrações. Dessa forma, as atividades estarão concentradas em torno de um assunto contemporâneo que remete, no entanto, à primeira modernidade e, especialmente, ao estudo das singularidades ibéricas na organização dos seus governos locais, coloniais e pós-coloniais na primeira modernidade no mundo contemporâneo.

Os painéis a serem apresentados deverão estar relacionados aos seguintes temas:

1. Intelectuais e projetos nacionais
2. Pensamento Político
3. Ciência, modernidade e modernização no mundo Ibérico
4. Arte e cultura
5. Religião e Instituições Religiosas

Site oficial: http://www.teologia.porto.ucp.pt/pt/Tradicao-e-Modernidade-2017