Leibniz Graduate School - Herder
Institute for Historical Research on Eastern Europe
Marburg, Germany
March 7-11, 2016
As a result of the “material turn”
of the last decade, collections in and of themselves have become objects of
research. The materiality of collected objects, questions regarding their
authenticity, selection and recording are subjects of transdiciplinary and
conceptual debates. In order to investigate these complexes, connections, and
interdependencies, scholars have combined methodological and theoretical approaches
from various disciplines such as history, art history, archeology, and
museology. In a world going ever more digital, immaterial ideas, images, and
practices of preservation, necessitate a rethinking and reconceptualization of
existing orders.
Combining theoretical approaches
with everyday practices of collecting and in collections, this symposium will
provide a forum for discussion for graduate and post-graduate students. The
host institute of the symposium, the Herder Institute for Historical Research
on East Central Europe in Marburg, is not only a place for research, but
belongs to the few German institutions, where theoretical knowledge on Eastern
Europe interacts directly with objects from the region (e.g. books,
manuscripts, journals, images).
Therefore,
the symposium pursues two goals: on the one hand, it offers a theoretical
approach into areas such as Material Cultural Studies and Cultural Heritage
Studies; on the other hand, it seeks to illustrate the practices of capturing,
recording, and digitizing objects. To that end, participants have the opportunity
to conduct concrete projects in the institute’s three collections, the image,
map, and document collection. The symposium aspires to provide an unusual
insight into the work in, on, and with collections that differs markedly from
the experience of “users” and visitors. Thus, following a two-day introduction,
the Herder Institute offers 12 researchers the unique possibility to realize
their own projects with the support of the experts working in our collections.
Passive knowledge of German and listening comprehension are required.
Please submit your letter of
motivation and a short CV as well as contact details by December 15, 2015 to: gantnere@herder-institut.de
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