Family in the Premodern World: A Comparative Approach
Organized by Lee Mordechai (Princeton University) and Sara McDougall (CUNY)
April 7, 2017—April 8, 2017 · 209 Scheide Caldwell
Program in Medieval Studies
The presenters are Michelle Armstrong-Partida, Mišo Dokmanović, Emmanuël Falzone, Ida Ferrero, Michaela Granger, Erin Jordan, George Kallander, Sara McDougall, Lee Mordechai, Luke John Murphy, David Stark, Susan Mosher Stuard, Ann Waltner.
Pre-circulated papers can be found here.
Sponsors: Committee of the Study of Late Antiquity, Medieval Studies, the Humanities Council, the Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies, with the support of the Stanley J. Seeger Hellenic Fund, Center for Human Values, Near Eastern Studies, the Program in Judaic Studies, the Program in the Ancient World, The Center for Collaborative History, the Graduate School
Family in the Premodern World: A Comparative Approach \ Schedule
Friday, April 7
14:00 – Introduction
14:10-15:40, Session 1:
Michelle Armstrong-Partida, Illegitimacy, Fatherhood, and Family Strategies in Late Medieval Catalunya
Sara McDougall, Bastard Priests and their Families in Medieval Europe
15:40: Coffee break
15:50-18:00, Session 2:
George Kallander, Hunting Trips, Mongol Queens, and Qadan: Koryŏ-Mongol Marriage Alliances in the Late Thirteenth Century
Lee Mordechai, Social Mobility, Imperial Succession, and Elite Families in Eleventh Century Byzantium
Erin Jordan, When the Personal is Political: Family Conflict and Resolution in the Latin East
Saturday, April 8
9:00 – Breakfast in Scheide Caldwell 209
9:30-11:00, Session 3:
Mišo Dokmanović, The Slavic World Meets the Turks: The Transformation of the Family in 14th and 15th century Macedonia
Ann Waltner, Widow Chastity and the Family System in Ming and Qing Dynasty China
11:00 – Coffee break
11:10-12:40, Session 4:
Emmanuël Falzone, Testing the Boundaries of a Concept. Family Litigation, Social Normativity and Concubinage before Consistory Courts in the Southern Low Countries (15th-16th Centuries)
David Stark, Coming of Age in Eighteenth-Century Puerto Rico: The Baptismal Sponsorship of Enslaved Infants in Arecibo, 1735-1772
12:40: Lunch
14:00-15:30, Session 5:
Susan Mosher Stuard, Where Notaries Provided Services to Italian Townspeople
Ida Ferrero, Jewish families in the early XVIII century in Turin, Italy: marriage contracts and dowries
15:30 – Coffee break
15:40-17:10, Session 6:
Luke John Murphy, Familial Religion in Pre-Christian Scandinavia? Ancestor-Worship, Mother-Priestesses, and Offerings for the Elves
Michaela Granger, ‘Against the Laws of Nature’: Mothers, Martyrs, and Patriarchs in the Late Antique West
17:10 – Discussion
17:40 – Conclusion
