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Shifting landscapes of the medieval world

Tue 13 September 2022 - Thu 15 September 2022

Faculty of English

Although the word ‘landscape’ entered English in the sixteenth century, the concept of the land as it shapes and is shaped by human activity is much, much older. Much more than a backdrop to narrative, much more than a passive object of knowledge, much more than patches of space to be allocated and appropriated, landscape is revealed as playing an active part in narrative, power, and knowledge. A focus on landscape allows us to ask questions about the division between culture and nature; the boundaries between countries and cultures; the agency of the nonhuman and more than human; the role of the supernatural and the imagination in shaping history; and the ethics of landscape management, naming, and ownership.

Cost: 1. Waged/Fully Funded Registration £40.00 / Unwaged/Unfunded Registration £20.00/Online attendance £0.00