{"id":8412,"date":"2026-03-27T16:50:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T15:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sgeaj.ch\/?p=8412"},"modified":"2026-04-10T16:58:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:58:55","slug":"materiality-and-confinements-in-the-medieval-and-early-modern-eras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sgeaj.ch\/fr\/actualite\/materiality-and-confinements-in-the-medieval-and-early-modern-eras\/","title":{"rendered":"Materiality and Confinements in the Medieval and Early Modern Eras"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The programme for the international conference \u00ab\u00a0Materiality and Confinements in the Medieval and Early Modern Eras: Objects, Actors, and Experiences\u00a0\u00bb has been published. The conference will take place at the Universit\u00e9 de Lausanne from 22 to 24 April 2026 and is organised by Nathalie Dahn-Singh (UNIL) and Anna Clara Basilic\u00f2 (FBK).<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The international conference \u00ab\u00a0Materiality and Confinements in the Medieval and Early Modern Eras: Objects, Actors, and Experiences\u00a0\u00bb examines confinements through the lens of their materiality. Drawing on a recent historiographical broadening of the field, the conference aims to address various forms of medieval and early modern confinement, both judicial and non-judicial: prisons, galleys, hospitals, workhouses, cloisters, monasteries, and the like. At the same time, it seeks to reflect on methodological questions pertaining to material history as an approach and to the sources that underpin it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conference is free of charge and will be held in person and online. No registration is required to attend in person. To attend online, please contact <a href=\"mailto:nathalie.dahn-singh@unil.ch\">nathalie.dahn-singh@unil.ch<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The keynote address for the conference will be given by Prof. Sophie Abdela (University of Sherbrooke): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unil.ch\/events\/1770752623750\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00ab\u00a0If These Walls Could Speak! An Incursion in Paris\u2019 Jailbreaks (1700-1790)\u00a0\u00bb<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Image credits: Cornelis de Wael, \u00ab\u00a0To Visit the Imprisoned\u00a0\u00bb, ca. 1640, oil on canvas (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.museidigenova.it\/it\/visitare-i-carcerati\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Musei di Genova<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.sgeaj.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/materiality-and-confinements-program-unil-22-24-april-2026-vfinale.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Contenu embarqu\u00e9 Materiality and Confinements_Program_UNIL_22-24 April 2026_vfinale.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-dd9a1cfb-2bcc-4b9b-87e0-503f33ca61bb\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sgeaj.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/materiality-and-confinements-program-unil-22-24-april-2026-vfinale.pdf\">Materiality and Confinements_Program_UNIL_22-24 April 2026_vfinale<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sgeaj.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/materiality-and-confinements-program-unil-22-24-april-2026-vfinale.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-dd9a1cfb-2bcc-4b9b-87e0-503f33ca61bb\">Herunterladen<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The programme for the international conference \u00ab\u00a0Materiality and Confinements in the Medieval and Early Modern Eras: Objects, Actors, and Experiences\u00a0\u00bb has been published. 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