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CARMEN Annual Meeting, 11-13 September 2015: “Memory and Identity”

History Department, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Eastern Sarajevo

and the Goethe Institut Sarajevo

Bentbaša 1a, Sarajevo (Bosnia and Hercegovina)

Thursday, 10 September 17:00 onwards: Meeting of the CARMEN Executive Committee

Friday, 11 September 09:00 –10:00: Registration and setting up the Market Place 10:00 –11:00: Welcome and introductions

Introduction and Welcome to the University of Eastern Sarajevo Representative of the University of Eastern Sarajevo Welcome to the Goethe Institut: Remembering for the future, the Goethe Institut and the culture of remembrance Dr. Charlotte Hermelink – Director, Goethe Institut, Sarajevo Introducing the CARMEN Worldwide Medieval Network Simon Forde – CARMEN Executive Director Medieval Research in Bosnia and Hercegovina Nada Zečević – University of Eastern Sarajevo

11:00 –11:30: Coffee / tea and final preparation of the Market Place 11:30 –12:45: Market Place

A presentation of members’ activities in an informal, market-place setting.

12:45 –14:15: Buffet lunch 14:15 –15:15: Memory and Identity

History, Memory and Mnemohistory Marek Tamm (Tallinn University) Building a Digital Ecosystem for Scholarly Research on Medieval Culture: DARIAH and the Medievalist's Sources Working Group Emiliano Degl'Innocenti (SISMEL, PARTHENOS, DARIAH-ERIC)

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HERA JRP Uses of the Past – the CONTAGIOUS PASTS Project Jadranka Neralić (Croatian Institute of History, Zagreb), Hermenegildo Fernandes (University of Lisbon) and Eleonara Narvselius (Lund University)

15:15 – 16:00 Memory and Identity: A Round Table

General discussion, moderated by Gerhard Jaritz (CEU, Budapest): Contributions from Emiliano Degl’Innocenti (SISMEL, PARTHENOS, DARIAH-ERIC), Ana Rodríguez (CCHS-CSIC, Madrid) and Christian Raffensperger (Wittenberg University)

16:00 –16:30: Drinks Reception 16:30 –18:00: Open Meetings, including the following:

Forum for National Associations – Lisa Fagin Davis (Medieval Academy of America) as Chair for the meeting

ARC Medieval Press – Simon Forde (CARMEN)

Investing in the Past (follow-up of the Sarajevo workshop) – Felicitas Schmieder (FernUniversität, Hagen)

18:00 – 19:30: A short, guided walk through Sarajevo – Nada Zečević 20:00: Dinner

Restaurant Nova Bentbaša

Saturday, 12 September 09:15 –10:00: CARMEN Executive Meeting and Elections

Election of Executive Committee – Simon Forde (CARMEN)

Application and funding possibilities – Gerhard Jaritz (CEU, Budapest)

10:00 –11:15: Local and Regional Insights into Memory and Identity Three regional experts providing 20 minute introductions:

Constructing memory and identities in the twilight of the Middle Ages in Croatia: Šimun Kožičić Begna and his opus Neven Budak (University of Zagreb) Nationality and Identity in European parts of the Ottoman Empire: researching the past, creating the future Ema Miljković (University of Belgrade) Medieval History in a Culture of Oblivion: Memory and Identity in Bosnia and Hercegovina Emir O. Filipović (University of Sarajevo) Discussion moderated by Nada Zečević

11:15 –11:45: Coffee / tea

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11:45 –13:00: Workshops for prospective projects, I

Publishing books and articles (for early career scholars) Simon Forde (WMU, Kalamazoo) – Open Access Bob Bjork (ACMRS, Arizona) – critical editions Erin T. Dailey (AUP) – copy editing All of the above – rewriting dissertations

The Role of Ecclesiastics in the Construction of Monarchy (from National to European Project): Hermínia Vilar (University of Évora/ SPEM/CIDHEUS) and Maria João Branco (Nova University of Lisbon)

Other workshops or meetings 13:00 –14:00: Buffet lunch 14:00 –15:30: Workshops for prospective projects, II

How to write grant proposals? Ana Rodríguez (CCHS-CSIC, Madrid), Gerhard Jaritz (CEU, Budapest), Claire McIlroy (CHE/UWA, Perth)

Other workshops or meetings (e.g., closed meeting for HERA Contagious Pasts team)

15:30 –16:00: Coffee / tea 16:00 –16:50: Workshop for prospective projects, III

HERA Contagious Pasts project, open meeting

17:00 –17:50: Workshop for prospective projects IV

Collaborative opportunities in and with the Balkans and East Central Europe: Nada Zečević, Dženan Dautović (University of Sarajevo), Nedim Rabić (University of Sarajevo), Ema Miljković (Universities of Belgrade and Nis)

18:00 –18:50: CARMEN as a COST Action

Contributions from Ian Johnson (St. Andrews University), Cristina Pimenta (CEPESE, University of Porto), Christian Krötzl (University of Tampere)

19:00: Closing words and thanks 20:00: Dinner Restaurant Inat Kuća (the House of Spite)

Sunday, 13 September From 09:00 Optional sightseeing tours

Debriefing meeting of the Executive Committee