The Initial Training Network MITT and Leiden University invite you for a panel discussion on the future of the historical humanities in- and outside the world of academic research and education.
The year 2014 will mark the beginning of Horizon 2020, the next Framework Program for Research and Innovation of the European Union.
The plans and preliminary papers on Horizon 2020 define a number of challenges concerning research and the market, industrial leadership or societal questions of sustainability, climate, (social) security, ageing and inclusive societies.
The changing focus in the academic world and the European Research Area will present the humanities with a major challenge. Especially those domains that concentrate on the culture, art and literature of historical periods will have to rethink and redefine their strengths and relevance for the societal challenges that are addressed in Horizon 2020. In what way can the humanities provide a scientifically and socially meaningful contribution to the Program?
Now that national research budgets are decreasing rapidly, this European framework and its various funding programs will have an enormous impact on national and local academic policy. Therefore, the humanities will have to (re)assess their contribution to research as well as its public understanding and societal relevance. Scholars have to find new ways to secure and strengthen their position for the benefit of new generations of scholars.
The MITT- panel will address these urgent issues in a discussion that brings together experienced researchers in the field of medieval studies and PhD-students that will form the new generation of scholars.
Panel :
- Drs. Annemarie Bos (Director Humanities of Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek)
- Prof. dr. Wim Blockmans (medieval history, former rector of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Wassenaar)
- Prof. dr. Catrien Santing (medieval history, Director Onderzoekschool Mediëvistiek)
- Prof. dr. Reindert Falkenburg (art history, Dean of Arts and Humanities, Vice Provost for Intellectual and Cultural Outreach, New York University, Faculty Abu Dhabi)
- Prof. dr. Hans-Jochen Schiewer (medievistische Germanistik, rector Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg)
- PhD-students from the MITT-networkThe panel is chaired by prof. dr. Wim van den Doel (Dean of the Humanities, Leiden University).
Programme :
14.30 – Doors open and coffee
15.00 – Introduction
15.30 – Discussion
17.00 – Drinks and music
Attendance is free, but please send a notice to luicd@hum.leidenuniv.nl. The panel discussion will take place in the University Library Leiden, Witte Singel 27 Leiden.
More information : here
L'Agenda des Médiévistes 