Rescheduled for 2022/23
The subject of the next webinar in our ‘Local & Global perspectives’ series is on Tuesday 26 April at 5pm UTC+1) is ‘Mobility, Belonging and Community in the Mediterranean City (Barcelona, Venice and Constantinople, 1400-1550)’
Speakers: Dr Lisa Dallavalle, Dr Özden Mercan and Dr Carolina Obradors-Suaz
Chair: Dr Roser Salicrú i Lluch
Abstract: This session offers a parallel analysis on the processes of community-building, social advancement and agency in the late medieval Mediterranean. It focuses on three cities that will take us from one shore of the Mediterranean to the other. The urban contexts of Barcelona, Venice and Constantinople allow us to delve into the different ways that individuals and groups strove to improve their position within the fabric of the late medieval city. Consequently, the papers in this session will consider issues such as, the importance of sociability in the creation of belonging, the role of profession in the establishment of urban hierarchies and the agency of foreign communities in the shaping of urban life.
[Image: Piri Reis, Map of the Eastern Part of the City of Venice, from Piri Reis, Book on Navigation, late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/ AD 18th century (Ottoman), W.658, fol.185b.
The Walters Art Museum, acquired by Henry Walters.
Map of the Eastern Part of the City of Venice | W.658.185B | The Walters Art Museum
Licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)]
