Study Days: ‘Conques en Rouergue: constructions mémorielles’, 18 and 21 November 2022

Center for Higher Studies in Medieval Civilization, Poitiers
German Center for Art History – DFK Paris

As part of the Conques project in the global world supported by the European Research Council
(Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions: Research and Innovation Staff Exchange, 2021-2024)

Please find the programme for the two days below:

Friday November 18

Poitiers, Center for Higher Studies in Medieval Civilization
Crozet Room

10am
Word of welcome
Cécile Voyer (CESCM, Poitiers)

Introduction
Ivan Foletti (Masarykova University, Brno)

Moderation: Émilie Kurdziel (CESCM, Poitiers)

10:30 a.m.
The written sources of Conques in their regional environment
Sébastien Fray (Jean-Monnet-Saint-Étienne University)

11:20 a.m. Break

11:40 a.m.
Conques: a stage on the Way of Saint Jacques de Compostela?
Adeline Rucquoi (School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences, Paris)

12:30 p.m.
Pause

Moderation: Philippe Cordez

2 p.m.
Conques, pilgrimage church. From the historiographical construction to the medieval construction site (19th-11th century)
Eric Sparhubert (University of Limoges)

2:50 p.m.
Amassing gold in Conques: the “new” Sainte Foy and its trousseau
Ivan Foletti (Masarykova University, Brno)

3:40 p.m.
Conches and its enamels: between Silos, Limoges and “Byzantium”
Adrian Palladino (Masarykova University, Brno)

Public lecture

6 p.m.
Inventing France in Conques: from Viollet-le-Duc to Prosper Mérimée and Charlemagne
Ivan Foletti (Masarykova University, Brno)

Monday November 21

Paris, German Center for Art History – DFK Paris
Julius Meier-Graefe Hall
And online: https://dfk-paris-org.zoom.us/j/82187307877

2:30 p.m.
Word of welcome
Philippe Cordez (DFK Paris)

Introduction
Ivan Foletti (Masarykova University, Brno)

Moderation: Cécile Voyer (CESCM, Poitiers)

3:00 p.m.
Conques and the idea of ​​Byzantium
Adrian Palladino (Masarykova University, Brno)

3:45 p.m.
Conques in the 19th century
Ivan Foletti (Masarykova University, Brno)

4:30 p.m.
Modern and postmodern conches
Philippe Cordez (DFK Paris)

5:15 p.m.
Aperitif

Concept and organization
Philippe Cordez (DFK Paris)
Ivan Foletti (Masarykova University, Brno)
Eric Sparhubert (University of Limoges)
Cécile Voyer (CESCM)

For more information please contact: pcordez@dfk-paris.org, cecile.voyer@univ-poitiers.fr