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Political ritual in the United Kingdom
Political ritual in the United Kingdom, 1700 - 2000
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Published on mardi, avril 22, 2003
Summary
International Conference
POLITICAL RITUAL IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, 1700 - 2000
Organised by the
German Association for the Study of British History and Politics
(Arbeitskreis Deutsche England-Forschung)
Date: 30 May - 1 June 2003
Venue: Mühlheim a
Announcement
International Conference
POLITICAL RITUAL IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, 1700 - 2000
Organised by the
German Association for the Study of British History and Politics
(Arbeitskreis Deutsche England-Forschung)
Date: 30 May - 1 June 2003
Venue: Mühlheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Political rituals, ceremony and the symbolic representation of power and
government have played a prominent role in the history of the United
Kingdom. While many Britons take pride in the longstanding traditions
of political institutions like the House of Parliament or the monarchy,
most foreign observers would probably agree on the exceptional prominence
of traditional forms and rituals in Britain's political culture. However, in
1983 we were told that many of Britain's (and other countries') traditions
were not quite as longstanding as some would expect and that historians were
to follow the history of their inventions in order to understand their
meanings and their contexts. Twenty years after Eric Hobsbawm's and
Terence Ranger's _The Invention of Tradition_, the history of political
rituals in Britains still remains to be written. How are historians and
political scientists to account for phenomena as different as the wide
range of urban and civic ritual in the 17th and 18th century, the meaning
of changing electional rituals in the 19th century and the evolution and
development of parliamentary traditions? How do we understand recent
events like the funerals of Lady Di and Queen mother in the context of
the history of political rituals in the United Kingdom?
The German Association for the Study of British History and Politics will
address these questions in its annual meeting on 30 May - 1 June 2003
in Mühlheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
Programm:
Friday, May 30th, 2003
Opening Address
19:30 Frank O'Gorman (Manchester)
Political Ritual in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Saturday, May 31st, 2003
9:00 Jörg Neuheiser (Köln)/Michael Schaich (London)
Welcome and Introduction
I. Civic Ritual
Chair: Willibald Steinmetz (Bochum/Bremen)
9:30 Rosemary Sweet (Leicester)
Urban Political Ritual in Eighteenth-Century Britain
11:00 Andreas Fahrmeir (Frankfurt a. M.)
The Lord Mayor's Show in Nineteenth-Century London
II. Ritual and Popular Politics
Chair: Vera Nünning (Heidelberg)
14:00 Detlev Mares (Darmstadt)
The Importance of Being Earnest: Rituals in Victorian Popular Radicalism
14:30 Matthias Reiß (London)
National Hunger Marches in 1920s and 1930s Britain
III. Commemorative Rituals
Chair: Hans Kastendiek (Chemnitz)
16:00 Dominic Bryan (Belfast)
Orange Order Parades in Northern Ireland, 1960-2000
16:30 Gert Stratmann (Bochum)
The Golden Jubilee Celebrations
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All are welcome to participate.
The venue will be the conference center Die Wolfsburg, Falkenweg 6,
45478 Mühlheim an der Ruhr (www.bistum-essen.de/wolfsbu.htm).
For bookings please contact Ingrid Schilling (ischilli@uni-osnabrueck.de)
For further information please contact:
Michael Schaich (German Historical Institute London)
schaich@ghil.co.uk
or
Jörg Neuheiser (University of Cologne)
a2724898@smail.uni-koeln.de
POLITICAL RITUAL IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, 1700 - 2000
Organised by the
German Association for the Study of British History and Politics
(Arbeitskreis Deutsche England-Forschung)
Date: 30 May - 1 June 2003
Venue: Mühlheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Political rituals, ceremony and the symbolic representation of power and
government have played a prominent role in the history of the United
Kingdom. While many Britons take pride in the longstanding traditions
of political institutions like the House of Parliament or the monarchy,
most foreign observers would probably agree on the exceptional prominence
of traditional forms and rituals in Britain's political culture. However, in
1983 we were told that many of Britain's (and other countries') traditions
were not quite as longstanding as some would expect and that historians were
to follow the history of their inventions in order to understand their
meanings and their contexts. Twenty years after Eric Hobsbawm's and
Terence Ranger's _The Invention of Tradition_, the history of political
rituals in Britains still remains to be written. How are historians and
political scientists to account for phenomena as different as the wide
range of urban and civic ritual in the 17th and 18th century, the meaning
of changing electional rituals in the 19th century and the evolution and
development of parliamentary traditions? How do we understand recent
events like the funerals of Lady Di and Queen mother in the context of
the history of political rituals in the United Kingdom?
The German Association for the Study of British History and Politics will
address these questions in its annual meeting on 30 May - 1 June 2003
in Mühlheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
Programm:
Friday, May 30th, 2003
Opening Address
19:30 Frank O'Gorman (Manchester)
Political Ritual in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Saturday, May 31st, 2003
9:00 Jörg Neuheiser (Köln)/Michael Schaich (London)
Welcome and Introduction
I. Civic Ritual
Chair: Willibald Steinmetz (Bochum/Bremen)
9:30 Rosemary Sweet (Leicester)
Urban Political Ritual in Eighteenth-Century Britain
11:00 Andreas Fahrmeir (Frankfurt a. M.)
The Lord Mayor's Show in Nineteenth-Century London
II. Ritual and Popular Politics
Chair: Vera Nünning (Heidelberg)
14:00 Detlev Mares (Darmstadt)
The Importance of Being Earnest: Rituals in Victorian Popular Radicalism
14:30 Matthias Reiß (London)
National Hunger Marches in 1920s and 1930s Britain
III. Commemorative Rituals
Chair: Hans Kastendiek (Chemnitz)
16:00 Dominic Bryan (Belfast)
Orange Order Parades in Northern Ireland, 1960-2000
16:30 Gert Stratmann (Bochum)
The Golden Jubilee Celebrations
------------------------------------
All are welcome to participate.
The venue will be the conference center Die Wolfsburg, Falkenweg 6,
45478 Mühlheim an der Ruhr (www.bistum-essen.de/wolfsbu.htm).
For bookings please contact Ingrid Schilling (ischilli@uni-osnabrueck.de)
For further information please contact:
Michael Schaich (German Historical Institute London)
schaich@ghil.co.uk
or
Jörg Neuheiser (University of Cologne)
a2724898@smail.uni-koeln.de
Places
- Mühlheim an der Ruhr (Allemagne)
Date(s)
- vendredi, mai 30, 2003
Contact(s)
- Michael Schaich
courriel : schaich [at] ghil [dot] co [dot] uk - Jörg Neuheiser
courriel : a2724898 [at] smail [dot] uni-koeln [dot] de
To cite this announcement
« Political ritual in the United Kingdom », Conference, symposium, Calenda, Published on mardi, avril 22, 2003, https://calenda-formation.labocleo.org/188037
