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Announcement: For the first time in the German-speaking world, this conference brings together experts from history, philology, religious studies and musicology to discuss the cultural and political significance of the reception of the Middle Ages in heavy metal.
Metal Middle Ages – Medieval Reception in Metal
Metal Middle Ages – Images of the Middle Ages play a central role in the history and present of heavy metal. This applies to the musical design as well as to the visual marketing and self-image of the actors. The conference looks at the various facets and forms of the reception of the Middle Ages in heavy metal. Particular attention is paid to the politicization and identity-political appropriation of the Middle Ages. This diverse potential for knowledge is reflected in the interdisciplinary and cross-epochal orientation of the conference, which brings together experts from history, philology, religious studies and musicology.
Please register in advance by March 10, 2025 at the latest to fb05-sekr.mittelalter@uni-kassel.de.program
Wednesday – March 19, 2025
14:00-14:30: Christian Jaser & Jonathan Surek (Kassel)
Introduction
2:30-3:15 p.m.: Sebastian Kubon (Munich)
The seven shades of a medieval image: The medieval reception of right-wing extremist metal bands and their environment in the digital world
3:15-4:00 pm: Patrick Reinard (Trier)
Intertextuality and canonization of knowledge in metal: The example of the depiction of Caligula and Nero
4:00-4:30 pm: Break
4:30-5:15 pm: Michael Mecklenburg (Kassel)
Not A.? Self-thematization in medieval rock/metal
5:15-6:00 pm: Break
Thursday – March 20, 2025
9:00-9:45 am: Andreas Schmidt (Munich)
Songs from the North? (Re-)Appropriations of the ‘Nordic Middle Ages’ in the Metal Continuum
9:45-10:30 am: Reinhard Kopanski (Siegen)
“Warriors of the World united”: Medieval approaches in metal between carnivalization, glorification and politicization
10:30-11:00 am: Break
11:00-11:45 am: Jonathan Surek (Kassel)
“Be Mediæval”: Right-wing ideological strategies of appropriation in the medieval approaches of Peste Noire
11:45-12:30: Final discussion
Contact
Registration address: fb05-sekr.mittelalter@uni-kassel.dehttps://www.uni-kassel.de/fb05/fachgruppen-und-institute/geschichte/fachfelder/medielalterliche-geschichte/infothek
