Understanding Diversity in the 15th and 16th Centuries
The Dorothy Dunnett Centenary Conference will be held at the Kimpton Hotel, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh from Thursday 20th – Friday 21st April, 2023
Download the Conference Programme here.
Thursday 20th April – Day One
11.00-12 noon: Registration
12.30: Buffet Lunch
13.45: Welcome and Introduction
14.00: Conference Session One
Dr Kit Heyam
‘What do we talk about when we talk about gender and sexual diversity?’
Rebecca Davis Stevenson
‘‘Sex and Power, Gender and Transgression: Lessons for Today from LGBT Diversity in the 15th and 16th Centuries.’
16.00: Break for refreshments
16.40: Conference Session Two
Domagoj Krpan
‘The relationship between the Ruthenian Uniate Church and other Christian communities in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.’
Dr Bess Rhodes
‘Dangerous Strangers: Changing Attitudes to Outsiders in Reformation Scotland.’
17.45: End of Day One
Friday 21st April – Day Two
09.00: Welcome
09.15: Conference Session Three
Dr Jelena Bakić
‘Reading Diversity in the Italian Renaissance Paratexts.’
Dr Jill Hind
‘From Marriage Pawn to Patronage – Women’s Soft Power in the Renaissance.’
Dr Ally Ziatar
‘When the Body is ill, the Mind Suffers: Unravelling Women’s Madness and Mental Illness Throughout Historic Europe.’
10.45: Break for refreshments
11.15: Conference Session Four
Dr Nere Jone Intxaustegi Jauregi
‘Limpieza de sangre: blood purity in the Basque territory of Biscay.’
Dr Antonia Gatward Cevizli
‘Depicting diversity in Italian painting.’
12.30: Buffet Lunch
13.45: Conference Session Five
Dr Anna Piotrowska
‘Gypsies or Turks? Beggars or Jugglers? On the reception of the Romani people in Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries.’
Dr Lesley Mickel
‘ “Our Heilanmen’: assimilating others into early modern Scotland through performance.’
14.45: Conference Session Six
Dr Kristin Bundesen
‘The Places We’ve Been: Diversity, Disquisition – and Dunnett.’
16.00 : Break for refreshments
16.30: Conference Session Seven
Round Table – All Speakers
Questions, answers and discussion
17.15: Conclusion of Conference
