The Eighth Annual Conference of the Late Antique

and Medieval Postgraduate Society at the

University of Edinburgh

Working from Home: Labour and worship in

the domestic sphere

25th June 2022 - Conference Programme

10:00am: Welcome remarks

10:05-12:00: Panel - Worship and the Domestic Sphere

(includes short coffee break at 11am)

Luke Daly, University of East Anglia, “Coins, Wax Limbs, and Crutches:
Understanding Individual Worship and Tradition Through Shrine Donations.”

Emma Claire Geitner, University of Cambridge, “Locus Sanctus, Locus Tutus:

Flight and Foundation in De excidio Thoringia.”

Yingxin Luan, École des hautes études en sciences sociales, “Women's solidarity
and worship of Saint Dominic in the 13th century Rouen (Normandy).”

Vrishali Vatsyaayani, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, “‘Love’s Labour

Lost’: A Historical Exploration of the Nuances of Institutionalized Sexual
Servility, Sanctified Homemaking and Virility Worship in India’s Paradoxical
‘Devadasi System.”

12:00-13:00: Lunch

13:00-14:30: Panel - Work and the Domestic Sphere

Meghan Korten, University of Iceland, “Cooperation in the domestic
environment: Working from home in medieval Iceland.”

Meriem Ben Ammar, Faculty of Civil and Ambiental Engineering and

Architecture, Cagliari, “The regulation of economic activities in the
neighborhoods of the medinas.”

Mara Schmueckle, University of Edinburgh, “‘At the notary’s house’: practicing

law in the domestic sphere.”

14:30-15:00 - Afternoon Coffee Break

15:00-16:15: Plenary Lecture
Dr. Rachel Davis, Teaching Assistant at the University of the Highlands and
Islands and Associate Staff at the University of Dundee, 'Working from home? Elite
women and the exercise of power in late medieval Scotland, c. 1296-1458'.

16:15-16:20: Closing remarks

16:30-17:30: Workshop/Drinks Reception

BYOB Event - bring your favourite cocktail, mocktail or hot drink and join us for
a free and open discussion on the theme of the conference. We aim to explore common
strands between the papers presented, provide a forum for you to tell us about your own
research, all to further expand our understanding of the interaction between work,
worship and the domestic sphere.

Attendance is free and open to all, but you must register by Friday 24th of June in order
to gain access. You can register by filling out the form at:
https://forms.gle/ij2zCEyESqapyNy29

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