Program
Chair: Prof. Dr Cristina Urchueguía & M.A. Tül Demirbaş
11:00 Welcome: Prof. Dr Cristina Urchueguía (University of Bern)
11:15 Prof. Dr Jan-Friedrich Missfelder (University of Basel):
Acoustic Agencies in the Early Modern European City. A Conceptual Approach.
11:45 Dr Margret Scharrer (University of Bern):
Courts in Motion – The Sound of Power Between Everyday Life and Celebration.
12:15 Coffee break
12:45 Dr Moritz Kelber (University of Bern):
Rituals, Celebrations and Excess – The Imperial Diet in the Age of Emperor Maximilian I, and the
Festive Culture of the Holy Roman Empire.
13:15 Lunch break
Chair: Prof. Dr Cristina Urchueguía & M.A. Tül Demirbaş
15:00 M.A. Tin Cugelj (University of Bern):
“Ad sonum campanæ et tubæ”: Power-Reflecting Sonic Elements of Renaissance Dubrovnik.
15:30 PD Dr Judith Haug (Orient-Institut Istanbul):
“… quando il Gran Signore vuole la musica”: Music and the Ottoman State in the 17th Century.
16:00 Dr Nina Macaraig (Long Beach, CA):
The soundscape of Istanbul in the 15th-16th Centuries.
16:30 Coffee break
17:00 Closing discussion