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SUMMARY:In the steps of the crusaders: heritage\, poltiics\, experience - 
 Dr Astrid Swenson\, Brunel University London
DTSTART:20151117T174500Z
DTEND:20151117T191500Z
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CONTACT:Dr Bianca Gaudenzi
DESCRIPTION:Why do the crusades still matter so much? Why is their history
  mobilised so strongly for political violence at the moment? And how do th
 ese political uses relate to the vast popular culture of the crusades? Wha
 t is the appeal of not only reading books\, watching films or playing vide
 o-games about the crusaders but of dressing up as a crusader\, tracing the
 ir routes on horseback and reenacting their battles? This talk will take t
 he long view by offering a promenade around sites associated with the crus
 ader past in the Mediterranean and discuss their uses between the ideologi
 cal and the mundane ever since Napoleon started the modern colonisation of
  the Mediterranean in 1798. By problematising the tensions between politic
 al and experiential uses of these sites\, the talk will address broader qu
 estions about the nature and impact of historical culture. 
LOCATION:Gatsby Room\, Wolfson College
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