Summaries of the History conference in Kiek in de Kök
“Towns around the Baltic during the 13th century”
On 20th of September 2019 took place a history conference “TOWNS AROUND THE BALTIC DURING THE 13TH CENTURY“ in the Maiden Tower of Kiek in de Kök Fortifications Museum
The International History conference was dedicated to the 800th anniversary of the City of Tallinn. The presentations focused on the birth and development of a medieval city in the 13th century. In addition to the issues relating to the emergence of Tallinn as a Hanseatic City, also the development of other centers of the same period that are important from the point of view of Tallinn’s prehistoric history was looked at.
Among the speakers of the seminar were renowned researchers from the Universities of Lübeck and Lund, Roskilde and Riga, and the Universities of Tartu and Tallinn. The seminar was organized in cooperation with Tallinn University’s Institute of History, Archaeology and Art History.
The seminar took place in the Kiek in de Kök Fortifications Museum, in the Lecture Room of the Maiden Tower and was open to all interested in the subject.
Summaries of the presentations can be found HERE.
PROGRAM
Friday 20.09.2019
Kiek in de Kök Fortifications Museum, Maiden Tower’s Lecture Room (Lühike jalg 9a)
9.00-9.30 Registration and coffee
9.30-9.40 Opening of the conference
9.40-10.20 Dr Anti Selart „Early Towns in Medieval Livonia: Colonialist Violence, Economic Allure, Social Opportunity”
10.20-11.00 Dr Björn Magnusson Staaf „Lund in the 13th century – a city in transformation“
11.00-11.40 MA Arvi Haak “From ‘the oldest town in the Baltic’ to a ‘real’ medieval town: Tartu in the 13th century”
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-13.40 Dr Ieva Ose “Archaeological evidence of the origins of Riga in the 13th century”
13.40-14.20 MA Jesper Langkilde “13th century Roskilde – a Danish medieval metropolis at its height”
14.20-14.40 Coffee break
14.40-15.20 Dr Dirk Rieger „Lübeck – the 13th century boomtown”
15.20-16.00 MA Eero Heinloo “13th century in the suburban areas of Tallinn”
16.00-16.40 Dr Erki Russow “The emergence of 13th century urban settlement of Tallinn”
16.40-17.00 Closing remarks of the conference
