Project Proposal
Georgia Tech Fund
for Innovation in Research and Education (GT-FIRE) Mini-Program: Small Funding Requests for Big Ideas
Past Present: Resonances of
Medieval and Early Modern Culture in Atlanta
This project unites
those on our campus interested in medieval and early modern culture for discussions
of various recreations, resonances, reenactments, representations, and
receptions of the medieval and early modern past in a city founded during
modern times. It follows up on the “Tech Gets Medieval Symposium” organized in
the fall of 2012, this time using Atlanta as a lab space within which to
observe the survival and recreation of past cultural practices and ideas.
Discussions may include buildings (Rhodes Hall; cathedrals and churches);
organizations (Knights of Columbus; KKK; ATL Early Music Alliance); events
(DragonCon; RenFest); enterprises (Medieval Times); institutions (University;
Churches); and the presence of the medieval and early modern in popular and
general culture (Gaming; Public Relations; AJC; CNN).
