Symposium ‘Het Valkhof, 2000 years of history’

Locatie
Museum Het Valkhof

Datum/Tijd
• 16 november 2012 van 09:30 - 17:00


Symposium over het Valkhof. Het is een internationaal symposium vandaar dat het programma vanaf hier in het Engels volgt.

Program

09.30 Welcome with coffee and tea

10.00 Welcome by drs. Hettie Peterse, project leader ‘Francia Media’, Municipality of Nijmegen

10.05 Introduction by prof. dr. Dolly Verhoeven, chairman of the day

10.15 Drs. Harry van Enckevort & Drs. Jan Thijsssen

The Valkhof. From castellum to royal palace and castle

10.35 Drs. Joep Hendriks

Nijmegen and Lent in the Merovingian period

10.55 Drs. Arjan den Braven

Carolingian Nijmegen: the traces of a settlement in the Lower Town

11:15 Coffee break

11.30 Drs. Bert Thissen

The royal palace in Nijmegen, ca. 750- ca. 1250: Function and structure

12.00 Dr. Elizabeth den Hartog

The chapel of St. Nicholas

12.30 Lunch, museum visit (optional)

13.45 Drs. Michel Groothedde

The palatinate of Zutphen, a princely alternative for the palatinate of Nijmegen destroyed in 1047?

14.15 Drs. Dirk Callebaut

The Francia Media project ‘Cradles of European Culture’: searching for the roots of European unity and diversity in the 21st century

14.45 Coffee break

15.00 Linde Egberts MA

The Valkhof in the context of regional histories and identities

15.30 Drs. Louis Swinkels

‘Julius Caesar was the founder of this castle’. The earliest history of The Valkhof in late medieval and early modern thought

16.00 Discussion and conclusion by prof. dr. Dolly Verhoeven

16.30 Reception

Information

Location: Museum het Valkhof, Kelfkensbos 59, Nijmegen

Price: € 15,- lunch and admission ticket museum included

Registration: Send an e-mail with your name to: symposium@museumhetvalkhof.nl

After confirmation of your registration, please transfer €15,- to bank account number 962857351, in the name of Stichting Museum het Valkhof.