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Medievalism studies: как изучается “современное Средневековье”?
The article is dedicated to the investigations of medievalism, i. e. modern and contemporary uses of medieval images. It observes medievalism studies in the United Kingdom, the USA, Canada and Australia; Mittelalter-Rezeption in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, studies of neomedievalism in Italy. Since their emergence in 1970s, these studies remain an important research field of modern humanities and social sciences. The article also observes French and Russian investigation of similar subjects. It analyses specifics of their institutional history as well as their theoretical models, the evolution of their approaches and research areas. The article pays special attention to the problem of institutional borders between medievalism studies and other research fields of humanities and social sciences including medieval studies and cultural studies. Their relation with such interdisciplinary fields as postcolonial studies is also observed. Another relevant problem analysed is how connections between academic studies and other activities outside Academia are made in the medievalism studies. Thereby the article discuss the role of public history and critical theory for approaches of the medievalism studies.