Congist'26: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Crisis

Session

Session 3.2 (Day 2)

D2-S3-A7

14 May 2026, 14:00

A7 (Istanbul University Faculty of Letters)

Conveners

Session 3.2 (Day 2): Tarih / History

• Metin Ünver (İstanbul University)

Binyıl Anksiyetesinin Dönemecinde Orta Çağ Avrupasında Kriz ve Dönüşüm (D2-S3-A7)

Doğukan Barbaros (Istanbul University)

14/05/2026, 14:00

Oral Presentation

Bu bildiri, bin yılı civarında Avrupa'da genel bir kıyamet paniği yaşandığına dair yaygın iddiayı sorgulamakta, "Karanlık Çağlar" olarak adlandırılan dönemin (IX.-X. asırlar) dinamiklerini XI. asır sonrası Avrupası dinamikleri ile birincil kaynaklar yolu ile kıyaslayarak kırılgan bir çağda krizin boyutlarını, yönlerini ve algılanış şekillerini incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bu bağlamda...

The Crisis of the Covenant: Food, Purity, and the Making of Early Christian Identity (D2-S3-A7)

Rodion Knyazev (University of Strasbourg)

14/05/2026, 14:20

Oral Presentation

I examine how Jewish dietary laws (kashrut) became a focal point of religious and cultural crisis during the formative centuries of Christianity. Between the 1st and 4th centuries, controversies over food purity, shared meals, and commensality reflected a deeper theological tension between Jewish followers of Jesus and Gentile converts. The observance or rejection of Mosaic dietary rules was...

From Catastrophe to Control: The Great Flood of 1862 and the Beginnings of Flood Management in California (D2-S3-A7)

Claudia Pereira de Jesus (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)

14/05/2026, 14:40

Oral Presentation

The Great Flood of 1862, which submerged the Pacific Northwest of the United States and especially California – including its capital Sacramento – for months and claimed thousands of lives, represents one of the most transformative environmental disasters in U.S.-American history. This “mega flood” followed a 43-day storm caused by shifts in the polar jet stream and brought torrential rain. In...