Conference
Clothing and Vigilance in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe
May 7–8, 2026
Internationales Begegnungszentrum der Wissenschaft, Amalienstraße 38, 80799 München (Germany)
- Thursday, 7th of May, 11:00–12:00
Wolfram Aichinger
Cloaked shame, revealed birth: Clothing and the Cádiz Foundling Home, 1696–1730
How did garments function not only as markers of status and identity, but also as sites of ambiguity?
The focus will be on concrete situations in which clothing drew heightened attention: sensory perception, disguise, mistrust, questions of identity and shame, and the problem of latency, i.e., the potential to conceal something through clothing or to suspect something to be concealed because of a particular clothing practice. How did individuals and institutions respond to the possibility that something might be hidden beneath the surface?
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This research was funded in whole or in part by Austrian Science Fund (FWF): The Interpretation of Childbirth in Early Modern Spain II 10.55776/PAT2471824
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Retiro espiritual y taller de retórica y estilística en el Wallersee
Domingo 7 de junio a miércoles 10 de junio de 2026
Ferienhotel Herzog, Neumarkt am Wallersee
En cooperación con:
• FWF Austrian Science Fund, The Interpretation of Childbirth in Early Modern Spain II (PAT 2471824)
• Universität Wien, Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
• Ferienhotel Herzog, Neumarkt am Wallersee
This research was funded in whole or in part by Austrian Science Fund (FWF): 10.55776/PAT2471824