This workshop hosted by the subproject A 15, part of the SFB 644 “Transformations of Antiquity”, invites international scholars from various disciplines to trace the phenomenon of Goticism beyond Olof Rudbeck the Elder. Publishing his “Atlantica” between 1679 and 1702, this Swedish polymath presented a glorification of the “Carolinian Empire” reaching back over ancient times as far as the very beginning of humanity. In this monument of science, he identified both Sweden and Finland as the “Urreich”, the original place populated by Japheth’s first descendants of postdiluvian times. At the same time, Scandinavia was declared Plato’s Atlantis and the setting of various classical myth, which Rudbeck transformed in his Northern interpretation. In addition, the “Atlantica” reclaimed several tribes described by ancient authors such as the Amazons, Hyperboreans, Goths and Scythians. Yet Rudbeck, a thorough Goticist, did a lot more. Taking up the threads left by men like Johannes Bureus, Georg Stiernhielm, Olof Verelius and the Magnus brothers, he succeeded in unifying his predecessors’ claims to a Gothic heritage and the superiority of Sweden. In his own scientific approach, Rudbeck drew heavily on what we would call “linguistics”, a subject prospering throughout Europe at that time. Furthermore, the extensive interest in Scandinavian and oriental antiquities, as favored in contemporary Baroque scholarship, left its traces in Rudbeck’s work. This “Titan” of Uppsala inspired at least two generations of philologists, antiquarians, as well as scholars dealing with theology and oriental, Scandinavian or Finno-Ugric studies. At the same time, Rudbeck’s intellectual heritage also proved to be a burden to Scandinavian scholarship. His national mythology and his contribution to apotheosizing the Carolinian Empire became part of a scientific policy considerably affecting Scandinavian scholarship. Defending and sustaining this ideology could play an important part in academic careers, before scholars like Schl\u00f6zer, Porthan and Ihre successfully pointed out the shortcomings of Rudbeck’s approach. Nevertheless, his nationalistic claim should also spark a Finnish counterpart as represented in the ancient history written by Daniel Juslenius.<\/p>\n
Focusing on various representatives as well as enemies, Rudbeck’s impact on the following generations shall be reassessed in this workshop. What role did he play in Scandinavian and oriental philology, but also in the national emancipation of Finland? How much did he depend on his predecessors? How did he and his ideas contribute to Swedish nationalism yet to come, especially when employed as a subject of science policy at the universities? And how far did Rudbeck’s heritage actually reach in Scandinavian scholarship as well as at universities in German- and English-speaking areas?<\/p>\n
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Apotheose des Nordens Die Verherrlichung Schwedens und Finnlands im barocken Antiquarismus Als Schwedens Universalgelehrter Olaus Rudbeck in den Jahren 1679-1702 seine monumentale \u201aAtlantica’ ver\u00f6ffentlichte, hatte er eine \u00fcber die Antike bis in die Anfangstage der Menschheit reichende Glorifizierung des karolinischen Imperiums vorgelegt: Schweden und Finnland waren das von den Nachkommen Japhets besiedelte Urreich der Epoche nach der Sintflut gewesen, das wahre Atlantis, der Schauplatz der antiken Mythologie, die Heimat der Amazonen ebenso wie der apollinischen Hyperboreer, der Skythen und Goten. Rudbeck hatte jedoch noch weit mehr geleistet: Er lieferte eine Synthese all jener gotizistischen \u00dcberh\u00f6hungen Skandinaviens, die bei den Gebr\u00fcdern Magnus angefangen schon im \u201amittern\u00e4chtlichen L\u00f6wen’ Gustav Adolph ihren ersten Heroen gefunden hatten und vor Rudbeck M\u00e4nner wie Johannes Bureus, Georg Stiernhielm und Olaus Verelius zu phantastischen Spekulationen veranlassen konnte. Als Wissenschaftler profitierte Rudbeck vom gesamteurop\u00e4ischen Aufschwung der Sprachwissenschaft und einem ausgreifenden barocken Interesse an nordischen ebenso wie an orientalischen Altert\u00fcmern, das die gesamte Gelehrtenrepublik erfa\u00dft hatte. Mit gleichem Recht inspirierte der Titan von Uppsala nach ihm zwei Generationen von Philologen, Nordisten, Finno-Ugristen und Antiquaren, aber auch Orientalisten und Theologen, doch wurde f\u00fcr sie in seiner Erkl\u00e4rungswut auch zur Belastung. Die in seiner Person verdichtete schwedische Nationalmythologie, die beispiellose Apotheose des karolinischen Reiches, konnte zum Katalysator einer Wissenschaftspolitik werden, die weite Teile des skandinavischen Universit\u00e4tslebens, wie Professoren wie Rudeen oder Clewberg dokumentieren, in Mitleidenschaft ziehen konnte und die Gelehrtenwelt zur Stellungnahme und sp\u00e4testens ab der Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts, wie Schl\u00f6zer, Porthan und Ihre zeigen, auch zur Abwehr n\u00f6tigte. Finnland sollte sich als Antwort auf Rudbeck mit Daniel Juslenius seine eigene Urgeschichte schreiben; in D\u00e4nemark und Deutschland blieben die Reaktionen denkbar reserviert.<\/p>\n Unser Workshop, der innerhalb des Teilprojektes A 15 des SFB 644 (Transformationen der Antike) stattfindett, m\u00f6chte die antiquarische Glorifizierung Schwedens \u00fcber Rudbeck hinaus als vielschichtige Bewegung mit seinen Repr\u00e4sentanten ebenso wie mit seinen Gegnern in seinem europ\u00e4ischen Kontext beleuchten und als wissenschaftspolitisches Ph\u00e4nomen neu diskutieren. Wie verortet sich Rudbeck vor dem Hintergrund einer im 17. Jahrhundert florierenden Nordistik und Orientalistik, wie mit Blick auf die nationale Emanzipation Finnlands? Welche Rolle spielen seine Vorg\u00e4nger und wie konnten die sp\u00e4teren universit\u00e4ren Apologeten der schwedischen Nation aus ihm Nutzen ziehen? Welchen Einflu\u00df hatte er auf die Einzelwissenschaften in Skandinavien, aber auch im deutschen und englischen Raum in der Folgezeit ausge\u00fcbt?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Workshop Programme\u00a0‘Apotheosis of the North’<\/strong><\/p>\n Berlin, 16th-17th December, 2014,\u00a0Finnland-Institut (Berlin Mitte (S-Bahn Friedrichstra\u00dfe), Georgenstr. 24 (1st\u00a0floor)<\/p>\n Tuesday 16th December, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n Informal get-together in the evening for those who have already arrived (place and time\u00a0t.b.a.)<\/p>\n Wednesday 17th December, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n 10:00-10:45\u00a0Bernd Roling,<\/strong>\u00a0Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin: Opening and keynote address<\/p>\n 10:45-11:30\u00a0Sofia Guthrie,<\/strong>\u00a0University of Warwick: “Goths and Gauls in Antoine Garissoles\u2019\u00a0Adolphid”<\/p>\n 11:30-12:15\u00a0Peter Sj\u00f6kvist<\/strong>, University of Uppsala: “Petrus Lagerl\u00f6f instructing Gothicism”<\/p>\n 12:15-12:45 Coffee-break<\/p>\n 12:45-13:30\u00a0Outi Merisalo,<\/strong>\u00a0University of Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4: “Musta min\u00e4 muiden n\u00e4hden \/ walkiaoman em\u00e4nn\u00e4n, id est niger ego aliis, candidus propriae uxori videor. Daniel\u00a0Juslenius zur finnischen Kulturgeschichte”<\/p>\n \u2013 Lunch \u2013<\/p>\n 15:00-15:45\u00a0Vera Johanterwage,<\/strong>\u00a0University of Frankfurt (Main): \u201cBi\u00f6rner\u2019s Translations of\u00a0Old Norse Sagas in his Nordiska K\u00e4mpa Dater\u201d<\/p>\n 15:45-16:30\u00a0Christian Peters<\/strong>, University of M\u00fcnster: “Tears of amber and a skid mark in the\u00a0northern sky. Relocating the Heliades to the Baltic Sea”<\/p>\n 16:30-17:00 Coffee-break<\/p>\n 17:00-17:45\u00a0Bernhard Schirg<\/strong>, Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin: “Phoenix going bananas. Olof\u00a0Rudbeck’s Northern transformation of a classical myth and its echo in 18th-century\u00a0scholarship”<\/p>\n 19:00 Dinner (place: t.b.a.)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thursday 18th December, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n 10:00-10:45\u00a0Annie Burman<\/strong>, University of Cambridge: “Language Comparison before\u00a0Comparative Linguistics: theories of language change and\u00a0classification in Olof Rudbeck’s Atlantica”<\/p>\n 10:45-11:30\u00a0Stefan Bauman<\/strong>, Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin: “Ex septentrione lux \u2013 Hebrews in\u00a0America”<\/p>\n 11:30-12:00 Coffee-break<\/p>\n 12:00-12:45\u00a0Benjamin H\u00fcbbe<\/strong>, Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin: “The Fauna of fallen Babylon \u2013\u00a0Carolus Aurivillius about the animals in Is. 13, 21 and the task of the Biblica\u00a0Hermeneutica”<\/p>\n 12:45-13:30\u00a0Bernd Roling<\/strong>, Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin: “Rudbeck und der Orientalismus des\u00a019. 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\n<\/strong>Workshop des Teilprojektes A 15 (Die Nordische Trransformation der Antike) Berlin, 17.-18. Dezember<\/p>\n