The resources available have always been an important factor for determining economic, social, and societal growth. Presently – and especially since the Russian invasion of Ukraine – the consequences of resource ownership and monopoly is heavily debated, but the discussion is as old as the hills. In fact, control over resources seem to have always been a natural basis for conflict, power struggles and disagreements, verbal as well as physical. This is especially visible in the medieval period when the foundations of modern property laws were still under establishment, and thus: when many kinds of ownership were being defined, questioned, and challenged.

The panel discussion between Dr. Jamie Krainer (University of Georgia) and Dr. Frederik Lynge Vognsen will dive further into this issue, mainly drawing on, and comparing, sources from early medieval France and late medieval Denmark. The main theme of the debate is thus: Who owns natural resources? and furthermore: What even is a resource? And why?

Time and place: the 27^th of June at 14.00-16.00 in Nobelparken, building 1463-515.

See poster for the event.