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International Congress Discourse, Power, and History The Monarchy : A Crossroads of  Trajectories Ghent, November 7-8, 2003 Speakers: Gita Deneckere (UGent), Alain  Boureau (EHESS), Jeroen Deploige (UGent),Elodie Lecuppre-Desjardin (UGent),  Gilles Lecuppre (Paris X - Nanterre),Marc Jacobs (Vlaams Centrum voor  Volkscultuur), Jürgen Pieters (UGent),Kevin Sharpe (University of Warwick),  Lisa Jane Graham (HaverfordCollege, PA), John Barrell (University of York),  Henk te Velde(RUGroningen), Maarten Van Ginderachter (UGent), Jaap van Osta(UUtrecht), Maria Grever (Erasmus Universiteit), Jaap van Ginneken(UAmsterdam),  Ruth Wodak (Universität Wien)  Programme and registration (before  Nov. 1): http://www.flwi.ugent.be/congres_monarchy/   Aim:The  monarchy remains a locus of fascination, not in the least forhistorians. The  congress will set out four thematic research trajectoriesin the study of the  monarchy, along the concept pairs of sacralizationand banalization and of  staging and limitation.  Throughout  history the monarchy has profoundly been sacralized by thedivine theories of  different generations of political and religiousthinkers. The famous dictum of  'the king's two bodies' even survived theAncien Regime in the foundations of  contemporary constitutionalmonarchies. But despite this sacralization, the  monarchy also found itsway to the Alltag where it was banalized in  different ways: in practicesthat heightened and/or lowered the identificatory  potential of royalfigures, in royal fetish objects, in vulgarized ideas and  gossip, infairy tales and jokes ... The  royal discourse is not only staged by monarchs and their courts intheir  'fabrication of the king', but emerges as a continuous element inpolitical  imagination, as represented in texts, art, rituals, ...However, environments of  hegemonic monarchic ideals also demarcate thelimitations of royal discourse  that manifest themselves in subversivepractices and ideas, in acts of  lese-majesty, and in the ways the courtshandled them. While  in historiography, the influence of the linguistic turn has largelyremained  theoretical, this congress aims at a more empirical applicationof discourse  theory in historical research. The  congress papers will be presented in chronological order, from theMiddle Ages  till today, structured by four keynote lectures treating themain research  trajectories. There will be ample time for discussion, aswell as for final  conclusions by a linguistically trained specialist fromoutside the field of  historiography. Address:Koninklijke  Academie voor Nederlandse Taal- en LetterkundeKoningstraat  18B-9000  Gent Organizing committee:Gita Deneckere (UGent), Jeroen  Deploige (UGent), Jo Tollebeek (KULeuven),Patricia Van den Eeckhout (VUB), Tom  Verschaffel (KULeuven) Information:Jeroen DeploigeVakgroep Middeleeuwse GeschiedenisBlandijnberg  2B-9000  Gentjeroen.deploige@ugent.beProgrammeFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 79h00 &#8211; 9h30: RECEPTION9h30 &#8211; 10h00:- Georges De Schutter (Royal Academy of Dutch Linguistics and Literature, Ghent) &#8211; Welcome- Gita Deneckere (Ghent University): Introduction &#8211; The Monarchy: A Crossroads of TrajectoriesA.M. &#8211; Chair: Marc Boone10h00 &#8211; 10h45: - Alain Boureau (EHESS Paris): Keynote lecture - SacralizationHow Christian was the Sacralization of Monarchy in Western Europe (Eleventh-Fifteenth Centuries) ?10h45 &#8211; 11h05: BREAK11h05 &#8211; 12h15: - Jeroen Deploige (Ghent University) &#8211; Genre Formation and Context. The Textualization of the Death of Charles the Good(1127)- Elodie Lecuppre-Desjardin (Ghent University) &#8211; &#8216;Et le prince respondit de par sa bouche&#8217;. Princely Speech Habits in Europe at the Time of Charles the Bold12h15 &#8211; 14h00: LUNCHP.M. &#8211; Chair: Luc Duerloo14h00 &#8211; 15h10: - Gilles Lecuppre (Université Paris X) &#8211; Ideal Kingship against Oppressive Monarchy ? An Analysis of the Discourse and Behaviour of Royal Impostors at the Close of the Middle Ages- Marc Jacobs (Flemish Centre for the Study of Popular Culture) &#8211; King for a Day. Games of Inversion, Representation and Appropriation in Early Modern Europe15h10 &#8211; 15h30: BREAK15h30 &#8211; 16h05: - Jürgen Pieters (Ghent University) &#8211; The Politics of a Governmental Theatre. The Case of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure16h05 &#8211; 16h50: - Kevin Sharpe (University of Warwick)Keynote lecture : Staging Sacralization or Demystification: Texts, Images and the Publicization of Monarchy in early Modern EnglandSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 89h00 &#8211; 9.30h: RECEPTIONA.M. &#8211; Chair: Tom Verschaffel9h30 &#8211; 10h15: - Lisa Jane Graham (Haverford College, PA)Keynote lecture : LimitationsTrouble in the Kingdom of Make-Believe: The Critique of Royal Character in Eighteenth-Century France10h15 &#8211; 10h50: - John Barrell (University of York) &#8211; George III and the Myth of Ordinariness10h50 &#8211; 11h10: BREAK11h10 &#8211; 12h20: - Henk Te Velde (University of Groningen) &#8211; Cannadine, Twenty Years Later. Monarchy and Political Culture in Nineteenth Century Britain and the Netherlands- Maarten Van Ginderachter (Ghent University) &#8211; 'Dear Majesty'. The Custom of Citizens Writing Letters to their King and Queen (Belgium, 1880-1940)12h20 &#8211; 14hu00: LUNCHP.M. &#8211; Chair: Jan Blommaert14h00 &#8211; 15h10:- Jaap Van Osta (University of Utrecht) &#8211; Presenting the Crown: the Popularization of European Monarchy in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century- Maria Grever (Erasmus University Rotterdam) &#8211; Royalty at the World Fairs. Staging the Monarchy in a Modern World15h10 &#8211; 15h30: BREAK15h30 &#8211; 16h15: - Jaap Van Ginneken (University of Amsterdam)Keynote lecture : BanalizationThe Monarchy Mystery. An Interview with the Dutch People16h15 &#8211; 17h00: - Ruth Wodak (University of Vienna) ConclusionsDiscourse Theory, Discourse and History17h00 &#8211; 18h00: DRINK