Call for Papers

Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies

CALL FOR PAPERS

Easter Conference 2008 (26?28 March)

FROM HILD TO STIGAND Leaders of the Anglo-Saxon church

This interdisciplinary residential conference will focus on the
individual and collective contribution of particular bishops, abbots
and abbesses (e.g. Hild, Æthelthryth, Aldhelm, Mildthryth, Eorcenweald,
Wærferth, Æthelwold, Dunstan, Oswold, Ælfric, Wulfstan, Ælfheah,
Stigand) to the achievement of the Anglo-Saxon church from the seventh
to the eleventh centuries. Papers are invited on any aspect of this
topic, including the role of such individuals in the establishment,
government, scholarship, architecture and art of the church and in
furthering (or harming) the reputation and power of specific
communities within it. Abstracts (500 words) should be sent to Dr
Alexander Rumble,
Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies, School of Arts Histories and
Cultures, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL
or by email to alex.rumble@manchester.ac.uk. Deadline for receipt of
abstracts: 1 November 2007