Andy Scheil shared this, created a few years back by one of his students. Its priceless, and deserves the attention it has received from email lists and the blogosphere.
Ari Hoptman, a graduate of the Germanic philology program here (now a
lecturer in the German dept.) produced a short film about Verner's
Law and placed it on YouTube. That's right, a film about Verner's
Law. Better to just watch it than have me try to describe it.
However, it is fully accurate and might be of use to people teaching
OE or HEL. Just go to YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/) type in
"Verner's Law" and you will get it. It is split into three parts.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
SPACES and VISIONS” Historians of Islamic Art Association Biennial Symposium
“SPACES and VISIONS”
Historians of Islamic Art Association Biennial Symposium
October 16-18, 2008
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
http://www.arthistory.upenn.edu/HIAA/
October 16, Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology: “Out of Late Antiquity”
Keynote: Alan Walmsley, U Copenhagen. Sessions: 1. The
Relationship of Archaeology and Art at the Beginning of Islam. 2.
Fatimid Art. 3. Messianism, Kingship and Sacred Cities in the
Islamic World. Workshop: “On Qur’ans and Codicology”
October 17, Terrace Room, Logan Hall:
“ ‘Unity and Variety’ Once More: Time, Place, Material,”
Keynote: Gulru Necipoglu, Harvard. Sessions: 1. Women and
Patronage. 2. Pushing the Boundaries of the Iranian World: Theme;
Medium; Dynasty (ies); Place. 3. Unity in Diversity? Circulation,
Stasis and the Canon. Workshop: “On Reading Urban Fabric”
October 18, Terrace Room, Logan Hall
“Confronting Modernity”
Keynote: Glenn Lowry, Museum of Modern Art. Sessions: Museums,
Exhibitions, and Collections in Historical Perspective. On
Conservation and Cultural Policies. How to Study Contemporary Islamic
Art and Architecture. Workshop: “On Iranian Cinema”
Speakers: Alastair Northedge, Yumana Masrawa, Eva Hoffman, Ian
Straughn, Mattia Guidetti, Jonathan Bloom, Vivian Mann, Alison
Gascoigne, Nicholas Warner, Mina Moraitou, Heather Ecker, Sussan
Babaie, Rochelle Kessler, Christiane Gruber, François Déroche, D.
Fairchild Ruggles, Delia Cortese, Simonetta Calderini, Lucienne
Thys-Senocak, Afshan Bokhari, Linda Komaroff, M. Shreve Simpson, Yuka
Kadoi, Sheila Blair, Tim Williams, Barry Flood, Larry Nees, Elizabeth
Lambourn, Emine Fetvaci, Attilio Petruccioli, Monia Abdullah, Hussah
Sabah Salem al-Sabah, Jannane al-Ani, Farrokh Derakhshani, Stefano
Bianca, James Westcoat, Muhammad al- Asad, Hassan Radoine, Nebahat
Avcioglu, Kishvar Rizvi, Ijlal Muzaffar, Sarah Rogers, Hamid Dabashi.
Sponsors include: Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture,
Harvard University; Aga Khan Trust for Culture; Hussah Sabah Salem
al-Sabah, Director General, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait;
Iranian Heritage Foundation; Turkish Cultural Foundation; University
of Pennsylvania: Center for Ancient Studies, Middle East Center,
South Asia Center; Departments: History of Art, Near Eastern
Languages and Cultures, Religious Studies, Women’s Studies, South
Asia Regional Studies; Program for Cinema Studies.
Renata Holod
Professor, History of Art Department
Curator, Near East Section, University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Historians of Islamic Art Association Biennial Symposium
October 16-18, 2008
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
http://www.arthistory.upenn.edu/HIAA/
October 16, Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology: “Out of Late Antiquity”
Keynote: Alan Walmsley, U Copenhagen. Sessions: 1. The
Relationship of Archaeology and Art at the Beginning of Islam. 2.
Fatimid Art. 3. Messianism, Kingship and Sacred Cities in the
Islamic World. Workshop: “On Qur’ans and Codicology”
October 17, Terrace Room, Logan Hall:
“ ‘Unity and Variety’ Once More: Time, Place, Material,”
Keynote: Gulru Necipoglu, Harvard. Sessions: 1. Women and
Patronage. 2. Pushing the Boundaries of the Iranian World: Theme;
Medium; Dynasty (ies); Place. 3. Unity in Diversity? Circulation,
Stasis and the Canon. Workshop: “On Reading Urban Fabric”
October 18, Terrace Room, Logan Hall
“Confronting Modernity”
Keynote: Glenn Lowry, Museum of Modern Art. Sessions: Museums,
Exhibitions, and Collections in Historical Perspective. On
Conservation and Cultural Policies. How to Study Contemporary Islamic
Art and Architecture. Workshop: “On Iranian Cinema”
Speakers: Alastair Northedge, Yumana Masrawa, Eva Hoffman, Ian
Straughn, Mattia Guidetti, Jonathan Bloom, Vivian Mann, Alison
Gascoigne, Nicholas Warner, Mina Moraitou, Heather Ecker, Sussan
Babaie, Rochelle Kessler, Christiane Gruber, François Déroche, D.
Fairchild Ruggles, Delia Cortese, Simonetta Calderini, Lucienne
Thys-Senocak, Afshan Bokhari, Linda Komaroff, M. Shreve Simpson, Yuka
Kadoi, Sheila Blair, Tim Williams, Barry Flood, Larry Nees, Elizabeth
Lambourn, Emine Fetvaci, Attilio Petruccioli, Monia Abdullah, Hussah
Sabah Salem al-Sabah, Jannane al-Ani, Farrokh Derakhshani, Stefano
Bianca, James Westcoat, Muhammad al- Asad, Hassan Radoine, Nebahat
Avcioglu, Kishvar Rizvi, Ijlal Muzaffar, Sarah Rogers, Hamid Dabashi.
Sponsors include: Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture,
Harvard University; Aga Khan Trust for Culture; Hussah Sabah Salem
al-Sabah, Director General, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait;
Iranian Heritage Foundation; Turkish Cultural Foundation; University
of Pennsylvania: Center for Ancient Studies, Middle East Center,
South Asia Center; Departments: History of Art, Near Eastern
Languages and Cultures, Religious Studies, Women’s Studies, South
Asia Regional Studies; Program for Cinema Studies.
Renata Holod
Professor, History of Art Department
Curator, Near East Section, University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
CFP: UPenn Medievalist Graduate Student Conference CFP
CFP: UPenn Medievalist Graduate Student Conference
(6-7 Feb 09)
Call for Papers
Per Speculum in Mediaevum: Discourses of Mirroring in the Middle Ages
Keynote Speaker: Marina Brownlee; Topic TBA
Medievalists @ Penn (M@P) invites submissions for the graduate conference in
Medieval Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, February 6-7, 2009. All
abstract submissions (max. 250-300 words) must be received by November 14th,
2008. All submissions to mapmirrors@gmail.com.
The figure captured in the Latin word speculum, meaning both 'mirror' and
'encyclopedia,' is central to medieval culture. From St. Paul's foundational
"per speculum in aenigmate" to Ovid's version of the Narcissus myth to Jean
de Meun's re-titling of the Romance of the Rose as Le Miroer aus Amoreus,
the problematic of reflection cuts across medieval regional and discursive
boundaries. This traveling topos pervades medieval cultural expression, from
religious thought to the production of visual and textual artwork to music
and philosophy. The implicit or explicit articulation of this fascinating
figure nevertheless differs as it enters (or is re-evaluated within) varying
discourses. This conference invites submissions concerning one or more
formations of the 'mirror.' We seek to encourage a plurality of perspectives
from medievalists of all disciplines in recognition of the profound
'interdisciplinarity' of our common object of study: the Middle Ages. Topics
might include, but are not limited to:
-encyclopedias and summae
-advice for princes and conduct manuals
-scientific treatises and astrology
-(Ciceronian) friendship
-reproduction and repetition
-twins and doubling
-vanity and the Narcissus myth
-reflection and replication
-representation and mimesis
-specularity and visuality
-recognition and self-consciousness
-the mirror of the soul and mysticism
-mirror as distorted image, figura, and metaphor
Mission Statement of M@P: Medievalists @ Penn (M@P) is a reading group run
by graduate students at the University of Pennsylvania. The group is
comprised of members from departments across the School of Arts and Sciences
(French, Music, Spanish, English, German, and Art History among others). Our
readings are primary and secondary texts chosen broadly from various
disciplines, agreed upon each semester by the current participants. Our
purpose is to foster discussion and interaction among students and scholars
of all aspects of the Middle Ages and to provide mutual support for the
development of a broad interdisciplinary understanding of medieval culture.
Kathryn Malczyk
Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures
University of Pennsylvania
745 Williams Hall, 255 S. 36th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(6-7 Feb 09)
Call for Papers
Per Speculum in Mediaevum: Discourses of Mirroring in the Middle Ages
Keynote Speaker: Marina Brownlee; Topic TBA
Medievalists @ Penn (M@P) invites submissions for the graduate conference in
Medieval Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, February 6-7, 2009. All
abstract submissions (max. 250-300 words) must be received by November 14th,
2008. All submissions to mapmirrors@gmail.com.
The figure captured in the Latin word speculum, meaning both 'mirror' and
'encyclopedia,' is central to medieval culture. From St. Paul's foundational
"per speculum in aenigmate" to Ovid's version of the Narcissus myth to Jean
de Meun's re-titling of the Romance of the Rose as Le Miroer aus Amoreus,
the problematic of reflection cuts across medieval regional and discursive
boundaries. This traveling topos pervades medieval cultural expression, from
religious thought to the production of visual and textual artwork to music
and philosophy. The implicit or explicit articulation of this fascinating
figure nevertheless differs as it enters (or is re-evaluated within) varying
discourses. This conference invites submissions concerning one or more
formations of the 'mirror.' We seek to encourage a plurality of perspectives
from medievalists of all disciplines in recognition of the profound
'interdisciplinarity' of our common object of study: the Middle Ages. Topics
might include, but are not limited to:
-encyclopedias and summae
-advice for princes and conduct manuals
-scientific treatises and astrology
-(Ciceronian) friendship
-reproduction and repetition
-twins and doubling
-vanity and the Narcissus myth
-reflection and replication
-representation and mimesis
-specularity and visuality
-recognition and self-consciousness
-the mirror of the soul and mysticism
-mirror as distorted image, figura, and metaphor
Mission Statement of M@P: Medievalists @ Penn (M@P) is a reading group run
by graduate students at the University of Pennsylvania. The group is
comprised of members from departments across the School of Arts and Sciences
(French, Music, Spanish, English, German, and Art History among others). Our
readings are primary and secondary texts chosen broadly from various
disciplines, agreed upon each semester by the current participants. Our
purpose is to foster discussion and interaction among students and scholars
of all aspects of the Middle Ages and to provide mutual support for the
development of a broad interdisciplinary understanding of medieval culture.
Kathryn Malczyk
Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures
University of Pennsylvania
745 Williams Hall, 255 S. 36th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Digitizing the Senses
Call for Papers: *Digitizing the Senses*
a panel for the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
conference in Tempe, AZ, 12-14 February 2009
While digital media have enabled new and innovative access to
medieval and Renaissance texts, these same media hold perhaps even
more potential for investigating and representing the material
cultures of these periods. This panel of papers will build on recent
scholarship on materiality by bringing together innovative research
on the theory and praxis of digitizing medieval and Renaissance
material culture. especially as it relates to the senses. Topics may
address theory and/or practice in the application of digital
technology to the study of material culture, including but not
limited to art, architecture, cartography, the anatomical and
cultural body, collections, antiquarianism and early archeology,
dramaturgy, arts and crafts, printed and manuscript materials.
Accepted papers may also be considered for a collection of essays on
"Digitizing Medieval and Early Modern Material Culture" to be edited
by Brent Nelson (University of Saskatchewan) and Melissa Terras
(University College London) for the New Technologies in Medieval and
Renaissance Studies series edited by Ray Siemens and Bill Bowen.
Please submit title, brief abstract, and statement of affiliation to
brent.nelson_at_usask.ca by October 14, 2008.
Conference website: http://www.asu.edu/clas/acmrs/conferences/conferences.html
a panel for the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
conference in Tempe, AZ, 12-14 February 2009
While digital media have enabled new and innovative access to
medieval and Renaissance texts, these same media hold perhaps even
more potential for investigating and representing the material
cultures of these periods. This panel of papers will build on recent
scholarship on materiality by bringing together innovative research
on the theory and praxis of digitizing medieval and Renaissance
material culture. especially as it relates to the senses. Topics may
address theory and/or practice in the application of digital
technology to the study of material culture, including but not
limited to art, architecture, cartography, the anatomical and
cultural body, collections, antiquarianism and early archeology,
dramaturgy, arts and crafts, printed and manuscript materials.
Accepted papers may also be considered for a collection of essays on
"Digitizing Medieval and Early Modern Material Culture" to be edited
by Brent Nelson (University of Saskatchewan) and Melissa Terras
(University College London) for the New Technologies in Medieval and
Renaissance Studies series edited by Ray Siemens and Bill Bowen.
Please submit title, brief abstract, and statement of affiliation to
brent.nelson_at_usask.ca by October 14, 2008.
Conference website: http://www.asu.edu/clas/acmrs/conferences/conferences.html
CFP: New England Medieval Studies Consortium Graduate Student Conference
DEADLINE: 1 DEC.
CALL FOR PAPERS
The 26th Annual New England Medieval Studies
Consortium Graduate Student Conference
Yale University
April 4, 2009.
Theme: "Authority and the Book in Medieval Culture."
Abstracts from graduate students are now being
accepted for the 26th Annual New England
Medieval Studies Consortium Graduate Student
Conference, the theme of which will be “Authority and
the Book in Medieval Culture.”
The organizers hope that this broad heading will
elicit proposals for papers from all disciplines of
Medieval Studies.
Of especial interest are papers dealing with
palaeography and manuscript studies; hagiography;
literary studies; art history; history and
historiography; gender studies; religious studies;
musicology and medieval liturgical studies; as well as
biblical exegesis and the relationship between Latin
and various medieval vernaculars. Further, we look
forward to receiving proposals that take more
theoretical approaches to ideas of authority in the
medieval period. We also hope to have one panel
devoted to papers that explore different aspect of the
history of modern Medieval Studies.
Papers are to be no more than twenty minutes in length
and read in English. Abstracts of no more than 250
words should be sent by e-mail to
Andrew.Kraebel@Yale.edu or SamanthaLily.Katz@Yale.edu.
A hardcopy may be mailed to:
Andrew Kraebel
Department of English
Yale University
P.O. Box 208302
New Haven, CT 06520-8302
The deadline for submissions is December 1, 2008.
Graduate students whose abstracts are selected for the
conference will have the opportunity to submit their
paper in its entirety for consideration for the Alison
Goddard Elliott Award.
The conference will also feature a plenary speaker, to
be announced at a later date.
CALL FOR PAPERS
The 26th Annual New England Medieval Studies
Consortium Graduate Student Conference
Yale University
April 4, 2009.
Theme: "Authority and the Book in Medieval Culture."
Abstracts from graduate students are now being
accepted for the 26th Annual New England
Medieval Studies Consortium Graduate Student
Conference, the theme of which will be “Authority and
the Book in Medieval Culture.”
The organizers hope that this broad heading will
elicit proposals for papers from all disciplines of
Medieval Studies.
Of especial interest are papers dealing with
palaeography and manuscript studies; hagiography;
literary studies; art history; history and
historiography; gender studies; religious studies;
musicology and medieval liturgical studies; as well as
biblical exegesis and the relationship between Latin
and various medieval vernaculars. Further, we look
forward to receiving proposals that take more
theoretical approaches to ideas of authority in the
medieval period. We also hope to have one panel
devoted to papers that explore different aspect of the
history of modern Medieval Studies.
Papers are to be no more than twenty minutes in length
and read in English. Abstracts of no more than 250
words should be sent by e-mail to
Andrew.Kraebel@Yale.edu or SamanthaLily.Katz@Yale.edu.
A hardcopy may be mailed to:
Andrew Kraebel
Department of English
Yale University
P.O. Box 208302
New Haven, CT 06520-8302
The deadline for submissions is December 1, 2008.
Graduate students whose abstracts are selected for the
conference will have the opportunity to submit their
paper in its entirety for consideration for the Alison
Goddard Elliott Award.
The conference will also feature a plenary speaker, to
be announced at a later date.
CFP: Vagantes 2009
CFP: VAGANTES Graduate Student Conference 2009
VAGANTES Graduate Student Conference 2009
Florida State University
www.vagantesconference.org
The medievalists of Florida State University have the honor of hosting the
eighth annual Vagantes Medieval Graduate Student Conference on March 5-7,
2009.
Vagantes is now the largest conference in North America for graduate
students studying the Middle Ages. The goal of Vagantes is to provide an
open dialogue among young scholars from all fields of medieval studies. It
seeks to create a sense of community for junior medievalists of diverse
backgrounds within the margins of a graduate student budget.
Abstracts for twenty-minute papers are welcome from graduate students on all
topics considering the Middle Ages. In keeping with the mission of Vagantes
to advance interdisciplinary studies, we invite submissions in areas
including but not limited to history, literature, art history, philosophy,
religious studies, and musicology.
Please email a brief vitae and abstract of no more than 300 words by October
1, 2008 to:
Carey Fee
careyfee@yahoo.com
Department of Art History
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida
VAGANTES Graduate Student Conference 2009
Florida State University
www.vagantesconference.org
The medievalists of Florida State University have the honor of hosting the
eighth annual Vagantes Medieval Graduate Student Conference on March 5-7,
2009.
Vagantes is now the largest conference in North America for graduate
students studying the Middle Ages. The goal of Vagantes is to provide an
open dialogue among young scholars from all fields of medieval studies. It
seeks to create a sense of community for junior medievalists of diverse
backgrounds within the margins of a graduate student budget.
Abstracts for twenty-minute papers are welcome from graduate students on all
topics considering the Middle Ages. In keeping with the mission of Vagantes
to advance interdisciplinary studies, we invite submissions in areas
including but not limited to history, literature, art history, philosophy,
religious studies, and musicology.
Please email a brief vitae and abstract of no more than 300 words by October
1, 2008 to:
Carey Fee
careyfee@yahoo.com
Department of Art History
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida
Short Term Research Grants at Princeton
Short-term Research Grants at Princeton Libraries
Each year, the Friends of the Princeton University Library offer
short-term Library Research Grants to promote scholarly use of the
research collections. The Program in Hellenic Studies also supports a
limited number of Library Research Grants in Hellenic studies, and the
Cotsen Children’s Library supports research in its collection on aspects
of children’s books. The Maxwell Fund supports research on materials
dealing with Portuguese-speaking cultures.
These Library Research Grants, which have a value of up to $2,500 each,
are meant to help defray expenses incurred in traveling to and residing
in Princeton during the tenure of the grant. The length of the grant
will depend on the applicant’s research proposal, but is ordinarily one
month. Library Research Grants awarded in this academic year are tenable
from May 2009 to April 2010, and the deadline for applications is 15
January 2009.
Applicants are asked to submit a completed application form
(http://www.princeton.edu/rbsc/fellowships/application.pdf), budget form
(http://www.princeton.edu/rbsc/fellowships/budget_rev08152006a.pdf), a
résumé, and a research proposal not exceeding three pages in length.
Applicants must also arrange for two confidential letters of
recommendation to be sent directly to the Library Research Grants
Committee at the address given below.
The proposal should address specifically the relevance to the proposed
research of unique resources found in the Princeton University Library
collections. Prospective grantees are urged to consult the Library’s
home page at http://libweb.princeton.edu for detailed descriptions of
the collections, especially those in the Rare Books and Special
Collections Department, and for the names of curators and reference
staff. Applicants should have specific Princeton resources in mind—not
simply a desire to make use of a major research library—as they prepare
their proposals.
A committee consisting of members of the faculty, the library staff, and
the Friends will award the grants on the basis of the relevance of the
proposal to unique holdings of the library, the merits and significance
of the project, and the applicant’s scholarly qualifications. Awards
will be made before 1 April 2009.
Application materials and letters of recommendation are to be mailed to
Library Research Grant Committee, Princeton University Library, One
Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08544. Materials mailed to the committee
must be postmarked no later than 15 January 2009. Facsimile
transmissions may be sent to (609) 258-2324. Electronic communications
to the committee may be sent to loliveir@princeton.edu. Materials
submitted by e-mail or facsimile must be received no later than 15
January 2009. E-mail is the preferred method of submission.
Each year, the Friends of the Princeton University Library offer
short-term Library Research Grants to promote scholarly use of the
research collections. The Program in Hellenic Studies also supports a
limited number of Library Research Grants in Hellenic studies, and the
Cotsen Children’s Library supports research in its collection on aspects
of children’s books. The Maxwell Fund supports research on materials
dealing with Portuguese-speaking cultures.
These Library Research Grants, which have a value of up to $2,500 each,
are meant to help defray expenses incurred in traveling to and residing
in Princeton during the tenure of the grant. The length of the grant
will depend on the applicant’s research proposal, but is ordinarily one
month. Library Research Grants awarded in this academic year are tenable
from May 2009 to April 2010, and the deadline for applications is 15
January 2009.
Applicants are asked to submit a completed application form
(http://www.princeton.edu/rbsc/fellowships/application.pdf), budget form
(http://www.princeton.edu/rbsc/fellowships/budget_rev08152006a.pdf), a
résumé, and a research proposal not exceeding three pages in length.
Applicants must also arrange for two confidential letters of
recommendation to be sent directly to the Library Research Grants
Committee at the address given below.
The proposal should address specifically the relevance to the proposed
research of unique resources found in the Princeton University Library
collections. Prospective grantees are urged to consult the Library’s
home page at http://libweb.princeton.edu for detailed descriptions of
the collections, especially those in the Rare Books and Special
Collections Department, and for the names of curators and reference
staff. Applicants should have specific Princeton resources in mind—not
simply a desire to make use of a major research library—as they prepare
their proposals.
A committee consisting of members of the faculty, the library staff, and
the Friends will award the grants on the basis of the relevance of the
proposal to unique holdings of the library, the merits and significance
of the project, and the applicant’s scholarly qualifications. Awards
will be made before 1 April 2009.
Application materials and letters of recommendation are to be mailed to
Library Research Grant Committee, Princeton University Library, One
Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08544. Materials mailed to the committee
must be postmarked no later than 15 January 2009. Facsimile
transmissions may be sent to (609) 258-2324. Electronic communications
to the committee may be sent to loliveir@princeton.edu. Materials
submitted by e-mail or facsimile must be received no later than 15
January 2009. E-mail is the preferred method of submission.
Texas Medieval Conference
The complete conference program for the Eighteenth Annual Meeting of
the Texas Medieval Association, October 2-4 at Texas Tech in Lubbock,
is now available at http://pages.towson.edu/duncan/tmahome.html. The
plenary speakers are Thomas F. X. Noble of the University of Notre
Dame, Jane Chance of Rice University, and W. Michael Mathes of the
University of San Francisco. The registration form and additional
information about the conference are available on the Association
website.
the Texas Medieval Association, October 2-4 at Texas Tech in Lubbock,
is now available at http://pages.towson.edu/duncan/tmahome.html. The
plenary speakers are Thomas F. X. Noble of the University of Notre
Dame, Jane Chance of Rice University, and W. Michael Mathes of the
University of San Francisco. The registration form and additional
information about the conference are available on the Association
website.
Upcoming Events In and Around Boston
New
** Details Modified
EVENTS IN AND AROUND BOSTON
Monday, 29 September, 4:15 p.m.: Margot Fassler (Yale Divinity School):
"Haec est Regina: The Virgin of Chartres and West Facade." Harvard
University, Barker Center, Thompson Room, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge,
MA. Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar.
Monday, 29 September, 5:30-7:00 p.m.: Medieval Studies Fall Reception,
Harvard University. The Committee on Medieval Studies cordially invites
all medievalists to its time-honored Fall Reception. Undergraduates,
graduate students, faculty, Visiting Scholars and Alumni(ae) convene at
the beginning of each term to renew old acquaintances, make new ones,
and find out about the marvelous community of Boston-area scholars
working on and interested in the Middle Ages in its broadest sense, from
the Roman empire to the early modern age, East, West and In Between.
Come enjoy good cheer, light fare and excellent company in the lovely
surroundings of the Thompson Room. (The reception will follow the first
Medieval Studies Seminar of the term, at 4:15 p.m., in the Thompson
Room.) Harvard University, Barker Center, Thompson Room, 12 Quincy
Street, Cambridge, MA.
Thursday, 9 October, 5:00 p.m.: Professor Damian McManus (School of
Irish & Celtic Languages, Trinity College, Dublin): Good-Looking and
Irresistible: The Irish Hero from Early Saga to Classical Poetry.
Harvard University, Faculty Club Library, 20 Quincy St., Cambridge,
Massachusetts. The John V. Kelleher Lecture, presented by the Harvard
Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures.
Friday - Sunday, 10-12 October: Twenty-eighth Annual Harvard Celtic
Colloquium, Harvard University. For further details, see below under
"CONFERENCES AND CALLS FOR PAPERS."
* Thursdays, 16, 23 and 30 October: Professor Carlo Ginzburg (Scuola
Normale di Pisa and Lauro de Bosis Visiting Lecturer at Harvard) will
lecture on Dante. Harvard University, Humanities Center, Room 133.
Friday - Saturday, 17-18 October, 1:30-4:30 p.m. Friday, 10:00 a.m.-4:30
p.m. Saturday. The Boston Crucifix from the Fuld Collection: A Two-Day
Colloquium at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. More information is
available at www.crucifixcolloquium.info; RSVP by October 5 to
registration@crucifixcolloquium.info.
* Thursday, 28 October, 5:30 p.m.: Jeffrey Hamburger (Harvard
University, History of Art and Architecture): "Openings" - Boston
University School of Management, Room 406, 595 Commonwealth Ave. For
description of the lecture see http://www.bu.edu/luce/calendar/.
Monday, 27 October, 4:15 p.m.: Bernhard Jussen (Johan Wolfgang
Goethe-University of Frankfurt): "Between Lexicometrics and
Hermeneutics, or: was there a Carolingian State?" Harvard University,
Barker Center, Room 114, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA. Humanities
Center Medieval Studies Seminar.
Monday, 10 November, 4:15 p.m.: Aviad Kleinberg (Tel Aviv University):
"Useful Trespasses" Harvard University, Barker Center, Thompson Room, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA. Humanities Center Medieval Studies
Seminar, in collaboration with Harvard University Press.
* Friday, 21 November, 4:00 p.m.: Professor M. Michelle Mulchahey
(Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies): "Introducing Peter Lombard
to Dominican Students in University Classrooms and in the Order's
Schools" - Boston College, Cushing Auditorium, Cushing 001 Lower Level,
Chestnut Hill, MA. Institute of Medieval Philosophy and Theology
lecture. Dinner and discussion to follow lecture in McElroy Faculty
Dining Room. Contact: Stephen F. Brown, email: brownst@bc.edu, phone:
617-552-0436.
Monday, 24 November, 4:15 p.m.: Baber Johansen (Professor of Islamic
Religious Studies, Harvard Divinity School): Harvard University, Barker
Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA. Humanities Center
Medieval Studies Seminar.
Monday, 8 December, 4:15 p.m.: Vincent Pollina (Tufts University)
Harvard University, Barker Center, Room 114, 12 Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA. Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar.
* Wednesday, December 10, 2008, 3:30 p.m.: Nicholas Watson (Harvard
University, 2008–2009 Radcliffe Institute fellow): Radcliffe Institute
Fellows’ Presentation Series, "In Praise of Mediocrity: The Defense of
Imperfection in Late Medieval England" - Radcliffe Institute for
Advanced Study at Harvard University, Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden
Street, Radcliffe Yard, phone 617-495-8212.
** Monday, 15 December, 4:15 p.m.: Emily Wood (Department of History,
Harvard University): "Partnerships in Papal Judicial Delegation: The
case of Peter of Celle and Dean Fulk of Reims, 1168-1176" - Harvard
University, Barker Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA.
Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar.
Monday, 2 February 2009, 4:15 p.m.: Chrisopher de Hamel (Corpus Cristi
College, Cambridge, UK): Harvard University, Lamont Library, Lamont
Room, Cambridge, MA. Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar, in
collaboration with the Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Monday, 23 February 2009, 4:15 p.m.: Bernd Nicolai (University of Bern,
Switzerland): Harvard University, Barker Center, Room 114, 12 Quincy
Street, Cambridge, MA. Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar.
Monday, 9 March 2009, 4:15 p.m.: Mary A. and Richard H. Rouse (UCLA):
Harvard University, Barker Center, Thompson Room, 12 Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA. Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar.
Monday, 20 April 2009, 4:15 p.m.: Amy Hollwood (Harvard Divinity
School): Harvard University, Barker Center, Room 114, 12 Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA. Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar.
Thursday - Sunday, 25-28 June, 2009: Merchants and Missionaries: Trade
and Religion in World History. 18th annual World History Association
conference: Salem State College, Salem, Massachusetts. For further
details, see below under "CONFERENCES AND CALLS FOR PAPERS."
CONFERENCES AND CALLS FOR PAPERS
**For a listing of upcoming "convocatorias" and other gatherings of
interest to medievalists (most are located in Spain or Latin America
and/or are Spanish-language proceedings), visit
http://medievalismo.org/congresos/congresos.htm.
23 and 25 September 2008: Jonathan Riley-Smith (Dixie Professor Emeritus
of Ecclesiastical History, University of Cambridge): "The Templars and
the Hospitallers as Professed Religious in the Holy Land, 1120-1291":
The 2008 Conway Lectures, Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame,
Notre Dame, Indiana. September 23, 5:00 p.m.: "Community"; September 25,
5:00 p.m.: "Governance". All lectures will be held at the Eck Visitors
Center Auditorium. Prof. Jonathan Riley-Smith is one of the world's most
influential Crusades historians. He has written about the political and
constitutional history of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the theory of
crusading, the role of popes as preachers, and the responses of lay men
and women to ideas of crusading. Recently, he has returned to his first
focus of study, the history of the military orders. Prof. Riley-Smith is
a founding member of the Society for the Study of the Crusades in the
Latin East and served as its president from 1987 to 1995. He also is the
author of the popular classroom texbook on the crusades titled, The
Crusades: A History. His scholarly publications include The Knights of
St. John in Jerusalem and Cyprus (1967), The Feudal Nobility and the
Kingdom of Jerusalem (1973), The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading
(1986), and The First Crusaders (1997). For more information, call
574-631-8304; e-mail: medinst@nd.edu.
8-10 October 2008: Philosophy and Theology in the Studia of the
Religious Orders and at the Papal Court: XVth Colloquium of the Société
Internationale pour l'Étude de la Philosophie Médiévale: Medieval
Institute, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana. The
Colloquium, organized by Kent Emery, Jr. (Notre Dame) assisted by
William J. Courtenay (Madison, Wisconsin), will focus on the
particularities of the teaching of philosophy and theology in the studia
of the mendicant (Augustinian, Carmelite, Dominican, Franciscan) and
monastic (Benedictine, Cistercian) orders and at the theological schools
at the Papal Court (notably at Avignon) as distinct from instruction in
the faculties of the university proper. Marking the 50th anniversary of
the founding of the Society, the Colloquium is generously supported by
an Annual Henkels Lecture grant from the Institute for Scholarship in
the Liberal Arts of the College of Arts and Letters at the University of
Notre Dame. Immediately following the conference, on Saturday, October
11, the governing Bureau of the SIEPM will hold its annual business
meeting. For the program and registration details, go to
http://www.nd.edu/~medinst/lectures/SIEPMConference.html. Address other
questions to: Roberta Baranowski at rbaranow@nd.edu.
10-12 October 2008: The 28th Annual Harvard Celtic Colloquium. Harvard
University, Barker Center, Room 110, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge,
Massachusetts. The Colloquium features presentations on topics which
relate directly to Celtic studies (Celtic languages and literatures in
any phase; cultural, historical or social science topics; theoretical
perspectives, etc.) or to interdisciplinary research with a Celtic
focus. Attendance is free. There will be a short discussion period after
each paper. Preceding the conference on the evening of October 9th, at
5:00, is the John V. Kelleher Lecture (Harvard Faculty Club Library)
presented by the Harvard Celtic Department, by Professor Damian McManus
of the School of Irish & Celtic Languages, Trinity College, Dublin,
speaking on "Good-Looking and Irresistible: The Irish Hero from Early
Saga to Classical Poetry." Further information available at
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hcc/.
10-12 October 2008: Meister Eckhart and Modern Thought: The Eckhart
Society Twenty-First Annual Conference. All Saints Pastoral Centre,
London Colney, St. Albans, Hertfordshire. Speakers: Stephen Bullivant
(Christ Church, Oxford); Nancy Hawkins IHM (St. Bernard's School of
Theology & Ministry, Rochester, NY); Professor Markus Vinzent
(University of Birmingham); Dr. Maire Aine Ni Mhainnin (National
University of Ireland, Galway). Arrivals from 4 pm Friday, 10 October.
Workshops and Society AGM the afternoon of Saturday, 11 October. In the
evening there will be a concert. The conference will end Sunday
afternoon. Full Residential fee £250; Non-Residential fee (includes
meals) £155. A deposit of £50 is payable in advance and the balance is
due before 10 October 2008. For further information and a Registration
Form contact: The Treasurer, The Eckhart Society, Holly Tree Cottage, 2
New Road, Cookham, Maidenhead, Bucks SL6 9HB. Telephone: +44 (0) 1628
810240. E mail: cgg@cgglover.com. Web site:
http://www.eckhartsociety.org/events/eckhart-society-annual-conference.
* 16 October 2008: Arts of the East: Byzantine Studies in Princeton.
One-day conference. For further information see
http://ica.princeton.edu/conferences/index.html.
17-18 October 2008: The Boston Crucifix from the Fuld Collection: A
Two-Day Colloquium at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts.
More information is available at www.crucifixcolloquium.info;
registration is required - RSVP by October 5 to
registration@crucifixcolloquium.info.
28-29 October 2008: Translating the Middle Ages: An International
Conference sponsored by the Programs in Medieval Studies and Center for
Translation Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Papers
will address the
theory and practice of translation in the Middle Ages, including textual
and visual translation. Who translates what, how and why, and to what
effect? The scope is interpreted broadly to include Europe, Iceland,
Byzantium and the
Islamic Mediterranean. Featured speakers include Christopher Kleinhenz,
Brian Merrilees, Rita Copeland, Jeanette Beer, Lars Boje Mortensen,
Catherine Batt, and Aden Kumler. An evening event will focus on
translations of medieval texts and culture by two renowned contemporary
authors who will read from and discuss their work: W.S. Merwin, poet and
translator of Dante's Purgatorio, and former U.S. poet laureate Robert
Pinsky, translator of Dante's Inferno. Send inquiries to: Karen Fresco,
Director, Program in Medieval Studies, kfresco@uiuc.edu.
31 October-1 November 2008: Texts and Contexts: A conference at the Ohio
State University, sponsored by The Center for Epigraphical and
Palaeographical Studies. Call for Papers. The conference seeks to
investigate the textual
traditions of various texts and genres, including texts in classical
Latin, mediaeval Latin, Anglo-Saxon, Middle English, and the
vernaculars. Preference will be given to those abstracts which deal with
newly discovered texts and their manuscript settings, or which present
new perspectives on established textual traditions. We encourage
graduate students and newly established scholars to submit their work.
Plenary speaker: Keith Busby, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Please
send abstracts to Professor Frank T. Coulson, Director of Palaeography,
190 Pressey Hall, 1070 Carmack Road, Columbus, OH 43210 or by email at
epig@osu.edu. Deadline for submission: August 15, 2008.
* 7-9 November 2008: 27th Annual Charles Homer Haskins Society
Conference for Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, Angevin and Viking History.
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. The featured speakers will be
Paul Hyams (Cornell University), Mark Gardiner (Queens University of
Belfast) and Uta-Renate Blumenthal (Catholic University of America).
Further information and registration forms are available at
http://www.haskins.cornell.edu/Conf2008.html , or you can contact the
conference director, Jennifer Paxton, and paxtonj@georgetown.edu.
14-15 November 2008: Global Encounters: Legacies of Exchange and
Conflict (1000-1700). University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. The new
Program in MEMS (Medieval and Early Modern Studies) at UNC, Chapel Hill,
will host an interdisciplinary conference on topics of cultural
mediation, interchange, and conflict in the premodern world. Areas of
geographical concentration will include Europe, the Atlantic world, the
Mediterranean, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Key-note addresses
will be offered by Professor Karen Ordahl Kupperman (Silver Professor of
History, New York University), and by Professor Alfred J. Andrea
(Professor Emeritus of History, University of Vermont). For further
information visit http://mems.unc.edu/global-encounters/, or direct
further questions to Professor Brett Whalen (bwhalen@email.unc.edu).
This conference is supported by: the College of Arts and Sciences; the
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; the Program in Medieval and Early Modern
Studies at UNC; Associate Provost for International Affairs, UNC Chapel
Hill; the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Duke University.
19-21 November 2008: "La creación de la imagen en la Edad Media: de la
herencia a la renovación" ["The creation of the image in the Middle
Ages: from heritage to renewal"]. Universidad Complutense de Madrid,
Spain. For more information, please visit
http://www.ucm.es/centros/webs/d437/index.php?tp=II%20Jornadas%20Complutenses%20de%20Arte%20Medieval&a=invest&d=14345.php
9-12 January 2009: 7th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts &
Humanities: Call for Papers/Abstracts/Submissions. Sponsored by:
University of Louisville, Center for Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods;
The Baylor Journal of Theatre and Performance. The 7th Annual Hawaii
International Conference on Arts & Humanities will be held at the Hilton
Hawaiian Village Beach Resort & Spa, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The conference
will provide many opportunities for academicians and professionals from
arts and humanities related fields to interact with members inside and
outside their own particular disciplines. For more information:
http://www.hichumanities.org. Email address: humanities@hichumanities.org.
* 6-7 February 2009: “Textual Trauma: Violence Against Texts.” Annual
Manuscript Workshop of the Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance
Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee. The
deadline for applications to present is October 1, 2008. For more
information, please visit
http://web.utk.edu/~marco/workshop/manuscript.shtml.
* 6-7 February 2009: "Per Speculum in Mediaevum: Discourses of Mirroring
in the Middle Ages." Medievalists @ Penn (M@P) invites submissions for
the graduate conference in Medieval Studies at the University of
Pennsylvania. Keynote Speaker: Marina Brownlee. All abstract submissions
(max. 250-300 words) must be received by November 14th, 2008. All
submissions to mapmirrors@gmail.com. The figure captured in the Latin
word speculum, meaning both 'mirror' and 'encyclopedia,' is central to
medieval culture. From St. Paul's foundational "per speculum in
aenigmate" to Ovid's version of the Narcissus myth to Jean de Meun's
re-titling of the Romance of the Rose as Le Miroer aus Amoreus, the
problematic of reflection cuts across medieval regional and discursive
boundaries. This traveling topos pervades medieval cultural expression,
from religious thought to the production of visual and textual artwork
to music and philosophy. The implicit or explicit articulation of this
fascinating figure nevertheless differs as it enters (or is re-evaluated
within) varying discourses. This conference invites submissions
concerning one or more formations of the 'mirror.' We seek to encourage
a plurality of perspectives from medievalists of all disciplines in
recognition of the profound 'interdisciplinarity' of our common object
of study: the Middle Ages. Topics might include, but are not limited to:
encyclopedias and summae, advice for princes and conduct manuals,
scientific treatises and astrology, (Ciceronian) friendship,
reproduction and repetition, twins and doubling, vanity and the
Narcissus myth, reflection and replication, representation and mimesis,
specularity and visuality, recognition and self-consciousness, the
mirror of the soul and mysticism, mirror as distorted image, figura, and
metaphor.
* 19-20 February 2009: "Comparative Mysticism of the Middle Ages:
Textual Traditions, 1000-1600" - Third Annual Sacred Leaves Graduate
Symposium, University of South Florida, Tampa Library, Tampa, FL.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Michael Sells, John Henry Barrows Professor,
University of Chicago. The Special Collections Department of the Tampa
Library, University of South Florida seeks papers from graduate students
and recent M.A. or Ph.D. recipients for its Third Annual Sacred Leaves
Graduate Symposium. We encourage topics on mystical expressions in the
medieval world comparing religions, cultures and/or gender. Subjects for
proposals may include, but are not limited to: Poetry and lyric,
Cross-cultural and religious influences, Manuscript illumination, Spain,
Iberia and beyond, Mystical forms of dissent and their repression, The
role of mystic in society. Please email an abstract of no more than 250
words to Dr. Jane Marie Pinzino, Symposium Coordinator at
jpinzino@lib.usf.edu by November 14, 2008. Notification of acceptances
will be emailed by November 28, 2008. Please include the title of your
paper, name, affiliation and email address. Each paper selected will be
allotted 20 minutes for presentation.
http://www.sacredleavesgraduatesymposium.blogspot.com/
2-5 April 2009: Shifting Cultural Frontiers in Late Antiquity [ca. 200 -
700 AD]: Eighth Biennial Conference on Shifting Frontiers in Late
Antiquity. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. The confirmed
plenary speakers are Professors Jas Elsner (Corpus Christi, Oxford) and
Seth Schwartz (Jewish Theological Seminary). Call for papers: Beneath
the familiar political and religious narrative of late antiquity lies a
cultural history both more complicated and more fascinating. Late
antiquity was a time of intense cultural negotiation in which new
religious communities and new populations sifted through existing modes
of cultural expression, adopting many elements for themselves and
turning others aside. This conference seeks to understand how cultural
transformation occurred amidst the political and religious disruption
that can seem characteristic of late antiquity. To this end, we seek
contributions that explore three distinct areas of late antique cultural
history: 1) the interaction of "high" and "low" culture, 2) the impact
of changing and collapsing political centers on their peripheries, and
3) the emergence of hybrid literary, artistic, and religious modes of
expression. Possible contributions to these areas may highlight the
permeable division between elite and vernacular culture, the ease with
which cultural memes were transmitted across geographic and linguistic
boundaries, the adaptability of established cultures to new political
and social realities, and the degree to which newcomers were integrated
into existing cultural communities. As in the past, the conference will
provide an interdisciplinary forum for ancient historians, philologists,
Orientalists, art historians, archeologists, and specialists in the
early Christian, Jewish, and Muslim worlds to discuss a wide range of
European, Middle-Eastern, and African evidence for cultural
transformation in late antiquity. Proposals should be clearly related to
the conference theme. They should state both the problem being discussed
and the nature of the new insights or conclusions that will be
presented. Abstracts of not more than 500 words for 20-minute
presentations may be submitted via e-mail to Prof. Edward Watts,
shifting.frontiers.8@gmail.com (Department of History, Indiana
University, Ballantine Hall, Rm. 828, 1020 East Kirkwood Avenue,
Bloomington, IN 47405-7103, USA). The deadline for submission of
abstracts is October 15, 2008. The submission of an abstract carries
with it a commitment to attend the conference should the abstract be
accepted. For further information see
http://www.indiana.edu/~sf8/index.php.
3-4 April 2009: "The City in Medieval Life and Culture" is the theme of
the 2009 (36th Annual) Sewanee Medieval Colloquium. The University of
the South, Sewanee, Tennessee. Call for papers: proposals are invited
for individual papers or sessions. The program will include 20-minute
papers from any discipline; papers may be related to the theme in any
way. Lecturers include John Najemy (Cornell University) and Pamela King
(University of Bristol). Please send abstract(s) of approx. 250 words
with brief c.v.(s) to sridyard@sewanee.edu no later than 1 October 2008.
Earlier submissions are encouraged. Papers accepted for the Colloquium
must be received in their final form no later than 27 Feb. 2009, in
order to reach their commentators in good time. For further details of
the Colloquium and the SMC Prize for best paper by a graduate student or
junior scholar, please see http://www.sewanee.edu/medieval/main.html.
22-25 April 2009: Saint Anselm of Canterbury and His Legacy: An
International Conference to commemorate the 900th anniversary of the
death of Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109). University of Kent,
Canterbury, UK. Organised by the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance
Studies, Durham University, UK and the Canterbury Centre for Medieval
and Early Modern Studies. Call for papers: The conference organisers
welcome proposals for papers on all aspects of Anselm's life and
thought, as well as their subsequent investigation and interpretation.
Proposed paper titles and abstract of 300 words are due in mid-October
2008. Full details are available at:
http://www.dur.ac.uk/cmrs/conferences/anselm2009. For more information,
please contact Dr Giles Gasper, Durham University, at:
g.e.m.gasper@dur.ac.uk.
* 7-10 May 2009: Transmission and Reception of Saints Lives’: English
and Continental Contexts:Special Session, 44th annual International
Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Dr. Lindsay Craig of
the University of Minnesota has issued a call for papers for this
special session. The study of saints' lives is central to scholarly
understanding of medieval piety and devotional practice. This sessions
inquires how authors, translators, and audiences understand
and react to vitae sanctarum et sanctorum's negotiations of
institutional anxieties about orthodoxy and of social discourses of
holiness. Our interests include retellings of saints' lives, from brief
exempla to long catalogs of lives like the Legenda Aurea, and their
rehabilitation or deprecation of earlier vitae; the ways in which
hagiographic impulses inflect other genres; reworkings of contemplative
texts in later literature; the intersections and conflations of
spiritual and secular literary transmission; and contested spaces of
transmission. We welcome studies spanning broad chronological and
geographical spectra. The session subtitles "English Contexts" and
"Continental Contexts" do not exclude cross-channel studies, but rather
provide us with a way to group papers on a topic with wide-ranging
relevance according to main interest area. Please submit abstracts and
cover materials to Lindsay Craig at lcraig@umn.edu by September 15th for
full consideration.
*12-13 June 2009: Intermixti spiritus oris: the interface between
rhetoric and poetry in Late Antiquity (from the age of Diocletian until
Arcadius): University of Ghent, the Netherlands. Please visit
http://www.latijnengrieks.ugent.be/intermixti for more information about
the call for papers and the topic.
25-28 June 2009: Merchants and Missionaries: Trade and Religion in World
History: 18th annual World History Association conference: Salem State
College, Salem, Massachusetts. In honor of Salem's rich history of
overseas involvement, the conference's theme will be "Merchants and
Missionaries: Trade and Religion in World History." Proposals on all
aspects of trade, religion, and related issues in world history are
invited. Further information concerning the 2009 conference, including
proposal submission forms, accommodations and registration will be
posted on the WHA website, www.thewha.org, later this summer.
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Harvard University
** Details Modified
EVENTS IN AND AROUND BOSTON
Monday, 29 September, 4:15 p.m.: Margot Fassler (Yale Divinity School):
"Haec est Regina: The Virgin of Chartres and West Facade." Harvard
University, Barker Center, Thompson Room, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge,
MA. Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar.
Monday, 29 September, 5:30-7:00 p.m.: Medieval Studies Fall Reception,
Harvard University. The Committee on Medieval Studies cordially invites
all medievalists to its time-honored Fall Reception. Undergraduates,
graduate students, faculty, Visiting Scholars and Alumni(ae) convene at
the beginning of each term to renew old acquaintances, make new ones,
and find out about the marvelous community of Boston-area scholars
working on and interested in the Middle Ages in its broadest sense, from
the Roman empire to the early modern age, East, West and In Between.
Come enjoy good cheer, light fare and excellent company in the lovely
surroundings of the Thompson Room. (The reception will follow the first
Medieval Studies Seminar of the term, at 4:15 p.m., in the Thompson
Room.) Harvard University, Barker Center, Thompson Room, 12 Quincy
Street, Cambridge, MA.
Thursday, 9 October, 5:00 p.m.: Professor Damian McManus (School of
Irish & Celtic Languages, Trinity College, Dublin): Good-Looking and
Irresistible: The Irish Hero from Early Saga to Classical Poetry.
Harvard University, Faculty Club Library, 20 Quincy St., Cambridge,
Massachusetts. The John V. Kelleher Lecture, presented by the Harvard
Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures.
Friday - Sunday, 10-12 October: Twenty-eighth Annual Harvard Celtic
Colloquium, Harvard University. For further details, see below under
"CONFERENCES AND CALLS FOR PAPERS."
* Thursdays, 16, 23 and 30 October: Professor Carlo Ginzburg (Scuola
Normale di Pisa and Lauro de Bosis Visiting Lecturer at Harvard) will
lecture on Dante. Harvard University, Humanities Center, Room 133.
Friday - Saturday, 17-18 October, 1:30-4:30 p.m. Friday, 10:00 a.m.-4:30
p.m. Saturday. The Boston Crucifix from the Fuld Collection: A Two-Day
Colloquium at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. More information is
available at www.crucifixcolloquium.info; RSVP by October 5 to
registration@crucifixcolloquium.info.
* Thursday, 28 October, 5:30 p.m.: Jeffrey Hamburger (Harvard
University, History of Art and Architecture): "Openings" - Boston
University School of Management, Room 406, 595 Commonwealth Ave. For
description of the lecture see http://www.bu.edu/luce/calendar/.
Monday, 27 October, 4:15 p.m.: Bernhard Jussen (Johan Wolfgang
Goethe-University of Frankfurt): "Between Lexicometrics and
Hermeneutics, or: was there a Carolingian State?" Harvard University,
Barker Center, Room 114, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA. Humanities
Center Medieval Studies Seminar.
Monday, 10 November, 4:15 p.m.: Aviad Kleinberg (Tel Aviv University):
"Useful Trespasses" Harvard University, Barker Center, Thompson Room, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA. Humanities Center Medieval Studies
Seminar, in collaboration with Harvard University Press.
* Friday, 21 November, 4:00 p.m.: Professor M. Michelle Mulchahey
(Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies): "Introducing Peter Lombard
to Dominican Students in University Classrooms and in the Order's
Schools" - Boston College, Cushing Auditorium, Cushing 001 Lower Level,
Chestnut Hill, MA. Institute of Medieval Philosophy and Theology
lecture. Dinner and discussion to follow lecture in McElroy Faculty
Dining Room. Contact: Stephen F. Brown, email: brownst@bc.edu, phone:
617-552-0436.
Monday, 24 November, 4:15 p.m.: Baber Johansen (Professor of Islamic
Religious Studies, Harvard Divinity School): Harvard University, Barker
Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA. Humanities Center
Medieval Studies Seminar.
Monday, 8 December, 4:15 p.m.: Vincent Pollina (Tufts University)
Harvard University, Barker Center, Room 114, 12 Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA. Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar.
* Wednesday, December 10, 2008, 3:30 p.m.: Nicholas Watson (Harvard
University, 2008–2009 Radcliffe Institute fellow): Radcliffe Institute
Fellows’ Presentation Series, "In Praise of Mediocrity: The Defense of
Imperfection in Late Medieval England" - Radcliffe Institute for
Advanced Study at Harvard University, Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden
Street, Radcliffe Yard, phone 617-495-8212.
** Monday, 15 December, 4:15 p.m.: Emily Wood (Department of History,
Harvard University): "Partnerships in Papal Judicial Delegation: The
case of Peter of Celle and Dean Fulk of Reims, 1168-1176" - Harvard
University, Barker Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA.
Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar.
Monday, 2 February 2009, 4:15 p.m.: Chrisopher de Hamel (Corpus Cristi
College, Cambridge, UK): Harvard University, Lamont Library, Lamont
Room, Cambridge, MA. Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar, in
collaboration with the Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Monday, 23 February 2009, 4:15 p.m.: Bernd Nicolai (University of Bern,
Switzerland): Harvard University, Barker Center, Room 114, 12 Quincy
Street, Cambridge, MA. Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar.
Monday, 9 March 2009, 4:15 p.m.: Mary A. and Richard H. Rouse (UCLA):
Harvard University, Barker Center, Thompson Room, 12 Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA. Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar.
Monday, 20 April 2009, 4:15 p.m.: Amy Hollwood (Harvard Divinity
School): Harvard University, Barker Center, Room 114, 12 Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA. Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar.
Thursday - Sunday, 25-28 June, 2009: Merchants and Missionaries: Trade
and Religion in World History. 18th annual World History Association
conference: Salem State College, Salem, Massachusetts. For further
details, see below under "CONFERENCES AND CALLS FOR PAPERS."
CONFERENCES AND CALLS FOR PAPERS
**For a listing of upcoming "convocatorias" and other gatherings of
interest to medievalists (most are located in Spain or Latin America
and/or are Spanish-language proceedings), visit
http://medievalismo.org/congresos/congresos.htm.
23 and 25 September 2008: Jonathan Riley-Smith (Dixie Professor Emeritus
of Ecclesiastical History, University of Cambridge): "The Templars and
the Hospitallers as Professed Religious in the Holy Land, 1120-1291":
The 2008 Conway Lectures, Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame,
Notre Dame, Indiana. September 23, 5:00 p.m.: "Community"; September 25,
5:00 p.m.: "Governance". All lectures will be held at the Eck Visitors
Center Auditorium. Prof. Jonathan Riley-Smith is one of the world's most
influential Crusades historians. He has written about the political and
constitutional history of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the theory of
crusading, the role of popes as preachers, and the responses of lay men
and women to ideas of crusading. Recently, he has returned to his first
focus of study, the history of the military orders. Prof. Riley-Smith is
a founding member of the Society for the Study of the Crusades in the
Latin East and served as its president from 1987 to 1995. He also is the
author of the popular classroom texbook on the crusades titled, The
Crusades: A History. His scholarly publications include The Knights of
St. John in Jerusalem and Cyprus (1967), The Feudal Nobility and the
Kingdom of Jerusalem (1973), The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading
(1986), and The First Crusaders (1997). For more information, call
574-631-8304; e-mail: medinst@nd.edu.
8-10 October 2008: Philosophy and Theology in the Studia of the
Religious Orders and at the Papal Court: XVth Colloquium of the Société
Internationale pour l'Étude de la Philosophie Médiévale: Medieval
Institute, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana. The
Colloquium, organized by Kent Emery, Jr. (Notre Dame) assisted by
William J. Courtenay (Madison, Wisconsin), will focus on the
particularities of the teaching of philosophy and theology in the studia
of the mendicant (Augustinian, Carmelite, Dominican, Franciscan) and
monastic (Benedictine, Cistercian) orders and at the theological schools
at the Papal Court (notably at Avignon) as distinct from instruction in
the faculties of the university proper. Marking the 50th anniversary of
the founding of the Society, the Colloquium is generously supported by
an Annual Henkels Lecture grant from the Institute for Scholarship in
the Liberal Arts of the College of Arts and Letters at the University of
Notre Dame. Immediately following the conference, on Saturday, October
11, the governing Bureau of the SIEPM will hold its annual business
meeting. For the program and registration details, go to
http://www.nd.edu/~medinst/lectures/SIEPMConference.html. Address other
questions to: Roberta Baranowski at rbaranow@nd.edu.
10-12 October 2008: The 28th Annual Harvard Celtic Colloquium. Harvard
University, Barker Center, Room 110, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge,
Massachusetts. The Colloquium features presentations on topics which
relate directly to Celtic studies (Celtic languages and literatures in
any phase; cultural, historical or social science topics; theoretical
perspectives, etc.) or to interdisciplinary research with a Celtic
focus. Attendance is free. There will be a short discussion period after
each paper. Preceding the conference on the evening of October 9th, at
5:00, is the John V. Kelleher Lecture (Harvard Faculty Club Library)
presented by the Harvard Celtic Department, by Professor Damian McManus
of the School of Irish & Celtic Languages, Trinity College, Dublin,
speaking on "Good-Looking and Irresistible: The Irish Hero from Early
Saga to Classical Poetry." Further information available at
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hcc/.
10-12 October 2008: Meister Eckhart and Modern Thought: The Eckhart
Society Twenty-First Annual Conference. All Saints Pastoral Centre,
London Colney, St. Albans, Hertfordshire. Speakers: Stephen Bullivant
(Christ Church, Oxford); Nancy Hawkins IHM (St. Bernard's School of
Theology & Ministry, Rochester, NY); Professor Markus Vinzent
(University of Birmingham); Dr. Maire Aine Ni Mhainnin (National
University of Ireland, Galway). Arrivals from 4 pm Friday, 10 October.
Workshops and Society AGM the afternoon of Saturday, 11 October. In the
evening there will be a concert. The conference will end Sunday
afternoon. Full Residential fee £250; Non-Residential fee (includes
meals) £155. A deposit of £50 is payable in advance and the balance is
due before 10 October 2008. For further information and a Registration
Form contact: The Treasurer, The Eckhart Society, Holly Tree Cottage, 2
New Road, Cookham, Maidenhead, Bucks SL6 9HB. Telephone: +44 (0) 1628
810240. E mail: cgg@cgglover.com. Web site:
http://www.eckhartsociety.org/events/eckhart-society-annual-conference.
* 16 October 2008: Arts of the East: Byzantine Studies in Princeton.
One-day conference. For further information see
http://ica.princeton.edu/conferences/index.html.
17-18 October 2008: The Boston Crucifix from the Fuld Collection: A
Two-Day Colloquium at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts.
More information is available at www.crucifixcolloquium.info;
registration is required - RSVP by October 5 to
registration@crucifixcolloquium.info.
28-29 October 2008: Translating the Middle Ages: An International
Conference sponsored by the Programs in Medieval Studies and Center for
Translation Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Papers
will address the
theory and practice of translation in the Middle Ages, including textual
and visual translation. Who translates what, how and why, and to what
effect? The scope is interpreted broadly to include Europe, Iceland,
Byzantium and the
Islamic Mediterranean. Featured speakers include Christopher Kleinhenz,
Brian Merrilees, Rita Copeland, Jeanette Beer, Lars Boje Mortensen,
Catherine Batt, and Aden Kumler. An evening event will focus on
translations of medieval texts and culture by two renowned contemporary
authors who will read from and discuss their work: W.S. Merwin, poet and
translator of Dante's Purgatorio, and former U.S. poet laureate Robert
Pinsky, translator of Dante's Inferno. Send inquiries to: Karen Fresco,
Director, Program in Medieval Studies, kfresco@uiuc.edu.
31 October-1 November 2008: Texts and Contexts: A conference at the Ohio
State University, sponsored by The Center for Epigraphical and
Palaeographical Studies. Call for Papers. The conference seeks to
investigate the textual
traditions of various texts and genres, including texts in classical
Latin, mediaeval Latin, Anglo-Saxon, Middle English, and the
vernaculars. Preference will be given to those abstracts which deal with
newly discovered texts and their manuscript settings, or which present
new perspectives on established textual traditions. We encourage
graduate students and newly established scholars to submit their work.
Plenary speaker: Keith Busby, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Please
send abstracts to Professor Frank T. Coulson, Director of Palaeography,
190 Pressey Hall, 1070 Carmack Road, Columbus, OH 43210 or by email at
epig@osu.edu. Deadline for submission: August 15, 2008.
* 7-9 November 2008: 27th Annual Charles Homer Haskins Society
Conference for Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, Angevin and Viking History.
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. The featured speakers will be
Paul Hyams (Cornell University), Mark Gardiner (Queens University of
Belfast) and Uta-Renate Blumenthal (Catholic University of America).
Further information and registration forms are available at
http://www.haskins.cornell.edu/Conf2008.html , or you can contact the
conference director, Jennifer Paxton, and paxtonj@georgetown.edu.
14-15 November 2008: Global Encounters: Legacies of Exchange and
Conflict (1000-1700). University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. The new
Program in MEMS (Medieval and Early Modern Studies) at UNC, Chapel Hill,
will host an interdisciplinary conference on topics of cultural
mediation, interchange, and conflict in the premodern world. Areas of
geographical concentration will include Europe, the Atlantic world, the
Mediterranean, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Key-note addresses
will be offered by Professor Karen Ordahl Kupperman (Silver Professor of
History, New York University), and by Professor Alfred J. Andrea
(Professor Emeritus of History, University of Vermont). For further
information visit http://mems.unc.edu/global-encounters/, or direct
further questions to Professor Brett Whalen (bwhalen@email.unc.edu).
This conference is supported by: the College of Arts and Sciences; the
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; the Program in Medieval and Early Modern
Studies at UNC; Associate Provost for International Affairs, UNC Chapel
Hill; the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Duke University.
19-21 November 2008: "La creación de la imagen en la Edad Media: de la
herencia a la renovación" ["The creation of the image in the Middle
Ages: from heritage to renewal"]. Universidad Complutense de Madrid,
Spain. For more information, please visit
http://www.ucm.es/centros/webs/d437/index.php?tp=II%20Jornadas%20Complutenses%20de%20Arte%20Medieval&a=invest&d=14345.php
9-12 January 2009: 7th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts &
Humanities: Call for Papers/Abstracts/Submissions. Sponsored by:
University of Louisville, Center for Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods;
The Baylor Journal of Theatre and Performance. The 7th Annual Hawaii
International Conference on Arts & Humanities will be held at the Hilton
Hawaiian Village Beach Resort & Spa, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The conference
will provide many opportunities for academicians and professionals from
arts and humanities related fields to interact with members inside and
outside their own particular disciplines. For more information:
http://www.hichumanities.org. Email address: humanities@hichumanities.org.
* 6-7 February 2009: “Textual Trauma: Violence Against Texts.” Annual
Manuscript Workshop of the Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance
Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee. The
deadline for applications to present is October 1, 2008. For more
information, please visit
http://web.utk.edu/~marco/workshop/manuscript.shtml.
* 6-7 February 2009: "Per Speculum in Mediaevum: Discourses of Mirroring
in the Middle Ages." Medievalists @ Penn (M@P) invites submissions for
the graduate conference in Medieval Studies at the University of
Pennsylvania. Keynote Speaker: Marina Brownlee. All abstract submissions
(max. 250-300 words) must be received by November 14th, 2008. All
submissions to mapmirrors@gmail.com. The figure captured in the Latin
word speculum, meaning both 'mirror' and 'encyclopedia,' is central to
medieval culture. From St. Paul's foundational "per speculum in
aenigmate" to Ovid's version of the Narcissus myth to Jean de Meun's
re-titling of the Romance of the Rose as Le Miroer aus Amoreus, the
problematic of reflection cuts across medieval regional and discursive
boundaries. This traveling topos pervades medieval cultural expression,
from religious thought to the production of visual and textual artwork
to music and philosophy. The implicit or explicit articulation of this
fascinating figure nevertheless differs as it enters (or is re-evaluated
within) varying discourses. This conference invites submissions
concerning one or more formations of the 'mirror.' We seek to encourage
a plurality of perspectives from medievalists of all disciplines in
recognition of the profound 'interdisciplinarity' of our common object
of study: the Middle Ages. Topics might include, but are not limited to:
encyclopedias and summae, advice for princes and conduct manuals,
scientific treatises and astrology, (Ciceronian) friendship,
reproduction and repetition, twins and doubling, vanity and the
Narcissus myth, reflection and replication, representation and mimesis,
specularity and visuality, recognition and self-consciousness, the
mirror of the soul and mysticism, mirror as distorted image, figura, and
metaphor.
* 19-20 February 2009: "Comparative Mysticism of the Middle Ages:
Textual Traditions, 1000-1600" - Third Annual Sacred Leaves Graduate
Symposium, University of South Florida, Tampa Library, Tampa, FL.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Michael Sells, John Henry Barrows Professor,
University of Chicago. The Special Collections Department of the Tampa
Library, University of South Florida seeks papers from graduate students
and recent M.A. or Ph.D. recipients for its Third Annual Sacred Leaves
Graduate Symposium. We encourage topics on mystical expressions in the
medieval world comparing religions, cultures and/or gender. Subjects for
proposals may include, but are not limited to: Poetry and lyric,
Cross-cultural and religious influences, Manuscript illumination, Spain,
Iberia and beyond, Mystical forms of dissent and their repression, The
role of mystic in society. Please email an abstract of no more than 250
words to Dr. Jane Marie Pinzino, Symposium Coordinator at
jpinzino@lib.usf.edu by November 14, 2008. Notification of acceptances
will be emailed by November 28, 2008. Please include the title of your
paper, name, affiliation and email address. Each paper selected will be
allotted 20 minutes for presentation.
http://www.sacredleavesgraduatesymposium.blogspot.com/
2-5 April 2009: Shifting Cultural Frontiers in Late Antiquity [ca. 200 -
700 AD]: Eighth Biennial Conference on Shifting Frontiers in Late
Antiquity. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. The confirmed
plenary speakers are Professors Jas Elsner (Corpus Christi, Oxford) and
Seth Schwartz (Jewish Theological Seminary). Call for papers: Beneath
the familiar political and religious narrative of late antiquity lies a
cultural history both more complicated and more fascinating. Late
antiquity was a time of intense cultural negotiation in which new
religious communities and new populations sifted through existing modes
of cultural expression, adopting many elements for themselves and
turning others aside. This conference seeks to understand how cultural
transformation occurred amidst the political and religious disruption
that can seem characteristic of late antiquity. To this end, we seek
contributions that explore three distinct areas of late antique cultural
history: 1) the interaction of "high" and "low" culture, 2) the impact
of changing and collapsing political centers on their peripheries, and
3) the emergence of hybrid literary, artistic, and religious modes of
expression. Possible contributions to these areas may highlight the
permeable division between elite and vernacular culture, the ease with
which cultural memes were transmitted across geographic and linguistic
boundaries, the adaptability of established cultures to new political
and social realities, and the degree to which newcomers were integrated
into existing cultural communities. As in the past, the conference will
provide an interdisciplinary forum for ancient historians, philologists,
Orientalists, art historians, archeologists, and specialists in the
early Christian, Jewish, and Muslim worlds to discuss a wide range of
European, Middle-Eastern, and African evidence for cultural
transformation in late antiquity. Proposals should be clearly related to
the conference theme. They should state both the problem being discussed
and the nature of the new insights or conclusions that will be
presented. Abstracts of not more than 500 words for 20-minute
presentations may be submitted via e-mail to Prof. Edward Watts,
shifting.frontiers.8@gmail.com (Department of History, Indiana
University, Ballantine Hall, Rm. 828, 1020 East Kirkwood Avenue,
Bloomington, IN 47405-7103, USA). The deadline for submission of
abstracts is October 15, 2008. The submission of an abstract carries
with it a commitment to attend the conference should the abstract be
accepted. For further information see
http://www.indiana.edu/~sf8/index.php.
3-4 April 2009: "The City in Medieval Life and Culture" is the theme of
the 2009 (36th Annual) Sewanee Medieval Colloquium. The University of
the South, Sewanee, Tennessee. Call for papers: proposals are invited
for individual papers or sessions. The program will include 20-minute
papers from any discipline; papers may be related to the theme in any
way. Lecturers include John Najemy (Cornell University) and Pamela King
(University of Bristol). Please send abstract(s) of approx. 250 words
with brief c.v.(s) to sridyard@sewanee.edu no later than 1 October 2008.
Earlier submissions are encouraged. Papers accepted for the Colloquium
must be received in their final form no later than 27 Feb. 2009, in
order to reach their commentators in good time. For further details of
the Colloquium and the SMC Prize for best paper by a graduate student or
junior scholar, please see http://www.sewanee.edu/medieval/main.html.
22-25 April 2009: Saint Anselm of Canterbury and His Legacy: An
International Conference to commemorate the 900th anniversary of the
death of Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109). University of Kent,
Canterbury, UK. Organised by the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance
Studies, Durham University, UK and the Canterbury Centre for Medieval
and Early Modern Studies. Call for papers: The conference organisers
welcome proposals for papers on all aspects of Anselm's life and
thought, as well as their subsequent investigation and interpretation.
Proposed paper titles and abstract of 300 words are due in mid-October
2008. Full details are available at:
http://www.dur.ac.uk/cmrs/conferences/anselm2009. For more information,
please contact Dr Giles Gasper, Durham University, at:
g.e.m.gasper@dur.ac.uk.
* 7-10 May 2009: Transmission and Reception of Saints Lives’: English
and Continental Contexts:Special Session, 44th annual International
Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Dr. Lindsay Craig of
the University of Minnesota has issued a call for papers for this
special session. The study of saints' lives is central to scholarly
understanding of medieval piety and devotional practice. This sessions
inquires how authors, translators, and audiences understand
and react to vitae sanctarum et sanctorum's negotiations of
institutional anxieties about orthodoxy and of social discourses of
holiness. Our interests include retellings of saints' lives, from brief
exempla to long catalogs of lives like the Legenda Aurea, and their
rehabilitation or deprecation of earlier vitae; the ways in which
hagiographic impulses inflect other genres; reworkings of contemplative
texts in later literature; the intersections and conflations of
spiritual and secular literary transmission; and contested spaces of
transmission. We welcome studies spanning broad chronological and
geographical spectra. The session subtitles "English Contexts" and
"Continental Contexts" do not exclude cross-channel studies, but rather
provide us with a way to group papers on a topic with wide-ranging
relevance according to main interest area. Please submit abstracts and
cover materials to Lindsay Craig at lcraig@umn.edu by September 15th for
full consideration.
*12-13 June 2009: Intermixti spiritus oris: the interface between
rhetoric and poetry in Late Antiquity (from the age of Diocletian until
Arcadius): University of Ghent, the Netherlands. Please visit
http://www.latijnengrieks.ugent.be/intermixti for more information about
the call for papers and the topic.
25-28 June 2009: Merchants and Missionaries: Trade and Religion in World
History: 18th annual World History Association conference: Salem State
College, Salem, Massachusetts. In honor of Salem's rich history of
overseas involvement, the conference's theme will be "Merchants and
Missionaries: Trade and Religion in World History." Proposals on all
aspects of trade, religion, and related issues in world history are
invited. Further information concerning the 2009 conference, including
proposal submission forms, accommodations and registration will be
posted on the WHA website, www.thewha.org, later this summer.
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The Committee on Medieval Studies
Harvard University
Florida State job
Please note the following exciting opportunity for scholars in the
late medieval period:
As part of Florida State University's cluster hiring initiative, the
History of Text Technologies Program (http:\\hott.fsu.edu) invites
applications and nominations for 3 open rank positions. We seek
innovative interdisciplinary scholars working on the production,
transmission and/or reception of texts, including musical, visual and
digital. The particular area of specialization is open within
continental Western European and Transnational Studies, 1100-1800,
and/or British and Transnational Studies, 1300-1900. Historical and
theoretical approaches are welcome. Candidates must have a PhD in
hand at the time of appointment, August 2009. Please send an
application letter, c.v., writing sample, and the names and email
addresses of referees to Professor Gary Taylor, gtaylor@fsu.edu (for
British) or Professor Francois Dupuigrenet Desroussilles,
fdupuigrenetdesrouss@fsu.edu (for continental). Consideration of
applications will begin October 10th. Florida State University is an
Equal Opportunity/Access/Affirmative Action Employer.
late medieval period:
As part of Florida State University's cluster hiring initiative, the
History of Text Technologies Program (http:\\hott.fsu.edu) invites
applications and nominations for 3 open rank positions. We seek
innovative interdisciplinary scholars working on the production,
transmission and/or reception of texts, including musical, visual and
digital. The particular area of specialization is open within
continental Western European and Transnational Studies, 1100-1800,
and/or British and Transnational Studies, 1300-1900. Historical and
theoretical approaches are welcome. Candidates must have a PhD in
hand at the time of appointment, August 2009. Please send an
application letter, c.v., writing sample, and the names and email
addresses of referees to Professor Gary Taylor, gtaylor@fsu.edu (for
British) or Professor Francois Dupuigrenet Desroussilles,
fdupuigrenetdesrouss@fsu.edu (for continental). Consideration of
applications will begin October 10th. Florida State University is an
Equal Opportunity/Access/Affirmative Action Employer.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
TEAMS CFP
On behalf of Anita Obermeier, I am forwarding the following CFP for
the 5 TEAMS-sponsored sessions at next year's Kalamazoo:
TEAMS, the Consortium for Teaching the Middle Ages, is running the five
sessions on pedagogy listed below. We still have space in some of them.
Please consider submitting an abstract to me at AObermei@unm.edu by
September 15th. Also please pass this email on to interested parties.
1. Teaching TEAMS Texts
2. Teaching Dante
3. Teaching the Middle Ages Using Film
4. Teaching Medieval French/Francophone Literature and Culture
5. Web-Based Learning and Teaching the Middle Ages
Abstracts may be submitted to Dr. Obermeier by email at:
aobermei@unm.edu
the 5 TEAMS-sponsored sessions at next year's Kalamazoo:
TEAMS, the Consortium for Teaching the Middle Ages, is running the five
sessions on pedagogy listed below. We still have space in some of them.
Please consider submitting an abstract to me at AObermei@unm.edu by
September 15th. Also please pass this email on to interested parties.
1. Teaching TEAMS Texts
2. Teaching Dante
3. Teaching the Middle Ages Using Film
4. Teaching Medieval French/Francophone Literature and Culture
5. Web-Based Learning and Teaching the Middle Ages
Abstracts may be submitted to Dr. Obermeier by email at:
aobermei@unm.edu
Lecture in NYC during the week of the Rutgers BSC
Lecture in NYC during the week of the Rutgers BSC
October 16: John Pollini, Professor of Classical Art & Archaeology
Department of Art History, University of Southern California, Co-sponsored
by the New York University Center for Ancient Studies, at Jurow Hall, NYU
Washington Square. Lecture at 6:30 P.M., reception to follow.
Christian Destruction and Desecration of Images of Classical Antiquity
In popular culture Christianity is remembered for the art, architecture,
customs, rituals, and myths that it preserved from the classical past. It
is rarely acknowledged, however, that Christianity also destroyed a great
deal in its conversion of the Roman Empire. The material evidence for
Christian destruction has often been overlooked or gone unrecognized even
by archaeologists. Professor Pollini's talk examines various forms of
Christian destruction and desecration of images of classical antiquity
during the fourth to seventh centuries, as well as some of the attendant
problems in detecting and making sense of this phenomenon. This talk is
based on Professor Pollini's present book project, "Christian Destruction
and Desecration of Images of Classical Antiquity: A Study in Religious
Intolerance and Violence in the Ancient World," for which he received
fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the American Council of
Learned Societies.
October 16: John Pollini, Professor of Classical Art & Archaeology
Department of Art History, University of Southern California, Co-sponsored
by the New York University Center for Ancient Studies, at Jurow Hall, NYU
Washington Square. Lecture at 6:30 P.M., reception to follow.
Christian Destruction and Desecration of Images of Classical Antiquity
In popular culture Christianity is remembered for the art, architecture,
customs, rituals, and myths that it preserved from the classical past. It
is rarely acknowledged, however, that Christianity also destroyed a great
deal in its conversion of the Roman Empire. The material evidence for
Christian destruction has often been overlooked or gone unrecognized even
by archaeologists. Professor Pollini's talk examines various forms of
Christian destruction and desecration of images of classical antiquity
during the fourth to seventh centuries, as well as some of the attendant
problems in detecting and making sense of this phenomenon. This talk is
based on Professor Pollini's present book project, "Christian Destruction
and Desecration of Images of Classical Antiquity: A Study in Religious
Intolerance and Violence in the Ancient World," for which he received
fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the American Council of
Learned Societies.
Medieval News of the Week
Orkney's Christian Viking Heritage
Historic church may become visitor centre and museum
CBA Wessex Autumn Conference: Saturday and Sunday 1st -2nd November
2008
Newfoundland Viking site remarkable
Kimmirut site suggests early European contact
UN threatens to act against Britain for failure to protect heritage
sites
Matt in medieval comedy?
Archaeologists find medieval artefacts on Mt. Visocica, disparage
pyramid seeker
Scholar claims to find medieval Jewish capital
Not Medieval, but of interest I think:
What happened when Britain's naked giant got a BIG makeover
Viking Age Triggered by Shortage of Wives?
Archaeologists find Viking era shield
Historic church may become visitor centre and museum
CBA Wessex Autumn Conference: Saturday and Sunday 1st -2nd November
2008
Newfoundland Viking site remarkable
Kimmirut site suggests early European contact
UN threatens to act against Britain for failure to protect heritage
sites
Matt in medieval comedy?
Archaeologists find medieval artefacts on Mt. Visocica, disparage
pyramid seeker
Scholar claims to find medieval Jewish capital
Not Medieval, but of interest I think:
What happened when Britain's naked giant got a BIG makeover
Viking Age Triggered by Shortage of Wives?
Archaeologists find Viking era shield
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Class In Session
The deadline for submissions for this session has been extended to SEPTEMBER 24.
CFP: ICMA Student Committee Session, Kalamazoo 2009
International Congress on Medieval Studies
May 7–10, 2009
Class in Session: Images of Pupils and Teachers in the Middle Ages
The Student Committee of the International Center of Medieval Art is a group that seeks to give a voice to all students in medieval art history. For the 2009 Congress at Kalamazoo, we are sponsoring a session that focuses on depictions of medieval education and the transmission of knowledge from teacher to pupil. From the home to the schoolroom to the university, how do images of medieval pupils and their teachers contribute to a clearer understanding of medieval education in practice?
As a committee that addresses student concerns, we would like to cultivate progressive scholarship and we welcome contributions with interdisciplinary approaches. We especially encourage scholars early in their careers to submit papers on the topic of education in medieval art of any period and medium.
Please submit your abstracts (no more than 300 words) for a 15-20 minute paper, along with a completed Participant Information Form, to session organizer Julia Finch (jaw58@pitt.edu or julia.finch@gmail.com) by the deadline of SEPTEMBER 24. Earlier submissions are appreciated. Participant Information Forms can be found at http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions.html#Paper.
For information on the International Center of Medieval Art, see our website at http://www.medievalart.org/.
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Julia A. Finch
Ph.D. Candidate
History of Art and Architecture
University of Pittsburgh
104 Frick Fine Arts Building
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
CFP: ICMA Student Committee Session, Kalamazoo 2009
International Congress on Medieval Studies
May 7–10, 2009
Class in Session: Images of Pupils and Teachers in the Middle Ages
The Student Committee of the International Center of Medieval Art is a group that seeks to give a voice to all students in medieval art history. For the 2009 Congress at Kalamazoo, we are sponsoring a session that focuses on depictions of medieval education and the transmission of knowledge from teacher to pupil. From the home to the schoolroom to the university, how do images of medieval pupils and their teachers contribute to a clearer understanding of medieval education in practice?
As a committee that addresses student concerns, we would like to cultivate progressive scholarship and we welcome contributions with interdisciplinary approaches. We especially encourage scholars early in their careers to submit papers on the topic of education in medieval art of any period and medium.
Please submit your abstracts (no more than 300 words) for a 15-20 minute paper, along with a completed Participant Information Form, to session organizer Julia Finch (jaw58@pitt.edu or julia.finch@gmail.com) by the deadline of SEPTEMBER 24. Earlier submissions are appreciated. Participant Information Forms can be found at http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions.html#Paper.
For information on the International Center of Medieval Art, see our website at http://www.medievalart.org/.
--
Julia A. Finch
Ph.D. Candidate
History of Art and Architecture
University of Pittsburgh
104 Frick Fine Arts Building
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Different Visions Launch
For several years now, a group of medievalists has been
working to create a peer-reviewed, on-line, open-access
journal designed to showcase progressive scholarship on
medieval visual culture. I want to announce that Different
Visions: A Journal of New Perspectives on Medieval Art is
now live and can be viewed at www.differentvisions.org. The
first issue is devoted to selected papers from five sessions
focusing on the method of Madeline Caviness at Kalamazoo
2006. Future issues will include both conference
proceedings and stand alone articles. Please consider
submitting your own work to us and encouraging others to do
the same.
Rachel Dressler
Associate Dean
College of Arts and Sciences
AS 217
518-442-5761
Associate Professor of Art History
Art Department
FA 214
518-442-4021
Editor-in-Chief
Different Visions: A Journal of New Perspectives on
Medieval Art www.differentvisions.org
working to create a peer-reviewed, on-line, open-access
journal designed to showcase progressive scholarship on
medieval visual culture. I want to announce that Different
Visions: A Journal of New Perspectives on Medieval Art is
now live and can be viewed at www.differentvisions.org. The
first issue is devoted to selected papers from five sessions
focusing on the method of Madeline Caviness at Kalamazoo
2006. Future issues will include both conference
proceedings and stand alone articles. Please consider
submitting your own work to us and encouraging others to do
the same.
Rachel Dressler
Associate Dean
College of Arts and Sciences
AS 217
518-442-5761
Associate Professor of Art History
Art Department
FA 214
518-442-4021
Editor-in-Chief
Different Visions: A Journal of New Perspectives on
Medieval Art www.differentvisions.org
Approaches to Magic in the Northern European World
Approaches to Magic in the Northern European World
EXTENDED DEADLINE: 26 September, 2008
44th International Congress on Medieval Studies
7-10 May 2009
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo MI
This session invites papers that explore the idea of magic in Anglo-Saxon
and Old Norse-Icelandic cultures from a number of different perspectives.
It hopes to investigate the various ways we address and interpret magic in
a northern European context. Magic and magical wisdom play a significant
part in a variety of texts—legal, historical, theological, and
literary—since beliefs in magic were expressed in and shaped by multiple
areas of discourse. This session may also investigate how beliefs in
magic were formed along the peripheries of Europe in dialogue with its
centers, both geographical and conceptual.
Please send abstracts for twenty-minute papers to Christopher Bailey,
clb66@cornell.edu.
EXTENDED DEADLINE: 26 September, 2008
44th International Congress on Medieval Studies
7-10 May 2009
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo MI
This session invites papers that explore the idea of magic in Anglo-Saxon
and Old Norse-Icelandic cultures from a number of different perspectives.
It hopes to investigate the various ways we address and interpret magic in
a northern European context. Magic and magical wisdom play a significant
part in a variety of texts—legal, historical, theological, and
literary—since beliefs in magic were expressed in and shaped by multiple
areas of discourse. This session may also investigate how beliefs in
magic were formed along the peripheries of Europe in dialogue with its
centers, both geographical and conceptual.
Please send abstracts for twenty-minute papers to Christopher Bailey,
clb66@cornell.edu.
Friday, September 19, 2008
SEMA Program
our conference program is ready to go to the printers and since last posting
this online and sending it you, I have been making some minor
adjustments due to
requests from participants, the need for more session presiders, etc. Please
review the program one more time and let me no NO LATER THAN Monday evening
[Sep. 15th] if there is anything I need to correct [misspelled names or
incorrect institutional affiliations, changes to paper titles, etc.]. Here are
the direct links to each day of the program:
http://www.siue.edu/babel/SEMA08Program.htm
this online and sending it you, I have been making some minor
adjustments due to
requests from participants, the need for more session presiders, etc. Please
review the program one more time and let me no NO LATER THAN Monday evening
[Sep. 15th] if there is anything I need to correct [misspelled names or
incorrect institutional affiliations, changes to paper titles, etc.]. Here are
the direct links to each day of the program:
http://www.siue.edu/babel/SEMA08Program.htm
Call for Papers: Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman Queens and Noblewomen in ‘the Long Eleventh Century’
Call for Papers: Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman Queens and Noblewomen in ‘the Long Eleventh Century’
Linked Sessions to be put forward for the Leeds International Medieval Congress 2009
We are seeking two papers to round out a set of linked sessions that will explore the lives of royal and noble women in England and Normandy during ‘the long eleventh century’ (allowing for a fair bit of chronological leeway). Women played vital roles in both the Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman realms, but are often considered separately by historians who consider this period as either ‘pre-‘ or ‘post-1066’. We are especially interested in bringing the two areas of scholarship together, and recognizing both the similarities and the differences in the lives and representations of women during this period. Topics for papers might include, but are not limited to:
- The representation of royal and noble women in contemporary sources
- The power and authority of women in the Anglo-Saxon or Anglo-Norman realm
- Studies of individual women who have been traditionally neglected by historians
- Re-examinations of historically prominent women
- Female roles and power within royal and noble families
Proposed titles and abstracts of 100 – 250 words should be emailed by September 19th to Charlotte Cartwright at charlotte.cartwright@liv.ac.uk .
Linked Sessions to be put forward for the Leeds International Medieval Congress 2009
We are seeking two papers to round out a set of linked sessions that will explore the lives of royal and noble women in England and Normandy during ‘the long eleventh century’ (allowing for a fair bit of chronological leeway). Women played vital roles in both the Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman realms, but are often considered separately by historians who consider this period as either ‘pre-‘ or ‘post-1066’. We are especially interested in bringing the two areas of scholarship together, and recognizing both the similarities and the differences in the lives and representations of women during this period. Topics for papers might include, but are not limited to:
- The representation of royal and noble women in contemporary sources
- The power and authority of women in the Anglo-Saxon or Anglo-Norman realm
- Studies of individual women who have been traditionally neglected by historians
- Re-examinations of historically prominent women
- Female roles and power within royal and noble families
Proposed titles and abstracts of 100 – 250 words should be emailed by September 19th to Charlotte Cartwright at charlotte.cartwright@liv.ac.uk .
Digital Humanities 2009 CFP
Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations
Digital Humanities 2009
Call for Papers
Hosted by the Maryland institute of Technology in the Humanities (MITH)
University of Maryland, College Park, USA
22-25 June, 2009
http://www.mith2.umd.edu/dh09/
Abstract Deadline: October 31, 2008 (Midnight GMT)
Presentations can include:
• Single papers (abstract max of 1500 words)
• Multiple paper sessions (overview max of 500 words)
• Posters (abstract max of 1500 words)
Call for Papers Announcement
I. General
The international Programme Committee invites submissions of abstracts
of between 750 and 1500 words on any aspect of digital humanities,
broadly defined to encompass the common ground between information
technology and problems in humanities research and teaching. As
always, we welcome submissions in any area of the humanities,
particularly interdisciplinary work. We especially encourage
submissions on the current state of the art in digital humanities, and
on recent new developments and expected future developments in the
field.
Suitable subjects for proposals include, for example,
* text analysis, corpora, corpus linguistics, language processing,
language learning
* libraries, archives and the creation, delivery, management and
preservation of humanities digital resources
* computer-based research and computing applications in all areas of
literary, linguistic, cultural, and historical studies, including
electronic literature and interdisciplinary aspects of modern
scholarship
* use of computation in such areas as the arts, architecture, music,
film, theatre, new media, and other areas reflecting our cultural
heritage
* research issues such as: information design and modelling; the
cultural impact of the new media; software studies; Human-Computer
interaction
* the role of digital humanities in academic curricula
* digital humanities and diversity
The range of topics covered by digital humanities can also be
consulted in the journal of the associations: Literary and Linguistic
Computing (LLC), Oxford University Press.
The deadline for submitting paper, session and poster proposals to the
Programme Committee is October 31, 2008. All submissions will be
refereed. Presenters will be notified of acceptance February 13, 2009.
The electronic submission form will be available at the conference
site from October 1st, 2008. See below for full details on submitting
proposals.
Proposals for (non-refereed, or vendor) demos and for pre-conference
tutorials and workshops should be discussed directly with the local
conference organizer as soon as possible.
For more information on the conference in general please visit the
conference web site.
II. Types of Proposals
Proposals to the Programme Committee may be of three types: (1)
papers, (2) poster presentations and/or software demonstrations, and
(3) sessions (either three-paper or panel sessions). The type of
submission must be specified in the proposal.
Papers and posters may be given in English, French, German, Italian
or Spanish.
1) Papers
Proposals for papers (750-1500 words) should describe original work:
either completed research which has given rise to substantial results,
or the development of significant new methodologies, or rigorous
theoretical, speculative or critical discussions. Individual papers
will be allocated 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for
questions.
Proposals that concentrate on the development of new computing
methodologies should make clear how the methodologies are applied to
research and/or teaching in the humanities, and should include some
critical assessment of the application of those methodologies in the
humanities. Those that concentrate on a particular application in the
humanities should cite traditional as well as computer-based
approaches to the problem and should include some critical assessment
of the computing methodologies used. All proposals should include
conclusions and references to important sources. Those describing the
creation or use of digital resources should follow these guidelines as
far as possible.
2) Poster Presentations and Software Demonstrations
Poster presentations may include computer technology and project
demonstrations. Hence the term poster/demo to refer to the different
possible combinations of printed and computer based presentations.
There should be no difference in quality between poster/demo
presentations and papers, and the format for proposals is the same for
both. The same academic standards should apply in both cases, but
posters/demos may be a more suitable way of presenting late-breaking
results, or significant work in progress, including pedagogical
applications. Both will be submitted to the same refereeing process.
The choice between the two modes of presentation (poster/demo or
paper) should depend on the most effective and informative way of
communicating the scientific content of the proposal.
By definition, poster presentations are less formal and more
interactive than a standard talk. Poster presenters have the
opportunity to exchange ideas one-on-one with attendees and to discuss
their work in detail with those most deeply interested in the same
topic. Presenters will be provided with about two square meters of
board space to display their work. They may also provide handouts with
examples or more detailed information. Posters will remain on display
throughout the conference, but there will also be a separate
conference session dedicated to them, when presenters should be
prepared to explain their work and answer questions. Additional times
may also be assigned for software or project demonstrations.
The poster sessions will build on the recent trend of showcasing some
of the most important and innovative work being done in digital
humanities.
As an acknowledgement of the special contribution of the posters to
the conference, the Programme Committee will award a prize for the
best poster.
3) Sessions
Sessions (90 minutes) take the form of either:
Three papers. The session organizer should submit a 500-word statement
describing the session topic, include abstracts of 750-1500 words for
each paper, and indicate that each author is willing to participate in
the session;
or
A panel of four to six speakers. The panel organizer should submit an
abstract of 750-1500 words describing the panel topic, how it will be
organized, the names of all the speakers, and an indication that each
speaker is willing to participate in the session.
The deadline for session proposals is the same as for proposals for
papers, i.e. October 31st, 2008.
III. Format of the Proposals
All proposals must be submitted electronically using the on-line
submission form, which will be available at the conference web site
http://www.mith2.umd.edu/dh09/ from October 1st, 2008.
Anyone who has previously used the conftool system to submit proposals
or reviews should
use their existing account rather than setting up a new one. If anyone
has forgotten their user name and/or password please contact
dh2009@digitalhumanities.org.
IV. Information about the conference venue: MITH University of Maryland
Celebrating its 10th anniversary as a working digital humanities
center, MITH is the University of Maryland's primary intellectual hub
for scholars and practitioners of digital humanities, electronic
literature, and cyberculture, as well as the headquarters of the
Electronic Literature Organization. Having fostered numerous early
adopter projects in the field, MITH continues to innovate with new
work on tools, text analysis, electronic editing, virtual worlds,
digital preservation, and cyberinfrastructure.
V. Bursaries for Young Scholars
A limited number of bursaries for young scholars will be made
available to those presenting at the conference by the Association of
Digital Humanities Organisations. (AHDO) If you wish to apply for a
bursary please submit a proposal and indicate your interest in the
scheme by emailing dh2009@digitalhumanities.org. More information for
applicants will be available from the ADHO website
(http://www.digitalhumanities.org/) after November 1st 2008.
International Programme Committee
Brett Barney (ACH)
Willard McCarty (ACH)
Michael Eberle-Sinatra (SDH-SEMI)
John Nerbonne (ALLC: Vice Chair)
Jan Rybicki (ALLC)
Paul Spence (ALLC)
Allen Renear (ACH)
Stéfan Sinclair (SDH-SEMI)
Claire Warwick (ACH: Chair)
Digital Humanities 2009
Call for Papers
Hosted by the Maryland institute of Technology in the Humanities (MITH)
University of Maryland, College Park, USA
22-25 June, 2009
http://www.mith2.umd.edu/dh09/
Abstract Deadline: October 31, 2008 (Midnight GMT)
Presentations can include:
• Single papers (abstract max of 1500 words)
• Multiple paper sessions (overview max of 500 words)
• Posters (abstract max of 1500 words)
Call for Papers Announcement
I. General
The international Programme Committee invites submissions of abstracts
of between 750 and 1500 words on any aspect of digital humanities,
broadly defined to encompass the common ground between information
technology and problems in humanities research and teaching. As
always, we welcome submissions in any area of the humanities,
particularly interdisciplinary work. We especially encourage
submissions on the current state of the art in digital humanities, and
on recent new developments and expected future developments in the
field.
Suitable subjects for proposals include, for example,
* text analysis, corpora, corpus linguistics, language processing,
language learning
* libraries, archives and the creation, delivery, management and
preservation of humanities digital resources
* computer-based research and computing applications in all areas of
literary, linguistic, cultural, and historical studies, including
electronic literature and interdisciplinary aspects of modern
scholarship
* use of computation in such areas as the arts, architecture, music,
film, theatre, new media, and other areas reflecting our cultural
heritage
* research issues such as: information design and modelling; the
cultural impact of the new media; software studies; Human-Computer
interaction
* the role of digital humanities in academic curricula
* digital humanities and diversity
The range of topics covered by digital humanities can also be
consulted in the journal of the associations: Literary and Linguistic
Computing (LLC), Oxford University Press.
The deadline for submitting paper, session and poster proposals to the
Programme Committee is October 31, 2008. All submissions will be
refereed. Presenters will be notified of acceptance February 13, 2009.
The electronic submission form will be available at the conference
site from October 1st, 2008. See below for full details on submitting
proposals.
Proposals for (non-refereed, or vendor) demos and for pre-conference
tutorials and workshops should be discussed directly with the local
conference organizer as soon as possible.
For more information on the conference in general please visit the
conference web site.
II. Types of Proposals
Proposals to the Programme Committee may be of three types: (1)
papers, (2) poster presentations and/or software demonstrations, and
(3) sessions (either three-paper or panel sessions). The type of
submission must be specified in the proposal.
Papers and posters may be given in English, French, German, Italian
or Spanish.
1) Papers
Proposals for papers (750-1500 words) should describe original work:
either completed research which has given rise to substantial results,
or the development of significant new methodologies, or rigorous
theoretical, speculative or critical discussions. Individual papers
will be allocated 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for
questions.
Proposals that concentrate on the development of new computing
methodologies should make clear how the methodologies are applied to
research and/or teaching in the humanities, and should include some
critical assessment of the application of those methodologies in the
humanities. Those that concentrate on a particular application in the
humanities should cite traditional as well as computer-based
approaches to the problem and should include some critical assessment
of the computing methodologies used. All proposals should include
conclusions and references to important sources. Those describing the
creation or use of digital resources should follow these guidelines as
far as possible.
2) Poster Presentations and Software Demonstrations
Poster presentations may include computer technology and project
demonstrations. Hence the term poster/demo to refer to the different
possible combinations of printed and computer based presentations.
There should be no difference in quality between poster/demo
presentations and papers, and the format for proposals is the same for
both. The same academic standards should apply in both cases, but
posters/demos may be a more suitable way of presenting late-breaking
results, or significant work in progress, including pedagogical
applications. Both will be submitted to the same refereeing process.
The choice between the two modes of presentation (poster/demo or
paper) should depend on the most effective and informative way of
communicating the scientific content of the proposal.
By definition, poster presentations are less formal and more
interactive than a standard talk. Poster presenters have the
opportunity to exchange ideas one-on-one with attendees and to discuss
their work in detail with those most deeply interested in the same
topic. Presenters will be provided with about two square meters of
board space to display their work. They may also provide handouts with
examples or more detailed information. Posters will remain on display
throughout the conference, but there will also be a separate
conference session dedicated to them, when presenters should be
prepared to explain their work and answer questions. Additional times
may also be assigned for software or project demonstrations.
The poster sessions will build on the recent trend of showcasing some
of the most important and innovative work being done in digital
humanities.
As an acknowledgement of the special contribution of the posters to
the conference, the Programme Committee will award a prize for the
best poster.
3) Sessions
Sessions (90 minutes) take the form of either:
Three papers. The session organizer should submit a 500-word statement
describing the session topic, include abstracts of 750-1500 words for
each paper, and indicate that each author is willing to participate in
the session;
or
A panel of four to six speakers. The panel organizer should submit an
abstract of 750-1500 words describing the panel topic, how it will be
organized, the names of all the speakers, and an indication that each
speaker is willing to participate in the session.
The deadline for session proposals is the same as for proposals for
papers, i.e. October 31st, 2008.
III. Format of the Proposals
All proposals must be submitted electronically using the on-line
submission form, which will be available at the conference web site
http://www.mith2.umd.edu/dh09/ from October 1st, 2008.
Anyone who has previously used the conftool system to submit proposals
or reviews should
use their existing account rather than setting up a new one. If anyone
has forgotten their user name and/or password please contact
dh2009@digitalhumanities.org.
IV. Information about the conference venue: MITH University of Maryland
Celebrating its 10th anniversary as a working digital humanities
center, MITH is the University of Maryland's primary intellectual hub
for scholars and practitioners of digital humanities, electronic
literature, and cyberculture, as well as the headquarters of the
Electronic Literature Organization. Having fostered numerous early
adopter projects in the field, MITH continues to innovate with new
work on tools, text analysis, electronic editing, virtual worlds,
digital preservation, and cyberinfrastructure.
V. Bursaries for Young Scholars
A limited number of bursaries for young scholars will be made
available to those presenting at the conference by the Association of
Digital Humanities Organisations. (AHDO) If you wish to apply for a
bursary please submit a proposal and indicate your interest in the
scheme by emailing dh2009@digitalhumanities.org. More information for
applicants will be available from the ADHO website
(http://www.digitalhumanities.org/) after November 1st 2008.
International Programme Committee
Brett Barney (ACH)
Willard McCarty (ACH)
Michael Eberle-Sinatra (SDH-SEMI)
John Nerbonne (ALLC: Vice Chair)
Jan Rybicki (ALLC)
Paul Spence (ALLC)
Allen Renear (ACH)
Stéfan Sinclair (SDH-SEMI)
Claire Warwick (ACH: Chair)
Postdoctoral Fellow in Early Modern Textual Studies and Digital Humanities
Postdoctoral Fellow in Early Modern Textual Studies and Digital
Humanities (2009-11)
The Electronic Textual Cultures Laboratory (ETCL) [URL: (
http://etcl.uvic.ca/)] at the University of Victoria has an exciting
two-year postdoctoral opportunity for a candidate with a background in
early modern literary and textual studies, expertise in computing, and
an interest in the digital humanities field.
The postdoctoral fellow will be key in the development of a professional
reading environment designed to respond to the needs of those working
with early modern books and manuscripts. Source material for this work
will be derived from our work on the /Devonshire Manuscript/ (BL Add MS
17,492) and our ongoing work with professional reading environments in
number of related projects.
The successful candidate will have skills and aptitudes in early modern
research, textual studies, and scholarly editing in a digital humanities
context, including training or demonstrated experience working with TEI
XML and digital editions. Organizational skills are essential. Interest
and aptitude in research planning and management would be an asset. The
ability to work in concert with our existing team is a critical requirement.
Examples of technologies employed in related ETCL projects are as
follows: TEI P5; XML, XSLT, XSL and XHTML encoding; XQuery; eXist XML
databases; JavaScript; Ruby on Rails; PHP; CSS; and web-based SQL
database projects using PostgresSQL and mySQL. Experience in some or all
of these areas would be an asset, but is not a requirement, though
aptitude with digital tools is required.
Our current team members pride themselves on a passionate interest in
both the humanities and their computation engagement. Our ideal
candidate is someone with similar passions who can introduce the team to
new ideas and provide new perspectives on existing digital humanities
issues.
Salary for this position is competitive in the Canadian context, and is
governed in part by SSHRC practices; combined with a local supplement,
the annual salary for this position is expected to be $52,000, inclusive
of benefits and travel allowances.
Applications, comprising a brief cover letter, CV, and the names and
contact information for three referees, may be sent electronically to
etcl.apply@gmail.com . Applications will
be received and reviewed until the position is filled; the position can
begin as early as January 2009.
Humanities (2009-11)
The Electronic Textual Cultures Laboratory (ETCL) [URL: (
http://etcl.uvic.ca/)] at the University of Victoria has an exciting
two-year postdoctoral opportunity for a candidate with a background in
early modern literary and textual studies, expertise in computing, and
an interest in the digital humanities field.
The postdoctoral fellow will be key in the development of a professional
reading environment designed to respond to the needs of those working
with early modern books and manuscripts. Source material for this work
will be derived from our work on the /Devonshire Manuscript/ (BL Add MS
17,492) and our ongoing work with professional reading environments in
number of related projects.
The successful candidate will have skills and aptitudes in early modern
research, textual studies, and scholarly editing in a digital humanities
context, including training or demonstrated experience working with TEI
XML and digital editions. Organizational skills are essential. Interest
and aptitude in research planning and management would be an asset. The
ability to work in concert with our existing team is a critical requirement.
Examples of technologies employed in related ETCL projects are as
follows: TEI P5; XML, XSLT, XSL and XHTML encoding; XQuery; eXist XML
databases; JavaScript; Ruby on Rails; PHP; CSS; and web-based SQL
database projects using PostgresSQL and mySQL. Experience in some or all
of these areas would be an asset, but is not a requirement, though
aptitude with digital tools is required.
Our current team members pride themselves on a passionate interest in
both the humanities and their computation engagement. Our ideal
candidate is someone with similar passions who can introduce the team to
new ideas and provide new perspectives on existing digital humanities
issues.
Salary for this position is competitive in the Canadian context, and is
governed in part by SSHRC practices; combined with a local supplement,
the annual salary for this position is expected to be $52,000, inclusive
of benefits and travel allowances.
Applications, comprising a brief cover letter, CV, and the names and
contact information for three referees, may be sent electronically to
etcl.apply@gmail.com . Applications will
be received and reviewed until the position is filled; the position can
begin as early as January 2009.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
The European Middle Ages and the Classical Tradition
CALL FOR PAPERS: "The European Middle Ages and the Classical Tradition", a session sponsored by the Digby 23/Timaeus Project (timaeus.baylor.edu) at the 44th International Congress on Medieval Studies, 7-10 May 2009 at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Papers in any discipline or field are welcome, provided they discuss medieval reception of the Greek and Roman classical authors - how the classical authors are viewed, adaptations and translations of their work, encounters with native traditions of learning and storytelling, influence of the classics on medieval education, philosophy, historiography, art, etc. The potential range of topics is deliberately broad, in the hope of attracting a wide audience.
Contact Matthieu Boyd (Harvard University), mboyd@fas.harvard.edu, if possible before Sept. 15. Interested speakers should submit an abstract, and follow with a Participant Information Form (available at
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions.html#PIF) by mail to:
Matthieu Boyd
Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures Barker Center, Harvard University
12 Quincy Street
Cambridge MA 02138
U.S.A.
Papers in any discipline or field are welcome, provided they discuss medieval reception of the Greek and Roman classical authors - how the classical authors are viewed, adaptations and translations of their work, encounters with native traditions of learning and storytelling, influence of the classics on medieval education, philosophy, historiography, art, etc. The potential range of topics is deliberately broad, in the hope of attracting a wide audience.
Contact Matthieu Boyd (Harvard University), mboyd@fas.harvard.edu, if possible before Sept. 15. Interested speakers should submit an abstract, and follow with a Participant Information Form (available at
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions.html#PIF) by mail to:
Matthieu Boyd
Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures Barker Center, Harvard University
12 Quincy Street
Cambridge MA 02138
U.S.A.
Revamp study for historic church
Medieval hall to open to public
The potential significance of dietary offsets for the interpretation of radiocarbon dates: an archaeologically significant example from medieval Norwich
Medieval buildings destroyed by fire in Bergen
Saxon grave 'couple' may have been two men
Hengoed medieval hall to be open to the public
Greece: 4 arrested over illicit medieval treasure
One man's medieval solution to pesky pigeon problem
Ancient 60-mile dyke path opens
New Viking grave find in central Sweden
Alert as human bones discovered at dig
Archaeologists unearth 12th century abbey
Saxon graves found in Lakenheath
Descubren frescos de hace 1000 años en iglesia del LÃbano
Nails around Tahluj ancient skeletons puzzle archaeologists
Oldest Tarikkhaneh minaret found in Iran
Medieval barbers did more than cut hair
Greece: 4 arrested over illicit medieval treasure
Medieval hall to open to public
The potential significance of dietary offsets for the interpretation of radiocarbon dates: an archaeologically significant example from medieval Norwich
Medieval buildings destroyed by fire in Bergen
Saxon grave 'couple' may have been two men
Hengoed medieval hall to be open to the public
Greece: 4 arrested over illicit medieval treasure
One man's medieval solution to pesky pigeon problem
Ancient 60-mile dyke path opens
New Viking grave find in central Sweden
Alert as human bones discovered at dig
Archaeologists unearth 12th century abbey
Saxon graves found in Lakenheath
Descubren frescos de hace 1000 años en iglesia del LÃbano
Nails around Tahluj ancient skeletons puzzle archaeologists
Oldest Tarikkhaneh minaret found in Iran
Medieval barbers did more than cut hair
Greece: 4 arrested over illicit medieval treasure
Saturday, September 13, 2008
CFP: [Medieval] The Siege of Jerusalem in Middle English (9/15/08; 5/7/09-5/10/09)
Panel at the 44th International Congress on Medieval Studies
Kalamazoo, Michigan / 7-10 May 2009
Until quite recently, the Middle English alliterative poem known as The Siege of Jerusalem has received surprisingly little critical attention. This poem survives in eight manuscripts (plus a fragment); moreover, the related couplet version of the same story, known as Titus and Vespasian, survives in thirteen manuscripts. Both of these survival rates attest to a remarkable degree of popularity. Only in the last sixteen years, however, has the alliterative Siege begun to receive the critical attention that its medieval popularity merits: The Siege forms the main focus of ten articles/book chapters and one monograph since 1992. Also, two editions of the poem have appeared since 2003. As Sheila Delany aptly notes, "The Siege of Jerusalem may be a text whose time has come."
Given the increased scholarly interest in this poem, it is time for a special session devoted to it. Thus, this panel aims to bring scholars who are currently working on The Siege of Jerusalem into discussion with one another. We are particularly interested in papers that address this poem in relation to late medieval anti-Judaism, the manuscript history of the poem, its Latin sources, or other poems of the Alliterative Revival. In addition to the alliterative Siege, we also welcome proposals on the wider Middle English narrative traditions related to 70 AD (e.g., Titus and Vespasian, the prose translation of Roger d'Argenteuil's Bible en François, or John Trevisa's translation of Ranulph Higden's Polychronicon).
Please submit abstracts of proposed papers (300 words), along with a completed participant information form (found at http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions.html) to Alex Mueller (amuel001@plattsburgh.edu) by 15 September.
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Michael Johnston
Assistant Professor
Department of English, Purdue University
mjohnst@purdue.edu
Apologies for multiple listings.
Call for Papers
Urban Culture in Medieval France
44th International Congress on Medieval Studies Kalamazoo, Michigan May 7-10, 2009
The International Medieval Society Paris invites proposals for a session that will analyze _expressions of urban culture and the realities of everyday life in cities in medieval France. Recent scholarship has revolutionized the study of French cities (particularly Paris), demonstrating the complexity and vitality of these communities and the people who lived and worked in them. This session seeks to further these analyses and encourage comparisons among cities in northern and southern France during the medieval period.
Papers might address themes including the formation of urban identities; social and professional networks; religious and social practices in urban space; tension and cooperation between social status groups; gender relations; the roles of civic and royal authorities; representations of urban society in art and literature; and comparative studies of two or more cities.
The IMS-Paris is non-profit organization that seeks to promote academic exchange and promote interdisciplinary and international scholarship. The IMS-Paris highly encourages interdisciplinary submissions.
Proposals for a 20 minute paper should be submitted to Mark P. O'Tool at mpotool@gmail.com by Sept. 15, 2009.
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Mark P. O'Tool, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Department of History
California State Univ. East Bay
Department of Humanities
San Jose State University
mpotool@gmail.com
Please feel free to circulate!
GENDERING REPRESENTATION
(co-sponsored by the Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship and the Medieval Feminist Art History Project)
Organizer: Jennifer Borland
The 44th International Congress on Medieval Studies Kalamazoo, MI May 7-10, 2009
This session will investigate the gendering of the practice of representation in the Middle Ages, focusing in particular on the performance of gender through representation.
We welcome papers that engage with representation in a variety of formats, including visual, spatial, literary/textual, or historical representations. Contributions may deal with either the production and/or reception of representations, or consider representation from either individual or collective/corporate perspectives.
Interdisciplinarity is especially encouraged.
Please submit a one- to two-page abstract and coversheet to Jennifer Borland (jennifer.borland@okstate.edu) by September 15.
Panel at the 44th International Congress on Medieval Studies
Kalamazoo, Michigan / 7-10 May 2009
Until quite recently, the Middle English alliterative poem known as The Siege of Jerusalem has received surprisingly little critical attention. This poem survives in eight manuscripts (plus a fragment); moreover, the related couplet version of the same story, known as Titus and Vespasian, survives in thirteen manuscripts. Both of these survival rates attest to a remarkable degree of popularity. Only in the last sixteen years, however, has the alliterative Siege begun to receive the critical attention that its medieval popularity merits: The Siege forms the main focus of ten articles/book chapters and one monograph since 1992. Also, two editions of the poem have appeared since 2003. As Sheila Delany aptly notes, "The Siege of Jerusalem may be a text whose time has come."
Given the increased scholarly interest in this poem, it is time for a special session devoted to it. Thus, this panel aims to bring scholars who are currently working on The Siege of Jerusalem into discussion with one another. We are particularly interested in papers that address this poem in relation to late medieval anti-Judaism, the manuscript history of the poem, its Latin sources, or other poems of the Alliterative Revival. In addition to the alliterative Siege, we also welcome proposals on the wider Middle English narrative traditions related to 70 AD (e.g., Titus and Vespasian, the prose translation of Roger d'Argenteuil's Bible en François, or John Trevisa's translation of Ranulph Higden's Polychronicon).
Please submit abstracts of proposed papers (300 words), along with a completed participant information form (found at http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions.html) to Alex Mueller (amuel001@plattsburgh.edu) by 15 September.
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Michael Johnston
Assistant Professor
Department of English, Purdue University
mjohnst@purdue.edu
Apologies for multiple listings.
Call for Papers
Urban Culture in Medieval France
44th International Congress on Medieval Studies Kalamazoo, Michigan May 7-10, 2009
The International Medieval Society Paris invites proposals for a session that will analyze _expressions of urban culture and the realities of everyday life in cities in medieval France. Recent scholarship has revolutionized the study of French cities (particularly Paris), demonstrating the complexity and vitality of these communities and the people who lived and worked in them. This session seeks to further these analyses and encourage comparisons among cities in northern and southern France during the medieval period.
Papers might address themes including the formation of urban identities; social and professional networks; religious and social practices in urban space; tension and cooperation between social status groups; gender relations; the roles of civic and royal authorities; representations of urban society in art and literature; and comparative studies of two or more cities.
The IMS-Paris is non-profit organization that seeks to promote academic exchange and promote interdisciplinary and international scholarship. The IMS-Paris highly encourages interdisciplinary submissions.
Proposals for a 20 minute paper should be submitted to Mark P. O'Tool at mpotool@gmail.com by Sept. 15, 2009.
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Mark P. O'Tool, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Department of History
California State Univ. East Bay
Department of Humanities
San Jose State University
mpotool@gmail.com
Please feel free to circulate!
GENDERING REPRESENTATION
(co-sponsored by the Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship and the Medieval Feminist Art History Project)
Organizer: Jennifer Borland
The 44th International Congress on Medieval Studies Kalamazoo, MI May 7-10, 2009
This session will investigate the gendering of the practice of representation in the Middle Ages, focusing in particular on the performance of gender through representation.
We welcome papers that engage with representation in a variety of formats, including visual, spatial, literary/textual, or historical representations. Contributions may deal with either the production and/or reception of representations, or consider representation from either individual or collective/corporate perspectives.
Interdisciplinarity is especially encouraged.
Please submit a one- to two-page abstract and coversheet to Jennifer Borland (jennifer.borland@okstate.edu) by September 15.
CFP: [Medieval] The Siege of Jerusalem in Middle English (9/15/08; 5/7/09-5/10/09)
Panel at the 44th International Congress on Medieval Studies
Kalamazoo, Michigan / 7-10 May 2009
Until quite recently, the Middle English alliterative poem known as The Siege of Jerusalem has received surprisingly little critical attention. This poem survives in eight manuscripts (plus a fragment); moreover, the related couplet version of the same story, known as Titus and Vespasian, survives in thirteen manuscripts. Both of these survival rates attest to a remarkable degree of popularity. Only in the last sixteen years, however, has the alliterative Siege begun to receive the critical attention that its medieval popularity merits: The Siege forms the main focus of ten articles/book chapters and one monograph since 1992. Also, two editions of the poem have appeared since 2003. As Sheila Delany aptly notes, "The Siege of Jerusalem may be a text whose time has come."
Given the increased scholarly interest in this poem, it is time for a special session devoted to it. Thus, this panel aims to bring scholars who are currently working on The Siege of Jerusalem into discussion with one another. We are particularly interested in papers that address this poem in relation to late medieval anti-Judaism, the manuscript history of the poem, its Latin sources, or other poems of the Alliterative Revival. In addition to the alliterative Siege, we also welcome proposals on the wider Middle English narrative traditions related to 70 AD (e.g., Titus and Vespasian, the prose translation of Roger d'Argenteuil's Bible en François, or John Trevisa's translation of Ranulph Higden's Polychronicon).
Please submit abstracts of proposed papers (300 words), along with a completed participant information form (found at http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions.html) to Alex Mueller (amuel001@plattsburgh.edu) by 15 September.
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Michael Johnston
Assistant Professor
Department of English, Purdue University
mjohnst@purdue.edu
Apologies for multiple listings.
Call for Papers
Urban Culture in Medieval France
44th International Congress on Medieval Studies Kalamazoo, Michigan May 7-10, 2009
The International Medieval Society Paris invites proposals for a session that will analyze _expressions of urban culture and the realities of everyday life in cities in medieval France. Recent scholarship has revolutionized the study of French cities (particularly Paris), demonstrating the complexity and vitality of these communities and the people who lived and worked in them. This session seeks to further these analyses and encourage comparisons among cities in northern and southern France during the medieval period.
Papers might address themes including the formation of urban identities; social and professional networks; religious and social practices in urban space; tension and cooperation between social status groups; gender relations; the roles of civic and royal authorities; representations of urban society in art and literature; and comparative studies of two or more cities.
The IMS-Paris is non-profit organization that seeks to promote academic exchange and promote interdisciplinary and international scholarship. The IMS-Paris highly encourages interdisciplinary submissions.
Proposals for a 20 minute paper should be submitted to Mark P. O'Tool at mpotool@gmail.com by Sept. 15, 2009.
--
Mark P. O'Tool, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Department of History
California State Univ. East Bay
Department of Humanities
San Jose State University
mpotool@gmail.com
Please feel free to circulate!
GENDERING REPRESENTATION
(co-sponsored by the Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship and the Medieval Feminist Art History Project)
Organizer: Jennifer Borland
The 44th International Congress on Medieval Studies Kalamazoo, MI May 7-10, 2009
This session will investigate the gendering of the practice of representation in the Middle Ages, focusing in particular on the performance of gender through representation.
We welcome papers that engage with representation in a variety of formats, including visual, spatial, literary/textual, or historical representations. Contributions may deal with either the production and/or reception of representations, or consider representation from either individual or collective/corporate perspectives.
Interdisciplinarity is especially encouraged.
Please submit a one- to two-page abstract and coversheet to Jennifer Borland (jennifer.borland@okstate.edu) by September 15.
Panel at the 44th International Congress on Medieval Studies
Kalamazoo, Michigan / 7-10 May 2009
Until quite recently, the Middle English alliterative poem known as The Siege of Jerusalem has received surprisingly little critical attention. This poem survives in eight manuscripts (plus a fragment); moreover, the related couplet version of the same story, known as Titus and Vespasian, survives in thirteen manuscripts. Both of these survival rates attest to a remarkable degree of popularity. Only in the last sixteen years, however, has the alliterative Siege begun to receive the critical attention that its medieval popularity merits: The Siege forms the main focus of ten articles/book chapters and one monograph since 1992. Also, two editions of the poem have appeared since 2003. As Sheila Delany aptly notes, "The Siege of Jerusalem may be a text whose time has come."
Given the increased scholarly interest in this poem, it is time for a special session devoted to it. Thus, this panel aims to bring scholars who are currently working on The Siege of Jerusalem into discussion with one another. We are particularly interested in papers that address this poem in relation to late medieval anti-Judaism, the manuscript history of the poem, its Latin sources, or other poems of the Alliterative Revival. In addition to the alliterative Siege, we also welcome proposals on the wider Middle English narrative traditions related to 70 AD (e.g., Titus and Vespasian, the prose translation of Roger d'Argenteuil's Bible en François, or John Trevisa's translation of Ranulph Higden's Polychronicon).
Please submit abstracts of proposed papers (300 words), along with a completed participant information form (found at http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions.html) to Alex Mueller (amuel001@plattsburgh.edu) by 15 September.
-----
Michael Johnston
Assistant Professor
Department of English, Purdue University
mjohnst@purdue.edu
Apologies for multiple listings.
Call for Papers
Urban Culture in Medieval France
44th International Congress on Medieval Studies Kalamazoo, Michigan May 7-10, 2009
The International Medieval Society Paris invites proposals for a session that will analyze _expressions of urban culture and the realities of everyday life in cities in medieval France. Recent scholarship has revolutionized the study of French cities (particularly Paris), demonstrating the complexity and vitality of these communities and the people who lived and worked in them. This session seeks to further these analyses and encourage comparisons among cities in northern and southern France during the medieval period.
Papers might address themes including the formation of urban identities; social and professional networks; religious and social practices in urban space; tension and cooperation between social status groups; gender relations; the roles of civic and royal authorities; representations of urban society in art and literature; and comparative studies of two or more cities.
The IMS-Paris is non-profit organization that seeks to promote academic exchange and promote interdisciplinary and international scholarship. The IMS-Paris highly encourages interdisciplinary submissions.
Proposals for a 20 minute paper should be submitted to Mark P. O'Tool at mpotool@gmail.com by Sept. 15, 2009.
--
Mark P. O'Tool, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Department of History
California State Univ. East Bay
Department of Humanities
San Jose State University
mpotool@gmail.com
Please feel free to circulate!
GENDERING REPRESENTATION
(co-sponsored by the Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship and the Medieval Feminist Art History Project)
Organizer: Jennifer Borland
The 44th International Congress on Medieval Studies Kalamazoo, MI May 7-10, 2009
This session will investigate the gendering of the practice of representation in the Middle Ages, focusing in particular on the performance of gender through representation.
We welcome papers that engage with representation in a variety of formats, including visual, spatial, literary/textual, or historical representations. Contributions may deal with either the production and/or reception of representations, or consider representation from either individual or collective/corporate perspectives.
Interdisciplinarity is especially encouraged.
Please submit a one- to two-page abstract and coversheet to Jennifer Borland (jennifer.borland@okstate.edu) by September 15.
CFP Kalamazoo, 2009: Words and Deeds in Anglo-Saxon England
CFP Kalamazoo, 2009: Words and Deeds in Anglo-Saxon England
We are broadly interested in papers that investigate the
interrelationship of words and deeds in Anglo-Saxon literature and
culture. Avenues for exploration could include (but aren't limited
to) how the Roman and Hiberno-Latin concern with the correspondence
between words or thoughts and deeds influenced the Anglo-Saxons, the
importance of words and deeds in shaping and transforming the self and
community, or the ways in which the orality of Anglo-Saxon culture
formalizes language in performance as well as writing, transforming
abstract language into concrete deeds. We anticipate that this topic
could intersect with the concerns of ritual theory, performance
theory, as well as more traditional cultural and literary studies.
Deadline for submissions is September 15. Details for paper proposals
can be found here:
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions.html#Paper
Please send abstracts to Stephanie Clark (sclark1@uiuc.edu) or Shannon
Godlove (godlove@uiuc.edu), or to either of us by regular mail at:
University of Illinois
English Department
608 S. Wright St.
Urbana, IL 61801
We are broadly interested in papers that investigate the
interrelationship of words and deeds in Anglo-Saxon literature and
culture. Avenues for exploration could include (but aren't limited
to) how the Roman and Hiberno-Latin concern with the correspondence
between words or thoughts and deeds influenced the Anglo-Saxons, the
importance of words and deeds in shaping and transforming the self and
community, or the ways in which the orality of Anglo-Saxon culture
formalizes language in performance as well as writing, transforming
abstract language into concrete deeds. We anticipate that this topic
could intersect with the concerns of ritual theory, performance
theory, as well as more traditional cultural and literary studies.
Deadline for submissions is September 15. Details for paper proposals
can be found here:
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions.html#Paper
Please send abstracts to Stephanie Clark (sclark1@uiuc.edu) or Shannon
Godlove (godlove@uiuc.edu), or to either of us by regular mail at:
University of Illinois
English Department
608 S. Wright St.
Urbana, IL 61801
Inquisition and Confession in England after Lateran IV
Inquisition and Confession in England after Lateran IV
Saturday 11 July 2009
Queen Mary College, University of London
Over the past thirty years, considerable scholarship has been produced on the subject of confession in the Middle Ages, from Thomas N. Tentler’s volume on Sin and Confession on the Eve of the Reformation, to Peter Biller and A. J. Minnis’s collection of essays entitled Handling Sin. Studies of orthodox confession in late-medieval England (particularly in literary contexts) have very often understood the importance of oral confession in the wake of the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) to be the creation of a new awareness and sense of self, and have focused predominantly on the private discourse constructed between the priest and confessant (with some important exceptions, such as Katherine C. Little’s recent book on Lollard confession, which outlines a resistant model of public confession). A closer examination of medieval pastoralia and confessional practices, however, suggests the need to pay greater attention to the public, communal, and resistant aspects of confession as well as to the nuanced categories and stages that constitute or intersect with confession. It therefore seems timely to reconsider the standard interpretations of medieval confession and how confession itself was tied to broader developments in medieval thought concerning pedagogy, legal practice, philosophy, and science. One of the ways in which we might do this is by considering the counterpart of confession: inquisition (a process which both blurs with the process of confession itself and sits outside of it). Apart from Peter Brooks’s work on confession (which does not have the Middle Ages as its focus) and recent work by Dyan Elliot, few works have considered the topic of inquisition alongside confession. Indeed, the place of inquisition in England (for example, but not exclusively, in the period immediately after Lateran IV until the emergence of the Lollard heresy trials) has been somewhat overlooked, as has the idea of inquisition outside of the context of heresy.
This is the scholarly gap that we seek to fill by convening a workshop to consider the joint topics of inquisition and confession in England after Lateran IV, with a view to producing a published collection of essays on the subject. As has often been noted by historians of the Middle Ages, England occupied a unique position in relation to ecclesiastical developments in medieval Europe, being somewhat outside the immediate influence of Rome and the continent. It is this position that will enable us to take a wider view of the topics of inquisition and confession, reading them not merely as part of a developing ‘Inquisition’, but as part of a broader development in the medieval consciousness.
We would like to invite scholars with an interest in inquisition and/or confession to submit one-page proposals for papers to be presented at the planned workshop by 12 December 2008 to Mary Flannery (m.flannery@qmul.ac.uk) or Katie Walter (Katie.Walter@ruhr-uni-bochum.de). Topics for proposed papers might include:
* pre- and post-Foucauldian historiography of confession and inquisition
* the intent behind both processes (including the extent to which the attainment of ‘truth’ was seen as a goal)
* the language or discourse of inquisition and confession
* narratives of inquisition and confession
* the role and effect of torture in and on both processes (perhaps with reference to such works as Elaine Scarry’s The Body in Pain)
* the role of the body in inquisition and confession, including the way in which discourses of inquisition and confession take up the language of the body (for example, medical and healing metaphors)
* inquisition and confession in the community (as tools of social rupture or social repair)
* inquisition and confession and public reputation
* public and private concepts of confession and inquisition
* interrogation procedures
* confession and class
* artistic depictions of inquisition or confession
* the role of inquisition, confession, and punishment in the classroom
* the relationship of friars and preaching in England to confession and inquisition
* the relationship of inquisition and confession to the other canons of the Fourth Lateran Council (e.g. with regard to trial by ordeal, etc).
If you have any queries, please contact either Katie Walter or Mary Flannery at the email addresses above.
Saturday 11 July 2009
Queen Mary College, University of London
Over the past thirty years, considerable scholarship has been produced on the subject of confession in the Middle Ages, from Thomas N. Tentler’s volume on Sin and Confession on the Eve of the Reformation, to Peter Biller and A. J. Minnis’s collection of essays entitled Handling Sin. Studies of orthodox confession in late-medieval England (particularly in literary contexts) have very often understood the importance of oral confession in the wake of the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) to be the creation of a new awareness and sense of self, and have focused predominantly on the private discourse constructed between the priest and confessant (with some important exceptions, such as Katherine C. Little’s recent book on Lollard confession, which outlines a resistant model of public confession). A closer examination of medieval pastoralia and confessional practices, however, suggests the need to pay greater attention to the public, communal, and resistant aspects of confession as well as to the nuanced categories and stages that constitute or intersect with confession. It therefore seems timely to reconsider the standard interpretations of medieval confession and how confession itself was tied to broader developments in medieval thought concerning pedagogy, legal practice, philosophy, and science. One of the ways in which we might do this is by considering the counterpart of confession: inquisition (a process which both blurs with the process of confession itself and sits outside of it). Apart from Peter Brooks’s work on confession (which does not have the Middle Ages as its focus) and recent work by Dyan Elliot, few works have considered the topic of inquisition alongside confession. Indeed, the place of inquisition in England (for example, but not exclusively, in the period immediately after Lateran IV until the emergence of the Lollard heresy trials) has been somewhat overlooked, as has the idea of inquisition outside of the context of heresy.
This is the scholarly gap that we seek to fill by convening a workshop to consider the joint topics of inquisition and confession in England after Lateran IV, with a view to producing a published collection of essays on the subject. As has often been noted by historians of the Middle Ages, England occupied a unique position in relation to ecclesiastical developments in medieval Europe, being somewhat outside the immediate influence of Rome and the continent. It is this position that will enable us to take a wider view of the topics of inquisition and confession, reading them not merely as part of a developing ‘Inquisition’, but as part of a broader development in the medieval consciousness.
We would like to invite scholars with an interest in inquisition and/or confession to submit one-page proposals for papers to be presented at the planned workshop by 12 December 2008 to Mary Flannery (m.flannery@qmul.ac.uk) or Katie Walter (Katie.Walter@ruhr-uni-bochum.de). Topics for proposed papers might include:
* pre- and post-Foucauldian historiography of confession and inquisition
* the intent behind both processes (including the extent to which the attainment of ‘truth’ was seen as a goal)
* the language or discourse of inquisition and confession
* narratives of inquisition and confession
* the role and effect of torture in and on both processes (perhaps with reference to such works as Elaine Scarry’s The Body in Pain)
* the role of the body in inquisition and confession, including the way in which discourses of inquisition and confession take up the language of the body (for example, medical and healing metaphors)
* inquisition and confession in the community (as tools of social rupture or social repair)
* inquisition and confession and public reputation
* public and private concepts of confession and inquisition
* interrogation procedures
* confession and class
* artistic depictions of inquisition or confession
* the role of inquisition, confession, and punishment in the classroom
* the relationship of friars and preaching in England to confession and inquisition
* the relationship of inquisition and confession to the other canons of the Fourth Lateran Council (e.g. with regard to trial by ordeal, etc).
If you have any queries, please contact either Katie Walter or Mary Flannery at the email addresses above.
Medieval Romance Society
The Medieval Romance Society solicits paper proposals for three sessions on romance and transgression for the International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, May 7-10 2009. I am pasting our full descriptions of the sessions below. Please note that the Medieval Romance Society encourages interdisciplinary work and new approaches to romance. We attempt to include at least one graduate student paper in each of our sessions, all of which are currently open. Please feel free to forward this message as you see fit.
I am the North American contact person for the Medieval Romance Society, but this year the sessions will be organized at York (UK); in order to facilitate easy transfer of proposals to the appropriate organizers, I encourage potential participants to send their abstracts and cover sheets to me by September 15 via email at: rawilcox122@yahoo.com, which is the address listed in the official Congress CFP. Please do not hesitate to contact me with your questions.
I am the North American contact person for the Medieval Romance Society, but this year the sessions will be organized at York (UK); in order to facilitate easy transfer of proposals to the appropriate organizers, I encourage potential participants to send their abstracts and cover sheets to me by September 15 via email at: rawilcox122@yahoo.com, which is the address listed in the official Congress CFP. Please do not hesitate to contact me with your questions.
olumbia University Seminar on the Renaissance, Fall 2008.
Posted on behalf of the Columbia University Seminar on the
Renaissance, Fall 2008. Everyone welcome!
This seminar covers all aspects of Renaissance culture, from
political and social history to art history, literature, languages
classical and vernacular, music, philosophy, religion, science and
learning. The Renaissance is taken to begin about the time of
Petrarch and to end-according to the field examined-at various points
in the seventeenth-century. Later scholars who conceptualized the
Renaissance are also discussed.
Seminar: #407 Founded: 1945
Chair:
Elizabeth Hill
St. John's University
hillchas3@aol.com
The Seminar normally meets in the Columbia University Faculty House.
However, the Faculty House is undergoing renovation, so we will be
meeting elsewhere on campus, precise locations to be announced. We
generally meet for drinks at 5:45, have dinner at 6:30 and start our
program at 7:30pm.
Campus map
University Seminars Office: 212.854.2389
September 9, 2008, 7:30 Richard Peterson, University of
Connecticut. "A New Poem for Edmund Spenser"
Meeting for drinks 5:45, dinner, 6:30, Common Room, 2nd floor, at the
Heyman Center for Humanities , just across from Faculty House, to the
left as you face Morningside Park.
October 14 Pamela Smith, Columbia. "Making and Knowing:
Reconstructing Knowledge in a Renaissance Goldsmith's Workshop."
Joint meeting with the Medieval Studies Seminar.
Meeting for drinks 5:45, dinner, 6:30, Common Room, 2nd floor, at the
Heyman Center for Humanities , just across from Faculty House, to the
left as you face Morningside Park.
November 11 Sarah Covington, Queens College. "The Wounded
Body in Early Modern England: Interdisciplinary Approaches and
Problems."
Check with chair/University Seminar office for place/time.
December 8 To Be Announced
Check with chair/University Seminar office for place/time.
Proposals for future programs are always welcome. Those interested in
participating should communicate with the Chair at hillchas3@aol.com.
Elizabeth K. Hill, Chair
Renaissance, Fall 2008. Everyone welcome!
This seminar covers all aspects of Renaissance culture, from
political and social history to art history, literature, languages
classical and vernacular, music, philosophy, religion, science and
learning. The Renaissance is taken to begin about the time of
Petrarch and to end-according to the field examined-at various points
in the seventeenth-century. Later scholars who conceptualized the
Renaissance are also discussed.
Seminar: #407 Founded: 1945
Chair:
Elizabeth Hill
St. John's University
hillchas3@aol.com
The Seminar normally meets in the Columbia University Faculty House.
However, the Faculty House is undergoing renovation, so we will be
meeting elsewhere on campus, precise locations to be announced. We
generally meet for drinks at 5:45, have dinner at 6:30 and start our
program at 7:30pm.
Campus map
University Seminars Office: 212.854.2389
September 9, 2008, 7:30 Richard Peterson, University of
Connecticut. "A New Poem for Edmund Spenser"
Meeting for drinks 5:45, dinner, 6:30, Common Room, 2nd floor, at the
Heyman Center for Humanities , just across from Faculty House, to the
left as you face Morningside Park.
October 14 Pamela Smith, Columbia. "Making and Knowing:
Reconstructing Knowledge in a Renaissance Goldsmith's Workshop."
Joint meeting with the Medieval Studies Seminar.
Meeting for drinks 5:45, dinner, 6:30, Common Room, 2nd floor, at the
Heyman Center for Humanities , just across from Faculty House, to the
left as you face Morningside Park.
November 11 Sarah Covington, Queens College. "The Wounded
Body in Early Modern England: Interdisciplinary Approaches and
Problems."
Check with chair/University Seminar office for place/time.
December 8 To Be Announced
Check with chair/University Seminar office for place/time.
Proposals for future programs are always welcome. Those interested in
participating should communicate with the Chair at hillchas3@aol.com.
Elizabeth K. Hill, Chair
Friday, September 12, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
New Book of Interest, Review in TMR
Hall, Alaric. Elves in Anglo-Saxon England: Matters of Belief,
Health, Gender and Identity. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press,
2007. Pp. xi, 226. $80.00. ISBN: 1843832941, ISBN-13:
9781843832942.
Reviewed by Michael D.C. Drout
Wheaton College
mdrout@wheatonma.edu
Health, Gender and Identity. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press,
2007. Pp. xi, 226. $80.00. ISBN: 1843832941, ISBN-13:
9781843832942.
Reviewed by Michael D.C. Drout
Wheaton College
mdrout@wheatonma.edu
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Sunday, September 7, 2008
MEMO at K'Zoo
Medieval Electronic Multimedia Organization (MEMO) is once again
please to be represented at the Medieval Institute's International
Congress on Medieval Studies(Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo,
MI). For the 2009 Congress, we are looking to fill two sessions.
1. Neomedievalist Communities: Papers on medievalist film makers and
audiences, medievalist television makers and audiences, electronic
medievalist games makers and audiences, forums, blogs, Second Life,
YouTube, and other electronic medievalist communities. Are they
neomedievalist or something else? How does electronic media affect
and/or define (neo)medievalist communities?
2. Gaming Neomedievally--A Festive Video Game Workshop and Poster
Session: Each participant is responsible for one electronic game and
a a well-informed poster (laptop or paper), set-up at a particular
station. Undergraduate student posters will be considered.
DEADLINE: September 20, 2008
Submit proposals to Carol L. Robinson (clrobins@kent.edu)
please to be represented at the Medieval Institute's International
Congress on Medieval Studies(Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo,
MI). For the 2009 Congress, we are looking to fill two sessions.
1. Neomedievalist Communities: Papers on medievalist film makers and
audiences, medievalist television makers and audiences, electronic
medievalist games makers and audiences, forums, blogs, Second Life,
YouTube, and other electronic medievalist communities. Are they
neomedievalist or something else? How does electronic media affect
and/or define (neo)medievalist communities?
2. Gaming Neomedievally--A Festive Video Game Workshop and Poster
Session: Each participant is responsible for one electronic game and
a a well-informed poster (laptop or paper), set-up at a particular
station. Undergraduate student posters will be considered.
DEADLINE: September 20, 2008
Submit proposals to Carol L. Robinson (clrobins@kent.edu)
Friday, September 5, 2008
Post in Religion At Simpson
SIMPSON COLLEGE, Department of Religion, invites applications for a tenure-track position in the History of Christianity. Area of specialization is open, though competence in medieval or patristic studies welcomed. We seek a broadly trained scholar with the flexibility to contribute a variety of courses in a small, vibrant department. Candidates must demonstrate potential for excellence in teaching in the liberal arts tradition and willingness to engage students in scholarship and original research. Ph.D. must be at or near completion.
Simpson is a private, nationally recognized college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The main campus in Indianola is located 12 miles south of Des Moines, the capital of Iowa. Simpson is regularly ranked among the top Midwestern colleges for quality and value.
Submit letter of interest, CV, transcripts, and three letters of recommendation to:
Simpson is a private, nationally recognized college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The main campus in Indianola is located 12 miles south of Des Moines, the capital of Iowa. Simpson is regularly ranked among the top Midwestern colleges for quality and value.
Submit letter of interest, CV, transcripts, and three letters of recommendation to:
Society for the Study of the Crusades CFP
The Society for the Study of the Crusades invites abstract proposals for papers to be delivered at the International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan from May 7 to 10, 2009. Papers on all aspects of the crusades and the Latin East are welcome. Please send a short abstract and a Participant Information Form (available at http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions.html) to:
Thomas F. Madden
Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Saint Louis University
3800 Lindell Blvd.
St Louis, MO 63108
USA
Thomas F. Madden
Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Saint Louis University
3800 Lindell Blvd.
St Louis, MO 63108
USA
The Politics of Communication, 800-1600
The California State University, Long Beach, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Inaugural Graduate Student Conference: The Politics of Communication, 800-1600
UPDATED CALL FOR PAPERS
The Politics of Communication, 800-1600
November 15, 2008
California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, California
Organizers: Shawn Moore (shawnw.moore@gmail.com) and William Hager (whager@csulb.edu)
We are seeking paper abstracts and panel proposals from all disciplines for CSULB’s inaugural Medieval and Renaissance Studies Conference from graduate students and advanced undergraduate students. Abstracts should be 250 words or less for papers of approximately 15-20 minutes in length, allowing for discussion and questions following the presentation.
This conference will examine the politicizing of communication in its myriad forms during the period of time between the ninth and the seventeenth centuries. The word “communication” is an extremely generalized term for a very complex concept (one that should not be limited exclusively to the use of spoken or written language). Implicit within notions of communication are ideas of power, authorship, audience, performance, and censorship. Possible questions to address include:
· What is communication’s role in the dominant orthodoxy’s _expression of power over its subjects? How does communication challenge notions of authority inherent in political systems? To what extent does communication act to subvert that authority?
· How do non-written forms of communication (i.e., art, architecture, etc.) convey political or religious authority?
· How does written communication differ from the oral tradition?
· What is the relationship between authorship and communication? Between representation and communication?
We have extended the deadline for abstract submissions to Friday, September 19, 2008. Confirmation of accepted papers will then be sent by October 3, 2008. We require that abstracts be submitted electronically in the body of an e-mail sent to shawnw.moore@gmail.com and whager@csulb.edu. Please use the subject heading: Politics of Communication. Additional information will be forthcoming at www.csulb.edu/centers/med-ren/.
UPDATED CALL FOR PAPERS
The Politics of Communication, 800-1600
November 15, 2008
California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, California
Organizers: Shawn Moore (shawnw.moore@gmail.com) and William Hager (whager@csulb.edu)
We are seeking paper abstracts and panel proposals from all disciplines for CSULB’s inaugural Medieval and Renaissance Studies Conference from graduate students and advanced undergraduate students. Abstracts should be 250 words or less for papers of approximately 15-20 minutes in length, allowing for discussion and questions following the presentation.
This conference will examine the politicizing of communication in its myriad forms during the period of time between the ninth and the seventeenth centuries. The word “communication” is an extremely generalized term for a very complex concept (one that should not be limited exclusively to the use of spoken or written language). Implicit within notions of communication are ideas of power, authorship, audience, performance, and censorship. Possible questions to address include:
· What is communication’s role in the dominant orthodoxy’s _expression of power over its subjects? How does communication challenge notions of authority inherent in political systems? To what extent does communication act to subvert that authority?
· How do non-written forms of communication (i.e., art, architecture, etc.) convey political or religious authority?
· How does written communication differ from the oral tradition?
· What is the relationship between authorship and communication? Between representation and communication?
We have extended the deadline for abstract submissions to Friday, September 19, 2008. Confirmation of accepted papers will then be sent by October 3, 2008. We require that abstracts be submitted electronically in the body of an e-mail sent to shawnw.moore@gmail.com and whager@csulb.edu. Please use the subject heading: Politics of Communication. Additional information will be forthcoming at www.csulb.edu/centers/med-ren/.
Canadian Medieval Art Historians
29th CANADIAN CONFERENCE OF MEDIEVAL ART HISTORIANS
CARLETON UNIVERSITY, OTTAWA
12-14 MARCH 2009
CALL FOR PAPERS
The 29th annual Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians will be hosted by Carleton University (Ottawa, ON) in mid March 2009. Prospective participants are invited to submit a short abstract of their presentation by 15 January 2009 at the very latest. Earlier submissions would be much appreciated, and final titles may be changed up until late February. Graduate student papers are welcome.
Please send your abstract to: John Osborne, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, On K1S 5B6; or as an E-mail attachment to: john_osborne@carleton.ca
CARLETON UNIVERSITY, OTTAWA
12-14 MARCH 2009
CALL FOR PAPERS
The 29th annual Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians will be hosted by Carleton University (Ottawa, ON) in mid March 2009. Prospective participants are invited to submit a short abstract of their presentation by 15 January 2009 at the very latest. Earlier submissions would be much appreciated, and final titles may be changed up until late February. Graduate student papers are welcome.
Please send your abstract to: John Osborne, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, On K1S 5B6; or as an E-mail attachment to: john_osborne@carleton.ca
Medieval Association of the Pacific CFP
Call for Papers
Medieval Association of the Pacific
Albuquerque 2009
The annual meeting of the Medieval Association of
the Pacific will be held 6–7 March 2009, in
Albuquerque, hosted by the University of New Mexico.
The Program Committee warmly invites proposals for
papers on all topics and in all disciplines and
periods of medieval studies.
Abstracts may be submitted via our online submission
system at http://www.csun.edu/english/map09/.
Deadline: 1 October 2008
Please direct enquiries to:
Anita Obermeier
Dept of English
University of New Mexico
Humanities Bldg, 321
Albuquerque, NM 87131-1106
(505) 277-2930
aobermei@unm.edu
For questions about the online submission site,
contact Scott Kleinman at scott.kleinman@csun.edu.
Medieval Association of the Pacific
Albuquerque 2009
The annual meeting of the Medieval Association of
the Pacific will be held 6–7 March 2009, in
Albuquerque, hosted by the University of New Mexico.
The Program Committee warmly invites proposals for
papers on all topics and in all disciplines and
periods of medieval studies.
Abstracts may be submitted via our online submission
system at http://www.csun.edu/english/map09/.
Deadline: 1 October 2008
Please direct enquiries to:
Anita Obermeier
Dept of English
University of New Mexico
Humanities Bldg, 321
Albuquerque, NM 87131-1106
(505) 277-2930
aobermei@unm.edu
For questions about the online submission site,
contact Scott Kleinman at scott.kleinman@csun.edu.
Digital Humanities Post
Applications are invited for two 2 ½ year fixed term positions with
the Digital Humanities Observatory (DHO), a national digital
humanities centre located in Dublin, Ireland.
Digital Humanities Specialist
The Digital Humanities Specialist will promote and support the use of
advanced computing techniques as applied to the humanities, provide
consultations to project partners, engage in a range of educational
activities, and assist in the technical development of a shared
e-humanities infrastructure.
Web Developer
The Web Developer will design, develop, and maintain highly
interactive web interfaces for digital content creation, repository
deposit, content discovery, computational analysis, data visualization
and other tools for humanities research. Experience with web
development tools such as AJAX, HTML, CSS, XSLT, PHP, and SQL
required.
Further information and details of the application process are
available on www.ria.ie and www.dho.ie. Applicants will be
shortlisted for interview on the basis of information provided in
their applications.
The Digital Humanities Observatory (DHO) is a project of the Royal
Irish Academy operating under the auspices of the Humanities Serving
Irish Society Consortium to build a joint national platform for the
coordination and dissemination of e-humanities research at an
all-island level. The Royal Irish Academy is an equal opportunities
employer
--
Susan Schreibman, PhD
Director
Digital Humanities Observatory
Pembroke House
28-32 Upper Pembroke Street
Dublin 2, Ireland
the Digital Humanities Observatory (DHO), a national digital
humanities centre located in Dublin, Ireland.
Digital Humanities Specialist
The Digital Humanities Specialist will promote and support the use of
advanced computing techniques as applied to the humanities, provide
consultations to project partners, engage in a range of educational
activities, and assist in the technical development of a shared
e-humanities infrastructure.
Web Developer
The Web Developer will design, develop, and maintain highly
interactive web interfaces for digital content creation, repository
deposit, content discovery, computational analysis, data visualization
and other tools for humanities research. Experience with web
development tools such as AJAX, HTML, CSS, XSLT, PHP, and SQL
required.
Further information and details of the application process are
available on www.ria.ie and www.dho.ie. Applicants will be
shortlisted for interview on the basis of information provided in
their applications.
The Digital Humanities Observatory (DHO) is a project of the Royal
Irish Academy operating under the auspices of the Humanities Serving
Irish Society Consortium to build a joint national platform for the
coordination and dissemination of e-humanities research at an
all-island level. The Royal Irish Academy is an equal opportunities
employer
--
Susan Schreibman, PhD
Director
Digital Humanities Observatory
Pembroke House
28-32 Upper Pembroke Street
Dublin 2, Ireland
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