SD man gets 2 life terms for stabbing in-laws, over medieval lit
Anglo-Saxon Landscape and Economy: using portable antiquities to study Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age England
Digging into Wales in 1,000AD
Abbey and crowning site excavated
Scone dig uncovers ancient abbey
Ancient dial solves time riddle
Dig will unearth history of abbey
Bulgarian Archaeologists Discover Unique Medieval Byzantine Seal
More on this: Unikt vikingfunn i Lærdal
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
Joan of Arc Society CFP
CALL FOR PAPERS
International Joan of Arc Society/ Société Internationale de l’étude de
Jeanne d’Arc
*SESSION I*. "*TheTrial to Nullify Joan of Arc's Condemnation"*
**
*SESSION II*. *“Joan of Arc and Place: Frontier, Periphery and Center”*
*A paper proposal comprises an abstract of no more than 300 words and a
completed “Participant Information Form,” which is available on the Congress
Web site:*
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#Paper
*Please e-mail paper proposal and “Participant Information Form to: *
*Jane Marie Pinzino at*
jpinzino@mail.usf.edu
by *9/15/2009*.
International Joan of Arc Society/ Société Internationale de l’étude de
Jeanne d’Arc
*SESSION I*. "*TheTrial to Nullify Joan of Arc's Condemnation"*
**
*SESSION II*. *“Joan of Arc and Place: Frontier, Periphery and Center”*
*A paper proposal comprises an abstract of no more than 300 words and a
completed “Participant Information Form,” which is available on the Congress
Web site:*
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#Paper
*Please e-mail paper proposal and “Participant Information Form to: *
*Jane Marie Pinzino at*
jpinzino@mail.usf.edu
by *9/15/2009*.
CFP for MAM Costume in Medieval Literature Kzoo 2010
CFP for MAM Costume in Medieval Literature Kzoo 2010
Last call for proposals for the Medieval Association of the Midwest
panel on “Costume in Medieval
Literature” for the Medieval Institute Congress in Kalamazoo in 2010.
Any examination of medieval literary costume is welcome, including, but
not limited to, fabrics used, color, dyestuffs, ornamentation, etc. As
with Laura Hodges' previous sessions, papers dealing with costume in
Chaucer’s works are welcome, although this session, as with the past
two, will be open to any medieval literatures in English or other
languages.
Please submit an abstract for a 15-20 minute
presentation, and a Participant Information Form (link below), by
September 15, 2009 to Kimberly Jack at either kimberly_jack@hotmail.com
or ksj0004@auburn.edu.
All panelists need to be members of the Medieval Association of the
Midwest by May 2010 in order to participate.
Participant Information Form:
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html
MAM membership information:
http://www-instruct.nmu.edu/~pgoodric/mamindex.html
Last call for proposals for the Medieval Association of the Midwest
panel on “Costume in Medieval
Literature” for the Medieval Institute Congress in Kalamazoo in 2010.
Any examination of medieval literary costume is welcome, including, but
not limited to, fabrics used, color, dyestuffs, ornamentation, etc. As
with Laura Hodges' previous sessions, papers dealing with costume in
Chaucer’s works are welcome, although this session, as with the past
two, will be open to any medieval literatures in English or other
languages.
Please submit an abstract for a 15-20 minute
presentation, and a Participant Information Form (link below), by
September 15, 2009 to Kimberly Jack at either kimberly_jack@hotmail.com
or ksj0004@auburn.edu.
All panelists need to be members of the Medieval Association of the
Midwest by May 2010 in order to participate.
Participant Information Form:
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html
MAM membership information:
http://www-instruct.nmu.edu/~pgoodric/mamindex.html
MAM CFP
The Medieval Association of the Midwest (MAM) invites proposals for
presentations for Session V: “Studies in Medieval Iberian Philology”.
Submissions on all philological aspects will be considered. Although of
special interest are papers on paleographical and textual studies that
focus on the challenges of transcribing, editing and interpreting
problematic texts as well as electronic and digital methods of
representing and encoding such texts, we also invite papers on more
traditional philological approximations.
Proposals for 20-minute presentations, accompanied by the Congress
participant information form
(http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#PIF), may
be submitted to Abraham Quintanar(quintana@dickinson.edu) or Alison
Ganze(alison.ganze@wku.edu) no later than September 15.
presentations for Session V: “Studies in Medieval Iberian Philology”.
Submissions on all philological aspects will be considered. Although of
special interest are papers on paleographical and textual studies that
focus on the challenges of transcribing, editing and interpreting
problematic texts as well as electronic and digital methods of
representing and encoding such texts, we also invite papers on more
traditional philological approximations.
Proposals for 20-minute presentations, accompanied by the Congress
participant information form
(http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#PIF), may
be submitted to Abraham Quintanar(quintana@dickinson.edu) or Alison
Ganze(alison.ganze@wku.edu) no later than September 15.
Nota Bene
In conjunction with the international conference, "Authority and
Authorship: Barking Abbey and Its Texts," to be held at the CUNY
Graduate Center on September 11, 2009, a conference dedicated to the
memory of Jo Ann McNamara, the CUNY Graduate Center has organized a
memorial to honor Jo Ann McNamara's contribution to Medieval Studies
at the Graduate Center and in the profession more generally.
The memorial will take place from 5:30 to 6:30 pm (with a reception
to follow) in the Elabash Recital Hall, Ground Floor, The Graduate
Center, 365 Fifth Avenue (at 34th Street).
Note that registration for the conference is not required to attend
the memorial or reception.
_______________________________________________
Authorship: Barking Abbey and Its Texts," to be held at the CUNY
Graduate Center on September 11, 2009, a conference dedicated to the
memory of Jo Ann McNamara, the CUNY Graduate Center has organized a
memorial to honor Jo Ann McNamara's contribution to Medieval Studies
at the Graduate Center and in the profession more generally.
The memorial will take place from 5:30 to 6:30 pm (with a reception
to follow) in the Elabash Recital Hall, Ground Floor, The Graduate
Center, 365 Fifth Avenue (at 34th Street).
Note that registration for the conference is not required to attend
the memorial or reception.
_______________________________________________
Technology, New Media, and Medieval Art History: A Graduate Student Perspective
CALL FOR PAPERS
International Congress of Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo
13-16 May 2010
Technology, New Media, and Medieval Art History:
A Graduate Student Perspective
The Student Committee of the International Center for Medieval Art is a
group that seeks to give a voice to all students in medieval art
history. This
year we are sponsoring a session that focuses on new uses of technology to
further art historical scholarship. What are the pressing technological
issues that face burgeoning medieval art historians when microfilm, slide
production, and slide libraries are fast becoming relics in our own time?
What technologies from outside the field are presently being adapted to the
use of art historians? And how are we, as graduate students in the
twenty-first century, participating in this latest technological revolution,
and incorporating technology into our research, writing, and teaching? We
are seeking presenters that utilize the Internet, digital media, and other
software technology in their research and teaching to change the way we
approach medieval art and architecture.
As a committee that addresses student concerns, we invite papers that
utilize progressive scholarship, and we welcome contributions with
interdisciplinary approaches. We especially encourage scholars early in
their careers to submit papers on the use of new technologies to study
medieval monuments of any period and medium. E-mail a brief CV and an
abstract of no more than 300 words by 15 September 2009 to Lynley Anne
Herbert (lynley@udel.edu).
Lynley Anne Herbert
lynley@udel.edu
University of Delaware
Dept. of Art History
318 Old College
Newark, DE 19716-2516
International Congress of Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo
13-16 May 2010
Technology, New Media, and Medieval Art History:
A Graduate Student Perspective
The Student Committee of the International Center for Medieval Art is a
group that seeks to give a voice to all students in medieval art
history. This
year we are sponsoring a session that focuses on new uses of technology to
further art historical scholarship. What are the pressing technological
issues that face burgeoning medieval art historians when microfilm, slide
production, and slide libraries are fast becoming relics in our own time?
What technologies from outside the field are presently being adapted to the
use of art historians? And how are we, as graduate students in the
twenty-first century, participating in this latest technological revolution,
and incorporating technology into our research, writing, and teaching? We
are seeking presenters that utilize the Internet, digital media, and other
software technology in their research and teaching to change the way we
approach medieval art and architecture.
As a committee that addresses student concerns, we invite papers that
utilize progressive scholarship, and we welcome contributions with
interdisciplinary approaches. We especially encourage scholars early in
their careers to submit papers on the use of new technologies to study
medieval monuments of any period and medium. E-mail a brief CV and an
abstract of no more than 300 words by 15 September 2009 to Lynley Anne
Herbert (lynley@udel.edu).
Lynley Anne Herbert
lynley@udel.edu
University of Delaware
Dept. of Art History
318 Old College
Newark, DE 19716-2516
The Digital Medievalist Community of Practice CFP
The Digital Medievalist Community of Practice
(http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/) is sponsoring two sessions at the
Forty-Fifth International Congress on Medieval Studies, May 7-10,
2009 (http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/). See below for session
names and descriptions.
Please send inquiries and abstracts for 20-minute presentations to
Peter Robinson at p.m.robinson@bham.ac.uk. Abstracts must be attached
to a Participant Information Form, available in both MS Word and PDF
formats from the Congress website:
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#PIF.
Proposals must be submitted by September 15, 2009.
Paper session: The state of the art in handwriting recognition and
analysis for medieval documents
Much work has been done towards automated analysis of handwritten
documents, with a focus on handwriting recognition, in the last years,
and some of the developments seen in OCR and layout recognition
systems may be applicable to medieval studies. Further, the
increasing interest in sophisticated linkages of text and image might
be enhanced by developments in handwriting recognition and analysis.
We welcome papers which report on work done or ongoing in these areas,
or which seek to establish methodologies.
Paper session: Collaborative tools and environments for medieval scholarship
Many groups around the world are working to develop a new generation
of collaborative tools and research environments, with potential wide
applicability to medieval studies. This leads to questions about the
nature of collaboration itself, and about useful models of
collaboration. Reports form the coal face on collaborations which
have, or have not, worked are welcome, as are demonstrations of tools
and ruminations on the many faces of collaboration.
Again, please send inquiries and abstracts for 20-minute presentations
to Peter Robinson at p.m.robinson@bham.ac.uk. Abstracts must be
attached to a Participant Information Form, available in both MS Word
and PDF formats from the Congress website:
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#PIF.
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*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Dot Porter (MA, MSLS) Metadata Manager
Digital Humanities Observatory (RIA), Regus House, 28-32 Upper
Pembroke Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
-- A Project of the Royal Irish Academy --
Phone: +353 1 234 2444 Fax: +353 1 234 2400
http://dho.ie Email: dot.porter@gmail.com
(http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/) is sponsoring two sessions at the
Forty-Fifth International Congress on Medieval Studies, May 7-10,
2009 (http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/). See below for session
names and descriptions.
Please send inquiries and abstracts for 20-minute presentations to
Peter Robinson at p.m.robinson@bham.ac.uk. Abstracts must be attached
to a Participant Information Form, available in both MS Word and PDF
formats from the Congress website:
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#PIF.
Proposals must be submitted by September 15, 2009.
Paper session: The state of the art in handwriting recognition and
analysis for medieval documents
Much work has been done towards automated analysis of handwritten
documents, with a focus on handwriting recognition, in the last years,
and some of the developments seen in OCR and layout recognition
systems may be applicable to medieval studies. Further, the
increasing interest in sophisticated linkages of text and image might
be enhanced by developments in handwriting recognition and analysis.
We welcome papers which report on work done or ongoing in these areas,
or which seek to establish methodologies.
Paper session: Collaborative tools and environments for medieval scholarship
Many groups around the world are working to develop a new generation
of collaborative tools and research environments, with potential wide
applicability to medieval studies. This leads to questions about the
nature of collaboration itself, and about useful models of
collaboration. Reports form the coal face on collaborations which
have, or have not, worked are welcome, as are demonstrations of tools
and ruminations on the many faces of collaboration.
Again, please send inquiries and abstracts for 20-minute presentations
to Peter Robinson at p.m.robinson@bham.ac.uk. Abstracts must be
attached to a Participant Information Form, available in both MS Word
and PDF formats from the Congress website:
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#PIF.
--
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Dot Porter (MA, MSLS) Metadata Manager
Digital Humanities Observatory (RIA), Regus House, 28-32 Upper
Pembroke Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
-- A Project of the Royal Irish Academy --
Phone: +353 1 234 2444 Fax: +353 1 234 2400
http://dho.ie Email: dot.porter@gmail.com
IMC (Leeds) Newsletter
Dear colleague,
Please find below the latest instalment of the Leeds International
Medieval Congress Newsletter. The newsletter will also be available
online at www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/imc/IMCNewsletter.pdf. We hope through
the newsletter to keep in touch with IMC participants past and
present, and to inform them of forthcoming IMC events.
We would appreciate if you could print out this leaflet and display
it in your institution or department/school.
We aim to make this newsletter a regular occurrence - if you prefer
not to receive this newsletter in the future please let us know by
return email. We always appreciate your feedback, so do please feel
free to suggest improvements to this newsletter, and to let us know
what you would like to see included in future issues.
With best wishes for the summer,
Axel E. W. Müller
Director, International Medieval Congress
1.1 Academic Programme
The IMC 2009 took place between 13-16 July at the University of
Leeds, UK. 1540 medievalists attended, from no fewer than 40
different countries, making this the largest IMC to date.
The Congress continues to draw in international participants with
more than half of participants coming from outside of the UK, 20%
coming from outside Europe. This year attracted delegates from as far
a field as New Zealand, Turkey, and South Africa. Some 360 sessions
and roundtable discussions explored all aspects of the European
Middle Ages, with papers on subjects as diverse as 'Heretic, Sinner,
or Both?: William of Rubruck's Use of Heresy and Sin in Describing
Rivals and Other Faiths at the Mongol Court', 'The Glossing Fool in
Medieval Theatre: The Ultimate Drama Critic', 'Abélard et Jean de
Meun: Une lecture du Roman de la Rose en clé universitaire', 'Der
fromme Ketzer Dietrich/Theoderich: Zur 'Deutungshoheit' über eine
literarisch-historische Gestalt aus arianischer bzw. katholischer
Sicht', and 'El Catarismo en España a través de sus fuentes
originales'.
The Congress was host to a wide spread in ages and backgrounds,
ranging from the seasoned professional to the postgraduate giving
their first paper. As well as those working in higher education
around the world, we were also joined by those working in heritage
management, offering an insight into existing and sometimes
rediscovered collections that are increasingly being opened to the
public for research.
We received plenty of feedback and are already looking at ways to
improve the Congress for next year. Amongst many positive comments
about the Congress, participants said that IMC 2009 'was an
interesting and amazing experience' and that 'the range of speakers
was excellent'. This year's special thematic strand, Heresy and
Orthodoxy, generated both interest and enthusiasm, with more than 180
sessions presented under the auspices of the strand, including
keynote addresses by John H. Arnold, (School of History, Classics &
Archaeology, Birkbeck College, University of London ) and Jeffrey J.
Cohen, (Department of English, George Washington University). The
Heresy and Orthodoxy strand was co-ordinated by Andrew P. Roach
(Department of History, University of Glasgow) and James R. Simpson,
(Centre for Medieval & Renaissance Studies, University of Glasgow)
and we would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their
work this past year.
1.2 Events and Excursions
As in previous years, IMC 2009 offered a full programme of events and
excursions, as well as practical workshops as an accompaniment to the
academic programme.
Sunday, 12 July, opened with an excursion to the varied palaces of
the Archbishops of York, as well as a trip to Skipton Castle, one of
the best preserved castles in England. Sunday events included the
opening of our annual two-day Antiquarian and Second-hand Book Fair,
a voice workshop focusing on polyphonic pilgrim and processional
songs (directed by Vivien Ellis and jointly sponsored by the IMC and
the North East Early Music Forum), and a hands-on look at Anglo-Saxon
and Viking textile production, as well as a fascinating rendition of
the Welsh tale Rhiannon performed by storyteller Katy Cawkwell.
Other event highlights included workshops on medieval cosmetics,
fingerloop braiding, and dance, as well as a concert of early Tudor
music by Quodlibet and a performance of monophonic sacred music by
Salzburger Virgilschola (sponsored by the Oswald von
Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft). Working in collaboration with the
Instituto Cervantes, the IMC concert series concluded with a
performance of Sephardic music by Sirma. All concerts took place
within the beautiful Norman Church of St John the Baptist in Adel.
Weetwood Hall also hosted a medieval feast, complete with decorated
boar's head and live music by the Leeds Waits.
Returning for the second time this year were the Craft Fair and
Historical and Archaeological Societies Fair, both of which continue
to generate positive interest and showcase the diversity of creative
and historical activities associated with the Middle Ages.
Other excursions included trips to the Royal Armouries Museum at
Leeds, Kirkstall Abbey, Fountains Abbey, Medieval Pontefract,
Beverley Minster, and Conisbrough Castle.
Section 2: Looking Ahead
2.0 Santander Universities
Congress Scholarship Scheme
Santander Universities is contributing to the International Medieval
Congress (IMC) at the University of Leeds, UK in 2010 by providing
£10,000 worth of bursaries. These bursaries are designed to enable
participants from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto
Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela, Spain, and Portugal to attend the Congress
in 2010.
The bursaries will range in value from £200 to £1000 and may cover
all or parts of the Registration and Programming Fee, accommodation,
and meals, as well as travel expenses. This scheme operates in
addition to the existing, on-going IMC Bursary scheme.
Applicants are requested to apply via the IMC Bursary application
form, stating that they are applying for the Santander Universities
Congress Scholarship Scheme at the start of their supporting
statement and including their approximate travel expenses at:
http://imc.leeds.ac.uk/imcapp/Submit/BursaryApplicationForm.jsp
The IMC bursary application form closes on 16 October 2009, so all
applications should be submitted by midnight (GMT) on 15 October 2009.
The Bursary Committee will reach a decision during November and all
applicants will be notified of the results by the end of November.
Further information can be found on our website:
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/imc/santander.html
2.1 IMC 2010: 12-15 July 2010
Paper proposals must be submitted by 31 August 2009, session and
roundtable proposals by 30 September 2009.
Plans for next year's Congress are well underway. As in previous
years, papers and sessions on all aspects of the study of the
European Middle Ages are most welcome, in any major European language.
One of the focuses for 2010 will be the special thematic strand on
'Travel and Exploration'. IMC 2010 commemorates the 550th anniversary
of the death of Prince Henry 'the Navigator' by making 'Travel and
Exploration' a special thematic focus. The voyages undertaken in the
name of Henry exemplify many of the motives that had long driven
people to travel and explore: the prospect of wealth, trade, and
territory, knowledge and curiosity, piety and religious zeal, legends
and external salvation.
The IMC seeks to provide a forum for debates on the motives,
processes, and effects of travel and exploration, not only by Latin
Christians in the so-called 'Age of Discovery', but across cultures,
and throughout the medieval period and beyond. The full call for
papers is available on our website at
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/imc/imc2010_call.html
The IMC Core Strands are:
. Anglo-Saxon Studies
. Archaeology
. Art and Architecture
. Byzantine Studies
. Celtic Studies
. Central and Eastern European Studies
. Church History and Canon Law
. Crusades and Latin East
. Culture and Society
. Daily Life
. Drama
. Gender Studies/Women's Studies
. Geography and Settlement Studies
. Government and Institutions
. Hagiography and Religious Writing
. Historiography (Medieval and Modern)
. Jewish Studies
. Language and Literature - Comparative
. Language and Literature - Germanic
. Language and Literature - Middle English
. Language and Literature - Romance Vernacular
. Late Antique and Early Medieval Studies
. Latin Writing
. Literacy and Communication
. Material Culture
. Medievalism and Reception of the Middle Ages
. Mediterranean and Islamic Studies
. Monasticism and Religious Life
. Music and Liturgy
. Philosophy and Political Thought
. Scandinavian Studies
. Science, Technology and Military History
. Social and Economic History
. Sources and Resources
. Theology and Bible Studies
We prefer proposals to be completed online - a quick, easy, and
secure method. To submit a proposal, go to
http://imc.leeds.ac.uk/imcapp/
Remember to order your equipment for 2010 on your proposal form!
Check http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/imc/equipment.html for more details.
2.2 Future IMC Dates
. IMC 2010 Paper Proposals Deadline: 31 August 2009
. IMC 2010 Session Proposals Deadline: 30 September 2008
. IMC 2010: Special Thematic Strand: 'Travel and Exploration', 12-15 July 2010
. IMC 2011: Special Thematic Strand: 'Poor-Rich', 11-14 July 2011
. IMC 2012: 9-12 July 2012
. IMC 2013: 8-11 July 2013
. IMC 2014: 7-10 July 2014
Section 3: About the Institute for Medieval Studies at the University of Leeds
3.1 Teaching and Research
Leeds is one of the world's centres for interdisciplinary research
into the Middle Ages. The MA in Medieval Studies provides an
introduction to the advanced study of European culture. Teaching
draws from a large and diverse community of scholars. Medieval
languages and their associated literatures are a special strength.
Leeds's University Library is one of the largest research libraries
in the UK, with over 2.7 million books, a fine journal collection,
and extensive holdings in all areas of medieval studies, with a rich
and expanding store of manuscripts and rare books. Within walking
distance are the archives and libraries of the Yorkshire
Archaeological Society and Royal Armouries, both of which have large
medieval holdings.
Areas that are well supported for PhD research include: liturgy and
music; material culture; the Mediterranean and Islam; Crusades,
medieval warfare, and battlefield archaeology; late antiquity; early
medieval art, architecture, and culture; mission, monasticism,
ecclesiastical history, and church archaeology; historical topography
and settlement; manuscript studies and codicology; art and
architectural history and critical theory.
The presence within the Institute of the International Medieval
Congress and International Medieval Bibliography enables
postgraduates to gain practical as well as academic experience,
whilst links with publishers, museums, and research projects provide
opportunities for internships and work experience. Collaboration with
the Royal Armouries enriches teaching and research on chivalry, arms,
armour, tournaments, and medieval warfare. For students and lovers of
landscape and architecture, Yorkshire's countryside, medieval
castles, churches, and abbeys are near to hand.
3.2 International Medieval Bibliography: Call for Contributors
The International Medieval Bibliography (IMB), based at Leeds since
1967, is a multi-disciplinary database of Medieval Studies which
helps underpin the work of the IMC. Now, after the implementation of
the IMBOnline, the bibliography is working to greatly expand its
coverage of publications. To this end, the editorial team is looking
for individuals or organisations to become contributors to join its
existing range of partners throughout the world. Contributors take
responsibility for identifying and cataloguing publications relating
to specific subject or geographical areas, and are rewarded with free
subscriptions to IMB (online or print), other free publications and
other benefits. Contributors are sought who are based in the USA,
France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Russia, Portugal, Israel, Lithuania,
Greece, Cyprus, Latvia, Romania, and the Arab world, particularly
with interests in archaeology, art, regional and local history, and
vernacular languages. If you are interested in becoming a
contributor, contact the editor, Dr Alan V. Murray, at
A.V.Murray@leeds.ac.uk.
3.3 Institute for Medieval Studies: Membership of the Institute
The IMS Membership scheme offers medievalists the opportunity to
benefit from discounts and priority information, IMS products and
activities.
The membership scheme offers two categories: Associate and Affiliate.
For Associate members we offer either the IMB Online or the printed
International Medieval Bibliography. For more information contact:
imsmembership@leeds.ac.uk
3.4 IMS Lecture Series
The IMS Lecture Series for 2009/10 is taking shape. All lectures are
free of charge and open to all. Lectures will take place on selected
Tuesdays of each month between 17.30 - 18.30, in Lecture Room 1.08,
Parkinson Building, University of Leeds. Current confirmed speakers
include: Godfried Croenen (University of Liverpool), Constant Mews
(Monash University, Victoria), Felicitas Schmieder (FernUniversität
Hagen), and Steven A. Walton (Pennsylvania State University).
Please find below the latest instalment of the Leeds International
Medieval Congress Newsletter. The newsletter will also be available
online at www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/imc/IMCNewsletter.pdf. We hope through
the newsletter to keep in touch with IMC participants past and
present, and to inform them of forthcoming IMC events.
We would appreciate if you could print out this leaflet and display
it in your institution or department/school.
We aim to make this newsletter a regular occurrence - if you prefer
not to receive this newsletter in the future please let us know by
return email. We always appreciate your feedback, so do please feel
free to suggest improvements to this newsletter, and to let us know
what you would like to see included in future issues.
With best wishes for the summer,
Axel E. W. Müller
Director, International Medieval Congress
1.1 Academic Programme
The IMC 2009 took place between 13-16 July at the University of
Leeds, UK. 1540 medievalists attended, from no fewer than 40
different countries, making this the largest IMC to date.
The Congress continues to draw in international participants with
more than half of participants coming from outside of the UK, 20%
coming from outside Europe. This year attracted delegates from as far
a field as New Zealand, Turkey, and South Africa. Some 360 sessions
and roundtable discussions explored all aspects of the European
Middle Ages, with papers on subjects as diverse as 'Heretic, Sinner,
or Both?: William of Rubruck's Use of Heresy and Sin in Describing
Rivals and Other Faiths at the Mongol Court', 'The Glossing Fool in
Medieval Theatre: The Ultimate Drama Critic', 'Abélard et Jean de
Meun: Une lecture du Roman de la Rose en clé universitaire', 'Der
fromme Ketzer Dietrich/Theoderich: Zur 'Deutungshoheit' über eine
literarisch-historische Gestalt aus arianischer bzw. katholischer
Sicht', and 'El Catarismo en España a través de sus fuentes
originales'.
The Congress was host to a wide spread in ages and backgrounds,
ranging from the seasoned professional to the postgraduate giving
their first paper. As well as those working in higher education
around the world, we were also joined by those working in heritage
management, offering an insight into existing and sometimes
rediscovered collections that are increasingly being opened to the
public for research.
We received plenty of feedback and are already looking at ways to
improve the Congress for next year. Amongst many positive comments
about the Congress, participants said that IMC 2009 'was an
interesting and amazing experience' and that 'the range of speakers
was excellent'. This year's special thematic strand, Heresy and
Orthodoxy, generated both interest and enthusiasm, with more than 180
sessions presented under the auspices of the strand, including
keynote addresses by John H. Arnold, (School of History, Classics &
Archaeology, Birkbeck College, University of London ) and Jeffrey J.
Cohen, (Department of English, George Washington University). The
Heresy and Orthodoxy strand was co-ordinated by Andrew P. Roach
(Department of History, University of Glasgow) and James R. Simpson,
(Centre for Medieval & Renaissance Studies, University of Glasgow)
and we would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their
work this past year.
1.2 Events and Excursions
As in previous years, IMC 2009 offered a full programme of events and
excursions, as well as practical workshops as an accompaniment to the
academic programme.
Sunday, 12 July, opened with an excursion to the varied palaces of
the Archbishops of York, as well as a trip to Skipton Castle, one of
the best preserved castles in England. Sunday events included the
opening of our annual two-day Antiquarian and Second-hand Book Fair,
a voice workshop focusing on polyphonic pilgrim and processional
songs (directed by Vivien Ellis and jointly sponsored by the IMC and
the North East Early Music Forum), and a hands-on look at Anglo-Saxon
and Viking textile production, as well as a fascinating rendition of
the Welsh tale Rhiannon performed by storyteller Katy Cawkwell.
Other event highlights included workshops on medieval cosmetics,
fingerloop braiding, and dance, as well as a concert of early Tudor
music by Quodlibet and a performance of monophonic sacred music by
Salzburger Virgilschola (sponsored by the Oswald von
Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft). Working in collaboration with the
Instituto Cervantes, the IMC concert series concluded with a
performance of Sephardic music by Sirma. All concerts took place
within the beautiful Norman Church of St John the Baptist in Adel.
Weetwood Hall also hosted a medieval feast, complete with decorated
boar's head and live music by the Leeds Waits.
Returning for the second time this year were the Craft Fair and
Historical and Archaeological Societies Fair, both of which continue
to generate positive interest and showcase the diversity of creative
and historical activities associated with the Middle Ages.
Other excursions included trips to the Royal Armouries Museum at
Leeds, Kirkstall Abbey, Fountains Abbey, Medieval Pontefract,
Beverley Minster, and Conisbrough Castle.
Section 2: Looking Ahead
2.0 Santander Universities
Congress Scholarship Scheme
Santander Universities is contributing to the International Medieval
Congress (IMC) at the University of Leeds, UK in 2010 by providing
£10,000 worth of bursaries. These bursaries are designed to enable
participants from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto
Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela, Spain, and Portugal to attend the Congress
in 2010.
The bursaries will range in value from £200 to £1000 and may cover
all or parts of the Registration and Programming Fee, accommodation,
and meals, as well as travel expenses. This scheme operates in
addition to the existing, on-going IMC Bursary scheme.
Applicants are requested to apply via the IMC Bursary application
form, stating that they are applying for the Santander Universities
Congress Scholarship Scheme at the start of their supporting
statement and including their approximate travel expenses at:
http://imc.leeds.ac.uk/imcapp/Submit/BursaryApplicationForm.jsp
The IMC bursary application form closes on 16 October 2009, so all
applications should be submitted by midnight (GMT) on 15 October 2009.
The Bursary Committee will reach a decision during November and all
applicants will be notified of the results by the end of November.
Further information can be found on our website:
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/imc/santander.html
2.1 IMC 2010: 12-15 July 2010
Paper proposals must be submitted by 31 August 2009, session and
roundtable proposals by 30 September 2009.
Plans for next year's Congress are well underway. As in previous
years, papers and sessions on all aspects of the study of the
European Middle Ages are most welcome, in any major European language.
One of the focuses for 2010 will be the special thematic strand on
'Travel and Exploration'. IMC 2010 commemorates the 550th anniversary
of the death of Prince Henry 'the Navigator' by making 'Travel and
Exploration' a special thematic focus. The voyages undertaken in the
name of Henry exemplify many of the motives that had long driven
people to travel and explore: the prospect of wealth, trade, and
territory, knowledge and curiosity, piety and religious zeal, legends
and external salvation.
The IMC seeks to provide a forum for debates on the motives,
processes, and effects of travel and exploration, not only by Latin
Christians in the so-called 'Age of Discovery', but across cultures,
and throughout the medieval period and beyond. The full call for
papers is available on our website at
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/imc/imc2010_call.html
The IMC Core Strands are:
. Anglo-Saxon Studies
. Archaeology
. Art and Architecture
. Byzantine Studies
. Celtic Studies
. Central and Eastern European Studies
. Church History and Canon Law
. Crusades and Latin East
. Culture and Society
. Daily Life
. Drama
. Gender Studies/Women's Studies
. Geography and Settlement Studies
. Government and Institutions
. Hagiography and Religious Writing
. Historiography (Medieval and Modern)
. Jewish Studies
. Language and Literature - Comparative
. Language and Literature - Germanic
. Language and Literature - Middle English
. Language and Literature - Romance Vernacular
. Late Antique and Early Medieval Studies
. Latin Writing
. Literacy and Communication
. Material Culture
. Medievalism and Reception of the Middle Ages
. Mediterranean and Islamic Studies
. Monasticism and Religious Life
. Music and Liturgy
. Philosophy and Political Thought
. Scandinavian Studies
. Science, Technology and Military History
. Social and Economic History
. Sources and Resources
. Theology and Bible Studies
We prefer proposals to be completed online - a quick, easy, and
secure method. To submit a proposal, go to
http://imc.leeds.ac.uk/imcapp/
Remember to order your equipment for 2010 on your proposal form!
Check http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/imc/equipment.html for more details.
2.2 Future IMC Dates
. IMC 2010 Paper Proposals Deadline: 31 August 2009
. IMC 2010 Session Proposals Deadline: 30 September 2008
. IMC 2010: Special Thematic Strand: 'Travel and Exploration', 12-15 July 2010
. IMC 2011: Special Thematic Strand: 'Poor-Rich', 11-14 July 2011
. IMC 2012: 9-12 July 2012
. IMC 2013: 8-11 July 2013
. IMC 2014: 7-10 July 2014
Section 3: About the Institute for Medieval Studies at the University of Leeds
3.1 Teaching and Research
Leeds is one of the world's centres for interdisciplinary research
into the Middle Ages. The MA in Medieval Studies provides an
introduction to the advanced study of European culture. Teaching
draws from a large and diverse community of scholars. Medieval
languages and their associated literatures are a special strength.
Leeds's University Library is one of the largest research libraries
in the UK, with over 2.7 million books, a fine journal collection,
and extensive holdings in all areas of medieval studies, with a rich
and expanding store of manuscripts and rare books. Within walking
distance are the archives and libraries of the Yorkshire
Archaeological Society and Royal Armouries, both of which have large
medieval holdings.
Areas that are well supported for PhD research include: liturgy and
music; material culture; the Mediterranean and Islam; Crusades,
medieval warfare, and battlefield archaeology; late antiquity; early
medieval art, architecture, and culture; mission, monasticism,
ecclesiastical history, and church archaeology; historical topography
and settlement; manuscript studies and codicology; art and
architectural history and critical theory.
The presence within the Institute of the International Medieval
Congress and International Medieval Bibliography enables
postgraduates to gain practical as well as academic experience,
whilst links with publishers, museums, and research projects provide
opportunities for internships and work experience. Collaboration with
the Royal Armouries enriches teaching and research on chivalry, arms,
armour, tournaments, and medieval warfare. For students and lovers of
landscape and architecture, Yorkshire's countryside, medieval
castles, churches, and abbeys are near to hand.
3.2 International Medieval Bibliography: Call for Contributors
The International Medieval Bibliography (IMB), based at Leeds since
1967, is a multi-disciplinary database of Medieval Studies which
helps underpin the work of the IMC. Now, after the implementation of
the IMBOnline, the bibliography is working to greatly expand its
coverage of publications. To this end, the editorial team is looking
for individuals or organisations to become contributors to join its
existing range of partners throughout the world. Contributors take
responsibility for identifying and cataloguing publications relating
to specific subject or geographical areas, and are rewarded with free
subscriptions to IMB (online or print), other free publications and
other benefits. Contributors are sought who are based in the USA,
France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Russia, Portugal, Israel, Lithuania,
Greece, Cyprus, Latvia, Romania, and the Arab world, particularly
with interests in archaeology, art, regional and local history, and
vernacular languages. If you are interested in becoming a
contributor, contact the editor, Dr Alan V. Murray, at
A.V.Murray@leeds.ac.uk.
3.3 Institute for Medieval Studies: Membership of the Institute
The IMS Membership scheme offers medievalists the opportunity to
benefit from discounts and priority information, IMS products and
activities.
The membership scheme offers two categories: Associate and Affiliate.
For Associate members we offer either the IMB Online or the printed
International Medieval Bibliography. For more information contact:
imsmembership@leeds.ac.uk
3.4 IMS Lecture Series
The IMS Lecture Series for 2009/10 is taking shape. All lectures are
free of charge and open to all. Lectures will take place on selected
Tuesdays of each month between 17.30 - 18.30, in Lecture Room 1.08,
Parkinson Building, University of Leeds. Current confirmed speakers
include: Godfried Croenen (University of Liverpool), Constant Mews
(Monash University, Victoria), Felicitas Schmieder (FernUniversität
Hagen), and Steven A. Walton (Pennsylvania State University).
Consuming the Word: The Sensory Experience of the Eucharist in the Medieval West
CALL FOR PAPERS
International Congress of Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo
13-16 May 2010
Consuming the Word:
The Sensory Experience of the Eucharist in the Medieval West
Recent scholarship on perception in the Middle Ages problematizes the
medieval understanding of the senses, with approaches grounded in
biology and psychology operating alongside (and often in opposition
to) the social construction of sensory experience. This panel seeks
to explore the sensory aspect of medieval life in the context of the
celebration of the Eucharist. This ritual was arguably the central
moment of Christian devotional practice in western Europe during the
medieval period. The theology, iconography and liturgy of the
Eucharist, however, were not static phenomena. Changes in the
interpretation, depiction and celebration of the sacrament affected
the devotional lives not just of clerics but of the laity as well.
We therefore invite papers which explore the experience of the
Eucharist throughout the medieval period (broadly construed, ca.
500-1500), specifically those which highlight the importance of the
role played by sensory perception for those who participated in the
Eucharistic celebration. E-mail a brief CV and an abstract of no more
than 300 words by 15 September 2009 to Thomas A. Greene
(tgreen3@luc.edu).
Thomas A. Greene
tgreen3@luc.edu
Loyola University, Chicago
Dept. of History
6525 N. Sheridan Road
Chicago, IL 60626
International Congress of Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo
13-16 May 2010
Consuming the Word:
The Sensory Experience of the Eucharist in the Medieval West
Recent scholarship on perception in the Middle Ages problematizes the
medieval understanding of the senses, with approaches grounded in
biology and psychology operating alongside (and often in opposition
to) the social construction of sensory experience. This panel seeks
to explore the sensory aspect of medieval life in the context of the
celebration of the Eucharist. This ritual was arguably the central
moment of Christian devotional practice in western Europe during the
medieval period. The theology, iconography and liturgy of the
Eucharist, however, were not static phenomena. Changes in the
interpretation, depiction and celebration of the sacrament affected
the devotional lives not just of clerics but of the laity as well.
We therefore invite papers which explore the experience of the
Eucharist throughout the medieval period (broadly construed, ca.
500-1500), specifically those which highlight the importance of the
role played by sensory perception for those who participated in the
Eucharistic celebration. E-mail a brief CV and an abstract of no more
than 300 words by 15 September 2009 to Thomas A. Greene
(tgreen3@luc.edu).
Thomas A. Greene
tgreen3@luc.edu
Loyola University, Chicago
Dept. of History
6525 N. Sheridan Road
Chicago, IL 60626
SO, YOU TEACH MEDIEVAL ART HISTORY
SO, YOU TEACH MEDIEVAL ART HISTORY?: INCORPORATING NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND
MULTI-MEDIAS INTO UNDERGRADUATE ART HISTORY CLASSROOMS AND BEYOND
The Student Committee of the International Center for Medieval Art aims to
give a voice to all students interested in medieval art and architectural
history. For our session at the Leeds 2010 International Medieval Congress
we invite papers that address incorporating new technologies and multi-media
into undergraduate art history classrooms and beyond. We seek presenters who
explore, for example: the technological resources available to students and
teachers; the transition from previous technologies (microfilm, slides,
etc.) to digital formats (Powerpoint, MDID, etc.); the benefits and perhaps
limitations of new media in the classroom; and the ways new technologies
impact both the study and the teaching of art and architecture. We also
welcome participants who consider issues interdisciplinary in nature, such
as: the incorporation of technologies from other disciplines in art history
classes; and the extent to which new technologies associated with art
history
may be applied in the classrooms of related disciplines. To apply, please
submit a brief CV and an abstract of no more than 300 words to Melanie
Hackney (melaniehackney@gmail.com) by September 27th.
MULTI-MEDIAS INTO UNDERGRADUATE ART HISTORY CLASSROOMS AND BEYOND
The Student Committee of the International Center for Medieval Art aims to
give a voice to all students interested in medieval art and architectural
history. For our session at the Leeds 2010 International Medieval Congress
we invite papers that address incorporating new technologies and multi-media
into undergraduate art history classrooms and beyond. We seek presenters who
explore, for example: the technological resources available to students and
teachers; the transition from previous technologies (microfilm, slides,
etc.) to digital formats (Powerpoint, MDID, etc.); the benefits and perhaps
limitations of new media in the classroom; and the ways new technologies
impact both the study and the teaching of art and architecture. We also
welcome participants who consider issues interdisciplinary in nature, such
as: the incorporation of technologies from other disciplines in art history
classes; and the extent to which new technologies associated with art
history
may be applied in the classrooms of related disciplines. To apply, please
submit a brief CV and an abstract of no more than 300 words to Melanie
Hackney (melaniehackney@gmail.com) by September 27th.
CFP: “Spanish Interpretations of the Apocalypse: Exegesis, Text, and Image”
CFP: “Spanish Interpretations of the Apocalypse: Exegesis, Text,
and Image”
Session sponsored by the Ibero-Medieval Association of North America
45th International Congress on Medieval Studies
Western Michigan University
13-16 May 2010
(http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/)
How do Spanish interpretations of the Apocalypse in theological,
exegetical, literary, and iconographical works distinctively respond
to Iberian historical contexts? Do Spanish interpretations of the
Apocalypse differ from those of other regions of Europe ? These
questions suggest the exploration of themes such as (but not limited
to) the relationships between texts and apocalyptic iconography,
popular and orthodox appropriations of apocalyptic prophecies and/ or
images, the image of the Antichrist in the evolution of
anti-heretical discourse in the context of the Reconquest, the
didactic and/ or propagandistic aspirations in literary and/ or
iconographic treatments of eschatological sources.
Please submit an abstract (200-300 words) to Patricia Timmons at
ptimm@tamu.edu by 15 September 2009.
Please include a completed Participant Information Form (see
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#Paper )
Patricia Timmons
Department of Hispanic Studies
Texas A&M University
CFP: “Spanish Interpretations of the Apocalypse: Exegesis, Text,
and Image”
Session sponsored by the Ibero-Medieval Association of North America
45th International Congress on Medieval Studies
Western Michigan University
13-16 May 2010
(http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/)
How do Spanish interpretations of the Apocalypse in theological,
exegetical, literary, and iconographical works distinctively respond
to Iberian historical contexts? Do Spanish interpretations of the
Apocalypse differ from those of other regions of Europe? These
questions suggest the exploration of themes such as (but not limited
to) the relationships between texts and apocalyptic iconography,
popular and orthodox appropriations of apocalyptic prophecies and/ or
images, the image of the Antichrist in the evolution of
anti-heretical discourse in the context of the Reconquest, the
didactic and/ or propagandistic aspirations in literary and/ or
iconographic treatments of eschatological sources.
Please submit an abstract (200-300 words) to Patricia Timmons at
ptimm@tamu.edu by 15 September 2009.
Please include a completed Participant Information Form (see
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#Paper )
Patricia Timmons
Department of Hispanic Studies
Texas A&M University
and Image”
Session sponsored by the Ibero-Medieval Association of North America
45th International Congress on Medieval Studies
Western Michigan University
13-16 May 2010
(http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/)
How do Spanish interpretations of the Apocalypse in theological,
exegetical, literary, and iconographical works distinctively respond
to Iberian historical contexts? Do Spanish interpretations of the
Apocalypse differ from those of other regions of Europe ? These
questions suggest the exploration of themes such as (but not limited
to) the relationships between texts and apocalyptic iconography,
popular and orthodox appropriations of apocalyptic prophecies and/ or
images, the image of the Antichrist in the evolution of
anti-heretical discourse in the context of the Reconquest, the
didactic and/ or propagandistic aspirations in literary and/ or
iconographic treatments of eschatological sources.
Please submit an abstract (200-300 words) to Patricia Timmons at
ptimm@tamu.edu by 15 September 2009.
Please include a completed Participant Information Form (see
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#Paper )
Patricia Timmons
Department of Hispanic Studies
Texas A&M University
CFP: “Spanish Interpretations of the Apocalypse: Exegesis, Text,
and Image”
Session sponsored by the Ibero-Medieval Association of North America
45th International Congress on Medieval Studies
Western Michigan University
13-16 May 2010
(http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/)
How do Spanish interpretations of the Apocalypse in theological,
exegetical, literary, and iconographical works distinctively respond
to Iberian historical contexts? Do Spanish interpretations of the
Apocalypse differ from those of other regions of Europe? These
questions suggest the exploration of themes such as (but not limited
to) the relationships between texts and apocalyptic iconography,
popular and orthodox appropriations of apocalyptic prophecies and/ or
images, the image of the Antichrist in the evolution of
anti-heretical discourse in the context of the Reconquest, the
didactic and/ or propagandistic aspirations in literary and/ or
iconographic treatments of eschatological sources.
Please submit an abstract (200-300 words) to Patricia Timmons at
ptimm@tamu.edu by 15 September 2009.
Please include a completed Participant Information Form (see
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#Paper )
Patricia Timmons
Department of Hispanic Studies
Texas A&M University
Societas Magica CFP again
There will be four Sessions Sponsored by the Societas Magica at the
Forty-Fifth International Congress on Medieval Studies, May 7-10, 2009
Abstracts are welcomed for 20-minute presentations for all of these
sessions. Please send inquiries and proposals to the Sessions
Organizer at the address below by September 15, 2009. (For Session
IV, co-sponsored by the 14th Century Society, Claire Fanger is an
additional contact.) Session topics are as follows:
I. "Margins, Glosses, and Empty Spaces as Sources for Magical Texts"
(co-sponsored with the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence)
II. "Love Magic"
III "Ciphers, Codes, and Mysterious Symbols"
IV. "Politics, Condemnation, and Sorcery in the Fourteenth Century"
(co-sponsored with the 14th Century Society, organizer Claire Fanger:
cfanger@societasmagica.org )
Organizer: Amelia Carr
Allegheny College Box 111
520 North Main Street
Meadville, Pennsylvania 16335
Telephone: 814-724-2449
acarr@allegheny.edu
Forty-Fifth International Congress on Medieval Studies, May 7-10, 2009
Abstracts are welcomed for 20-minute presentations for all of these
sessions. Please send inquiries and proposals to the Sessions
Organizer at the address below by September 15, 2009. (For Session
IV, co-sponsored by the 14th Century Society, Claire Fanger is an
additional contact.) Session topics are as follows:
I. "Margins, Glosses, and Empty Spaces as Sources for Magical Texts"
(co-sponsored with the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence)
II. "Love Magic"
III "Ciphers, Codes, and Mysterious Symbols"
IV. "Politics, Condemnation, and Sorcery in the Fourteenth Century"
(co-sponsored with the 14th Century Society, organizer Claire Fanger:
cfanger@societasmagica.org )
Organizer: Amelia Carr
Allegheny College Box 111
520 North Main Street
Meadville, Pennsylvania 16335
Telephone: 814-724-2449
acarr@allegheny.edu
Picturing Crusade: Remembrance and Negotiation (1)
CFP for International Congress on Medieval Studies 2010
Picturing Crusade: Remembrance and Negotiation (1)
The task that confronted the earliest crusaders to the Holy Land was the formation of a new kingdom and, by extension, the establishment of that kingdom’s character. Conventional pictorial expressions of identity were insufficient for the unique geographical, political, religious, and cultural context that defined the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, subject as it was to the historical exigencies of the eastern Mediterranean and the shifting demographics of its component principalities. Arguably, the success of the synthetic “crusader art” that emerged in response to these needs may be gauged by its persistent influence on the imagination of the West, long after the definitive loss of Latin holdings in the Levant.
Accordingly, this session hopes to sketch the parameters of a new crusader art, an art that emerged in the wake of the failure of the enterprise that was the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. We aim to address new or little-explored visual modes occasioned by the loss of territories in the East and the attendant cultural aftershocks. With this goal in mind, appropriate topics include (but are not limited to) the assertion of poignant relations to the history of the Latin Kingdom, manifestations of cultural or religious identity predicated on the crusades, the adoption of new political or devotional practices, commemorations of the crusades, and articulations of loss or desire after the collapse of the Latin Kingdom.
DEADLINE FOR PAPER PROPOSALS: September 15, 2009
Paper proposals should consist of the following:
1. Abstract of proposed paper (300 words maximum)
2. Completed Abstract Cover Sheet (available at:
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions.html#ACS)
3. CV with home and office mailing addresses, e-mail address, and phone
number
Abstracts and enquires should be directed to:
Richard Leson, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
(leson@uwm.edu)
Lisa Mahoney, Northwestern University
(l-mahoney@northwestern.edu)
Picturing Crusade: Remembrance and Negotiation (1)
The task that confronted the earliest crusaders to the Holy Land was the formation of a new kingdom and, by extension, the establishment of that kingdom’s character. Conventional pictorial expressions of identity were insufficient for the unique geographical, political, religious, and cultural context that defined the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, subject as it was to the historical exigencies of the eastern Mediterranean and the shifting demographics of its component principalities. Arguably, the success of the synthetic “crusader art” that emerged in response to these needs may be gauged by its persistent influence on the imagination of the West, long after the definitive loss of Latin holdings in the Levant.
Accordingly, this session hopes to sketch the parameters of a new crusader art, an art that emerged in the wake of the failure of the enterprise that was the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. We aim to address new or little-explored visual modes occasioned by the loss of territories in the East and the attendant cultural aftershocks. With this goal in mind, appropriate topics include (but are not limited to) the assertion of poignant relations to the history of the Latin Kingdom, manifestations of cultural or religious identity predicated on the crusades, the adoption of new political or devotional practices, commemorations of the crusades, and articulations of loss or desire after the collapse of the Latin Kingdom.
DEADLINE FOR PAPER PROPOSALS: September 15, 2009
Paper proposals should consist of the following:
1. Abstract of proposed paper (300 words maximum)
2. Completed Abstract Cover Sheet (available at:
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions.html#ACS)
3. CV with home and office mailing addresses, e-mail address, and phone
number
Abstracts and enquires should be directed to:
Richard Leson, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
(leson@uwm.edu)
Lisa Mahoney, Northwestern University
(l-mahoney@northwestern.edu)
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Early medieval furnaces discovered along N6
1,400-year-old ancient city discovered in Turkey
Castle excavation reveals excitement in National Park
Hadrian’s Wall was built of wood
Unique Viking find
Archaeologists Discovered Over 7,500 Fragments of Ancient Frescos near Varna, Bulgaria
Archaeologist Shows Precious Finds from Medieval Bulgaria
Rare Becket medieval art revealed
A Postmodern Middle Ages
1,400-year-old ancient city discovered in Turkey
Castle excavation reveals excitement in National Park
Hadrian’s Wall was built of wood
Unique Viking find
Archaeologists Discovered Over 7,500 Fragments of Ancient Frescos near Varna, Bulgaria
Archaeologist Shows Precious Finds from Medieval Bulgaria
Rare Becket medieval art revealed
A Postmodern Middle Ages
Saturday, August 15, 2009
CFP for Kalamazoo 2010: Alfredian Texts and Contexts
CFP for Kalamazoo 2010: Alfredian Texts and Contexts
The era of Alfred the Great offers fertile fields for many workers:
historians, archaeologists, literary scholars, linguists, art
historians, and others. Recent scholarly developments have further
invigorated studies of the contexts and texts associated with the
king.
This session invites abstracts for papers on any aspect related to
the time of King Alfred. Suggested areas for examination include but
are not limited to: the new edition of the Old English Boethius and
how it changes our understandings of this text; recent work on
manuscripts and glosses related to the Alfredian era and associated
texts; questions of what authorship means, and whether or to what
extent the historical King Alfred was involved in works that bear his
name. More broadly: political, social, cultural, or economic history;
manuscript studies; law; philosophy and intellectual history;
literary research; art history; and interdisciplinary approaches are
all welcome.
Please submit an abstract of 250–300 words and a completed
Participant Information form (online at
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#Paper)
to:
ndiscenz@cas.usf.edu
or:
Nicole Guenther Discenza
Department of English
University of South Florida
4202 East Fowler Ave., CPR107
Tampa, FL 33620-5550
(813) 974-1887 or fax (813) 974-2270
The era of Alfred the Great offers fertile fields for many workers:
historians, archaeologists, literary scholars, linguists, art
historians, and others. Recent scholarly developments have further
invigorated studies of the contexts and texts associated with the
king.
This session invites abstracts for papers on any aspect related to
the time of King Alfred. Suggested areas for examination include but
are not limited to: the new edition of the Old English Boethius and
how it changes our understandings of this text; recent work on
manuscripts and glosses related to the Alfredian era and associated
texts; questions of what authorship means, and whether or to what
extent the historical King Alfred was involved in works that bear his
name. More broadly: political, social, cultural, or economic history;
manuscript studies; law; philosophy and intellectual history;
literary research; art history; and interdisciplinary approaches are
all welcome.
Please submit an abstract of 250–300 words and a completed
Participant Information form (online at
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#Paper)
to:
ndiscenz@cas.usf.edu
or:
Nicole Guenther Discenza
Department of English
University of South Florida
4202 East Fowler Ave., CPR107
Tampa, FL 33620-5550
(813) 974-1887 or fax (813) 974-2270
CFP: The Court and the Courts in the Carolingian World
The Court and the Courts in the Carolingian World
This session is intended to provide a forum for presenting research on fundamental issues of Carolingian culture and politics. In particular, we invite papers on the relationship between central courts under Frankish monarchs from the eighth to tenth centuries and local or regional nobilities and institutions. The organizers intend that this session will be an important anchoring point for sessions at the congress that address broader issues in early medieval history and culture, by guaranteeing a cohesive discussion of current scholarship on central themes of the period.
Papers should be approximately 20 minutes. Abstracts due to the organizers no later than 15 September, 2009.
Organizers:
Jonathan Couser
Univ. of New Hampshire
Dept. of History
jbk27@unh.edu
or
Julie A Hofmann
Shenandoah University
Department of History
jhofmann@su.edu
Julie A Hofmann, PhD
Associate Professor of History
Chair, History Department
207 Davis Hall
Shenandoah University
(540)665-4792
This session is intended to provide a forum for presenting research on fundamental issues of Carolingian culture and politics. In particular, we invite papers on the relationship between central courts under Frankish monarchs from the eighth to tenth centuries and local or regional nobilities and institutions. The organizers intend that this session will be an important anchoring point for sessions at the congress that address broader issues in early medieval history and culture, by guaranteeing a cohesive discussion of current scholarship on central themes of the period.
Papers should be approximately 20 minutes. Abstracts due to the organizers no later than 15 September, 2009.
Organizers:
Jonathan Couser
Univ. of New Hampshire
Dept. of History
jbk27@unh.edu
or
Julie A Hofmann
Shenandoah University
Department of History
jhofmann@su.edu
Julie A Hofmann, PhD
Associate Professor of History
Chair, History Department
207 Davis Hall
Shenandoah University
(540)665-4792
CFP: Justice, Law, and Literature in the Middle Ages
Justice, Law, and Literature in the Middle Ages
How are questions of law and justice treated in philosophical,
theological, legal, historical, and literary texts, as well as in the
arts? Questions such as these lend themselves to an interdisciplinary
approach that examines how competing and/or complementary texts, genres,
and values contriubted to the formation of basic concepts of law and
justice, such as fairness, legitimacy, criminality, and individual and
social welfare.
Proposals for 20-minute presentations, accompanied by the Congress
participant information form (see attachment), may be submitted to
Toy-Fung Tung (ttung@jjay.cuny.edu) or Alison Ganze
(alison.ganze@wku.edu) no later than September 15.
How are questions of law and justice treated in philosophical,
theological, legal, historical, and literary texts, as well as in the
arts? Questions such as these lend themselves to an interdisciplinary
approach that examines how competing and/or complementary texts, genres,
and values contriubted to the formation of basic concepts of law and
justice, such as fairness, legitimacy, criminality, and individual and
social welfare.
Proposals for 20-minute presentations, accompanied by the Congress
participant information form (see attachment), may be submitted to
Toy-Fung Tung (ttung@jjay.cuny.edu) or Alison Ganze
(alison.ganze@wku.edu) no later than September 15.
CFP: Introducing Medieval Studies to Non-Majors
Introducing Medieval Studies to Non-Majors
Too often medievalists find themselves teaching survey and
introductory-level classes that contain a majority of students who are
not planning on going into this area of study but who are also not
really interested in the subject. These students also often have little
to no background knowledge of the field and can be a challenging group
to teach. This session is a pedagogical one that allows those who teach
survey and other classes with a Medieval basis (literature, history or
art for example) to share some of their best practices and teaching
techniques or research.
Proposals for 20-minute presentations, accompanied by the Congress
participant information form (see attachment), may be submitted to Gael
Grossman (GaelGrossman@mail.sunyjcc.edu) or Alison Ganze
(alison.ganze@wku.edu) no later than September 15.
Too often medievalists find themselves teaching survey and
introductory-level classes that contain a majority of students who are
not planning on going into this area of study but who are also not
really interested in the subject. These students also often have little
to no background knowledge of the field and can be a challenging group
to teach. This session is a pedagogical one that allows those who teach
survey and other classes with a Medieval basis (literature, history or
art for example) to share some of their best practices and teaching
techniques or research.
Proposals for 20-minute presentations, accompanied by the Congress
participant information form (see attachment), may be submitted to Gael
Grossman (GaelGrossman@mail.sunyjcc.edu) or Alison Ganze
(alison.ganze@wku.edu) no later than September 15.
Nineteenth Annual Conference
Nineteenth Annual Conference
of the hosted by
The University of Texas
Austin, Texas
October 23-24, 2009
Papers are welcomed on all aspects of medieval history and culture,
including medieval art, languages, literature, medievalism, music
Early submissions are greatly welcomed, but please try to send in all
session proposals and paper abstracts (150-300 words) no later than
September 1
to
L. J. Andrew Villalon
avillalon@austin.rr.com
or to
Don Kagay
2812-A Westgate
Albany, GA 31721
dkagay1@netzero.com
of the hosted by
The University of Texas
Austin, Texas
October 23-24, 2009
Papers are welcomed on all aspects of medieval history and culture,
including medieval art, languages, literature, medievalism, music
Early submissions are greatly welcomed, but please try to send in all
session proposals and paper abstracts (150-300 words) no later than
September 1
to
L. J. Andrew Villalon
avillalon@austin.rr.com
or to
Don Kagay
2812-A Westgate
Albany, GA 31721
dkagay1@netzero.com
Fellowships, Awards, and Grants, Oh My! A Panel Discussion on Research Funding for Graduate Students
CALL FOR PAPERS:
45TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MEDIEVAL STUDIES
MAY 13–16, 2010
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY/ KALAMAZOO
Fellowships, Awards, and Grants, Oh My! A Panel Discussion on Research Funding for Graduate Students
Securing research funding is a critical part of any graduate student's career, even more so in today's difficult economic climate. This panel, sponsored by the Medieval Academy Graduate Student Committee, is intended to give graduate students practical guidance about the funding process. We are looking for speakers who have experience on fellowship selection committees, have recently recieved a major fellowship/grant and can talk about the process, or who have any other relevant experience in the area. This will be a panel discussion, so participants will be expected to speak for 15-20 minutes each, followed by a general discussion.
Please send short panel proposals to Kristin Pinyan (kcpinyan@eden.rutgers.edu) by September 15th. Please forward this to anyone who might be interested!
45TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MEDIEVAL STUDIES
MAY 13–16, 2010
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY/ KALAMAZOO
Fellowships, Awards, and Grants, Oh My! A Panel Discussion on Research Funding for Graduate Students
Securing research funding is a critical part of any graduate student's career, even more so in today's difficult economic climate. This panel, sponsored by the Medieval Academy Graduate Student Committee, is intended to give graduate students practical guidance about the funding process. We are looking for speakers who have experience on fellowship selection committees, have recently recieved a major fellowship/grant and can talk about the process, or who have any other relevant experience in the area. This will be a panel discussion, so participants will be expected to speak for 15-20 minutes each, followed by a general discussion.
Please send short panel proposals to Kristin Pinyan (kcpinyan@eden.rutgers.edu) by September 15th. Please forward this to anyone who might be interested!
DESIRING THE TEXT, TOUCHING THE PAST: TOWARDS AN EROTICS OF RECEPTION
DESIRING THE TEXT, TOUCHING THE PAST: TOWARDS AN EROTICS OF
RECEPTION
A one-day conference co-organized by
the Bristol Institute of Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition
&
the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto
University of Bristol, 10 July 2010
Keynote Speaker: Professor Carolyn Dinshaw, NYU
CALL FOR PAPERS
"In reading Cicero's letters I felt charmed and offended in equal
measure. Indeed, beside myself, in a fit of anger I wrote to him
as if he were a friend and contemporary of mine, forgetting, as
it were, the gap of time, with a familiarity appropriate to my
intimate acquaintance with his thought; and I pointed out those
things he had written that had offended me." (Petrarch, Rerum
Familiarum Liber I.1.42)
Love, desire, fannish obsession and emotional identification as
modes of engaging with texts, characters and authors are often
framed as illegitimate and transgressive: excessive, subjective,
lacking in scholarly rigour. Yet such modes of relating to texts
and pasts persist, across widely different historical periods and
cultural contexts. Many classical and medieval authors recount
embodied and highly emotional encounters with religious,
fictional or historical characters, while modern and postmodern
practices of reception and reading - from high art to the
subcultural practices of media fandom - are characterized by
desire in all its ambivalent complexity. Theories of readership
and reception, however, sometimes seem unable to move beyond an
antagonistic model: cultural studies sees resistant audiences
struggling to gain control of or to overwrite an ideologically
loaded text, while literary models of reception have young poets
fighting to assert their poetic autonomy vis-a-vis the paternal
authority of their literary ancestors.
This conference aims, by contrast, to begin to elaborate a theory
of the erotics of reception. It will bring together scholars
working in and across various disciplines to share research into
reading, writing and viewing practices characterized by love,
identification, and desire: we hope that it will lead to the
establishment of an international research network and the
formulation of some long-term research projects. In order to
facilitate discussion at the conference, we will ask participants
to circulate full papers (around 5,000 words) in May 2010.
We now invite abstracts of 300 words, to be submitted by email by
30 November 2009. Abstracts will be assessed on the basis of
their theoretical and interdisciplinary interest. We particularly
welcome contributions from scholars working on literary, visual
and performance texts in the fields of: history, reception
studies, mediaeval studies, fan studies, cultural studies,
theology, and literary/critical theory.
Some ideas which might be addressed include, but are not limited
to:
* Writing oneself into the text: self-insertion and empathetic
identification
* Historical desire: does the historian desire the past?
* Hermeneutics and erotics
* Pleasures of the text, pleasures of the body: (how) are
embodied responses to the text gendered?
* Anachronistic reading: does desire disturb chronology?
* Erotics and/or eristics: love-hate relationships with texts
This conference is part of the 'Thinking Reciprocity' series and
will follow directly from the conference 'Reception and the Gift
of Beauty' (Bristol, 8-9 July 2010). Reduced fees will be offered
to people attending both conferences.
If you have any queries, or to submit an abstract, please contact
one of the conference organizers:
Dr Ika Willis (Ika.Willis [at] bristol.ac.uk)
Anna Wilson (anna.wilson [at] utoronto.ca).
RECEPTION
A one-day conference co-organized by
the Bristol Institute of Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition
&
the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto
University of Bristol, 10 July 2010
Keynote Speaker: Professor Carolyn Dinshaw, NYU
CALL FOR PAPERS
"In reading Cicero's letters I felt charmed and offended in equal
measure. Indeed, beside myself, in a fit of anger I wrote to him
as if he were a friend and contemporary of mine, forgetting, as
it were, the gap of time, with a familiarity appropriate to my
intimate acquaintance with his thought; and I pointed out those
things he had written that had offended me." (Petrarch, Rerum
Familiarum Liber I.1.42)
Love, desire, fannish obsession and emotional identification as
modes of engaging with texts, characters and authors are often
framed as illegitimate and transgressive: excessive, subjective,
lacking in scholarly rigour. Yet such modes of relating to texts
and pasts persist, across widely different historical periods and
cultural contexts. Many classical and medieval authors recount
embodied and highly emotional encounters with religious,
fictional or historical characters, while modern and postmodern
practices of reception and reading - from high art to the
subcultural practices of media fandom - are characterized by
desire in all its ambivalent complexity. Theories of readership
and reception, however, sometimes seem unable to move beyond an
antagonistic model: cultural studies sees resistant audiences
struggling to gain control of or to overwrite an ideologically
loaded text, while literary models of reception have young poets
fighting to assert their poetic autonomy vis-a-vis the paternal
authority of their literary ancestors.
This conference aims, by contrast, to begin to elaborate a theory
of the erotics of reception. It will bring together scholars
working in and across various disciplines to share research into
reading, writing and viewing practices characterized by love,
identification, and desire: we hope that it will lead to the
establishment of an international research network and the
formulation of some long-term research projects. In order to
facilitate discussion at the conference, we will ask participants
to circulate full papers (around 5,000 words) in May 2010.
We now invite abstracts of 300 words, to be submitted by email by
30 November 2009. Abstracts will be assessed on the basis of
their theoretical and interdisciplinary interest. We particularly
welcome contributions from scholars working on literary, visual
and performance texts in the fields of: history, reception
studies, mediaeval studies, fan studies, cultural studies,
theology, and literary/critical theory.
Some ideas which might be addressed include, but are not limited
to:
* Writing oneself into the text: self-insertion and empathetic
identification
* Historical desire: does the historian desire the past?
* Hermeneutics and erotics
* Pleasures of the text, pleasures of the body: (how) are
embodied responses to the text gendered?
* Anachronistic reading: does desire disturb chronology?
* Erotics and/or eristics: love-hate relationships with texts
This conference is part of the 'Thinking Reciprocity' series and
will follow directly from the conference 'Reception and the Gift
of Beauty' (Bristol, 8-9 July 2010). Reduced fees will be offered
to people attending both conferences.
If you have any queries, or to submit an abstract, please contact
one of the conference organizers:
Dr Ika Willis (Ika.Willis [at] bristol.ac.uk)
Anna Wilson (anna.wilson [at] utoronto.ca).
CFP: THE LITERATURE AND LANDSCAPES OF MEDIEVAL EAST ANGLIA
CFP: THE LITERATURE AND LANDSCAPES OF MEDIEVAL EAST ANGLIA
45th International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan
13-16 May 2010
This session seeks papers to discuss and analyze the literature, landscapes,
history, and places of medieval East Anglia, as well as other relevant
disciplines such as architecture, theology, ecology, geography, and sacred
and profane spaces. Paper ideas will be accepted from all areas and periods,
including Old English poetry, the outlaw sagas and other literature of the
East Anglian fens, the historical records and chronicles of the region, the
history of invasion from the European continent, female spiritual authors
such as Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe, the wool-driven economy, and
the medieval architecture and urbanization of towns like Ely, Bury St.
Edmonds, and Cambridge. Theoretical approaches of all kinds will be
considered, with special recognition given to studies that examine the
region using space and place theory, landscape and cultural studies, and
eco-critical approaches. By crossing such genre and disciplinary boundaries
this session hopes to begin envisioning the region in new ways and to reveal
new insights on the history, literature, land, and people of medieval East
Anglia.
This session is sponsored by the Saint Louis University Center for Medieval
and Renaissance Studies. Please submit a one-page abstract (for a fifteen or
twenty minute presentation) and a Participant Information Form (
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#Paper) to
Justin T. Noetzel at noetzelj@slu.edu by September 15, 2009. Please also
send an email with any relevant questions or comments. Any papers that will
not be included in this session will be forwarded to the Congress Committee
for possible inclusion in the General Sessions.
Thank you,
Justin T. Noetzel
Department of English
Saint Louis University
noetzelj@slu.edu
45th International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan
13-16 May 2010
This session seeks papers to discuss and analyze the literature, landscapes,
history, and places of medieval East Anglia, as well as other relevant
disciplines such as architecture, theology, ecology, geography, and sacred
and profane spaces. Paper ideas will be accepted from all areas and periods,
including Old English poetry, the outlaw sagas and other literature of the
East Anglian fens, the historical records and chronicles of the region, the
history of invasion from the European continent, female spiritual authors
such as Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe, the wool-driven economy, and
the medieval architecture and urbanization of towns like Ely, Bury St.
Edmonds, and Cambridge. Theoretical approaches of all kinds will be
considered, with special recognition given to studies that examine the
region using space and place theory, landscape and cultural studies, and
eco-critical approaches. By crossing such genre and disciplinary boundaries
this session hopes to begin envisioning the region in new ways and to reveal
new insights on the history, literature, land, and people of medieval East
Anglia.
This session is sponsored by the Saint Louis University Center for Medieval
and Renaissance Studies. Please submit a one-page abstract (for a fifteen or
twenty minute presentation) and a Participant Information Form (
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#Paper) to
Justin T. Noetzel at noetzelj@slu.edu by September 15, 2009. Please also
send an email with any relevant questions or comments. Any papers that will
not be included in this session will be forwarded to the Congress Committee
for possible inclusion in the General Sessions.
Thank you,
Justin T. Noetzel
Department of English
Saint Louis University
noetzelj@slu.edu
CFP: Women In/And/On Books
CFP: Women In/And/On Books
Special session sponsored by the Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship
International Medieval Congress
Western Michigan University
13-16 May 2010
We invite papers considering the relationship of women to books
during any era or region in the Middle Ages. Possible papers might
consider ways in which women have participated in the production and
dissemination of books, whether as authors, scribes, patrons, or
owners. Alternatively, papers might consider commentaries on women
reading (both good and bad), the ways in which women are represented
in books, or how the culture of the book helped to shape women's
lived experience. We are particularly interested in developing an
inter- or multi-disciplinary session.
Please submit 1-page abstracts to the following (preferably by
e-mail) by 15 September 2009. Queries and letters of interest
welcomed.
Virginia Blanton
Associate Chair, Department of English
Associate Professor, English & Religious Studies
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Kansas City, MO 64110
Voice: 816-235-2766
Fax: 816-235-1308
BlantonV@umkc.edu
Helene Scheck, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director of English and Medieval/Renaissance Undergraduate Studies Programs
Department of English
The University at Albany, State University of New York
Albany, New York 12222
voice: 518-442-4093
fax: 518-442-4599
HScheck@albany.edu
Special session sponsored by the Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship
International Medieval Congress
Western Michigan University
13-16 May 2010
We invite papers considering the relationship of women to books
during any era or region in the Middle Ages. Possible papers might
consider ways in which women have participated in the production and
dissemination of books, whether as authors, scribes, patrons, or
owners. Alternatively, papers might consider commentaries on women
reading (both good and bad), the ways in which women are represented
in books, or how the culture of the book helped to shape women's
lived experience. We are particularly interested in developing an
inter- or multi-disciplinary session.
Please submit 1-page abstracts to the following (preferably by
e-mail) by 15 September 2009. Queries and letters of interest
welcomed.
Virginia Blanton
Associate Chair, Department of English
Associate Professor, English & Religious Studies
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Kansas City, MO 64110
Voice: 816-235-2766
Fax: 816-235-1308
BlantonV@umkc.edu
Helene Scheck, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director of English and Medieval/Renaissance Undergraduate Studies Programs
Department of English
The University at Albany, State University of New York
Albany, New York 12222
voice: 518-442-4093
fax: 518-442-4599
HScheck@albany.edu
Note: Changes at The National Archives, UK
I would like to alert Med-Grad members to proposed changes at The National Archives, Kew (UK) that have immense potential to impact on historians working on English history of any period of government record. TNA has decided to cut its budget by 10%, by reducing access to materials, opening hours, and the number specialist staff, among other things. Fuller details of the proposed changes are on the website: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/changes-general-info.htm
Please circulate this information as widely as possible and encourage anyone with an interest to consult the proposal document and make their response to the given email address (changes@nationalarchives.gov.uk) as soon as possible. The consultation period runs only 'until September'.
A campaign website www.action4archives.com has been established, which will provide more information as it comes to hand, as well as a petition which can be signed online. You can also read their campaign statement: http://action4archives.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Action4Archives_campaign_statement.pdf
Kathleen Neal
PhD Candidate
School of Historical Studies
Monash Univeristy
Australia
Please circulate this information as widely as possible and encourage anyone with an interest to consult the proposal document and make their response to the given email address (changes@nationalarchives.gov.uk) as soon as possible. The consultation period runs only 'until September'.
A campaign website www.action4archives.com has been established, which will provide more information as it comes to hand, as well as a petition which can be signed online. You can also read their campaign statement: http://action4archives.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Action4Archives_campaign_statement.pdf
Kathleen Neal
PhD Candidate
School of Historical Studies
Monash Univeristy
Australia
CFP: Words and Deeds in Anglo-Saxon England
CFP: Words and Deeds in Anglo-Saxon England
International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University,
Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 13-16, 2010.
We invite the submission of abstracts for our session on “Words and Deeds in
Anglo-Saxon England,” sponsored by the Program in Medieval Studies at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 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) the role of words and deeds in Anglo-Saxon laws and
customs, the importance of words and deeds in shaping and transforming the
self and community, the relationship between acts and intentions, or the
ways in which the orality of Anglo-Saxon culture formalizes language,
transforming words into deeds through performance. We anticipate that this
topic could intersect with the concerns of ritual theory and performance
theory, as well as more traditional cultural and literary studies.
Please submit an abstract of 300 words and a completed Participant
Information Form (found at:
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#Paper) to
Stephanie Clark at sclark1@illinois.edu by September 15, 2009.
International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University,
Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 13-16, 2010.
We invite the submission of abstracts for our session on “Words and Deeds in
Anglo-Saxon England,” sponsored by the Program in Medieval Studies at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 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) the role of words and deeds in Anglo-Saxon laws and
customs, the importance of words and deeds in shaping and transforming the
self and community, the relationship between acts and intentions, or the
ways in which the orality of Anglo-Saxon culture formalizes language,
transforming words into deeds through performance. We anticipate that this
topic could intersect with the concerns of ritual theory and performance
theory, as well as more traditional cultural and literary studies.
Please submit an abstract of 300 words and a completed Participant
Information Form (found at:
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#Paper) to
Stephanie Clark at sclark1@illinois.edu by September 15, 2009.
CFP: New College Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Studies
*****CALL FOR PAPERS******
The seventeenth biennial New College Conference on Medieval and
Renaissance Studies will take place March 11-13 2010 in Sarasota,
Florida. The program committee invites one-page abstracts of proposed
twenty-minute papers on topics in European and Mediterranean history,
literature, art, and religion from the fourth to the seventeenth
centuries. Interdisciplinary work is particularly appropriate to the
conference’s broad historical and disciplinary scope. Planned
sessions are welcome.
The conference will be held on the campus of New College of Florida,
the honors college of the Florida state system. The college, located
on Sarasota Bay, is adjacent to the John and Mable Ringling Museum of
Art, which will offer tours arranged for conference participants.
Sarasota is noted for its beautiful public beaches, theater, art and
music. The average temperatures in March are a pleasant high of 77F
(25C) and a low of 57F (14C).
More information will be posted on the conference website as it
becomes available, including plenary speakers, conference events, and
area attractions: http://faculty.ncf.edu/medievalstudies
The deadline for abstracts is October 1, 2009. Send inquiries and
abstracts (email preferred, no attachments please) to:
nmyhill@ncf.edu
Nova Myhill
Division of Humanities
New College of Florida
5800 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota FL 34243
***Please share this announcement with interested colleagues.***
The seventeenth biennial New College Conference on Medieval and
Renaissance Studies will take place March 11-13 2010 in Sarasota,
Florida. The program committee invites one-page abstracts of proposed
twenty-minute papers on topics in European and Mediterranean history,
literature, art, and religion from the fourth to the seventeenth
centuries. Interdisciplinary work is particularly appropriate to the
conference’s broad historical and disciplinary scope. Planned
sessions are welcome.
The conference will be held on the campus of New College of Florida,
the honors college of the Florida state system. The college, located
on Sarasota Bay, is adjacent to the John and Mable Ringling Museum of
Art, which will offer tours arranged for conference participants.
Sarasota is noted for its beautiful public beaches, theater, art and
music. The average temperatures in March are a pleasant high of 77F
(25C) and a low of 57F (14C).
More information will be posted on the conference website as it
becomes available, including plenary speakers, conference events, and
area attractions: http://faculty.ncf.edu/medievalstudies
The deadline for abstracts is October 1, 2009. Send inquiries and
abstracts (email preferred, no attachments please) to:
nmyhill@ncf.edu
Nova Myhill
Division of Humanities
New College of Florida
5800 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota FL 34243
***Please share this announcement with interested colleagues.***
Friday, August 14, 2009
CFP The Heroic Age
Call for Papers
45th International Congress on Medieval Studies
May 13-16, 2010
Saints of the Heroic Age and Today, a session sponsored by The Heroic
Age (http://www.heroicage.org)
The Heroic Age organizes a session that investigates which saints
from early North-Western Europe in the early medieval period (roughly
defined as between the 4th and the 13th century) still cling to life.
Some of those saints, like St. Boniface and St. Wilfrid, still have a
cult that continues to attract believers and scholars; others, such
as St. Rabanus Maurus, cling somewhat tenaciously to life; many seem
completely forgotten (Wikipedia lists 155 Anglo-Saxon saints, many of
whom are unknown to modern believers and even to many scholars).
We are interested in probing which factors allow a saint to continue
to live--personality, historical significance, written documentation
of their life and works--and what it means for an old saint to still
enjoy modern interest, that is, whether and how cults and
personalities are adapted to fit different time periods.
Please send 300-word abstracts and a completed Participant
Information Form
(http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#Paper)
to Michel Aaij at maaij1@aum.edu, by 1 September 2009.
Dr. Michel Aaij
Assistant Professor
361 Liberal Arts
Department of English and Philosophy
Auburn University Montgomery
P.O. Box 244023
Montgomery, AL 36124
45th International Congress on Medieval Studies
May 13-16, 2010
Saints of the Heroic Age and Today, a session sponsored by The Heroic
Age (http://www.heroicage.org)
The Heroic Age organizes a session that investigates which saints
from early North-Western Europe in the early medieval period (roughly
defined as between the 4th and the 13th century) still cling to life.
Some of those saints, like St. Boniface and St. Wilfrid, still have a
cult that continues to attract believers and scholars; others, such
as St. Rabanus Maurus, cling somewhat tenaciously to life; many seem
completely forgotten (Wikipedia lists 155 Anglo-Saxon saints, many of
whom are unknown to modern believers and even to many scholars).
We are interested in probing which factors allow a saint to continue
to live--personality, historical significance, written documentation
of their life and works--and what it means for an old saint to still
enjoy modern interest, that is, whether and how cults and
personalities are adapted to fit different time periods.
Please send 300-word abstracts and a completed Participant
Information Form
(http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#Paper)
to Michel Aaij at maaij1@aum.edu, by 1 September 2009.
Dr. Michel Aaij
Assistant Professor
361 Liberal Arts
Department of English and Philosophy
Auburn University Montgomery
P.O. Box 244023
Montgomery, AL 36124
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Medieval News of the Week(s)
Two Weeks worth of news stories because I forgot to post these last week. Oldest listed first:
Bishop’s Palace to yield its final secrets as dig ends
Secret life of medieval city found under Cathedral Square
More on this: 51 Headless Vikings Found in English Execution Pit?
Ancient stone sculpture of Goddess of 6th - 7th Century A.D. discovered in Indian Kashmir
Bulgarian Archaeologists Start Excavation of Medieval Fortress Krakra
Henry II 'spent a fortune on Dover Castle to counter Becket cult'
Dig reveals secrets of 'green' monks
Car boot wood 'could be Crusades tabernacle
Woking archaeological dig turns up rare pottery
Bishop’s Palace to yield its final secrets as dig ends
Secret life of medieval city found under Cathedral Square
More on this: 51 Headless Vikings Found in English Execution Pit?
Ancient stone sculpture of Goddess of 6th - 7th Century A.D. discovered in Indian Kashmir
Bulgarian Archaeologists Start Excavation of Medieval Fortress Krakra
Henry II 'spent a fortune on Dover Castle to counter Becket cult'
Dig reveals secrets of 'green' monks
Car boot wood 'could be Crusades tabernacle
Woking archaeological dig turns up rare pottery
Monday, August 10, 2009
Fifteenth-Century Studies CFP
You are invited to participate in the following Fifteenth-Century
Studies sessions at the Forty-Fifth International Congress on
Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University (May 13-16, 2010) in
Kalamazoo, MI:
1. The British Isles: Languages and Literatures of the Fifteenth
and Sixteenth Centuries.
Send abstracts to: Prof. Rosanne Gasse, Department of English,
Brandon University (gasse@brandonu.ca)
2. Germanic Languages and Literatures of the Fifteenth and
Sixteenth Centuries.
Send abstracts to: Prof. Elizabeth Wade-Sirabian, Foreign Languages
& Literatures, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
(wade@uwosh.edu)
3. Spanish Language and Literature in the Late Middle Ages
(including Catalan).
Send abstracts to: Prof. Roxana Recio, Modern Languages, Creighton
University (roxrecio@creighton.edu)
4. Late-Medieval French Language and Literature.
Send abstracts to: Prof. Steven Millen Taylor, Foreign Languages &
Literatures, Marquette University
(steven.taylor@marquette.edu)
5. The Dawn of the Modern Era: Humanism and Early Renaissance in
Northern Europe.
Send abstracts to: Prof. Edward L. Risden, Department of English,
St. Norbert College
(edward.risden@snc.edu)
The one-page abstract for a 20 minute presentation should include the
applicant's complete address and must be submitted by September 5,
2009. If you e-mail your abstract, please send it as an attachment
to that session's organizer with a cc to me as the Fifteenth-Century
Studies' contact person.
Please see the attached Call for Papers for additional contact
information. Also attached, please find the Participant Information
Form which should be completed and submitted along with your abstract.
If you have any questions about these sessions, please contact me at
steven.taylor@mu.edu.
Thank you for forwarding this information to any interested
colleagues or students.
Steven Millen Taylor, Ph.D.
Professor of French
Coordinator, Medieval Studies Minor
Marquette University
P.O. Box 1881
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
(414) 288-6309
steven.taylor@mu.edu
Studies sessions at the Forty-Fifth International Congress on
Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University (May 13-16, 2010) in
Kalamazoo, MI:
1. The British Isles: Languages and Literatures of the Fifteenth
and Sixteenth Centuries.
Send abstracts to: Prof. Rosanne Gasse, Department of English,
Brandon University (gasse@brandonu.ca
2. Germanic Languages and Literatures of the Fifteenth and
Sixteenth Centuries.
Send abstracts to: Prof. Elizabeth Wade-Sirabian, Foreign Languages
& Literatures, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
(wade@uwosh.edu
3. Spanish Language and Literature in the Late Middle Ages
(including Catalan).
Send abstracts to: Prof. Roxana Recio, Modern Languages, Creighton
University (roxrecio@creighton.edu
4. Late-Medieval French Language and Literature.
Send abstracts to: Prof. Steven Millen Taylor, Foreign Languages &
Literatures, Marquette University
(steven.taylor@marquette.edu
5. The Dawn of the Modern Era: Humanism and Early Renaissance in
Northern Europe.
Send abstracts to: Prof. Edward L. Risden, Department of English,
St. Norbert College
(edward.risden@snc.edu
The one-page abstract for a 20 minute presentation should include the
applicant's complete address and must be submitted by September 5,
2009. If you e-mail your abstract, please send it as an attachment
to that session's organizer with a cc to me as the Fifteenth-Century
Studies' contact person.
Please see the attached Call for Papers for additional contact
information. Also attached, please find the Participant Information
Form which should be completed and submitted along with your abstract.
If you have any questions about these sessions, please contact me at
steven.taylor@mu.edu
Thank you for forwarding this information to any interested
colleagues or students.
Steven Millen Taylor, Ph.D.
Professor of French
Coordinator, Medieval Studies Minor
Marquette University
P.O. Box 1881
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
(414) 288-6309
steven.taylor@mu.edu
CFP: Re-periodization: Questioning Disciplinary Divisions of Time in the English Middle Ages
CFP: Re-periodization: Questioning Disciplinary Divisions of Time in the
English Middle Ages
International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University,
Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 13-16, 2010
*Apologies for Cross-posting!*
We invite the submission of abstracts for our session on “Re-periodization:
Questioning Disciplinary Divisions of Time in the English Middle Ages”,
sponsored by the Program in Medieval Studies at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign. Recent scholarship in the history, literature and
culture of medieval England has begun to challenge conventional boundaries
between eras: for instance, pushing Anglo-Saxon studies past 1066, extending
the Middle Ages through the 16th century, and paying more attention to
literature and manuscripts marginalized by traditional periodization.
Scholars have also argued for continuities between periods, seen ways that
earlier literature or structures of thought continue into and influence
later periods, or asserted new boundaries for significant or cohesive units
of time. This session seeks to provide a forum to discuss issues of
periodization surrounding the study of England throughout the Middle Ages.
Please submit an abstract of 300 words and a completed Participant
Information Form (found at:
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#Paper) to
Shannon Godlove at godlove@illinois.edu by September
15, 2009.
English Middle Ages
International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University,
Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 13-16, 2010
*Apologies for Cross-posting!*
We invite the submission of abstracts for our session on “Re-periodization:
Questioning Disciplinary Divisions of Time in the English Middle Ages”,
sponsored by the Program in Medieval Studies at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign. Recent scholarship in the history, literature and
culture of medieval England has begun to challenge conventional boundaries
between eras: for instance, pushing Anglo-Saxon studies past 1066, extending
the Middle Ages through the 16th century, and paying more attention to
literature and manuscripts marginalized by traditional periodization.
Scholars have also argued for continuities between periods, seen ways that
earlier literature or structures of thought continue into and influence
later periods, or asserted new boundaries for significant or cohesive units
of time. This session seeks to provide a forum to discuss issues of
periodization surrounding the study of England throughout the Middle Ages.
Please submit an abstract of 300 words and a completed Participant
Information Form (found at:
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#Paper) to
Shannon Godlove at godlove@illinois.edu
15, 2009.
Sensuous Performances: How did medieval plays engage the five senses?
Sensuous Performances: How did medieval plays engage the five senses?
International Medieval Congress in Kalamazoo , Michigan
13-16 May 2010
In trying to recapture the “liveness” of medieval performances, many scholars have analyzed these events’ aural and visual elements, examining how performances in the Middle Ages engaged the eye and ear. However, performances engage all five senses for performers and audience members—both intentionally and unintentionally. This was especially true in the Middle Ages, when performances regularly took place as part of ceremonies, rituals, celebrations, and domestic events. Medieval plays not only incorporated smells, tastes, physical contact, sights, and sounds into their design, but performance events were also performed alongside other (sometimes competing, sometimes complementary) sensualities. This panel seeks work that examines not only how medieval performances engaged one or more of the senses, but also how this sensuality may have impacted a performance’s meaning and value. The panel’s organizer welcomes work from all medieval periods and geographic regions.
Submission Details:Submit one-page abstracts and contact information to Jill Stevenson at jstevenson@mmm.edu no later than September 15, 2009 .
International Medieval Congress in Kalamazoo , Michigan
13-16 May 2010
In trying to recapture the “liveness” of medieval performances, many scholars have analyzed these events’ aural and visual elements, examining how performances in the Middle Ages engaged the eye and ear. However, performances engage all five senses for performers and audience members—both intentionally and unintentionally. This was especially true in the Middle Ages, when performances regularly took place as part of ceremonies, rituals, celebrations, and domestic events. Medieval plays not only incorporated smells, tastes, physical contact, sights, and sounds into their design, but performance events were also performed alongside other (sometimes competing, sometimes complementary) sensualities. This panel seeks work that examines not only how medieval performances engaged one or more of the senses, but also how this sensuality may have impacted a performance’s meaning and value. The panel’s organizer welcomes work from all medieval periods and geographic regions.
Submission Details:Submit one-page abstracts and contact information to Jill Stevenson at jstevenson@mmm.edu no later than September 15, 2009 .
Exploring Performative Gestures in the Middle Ages
Exploring Performative Gestures in the Middle Ages
International Medieval Congress in Kalamazoo , Michigan
13-16 May 2010
Recent work by David McNeill suggests that gestures do not merely support or illustrate speech, but that they play a crucial role in creating thoughts and ideas. Research in cognitive psychology that explores embodied thought affirms this suggestion. But McNeill’s conclusions also echo conceptualizations of gesture that were pervasive throughout the medieval world. In the Middle Ages, gestures did not simply make abstractions concrete, but they were also expected to give ideas, relationships, agreements, promises, and theologies actuality and reality; gesture constituted a fundamental way to make meaning in both formal and informal settings. This panel invites papers that explore how gestures and their performances functioned throughout medieval cultures. The panel welcomes diverse approaches to gesture that explore how we might identify, reconstruct, and theorize the value of gesture across a range of medieval contexts. Such contexts might include plays, spectacles, literature, devotion, music, art images and objects, domestic life, royal rituals, legal practices, courtship, warfare, professional negotiations, etc. The panel’s organizer welcomes work from all medieval periods and geographic regions.
Submission Details:Submit one-page abstracts and contact information to Jill Stevenson at jstevenson@mmm.edu no later than September 15, 2009 .
International Medieval Congress in Kalamazoo , Michigan
13-16 May 2010
Recent work by David McNeill suggests that gestures do not merely support or illustrate speech, but that they play a crucial role in creating thoughts and ideas. Research in cognitive psychology that explores embodied thought affirms this suggestion. But McNeill’s conclusions also echo conceptualizations of gesture that were pervasive throughout the medieval world. In the Middle Ages, gestures did not simply make abstractions concrete, but they were also expected to give ideas, relationships, agreements, promises, and theologies actuality and reality; gesture constituted a fundamental way to make meaning in both formal and informal settings. This panel invites papers that explore how gestures and their performances functioned throughout medieval cultures. The panel welcomes diverse approaches to gesture that explore how we might identify, reconstruct, and theorize the value of gesture across a range of medieval contexts. Such contexts might include plays, spectacles, literature, devotion, music, art images and objects, domestic life, royal rituals, legal practices, courtship, warfare, professional negotiations, etc. The panel’s organizer welcomes work from all medieval periods and geographic regions.
Submission Details:Submit one-page abstracts and contact information to Jill Stevenson at jstevenson@mmm.edu no later than September 15, 2009 .
MEDIEVAL LITERATURE AND CELTIC STUDIES CFP
MEDIEVAL LITERATURE AND CELTIC STUDIES:
Parallels, Exchanges, Points of Contact
45th International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 13–16, 2010)
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/Assets/pdf/congress/Sessions10.pdf
As an extension of its interest in Chrétien de Troyes, whose work was a
pioneering combination of the Celtic and the Classical traditions, the
CHARRETTE PROJECT 2 (http://lancelot.baylor.edu) hopes to showcase
new research
which uses the materials of Celtic Studies (of any branch, from early medieval
texts to modern folklore), in conjunction with any other type of medieval
literature - native lore, hagiography, renovations of classical texts, lyric
poetry, etc. in Old French, Latin, Old/Middle English, Old Norse,
German etc. -
and which is enriched by combining the two. Foreign outcomes of
Celtic themes,
Celtic outcomes of literary motifs or trends from elsewhere, syntheses,
juxtapositions, and uncanny parallels with no clear solution, are all equally
welcome.
The purpose is twofold: (i) to suggest some ways in which the field of Celtic
Studies continues to be relevant, useful, and sometimes even indispensable to
its neighbour disciplines, especially medieval French literature; and (ii) to
show that research in Celtic studies also benefits from this kind of
interdisciplinary conversation.
Proposals should be sent to to Matthieu Boyd (Dept. of Celtic Languages and
Literatures, Harvard University; mboyd@fas.harvard.edu) by September 15, and
should include an informative abstract and the Participant Information Sheet
available from
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#PIF. Any
questions, email mboyd@fas.harvard.edu.
Parallels, Exchanges, Points of Contact
45th International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 13–16, 2010)
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/Assets/pdf/congress/Sessions10.pdf
As an extension of its interest in Chrétien de Troyes, whose work was a
pioneering combination of the Celtic and the Classical traditions, the
CHARRETTE PROJECT 2 (http://lancelot.baylor.edu) hopes to showcase
new research
which uses the materials of Celtic Studies (of any branch, from early medieval
texts to modern folklore), in conjunction with any other type of medieval
literature - native lore, hagiography, renovations of classical texts, lyric
poetry, etc. in Old French, Latin, Old/Middle English, Old Norse,
German etc. -
and which is enriched by combining the two. Foreign outcomes of
Celtic themes,
Celtic outcomes of literary motifs or trends from elsewhere, syntheses,
juxtapositions, and uncanny parallels with no clear solution, are all equally
welcome.
The purpose is twofold: (i) to suggest some ways in which the field of Celtic
Studies continues to be relevant, useful, and sometimes even indispensable to
its neighbour disciplines, especially medieval French literature; and (ii) to
show that research in Celtic studies also benefits from this kind of
interdisciplinary conversation.
Proposals should be sent to to Matthieu Boyd (Dept. of Celtic Languages and
Literatures, Harvard University; mboyd@fas.harvard.edu) by September 15, and
should include an informative abstract and the Participant Information Sheet
available from
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#PIF. Any
questions, email mboyd@fas.harvard.edu.
AWRENCE J. SCHOENBERG SYMPOSIUM ON MANUSCRIPT STUDIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE
2nd ANNUAL
LAWRENCE J. SCHOENBERG SYMPOSIUM ON MANUSCRIPT STUDIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE
OCTOBER
30-31, 2009
Lex scripta:
The Manuscript as Witness to the History of Law
In partnership with the Rare Book Department of the Free
Library of Philadelphia and the Biddle Law Library of the University of
Pennsylvania, Penn Libraries are pleased to announce the 2nd Annual
Lawrence J.
Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age. The
symposium brings together scholars
from around the world and across disciplines to present research
related to the
study of manuscript books and documents produced before the age of
printing and
to discuss the role of digital technologies in advancing manuscript research.
Whether relying on traditional methods of scholarship or exploring the
potential of new technologies, the research presented here will highlight the
value of the manuscript book or document in understanding our intellectual
heritage. This year's symposium is dedicated to the history of
handwritten law and legal documents in Western Europe and the Middle
East up to
the early modern period in honor of the 100th anniversary of the
death of Henry
Charles Lea, whose library containing a significant collection of works on
ecclesiastical legal history was conveyed to the University in 1926.
Nine speakers will present papers on various topics relating
to the history of handwritten law and legal documents. The symposium will
conclude with a panel of digital humanities scholars who will discuss
specific projects and issues related to the digitization of legal
manuscripts and documents.
The symposium will be held in Philadelphia at the University
of Pennsylvania and the Central Branch of the Free Library of
Philadelphia. For
more information, program details, and registration, go to:
http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/lectures/ljs_symposium2.html.
Participants include:
Jonathan
E. Brockopp, Penn State UniversityHugh
Cayless, New York UniversitySimon Corcoran, Projet
Volterra, University College LondonGero Dolezalek, University of
AberdeenAbigail Firey, University of
KentuckyJessica Goldberg, University of
PennsylvaniaKathleen E. Kennedy, Penn State
University-BrandywineSusan L'Engle, Vatican Film
Library, St. Louis UniversityKenneth Pennington, Catholic
UniversityEdward Peters, University of
PennsylvaniaTimothy Stinson, North Carolina
State University Georg Vogeler,
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, MunichAnders
Winroth, Yale University
LAWRENCE J. SCHOENBERG SYMPOSIUM ON MANUSCRIPT STUDIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE
OCTOBER
30-31, 2009
Lex scripta:
The Manuscript as Witness to the History of Law
In partnership with the Rare Book Department of the Free
Library of Philadelphia and the Biddle Law Library of the University of
Pennsylvania, Penn Libraries are pleased to announce the 2nd Annual
Lawrence J.
Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age. The
symposium brings together scholars
from around the world and across disciplines to present research
related to the
study of manuscript books and documents produced before the age of
printing and
to discuss the role of digital technologies in advancing manuscript research.
Whether relying on traditional methods of scholarship or exploring the
potential of new technologies, the research presented here will highlight the
value of the manuscript book or document in understanding our intellectual
heritage. This year's symposium is dedicated to the history of
handwritten law and legal documents in Western Europe and the Middle
East up to
the early modern period in honor of the 100th anniversary of the
death of Henry
Charles Lea, whose library containing a significant collection of works on
ecclesiastical legal history was conveyed to the University in 1926.
Nine speakers will present papers on various topics relating
to the history of handwritten law and legal documents. The symposium will
conclude with a panel of digital humanities scholars who will discuss
specific projects and issues related to the digitization of legal
manuscripts and documents.
The symposium will be held in Philadelphia at the University
of Pennsylvania and the Central Branch of the Free Library of
Philadelphia. For
more information, program details, and registration, go to:
http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/lectures/ljs_symposium2.html.
Participants include:
Jonathan
E. Brockopp, Penn State UniversityHugh
Cayless, New York UniversitySimon Corcoran, Projet
Volterra, University College LondonGero Dolezalek, University of
AberdeenAbigail Firey, University of
KentuckyJessica Goldberg, University of
PennsylvaniaKathleen E. Kennedy, Penn State
University-BrandywineSusan L'Engle, Vatican Film
Library, St. Louis UniversityKenneth Pennington, Catholic
UniversityEdward Peters, University of
PennsylvaniaTimothy Stinson, North Carolina
State University Georg Vogeler,
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, MunichAnders
Winroth, Yale University
Friday, August 7, 2009
CFP: Teaching off the Grid: The Promise and Perils of Using Non-Canonical Texts in the Classroom
Teaching off the Grid: The Promise and Perils of Using Non-Canonical Texts in the Classroom
45th International Congress on Medieval Studies
May 13-16, 2010
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI
Canonicity is an increasingly embattled concept, and the lists of what texts are considered canonical for the medieval and early modern period are constantly growing. Despite this, every medievalist and early modernist can name at least three (and probably more) interesting or important texts that are considered non-canonical. This is not surprising. However open the canon seems, it is, by nature, exclusive and necessarily omits some texts. Many texts that have long been known to exist have, for one reason or another, simply not received the study that inclusion in the canon seems to require. Recently found texts, however significant they might be, face a similar obscurity and lack of attention.
Texts that, for one reason or another, are left out of what is currently considered the canon are often promising for use in the classroom. However, practical difficulties including departmental requirements, a lack of suitable editions, and the absence of pedagogical discussion about these texts often hampers their inclusion in our classes.
This session will attempt to remedy this dearth of discussion by exploring the pedagogical issues surrounding non-canonical texts of the medieval and early modern periods. Short (10-15 min.) papers will discuss the benefits and drawbacks of teaching non-canonical texts; approaches to teaching specific non-canonical texts; what unique insights non-canonical texts offer students; student reactions to non-canonical works; what we might lose by introducing non-canonical texts into our classrooms; and other topics with a pedagogical focus. The session will attempt to avoid papers which debate the canonicity of any particular text.
Please send proposals of no more than 300 words to Gina Brandolino (g.brandolino@gmail.com) and Nate Smith (nathanialbsmith@gmail.com) by Sept. 15.
45th International Congress on Medieval Studies
May 13-16, 2010
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI
Canonicity is an increasingly embattled concept, and the lists of what texts are considered canonical for the medieval and early modern period are constantly growing. Despite this, every medievalist and early modernist can name at least three (and probably more) interesting or important texts that are considered non-canonical. This is not surprising. However open the canon seems, it is, by nature, exclusive and necessarily omits some texts. Many texts that have long been known to exist have, for one reason or another, simply not received the study that inclusion in the canon seems to require. Recently found texts, however significant they might be, face a similar obscurity and lack of attention.
Texts that, for one reason or another, are left out of what is currently considered the canon are often promising for use in the classroom. However, practical difficulties including departmental requirements, a lack of suitable editions, and the absence of pedagogical discussion about these texts often hampers their inclusion in our classes.
This session will attempt to remedy this dearth of discussion by exploring the pedagogical issues surrounding non-canonical texts of the medieval and early modern periods. Short (10-15 min.) papers will discuss the benefits and drawbacks of teaching non-canonical texts; approaches to teaching specific non-canonical texts; what unique insights non-canonical texts offer students; student reactions to non-canonical works; what we might lose by introducing non-canonical texts into our classrooms; and other topics with a pedagogical focus. The session will attempt to avoid papers which debate the canonicity of any particular text.
Please send proposals of no more than 300 words to Gina Brandolino (g.brandolino@gmail.com) and Nate Smith (nathanialbsmith@gmail.com) by Sept. 15.
CFP: Textual Theatrics: Manuscript Studies / Medieval Drama
We announce the Call for Papers for sessions
sponsored and co-sponsored by the Research Group on
Manuscript Evidence at the 45th International
Congress on Medieval Studies, May 13-15, 2010, to be
held at
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo. Here we
announce our Sponsored Session.
"Textual Theatrics: Manuscript Studies / Medieval Drama"
In keeping with the Research Group's mission to
"apply an integrated, holistic approach to
manuscripts and texts in all forms" our session calls
for papers examining the material culture of drama as
recorded in medieval manuscripts. Of particular
interest are papers that: parse dramatic
texts/scripts directly; illuminate dramatic practice
(via word or image); investigate contemporary
evaluations of medieval drama; or propose modern
interpretations of medieval dramatic performance as
supported through close textual examination.
The Research Group is especially interested in
scholars presenting first-hand (re)evaluations of
medieval dramatic manuscripts, but all readings with
close textual focus are welcome.
We invite 20-minute presentations. Proposals,
including a one-page abstract, are due no later than
September 15, 2009. Please address your inquiries
and proposals to the Session Organizer:
Jeff Massey
The Royal English Department, Siena 103A
1000 Hempstead Avenue
Rockville Centre, New York 11571
Telephone: 516-678-5000 X 6150
Fax: 516-256-2243
jmassey@molloy.edu
Information about the Research Group and its mission,
activities, and publications appears on our website:
http://manuscriptevidence.org
A second CFP will address our Session Co-sponsored
with the Societas Magica.
sponsored and co-sponsored by the Research Group on
Manuscript Evidence at the 45th International
Congress on Medieval Studies, May 13-15, 2010, to be
held at
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo. Here we
announce our Sponsored Session.
"Textual Theatrics: Manuscript Studies / Medieval Drama"
In keeping with the Research Group's mission to
"apply an integrated, holistic approach to
manuscripts and texts in all forms" our session calls
for papers examining the material culture of drama as
recorded in medieval manuscripts. Of particular
interest are papers that: parse dramatic
texts/scripts directly; illuminate dramatic practice
(via word or image); investigate contemporary
evaluations of medieval drama; or propose modern
interpretations of medieval dramatic performance as
supported through close textual examination.
The Research Group is especially interested in
scholars presenting first-hand (re)evaluations of
medieval dramatic manuscripts, but all readings with
close textual focus are welcome.
We invite 20-minute presentations. Proposals,
including a one-page abstract, are due no later than
September 15, 2009. Please address your inquiries
and proposals to the Session Organizer:
Jeff Massey
The Royal English Department, Siena 103A
1000 Hempstead Avenue
Rockville Centre, New York 11571
Telephone: 516-678-5000 X 6150
Fax: 516-256-2243
jmassey@molloy.edu
Information about the Research Group and its mission,
activities, and publications appears on our website:
http://manuscriptevidence.org
A second CFP will address our Session Co-sponsored
with the Societas Magica.
CFP: “Transitions of Power”
CFP: “Transitions of Power” at the International Medieval Congress in Kalamazoo, Michigan May 13-16, 2010
Seigneurie, the society for the study of lordship in the middle ages, invites paper proposals for a panel entitled “Transitions of Power.” Our goal is to create a forum in which to uncover commonalities and contrasts of this difficult and recurrent stage in the histories of noble lineages and lordships by bringing together scholars working on different regions, eras, and disciplines. Papers might address (but are, of course, not limited to):
--the strategies employed to ease the peaceful transference of a lordship
--disputes over succession
--the composition and activities of regencies
--the responsibilities and practices of guardians
--the roles sex and gender played in transitions of power
--considerations of age, marital status, social ranking within the nobility, or vocation
--similar topics of your own devising
Please submit a one-page abstract (for a 20-minute paper) with contact information (name, postal address, email, and affiliation) and a list of the audio-visual equipment you will require to either Katie Sjursen (ksjursen@gmail.com) or Don Fleming (FlemingDF@hiram.edu) by September 15, 2009.
Also, if you have an interest in medieval lordship, please do stop by our business meeting, time and place to be determined by the Kalamazoo Powers That Be. All are welcome.
Seigneurie, the society for the study of lordship in the middle ages, invites paper proposals for a panel entitled “Transitions of Power.” Our goal is to create a forum in which to uncover commonalities and contrasts of this difficult and recurrent stage in the histories of noble lineages and lordships by bringing together scholars working on different regions, eras, and disciplines. Papers might address (but are, of course, not limited to):
--the strategies employed to ease the peaceful transference of a lordship
--disputes over succession
--the composition and activities of regencies
--the responsibilities and practices of guardians
--the roles sex and gender played in transitions of power
--considerations of age, marital status, social ranking within the nobility, or vocation
--similar topics of your own devising
Please submit a one-page abstract (for a 20-minute paper) with contact information (name, postal address, email, and affiliation) and a list of the audio-visual equipment you will require to either Katie Sjursen (ksjursen@gmail.com) or Don Fleming (FlemingDF@hiram.edu) by September 15, 2009.
Also, if you have an interest in medieval lordship, please do stop by our business meeting, time and place to be determined by the Kalamazoo Powers That Be. All are welcome.
CFP: Manuscript Threads in Medieval Iberia
CFP: Manuscript Threads in Medieval Iberia
International Medieval Congress in Kalamazoo, Michigan
13-16 May, 2010
Organizer: Yasmine Beale-Rivaya, Texas State University (yb10@txstate.edu)
Sponsor: Texas Medieval Association
In our work on manuscripts, scholars often analyze one particular manuscript or manuscript set to come to an understanding about past events. However, by looking so closely at a particular set of works, ignoring or nota taking into consideration parrallel or contemporary documents, we often overlook the similarities and the common thread amongst the manuscripts. By taking into consideration a variety of works when drawing conclusions, our analyses may result in a different or more complete picture of the events or data being considered. In this session, we will compare various various manuscripts so that we may discuss them within a broader context and come to a fuller understanding of the data within these.
Submission Details: Please submit a one-page abstract (for a 20-minute presentation) and a Participant Information Form (link below) to Yasmine Beale-Rivaya at yb10@txstate.edu no later than September 1, 2009.
Dr. Yasmine Beale-Rivaya
Assistant Professor
Department of Modern Languages
Texas State University-San Marcos
601 University Drive
San Marcos, TX 78666
ph: 512-245-7271
fax: 512-245-8298
International Medieval Congress in Kalamazoo, Michigan
13-16 May, 2010
Organizer: Yasmine Beale-Rivaya, Texas State University (yb10@txstate.edu)
Sponsor: Texas Medieval Association
In our work on manuscripts, scholars often analyze one particular manuscript or manuscript set to come to an understanding about past events. However, by looking so closely at a particular set of works, ignoring or nota taking into consideration parrallel or contemporary documents, we often overlook the similarities and the common thread amongst the manuscripts. By taking into consideration a variety of works when drawing conclusions, our analyses may result in a different or more complete picture of the events or data being considered. In this session, we will compare various various manuscripts so that we may discuss them within a broader context and come to a fuller understanding of the data within these.
Submission Details: Please submit a one-page abstract (for a 20-minute presentation) and a Participant Information Form (link below) to Yasmine Beale-Rivaya at yb10@txstate.edu no later than September 1, 2009.
Dr. Yasmine Beale-Rivaya
Assistant Professor
Department of Modern Languages
Texas State University-San Marcos
601 University Drive
San Marcos, TX 78666
ph: 512-245-7271
fax: 512-245-8298
SASMARS Newsletter Number 3
SASMARS Newsletter Number 3 for 2009 has been posted to
http://sasmarsnewsletter.blogspot.com/.
It contains
1. A number of calls for papers posted recently to various websites and
discussion forums
2. Books and Journals
3. News from the Royal Historical Society Bibliography, Irish History
Online AND London's Past Online
4. News items in brief
Further lists of CFPs can be found at
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/med_online/calendar.html and
http://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/.
Request: medieval musicologists and musicians out there - please let me know
which discussion forums you prefer and why. Remember to include contact
addresses.
Regards
Leonie Viljoen
Professor Leonie Viljoen
Research Fellow
Department of English Studies
University of South Africa
Home/fax: 012 643 1492
Cell: 0829244733
E-mail: viljol@telkomsa.net
Postnet Suite 396
Private Bag X1015
Lyttelton
0140
PRETORIA
SOUTH AFRICA
http://sasmarsnewsletter.blogspot.com/.
It contains
1. A number of calls for papers posted recently to various websites and
discussion forums
2. Books and Journals
3. News from the Royal Historical Society Bibliography, Irish History
Online AND London's Past Online
4. News items in brief
Further lists of CFPs can be found at
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/med_online/calendar.html and
http://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/.
Request: medieval musicologists and musicians out there - please let me know
which discussion forums you prefer and why. Remember to include contact
addresses.
Regards
Leonie Viljoen
Professor Leonie Viljoen
Research Fellow
Department of English Studies
University of South Africa
Home/fax: 012 643 1492
Cell: 0829244733
E-mail:
Postnet Suite 396
Private Bag X1015
Lyttelton
0140
PRETORIA
SOUTH AFRICA
CFP: THE LITERATURE AND LANDSCAPES OF MEDIEVAL EAST ANGLIA
CFP: THE LITERATURE AND LANDSCAPES OF MEDIEVAL EAST ANGLIA
45th International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan
13-16 May 2010
This session seeks papers to discuss and analyze the literature,
landscapes, history, and places of medieval East Anglia, as well as other
relevant disciplines such as architecture, theology, ecology, geography, and
sacred and profane spaces. Paper ideas will be accepted from all areas and
periods, including Old English poetry, the outlaw sagas and other literature
of the East Anglian fens, the historical records and chronicles of the
region, the history of invasion from the European continent, female
spiritual authors such as Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe, the
wool-driven economy, and the medieval architecture and urbanization of towns
like Ely, Bury St. Edmonds, and Cambridge. Theoretical approaches of all
kinds will be considered, with special recognition given to studies that
examine the region using space and place theory, landscape and cultural
studies, and eco-critical approaches. By crossing such genre and
disciplinary boundaries this session hopes to begin envisioning the region
in new ways and to reveal new insights on the history, literature, land, and
people of medieval East Anglia.
This session is sponsored by the Saint Louis University Center for Medieval
and Renaissance Studies. Please submit a one-page abstract (for a fifteen or
twenty minute presentation) and a Participant Information Form (
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#Paper) to
Justin T. Noetzel at noetzelj@slu.edu by September 15, 2009. Please also
send an email with any relevant questions or comments. Any papers that will
not be included in this session will be forwarded to the Congress Committee
for possible inclusion in the General Sessions.
Thank you,
Justin T. Noetzel
Department of English
Saint Louis University
noetzelj@slu.edu
45th International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan
13-16 May 2010
This session seeks papers to discuss and analyze the literature,
landscapes, history, and places of medieval East Anglia, as well as other
relevant disciplines such as architecture, theology, ecology, geography, and
sacred and profane spaces. Paper ideas will be accepted from all areas and
periods, including Old English poetry, the outlaw sagas and other literature
of the East Anglian fens, the historical records and chronicles of the
region, the history of invasion from the European continent, female
spiritual authors such as Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe, the
wool-driven economy, and the medieval architecture and urbanization of towns
like Ely, Bury St. Edmonds, and Cambridge. Theoretical approaches of all
kinds will be considered, with special recognition given to studies that
examine the region using space and place theory, landscape and cultural
studies, and eco-critical approaches. By crossing such genre and
disciplinary boundaries this session hopes to begin envisioning the region
in new ways and to reveal new insights on the history, literature, land, and
people of medieval East Anglia.
This session is sponsored by the Saint Louis University Center for Medieval
and Renaissance Studies. Please submit a one-page abstract (for a fifteen or
twenty minute presentation) and a Participant Information Form (
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#Paper) to
Justin T. Noetzel at noetzelj@slu.edu by September 15, 2009. Please also
send an email with any relevant questions or comments. Any papers that will
not be included in this session will be forwarded to the Congress Committee
for possible inclusion in the General Sessions.
Thank you,
Justin T. Noetzel
Department of English
Saint Louis University
noetzelj@slu.edu
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Societas Magica CFP
We announce the Call for Papers for Sessions
sponsored and co-sponsored by the Research Group on
Manuscript Evidence at the 45th International
Congress on Medieval Studies, May 13-15, 2010, at
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo. We invite
20-minute presentations. Proposals, with one-page
abstract, are due by September 15, 2009. Please send
your inquiries and proposals to the Sessions Organizer.
We continue our tradition of co-sponsoring sessions
with the Societas Magica.
The Societas Magica sponsors three Sessions:
I. "Margins, Glosses, and Empty Spaces as Sources
for Magical Texts" (co-sponsored with the Research
Group on Manuscript Evidence)
II. "Love Magic"
III. "Politics, Condemnation, and Sorcery in the
Fourteenth Century" (co-sponsored with the 14th
Century Society)
Sessions Organizer:
Amelia Carr
Allegheny College Box 111
520 North Main Street
Meadville, Pennsylvania 16335
Telephone: 814-724-2449
acarr@allegheny.edu
sponsored and co-sponsored by the Research Group on
Manuscript Evidence at the 45th International
Congress on Medieval Studies, May 13-15, 2010, at
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo. We invite
20-minute presentations. Proposals, with one-page
abstract, are due by September 15, 2009. Please send
your inquiries and proposals to the Sessions Organizer.
We continue our tradition of co-sponsoring sessions
with the Societas Magica.
The Societas Magica sponsors three Sessions:
I. "Margins, Glosses, and Empty Spaces as Sources
for Magical Texts" (co-sponsored with the Research
Group on Manuscript Evidence)
II. "Love Magic"
III. "Politics, Condemnation, and Sorcery in the
Fourteenth Century" (co-sponsored with the 14th
Century Society)
Sessions Organizer:
Amelia Carr
Allegheny College Box 111
520 North Main Street
Meadville, Pennsylvania 16335
Telephone: 814-724-2449
acarr@allegheny.edu
Medieval-Religion Online CFP
The Medieval-Religion Online Discussion List is sponsoring three sessions at
the 45th International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 13-16, 2010) at
Kalamazoo, celebrating the 1100th anniversary of Cluny's foundation (unless
of course it was founded, as some argue, in 909, in which case it'll be the
1101th anniversary). We encourage presentations on any aspect of Cluny and
her daughter houses, including the influence of Cluny on broader European
society, both in France and further afield.
Proposals, with a one-page abstract, are due by September 15, 2009. Please
send your inquiries and proposals to the session organizer:
Phyllis Jestice
History Department
U. of Southern Mississippi
118 College Dr. #5047
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
Phone: 601-266-5844
Fax: 601-266-4334
phyllis.jestice@usm.edu
the 45th International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 13-16, 2010) at
Kalamazoo, celebrating the 1100th anniversary of Cluny's foundation (unless
of course it was founded, as some argue, in 909, in which case it'll be the
1101th anniversary). We encourage presentations on any aspect of Cluny and
her daughter houses, including the influence of Cluny on broader European
society, both in France and further afield.
Proposals, with a one-page abstract, are due by September 15, 2009. Please
send your inquiries and proposals to the session organizer:
Phyllis Jestice
History Department
U. of Southern Mississippi
118 College Dr. #5047
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
Phone: 601-266-5844
Fax: 601-266-4334
phyllis.jestice@usm.edu
TILE: Text-Image Linking Environment
TILE: Text-Image Linking Environment is pleased to announce the launch
of its public blog and informational site:
http://tileproject.org
Our first blog posting includes a description of anticipated TILE
functionality.
http://mith.info/tile/2009/07/20/welcome/
Upcoming posts will include an invitation to participate in user
testing, as well as announcements of software as it becomes available.
Visit often, or subscribe to the RSS feed for the latest news on TILE.
http://mith.info/tile/feed/
TILE is a collaborative project between the Maryland Institute for
Technology in the Humanities (MITH), Digital Humanities Observatory
(DHO), and Indiana University Bloomington, funded through a major
grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Preservation and
Access: Humanities Collections and Resources program (research and
development focus). Over two years TILE will develop a new web-based,
modular, collaborative image markup tool for both manual and
semi-automated linking between encoded text and image of text, and
image annotation.
The project is unusual in digital humanities tools development in that
it is being designed from the start to support a wide variety of use
cases. Several projects from the University of Indiana Bloomington,
The University of Oregon and Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies are
initial testbeds. In the second year of the project, TILE will turn to
the user community for testing. If you are interested in
participating, or in learning more about the project, please contact
us at TILEPROJECT@listserv.heanet.ie.
of its public blog and informational site:
http://tileproject.org
Our first blog posting includes a description of anticipated TILE
functionality.
http://mith.info/tile/2009/07/20/welcome/
Upcoming posts will include an invitation to participate in user
testing, as well as announcements of software as it becomes available.
Visit often, or subscribe to the RSS feed for the latest news on TILE.
http://mith.info/tile/feed/
TILE is a collaborative project between the Maryland Institute for
Technology in the Humanities (MITH), Digital Humanities Observatory
(DHO), and Indiana University Bloomington, funded through a major
grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Preservation and
Access: Humanities Collections and Resources program (research and
development focus). Over two years TILE will develop a new web-based,
modular, collaborative image markup tool for both manual and
semi-automated linking between encoded text and image of text, and
image annotation.
The project is unusual in digital humanities tools development in that
it is being designed from the start to support a wide variety of use
cases. Several projects from the University of Indiana Bloomington,
The University of Oregon and Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies are
initial testbeds. In the second year of the project, TILE will turn to
the user community for testing. If you are interested in
participating, or in learning more about the project, please contact
us at TILEPROJECT@listserv.heanet.ie.
CFP: Romancing History: Interrogating the Crossroads of Medieval Genres
Romancing History: Interrogating the Crossroads of Medieval Genres
International Medieval Congress in Kalamazoo, Michigan
13-16 May 2010
In a recent companion article to Arthurian romance, W.R.J Barron
spends nearly two-thirds of his essay discussing medieval texts that
identify themselves as histories. This approach is not surprising,
given the fluidity of medieval romance’s generic identity. Scholars
have long noted the overlap between medieval romance and history,
observing, as Judith Weiss does, that wealthy patrons frequently took
a simultaneous interest in the two modes; further, chronicles and
romances often coincided in their contents and styles, such that
romances reinterpreted historical events while histories romanticized
them. To some extent, critics argue, any distinction between romance
and history is an anachronistic one imposed retroactively by the
divisions modern scholars see between their own fields of study.
The session will seek to explore various instances of the intertwined
relationship between history and romance by investigating the ways
these modes overlap and interact in medieval texts. Participants may
choose to extend the discussion by examining the socio-cultural
reasons underlying the appropriation of historical events and figures
by romance. What late-medieval cultural work is accomplished by a
Middle English romance that recounts the story of an Anglo-Saxon king
or one who ruled only a century before? Conversely, papers may focus
on the use of romance content, form, and style in ostensibly factual
chronicle accounts. What purpose might a chronicler like Benoit de
Sainte-Maure accomplish by incorporating aspects of romance into
episodes of a history? Ideally this session will generate useful
work on the medieval uses of these flexible generic categories.
Please submit 250-word proposals to Elizabeth Williamsen at
betswill@indiana.edu by September 15, 2009. Please also include the
Congress participant information sheet available at
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#PIF .
*********************
Elizabeth Williamsen, Ph.D.
Visiting Lecturer
Department of English
Indiana University
International Medieval Congress in Kalamazoo, Michigan
13-16 May 2010
In a recent companion article to Arthurian romance, W.R.J Barron
spends nearly two-thirds of his essay discussing medieval texts that
identify themselves as histories. This approach is not surprising,
given the fluidity of medieval romance’s generic identity. Scholars
have long noted the overlap between medieval romance and history,
observing, as Judith Weiss does, that wealthy patrons frequently took
a simultaneous interest in the two modes; further, chronicles and
romances often coincided in their contents and styles, such that
romances reinterpreted historical events while histories romanticized
them. To some extent, critics argue, any distinction between romance
and history is an anachronistic one imposed retroactively by the
divisions modern scholars see between their own fields of study.
The session will seek to explore various instances of the intertwined
relationship between history and romance by investigating the ways
these modes overlap and interact in medieval texts. Participants may
choose to extend the discussion by examining the socio-cultural
reasons underlying the appropriation of historical events and figures
by romance. What late-medieval cultural work is accomplished by a
Middle English romance that recounts the story of an Anglo-Saxon king
or one who ruled only a century before? Conversely, papers may focus
on the use of romance content, form, and style in ostensibly factual
chronicle accounts. What purpose might a chronicler like Benoit de
Sainte-Maure accomplish by incorporating aspects of romance into
episodes of a history? Ideally this session will generate useful
work on the medieval uses of these flexible generic categories.
Please submit 250-word proposals to Elizabeth Williamsen at
betswill@indiana.edu by September 15, 2009. Please also include the
Congress participant information sheet available at
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#PIF .
*********************
Elizabeth Williamsen, Ph.D.
Visiting Lecturer
Department of English
Indiana University
Medieval and Renaissance Faculty Workshop of the University of Louisville CFP
Dear colleagues,
I am pleased to announce that Medieval and Renaissance Faculty Workshop
of the University of Louisville will be sponsoring two sessions (details
below) at the upcoming International Congress at Western Michigan
University in Kalamazoo. Our sessions in the past have been
well-attended and featured excellent papers with very lively
discussions. We hope that you will consider submitting abstracts for
this year's panels. Proposals can be sent via e-mail to
andrew.rabin@louisville.edu or via usps to:
Andrew Rabin
Department of English
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
We look forward to hearing from you!
Regards,
Andrew
1. Law and Legal Culture in Anglo-Saxon England
For this session, we invite papers that examine the many ways in which
law was made, understood, practiced, promulgated, and transcribed in the
Anglo-Saxon world. We are eager to receive submissions representing a
variety of perspectives, methodologies, and disciplines. Possible
topics include (but are not limited to): royal legislation, legal
manuscripts, law in/and literature, legal procedure, charters and
diplomatics, writs and wills, dispute resolution, theories of law and
justice, perceptions of early law in later periods, law in/and art, We
welcome traditional philological and historicist approaches, as well as
those informed by contemporary critical theory.
2. Art History on the Edge: Art and Architecture in the Provinces of
the Medieval World(s)
In the first half of the twentieth century, a centralized model of
interpretation dominated scholarship on medieval art. That is, the art
and architecture of kingdoms and empires, including the provinces, were
examined almost exclusively in light of their relationship to a capital
city. In the past fifty years, we have witnessed the emergence of a
multiplicity of approaches to the interpretation of art and architecture
in the provinces. A much more fluid and dynamic relationship in
artistic trends between the center and periphery has been acknowledged.
Further, the recognition that their geographical location along
‘edges’ frequently put provinces in contact with other cultures
and traditions has led to an interest in the cross-cultural exchange
which frequently occurred in these regions. The aim of this session is
to bring together scholars of all periods and regions of medieval art in
order to consider the connections, commonalities, and differences
between seemingly disparate cultures. Through a wide-ranging and
interdisciplinary discussion, it will be demonstrated that changes in
the perception of the provinces as well as the approaches to art and
architecture created in these regions have broad implications for how we
interpret and understand artistic and architectural developments
throughout the medieval world(s).
Andrew Rabin
Assistant Professor
Department of English
The University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
Bingham Humanities 336B
502-852-1722
I am pleased to announce that Medieval and Renaissance Faculty Workshop
of the University of Louisville will be sponsoring two sessions (details
below) at the upcoming International Congress at Western Michigan
University in Kalamazoo. Our sessions in the past have been
well-attended and featured excellent papers with very lively
discussions. We hope that you will consider submitting abstracts for
this year's panels. Proposals can be sent via e-mail to
andrew.rabin@louisville.edu or via usps to:
Andrew Rabin
Department of English
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
We look forward to hearing from you!
Regards,
Andrew
1. Law and Legal Culture in Anglo-Saxon England
For this session, we invite papers that examine the many ways in which
law was made, understood, practiced, promulgated, and transcribed in the
Anglo-Saxon world. We are eager to receive submissions representing a
variety of perspectives, methodologies, and disciplines. Possible
topics include (but are not limited to): royal legislation, legal
manuscripts, law in/and literature, legal procedure, charters and
diplomatics, writs and wills, dispute resolution, theories of law and
justice, perceptions of early law in later periods, law in/and art, We
welcome traditional philological and historicist approaches, as well as
those informed by contemporary critical theory.
2. Art History on the Edge: Art and Architecture in the Provinces of
the Medieval World(s)
In the first half of the twentieth century, a centralized model of
interpretation dominated scholarship on medieval art. That is, the art
and architecture of kingdoms and empires, including the provinces, were
examined almost exclusively in light of their relationship to a capital
city. In the past fifty years, we have witnessed the emergence of a
multiplicity of approaches to the interpretation of art and architecture
in the provinces. A much more fluid and dynamic relationship in
artistic trends between the center and periphery has been acknowledged.
Further, the recognition that their geographical location along
‘edges’ frequently put provinces in contact with other cultures
and traditions has led to an interest in the cross-cultural exchange
which frequently occurred in these regions. The aim of this session is
to bring together scholars of all periods and regions of medieval art in
order to consider the connections, commonalities, and differences
between seemingly disparate cultures. Through a wide-ranging and
interdisciplinary discussion, it will be demonstrated that changes in
the perception of the provinces as well as the approaches to art and
architecture created in these regions have broad implications for how we
interpret and understand artistic and architectural developments
throughout the medieval world(s).
Andrew Rabin
Assistant Professor
Department of English
The University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
Bingham Humanities 336B
502-852-1722
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
School of Celtic Studies
School of Celtic Studies:
> The School of Celtic Studies is pleased to announce the publication of
> the database of the Monasticon Hibernicum Project:
>
> http://monasticon.celt.dias.ie/
>
> Containing a searchable database of over 5,500 early Christian
> ecclesiastical settlements in Ireland from the 5th to 12th centuries
> this is a joint project with the National University of Ireland,
> Maynooth, and is funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities
> and Social Sciences.
>
> The School of Celtic Studies is pleased to announce the publication of
> the database of the Monasticon Hibernicum Project:
>
> http://monasticon.celt.dias.ie/
>
> Containing a searchable database of over 5,500 early Christian
> ecclesiastical settlements in Ireland from the 5th to 12th centuries
> this is a joint project with the National University of Ireland,
> Maynooth, and is funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities
> and Social Sciences.
>
National Archives UK changes: thanks to Kathleen Neal
I would like to alert Med-Grad members to proposed changes at the National Archives, Kew (UK) that have immense potential to impact negatively on historians working on English history of any period of government record. TNA has decided to cut its budget by 10%, by reducing access to materials, opening hours, and the number specialist staff, among other things. Fuller details of the proposed changes are on the website: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/changes-general-info.htm
Please circulate this information as widely as possible and encourage anyone with an interest to consult the proposal document and make their response to the given email address (changes@nationalarchives.gov.uk) as soon as possible. The consultation period runs only 'until September'.
A campaign website www.action4archives.com has been established, which will provide more information as it comes to hand, as well as a petition which can be signed online. You can also read their campaign statement: http://action4archives.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Action4Archives_campaign_statement.pdf
Kathleen Neal
PhD Candidate
School of Historical Studies
Monash Univeristy
Australia
Please circulate this information as widely as possible and encourage anyone with an interest to consult the proposal document and make their response to the given email address (changes@nationalarchives.gov.uk) as soon as possible. The consultation period runs only 'until September'.
A campaign website www.action4archives.com has been established, which will provide more information as it comes to hand, as well as a petition which can be signed online. You can also read their campaign statement: http://action4archives.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Action4Archives_campaign_statement.pdf
Kathleen Neal
PhD Candidate
School of Historical Studies
Monash Univeristy
Australia
Landscape and Rural Society in North Hampshire in the Middle Ages
With apologies for cross-posting, I'd be very grateful if you could draw
this to the attention of masters students with interests in medieval
local/regional history, as we have a couple of funded PhD studentships
at the University of Winchester, closing date 17 August, one of which is
for the project below (see http://www.winchester.ac.uk/?page=5687 for
details). Prospective candidates are welcome to contact me informally
via email (Ryan.Lavelle@winchester.ac.uk)
Many thanks,
Ryan Lavelle
Landscape and Rural Society in North Hampshire in the Middle Ages
This studentship will take a long view of the development and evolution
of settlement and rural organisation in the under-studied area of
northern Hampshire, roughly defined as the area north of Winchester,
from the eighth century to the fifteenth century, broadly the period
dominated by a manorial economy.
The study is intended to consider the significance of the types of
landscape and their effects on the organisation of settlements, the
influences of landholders, including royal and ecclesiastical landlords,
and the economic influences of the developments of small-town economies,
especially that of Basingstoke, as well as the wider economic influence
of the wider hinterlands of larger towns (London, Salisbury, Southampton
and Winchester).
The study will use Anglo-Saxon charters, Domesday Book, feudal aids,
inquisitions post mortem and deeds, manorial court rolls and accounts,
and much later documentary evidence pertaining to the medieval
landscape, such as Tithe Apportionment records, as well as the evidence
of the landscape itself, to assess the types of economies and the
patterns of landholding in the area.
The studentship will have a close working relationship with the
University of Winchester's Victoria County History Basingstoke project,
which considers the parishes of the Basingstoke area, and to this end
the relationship between Basingstoke and its hinterland will be an
important element of the study, although it will not be its defining
feature. It is intended that the development of interests and
organisation of a manorial economy can be studied through close focus on
a defined area.
University of Winchester, a private charitable company limited by
guarantee in England and Wales number 5969256.
Registered Office: Sparkford Road, Winchester, Hampshire SO22 4NR
this to the attention of masters students with interests in medieval
local/regional history, as we have a couple of funded PhD studentships
at the University of Winchester, closing date 17 August, one of which is
for the project below (see http://www.winchester.ac.uk/?page=5687 for
details). Prospective candidates are welcome to contact me informally
via email (Ryan.Lavelle@winchester.ac.uk)
Many thanks,
Ryan Lavelle
Landscape and Rural Society in North Hampshire in the Middle Ages
This studentship will take a long view of the development and evolution
of settlement and rural organisation in the under-studied area of
northern Hampshire, roughly defined as the area north of Winchester,
from the eighth century to the fifteenth century, broadly the period
dominated by a manorial economy.
The study is intended to consider the significance of the types of
landscape and their effects on the organisation of settlements, the
influences of landholders, including royal and ecclesiastical landlords,
and the economic influences of the developments of small-town economies,
especially that of Basingstoke, as well as the wider economic influence
of the wider hinterlands of larger towns (London, Salisbury, Southampton
and Winchester).
The study will use Anglo-Saxon charters, Domesday Book, feudal aids,
inquisitions post mortem and deeds, manorial court rolls and accounts,
and much later documentary evidence pertaining to the medieval
landscape, such as Tithe Apportionment records, as well as the evidence
of the landscape itself, to assess the types of economies and the
patterns of landholding in the area.
The studentship will have a close working relationship with the
University of Winchester's Victoria County History Basingstoke project,
which considers the parishes of the Basingstoke area, and to this end
the relationship between Basingstoke and its hinterland will be an
important element of the study, although it will not be its defining
feature. It is intended that the development of interests and
organisation of a manorial economy can be studied through close focus on
a defined area.
University of Winchester, a private charitable company limited by
guarantee in England and Wales number 5969256.
Registered Office: Sparkford Road, Winchester, Hampshire SO22 4NR
CFP: Capital and Corporal Punishment in Anglo-Saxon England
Capital and Corporal Punishment in Anglo-Saxon England
International Congress on Medieval Studies
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo MI
13-16 May 2010
AND
International Medieval Congress
University of Leeds, Leeds UK
12-15 July 2010
Execution, mutilation, and bodily punishment were prominent elements of
Anglo-Saxon judicial practice. In addition to the Old English law codes
that prescribed death and mutilation for criminal offenders, physical
penalties figured prominently in biblical exegesis and theological
discourse, in hagiographical and literary texts, in works of art, and in
the archaeology of the pre-Conquest landscape. These sessions will offer
an interdisciplinary investigation of the role of capital and corporal
punishment in Anglo-Saxon England. We seek papers that consider the
legal, practical, theological, and ethical considerations that surrounded
the sentencing of offenders. Explorations of individual penalties,
specific texts, artistic or archaeological evidence, or the wider context
of physical punishment are also welcome.
We are accepting proposals for twenty-minute papers for either conference.
Please submit abstracts by 15 September to:
Jay Paul Gates
jgates@jjay.cuny.edu
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
Dept. of English, Room 730
619 W. 54th St.
New York, NY 10019
Organizers: Jay Paul Gates and Nicole Marafioti
International Congress on Medieval Studies
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo MI
13-16 May 2010
AND
International Medieval Congress
University of Leeds, Leeds UK
12-15 July 2010
Execution, mutilation, and bodily punishment were prominent elements of
Anglo-Saxon judicial practice. In addition to the Old English law codes
that prescribed death and mutilation for criminal offenders, physical
penalties figured prominently in biblical exegesis and theological
discourse, in hagiographical and literary texts, in works of art, and in
the archaeology of the pre-Conquest landscape. These sessions will offer
an interdisciplinary investigation of the role of capital and corporal
punishment in Anglo-Saxon England. We seek papers that consider the
legal, practical, theological, and ethical considerations that surrounded
the sentencing of offenders. Explorations of individual penalties,
specific texts, artistic or archaeological evidence, or the wider context
of physical punishment are also welcome.
We are accepting proposals for twenty-minute papers for either conference.
Please submit abstracts by 15 September to:
Jay Paul Gates
jgates@jjay.cuny.edu
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
Dept. of English, Room 730
619 W. 54th St.
New York, NY 10019
Organizers: Jay Paul Gates and Nicole Marafioti
Calls for Papers
November 11 - 13th, 2009: International Congress on /King/ /Alphonse VI
and the art of his time/ (Complutense University of Madrid (Spain).
Those interested in presenting a paper are requested to submit their
manuscript before September 10th 2009. The complete program of the
congress will be sent in September. For further information, an initial
list of speakers, and contact details, see
http://www.ucm.es/centros/webs/d437/ .
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February 19th and 20th, 2010: Call For Papers - The Past's Digital
Presence: Database, Archive, and Knowledge Work in the Humanities. A
Graduate Student Symposium at Yale University.
How is digital technology changing methods of scholarly research with
pre-digital sources in the humanities? If the "medium is the message,"
then how does the message change when primary sources are translated
into digital media? What kinds of new research opportunities do
databases unlock and what do they make obsolete? What is the future of
the rare book and manuscript library and its use? What biases are
inherent in the widespread use of digitized material? How can we correct
for them? Amidst numerous benefits in accessibility, cost, and
convenience, what concerns have been overlooked? We invite graduate
students to submit paper proposals for an interdisciplinary symposium
that will address how databases and other digital technologies are
making an impact on our research in the humanities. The graduate student
panels will be moderated by a Yale faculty member or library curator
with a panel respondent. The two-day conference will take place February
19th and 20th, 2010, at Yale University.
Keynote Speaker: Peter Stallybrass, Walter H. and
Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Humanities, University of Pennsylvania
Colloquium Guest Speaker: Jacqueline Goldsby, Associate Professor,
University of Chicago
Potential paper topics include:
· The Future of the History of the Book
· Public Humanities
· Determining Irrelevance in the Archive
· Defining the Key-Word
· The Material Object in Archival Research
· Local Knowledge, Global Access
· Digital Afterlives
· Foucault, Derrida, and the Archive
· Database Access Across the Profession
· Mapping and Map-Based Platforms
· Interactive Research
Please email a one-page proposal along with a C.V. to pdp@yale.edu.
Deadline for submissions is September 10th, 2009. Accepted panelists
will be notified by October 1st, 2009. We ask that all graduate-student
panelists pre-circulate their paper among their panels by January 20th,
2010.
Please contact Molly Farrell and Heather Klemann at pdp@yale.edu with
any additional inquiries. For more information about conference events,
please visit our forthcoming website:
http://digitalhumanities.yale.edu/pdp (October).
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All,
Below, please see two announcements for upcoming conferences.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
November 11 - 13th, 2009: International Congress on King Alphonse VI and the art of his time (Complutense University of Madrid (Spain). Those interested in presenting a paper are requested to submit their manuscript before September 10th 2009. The complete program of the congress will be sent in September. For further information, an initial list of speakers, and contact details, see http://www.ucm.es/centros/webs/d437/ .
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
February 19th and 20th, 2010: Call For Papers - The Past’s Digital Presence: Database, Archive, and Knowledge Work in the Humanities. A Graduate Student Symposium at Yale University.
How is digital technology changing methods of scholarly research with pre-digital sources in the humanities? If the “medium is the message,” then how does the message change when primary sources are translated into digital media? What kinds of new research opportunities do databases unlock and what do they make obsolete? What is the future of the rare book and manuscript library and its use? What biases are inherent in the widespread use of digitized material? How can we correct for them? Amidst numerous benefits in accessibility, cost, and convenience, what concerns have been overlooked? We invite graduate students to submit paper proposals for an interdisciplinary symposium that will address how databases and other digital technologies are making an impact on our research in the humanities. The graduate student panels will be moderated by a Yale faculty member or library curator with a panel respondent. The two-day conference will take place February 19th and 20th, 2010, at Yale University.
Keynote Speaker: Peter Stallybrass, Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Humanities, University of Pennsylvania
Colloquium Guest Speaker: Jacqueline Goldsby, Associate Professor, University of Chicago
Potential paper topics include:
· The Future of the History of the Book
· Public Humanities
· Determining Irrelevance in the Archive
· Defining the Key-Word
· The Material Object in Archival Research
· Local Knowledge, Global Access
· Digital Afterlives
· Foucault, Derrida, and the Archive
· Database Access Across the Profession
· Mapping and Map-Based Platforms
· Interactive Research
Please email a one-page proposal along with a C.V. to pdp@yale.edu. Deadline for submissions is September 10th, 2009. Accepted panelists will be notified by October 1st, 2009. We ask that all graduate-student panelists pre-circulate their paper among their panels by January 20th, 2010.
Please contact Molly Farrell and Heather Klemann at pdp@yale.edu with any additional inquiries. For more information about conference events, please visit our forthcoming website: http://digitalhumanities.yale.edu/pdp (October).
and the art of his time/ (Complutense University of Madrid (Spain).
Those interested in presenting a paper are requested to submit their
manuscript before September 10th 2009. The complete program of the
congress will be sent in September. For further information, an initial
list of speakers, and contact details, see
http://www.ucm.es/centros/webs/d437/ .
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
February 19th and 20th, 2010: Call For Papers - The Past's Digital
Presence: Database, Archive, and Knowledge Work in the Humanities. A
Graduate Student Symposium at Yale University.
How is digital technology changing methods of scholarly research with
pre-digital sources in the humanities? If the "medium is the message,"
then how does the message change when primary sources are translated
into digital media? What kinds of new research opportunities do
databases unlock and what do they make obsolete? What is the future of
the rare book and manuscript library and its use? What biases are
inherent in the widespread use of digitized material? How can we correct
for them? Amidst numerous benefits in accessibility, cost, and
convenience, what concerns have been overlooked? We invite graduate
students to submit paper proposals for an interdisciplinary symposium
that will address how databases and other digital technologies are
making an impact on our research in the humanities. The graduate student
panels will be moderated by a Yale faculty member or library curator
with a panel respondent. The two-day conference will take place February
19th and 20th, 2010, at Yale University.
Keynote Speaker: Peter Stallybrass, Walter H. and
Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Humanities, University of Pennsylvania
Colloquium Guest Speaker: Jacqueline Goldsby, Associate Professor,
University of Chicago
Potential paper topics include:
· The Future of the History of the Book
· Public Humanities
· Determining Irrelevance in the Archive
· Defining the Key-Word
· The Material Object in Archival Research
· Local Knowledge, Global Access
· Digital Afterlives
· Foucault, Derrida, and the Archive
· Database Access Across the Profession
· Mapping and Map-Based Platforms
· Interactive Research
Please email a one-page proposal along with a C.V. to pdp@yale.edu.
Deadline for submissions is September 10th, 2009. Accepted panelists
will be notified by October 1st, 2009. We ask that all graduate-student
panelists pre-circulate their paper among their panels by January 20th,
2010.
Please contact Molly Farrell and Heather Klemann at pdp@yale.edu with
any additional inquiries. For more information about conference events,
please visit our forthcoming website:
http://digitalhumanities.yale.edu/pdp (October).
unnamed [~4K]
All,
Below, please see two announcements for upcoming conferences.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
November 11 - 13th, 2009: International Congress on King Alphonse VI and the art of his time (Complutense University of Madrid (Spain). Those interested in presenting a paper are requested to submit their manuscript before September 10th 2009. The complete program of the congress will be sent in September. For further information, an initial list of speakers, and contact details, see http://www.ucm.es/centros/webs/d437/ .
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
February 19th and 20th, 2010: Call For Papers - The Past’s Digital Presence: Database, Archive, and Knowledge Work in the Humanities. A Graduate Student Symposium at Yale University.
How is digital technology changing methods of scholarly research with pre-digital sources in the humanities? If the “medium is the message,” then how does the message change when primary sources are translated into digital media? What kinds of new research opportunities do databases unlock and what do they make obsolete? What is the future of the rare book and manuscript library and its use? What biases are inherent in the widespread use of digitized material? How can we correct for them? Amidst numerous benefits in accessibility, cost, and convenience, what concerns have been overlooked? We invite graduate students to submit paper proposals for an interdisciplinary symposium that will address how databases and other digital technologies are making an impact on our research in the humanities. The graduate student panels will be moderated by a Yale faculty member or library curator with a panel respondent. The two-day conference will take place February 19th and 20th, 2010, at Yale University.
Keynote Speaker: Peter Stallybrass, Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Humanities, University of Pennsylvania
Colloquium Guest Speaker: Jacqueline Goldsby, Associate Professor, University of Chicago
Potential paper topics include:
· The Future of the History of the Book
· Public Humanities
· Determining Irrelevance in the Archive
· Defining the Key-Word
· The Material Object in Archival Research
· Local Knowledge, Global Access
· Digital Afterlives
· Foucault, Derrida, and the Archive
· Database Access Across the Profession
· Mapping and Map-Based Platforms
· Interactive Research
Please email a one-page proposal along with a C.V. to pdp@yale.edu. Deadline for submissions is September 10th, 2009. Accepted panelists will be notified by October 1st, 2009. We ask that all graduate-student panelists pre-circulate their paper among their panels by January 20th, 2010.
Please contact Molly Farrell and Heather Klemann at pdp@yale.edu with any additional inquiries. For more information about conference events, please visit our forthcoming website: http://digitalhumanities.yale.edu/pdp (October).
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