CFP: ICMS 2011 (May 12-15, 2011)
Hell Studies
Sponsored Session, Societas Daemoniaci
Across cultures and throughout the Middle Ages, the idea of Hell has haunted human-kind. In art, manuscripts like the Winchester Psalter and cathedral sculptures like those at Autun and Chartres stand as both private and public reminders of the punishment that awaits those who refuse to live a good and holy (and in many cases Christian) life; in literature, tellings of the Harrowing of Hell and stories of the Falls (both angelic and human alike) trace the development of Hell over time, through texts like the Old English Genesis A and B; in theatre, the devil and the fear of damnation have woven their ways into narratives for hundreds of years, for example in York Corpus Christi plays; and throughout history the hope of Heaven and the fear of Hell have motivated the actions of kings, priests and peasants alike.
This session, titled Hell Studies, will provide a forum for new research on the art, literature, theatre and history of Hell and its sometime residents -- the devils, demons and damned -- and their visual, textual, theatrical and historical development and depiction throughout the medieval period. Through the study of Hell and its associates, we can divine new truths about the cultures and beliefs of the people for whom Hell was, to them doubtlessly, a serious, physical reality and a part of their daily lives.
Anyone wishing to participate is encouraged to send a politely addressed query or proposal of no more than 500 words to Richard Burley, at societas.daemoniaci @ gmail.com, on or before the thirty-first day of August 2010.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Monday, June 28, 2010
IMAGINING EUROPE - PERSPECTIVES, PERCEPTIONS AND REPRESENTATIONS FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT Call for Papers
IMAGINING EUROPE - PERSPECTIVES, PERCEPTIONS AND REPRESENTATIONS FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT
Call for Papers - LUICD Graduate Conference 2011
Leiden University Institute for Cultural Disciplines
27 and 28 January 2011
Confirmed key note speakers:
Professor Edith Hall, Royal Holloway, University of London
Professor Jonathan Israel, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University
THE CONFERENCE
‘Qui parle Europe a tort. Notion géographique’. Otto von Bismarck's elliptic remark, scribbled in the margin of a letter from Alexander Gorchakov in 1876, would go on to become one of the most often-quoted statements about Europe. But was Bismarck right? Is Europe nothing but a geographical notion? Even the briefest glance at history shows that more often than not perceptions and definitions of Europe go beyond the mere geographical demarcation of a continent. In 1919, for instance, Paul Valéry imagined Europe as a living creature, with ‘a consciousness acquired through centuries of bearable calamities, by thousands of men of the first rank, from innumerable geographical, ethnic and historical coincidences’.
Of course this is only one of a multitude of different representations.
Europe has always signified different things to different people in different places – inside Europe as well as outside. Europe meant, for instance, something different to Voltaire, l’aubergiste d’Europe, at Ferney in the 1760s than to Athanasius Kircher in Rome a century earlier or to Barack Obama in Washington today.
This conference explores the different ways in which Europe has been imagined and represented, from inside as well as outside Europe and from classical antiquity to the present day. This wide scope reflects the historical range of the LUICD’s three research programmes (Classics and Classical Civilization, Medieval and Early Modern Studies and Modern and Contemporary Studies) as well as the intercontinental focus of many of the institute’s research projects. The conference aims to present a diachronic perspective of some of the many images of Europe, with particular attention to the historical, cultural and economic contexts in which these images were created and the media and genres in which they have been presented.
Although the emphasis of the conference lies on different and changing perspectives, perceptions and representations, it also wants to explore the notion of similarity – are there any aspects that keep recurring in the different visions, aspects that might even be said to be intrinsically European?
The conference aims to provide a platform for graduate students in the humanities, from Leiden as well as other universities in the Netherlands and abroad, to present and exchange their ideas in an international and interdisciplinary environment. The organising committee is honoured that Professor Jonathan Israel and Professor Edith Hall have accepted our invitation to act as keynote speakers and participate in discussions during the conference.
PROPOSALS
The LUICD Graduate Conference aims to reflect the institute’s interdisciplinary and international character and as such welcomes proposals from graduate students from all disciplines within the humanities, from universities from the Netherlands as well as abroad. The conference wants to present a variety of different perspectives on Europe (from within as well as outside the European continent) and those working in fields related to other continents are particularly encouraged to submit a proposal.
Subjects may include historical events, processes and discourses, textual and/or visual representations, literary or art canons, colonial and post- colonial relations, philosophical developments and political issues.
Questions that could be raised include: how did (and do) oppositions such as barbarism versus civilization, Christianity versus paganism or old versus new worlds relate to the conceptualization of Europe? What role does
(perceived) cultural superiority play in these oppositions? What ideas might be regarded as predecessors of or alternatives to the concept of Europe? In what ways did (and do) forms of universalism and regionalism compete with identity formation on a continental level? How have individual artists represented Europe? How do different (literary) genres, such as travel literature, historiography or letters, construct a particular image of Europe or Europe’s relations with other cultures? Is it possible for art collections to imagine Europe or to question existing perceptions of Europe? How do migrant literature and cinema reflect the changing identity of Europe today?
Please send your proposal (max. 300 words) for a 20-minute paper to C.Maas@hum.leidenuniv.nl. The deadline for the proposals is 1 November 2010 – you will be notified whether or not your proposal has been selected before 15 November 2010.
After the conference, the proceedings will be published either on-line or in book form. More information on this will follow in due course.
If you have any questions regarding the conference and/or the proposal, please do not hesitate to contact us at the above e-mail address. More information about the conference will be published on the conference webpage, which will go online this summer.
Call for Papers - LUICD Graduate Conference 2011
Leiden University Institute for Cultural Disciplines
27 and 28 January 2011
Confirmed key note speakers:
Professor Edith Hall, Royal Holloway, University of London
Professor Jonathan Israel, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University
THE CONFERENCE
‘Qui parle Europe a tort. Notion géographique’. Otto von Bismarck's elliptic remark, scribbled in the margin of a letter from Alexander Gorchakov in 1876, would go on to become one of the most often-quoted statements about Europe. But was Bismarck right? Is Europe nothing but a geographical notion? Even the briefest glance at history shows that more often than not perceptions and definitions of Europe go beyond the mere geographical demarcation of a continent. In 1919, for instance, Paul Valéry imagined Europe as a living creature, with ‘a consciousness acquired through centuries of bearable calamities, by thousands of men of the first rank, from innumerable geographical, ethnic and historical coincidences’.
Of course this is only one of a multitude of different representations.
Europe has always signified different things to different people in different places – inside Europe as well as outside. Europe meant, for instance, something different to Voltaire, l’aubergiste d’Europe, at Ferney in the 1760s than to Athanasius Kircher in Rome a century earlier or to Barack Obama in Washington today.
This conference explores the different ways in which Europe has been imagined and represented, from inside as well as outside Europe and from classical antiquity to the present day. This wide scope reflects the historical range of the LUICD’s three research programmes (Classics and Classical Civilization, Medieval and Early Modern Studies and Modern and Contemporary Studies) as well as the intercontinental focus of many of the institute’s research projects. The conference aims to present a diachronic perspective of some of the many images of Europe, with particular attention to the historical, cultural and economic contexts in which these images were created and the media and genres in which they have been presented.
Although the emphasis of the conference lies on different and changing perspectives, perceptions and representations, it also wants to explore the notion of similarity – are there any aspects that keep recurring in the different visions, aspects that might even be said to be intrinsically European?
The conference aims to provide a platform for graduate students in the humanities, from Leiden as well as other universities in the Netherlands and abroad, to present and exchange their ideas in an international and interdisciplinary environment. The organising committee is honoured that Professor Jonathan Israel and Professor Edith Hall have accepted our invitation to act as keynote speakers and participate in discussions during the conference.
PROPOSALS
The LUICD Graduate Conference aims to reflect the institute’s interdisciplinary and international character and as such welcomes proposals from graduate students from all disciplines within the humanities, from universities from the Netherlands as well as abroad. The conference wants to present a variety of different perspectives on Europe (from within as well as outside the European continent) and those working in fields related to other continents are particularly encouraged to submit a proposal.
Subjects may include historical events, processes and discourses, textual and/or visual representations, literary or art canons, colonial and post- colonial relations, philosophical developments and political issues.
Questions that could be raised include: how did (and do) oppositions such as barbarism versus civilization, Christianity versus paganism or old versus new worlds relate to the conceptualization of Europe? What role does
(perceived) cultural superiority play in these oppositions? What ideas might be regarded as predecessors of or alternatives to the concept of Europe? In what ways did (and do) forms of universalism and regionalism compete with identity formation on a continental level? How have individual artists represented Europe? How do different (literary) genres, such as travel literature, historiography or letters, construct a particular image of Europe or Europe’s relations with other cultures? Is it possible for art collections to imagine Europe or to question existing perceptions of Europe? How do migrant literature and cinema reflect the changing identity of Europe today?
Please send your proposal (max. 300 words) for a 20-minute paper to C.Maas@hum.leidenuniv.nl. The deadline for the proposals is 1 November 2010 – you will be notified whether or not your proposal has been selected before 15 November 2010.
After the conference, the proceedings will be published either on-line or in book form. More information on this will follow in due course.
If you have any questions regarding the conference and/or the proposal, please do not hesitate to contact us at the above e-mail address. More information about the conference will be published on the conference webpage, which will go online this summer.
Viking Society
Dear Viking Society member
>
> I am pleased to announce that the Catalogue for the Viking Society auction of
> books belonging to Peter Foote is now available on the Society¹s web site
> http://www.le.ac.uk/ee/viking/
> Bids are invited until 31st July 2010. The Catalogue can be
> downloaded in Word
> or PDF format. Instructions for placing bids will be found at the
> beginning of
> the catalogue. Any individual (or institution) is welcome to bid; the sale is
> not restricted to Society members.
>
> Because of the wide range of Professor Foote¹s interests, many besides Viking
> Society members may want to see the catalogue, and we would be grateful if
> members could pass on the information about the sale where appropriate.
>
> As you know, proceeds from the sale will go to the Peter Foote Memorial Fund.
> I would also like to remind members who would like to contribute to the fund
> that donations can be sent to the Treasurer at the Society¹s address.
>
> With best wishes
>
> Alison Finlay
> -- Ph.D. Researcher,
> U.C.D. School of Archaeology,
> http://www.ucd.ie/archaeology/research/phd/boyd_rebecca/index.html
>
> I am pleased to announce that the Catalogue for the Viking Society auction of
> books belonging to Peter Foote is now available on the Society¹s web site
> http://www.le.ac.uk/ee/viking/
> Bids are invited until 31st July 2010. The Catalogue can be
> downloaded in Word
> or PDF format. Instructions for placing bids will be found at the
> beginning of
> the catalogue. Any individual (or institution) is welcome to bid; the sale is
> not restricted to Society members.
>
> Because of the wide range of Professor Foote¹s interests, many besides Viking
> Society members may want to see the catalogue, and we would be grateful if
> members could pass on the information about the sale where appropriate.
>
> As you know, proceeds from the sale will go to the Peter Foote Memorial Fund.
> I would also like to remind members who would like to contribute to the fund
> that donations can be sent to the Treasurer at the Society¹s address.
>
> With best wishes
>
> Alison Finlay
> -- Ph.D. Researcher,
> U.C.D. School of Archaeology,
> http://www.ucd.ie/archaeology/research/phd/boyd_rebecca/index.html
In conjunction with a larger project on the history of women’s letters from the 12th to the 21st centuries, I hope to propose at least one session at the forthcoming biennial meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, to be held at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 2-5 February 2011. Papers can address any aspect of women’s letters, letter-writing practice, or engagement with epistolarity, between (approximately) 1000 and 1400 CE.
Paper proposals in the form of abstracts of no more than 200 words, and any further enquiries, should be submitted to Kathleen Neal (kathleen.neal@arts.monash.edu.au) by 15 August 2010. Please also describe in no more than 3 keywords, the central thematic issues of your paper.
Further information about the conference is available at: http://www.otago.ac.nz/mems/anzamems/index.html
Please feel free to circulate this call to your friends and colleagues who may be interested.
Paper proposals in the form of abstracts of no more than 200 words, and any further enquiries, should be submitted to Kathleen Neal (kathleen.neal@arts.monash.edu.au) by 15 August 2010. Please also describe in no more than 3 keywords, the central thematic issues of your paper.
Further information about the conference is available at: http://www.otago.ac.nz/mems/anzamems/index.html
Please feel free to circulate this call to your friends and colleagues who may be interested.
ANZAMEMS is pleased to announce a Postgraduate Advanced Training Seminar on the theme
Editing Medieval and Early Modern Texts: Principles and Practice
University of Otago
7–8 February 2011
The editing of texts from the medieval and early modern periods is a complex and demanding task. Surprisingly there are very few resources available that provide guidance as to how to describe, transcribe and fully edit materials from these periods. This workshop will bring together leading experts in text editing in order to share their skills and experience with postgraduate students and early career researchers. The expert instructors are:
Prof Eva Schlotheuber, University of Münster: Medieval and German texts
Prof Michael Hunter, Birkbeck College, London: Early Modern texts
Dr Greg Waite, University of Otago: Old and Middle English texts
The workshop will take place after the biennial ANZAMEMS conference to be held at the University of Otago from 2–5 February 2011.
Bursaries are available to suitably qualified applicants from Australasia (see application form).
Inquiries should be forwarded to the workshop convenor: Prof Peter Anstey, University of Otago peter.anstey@otago.ac.nz
Editing Medieval and Early Modern Texts: Principles and Practice
University of Otago
7–8 February 2011
The editing of texts from the medieval and early modern periods is a complex and demanding task. Surprisingly there are very few resources available that provide guidance as to how to describe, transcribe and fully edit materials from these periods. This workshop will bring together leading experts in text editing in order to share their skills and experience with postgraduate students and early career researchers. The expert instructors are:
Prof Eva Schlotheuber, University of Münster: Medieval and German texts
Prof Michael Hunter, Birkbeck College, London: Early Modern texts
Dr Greg Waite, University of Otago: Old and Middle English texts
The workshop will take place after the biennial ANZAMEMS conference to be held at the University of Otago from 2–5 February 2011.
Bursaries are available to suitably qualified applicants from Australasia (see application form).
Inquiries should be forwarded to the workshop convenor: Prof Peter Anstey, University of Otago peter.anstey@otago.ac.nz
IMAGINING EUROPE - PERSPECTIVES, PERCEPTIONS AND REPRESENTATIONS FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT
IMAGINING EUROPE - PERSPECTIVES, PERCEPTIONS AND REPRESENTATIONS FROM
ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT
Call for Papers - LUICD Graduate Conference 2011
Leiden University Institute for Cultural Disciplines
27 and 28 January 2011
Confirmed key note speakers:
Professor Edith Hall, Royal Holloway, University of London
Professor Jonathan Israel, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
University
THE CONFERENCE
‘Qui parle Europe a tort. Notion géographique’. Otto von Bismarck's
elliptic remark, scribbled in the margin of a letter from Alexander
Gorchakov in 1876, would go on to become one of the most often-quoted
statements about Europe. But was Bismarck right? Is Europe nothing but a
geographical notion? Even the briefest glance at history shows that more
often than not perceptions and definitions of Europe go beyond the mere
geographical demarcation of a continent. In 1919, for instance, Paul Valéry
imagined Europe as a living creature, with ‘a consciousness acquired
through centuries of bearable calamities, by thousands of men of the first
rank, from innumerable geographical, ethnic and historical coincidences’.
Of course this is only one of a multitude of different representations.
Europe has always signified different things to different people in
different places – inside Europe as well as outside. Europe meant, for
instance, something different to Voltaire, l’aubergiste d’Europe, at Ferney
in the 1760s than to Athanasius Kircher in Rome a century earlier or to
Barack Obama in Washington today.
This conference explores the different ways in which Europe has been
imagined and represented, from inside as well as outside Europe and from
classical antiquity to the present day. This wide scope reflects the
historical range of the LUICD’s three research programmes (Classics and
Classical Civilization, Medieval and Early Modern Studies and Modern and
Contemporary Studies) as well as the intercontinental focus of many of the
institute’s research projects. The conference aims to present a diachronic
perspective of some of the many images of Europe, with particular attention
to the historical, cultural and economic contexts in which these images
were created and the media and genres in which they have been presented.
Although the emphasis of the conference lies on different and changing
perspectives, perceptions and representations, it also wants to explore the
notion of similarity – are there any aspects that keep recurring in the
different visions, aspects that might even be said to be intrinsically
European?
The conference aims to provide a platform for graduate students in the
humanities, from Leiden as well as other universities in the Netherlands
and abroad, to present and exchange their ideas in an international and
interdisciplinary environment. The organising committee is honoured that
Professor Jonathan Israel and Professor Edith Hall have accepted our
invitation to act as keynote speakers and participate in discussions during
the conference.
PROPOSALS
The LUICD Graduate Conference aims to reflect the institute’s
interdisciplinary and international character and as such welcomes
proposals from graduate students from all disciplines within the
humanities, from universities from the Netherlands as well as abroad. The
conference wants to present a variety of different perspectives on Europe
(from within as well as outside the European continent) and those working
in fields related to other continents are particularly encouraged to submit
a proposal.
Subjects may include historical events, processes and discourses, textual
and/or visual representations, literary or art canons, colonial and post-
colonial relations, philosophical developments and political issues.
Questions that could be raised include: how did (and do) oppositions such
as barbarism versus civilization, Christianity versus paganism or old
versus new worlds relate to the conceptualization of Europe? What role does
(perceived) cultural superiority play in these oppositions? What ideas
might be regarded as predecessors of or alternatives to the concept of
Europe? In what ways did (and do) forms of universalism and regionalism
compete with identity formation on a continental level? How have individual
artists represented Europe? How do different (literary) genres, such as
travel literature, historiography or letters, construct a particular image
of Europe or Europe’s relations with other cultures? Is it possible for art
collections to imagine Europe or to question existing perceptions of
Europe? How do migrant literature and cinema reflect the changing identity
of Europe today?
Please send your proposal (max. 300 words) for a 20-minute paper to
C.Maas@hum.leidenuniv.nl. The deadline for the proposals is 1 November
2010 – you will be notified whether or not your proposal has been selected
before 15 November 2010.
After the conference, the proceedings will be published either on-line or
in book form. More information on this will follow in due course.
If you have any questions regarding the conference and/or the proposal,
please do not hesitate to contact us at the above e-mail address. More
information about the conference will be published on the conference
webpage, which will go online this summer.
The organizing committee:
Drs. Thera Giezen
Drs. Jacqueline Hylkema
Drs. Coen Maas
ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT
Call for Papers - LUICD Graduate Conference 2011
Leiden University Institute for Cultural Disciplines
27 and 28 January 2011
Confirmed key note speakers:
Professor Edith Hall, Royal Holloway, University of London
Professor Jonathan Israel, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
University
THE CONFERENCE
‘Qui parle Europe a tort. Notion géographique’. Otto von Bismarck's
elliptic remark, scribbled in the margin of a letter from Alexander
Gorchakov in 1876, would go on to become one of the most often-quoted
statements about Europe. But was Bismarck right? Is Europe nothing but a
geographical notion? Even the briefest glance at history shows that more
often than not perceptions and definitions of Europe go beyond the mere
geographical demarcation of a continent. In 1919, for instance, Paul Valéry
imagined Europe as a living creature, with ‘a consciousness acquired
through centuries of bearable calamities, by thousands of men of the first
rank, from innumerable geographical, ethnic and historical coincidences’.
Of course this is only one of a multitude of different representations.
Europe has always signified different things to different people in
different places – inside Europe as well as outside. Europe meant, for
instance, something different to Voltaire, l’aubergiste d’Europe, at Ferney
in the 1760s than to Athanasius Kircher in Rome a century earlier or to
Barack Obama in Washington today.
This conference explores the different ways in which Europe has been
imagined and represented, from inside as well as outside Europe and from
classical antiquity to the present day. This wide scope reflects the
historical range of the LUICD’s three research programmes (Classics and
Classical Civilization, Medieval and Early Modern Studies and Modern and
Contemporary Studies) as well as the intercontinental focus of many of the
institute’s research projects. The conference aims to present a diachronic
perspective of some of the many images of Europe, with particular attention
to the historical, cultural and economic contexts in which these images
were created and the media and genres in which they have been presented.
Although the emphasis of the conference lies on different and changing
perspectives, perceptions and representations, it also wants to explore the
notion of similarity – are there any aspects that keep recurring in the
different visions, aspects that might even be said to be intrinsically
European?
The conference aims to provide a platform for graduate students in the
humanities, from Leiden as well as other universities in the Netherlands
and abroad, to present and exchange their ideas in an international and
interdisciplinary environment. The organising committee is honoured that
Professor Jonathan Israel and Professor Edith Hall have accepted our
invitation to act as keynote speakers and participate in discussions during
the conference.
PROPOSALS
The LUICD Graduate Conference aims to reflect the institute’s
interdisciplinary and international character and as such welcomes
proposals from graduate students from all disciplines within the
humanities, from universities from the Netherlands as well as abroad. The
conference wants to present a variety of different perspectives on Europe
(from within as well as outside the European continent) and those working
in fields related to other continents are particularly encouraged to submit
a proposal.
Subjects may include historical events, processes and discourses, textual
and/or visual representations, literary or art canons, colonial and post-
colonial relations, philosophical developments and political issues.
Questions that could be raised include: how did (and do) oppositions such
as barbarism versus civilization, Christianity versus paganism or old
versus new worlds relate to the conceptualization of Europe? What role does
(perceived) cultural superiority play in these oppositions? What ideas
might be regarded as predecessors of or alternatives to the concept of
Europe? In what ways did (and do) forms of universalism and regionalism
compete with identity formation on a continental level? How have individual
artists represented Europe? How do different (literary) genres, such as
travel literature, historiography or letters, construct a particular image
of Europe or Europe’s relations with other cultures? Is it possible for art
collections to imagine Europe or to question existing perceptions of
Europe? How do migrant literature and cinema reflect the changing identity
of Europe today?
Please send your proposal (max. 300 words) for a 20-minute paper to
C.Maas@hum.leidenuniv.nl. The deadline for the proposals is 1 November
2010 – you will be notified whether or not your proposal has been selected
before 15 November 2010.
After the conference, the proceedings will be published either on-line or
in book form. More information on this will follow in due course.
If you have any questions regarding the conference and/or the proposal,
please do not hesitate to contact us at the above e-mail address. More
information about the conference will be published on the conference
webpage, which will go online this summer.
The organizing committee:
Drs. Thera Giezen
Drs. Jacqueline Hylkema
Drs. Coen Maas
Wars of the Roses: Triumphs and Defeats
ave the Date:
The Richard III Foundation, Inc.
presents
Wars of the Roses: Triumphs and Defeats
October 8 and 9, 2010
Our events will begin on Friday afternoon at the Bosworth Battlefield Centre.
A private tour of the new exhibition will begin at 2 pm.
Longbow demonstration at 3 pm.
On Saturday, October 9, the conference will be held at the Dixie Grammar School in Market Bosworth. Registration begins at 8:30. The conference will begin at 9:00 and will conclude at 17:00.
The speakers and topics for the day are:
Professor Ralph Griffiths: `Richard, Duke of York: The Man Who Would Be King.'
Mick Manns (Mick the Fletcher): `The Role of a Fletcher'.
Richard Knox, Keeper of Donnington and Bosworth: `Bosworth 1485: A Battle Lost and Found.'
John Sadler: `Towton: England's Bloodiest Day.'
Michael Miller: `The Medieval Soldier'.
Dr. Helen Castor: ""Margaret of Anjou: She Wolf of England".
Special Performance by the dynamic medieval music group - The Ambion Troubadours
Special Guest Speaker - Robert Hardy, CBE, honorary patron of the Foundation
For a registration form or any other questions, you can contact Leah Mathews at Richard3Foundation@yahoo.com
The Richard III Foundation, Inc.
presents
Wars of the Roses: Triumphs and Defeats
October 8 and 9, 2010
Our events will begin on Friday afternoon at the Bosworth Battlefield Centre.
A private tour of the new exhibition will begin at 2 pm.
Longbow demonstration at 3 pm.
On Saturday, October 9, the conference will be held at the Dixie Grammar School in Market Bosworth. Registration begins at 8:30. The conference will begin at 9:00 and will conclude at 17:00.
The speakers and topics for the day are:
Professor Ralph Griffiths: `Richard, Duke of York: The Man Who Would Be King.'
Mick Manns (Mick the Fletcher): `The Role of a Fletcher'.
Richard Knox, Keeper of Donnington and Bosworth: `Bosworth 1485: A Battle Lost and Found.'
John Sadler: `Towton: England's Bloodiest Day.'
Michael Miller: `The Medieval Soldier'.
Dr. Helen Castor: ""Margaret of Anjou: She Wolf of England".
Special Performance by the dynamic medieval music group - The Ambion Troubadours
Special Guest Speaker - Robert Hardy, CBE, honorary patron of the Foundation
For a registration form or any other questions, you can contact Leah Mathews at Richard3Foundation@yahoo.com
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Twentieth Annual Conference of the Texas Medieval
Twentieth Annual Conference
of the Texas Medieval
hosted by
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas
September 24-26, 2010
Plenary Addresses by Seth Lerer and Bruce Brasington
The general theme is "Majesty, Memory, and Mourning in the Middle
Ages," since the conference will be held in conjunction with the
Dallas Museum of Art's exhibition of 15th-century mourners from the
Dijon tomb of John the Fearless.
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
Bonnie Wheeler
bwheeler@smu.edu
or to
Don Kagay
2812-A Westgate
Albany, GA 31721
dkagay1@netzero.com
of the Texas Medieval
hosted by
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas
September 24-26, 2010
Plenary Addresses by Seth Lerer and Bruce Brasington
The general theme is "Majesty, Memory, and Mourning in the Middle
Ages," since the conference will be held in conjunction with the
Dallas Museum of Art's exhibition of 15th-century mourners from the
Dijon tomb of John the Fearless.
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
Bonnie Wheeler
bwheeler@smu.edu
or to
Don Kagay
2812-A Westgate
Albany, GA 31721
dkagay1@netzero.com
Workshop on the Old English Gloss to the Lindisfarne Gospels
First call for papers and announcement: Workshop on the Old English Gloss to the Lindisfarne Gospels (26th and 27th of April 2011)
You are warmly invited to participate in a Workshop on the Old English Gloss to the Lindisfarne Gospels to be held on the 26th and 27th of April 2011 at the University of Westminster, London. The workshop aims to provide a forum for multidisciplinary discussion on the gloss. You are welcome to present a paper on topics such as:
1) The relationship between the Old English gloss and the Latin text
2) The similarities and differences between the Aldredian gloss and Rushworth 2
3) The linguistic features of the Old English gloss (spelling/phonology, morphology, morphosyntax and lexis)
4) The historical, religious, literary and intellectual context of the gloss
5) The Lindisfarne gloss in the context of Old English glossography
Prof. Michelle Brown, Prof. Jane Roberts and Dr Robert McColl Millar have already confirmed their participation as key-note speakers.
The deadline for submission of abstracts is 10th of January 2011. Abstracts should be approximately 500 words long and should be submitted to Dr Sara M. Pons-Sanz (s.ponssanz@westminster.ac.uk).
The organisers, Dr Sara M. Pons-Sanz (U. of Westminter) and Dr Julia Fernández Cuesta (U. de Sevilla), look forward to meeting you in London next year.
You are warmly invited to participate in a Workshop on the Old English Gloss to the Lindisfarne Gospels to be held on the 26th and 27th of April 2011 at the University of Westminster, London. The workshop aims to provide a forum for multidisciplinary discussion on the gloss. You are welcome to present a paper on topics such as:
1) The relationship between the Old English gloss and the Latin text
2) The similarities and differences between the Aldredian gloss and Rushworth 2
3) The linguistic features of the Old English gloss (spelling/phonology, morphology, morphosyntax and lexis)
4) The historical, religious, literary and intellectual context of the gloss
5) The Lindisfarne gloss in the context of Old English glossography
Prof. Michelle Brown, Prof. Jane Roberts and Dr Robert McColl Millar have already confirmed their participation as key-note speakers.
The deadline for submission of abstracts is 10th of January 2011. Abstracts should be approximately 500 words long and should be submitted to Dr Sara M. Pons-Sanz (s.ponssanz@westminster.ac.uk).
The organisers, Dr Sara M. Pons-Sanz (U. of Westminter) and Dr Julia Fernández Cuesta (U. de Sevilla), look forward to meeting you in London next year.
Monday, June 21, 2010
European royal and imperial documents
he image inventory of the European royal and imperial documents before
1200 compiled by Irmgard Fees and Peter Worm has been updated and
relaunched. You can find the new website at
http://www.hgw-online.net/abbildungsverzeichnis/
In addition to the bibliographic reference of approximately 5.000
documents the inventory links to online reproductions of books and
particularly of the Lichtbildarchiv älterer Originalurkunden at Marburg
University. You can export the entries in an XML format according to the
standard of the Charters Encoding Initiative (http://www.cei.lmu.de).
There is certainly still a lot to do to make the inventory comprehensive
thus any hint to hgw-online@lrz.uni-muenchen.de is welcome.
1200 compiled by Irmgard Fees and Peter Worm has been updated and
relaunched. You can find the new website at
http://www.hgw-online.net/abbildungsverzeichnis/
In addition to the bibliographic reference of approximately 5.000
documents the inventory links to online reproductions of books and
particularly of the Lichtbildarchiv älterer Originalurkunden at Marburg
University. You can export the entries in an XML format according to the
standard of the Charters Encoding Initiative (http://www.cei.lmu.de).
There is certainly still a lot to do to make the inventory comprehensive
thus any hint to hgw-online@lrz.uni-muenchen.de is welcome.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Fourth Annual Summer Patristic Studies Program
Announcing the Pappas Patristic Institute’s
Fourth Annual Summer Patristic Studies Program
July 19 – 24, 2010
At Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
Brookline, Massachusetts
St. John Chrysostom writing with St. Paul looking over his shoulder. Milan, Ambrosian A 172, Sup., fol. 263v (property of the Biblioteca Ambrosiana);
from Margaret Mitchell, The Heavenly Trumpet, plate 4, p. 505
We are pleased to announce the fourth annual week-long Summer Patristic Studies Program on the campus of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, MA on July 19-24, 2010. This week-long program is a unique opportunity to study and discuss classic texts of the early Church through small group-study and brief lectures from leading patristic scholars. The intended audience for the program includes theology and religious studies students at the masters and undergraduate levels, along with clergy, lay people, and undergraduates with an interest in learning more about the Church Fathers. For more information, or to register, please send an email to the Director of the Pappas Patristic Institute, Dr. Bruce Beck (pappaspatristic@comcast.net ) at your earliest convenience.
Academic Credit: Students enrolled in an undergraduate or masters program who wish to receive credit for the courses should indicate this on their registration form. Students seeking academic credit must submit a research paper of approximately 15 pages, due by November 1, 2010.
Current List of Courses:
· The Desert Fathers: Stories and Sayings for Contemporary Life,
Dr. Bradley Nassif, North Park University
· Patristic Interpretation of the Bible: Historical Methods and Contemporary Lessons,
Dr. Bruce Beck, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
· Patristic Social Ethics,
Dr. Brian Matz, Carroll College
· The Human Person as Image and Likeness of God,
Sr. Nonna Verna Harrison, Saint Paul School of Theology
· The Divine Liturgy Celebrated and Interpreted in the Patristic Period
Rev. Dr. Nicholas Denysenko, George Washington University
The program goes from Monday evening, July 19, through Saturday afternoon, July 24. Each course will be offered daily in a 2 ½ hour session. Each participant will have the opportunity to take two courses during the week (see below for more details on the schedule and methodology). For attendees needing lodging, housing will be provided on campus For more information, or to register, please send an email to the Director of the Pappas Institute, Dr. Bruce Beck (pappaspatristic@comcast.net ) at your earliest convenience. We will then send you a registration form to fill out. Please register at your earliest convenience to facilitate planning. Deadline for registration is June 15, 2010.
Program Fees:
· Registration for Credit (including lunches): $525
· Registration without Credit (including lunches): $375
· Room and Board (for 6 nights, breakfasts, & dinners) $240
Program Details:
* Goals: to provide the opportunity for in-depth, group study of significant theological topics of contemporary relevance based on selected writings of the ancient Church.
* Primary Audience: Theology and religious studies students at the masters and undergraduate levels, doctoral students in the field, along with clergy, lay people, and undergraduates with an interest in learning more about the Church Fathers All others interested in coming are also welcome to apply.
* Pedagogical Method: each course will be comprised of small groups of 6-10 people led by Faculty. The groups will study together selections of primary patristic texts selected by the instructor based on the theme of the course. Following the group study of selected texts, the instructor will offer a brief lecture (20-25 minutes) followed by further discussion.
* Structure of Program
Check-in is Monday afternoon, July 19, between 2:00 and 6:00 p.m. Dinner is at 6:00 p.m. Orientation will be Monday evening after dinner.
Sessions will be held Tuesday through Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., and 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sessions will consist of group-study sessions led by faculty along with doctoral students as teaching fellows.
Each session will be 2 ½ hours, consisting of
15 minutes introduction of the texts by instructor
90 minutes group study led by instructor and teaching fellow
Break (30 Minutes)
45 minutes lecture and further discussion
Each student may choose two courses of study for the week, one morning and one afternoon class. Each course will meet 5 times (once each day).
Founded by a generous grant from the late Stephen Pappas and his wife Catherine, the goal of the Pappas Patristic Institute is the advancement and promotion of eastern patristic studies in the service of the academy and of the Church.
Fourth Annual Summer Patristic Studies Program
July 19 – 24, 2010
At Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
Brookline, Massachusetts
St. John Chrysostom writing with St. Paul looking over his shoulder. Milan, Ambrosian A 172, Sup., fol. 263v (property of the Biblioteca Ambrosiana);
from Margaret Mitchell, The Heavenly Trumpet, plate 4, p. 505
We are pleased to announce the fourth annual week-long Summer Patristic Studies Program on the campus of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, MA on July 19-24, 2010. This week-long program is a unique opportunity to study and discuss classic texts of the early Church through small group-study and brief lectures from leading patristic scholars. The intended audience for the program includes theology and religious studies students at the masters and undergraduate levels, along with clergy, lay people, and undergraduates with an interest in learning more about the Church Fathers. For more information, or to register, please send an email to the Director of the Pappas Patristic Institute, Dr. Bruce Beck (pappaspatristic@comcast.net
Academic Credit: Students enrolled in an undergraduate or masters program who wish to receive credit for the courses should indicate this on their registration form. Students seeking academic credit must submit a research paper of approximately 15 pages, due by November 1, 2010.
Current List of Courses:
· The Desert Fathers: Stories and Sayings for Contemporary Life,
Dr. Bradley Nassif, North Park University
· Patristic Interpretation of the Bible: Historical Methods and Contemporary Lessons,
Dr. Bruce Beck, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
· Patristic Social Ethics,
Dr. Brian Matz, Carroll College
· The Human Person as Image and Likeness of God,
Sr. Nonna Verna Harrison, Saint Paul School of Theology
· The Divine Liturgy Celebrated and Interpreted in the Patristic Period
Rev. Dr. Nicholas Denysenko, George Washington University
The program goes from Monday evening, July 19, through Saturday afternoon, July 24. Each course will be offered daily in a 2 ½ hour session. Each participant will have the opportunity to take two courses during the week (see below for more details on the schedule and methodology). For attendees needing lodging, housing will be provided on campus For more information, or to register, please send an email to the Director of the Pappas Institute, Dr. Bruce Beck (pappaspatristic@comcast.net
Program Fees:
· Registration for Credit (including lunches): $525
· Registration without Credit (including lunches): $375
· Room and Board (for 6 nights, breakfasts, & dinners) $240
Program Details:
* Goals: to provide the opportunity for in-depth, group study of significant theological topics of contemporary relevance based on selected writings of the ancient Church.
* Primary Audience: Theology and religious studies students at the masters and undergraduate levels, doctoral students in the field, along with clergy, lay people, and undergraduates with an interest in learning more about the Church Fathers All others interested in coming are also welcome to apply.
* Pedagogical Method: each course will be comprised of small groups of 6-10 people led by Faculty. The groups will study together selections of primary patristic texts selected by the instructor based on the theme of the course. Following the group study of selected texts, the instructor will offer a brief lecture (20-25 minutes) followed by further discussion.
* Structure of Program
Check-in is Monday afternoon, July 19, between 2:00 and 6:00 p.m. Dinner is at 6:00 p.m. Orientation will be Monday evening after dinner.
Sessions will be held Tuesday through Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., and 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sessions will consist of group-study sessions led by faculty along with doctoral students as teaching fellows.
Each session will be 2 ½ hours, consisting of
15 minutes introduction of the texts by instructor
90 minutes group study led by instructor and teaching fellow
Break (30 Minutes)
45 minutes lecture and further discussion
Each student may choose two courses of study for the week, one morning and one afternoon class. Each course will meet 5 times (once each day).
Founded by a generous grant from the late Stephen Pappas and his wife Catherine, the goal of the Pappas Patristic Institute is the advancement and promotion of eastern patristic studies in the service of the academy and of the Church.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
More Medieval News
The Return!
Experts in Turkey find 8th century Arabic text from Byzantine's
Istanbul
A Stone Says More Than a Thousand Runes
Anglo-Saxon finds to be examined
Marking medieval Tŷ Mawr's 550th birthday
Archaeological finds dating back 1,000 years are unearthed at
Wilberforce College
'Medieval' find at Urdd eisteddfod site in Ceredigion
Stirling Castle knight revealed as English nobleman
Building found during Rochester Cathedral excavation
Bid to reopen 12th Century Reading Abbey
Laser reveals Robin Hood prison
Quest to find lost monastery intensifies
Archaeologists given the rune around
Viking graves found with laser
Video: Medieval window found near Rochester Cathedral
A cooler Pacific may have severely affected medieval Europe, North
America
Experts in Turkey find 8th century Arabic text from Byzantine's
Istanbul
A Stone Says More Than a Thousand Runes
Anglo-Saxon finds to be examined
Marking medieval Tŷ Mawr's 550th birthday
Archaeological finds dating back 1,000 years are unearthed at
Wilberforce College
'Medieval' find at Urdd eisteddfod site in Ceredigion
Stirling Castle knight revealed as English nobleman
Building found during Rochester Cathedral excavation
Bid to reopen 12th Century Reading Abbey
Laser reveals Robin Hood prison
Quest to find lost monastery intensifies
Archaeologists given the rune around
Viking graves found with laser
Video: Medieval window found near Rochester Cathedral
A cooler Pacific may have severely affected medieval Europe, North
America
Friday, June 11, 2010
The Twenty-Second Barnard Medieval and Renaissance Conference
December 4, 2010 Barnard College, NYC
Animals and Humans in the Culture of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
(Call for Papers extended to September 1, 2010)
An interdisciplinary conference that will explore some of the many ways in
which the human-animal connection and ‘divide’ was imagined, employed,
figured and explained by people in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
Special attention will be given to the multiple constructions and fluid
and tense nature of the boundaries between wild and civilized. We seek
proposals that go beyond animal figuration and instead focus on literal
and metaphorical interactions between humans and other animals. Papers
might consider texts on husbandry, falconry, hunting, companion animals,
warfare, bestiaries, fables, encyclopedias, heraldry, visual arts,
narrative, philosophy, and theology, and analyses informed by current
critical animal theory are especially welcomed.
Plenary speakers:
Laurie Shannon (Northwestern University
Bruce Holsinger (University of Virginia)
Plenary panel:
Aranye Fradenberg (UC Santa Barbara)
Paula Lee (Arete Initiative, U of Chicago)
Karl Steel (CUNY Brooklyn College)
Sarah Stanbury (Holy Cross)
Julian Yates (U of Delaware)
December 4, 2010 Barnard College, NYC
Animals and Humans in the Culture of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
(Call for Papers extended to September 1, 2010)
An interdisciplinary conference that will explore some of the many ways in
which the human-animal connection and ‘divide’ was imagined, employed,
figured and explained by people in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
Special attention will be given to the multiple constructions and fluid
and tense nature of the boundaries between wild and civilized. We seek
proposals that go beyond animal figuration and instead focus on literal
and metaphorical interactions between humans and other animals. Papers
might consider texts on husbandry, falconry, hunting, companion animals,
warfare, bestiaries, fables, encyclopedias, heraldry, visual arts,
narrative, philosophy, and theology, and analyses informed by current
critical animal theory are especially welcomed.
Plenary speakers:
Laurie Shannon (Northwestern University
Bruce Holsinger (University of Virginia)
Plenary panel:
Aranye Fradenberg (UC Santa Barbara)
Paula Lee (Arete Initiative, U of Chicago)
Karl Steel (CUNY Brooklyn College)
Sarah Stanbury (Holy Cross)
Julian Yates (U of Delaware)
Dear colleagues,
Volume 7 of the new periodical collection PECIA LE LIVRE ET L'ECRIT, published by BREPOLS (Turnhout), is now available, entitled : Notes de bibliologie. Livres d'heures et manuscrits du Moyen Âge identifiés. We would be most grateful if you could forward this information to medievalist colleagues and to encourage your libraries and institutions to acquire the collection.
It is impossible to conceive medieval cultural production without taking into account the manuscript book, in all its forms. Abandoning monastic scriptoria, then cathedral 'libraries' (and, de facto, the privileges of the clergy), the book quickly became integrated into the city with the advent of large university centres and their associated colleges. The rapid development of these lay workshops stemmed from the pecia system. Around this developed innovative techniques, where the illuminator was given a place of high esteem, which symbolised the importance of the image in medieval society. From the simple reader to the experienced 'collector', the manuscript book thus built up a new, wider audience, and from the Bible moralisée to the Book of hours (that bestseller of medieval personal devotions), this cultural object transformed itself into a saleable item, finding its way into the imposing collections of new princes and book-loving lords. But the book is also a memorial trace. The Church continued to make use of it for liturgical ministry (gospels, missals, psalteries, breviaries, etc) or for solemnities of remembrance (necrologies, obituaries). In a university, the 'master' would found an appropriate collection, of law (for legalists), theology, or medicine; the student copied his class book. In this way, each manuscript is unique. As an object representing the diffusion of knowledge, as a documentary source of the first order, the study of manuscripts is essential for those wishing to understand the medieval world.
Pecia ▪ Le livre et l’écrit seeks to promote bibliographic studies through the publication of articles dedicated to the history of the medieval manuscript book. Each volume is structured around a central theme. Articles are generally published in French, English or Italian.
http://www.pecia.fr
http://www.brepols.net/Pages/Home.aspx
Volume 7 of the new periodical collection PECIA LE LIVRE ET L'ECRIT, published by BREPOLS (Turnhout), is now available, entitled : Notes de bibliologie. Livres d'heures et manuscrits du Moyen Âge identifiés. We would be most grateful if you could forward this information to medievalist colleagues and to encourage your libraries and institutions to acquire the collection.
It is impossible to conceive medieval cultural production without taking into account the manuscript book, in all its forms. Abandoning monastic scriptoria, then cathedral 'libraries' (and, de facto, the privileges of the clergy), the book quickly became integrated into the city with the advent of large university centres and their associated colleges. The rapid development of these lay workshops stemmed from the pecia system. Around this developed innovative techniques, where the illuminator was given a place of high esteem, which symbolised the importance of the image in medieval society. From the simple reader to the experienced 'collector', the manuscript book thus built up a new, wider audience, and from the Bible moralisée to the Book of hours (that bestseller of medieval personal devotions), this cultural object transformed itself into a saleable item, finding its way into the imposing collections of new princes and book-loving lords. But the book is also a memorial trace. The Church continued to make use of it for liturgical ministry (gospels, missals, psalteries, breviaries, etc) or for solemnities of remembrance (necrologies, obituaries). In a university, the 'master' would found an appropriate collection, of law (for legalists), theology, or medicine; the student copied his class book. In this way, each manuscript is unique. As an object representing the diffusion of knowledge, as a documentary source of the first order, the study of manuscripts is essential for those wishing to understand the medieval world.
Pecia ▪ Le livre et l’écrit seeks to promote bibliographic studies through the publication of articles dedicated to the history of the medieval manuscript book. Each volume is structured around a central theme. Articles are generally published in French, English or Italian.
http://www.pecia.fr
http://www.brepols.net/Pages/Home.aspx
Eusebius of Caesarea's work "On the Celebration of Easter" via Roger Pearse
A little while ago I commissioned an excellent Greek scholar to make a translation of Eusebius of Caesarea's work "On the Celebration of Easter" ("De solemnitate paschalis"). The work is actually lost, but an epitome in 12 chapters survives, and was discovered by Angelo Mai and published ca. 1820.
The translation has now arrived, and is online here:
http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/eusebius_on_easter.htm
as well as a PDF version at Archive.org here:
http://www.archive.org/details/EusebiusOnTheCelebrationOfEaster
A different translation with commentary and study is due out from Dr. Mark DelCogliano in a volume of papers from Brill sometime soon. But of course that one will not be freely available (although well worth consulting, I am sure).
Also I got bored a week ago and decided to translate John Chrysostom's "First Sermon" (when he was first made a priest) into English from the old French translation of Bareille. This too is done and is online here:
http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/chrysostom_first_sermon.htm
It's not terribly interesting, about a third of it being an encomium of the Bishop of Antioch, Flavian, who had ordained him. But as far as I know there is no other English translation.
I place them both in the public domain. Do whatever you like with them, personal, educational, commercial or whatever. My hope is to encourage interest in both.
The translation has now arrived, and is online here:
http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/eusebius_on_easter.htm
as well as a PDF version at Archive.org here:
http://www.archive.org/details/EusebiusOnTheCelebrationOfEaster
A different translation with commentary and study is due out from Dr. Mark DelCogliano in a volume of papers from Brill sometime soon. But of course that one will not be freely available (although well worth consulting, I am sure).
Also I got bored a week ago and decided to translate John Chrysostom's "First Sermon" (when he was first made a priest) into English from the old French translation of Bareille. This too is done and is online here:
http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/chrysostom_first_sermon.htm
It's not terribly interesting, about a third of it being an encomium of the Bishop of Antioch, Flavian, who had ordained him. But as far as I know there is no other English translation.
I place them both in the public domain. Do whatever you like with them, personal, educational, commercial or whatever. My hope is to encourage interest in both.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Preaching on the Jews, for the Jews and by the Jews
Institutum Romanum Finlandiae and the Centro Romano di studi
sull'Ebraismo are jointly organising a conference on the theme:
Preaching on the Jews, for the Jews and by the Jews
The conference will take place on 11 - 12 February 2011. The
conference venue will be The Finnish Roman Institute Villa Lante
(Passeggiata del Gianicolo 10, 00165 Roma, Italia). For further
information about Villa Lante and the organisers, see
http://www.irfrome.org/
(Institutum Romanum Finlandiae)
and
http://web.uniroma2.it/modules.php?name=Content§ion_parent=3074
(Centro Romano di studi sull'Ebraismo)
We are now inviting those who would like to be present at this event
and give a paper to send us the title of their paper and the short
abstract (no more than 300 words) to the address below. The proposals
should be sent to the organisers no later than the 31 May 2010. The
organizers will evaluate paper proposals before the end of July and
send invitations to the speakers.
The aim of the conference is to study preaching as a means of
communication by which the attitudes and stereotypes concerning the
Jews were disseminated to the population at large, or the Jews were
converted. Here the emphasis should be on the sermon and preaching as
a means to convey information and attitudes. Especially well come
would be papers dealing with the possible reactions of the audiences
and in general, the reception to the preaching on and for the Jews.
In addition to the sermons on the Jews or for the Jews, we would also
love to see papers on the preaching by the Jews themselves. How did
they try to repel the attacks of the Christian missionary preachers,
or the hostile attitudes disseminated by the preaching to the general
population. In what extent the Jewish sermons were meant to force
their own religious and cultural identity under the pressures
constituted by the Christian majority. The time period relevant for
this symposium is between antiquity and early modern period (i.e.
from the first to the late sixteenth century).
We understand the words preaching and sermon in the widest possible
meaning. Therefore, Papers dealing with not only preaching and
sermons but also with preaching materials, chronicles reporting
preaching activities, more informal religious education outside the
boundaries of the pulpit, etc. etc. are welcome.
Papers can be given in any major European language (English, French,
German, Spanish, Italian). However, the abstracts and paper proposals
should be provided in English.
Proposals should include title of the paper, max. 300 word long
abstract and the academic position and contact information of the
speaker. They can be sent to the following address:
Jussi Hanska
Institutum Romanum Finlandiae
Passeggiata del Gianico 10
00165 Roma
Italia
or (preferably) via e-mail to:
hanska@irfrome.org
sull'Ebraismo are jointly organising a conference on the theme:
Preaching on the Jews, for the Jews and by the Jews
The conference will take place on 11 - 12 February 2011. The
conference venue will be The Finnish Roman Institute Villa Lante
(Passeggiata del Gianicolo 10, 00165 Roma, Italia). For further
information about Villa Lante and the organisers, see
http://www.irfrome.org/
(Institutum Romanum Finlandiae)
and
http://web.uniroma2.it/modules.php?name=Content§ion_parent=3074
(Centro Romano di studi sull'Ebraismo)
We are now inviting those who would like to be present at this event
and give a paper to send us the title of their paper and the short
abstract (no more than 300 words) to the address below. The proposals
should be sent to the organisers no later than the 31 May 2010. The
organizers will evaluate paper proposals before the end of July and
send invitations to the speakers.
The aim of the conference is to study preaching as a means of
communication by which the attitudes and stereotypes concerning the
Jews were disseminated to the population at large, or the Jews were
converted. Here the emphasis should be on the sermon and preaching as
a means to convey information and attitudes. Especially well come
would be papers dealing with the possible reactions of the audiences
and in general, the reception to the preaching on and for the Jews.
In addition to the sermons on the Jews or for the Jews, we would also
love to see papers on the preaching by the Jews themselves. How did
they try to repel the attacks of the Christian missionary preachers,
or the hostile attitudes disseminated by the preaching to the general
population. In what extent the Jewish sermons were meant to force
their own religious and cultural identity under the pressures
constituted by the Christian majority. The time period relevant for
this symposium is between antiquity and early modern period (i.e.
from the first to the late sixteenth century).
We understand the words preaching and sermon in the widest possible
meaning. Therefore, Papers dealing with not only preaching and
sermons but also with preaching materials, chronicles reporting
preaching activities, more informal religious education outside the
boundaries of the pulpit, etc. etc. are welcome.
Papers can be given in any major European language (English, French,
German, Spanish, Italian). However, the abstracts and paper proposals
should be provided in English.
Proposals should include title of the paper, max. 300 word long
abstract and the academic position and contact information of the
speaker. They can be sent to the following address:
Jussi Hanska
Institutum Romanum Finlandiae
Passeggiata del Gianico 10
00165 Roma
Italia
or (preferably) via e-mail to:
hanska@irfrome.org
Call for Papers: Society for Textual Scholarship 2011
Call for Papers: Society for Textual Scholarship 2011
The Society for Textual Scholarship
Sixteenth Biennial International Interdisciplinary Conference
March 16-18, 2011
Penn State University
K E Y N O T E S P E A K E R S
=====================================
MORRIS EAVES, University of Rochester
LISA GITELMAN, New York University
WILL NOEL, Walters Art Museum
DAVID STORK, Ricoh Innovations
=====================================
Program Chair: Matthew Kirschenbaum, University of Maryland
Deadline for Proposals: October 31, 2010
After many years of successful meetings in New York City, the Society for Textual Scholarship is inaugurating a new venue for its biennial conference: Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania. This new venue will accommodate the STS in a state of the art conference center with up-to-date technology support and other amenities (http://www.pshs.psu.edu/pennstater/pshome.asp), which will in turn facilitate the introduction of several new session formats. The new formats, new venue, and stellar line-up of confirmed keynote speakers–addressing textual and media scholarship and theory, conservation and archival practices, and relevant aspects of computer science–promises to make the 2011 conference an especially invigorating and important one for the STS.
Accordingly, the Program Chair invites submissions devoted to interdisciplinary discussion of current research into particular aspects of textual work: the discovery, enumeration, description, bibliographical analysis, editing, annotation, and mark-up of texts in disciplines such as literature, history, musicology, classical and biblical studies, philosophy, art history, legal history, history of science and technology, computer science, library and information science, archives, lexicography, epigraphy, paleography, codicology, cinema studies, new media studies, game studies, theater, linguistics, and textual and literary theory.
As always, the conference is particularly open to considerations of the role of digital tools and technologies in textual theory and practice. Papers addressing newer developments such as forensic computing, born-digital materials, stand-off markup, cloud computing, and the sustainability of electronic scholarship are especially encouraged. Papers addressing aspects of archival theory and practice as they pertain to textual criticism and scholarly editing are also especially welcome.
This year the conference is introducing several new formats. Submissions may therefore take the following form:
1. Papers. Papers should be no more than 20 minutes in length. They should offer the promise of substantial original critical or analytical insight. Papers that are primarily reports or demonstrations of tools or projects are discouraged.
2. Panels. Panels may consist of either three associated papers or four to six roundtable speakers. Roundtables should address topics of broad interest and scope, with the goal of fostering lively debate between the panel and audience following brief opening remarks.
3. Seminars. Seminars should propose a specific topic, issue, or text for intensive collective exploration. Accepted seminar proposals will be announced on the conference Web site (http://www.textual.org) at least two months prior to the conference and attendees will then be required to enroll themselves with the posted seminar leader(s). The seminar leader(s) will circulate readings and other preparatory materials in advance of the conference. No papers shall be read at the seminar session. Instead participants will engage with the circulated material in a discussion under the guidance of the seminar leader(s). All who enroll are expected to contribute to creating a mutually enriching experience.
4. Workshops. Workshops should propose a specific problem, tool, or skillset for which the workshop leader will provide expert guidance and instruction. Examples might be an introduction to forensic computing or paleography. Workshop proposals that are accepted will be announced on the conference Web site (http://www.textual.org) and attendees will be required to enroll with the workshop leader(s). Workshop leaders should be prepared to offer well-defined learning outcomes for attendees.
Proposals for all four formats should include a title, abstract (one to two pages) of the proposed paper, panel, seminar, or workshop, as well as the name, e-mail address, and institutional affiliation for all participants. Format should be clearly indicated. Seminar and workshop proposals in particular should take care to articulate the imagined audience and any expectations of prior knowledge or preparation.
***All abstracts should indicate what if any technological support will be required.***
Inquiries and proposals should be submitted electronically, as plain text, to:
Professor Matthew Kirschenbaum
mkirschenbaum -at- gmail -dot- com
Additional contact information:
Department of English
2119 Tawes Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20740
Phone: 301-405-8505
Fax: 301-314-7111 (marked clearly to Kirschenbaum’s attention)
All participants in the STS 2011 conference must be members of STS. For information about membership, please contact Secretary Meg Roland at mroland@marylhurst.edu or visit the Indiana University Press Journals website and follow the links to the Society for Textual Scholarship membership page. For conference updates and information, see the STS website at http://www.textual.org.
Please post and recirculate this CFP as appropriate.
Robin G. Schulze
Professor of English
Head, Department of English
Penn State University
117 Burrowes Building
University Park, PA 16802-6200
The Society for Textual Scholarship
Sixteenth Biennial International Interdisciplinary Conference
March 16-18, 2011
Penn State University
K E Y N O T E S P E A K E R S
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MORRIS EAVES, University of Rochester
LISA GITELMAN, New York University
WILL NOEL, Walters Art Museum
DAVID STORK, Ricoh Innovations
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Program Chair: Matthew Kirschenbaum, University of Maryland
Deadline for Proposals: October 31, 2010
After many years of successful meetings in New York City, the Society for Textual Scholarship is inaugurating a new venue for its biennial conference: Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania. This new venue will accommodate the STS in a state of the art conference center with up-to-date technology support and other amenities (http://www.pshs.psu.edu/pennstater/pshome.asp), which will in turn facilitate the introduction of several new session formats. The new formats, new venue, and stellar line-up of confirmed keynote speakers–addressing textual and media scholarship and theory, conservation and archival practices, and relevant aspects of computer science–promises to make the 2011 conference an especially invigorating and important one for the STS.
Accordingly, the Program Chair invites submissions devoted to interdisciplinary discussion of current research into particular aspects of textual work: the discovery, enumeration, description, bibliographical analysis, editing, annotation, and mark-up of texts in disciplines such as literature, history, musicology, classical and biblical studies, philosophy, art history, legal history, history of science and technology, computer science, library and information science, archives, lexicography, epigraphy, paleography, codicology, cinema studies, new media studies, game studies, theater, linguistics, and textual and literary theory.
As always, the conference is particularly open to considerations of the role of digital tools and technologies in textual theory and practice. Papers addressing newer developments such as forensic computing, born-digital materials, stand-off markup, cloud computing, and the sustainability of electronic scholarship are especially encouraged. Papers addressing aspects of archival theory and practice as they pertain to textual criticism and scholarly editing are also especially welcome.
This year the conference is introducing several new formats. Submissions may therefore take the following form:
1. Papers. Papers should be no more than 20 minutes in length. They should offer the promise of substantial original critical or analytical insight. Papers that are primarily reports or demonstrations of tools or projects are discouraged.
2. Panels. Panels may consist of either three associated papers or four to six roundtable speakers. Roundtables should address topics of broad interest and scope, with the goal of fostering lively debate between the panel and audience following brief opening remarks.
3. Seminars. Seminars should propose a specific topic, issue, or text for intensive collective exploration. Accepted seminar proposals will be announced on the conference Web site (http://www.textual.org) at least two months prior to the conference and attendees will then be required to enroll themselves with the posted seminar leader(s). The seminar leader(s) will circulate readings and other preparatory materials in advance of the conference. No papers shall be read at the seminar session. Instead participants will engage with the circulated material in a discussion under the guidance of the seminar leader(s). All who enroll are expected to contribute to creating a mutually enriching experience.
4. Workshops. Workshops should propose a specific problem, tool, or skillset for which the workshop leader will provide expert guidance and instruction. Examples might be an introduction to forensic computing or paleography. Workshop proposals that are accepted will be announced on the conference Web site (http://www.textual.org) and attendees will be required to enroll with the workshop leader(s). Workshop leaders should be prepared to offer well-defined learning outcomes for attendees.
Proposals for all four formats should include a title, abstract (one to two pages) of the proposed paper, panel, seminar, or workshop, as well as the name, e-mail address, and institutional affiliation for all participants. Format should be clearly indicated. Seminar and workshop proposals in particular should take care to articulate the imagined audience and any expectations of prior knowledge or preparation.
***All abstracts should indicate what if any technological support will be required.***
Inquiries and proposals should be submitted electronically, as plain text, to:
Professor Matthew Kirschenbaum
mkirschenbaum -at- gmail -dot- com
Additional contact information:
Department of English
2119 Tawes Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20740
Phone: 301-405-8505
Fax: 301-314-7111 (marked clearly to Kirschenbaum’s attention)
All participants in the STS 2011 conference must be members of STS. For information about membership, please contact Secretary Meg Roland at mroland@marylhurst.edu or visit the Indiana University Press Journals website and follow the links to the Society for Textual Scholarship membership page. For conference updates and information, see the STS website at http://www.textual.org.
Please post and recirculate this CFP as appropriate.
Robin G. Schulze
Professor of English
Head, Department of English
Penn State University
117 Burrowes Building
University Park, PA 16802-6200
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