MEMSA is pleased to announce its tenth annual conference on the theme of
Identifying Identity:
Ideas of Personal and Public Identity in the Medieval and Early
Modern World.
This interdisciplinary conference will invite postgraduate and early career
researchers to speak on all aspects of identity. We welcome papers from all
disciplines studying identity in the medieval and early modern world. Identity is
an increasingly important subject in academic research that transcends
interdisciplinary boundaries. Identity and the methodologies we use to find and
communicate evidence of identity in literary, historical, archaeological and
other sources are relevant to both our own lives today, as well as the medieval
and early modern world we study.
Suggestions for topics include, but are not limited to:
Performed identities
Transnational identity and conflict
National and local, macro and
micro-identities
Ownership, artistry and patronage
in private and public buildings
Mistaken identity and deception
Authorship and attributions in
texts
Gender and sexual identities
Imagined community
Urban and rural identities
Identification with literary
figures
Medieval and early modern
ideas of the self
Religious identities
Kinship, community and
neighbourhood
Expressions of identity in
ego-documents
In addition to the panels the conference will include two key note lectures by
Prof Andrew Beresford (Durham University) and Dr Fiona Edmonds
(University of Cambridge) and opportunities for delegates to visit Durham
Cathedral and Castle. The conference fee will be £10, which will cover costs
for refreshments and lunch.
Papers should be 15-20 minutes long and will be followed by time for
questions and discussion. Abstracts of 200-300 words can be sent to
imrs.memsa@durham.ac.uk. The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 10 April 2016.
For more information and updates, visit dur.ac.uk/imems/memsa, our blog durhammemsa.wordpress.com, and follow us on twitter @DurhamMEMSA
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