EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION--JANUARY 31st, 2021 

 41stAnnual Medieval and Renaissance Forum: Scent and Fragrance in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance Friday and Saturday April 16-17, 2021 

 Call for Papers and Sessions 

 We are delighted to announce that the 41stMedieval and Renaissance Forum: Scent and Fragrance in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance will take place virtually on Friday, April 16 and Saturday April 17, 2021. We welcome abstracts (one page or less) or panel proposals that discuss smell and fragrance in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Papers and sessions, however, need not be confined to this theme but may cover other aspects of medieval and Renaissance life, literature, languages, art, philosophy, theology, history, and music. This year’s keynote speaker is Deirdre Larkin, Managing Horticulturist at The Cloisters Museum and Gardens from 2007 to 2013,who will speak on “Every Fragrant Herb: The Medieval Garden and the Gardens of The Cloisters.” Deirdre Larkin is a horticulturist and historian of plants and gardens. She holds an MA in the history of religions from Princeton University and received her horticultural training at the New York Botanical Garden. She was associated with the Gardens of The Cloisters for more than twenty years and was responsible for all aspects of their development, design, and interpretation. Ms. Larkin was the originator of and principal contributor to the Medieval Garden Enclosed blog, published on the MMA website from 2008 through 2013. Ms. Larkin lectures frequently for museums, historical societies, and horticultural organizations. In 2017, she was a Mellon Visiting Scholar at the Humanities Institute of the New York Botanical Garden, where she researched the fortunes and reputations of medieval European plants now naturalized in North America. Her gardens in upstate New York serve as a laboratory for further investigations in the field. Students, faculty, and independent scholars are welcome. Please indicate your status (undergraduate, graduate, or faculty), affiliation (if relevant), and full contact information (including email address) on your proposal. Graduate students will be eligible for consideration for the South Wind Graduate Student Paper Award. More information about this new award will be available soon.

 We welcome undergraduate sessions but ask that students obtain a faculty member's approval and sponsorship. 

 Please submit abstracts and full contact information on the google form available at https://forms.gle/CHdqrEK8pVps7Wa89. Abstract deadline: January 31, 2021 Presenters and early registration: March 15, 2021 

 As always, we look forward to seeing (virtually) returning and first-time participants in April!

 Greetings from Rare Book School! We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for our Summer 2021 courses. 

 

“The most generous, intense, and collaborative learning experience I have ever had.” – 2019 Rare Book School student

 

Expand your understanding of book history during a Rare Book School course this summer. Our five-day intensive courses on the history of manuscript, print, and digital materials will be offered online and, conditions permitting, in person. A decision about in-person courses will be made no later than March 1. If courses move to an online format, more online courses will be announced.

 

Among our thirty-four courses, we are pleased to offer several pertinent to those involved in medieval studies and the study of rare books, manuscripts, special collections, and librarianship in special collections. These include: 

 

--M-70: The Handwriting & Culture of Early Modern English Manuscripts, taught by Heather Wolfe

--B-10: Introduction to the History of Bookbinding, taught by Karen Limper-Herz

--H-120: Textual Mobilities: Works, Books & Reading Across Early Modern Europe, taught by Roger Chartier & John H. Pollack 

Explore our full schedule here: https://rarebookschool.org/schedule/.

 

To be considered in the first round of admissions decisions, course applications should be submitted no later than March 3. Applications received after that date will be reviewed on a rolling basis, however, please note that some classes do reach capacity during the first round of admissions. Visit our website at www.rarebookschool.org for course details, instructions for applying, and evaluations by past students. Contact us at rbsprograms@virginia.edu with questions. 

 

Please share this information with colleagues, students, and friends.

 

We hope to see you at Rare Book School soon! 

 

With best regards,

The RBS Programs Team

 

97th Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America University of Virginia, Charlottesville 9-13 March, 2022 Call for Papers The 97th Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America will take place on the campus of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. The meeting is jointly hosted by the Medieval Academy of America and the Program in Medieval Studies at the University of Virginia, with the generous support and collaboration of colleagues from Virginia Tech, the College of William & Mary, and Washington and Lee University. The conference program will feature a diverse range of sessions highlighting innovative scholarship across the many disciplines contributing to medieval studies.  The Program Committee invites proposals for papers on all topics and in all disciplines and periods of medieval studies and medievalism studies. Any member of the Medieval Academy may submit a paper proposal; others may submit proposals as well but must become members in order to present papers at the meeting. Special consideration will be given to individuals whose field would not normally involve membership in the Medieval Academy. We are particularly interested in receiving submissions from those working outside of traditional academic positions, including independent scholars, emeritus or adjunct faculty, university administrators, those working in academic-adjacent institutions (libraries, archives, museums, scholarly societies, or cultural research centers), editors and publishers, and other fellow medievalists. Plenary addresses will be delivered by Roland Betancourt, Professor of Art History, University of California, Irvine; Seeta Chaganti, Professor of English, University of California, Davis; and Thomas E. A. Dale, Professor of Art History, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and incoming president of the Academy. Click here for the full Call for Papers. We look forward to seeing you in Charlottesville next year!

41^stAnnual Medieval and Renaissance Forum:    
Scent and Fragrance in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance  
Friday and Saturday April 16-17, 2021 
  
Call for Papers and Sessions 
We are delighted to announce that the 41^stMedieval and Renaissance Forum: Scent and Fragrance in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance will take place virtually on Friday, April 16 and Saturday April 17, 2021.   
 
We welcome abstracts (one page or less) or panel proposals that discuss smell and fragrance in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. 
 
Papers and sessions, however, need not be confined to this theme but may cover other aspects of medieval and Renaissance life, literature, languages, art, philosophy, theology, history, and music.  
 
This year’s keynote speaker is Deirdre Larkin, Managing Horticulturist at The Cloisters Museum and Gardens from 2007 to 2013,who will speak on “Every Fragrant Herb: The Medieval Garden and the Gardens of The Cloisters.” 
 
Deirdre Larkin is a horticulturist and historian of plants and gardens. She holds an MA in the history of religions from Princeton University and received her horticultural training at the New York Botanical Garden. She was associated with the Gardens of The Cloisters for more than twenty years and was responsible for all aspects of their development, design, and interpretation. Ms. Larkin was the originator of and principal contributor to the Medieval Garden Enclosed blog, published on the MMA website from 2008 through 2013. Ms. Larkin lectures frequently for museums, historical societies, and horticultural organizations. In 2017, she was a Mellon Visiting Scholar at the Humanities Institute of the New York Botanical Garden, where she researched the fortunes and reputations of medieval European plants now naturalized in North America. Her gardens in upstate New York serve as a laboratory for further investigations in the field.  
Students, faculty, and independent scholars are welcome. Please indicate your status (undergraduate, graduate, or faculty), affiliation (if relevant), and full contact information (including email address) on your proposal.  
 
Graduate students will be eligible for consideration for the South Wind Graduate Student Paper Award. More information about this new award will be available soon.  
 
We welcome undergraduate sessions but ask that students obtain a faculty member's approval and sponsorship.   
 
Please submit abstracts and full contact information on the google form available at https://forms.gle/CHdqrEK8pVps7Wa89. 
  
Abstract deadline: January 15, 2021 
 
Presenters and early registration: March 15, 2021 
 
As always, we look forward to seeing (virtually) returning and first-time participants in April!