The Week's News

Texas researchers reveal secrets of a medieval Spanish altarpiece


Professor and author receives prestigious medieval studies award


Oil painting 'originated in East'


The Great Escape


and the antidote at In the Middle blog

A Distant Mirror

Ancient timbers restored by sugar

Time Team archaeologists dig deep to find ancient village

Germanic invaders 'did not bring apartheid' to Anglo Saxon Britain

AND

Germanic invaders may not have ruled by apartheid

Vikings acquitted in 100-year-old murder mystery

ANGLO-SAXON MOUND FIND IN SHERWOOD FOREST

VIKING ARCHAEOLOGY DIG IN SHERWOOD FOREST

Hoo goes there at Diss bookshop?

FIND COULD BE MEDIEVAL STAGE DOOR FOR SATAN


Remains found at toll road site

Stalemate for Lewis chessmen

Boy, 9, and grandfather find medieval silver treasure in Sweden

Medieval Academy 2009

Medieval Academy of America Annual Meeting, Chicago, March 26-28, 2009.

The Medieval Academy of America invites paper proposals for its annual
meeting in Chicago, March 26-28, 2009. Among the topics, please note
“Matters of Exchange: Byzantine Art and the Mediterranean” (Organizer:
Cecily J. Hilsdale, Northwestern University).

The deadline for proposals is May 15, 2008; Proposals should be submitted,
in two copies, to Barbara Newman, Dept. of English, University Hall 215,
1897 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, IL 60208-2240. Full submission
guidelines are available from the Medieval Academy web site
(http://www.medievalacademy.org/). For further information, please
contact Cecily Hilsdale (cjhilsda@northwestern.edu).

Medieval Art Sessions

The International Center for Medieval Art will sponsor a session on
“Byzantine art as medieval lingua franca” for the College Art
Association Annual Conference in Los Angeles, February 25-28, 2009.

PROPOSALS DUE MAY 9, 2008

Session Statement:

In the Middle Ages the Byzantine formal idiom became a major lingua
franca, one that crossed conflicted geo-political borders and was employed
by neighboring, and often competing, cultures. This session explores how
visual aspects of Byzantium were exported to and/or adopted by other
medieval cultures. Papers will explore the circulation of Byzantine
artistic traditions (styles, iconographies, techniques, and objects).
Papers are invited to question the specific process of artistic
circulation as a means of affiliation, emulation, and legitimation.
Scholars working on all periods and areas of medieval art and architecture
are encouraged to submit abstracts. Possible topics include but are not
limited to the use of Byzantine traditions by such diverse courts/contexts
as the Visigothic, Umayyad, Ottonian, Ottoman, Norman, Venetian, and
Crusader. Papers addressing the relation of artistic practice to
diplomatic engagement, including gifts and trade of art objects, are also
welcome.

The deadline for proposals is May 9, 2008; please see CAA submission
guidelines (http://conference.collegeart.org/2009/). Please direct all
proposal materials and inquiries to the session chair: Cecily J. Hilsdale,
Northwestern University, Art History Department, 1880 Campus Drive, 3-400
Kresge Hall, Evanston, IL 60208-2208 (cjhilsda@northwestern.edu).

Texts and Contexts 2008

Call for Papers
Texts and Contexts: A conference at The Ohio State University,
sponsored by The Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies.

October 31 - November 1, 2008

The conference seeks to investigate the textual traditions of various
texts and genres, including texts in classical Latin, mediaeval
Latin, Anglo-Saxon, Middle English, and the vernaculars. Preference
will be given to those abstracts which deal with newly discovered
texts and their manuscript settings, or which present new
perspectives on established textual traditions. We encourage graduate
students and newly established scholars to submit their work.

Plenary speaker: Keith Busby, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Please send abstracts to Professor Frank T. Coulson, Director of
Palaeography, 190 Pressey Hall, 1070 Carmack Road, Columbus, OH 43210
or by email at epig@osu.edu.

Deadline for submission: August 15, 2008.

Patristic Carnival

I missed this earlier this month, I think: http://uperekperisou.blogspot.com/2008/04/patristics-carnival-x.html

News of the Week

ARCHAEOLOGISTS DIG UP MEDIEVAL ARROW HEAD AT BATTLE ABBEY

Dig team finds medieval gateway


Bejeweled Anglo-Saxon Burial Suggests Cult


Medieval ‘head’ discovered at dig

Medieval brooch unearthed in field


Bay could reveal Viking secrets


Digs reveal Anglo-Saxon settlements

A barbed compliment to the power of medieval warfare


European history in cod bones


Italy: Plague victims discovered after 1500 years


Rare artefact stolen from church

Only copy of sacred book from the 15th century to go on public display

Czech medieval crown jewels go on rare display


The Art of the Hunt, as Practiced Way Back When


Treasure hunter unearths ancient ring

Digital Resources for Humanities & Arts

> Dear all, with apologies for any cross posting, please note that
> the annual conference 'Digital Resources for Humanities & Arts' is
> taking place in Cambridge this year, from 14-17th September. The
> call for papers is now open - closing date 30th April - and details
> can be found at http://www.rsd.cam.ac.uk/drha08/.
>
> The aim of the conference is to: * Establish a site for mutually
> creative exchanges of knowledge. * Promote discussion around new
> collaborative environments and collective knowledge. * Encourage
> and celebrate the connections and tensions within the liminal
> spaces that exist between the Arts and Humanities. * Redefine
> disciplinary boundaries * Create a forum for debate around notions
> of the 'solitary' and the collaborative across the Arts and
> Humanities. * Explore the impact of the Arts and Humanities on ICT:
> design and narrative structures and visa versa.
>
> Please forward to any colleagues who might be interested. Many thanks
>
> Tamsin Pert
> Cambridge university
-- Dr Christopher Burlinson
Emmanuel College
Cambridge