Call for Papers for the
Vagantes Medieval Graduate Student Conference
March 3–5, 2011
University of Pittsburgh
http://vagantesconference.org
Vagantes is one of the largest conferences in North America for
graduate students studying the Middle Ages. Vagantes aims to provide
an open dialogue among junior scholars from all fields of medieval
studies. The conference features two faculty speakers, twenty-four
student papers, and an audience of approximately 100 people. Each
year, presenters from backgrounds as varied as Comparative Literature,
Archaeology, Art History, Classics, History, Anthropology, English,
Philosophy, Manuscript Studies, Musicology, and Religious Studies come
together to exchange ideas. In this manner, Vagantes fosters a sense
of community for junior medievalists of diverse backgrounds, and
because the conference does not have a registration fee, this
community can flourish within the margins of a graduate student
budget.
Abstracts for twenty-minute papers are invited from graduate students
working on any medieval topic. E-mail a brief curriculum vitae and
abstract of no more than 300 words by 25 October 2010 to:
Karen Adams
kda9@pitt.edu
Department of French and Italian
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
POST-ICONOGRAPHY, BEYOND INFLUENCE
POST-ICONOGRAPHY, BEYOND INFLUENCE
A session on method and medieval art research, IMC 2011
Sponsored by the AHRC Research Network “Postcolonising the Medieval Image”
Twenty years ago, the Index of Christian Art hosted a conference
titled, in an ironic homage to Panofsky, “Iconography at the
Crossroads”. More recently art historians have begun to question both
the value and meaning of terms such as “iconography” and “influence”.
The convenors of the IMC session “Post-Iconography, Beyond
Influence”, Catherine Karkov and Eva Frojmovic, invite papers that
explicitly interrogate and probe the limits of iconographic research
on medieval art. What are the limitations of a text-centred approach
to medieval art? What are the alternatives? We would welcome both
theoretical papers and case studies showcasing colleagues’ own
current research “beyond iconography”. In addition, what exactly do
we mean when we use terms like “influence”? Are encounters between
cultures, artists or works of art really as passive and
unidirectional as the term implies?
We invite paper proposals (title, short abstract) to be received by
email to post-col-med@leeds.ac.uk by
29 September 2010.
Eva Frojmovic & Catherine Karkov (University of Leeds)
Please see our website
details of the research network's activities.
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A session on method and medieval art research, IMC 2011
Sponsored by the AHRC Research Network “Postcolonising the Medieval Image”
Twenty years ago, the Index of Christian Art hosted a conference
titled, in an ironic homage to Panofsky, “Iconography at the
Crossroads”. More recently art historians have begun to question both
the value and meaning of terms such as “iconography” and “influence”.
The convenors of the IMC session “Post-Iconography, Beyond
Influence”, Catherine Karkov and Eva Frojmovic, invite papers that
explicitly interrogate and probe the limits of iconographic research
on medieval art. What are the limitations of a text-centred approach
to medieval art? What are the alternatives? We would welcome both
theoretical papers and case studies showcasing colleagues’ own
current research “beyond iconography”. In addition, what exactly do
we mean when we use terms like “influence”? Are encounters between
cultures, artists or works of art really as passive and
unidirectional as the term implies?
We invite paper proposals (title, short abstract) to be received by
email to post-col-med@leeds.ac.
29 September 2010.
Eva Frojmovic & Catherine Karkov (University of Leeds)
Please see our website
details of the research network's activities.
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Shifting Frontiers
Call For Papers
Deadline: November 15, 2010
The Society for Late Antiquity announces the Ninth Biennial Conference on Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity, to be held at Penn State University (University Park) from June 23-26, 2011. The conference will explore the theme of “Politics in Late Antiquity, ca. 200-700.”
Along with the cultural and religious transformations of the late Roman and post-Roman eras, the political culture of the empire was transformed, from the aristocratic and senatorial monarchy of the early empire to the equestrian and military government of the third and fourth centuries to the emerging Christian monarchy of the Theodosian empire and beyond. Each of these traditions had a long afterlife in the post-Roman West and Byzantine East. The Program Committee seeks contributions that address any aspect of the political life of late antiquity, with particular emphasis on 1) the functioning of Roman and post-Roman government and the tensions between center and periphery 2) the gap between rhetoric and reality in the practice of politics 3) the material _expressions of politics and government, as reflected in art, architecture, and archaeological evidence.
As in the past, the conference will provide an interdisciplinary forum for ancient historians, philologists, art historians, archaeologists, and specialists in the early Christian, Jewish and Muslim worlds to discuss a wide range of European, Middle-Eastern and African evidence for cultural transformation in late antiquity. Proposals should be clearly related to the conference theme, stating both the problem to be discussed and the nature of the presenter’s conclusions.
Abstracts of no more than 500 words, for 20-minute presentations, should be sent as email (attachments in MS Word only) addressed to:
Professor Michael Kulikowski
c/o Tiffany Mayhew
108 Weaver Building
Dept of History
Penn State
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 865-1367
Email: ShiftingFrontiers2011@gmail.com
Deadline: November 15, 2010
The Society for Late Antiquity announces the Ninth Biennial Conference on Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity, to be held at Penn State University (University Park) from June 23-26, 2011. The conference will explore the theme of “Politics in Late Antiquity, ca. 200-700.”
Along with the cultural and religious transformations of the late Roman and post-Roman eras, the political culture of the empire was transformed, from the aristocratic and senatorial monarchy of the early empire to the equestrian and military government of the third and fourth centuries to the emerging Christian monarchy of the Theodosian empire and beyond. Each of these traditions had a long afterlife in the post-Roman West and Byzantine East. The Program Committee seeks contributions that address any aspect of the political life of late antiquity, with particular emphasis on 1) the functioning of Roman and post-Roman government and the tensions between center and periphery 2) the gap between rhetoric and reality in the practice of politics 3) the material _expressions of politics and government, as reflected in art, architecture, and archaeological evidence.
As in the past, the conference will provide an interdisciplinary forum for ancient historians, philologists, art historians, archaeologists, and specialists in the early Christian, Jewish and Muslim worlds to discuss a wide range of European, Middle-Eastern and African evidence for cultural transformation in late antiquity. Proposals should be clearly related to the conference theme, stating both the problem to be discussed and the nature of the presenter’s conclusions.
Abstracts of no more than 500 words, for 20-minute presentations, should be sent as email (attachments in MS Word only) addressed to:
Professor Michael Kulikowski
c/o Tiffany Mayhew
108 Weaver Building
Dept of History
Penn State
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 865-1367
Email: ShiftingFrontiers2011@gmail.com
Imbas 2010
Imbas 2010
We would like to invite all postgraduate students of medieval studies to Imbas 2010, an interdisciplinary postgraduate medievalists’ conference, to be held on 12th – 14th November 2010 in NUI Galway, Ireland. This conference welcomes delegates at all stages of their research from all areas of medieval studies including languages, history, literature, art, archaeology, palaeography and philosophy.
The theme for 2010 is Representations: Image, Word, Artefact, and we are delighted to announce that Professor Michelle P. Brown of the University of London will be our keynote speaker.
Delegates are encouraged to view the theme as a broad suggestion rather than in any way restrictive, and all variations on this theme will be welcome.
A selection of papers will be published in our peer-reviewed Imbas Journal. This journal will be made available via our website and open-access journal databases. All panels will be recorded and made available as podcasts.
Abstracts of 250 words for a twenty minute paper must be submitted before September 30, 2010. Abstracts can be sent to imbasnuig@gmail.com or forwarded to Imbas/Trish NMhaoileoin, c/o Roinn na Gaeilge, as na Gaeilge, Ollscoil na hreann, Gaillimh, re.
Further information can be found at our website http://medieval.starlight.ie/cms/view/63 and on our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=324841995338&ref=ts .
Posted by: Imbas Committee (imbasnuig@gmail.com).
We would like to invite all postgraduate students of medieval studies to Imbas 2010, an interdisciplinary postgraduate medievalists’ conference, to be held on 12th – 14th November 2010 in NUI Galway, Ireland. This conference welcomes delegates at all stages of their research from all areas of medieval studies including languages, history, literature, art, archaeology, palaeography and philosophy.
The theme for 2010 is Representations: Image, Word, Artefact, and we are delighted to announce that Professor Michelle P. Brown of the University of London will be our keynote speaker.
Delegates are encouraged to view the theme as a broad suggestion rather than in any way restrictive, and all variations on this theme will be welcome.
A selection of papers will be published in our peer-reviewed Imbas Journal. This journal will be made available via our website and open-access journal databases. All panels will be recorded and made available as podcasts.
Abstracts of 250 words for a twenty minute paper must be submitted before September 30, 2010. Abstracts can be sent to imbasnuig@gmail.com or forwarded to Imbas/Trish NMhaoileoin, c/o Roinn na Gaeilge, as na Gaeilge, Ollscoil na hreann, Gaillimh, re.
Further information can be found at our website http://medieval.starlight.ie/cms/view/63 and on our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=324841995338&ref=ts .
Posted by: Imbas Committee (imbasnuig@gmail.com).
RBMS Regional Workshop: Latin for Rare Materials Catalogers
RBMS Regional Workshop: Latin for Rare Materials Catalogers
Friday, October 22, 2010, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Indiana University Bloomington
Herman B Wells Library, Room E174
1320 E. 10th Street
Bloomington, Indiana, 47405
This workshop is intended for rare materials catalogers with little or no familiarity with Latin. The workshop will provide tools for navigating the title page, identifying the key verbs and inflected forms of nouns for persons, places, and things, in order to accurately record title and remainder of title information, author(s) and other names, editions, publication information, and privilege statements (i.e. DCRM(B)/AACR2 descriptive areas 1, 2, and 4), and any related notes. Among the issues addressed will be identifying and expanding contracted forms, Latin terminology used for illustrations and publishing, and other issues unique to Latin materials.
Presenters:
Jennifer Nelson, School of Law, University of California at Berkeley.
Jennifer MacDonald, University of Delaware Library
Registration:
Deadline is October 1, 2010. Limited to 30 participants.
Register online at: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/rbmsworkshoplatin.cfm
Fees:
ACRL member - $189
Nonmember - $239
Questions:
Contact Jane Gillis, Yale University Library, Jane.gillis@yale.edu or 203-432-2633
Friday, October 22, 2010, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Indiana University Bloomington
Herman B Wells Library, Room E174
1320 E. 10th Street
Bloomington, Indiana, 47405
This workshop is intended for rare materials catalogers with little or no familiarity with Latin. The workshop will provide tools for navigating the title page, identifying the key verbs and inflected forms of nouns for persons, places, and things, in order to accurately record title and remainder of title information, author(s) and other names, editions, publication information, and privilege statements (i.e. DCRM(B)/AACR2 descriptive areas 1, 2, and 4), and any related notes. Among the issues addressed will be identifying and expanding contracted forms, Latin terminology used for illustrations and publishing, and other issues unique to Latin materials.
Presenters:
Jennifer Nelson, School of Law, University of California at Berkeley.
Jennifer MacDonald, University of Delaware Library
Registration:
Deadline is October 1, 2010. Limited to 30 participants.
Register online at: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/rbmsworkshoplatin.cfm
Fees:
ACRL member - $189
Nonmember - $239
Questions:
Contact Jane Gillis, Yale University Library, Jane.gillis@yale.edu
CFP: Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference
CFP: Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference
The Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies is pleased to announce:
Call for Papers for the 2011 Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference
Deadline for submissions: October 15, 2010
Conference dates: January 27-29, 2011
www.newberry.org/renaissance/conf-inst/gradstudents.html
We invite abstracts for 15-minute papers from master’s or Ph.D. students on any medieval, Renaissance, or early modern topic in Europe or the Mediterranean or Atlantic worlds. We encourage submissions from disciplines as varied as the literature of any language, history, classics, art history, music, comparative literature, theater arts, philosophy, religious studies, transatlantic studies, disability studies, and manuscript studies.
We hope to include at least one panel of papers dealing with the digital humanities.
Priority is given to students from member institutions of the Center for Renaissance Studies consortium.
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Faculty and graduate students from Center for Renaissance Studies consortium schools are eligible to apply for travel funding to attend Center for Renaissance Studies programs or to do research at the Newberry Library. Contact your school’s faculty representative for details: www.newberry.org/renaissance/consortium/exec.html. The Center’s main web page is: www.newberry.org/renaissance.
The Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies is pleased to announce:
Call for Papers for the 2011 Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference
Deadline for submissions: October 15, 2010
Conference dates: January 27-29, 2011
www.newberry.org/renaissance/conf-inst/gradstudents.html
We invite abstracts for 15-minute papers from master’s or Ph.D. students on any medieval, Renaissance, or early modern topic in Europe or the Mediterranean or Atlantic worlds. We encourage submissions from disciplines as varied as the literature of any language, history, classics, art history, music, comparative literature, theater arts, philosophy, religious studies, transatlantic studies, disability studies, and manuscript studies.
We hope to include at least one panel of papers dealing with the digital humanities.
Priority is given to students from member institutions of the Center for Renaissance Studies consortium.
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Faculty and graduate students from Center for Renaissance Studies consortium schools are eligible to apply for travel funding to attend Center for Renaissance Studies programs or to do research at the Newberry Library. Contact your school’s faculty representative for details: www.newberry.org/renaissance/consortium/exec.html. The Center’s main web page is: www.newberry.org/renaissance.
38th Sewanee Medieval Colloquium April 8-9, 2011
38th Sewanee Medieval Colloquium April 8-9, 2011
on the theme of Voice, Gesture, Memory, and Performance in Medieval
Texts, Culture, and Art
Plenary speaker: Bruce Holsinger, UVA; also TBA
We invite 20-minute papers from all disciplines on any aspect of
voice, gesture, memory or performance. We also welcome proposals for
3-paper sessions on particular topics related the theme. Please
submit an abstract (approx. 250 words) and brief c.v., electronically
if possible, no later than 1 October 2010. If you wish to propose a
session, please submit abstracts and vitae for all participants in
the session. Commentary is traditionally provided for each paper
presented; completed papers, including notes, will be due no later
than 1 March 2011. The Sewanee Medieval Colloquium Prize will be
awarded for the best paper by a graduate student or recent PhD
recipient (degree awarded since July 2008). For further information
on the Sewanee Medieval Colloquium,
seehttp://www.sewanee.edu/Medieval/main.html.
on the theme of Voice, Gesture, Memory, and Performance in Medieval
Texts, Culture, and Art
Plenary speaker: Bruce Holsinger, UVA; also TBA
We invite 20-minute papers from all disciplines on any aspect of
voice, gesture, memory or performance. We also welcome proposals for
3-paper sessions on particular topics related the theme. Please
submit an abstract (approx. 250 words) and brief c.v., electronically
if possible, no later than 1 October 2010. If you wish to propose a
session, please submit abstracts and vitae for all participants in
the session. Commentary is traditionally provided for each paper
presented; completed papers, including notes, will be due no later
than 1 March 2011. The Sewanee Medieval Colloquium Prize will be
awarded for the best paper by a graduate student or recent PhD
recipient (degree awarded since July 2008). For further information
on the Sewanee Medieval Colloquium,
seehttp://www.sewanee.edu/Medieval/main.html.
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