retirement of Professor Gillian Clark

On the 2nd of August 2011 The University of Bristol will hold a day to mark
the career and retirement of Professor Gillian Clark:

A Colloquium for Gillian Clark: Christianity and Roman Society.
Tuesday 2nd of August 10.50-18.30 (coffee from 10.30)
Speakers include: Jill Harries, Karla Pollman, Neil McLynn, Fergus Millar,
Mark Humphries, Averil Cameron, Tessa Rajak and Oliver Nicholson.

Venue to be announced. Further details to follow.
If you think you might attend it would be useful if you could contact Bella
Sandwell (Bella.Sandwell@bris.ac.uk) so that we can cater correctly for
lunch.
Please also contact Bella Sandwell if you have any other queries about this
event.

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Bella Sandwell,
Lecturer in Ancient History and Classics
Department of Classics & Ancient History
Bristol University
Tel: 0117 928 9020
bella.sandwell@bristol.ac.uk

COLLOQUIUM ON GREEK AND ROMAN NOVEL

COLLOQUIUM ON GREEK AND ROMAN NOVEL
MAY 26, 2011, Room 201A, 11AM

The Department of Classics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is pleased to announce the organization of a colloquium on the Ancient Novel to be held on Thursday, May 26 2011, inRoom 201A, at 10.00 am. The topic of this colloquium will be:


Greek and Roman Novel: Narrative Tensions, Plot and Themes


PROGRAM
Genre, Ideology and Motifs, Chair: Prof. AntonioςRengakos
Prof. David Konstan (Brown, Emeritus; New York University): “Erôs and Oikos.”

Prof. Marí lia P. Futre Pinheiro (University of Lisbon): “Satire and Philosophy in Lucian.”
Prof. Silvia Montiglio (Johns Hopkins University): “The Call of Blood: Greek Origins of a Motif, from Euripides to Heliodorus.”
Ass. Prof. Maria Plastira Valkanou (Aristotle University): “Lampon's Episode in Xenophon's Ephesiaca.”
Break
Petronius and Apuleius, Chair: Prof. Katharina Volk
Prof. Gareth Schmeling (University of Florida): “Size Matters: It is the Little Things that Count in Petronius’ Satyrica.”
Prof. Stephen J. Harrison (Corpus Christi, Oxford): “Interpreting the anteludia: Apuleius Met.11.8.”

1700 Years of the Edict of Milan

In 2013, various events will be organized in Niš to celebrate an important date in the history of Christianity – the 1700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan. Emperor Constantine's hometown will be the venue of the big international conference
St. Emperor Constantine and Christianity

The conference is planned to be held in late May or early June 2013, and the organizers are: Center for Church Studies, Niš; Institute for Slavo-Byzantine Studies “Ivan Dujčev”, Sofia; Department of History, Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade; Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, Cambridge; and Institute for National and Religious Studies, Thessaloniki.

Program Committee: Serbian Patriarch Irinej, president, Dragiša Bojović (Niš), vicepresident, Marcus Plested (Cambridge), Athanasios Angelopoulos (Thessaloniki), Vasja Velinova (Sofia), Siniša Mišić (Belgrade), Francesco Braschi (Milan), Ljubomir Maksimović (Belgrade), Aksinija Džurova (Sofia), Branislav Todić (Belgrade), Ivanka Gergova (Sofia), Thomas Papastergiou (Thessaloniki), Aleksander Naumov (Venice, Krakow), Radomir Popović (Belgrade), Vladimir Cvetković (Aarhus), Kiril Maksimovič (Moscow), Ivica Živković (Niš), secretary and Vladimir Aleksić (Niš), secretary.

We would like to invite you to participate in the conference. The topic should be related to one of the following domains:
• Emperor Constantine in history
• Christianity in the first millennium
• Theological and church-historical circumstances in the 4th century
• St. Emperor Constantine in art
• St. Emperor Constantine in literature
• Roman law and Christianity
• Edicts on religious tolerance.

A paper title followed by an abstract in English or Serbian should be submitted electronically to the email of Program Committee secretaries: ivicazzivkovic@gmail.com, vlaleksic@yahoo.com by June 1, 2011.

Since the proceedings volume is planned to be printed before the conference, we ask you to send your paper by May 1, 2012 at latest. The paper may be written in one of the following languages: English, Russian, French, Serbian, Bulgarian. The conference languages will be English and Serbian. Proceedings editorial board: Vladimir Cvetković, Siniša Mišić, Vasja Velinova, Athanasios Angelopoulos, Marcus Plested, Ivica Živković, and Dragiša Bojović, editor.

The conference fee is 30 EUR and will be due during 2012. Additional information about the payment procedure will be available at a later point.

Call for Papers: The XVIth World Economic History Congress

Call for Papers: The XVIth World Economic History Congress (8-13 July 2012,
Stellenbosch, South Africa)
Ancient History Session
Panel Title:
“Transport infrastructure and economic development in the Roman World (1st
c. BC – 6th c. AD)”

According to the analyses of modern scholars, the Roman Empire developed one
of the most successful pre-industrial economies. This said, in what ways and
to what extent could the Roman economy perform better than previous (and
indeed later) economies? Factors of economic development such as the
favourable conditions offered by internal peace and the unification of the
Mediterranean World in one empire have often been explored.
However, much less attention has been paid to understand what impact the
Roman network of infrastructures had on economic growth. Doubtless, the
establishment of a network of land, river and sea routes greatly fostered
communication between the different areas of the Empire. Yet, what was its
bearing on the development of the Roman economy?
In the wake of the main theme of the congress, "Exploring the Roots of
Development", this panel aims to demonstrate how the infrastructure built by
the Romans helped the economy and especially trade to develop. More
significantly, this session will attempt to reconstruct the official policy
conceived by Roman rulers and administrators in order to create and
constantly improve this network.
By combining theoretical and case-study papers with a specific focus on the
Eastern part of the Empire, this panel will explore the possibility that an
integrated transport system existed in the Roman World and that its
establishment and improvement represented major factors of economic
development and growth.
We welcome papers that meet either of the following criteria:
a) Theoretical studies. These papers should investigate how public
initiative (whether driven by imperial action or promoted by local
administrators) aimed to develop a coherent and Empire-wide system of
communication and transport which triggered economic growth.
b) Regional studies. Ideally, papers that qualify for this criterion will
concentrate on a region within the Eastern part of the Roman Empire. Such
papers should aim to bring out the economic effects that the development of
a network of infrastructures had on the region studied and show how the
newly established links contributed to connecting this and other areas thus
creating a global economy, albeit in an embryonic stage.

Please send abstracts of no more than 500 words to Dario Nappo
dario.nappo@classics.ox.ac.uk or to Andrea Zerbini
andrea.zerbini.2008@rhul.ac.uk by 31 May 2011.

New PhD Studentship: Digital Resource of Palaeography

New PhD Studentship: Digital Resource of Palaeography
With apologies for cross-posting. Please note that this is *not* the post-doctoral position which was announced in December but is a new PhD studentship on the same project.

The Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King’s College London, is pleased to announce a PhD studentship in digital methods in palaeography funded by a European Research Council project, the ‘Digital Resource of Palaeography, Manuscripts and Diplomatic’. The studentship is to be held in CCH as part of a PhD in Digital Humanities.

Context

The aim of Digital Resource of Palaeography is to bringing the methods and resources of digital humanities to bear on palaeographical exploration, citation and teaching of late Anglo-Saxon script. It involves a web resource which will allow scholars to rapidly retrieve digital images, verbal descriptions, and detailed characterisations of the writing, as well as the text in which it is found and the content and structure of the manuscript or charter. It will incorporate different ways of searching, using images, maps, timelines and image-processing as well as conventional text-based browsing and searching. The palaeographical content will focus on a case-study of vernacular English script from the eleventh century, but the project will allow scholars to test and apply new general developments in palaeographical method which have been discussed in theory but which have hitherto proven difficult or impossible to implement in practice. Some further details of the project are av!

ailable on the KCL news pages.

The studentship

Applicants should propose a research project which can benefit from and contribute to the Digital Resource in Palaeography project but which remains distinct from it. Possibilities may include the detailed study of a particular manuscript or small group of manuscripts. A comparative study could apply the research methodologies of the ERC project to a different corpus, perhaps focusing on the products of a single scriptorium or scribe, looking at variance and variation in script; or focusing on a corpus (such as manuscript fragments) that has proven difficult to manage with conventional approaches. Another possibility may be more methodological, focusing on the possibilities and limits of Digital Humanities in palaeographical scholarship.

The student will be based at King’s College London, in the Centre for Computing in Humanities and will benefit from the CCH PhD Seminar. A second supervisor will be assigned according to the requirements of the project. It is also expected that the student will maintain contact with other departments in King’s, such as History or English. The student will also have access to resources and seminars across the University of London more widely, including Senate House Library and its Palaeography Room, the Institute of Historical Research’s seminars and library, and seminars and expertise at the Institute of English Studies.

Value

For the three years of the studentship (starting no later than October 2011) the grant is c. ￡14,000 per annum. Students liable to pay fees at the overseas rate are welcome to apply, but should make sure that they can cover the difference between the award and the full overseas fee. The studentship must be held full-time.

Eligibility, Timetable & Application Process

Applicants for these awards are expected to begin PhD study on 1 October 2011. Applicants should hold (or have nearly completed) a Master’s degree or equivalent in Old English, Anglo-Saxon/early Anglo-Norman history, or another relevant area of medieval studies. A good knowledge of the language(s) of the manuscripts under study is required (Old/Middle English and/or Latin), and a background or demonstrable interest in manuscript studies is highly desirable.

Applicants must submit the following documentation by the deadline of 1 March 2011:

1. An Admissions Application form & all supporting documents – submitted to the Centre for Arts & Sciences Admissions (CASA) via the online admissions portal at www.kcl.ac.uk/graduate/apply/
2. A one page statement of interest including a description of the proposed research, submitted to peter.stokes@kcl.ac.uk
3. A one-page statement of your research training, background and suitability to the project, submitted to peter.stokes@kcl.ac.uk
4. A sample of written work (3000-5000 words), submitted to peter.stokes@kcl.ac.uk

An interview will be arranged with shortlisted applicants, either face to face or by teleconference, after the closing date.

Enquiries

Please email Dr Peter Stokes at peter.stokes@kcl.ac.uk or telephone him on +44 (0)20 7848 2813 in the first instance with any queries about this studentship.

Morton W. Bloomfield Visiting Scholar Program

Morton W. Bloomfield Visiting Scholar Program

The Morton W. Bloomfield Fund at Harvard University, in conjunction with
the Medieval Doctoral Conference of the Department of English, invites
applications to the Bloomfield Visiting Scholar Program. The program is
intended to assist scholars wishing to conduct research at Harvard over
approximately a four-week period during the regular academic year, in any
of the fields associated with Morton W. Bloomfield: particularly Old and
Middle English, the history of English, the history of Christian thought,
and medieval Jewish studies. We can offer $3000 in travel and
accommodation subsidy for one or more selected scholars in these fields;
we may be able to offer a further travel subsidy for fellows traveling
from outside North America. Bloomfield fellows will give a presentation of
their work at the Medieval Doctoral Conference and might also be asked to
meet with graduate students or attend a student seminar as a temporary
member of our community. Although applications are open to anyone,
preference will be given to younger scholars who may benefit from access
to Harvard’s resources. To apply, please send a brief curriculum vitae,
the title of a possible talk, a one-page project description, and a
covering note detailing your proposed travel plans (offering alternative
sets of dates if possible) to Daniel Donoghue, Department of English,
Harvard University, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. by April
15, 2010.

Medievalism, Arthuriana, and Landscapes of Enchantment

Medievalism, Arthuriana, and Landscapes of Enchantment

Call for Papers

The conference committee for Studies in Medievalism is pleased to invite paper and session proposals for its 26th Annual International Conference on Medievalism, to be held at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, on October 20–22, 2011.

The theme of this year's conference is “Medievalism, Arthuriana, and Landscapes of Enchantment.” We therefore especially invite proposals addressing any or all of these concepts. We will also welcome proposals on any topic related to the invocation or representation of the Middle Ages in post-medieval periods. As an interdisciplinary organization, we also encourage proposals from all areas of the humanities, social sciences, and beyond, particularly proposals that address interdisciplinary themes or employ interdisciplinary theories and methods. Post-medieval interest in Arthuriana has flourished unabatedly since the 19th-century medieval revival and is, for instance, reflected in the 2010 publication of Joerg O. Fichte’s From Camelot to Obamalot: Essays on Medieval and Modern Arthurian Literature.

Subthemes for the conference might include, but are not limited to:

Re-imaginings of important Arthurian figures (King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Gawain, Morgan le Fay, Perceval, Lady of the Lake, etc.)

Representations of Arthuriana in art

Women and questions of gender in Arthuriana

Arthurian themes in music

Roles of landscapes in modern Arthurian works

Arthuriana and enchantment in modern historical novels (including mysteries)

Connections between magical enchantments and landscapes

Arthuriana and enchantment on the contemporary stage

Arthuriana in Shakespeare

Tolkien, Arthuriana, and enchantment

Enchantment in contemporary Arthurian works

Arthuriana portrayed on film, television, and/or the radio

Arthuriana and enchantment on the Internet

Arthuriana and enchantment in electronic and/or non-electronic games

Publication Opportunities:

Selected papers related to the conference theme will be published in The Year’s Work in Medievalism.



Submission Deadline: April 18, 2011

Please send 250-word abstracts for individual papers and session proposals as an email attachment in Word or pdf formats to:

Anita Obermeier, Conference Chair

International Conference on Medievalism

Institute for Medieval Studies

University of New Mexico

AObermei@unm.edu

http://ims.unm.edu/sim

The University of New Mexico is located in Albuquerque, in the Land of Enchantment.