The Character of the Syriac Version of Psalms: A Study of Psalms 90-150 in the Peshitta (MPIL 17)
Ignacio Carbajosa
This book investigates the character of the Peshitta in Psalms 90-150 in order to facilitate the proper use of this version in textual criticism. It identifies the Peshitta’s translation techniques and it discusses the version’s interpretation of difficult passages in the Hebrew text. The question of the Hebrew Vorlage behind the Peshitta Psalter is raised. Also investigated here is the relationship between the Peshitta Psalms and the LXX and Targum, and an assessment of the supposed influence of these versions on the Peshitta Psalter is offered. Inquiry is made into the theology of the translation, the identity of the translators, and the relationships among the manuscripts of the Peshitta Psalter. This text is designed as a tool for scholars who, when confronted by critical questions in the Psalter, seek to understand the readings preserved in the Peshitta.
http://www.brill.nl/default.aspx?partid=210&pid=31159
Jacob of Edessa and the Syriac Culture of His Day (MPIL 18)
Edited by Bas ter Haar Romeny
Jacob of Edessa (c.640-708) is considered the most learned Christian of the early days of Islam. In all fifteen contributions to this volume, the interaction between Christianity, Judaism, and the new religion is an important issue. The articles discuss Jacob’s biography as well as his position in early Islamic Edessa, and give a full picture of the various aspects of Jacob of Edessa’s life and work as a scholar and clergyman. Attention is paid to his efforts in the fields of historiography, correspondence, canon law, text and interpretation of the Bible, language and translation, theology, philosophy, and science. The book, which marks the 1300th anniversary of Jacob’s death, also contains a bibliographical clavis.
Contributors are: William Adler, Jan J. van Ginkel, Robert G. Hoyland, Henri Hugonnard-Roche, Konrad D. Jenner, Dirk Kruisheer, Bas ter Haar Romeny, Richard J. Saley, Alison Salvesen, Herman Teule, Lucas Van Rompay, Baby Varghese, Marina Wilks, Witold Witakowski, and the late Rafi Talmon.
See for more details, including a full table of contents, Brill’s website:
http://www.brill.nl/default.aspx?partid=210&pid=26030
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Skepsi, Second Issue CFP
Call for papers: Skepsi, Second Issue
The editorial board of Skepsi is pleased to invite contributions for
the second issue of the Interdisciplinary Online Journal of European
Thought and Theory in Humanities and Social Sciences, based in the
University of Kent, to be released in Spring 2009.
Considerations of Audience
in Medieval & Early Modern Studies
Besechyng yow that ye audience therof not disdeigne
But consider the trew intent of my hert in euery veyne
The aim of this issue is to explore the nature and character of
audience to foster a greater understanding and utilisation of
strategies that can be employed to construct audience in relation to
Medieval and Early Modern studies. Ultimately audience is a topic
that unites rather than divides us.
Audience forms a vital consideration for all postgraduate students of
the Medieval and Early Modern Period embracing studies of literature,
history, art, architecture and artefacts. The evidence and sources
around which enquiries are centred, regardless of discipline, topic
or approach, be those sources, textual, visual or physical are
created with an intended audience in mind. This primary audience
forms a significant component that is inseparable from considerations
of form and function. There is also a second audience – that is the
actual audience. Yet inevitably both the intended audience, who often
are only a projection in the mind of the creator, and the actual
audience rarely leave us the information that we seek. Thus although
an appreciation of audience is encompassed in all relationships
between producer and recipient(s) this appreciation and anticipated
appreciation mostly has to be constructed afresh. Therefore, although
identifying the Medieval Audience secures the foundation of our
understanding of the period’s culture paradoxically this knowledge
and awareness of the audience is frequently assumed with the result
that neither the intended or actual audience is explored, clearly
identified, or even alluded to.
We invite proposals for articles which interpret the topic as widely
as possible. The following list, which is neither prescriptive nor
exhaustive, may serve as inspiration:
The difficulties in identifying audience
Does the audience emerge through specific methods of research?
Should we be focusing on audience?
To what extent can modern theories of audience be useful tools for
enquiry into the past? Can they be adapted or do alternate modes of
analysis need to be sought?
Ultimately all our endeavours are to be presented to an audience, do
we consider them as we write?
Contributions – including an article (3000/5000 words, written in
academic English), an abstract proposal (approximately 300 words,
with a short list of keywords) and a C.V. (with your name,
institution, stage of study and email address) – should be sent to
Skepsi editorial board via e-mail (skepsi@kent.ac.uk), as Microsoft
Word attached documents. Skepsi uses a version of the MHRA Style
Guide. Please refer to the MHRA online guide.
The deadline for all applications is Friday 20 February 2009. Please
note that a postgraduate colloquium was held on the same topic in
December 2008 at the University of Kent. A selection of its papers
will be published in the Second Issue of Skepsi.
http://www.kent.ac.uk/secl/journals/skepsi
The editorial board of Skepsi is pleased to invite contributions for
the second issue of the Interdisciplinary Online Journal of European
Thought and Theory in Humanities and Social Sciences, based in the
University of Kent, to be released in Spring 2009.
Considerations of Audience
in Medieval & Early Modern Studies
Besechyng yow that ye audience therof not disdeigne
But consider the trew intent of my hert in euery veyne
The aim of this issue is to explore the nature and character of
audience to foster a greater understanding and utilisation of
strategies that can be employed to construct audience in relation to
Medieval and Early Modern studies. Ultimately audience is a topic
that unites rather than divides us.
Audience forms a vital consideration for all postgraduate students of
the Medieval and Early Modern Period embracing studies of literature,
history, art, architecture and artefacts. The evidence and sources
around which enquiries are centred, regardless of discipline, topic
or approach, be those sources, textual, visual or physical are
created with an intended audience in mind. This primary audience
forms a significant component that is inseparable from considerations
of form and function. There is also a second audience – that is the
actual audience. Yet inevitably both the intended audience, who often
are only a projection in the mind of the creator, and the actual
audience rarely leave us the information that we seek. Thus although
an appreciation of audience is encompassed in all relationships
between producer and recipient(s) this appreciation and anticipated
appreciation mostly has to be constructed afresh. Therefore, although
identifying the Medieval Audience secures the foundation of our
understanding of the period’s culture paradoxically this knowledge
and awareness of the audience is frequently assumed with the result
that neither the intended or actual audience is explored, clearly
identified, or even alluded to.
We invite proposals for articles which interpret the topic as widely
as possible. The following list, which is neither prescriptive nor
exhaustive, may serve as inspiration:
The difficulties in identifying audience
Does the audience emerge through specific methods of research?
Should we be focusing on audience?
To what extent can modern theories of audience be useful tools for
enquiry into the past? Can they be adapted or do alternate modes of
analysis need to be sought?
Ultimately all our endeavours are to be presented to an audience, do
we consider them as we write?
Contributions – including an article (3000/5000 words, written in
academic English), an abstract proposal (approximately 300 words,
with a short list of keywords) and a C.V. (with your name,
institution, stage of study and email address) – should be sent to
Skepsi editorial board via e-mail (skepsi@kent.ac.uk), as Microsoft
Word attached documents. Skepsi uses a version of the MHRA Style
Guide. Please refer to the MHRA online guide.
The deadline for all applications is Friday 20 February 2009. Please
note that a postgraduate colloquium was held on the same topic in
December 2008 at the University of Kent. A selection of its papers
will be published in the Second Issue of Skepsi.
http://www.kent.ac.uk/secl/journals/skepsi
rman Historical Institute’s Medieval History Seminar Reminder
I am writing you on behalf of the conveners of the German Historical
Institute’s Medieval History Seminar to urge you to encourage your students
with some command of German to apply to participate in the sixth Medieval
History Seminar, to be held in London, from October 8 to 11, 2009.
The seminar is designed to bring together American, British and German Ph.D.
candidates and recent Ph.D. recipients (2007-2008) in medieval history
(broadly defined) for a weekend of scholarly discussion and collaboration.
Having been a part of this seminar since its inception, I can testify to how
useful the experience has been for both the Anglophone and Germanophone
students who have participated through the years. Students need not be
working on “German history,” and their German need not be perfect. However
the seminar provides a unique opportunity for students to encounter the
rising generation of young medievalists in Germany.
This year we have received some excellent applications, but we are frankly
disappointed with the number. Therefore the GHI has decided to extend the
deadline for applications to February 15, 2009. If you have any advanced
graduate students or recent PhDs who would like to receive positive feedback
on their work from their German contemporaries, as well as from Michael
Borgolte (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Frank Rexroth (Universität
Göttingen), Barbara H. Rosenwein (Loyola University Chicago), Dame Janet L.
Nelson (King’s College London), Miri Rubin (Queen Mary, University of
London), and myself, please encourage them to apply. Full information on the
program can be found on the GHI website:
http://www.ghi-dc.org/index.php?option=com_content
Students may also email me for more information at ge...@ucla.edu or write
me at the Collegium Budapest, Szentháromság utca 2.
H-1014 Budapest,Hungary, where I will be until the end of March.
With all best wishes,
Patrick Geary
Professor Patrick J. Geary
Department of History
University of California Los Angeles
6265 Bunche Hall
Box 951473
Los Angeles CA 90095-1473
Tel: 310 825-4389
Fax: 310 206-9630
Email Ge...@ucla.edu
Institute’s Medieval History Seminar to urge you to encourage your students
with some command of German to apply to participate in the sixth Medieval
History Seminar, to be held in London, from October 8 to 11, 2009.
The seminar is designed to bring together American, British and German Ph.D.
candidates and recent Ph.D. recipients (2007-2008) in medieval history
(broadly defined) for a weekend of scholarly discussion and collaboration.
Having been a part of this seminar since its inception, I can testify to how
useful the experience has been for both the Anglophone and Germanophone
students who have participated through the years. Students need not be
working on “German history,” and their German need not be perfect. However
the seminar provides a unique opportunity for students to encounter the
rising generation of young medievalists in Germany.
This year we have received some excellent applications, but we are frankly
disappointed with the number. Therefore the GHI has decided to extend the
deadline for applications to February 15, 2009. If you have any advanced
graduate students or recent PhDs who would like to receive positive feedback
on their work from their German contemporaries, as well as from Michael
Borgolte (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Frank Rexroth (Universität
Göttingen), Barbara H. Rosenwein (Loyola University Chicago), Dame Janet L.
Nelson (King’s College London), Miri Rubin (Queen Mary, University of
London), and myself, please encourage them to apply. Full information on the
program can be found on the GHI website:
http://www.ghi-dc.org/index.php?option=com_content
Students may also email me for more information at ge...@ucla.edu or write
me at the Collegium Budapest, Szentháromság utca 2.
H-1014 Budapest,Hungary, where I will be until the end of March.
With all best wishes,
Patrick Geary
Professor Patrick J. Geary
Department of History
University of California Los Angeles
6265 Bunche Hall
Box 951473
Los Angeles CA 90095-1473
Tel: 310 825-4389
Fax: 310 206-9630
Email Ge...@ucla.edu
Hortulus
Hortulus: The Online Community Website for Graduate Students in Medieval
Studies is now accepting applications for a new Online Community Editor.
Hortulus's online community works in conjunction with our online journal to
provide an open
forum for dialogue, information exchange, and resources for graduate
students.
The duties of the Online Community Editor include:
* Overseeing and updating the Community Website Pages at least once a month
* Broadening our community outreach by bringing new contributors to the
website
* Proposing new and innovative ideas to make the Hortulus Online Community
Website more useful and engaging for graduate student in medieval studies.
Applicants should familiarize themselves with the Hortulus website at
http://hortulus.net and submit a letter clarifying their qualifications and
ideas for the position along with a copy of their CV before February 7th to
sub...@hortulus.net.
Studies is now accepting applications for a new Online Community Editor.
Hortulus's online community works in conjunction with our online journal to
provide an open
forum for dialogue, information exchange, and resources for graduate
students.
The duties of the Online Community Editor include:
* Overseeing and updating the Community Website Pages at least once a month
* Broadening our community outreach by bringing new contributors to the
website
* Proposing new and innovative ideas to make the Hortulus Online Community
Website more useful and engaging for graduate student in medieval studies.
Applicants should familiarize themselves with the Hortulus website at
http://hortulus.net and submit a letter clarifying their qualifications and
ideas for the position along with a copy of their CV before February 7th to
sub...@hortulus.net.
Vagantes Reminder
MARCH 5, 6, AND 7,
VAGANTES 2009
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA
http://vagantesconference.org
Florida State University is proud to host Vagantes 2009!
Vagantes, an annual, traveling conference for graduate students studying any
aspect of the Middle Ages, was conceived with several goals in mind:
fostering a sense of community among junior medievalists, providing exposure
to an interdisciplinary forum, and showcasing the resources of the host
institutions -- all within a student budget.
This year's conference features 24 graduate student presenters from various
institutions across North America. Additionally, Vagantes is honored to
welcome keynote speakers Richard Emmerson (Florida State University) and
Helen Damico (University of New Mexico). During the evening of March 6, Dr.
Emmerson will present "John as Visionary Witness, Participant, and
Intermediary in Medieval Apocalypses". On March 7, Dr. Damico will present
"Beowulf and the Danes: From History to Vernacular Epic". Receptions will
follow each keynote presentation.
For further information regarding the conference program, registration,
receptions and banquet, and travel logistics, please visit the conference
website: www.vagantesconference.org
If you have additional questions, please contact Carey Fee at
carey...@yahoo.com.
Registration for the conference is *FREE* for each and every attendee.
Everyone is more than welcome to attend some or all of the conference.
Vagantes, FSU, and the Conference Committee look forward to seeing you in
March!
Best wishes,
Carey Fee
Vagantes 2009 Co-Chair
Ph.D. Student
Art History Department
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida
VAGANTES 2009
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA
http://vagantesconference.org
Florida State University is proud to host Vagantes 2009!
Vagantes, an annual, traveling conference for graduate students studying any
aspect of the Middle Ages, was conceived with several goals in mind:
fostering a sense of community among junior medievalists, providing exposure
to an interdisciplinary forum, and showcasing the resources of the host
institutions -- all within a student budget.
This year's conference features 24 graduate student presenters from various
institutions across North America. Additionally, Vagantes is honored to
welcome keynote speakers Richard Emmerson (Florida State University) and
Helen Damico (University of New Mexico). During the evening of March 6, Dr.
Emmerson will present "John as Visionary Witness, Participant, and
Intermediary in Medieval Apocalypses". On March 7, Dr. Damico will present
"Beowulf and the Danes: From History to Vernacular Epic". Receptions will
follow each keynote presentation.
For further information regarding the conference program, registration,
receptions and banquet, and travel logistics, please visit the conference
website: www.vagantesconference.org
If you have additional questions, please contact Carey Fee at
carey...@yahoo.com.
Registration for the conference is *FREE* for each and every attendee.
Everyone is more than welcome to attend some or all of the conference.
Vagantes, FSU, and the Conference Committee look forward to seeing you in
March!
Best wishes,
Carey Fee
Vagantes 2009 Co-Chair
Ph.D. Student
Art History Department
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida
SPACE IN MEDIEVAL FRANCE
SPACE IN MEDIEVAL FRANCE
6th Annual Symposium of the International Medieval Society, Paris
CALL FOR PAPERS
Dates: 24-26 June 2009, Location: Université de Paris - I (Sorbonne), France
Deadline for Submissions: 1 February 2009
Keynote speakers: Dominique Iogna-Prat, Philippe Plagnieux, and Philippe
Plagnieux
The International Medieval Society of Paris (IMS-Paris) is soliciting
abstracts for
individual papers and proposals for complete sessions for its 2009 Symposium
organized around the theme of space in medieval France.
Questions about ideas of space have recently invigorated the field of
medieval
studies, challenging prevailing Modernist views that the concept of space
only
existed from the Renaissance onward. The Sorbonne's collection Constructions
de
l'espace au Moyen Age: pratiques et représentations (2007) showcases recent
historical research on spatiality, particularly regarding geographical
limits
and boundaries, as well as the role of space in social relations and
practices,
while Sarah Kay's Place of Thought (2007) re-evaluates the complexity of the
locus communis from a literary perspective. These publications
complement ongoing investigations by historians of visual culture into the
dynamic meanings, uses and phenomenologies of medieval space.
This symposium aims to generate an interdisciplinary forum on space in
medieval France between c. 500 and c. 1500 that will enrich these ongoing
debates and our knowledge of space in the Middle Ages by approaching the
subject
from a variety of perspectives. Papers should address France, Francia or
post-
Roman Gaul in some way, but they need not be exclusively limited to this
geographic area.
We encourage papers on the following topics, as well as papers for open
sessions
in all disciplines:
• Public and private space
• Walls, boundaries, limits
• The shape of space in medieval art, architecture, and music
• Space or place?
• Astronomy
• Sacred and profane space
• Commercial space
• Performance and the use of space
• Space and identity in the medieval city
Abstracts in French or English of 300 words or less for a 20-minute paper
should
be e-mailed to cont...@ims-paris.org no later than 1 February 2009. In
addition to
the abstract, please submit full contact information, a CV and a tentative
assessment of any audiovisual equipment required for your presentation.
The deadline for abstract submission is 1 February 2009. The IMS will review
submissions and respond via e-mail by 15 February 2009. Titles of accepted
papers
will be made available on the IMS website. Authors of accepted papers will
be
responsible for their own travel costs and conference registration fee (35
euros,
reduced for students).
The IMS-Paris is an interdisciplinary and bilingual (French/English)
organization
founded to serve as a centre for medievalists who research, work, study, or
travel to France. For more information about the IMS and the schedule of
last
year's Symposium, please see our website: www.ims-paris.org.
6th Annual Symposium of the International Medieval Society, Paris
CALL FOR PAPERS
Dates: 24-26 June 2009, Location: Université de Paris - I (Sorbonne), France
Deadline for Submissions: 1 February 2009
Keynote speakers: Dominique Iogna-Prat, Philippe Plagnieux, and Philippe
Plagnieux
The International Medieval Society of Paris (IMS-Paris) is soliciting
abstracts for
individual papers and proposals for complete sessions for its 2009 Symposium
organized around the theme of space in medieval France.
Questions about ideas of space have recently invigorated the field of
medieval
studies, challenging prevailing Modernist views that the concept of space
only
existed from the Renaissance onward. The Sorbonne's collection Constructions
de
l'espace au Moyen Age: pratiques et représentations (2007) showcases recent
historical research on spatiality, particularly regarding geographical
limits
and boundaries, as well as the role of space in social relations and
practices,
while Sarah Kay's Place of Thought (2007) re-evaluates the complexity of the
locus communis from a literary perspective. These publications
complement ongoing investigations by historians of visual culture into the
dynamic meanings, uses and phenomenologies of medieval space.
This symposium aims to generate an interdisciplinary forum on space in
medieval France between c. 500 and c. 1500 that will enrich these ongoing
debates and our knowledge of space in the Middle Ages by approaching the
subject
from a variety of perspectives. Papers should address France, Francia or
post-
Roman Gaul in some way, but they need not be exclusively limited to this
geographic area.
We encourage papers on the following topics, as well as papers for open
sessions
in all disciplines:
• Public and private space
• Walls, boundaries, limits
• The shape of space in medieval art, architecture, and music
• Space or place?
• Astronomy
• Sacred and profane space
• Commercial space
• Performance and the use of space
• Space and identity in the medieval city
Abstracts in French or English of 300 words or less for a 20-minute paper
should
be e-mailed to cont...@ims-paris.org no later than 1 February 2009. In
addition to
the abstract, please submit full contact information, a CV and a tentative
assessment of any audiovisual equipment required for your presentation.
The deadline for abstract submission is 1 February 2009. The IMS will review
submissions and respond via e-mail by 15 February 2009. Titles of accepted
papers
will be made available on the IMS website. Authors of accepted papers will
be
responsible for their own travel costs and conference registration fee (35
euros,
reduced for students).
The IMS-Paris is an interdisciplinary and bilingual (French/English)
organization
founded to serve as a centre for medievalists who research, work, study, or
travel to France. For more information about the IMS and the schedule of
last
year's Symposium, please see our website: www.ims-paris.org.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Congress Program
The 2009 Congress Program is live and online! Spread the word:
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/index.html
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/index.html
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