'Within Reach: European Peripheries in the Middle Ages', a postgraduate
symposium organised by the Institute for Medieval Studies, University of
Leeds.
The symposium will be held at the Leeds Humanities Research Institute, on
the 25 April 2009.
Where was the edge of Europe in the Middle Ages? Where are the religious,
linguistic and cultural faultlines?
Are there any common features in intercultural contact zones? How and why
did medieval people cross
geographical, political, and cultural frontiers?
The causes and effects of the medieval expansion of Christian Europe have
long been a focus of attention for scholars
in all fields. Turning away from the more traditional concepts of
$B!F(Bconqueror-conquered$B!G(B interaction, this symposium will
concentrate on a more complex model of movement in the peripheries; one
that emphasises settlement, contact, and
travel.
Central themes include:
.. travel into and around the periphery
.. perceptions of peoples and places on frontiers
.. intercultural contact zones
.. cross-cultural experience
.. pilgrimage, crusade, mission
.. expansion
.. colonialism, post-colonialism
This one-day symposium is aimed primarily at postgraduates who wish to
share and discuss their recent research in
an informal interdisciplinary environment. Our keynote speakers are:
Dr Nora Berend, University of Cambridge, who will be speaking on 'The
Frontiers of Christendom: Rhetoric
and Reality in the Iberian Peninsula, Hungary, and Poland'
Dr Marianne O'Doherty, University of Southampton, Postcards from the Edge:
Perspectives from the Oceanic Periphery.
The symposium will provide a forum for interaction, discussion, and the
exchange of ideas, and includes the session
Within Reach: Academic Careers. This professional development workshop
aims to broaden perceptions of careers in
the field, with the aid of the participating academics, students, and
qualified career advisors.
For further information on attendance and registration, a copy of the
programme, or if you would like to provide a poster presentation for the
symposium, please contact Zsuzsa Papp, Katie Neville, or Liz Mylod,
Institute for Medieval Studies, Room 4.05,
Parkinson Building, University of Leeds, LEEDS, LS2 9JT, UK;
imssymp@leeds.ac.uk.
Within Reach: European Peripheries in the Middle Ages' is supported by the
Royal Historical Society and by
the Faculty of Arts Graduate School, University of Leeds.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
RUTGERS SEMINAR IN THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK
RUTGERS SEMINAR IN THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK
2009 Spring series lecture
Galen Brokaw
(University at Buffalo)
"Indigenous American Polygraphy and the Dialogic Model of Media"
Thursday, 9 April
5 p.m.
Alexander Library, Pane Room
Abstract:
Indigenous American societies pose serious problems for traditional
theories of orality, literacy, writing, and semiosis in general. Based on
our understanding-albeit incomplete-of American media, this presentation
attempts to deconstruct the orality-literacy dichotomy that characterizes
anthropological thought (whether it be by anthropologists, historians,
literary critics, or others). Using indigenous American media such as the
Inca and Wari khipu, Moche fine-line painting, and Mesoamerican
iconography as a starting and ending point, it proposes a dialogic model
of literacy and subsequently a dialogic model of media that constitutes a
revision of the traditional anthropological and historical theory relating
to the role of writing/media, its relationship to the development of
socio-economic and political complexity, as well as its cognitive effects.
More about RUTGERS SEMINAR IN THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK 2009 series and
directions at:
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/book_history/RSHOB_2009.html
For their support for the 2009 lecture series, the Rutgers Seminar in the
History of the Book would like to thank the following programs and units
at Rutgers:
American Studies | Center for Cultural Analysis | Departments of English /
French / Library and Information Science / Spanish & Portuguese | The
Graduate Program in Comparative Literature | Rutgers University Libraries
| School of Communication, Information & Library Studies | The
Transliteratures Project
--
Marija Dalbello, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
SHARP De Long Book Prize Jury
School of Communication, Information and Library Studies
4 Huntington Street
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-1071
Voice: 732.932.7500 / 8215
FAX: 732.932.6916
Internet: dalbello@scils.rutgers.edu
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~dalbello
2009 Spring series lecture
Galen Brokaw
(University at Buffalo)
"Indigenous American Polygraphy and the Dialogic Model of Media"
Thursday, 9 April
5 p.m.
Alexander Library, Pane Room
Abstract:
Indigenous American societies pose serious problems for traditional
theories of orality, literacy, writing, and semiosis in general. Based on
our understanding-albeit incomplete-of American media, this presentation
attempts to deconstruct the orality-literacy dichotomy that characterizes
anthropological thought (whether it be by anthropologists, historians,
literary critics, or others). Using indigenous American media such as the
Inca and Wari khipu, Moche fine-line painting, and Mesoamerican
iconography as a starting and ending point, it proposes a dialogic model
of literacy and subsequently a dialogic model of media that constitutes a
revision of the traditional anthropological and historical theory relating
to the role of writing/media, its relationship to the development of
socio-economic and political complexity, as well as its cognitive effects.
More about RUTGERS SEMINAR IN THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK 2009 series and
directions at:
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/book_history/RSHOB_2009.html
For their support for the 2009 lecture series, the Rutgers Seminar in the
History of the Book would like to thank the following programs and units
at Rutgers:
American Studies | Center for Cultural Analysis | Departments of English /
French / Library and Information Science / Spanish & Portuguese | The
Graduate Program in Comparative Literature | Rutgers University Libraries
| School of Communication, Information & Library Studies | The
Transliteratures Project
--
Marija Dalbello, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
SHARP De Long Book Prize Jury
School of Communication, Information and Library Studies
4 Huntington Street
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-1071
Voice: 732.932.7500 / 8215
FAX: 732.932.6916
Internet: dalbello@scils.rutgers.edu
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~dalbello
Kristeller Lecture
Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 6:00 p.m.
Cristina Dondi, "The Venetian Book-Trade in the 15th Century: Material
Evidence for the Economic and Social History of the Renaissance"
The 2009 Paul Oskar Kristeller Lecture
Early provenance of thousands of surviving 15th-century books will serve to
assess the extent of the booktrade and how this factor of social history
contributed to the economic history of the time. Specifically, initial
research conducted on the 5606 Venetian incunables now in the Bodleian
Library allows us to identify the percentage of production which went to
England, Germany, and to the rest of Italy; we can see which kind of texts
were exported to which countries, and which types of purchasers and readers
acquired them?lay or religious, private or institutional, male or female.
Social Hall, Union Theological Seminary
3041 Broadway at 121st Street
A reception will immediately follow the lecture.
Please RSVP to cul-events@columbia.edu
Dr. Cristina Dondi is with the Centre for the Study of the Book, Bodleian
Library, University of Oxford.
The Kristeller Occasional Lectures in Western Cultural History before 1800
are made possible by a bequest from the late Professor Kristeller to the
Columbia University Libraries.
Cristina Dondi, "The Venetian Book-Trade in the 15th Century: Material
Evidence for the Economic and Social History of the Renaissance"
The 2009 Paul Oskar Kristeller Lecture
Early provenance of thousands of surviving 15th-century books will serve to
assess the extent of the booktrade and how this factor of social history
contributed to the economic history of the time. Specifically, initial
research conducted on the 5606 Venetian incunables now in the Bodleian
Library allows us to identify the percentage of production which went to
England, Germany, and to the rest of Italy; we can see which kind of texts
were exported to which countries, and which types of purchasers and readers
acquired them?lay or religious, private or institutional, male or female.
Social Hall, Union Theological Seminary
3041 Broadway at 121st Street
A reception will immediately follow the lecture.
Please RSVP to cul-events@columbia.edu
Dr. Cristina Dondi is with the Centre for the Study of the Book, Bodleian
Library, University of Oxford.
The Kristeller Occasional Lectures in Western Cultural History before 1800
are made possible by a bequest from the late Professor Kristeller to the
Columbia University Libraries.
MEDMED-L
A new listserv is available now for anyone interested in medieval medical
history: MEDMED-L. Although this has been created primarily with the
interests of scholars working on Europe and the Mediterranean world in mind,
if people working in other areas of the world but in similar timeframes
would like to participate, they are most certainly welcome as are all
working in traditions that draw on humoral theory, etc.
At the bottom of this message is a link to a webpage where you can go to
request to be enrolled in MEDMED-L. Under "Options," click on the "Join or
Leave MEDMED-L" link. That will take you to a page where you can fill in
your name and email address. I recommend you leave all the other settings
in their default positions, except for "Acknowledgements". There, I
recommend you choose "Receive copy of own postings" so you'll have
confirmation that any messages you send have in fact gotten through to the
list. Click on "Join MEDMED-L". Once you send that request, it comes to me
and I approve it. You'll then receive a confirmation notice in your email
account acknowledging that you've been added to the list; this is an
automated, computer-generated message. You will also receive a "Welcome"
message with basic info on managing your subscription. You should keep both
messages in your "listserv folder" in your email account, in case you need
to refer to them later. You should also add MEDMED-L@asu.edu to your "safe
senders" list in your e-mail address book to make sure that incoming
messages don't end up in the junk mail pile.
And that's it! From then on, you can "post" to the list any time you want
by simply sending an e-mail to MEDMED-L@asu.edu. The one hard and fast
restriction of this system is that you MUST post from the e-mail account you
used when you subscribed. Thus, if you subscribed from your university
e-mail account but then try to post from your gmail (Google mail) account,
your message will be rejected. (The simple way around this is to subscribe
from both addresses you use; you will then be able to post from either one.
You will, however, get two copies of all postings.)
I am setting up MEDMED-L as an "unmoderated" listserv. That means that I,
as listserv manager, do not exercise any editorial functions in screening
messages. Once you post a message, it goes out immediately to all
subscribers with no filtering. (Which means, of course, that you should
double-check before you hit the "SEND" button!) Subscribers are on their
honor to keep messages civil and "on topic" in relation to the theme of the
list. I would like to see subscribers post in whatever language they feel
most comfortable, with people who reply doing the same. I would very much
like to see this serve as a forum in which the whole international scholarly
community feels welcome.
The one special request I would make of all subscribers: when you enroll,
please send a short bio to the list introducing yourself, giving some
information on your training in the field (novices are welcome), and
providing a brief summary of your research interests. When you do this,
please head your message "Bio: [your name]". That way, people can quickly
look up all the bios in our archives whenever they want to know who has
expertise in a certain field.
Please let me know if you have any questions. If you enroll and decide the
list is not for you, you simply go to the same webpage where you initially
enrolled and ask for your name to be removed from the list of subscribers.
(You can also set your mail on "hold" if you know you'll be away for a while
and don't want messages piling up in your inbox.)
I envision this listserv functioning as a forum to announce conferences, new
publications, etc., but also as a casual forum where we can ask research
questions of each other. Medieval medical history is a thriving field, but
still in a relatively adolescent stage of development. We all have a
tremendous amount to gain from sharing--as we have always done in a field
defined (in my opinion) by its generosity as much as by its excellence.
history: MEDMED-L. Although this has been created primarily with the
interests of scholars working on Europe and the Mediterranean world in mind,
if people working in other areas of the world but in similar timeframes
would like to participate, they are most certainly welcome as are all
working in traditions that draw on humoral theory, etc.
At the bottom of this message is a link to a webpage where you can go to
request to be enrolled in MEDMED-L. Under "Options," click on the "Join or
Leave MEDMED-L" link. That will take you to a page where you can fill in
your name and email address. I recommend you leave all the other settings
in their default positions, except for "Acknowledgements". There, I
recommend you choose "Receive copy of own postings" so you'll have
confirmation that any messages you send have in fact gotten through to the
list. Click on "Join MEDMED-L". Once you send that request, it comes to me
and I approve it. You'll then receive a confirmation notice in your email
account acknowledging that you've been added to the list; this is an
automated, computer-generated message. You will also receive a "Welcome"
message with basic info on managing your subscription. You should keep both
messages in your "listserv folder" in your email account, in case you need
to refer to them later. You should also add MEDMED-L@asu.edu to your "safe
senders" list in your e-mail address book to make sure that incoming
messages don't end up in the junk mail pile.
And that's it! From then on, you can "post" to the list any time you want
by simply sending an e-mail to MEDMED-L@asu.edu. The one hard and fast
restriction of this system is that you MUST post from the e-mail account you
used when you subscribed. Thus, if you subscribed from your university
e-mail account but then try to post from your gmail (Google mail) account,
your message will be rejected. (The simple way around this is to subscribe
from both addresses you use; you will then be able to post from either one.
You will, however, get two copies of all postings.)
I am setting up MEDMED-L as an "unmoderated" listserv. That means that I,
as listserv manager, do not exercise any editorial functions in screening
messages. Once you post a message, it goes out immediately to all
subscribers with no filtering. (Which means, of course, that you should
double-check before you hit the "SEND" button!) Subscribers are on their
honor to keep messages civil and "on topic" in relation to the theme of the
list. I would like to see subscribers post in whatever language they feel
most comfortable, with people who reply doing the same. I would very much
like to see this serve as a forum in which the whole international scholarly
community feels welcome.
The one special request I would make of all subscribers: when you enroll,
please send a short bio to the list introducing yourself, giving some
information on your training in the field (novices are welcome), and
providing a brief summary of your research interests. When you do this,
please head your message "Bio: [your name]". That way, people can quickly
look up all the bios in our archives whenever they want to know who has
expertise in a certain field.
Please let me know if you have any questions. If you enroll and decide the
list is not for you, you simply go to the same webpage where you initially
enrolled and ask for your name to be removed from the list of subscribers.
(You can also set your mail on "hold" if you know you'll be away for a while
and don't want messages piling up in your inbox.)
I envision this listserv functioning as a forum to announce conferences, new
publications, etc., but also as a casual forum where we can ask research
questions of each other. Medieval medical history is a thriving field, but
still in a relatively adolescent stage of development. We all have a
tremendous amount to gain from sharing--as we have always done in a field
defined (in my opinion) by its generosity as much as by its excellence.
ON behalf of Monica Green
This may seem an unorthodox request, but here goes. Last year, Oxford
University Press published my book, Making Women¹s Medicine Masculine: The
Rise of Male Authority in Pre-Modern Gynaecology. As is customary practice
(I take it), the press priced the book without consulting me: it costs a
whopping $120/£66. Even I wouldn¹t shell out this kind of money! Needless
to say, sales seem to be mostly going to libraries, and with the global
economy in its present state, I doubt any future sales are likely. They¹ve
done next to no marketing.
What¹s more surprising, however, is that so few people seem to have taken
advantage of the FREE (yes, you read that right) downloadable copy of the
complete Conclusion to the book available at Oxford¹s U.K. website:
http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780199211494. (It is only available at
the U.K. website, not the U.S.‹don¹t know why. I get no royalties from
downloads, so I¹m not trying to generate income.) The Conclusion is
actually quite substantial, and summarizes the wide-ranging implications of
my findings for post-medieval history. In short, it¹s potentially of
relevance to medievalists and non-medievalists alike. (Cf. Joan Scott¹s
recent call for historicizing the category of ³women²‹a point just repeated
in a recent posting here on MEDFEM-L.)
I would greatly appreciate it if you could alert students and colleagues to
the availability of this portion of my work. Should web traffic increase,
that might finally signal to OUP that there is a market for this book and
that it would be worth considering a paperback (i.e., affordable!) edition.
Thanks for your help!
Monica Green
Professor of History
Arizona State University
http://www.asu.edu/clas/asuhistory/faculty/green.html
MEDFEM-L is an unmoderated forum for the discussion of feminist approaches
to medieval studies sponsored jointly by the Society for Medieval Feminist
Scholarship (SMFS) and the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance
Studies (ACMRS).
Visit SMFS at http://hosted.lib.uiowa.edu/smfs/mff/index.html
Visit ACMRS at www.asu.edu/clas/acmrs/ Phone: (480) 965-5900 Fax: (480)
965-1681
University Press published my book, Making Women¹s Medicine Masculine: The
Rise of Male Authority in Pre-Modern Gynaecology. As is customary practice
(I take it), the press priced the book without consulting me: it costs a
whopping $120/£66. Even I wouldn¹t shell out this kind of money! Needless
to say, sales seem to be mostly going to libraries, and with the global
economy in its present state, I doubt any future sales are likely. They¹ve
done next to no marketing.
What¹s more surprising, however, is that so few people seem to have taken
advantage of the FREE (yes, you read that right) downloadable copy of the
complete Conclusion to the book available at Oxford¹s U.K. website:
http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780199211494. (It is only available at
the U.K. website, not the U.S.‹don¹t know why. I get no royalties from
downloads, so I¹m not trying to generate income.) The Conclusion is
actually quite substantial, and summarizes the wide-ranging implications of
my findings for post-medieval history. In short, it¹s potentially of
relevance to medievalists and non-medievalists alike. (Cf. Joan Scott¹s
recent call for historicizing the category of ³women²‹a point just repeated
in a recent posting here on MEDFEM-L.)
I would greatly appreciate it if you could alert students and colleagues to
the availability of this portion of my work. Should web traffic increase,
that might finally signal to OUP that there is a market for this book and
that it would be worth considering a paperback (i.e., affordable!) edition.
Thanks for your help!
Monica Green
Professor of History
Arizona State University
http://www.asu.edu/clas/asuhistory/faculty/green.html
MEDFEM-L is an unmoderated forum for the discussion of feminist approaches
to medieval studies sponsored jointly by the Society for Medieval Feminist
Scholarship (SMFS) and the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance
Studies (ACMRS).
Visit SMFS at http://hosted.lib.uiowa.edu/smfs/mff/index.html
Visit ACMRS at www.asu.edu/clas/acmrs/ Phone: (480) 965-5900 Fax: (480)
965-1681
Genetic Editions in a Digital Framework
You are very welcome to participate in a workshop on "Genetic
Editions in a Digital Framework" to be held at ITEM
(http://www.item.ens.fr/) in Paris, 14/15 May 2009. The purpose of
this workshop is, as mentioned in a previous posting, to prepare an
encoding model for genetic editions/criticism.
The meeting will start on Thursday, 2pm (sharp), and we will finish
on Friday by 3:30pm. The first day will include presentations by
invited speakers on genetic editions from a research but not
necessarily digital point of view, while the second day has a
workshop character and is devoted to the encoding itself.
Participation is open to everyone but the number of places is
limited, so pre-registration is essential. In order to register for
the event, please send an email (with name, affiliation) to
malte.rehbein@nuigalway.ie as soon as possible but not later than 17
April, as it will be a first-in-first-serve basis. Please register
also for lunch (must be paid by yourself) on Friday if you wish so.
List of invited speakers (partly subject to confirmation):
Dr. Anne Bohnenkamp Goethe Museum, Frankfurt (Germany)
Dr. John Bryant Hofstra University (USA)
Aurèle Crasson, CNRS ITEM (France)
Jean-Daniel Fekete INRIA (France)
Dr. Daniel Ferrer CNRS ITEM (France)
Prof. Dr. Hans Walter Gabler Ludwig-Maximilians Universität (Germany)
Prof. Dr. Axel Gellhaus Rheinsch-Westfälische Technische
Hochschule Aachen (Germany)
Dr. Almuth Grésillon, CNRS ITEM (France)
Prof. Dr. Claus Huitfeldt University of Bergen (Norway)
Dr. Dirk van Hulle University of Antwerp (Belgium)
Dr. Jean-Louis Lebrave, CNRS ITEM (France)
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lukas Wuppertal, (Germany)
Prof. Dr. Kenneth M. Price University of Nebraska-Lincoln (USA)
Prof. Kathryn Sutherland University of Oxford (UK)
Edward Vanhoutte Centre for Scholarly Editing and Document Studies
- Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature (Belgium)
Editions in a Digital Framework" to be held at ITEM
(http://www.item.ens.fr/) in Paris, 14/15 May 2009. The purpose of
this workshop is, as mentioned in a previous posting, to prepare an
encoding model for genetic editions/criticism.
The meeting will start on Thursday, 2pm (sharp), and we will finish
on Friday by 3:30pm. The first day will include presentations by
invited speakers on genetic editions from a research but not
necessarily digital point of view, while the second day has a
workshop character and is devoted to the encoding itself.
Participation is open to everyone but the number of places is
limited, so pre-registration is essential. In order to register for
the event, please send an email (with name, affiliation) to
malte.rehbein@nuigalway.ie as soon as possible but not later than 17
April, as it will be a first-in-first-serve basis. Please register
also for lunch (must be paid by yourself) on Friday if you wish so.
List of invited speakers (partly subject to confirmation):
Dr. Anne Bohnenkamp Goethe Museum, Frankfurt (Germany)
Dr. John Bryant Hofstra University (USA)
Aurèle Crasson, CNRS ITEM (France)
Jean-Daniel Fekete INRIA (France)
Dr. Daniel Ferrer CNRS ITEM (France)
Prof. Dr. Hans Walter Gabler Ludwig-Maximilians Universität (Germany)
Prof. Dr. Axel Gellhaus Rheinsch-Westfälische Technische
Hochschule Aachen (Germany)
Dr. Almuth Grésillon, CNRS ITEM (France)
Prof. Dr. Claus Huitfeldt University of Bergen (Norway)
Dr. Dirk van Hulle University of Antwerp (Belgium)
Dr. Jean-Louis Lebrave, CNRS ITEM (France)
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lukas Wuppertal, (Germany)
Prof. Dr. Kenneth M. Price University of Nebraska-Lincoln (USA)
Prof. Kathryn Sutherland University of Oxford (UK)
Edward Vanhoutte Centre for Scholarly Editing and Document Studies
- Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature (Belgium)
ade for King Alfred the Great? The Alfred Jewel and Recent Discoveries"
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
would like to announce an upcoming lecture:
David Hinton (University of Southamptom)
"Made for King Alfred the Great? The Alfred Jewel and Recent Discoveries"
Monday, April 6, 5:00 p.m.
Classroom 2 in the Museum This lecture is free and open to the
public. Prof. Hinton is Professor of Medieval Archaeology at the
University of Southampton, a former editor of the UK journal,
Medieval Archaeology, and has published on a monograph on the Alfred
Jewel, as well as best-selling books on Alfred's Kingdom (1979), and
Pots and Pins (2005). He has excavated widely in southern England
including at Wareham (Dorset) with Richard Hodges, Williams Director
of the Penn Museum.
For further information, please contact: Margaret R. Spencer
Executive Assistant to the Williams Director
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
3260 South Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6324
215-898-4050
215-573-9369 (fax)
www.museum.upenn.edu
would like to announce an upcoming lecture:
David Hinton (University of Southamptom)
"Made for King Alfred the Great? The Alfred Jewel and Recent Discoveries"
Monday, April 6, 5:00 p.m.
Classroom 2 in the Museum This lecture is free and open to the
public. Prof. Hinton is Professor of Medieval Archaeology at the
University of Southampton, a former editor of the UK journal,
Medieval Archaeology, and has published on a monograph on the Alfred
Jewel, as well as best-selling books on Alfred's Kingdom (1979), and
Pots and Pins (2005). He has excavated widely in southern England
including at Wareham (Dorset) with Richard Hodges, Williams Director
of the Penn Museum.
For further information, please contact: Margaret R. Spencer
Executive Assistant to the Williams Director
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
3260 South Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6324
215-898-4050
215-573-9369 (fax)
www.museum.upenn.edu
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