Digital Middle Ages conference June 16-17 2010
Call for papers:
THIRD INTERNATIONAL MARGOT CONFERENCE
THE DIGITAL MIDDLE AGES:
TEACHING AND RESEARCH
JUNE 16-17, 2010
BARNARD COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
NEW YORK, USA
Note that the proposed subjects include in particular:
- Digital palaeography
- Encoding of medieval manuscripts
D.M.
– Denis MUZERELLE
Resp. de la section “Paléographie latine”
Institut de recherche et d’histoire des textes (CNRS) 40, av. d’Iéna, F-75116 Paris
[See http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/news/2009/06/24/third-international-margot-conference-the-digital-middle-ages-in-teaching-and-research/ for more details.]
URL: http://digitalmedievalist.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/digital-middle-ages-conference-june-16-17-2010/
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Quadrivium V, 2009/10
Quadrivium V, 2009/10, will be held at the University of Leicester,
4-5 November 2009.
For those of you who are new to the PhD, the Quadrivium Programme
offers a lectures, workshops and networking events over a two-day
period. The programme is a collaborative training event run by
medievalists at Birmingham, Queen's Belfast, Oxford, York, Leicester,
Glasgow, and St Andrews.
This year Quadrivium is being hosted in the School of English at the
University of Leicester in collaboration with the University of
Birmingham. Quadrivium’s ‘generic skills’ approach will be of value to
research students at various stages of their doctoral careers. It is
open to all PhD students in Medieval English registered in the UK.
Quadrivium V is generously subsidised by The University of Leicester,
Graduate School, The University of Birmingham and The English
Association, as such lunches and the conference dinner will be free.
We are also pleased to offer some financial support. For a limited
number of students coming from a distance, up to £60 will be made
available on receipt of your registration form (on a first-come
first-served basis) to cover accommodation and travel expenses (on
production of receipts).
Numbers for Quadrivium are limited. There is a Registration fee of £10.
The deadline for the receipt of registration forms is 24 October 2009.
For further information please contact Miss Hollie Morgan,
hm75@leicester.ac.uk
Conference web site:
http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/english/quadrivium/
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4-5 November 2009.
For those of you who are new to the PhD, the Quadrivium Programme
offers a lectures, workshops and networking events over a two-day
period. The programme is a collaborative training event run by
medievalists at Birmingham, Queen's Belfast, Oxford, York, Leicester,
Glasgow, and St Andrews.
This year Quadrivium is being hosted in the School of English at the
University of Leicester in collaboration with the University of
Birmingham. Quadrivium’s ‘generic skills’ approach will be of value to
research students at various stages of their doctoral careers. It is
open to all PhD students in Medieval English registered in the UK.
Quadrivium V is generously subsidised by The University of Leicester,
Graduate School, The University of Birmingham and The English
Association, as such lunches and the conference dinner will be free.
We are also pleased to offer some financial support. For a limited
number of students coming from a distance, up to £60 will be made
available on receipt of your registration form (on a first-come
first-served basis) to cover accommodation and travel expenses (on
production of receipts).
Numbers for Quadrivium are limited. There is a Registration fee of £10.
The deadline for the receipt of registration forms is 24 October 2009.
For further information please contact Miss Hollie Morgan,
hm75@leicester.ac.uk
Conference web site:
http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/english/quadrivium/
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Object, Artifact and Script: digital approaches to inscribed surfaces:
We should like to let you know about a two-day seminar, 'Object,
Artifact and Script: digital approaches to inscribed surfaces', to be
held at the e-Science Institute in Edinburgh on (Thursday and Friday)
8-9 October, 2009. (Programme will be posted at
http://www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/events/1014/ .)
The event description follows:
The text upon an object is both evidence for and part of its form and
therefore its function; just as the construction and purpose of an
object gives context to and aids in the interpretation of text. Indeed,
the form of an object effects the placement and design of text and
decoration upon it. Non-verbal decorations drawn or painted on an object
fall somewhere between (2-D) text and (3-D) physical object: like the
text they are added by the scribe or artist, they have semantic (if not
verbal) connotation, and are often taken out of the material context of
the object; like the object, however, they are considered as artistic
and visual content, and are hard to digitize meaningfully. Nevertheless
they sometimes come closest to crossing the artificial boundary and may
be studied by both philologists and archaeologists. Text may also be
constrained by the placement of decoration on a surface, or vice versa.
This conference will bring together scholars from a variety of fields
who study objects and texts side by side to discuss the ways in which
advanced computer science methods can enhance both their own work and
the nature of their collaborations with other researchers working on the
same objects.
Methods to be considered will include (but need not be restricted to):
* Linking/connecting text and images of objects within digital
editions/projects, or making object description an intrinsic part of a
text edition;
* Advanced imaging (3D surface scanning, multi-spectral imaging,
non-invasive volumetric scanning, stereographic/photogrammetric imaging)
to bring lost or damaged text/engraving out of objects;
* Automated text/character analysis; identification of text
fields/columns/lines;
* Reconstruction and visualization of damaged, unclear or complex
text-bearing objects;
* Digital placing of objects in historical and archaeological contexts
to highlight textual/non-textual features.
If you are interested in attending this event, please register on the
eSI website, and confirmation will be sent you as soon as possible.
Artifact and Script: digital approaches to inscribed surfaces', to be
held at the e-Science Institute in Edinburgh on (Thursday and Friday)
8-9 October, 2009. (Programme will be posted at
http://www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/events/1014/ .)
The event description follows:
The text upon an object is both evidence for and part of its form and
therefore its function; just as the construction and purpose of an
object gives context to and aids in the interpretation of text. Indeed,
the form of an object effects the placement and design of text and
decoration upon it. Non-verbal decorations drawn or painted on an object
fall somewhere between (2-D) text and (3-D) physical object: like the
text they are added by the scribe or artist, they have semantic (if not
verbal) connotation, and are often taken out of the material context of
the object; like the object, however, they are considered as artistic
and visual content, and are hard to digitize meaningfully. Nevertheless
they sometimes come closest to crossing the artificial boundary and may
be studied by both philologists and archaeologists. Text may also be
constrained by the placement of decoration on a surface, or vice versa.
This conference will bring together scholars from a variety of fields
who study objects and texts side by side to discuss the ways in which
advanced computer science methods can enhance both their own work and
the nature of their collaborations with other researchers working on the
same objects.
Methods to be considered will include (but need not be restricted to):
* Linking/connecting text and images of objects within digital
editions/projects, or making object description an intrinsic part of a
text edition;
* Advanced imaging (3D surface scanning, multi-spectral imaging,
non-invasive volumetric scanning, stereographic/photogrammetric imaging)
to bring lost or damaged text/engraving out of objects;
* Automated text/character analysis; identification of text
fields/columns/lines;
* Reconstruction and visualization of damaged, unclear or complex
text-bearing objects;
* Digital placing of objects in historical and archaeological contexts
to highlight textual/non-textual features.
If you are interested in attending this event, please register on the
eSI website, and confirmation will be sent you as soon as possible.
2nd ANNUAL LAWRENCE J. SCHOENBERG SYMPOSIUM ON MANUSCRIPT STUDIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE
2nd ANNUAL
LAWRENCE J. SCHOENBERG SYMPOSIUM ON MANUSCRIPT STUDIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE
OCTOBER
30-31, 2009
Lex scripta:
The Manuscript as Witness to the History of Law
In partnership with the Rare Book Department of the Free
Library of Philadelphia and the Biddle Law Library of the University of
Pennsylvania, Penn Libraries are pleased to announce the 2nd Annual
Lawrence J.
Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age. The
symposium brings together scholars
from around the world and across disciplines to present research
related to the
study of manuscript books and documents produced before the age of
printing and
to discuss the role of digital technologies in advancing manuscript research.
Whether relying on traditional methods of scholarship or exploring the
potential of new technologies, the research presented here will highlight the
value of the manuscript book or document in understanding our intellectual
heritage. This year's symposium is dedicated to the history of
handwritten law and legal documents in Western Europe and the Middle
East up to
the early modern period in honor of the 100th anniversary of the
death of Henry
Charles Lea, whose library containing a significant collection of works on
ecclesiastical legal history was conveyed to the University in 1926.
Nine speakers will present papers on various topics relating
to the history of handwritten law and legal documents. The symposium will
conclude with a panel of digital humanities scholars who will discuss
specific projects and issues related to the digitization of legal
manuscripts and documents.
The symposium will be held in Philadelphia at the University
of Pennsylvania and the Central Branch of the Free Library of
Philadelphia. For
more information, program details, and registration, go to:
http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/lectures/ljs_symposium2.html.
Participants include:
Jonathan
E. Brockopp, Penn State UniversityHugh
Cayless, New York UniversitySimon Corcoran, Projet
Volterra, University College LondonGero Dolezalek, University of
AberdeenAbigail Firey, University of
KentuckyJessica Goldberg, University of
PennsylvaniaKathleen E. Kennedy, Penn State
University-BrandywineSusan L'Engle, Vatican Film
Library, St. Louis UniversityKenneth Pennington, Catholic
UniversityEdward Peters, University of
PennsylvaniaTimothy Stinson, North Carolina
State University Georg Vogeler,
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, MunichAnders
Winroth, Yale University
LAWRENCE J. SCHOENBERG SYMPOSIUM ON MANUSCRIPT STUDIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE
OCTOBER
30-31, 2009
Lex scripta:
The Manuscript as Witness to the History of Law
In partnership with the Rare Book Department of the Free
Library of Philadelphia and the Biddle Law Library of the University of
Pennsylvania, Penn Libraries are pleased to announce the 2nd Annual
Lawrence J.
Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age. The
symposium brings together scholars
from around the world and across disciplines to present research
related to the
study of manuscript books and documents produced before the age of
printing and
to discuss the role of digital technologies in advancing manuscript research.
Whether relying on traditional methods of scholarship or exploring the
potential of new technologies, the research presented here will highlight the
value of the manuscript book or document in understanding our intellectual
heritage. This year's symposium is dedicated to the history of
handwritten law and legal documents in Western Europe and the Middle
East up to
the early modern period in honor of the 100th anniversary of the
death of Henry
Charles Lea, whose library containing a significant collection of works on
ecclesiastical legal history was conveyed to the University in 1926.
Nine speakers will present papers on various topics relating
to the history of handwritten law and legal documents. The symposium will
conclude with a panel of digital humanities scholars who will discuss
specific projects and issues related to the digitization of legal
manuscripts and documents.
The symposium will be held in Philadelphia at the University
of Pennsylvania and the Central Branch of the Free Library of
Philadelphia. For
more information, program details, and registration, go to:
http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/lectures/ljs_symposium2.html.
Participants include:
Jonathan
E. Brockopp, Penn State UniversityHugh
Cayless, New York UniversitySimon Corcoran, Projet
Volterra, University College LondonGero Dolezalek, University of
AberdeenAbigail Firey, University of
KentuckyJessica Goldberg, University of
PennsylvaniaKathleen E. Kennedy, Penn State
University-BrandywineSusan L'Engle, Vatican Film
Library, St. Louis UniversityKenneth Pennington, Catholic
UniversityEdward Peters, University of
PennsylvaniaTimothy Stinson, North Carolina
State University Georg Vogeler,
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, MunichAnders
Winroth, Yale University
2009 COMPASS INTERDISCIPLINARY VIRTUAL CONFERENCE “Breaking Down Barriers”
2009 COMPASS INTERDISCIPLINARY VIRTUAL CONFERENCE “Breaking Down Barriers”
Wiley-Blackwell is pleased to announce that the Compass
Interdisciplinary Virtual Conference will be taking place October
19-30:
• Keynote speakers include Roger Griffin, David Crystal, Roy
Baumeister, Roy Ludlow, Eileen Joy and Mark Macklin.
• Interdisciplinary papers will be presented on the themes of
paradigms, borders, the environment/energy, communication and
justice/human rights.
• A host of other conference events including publishing workshops, a
book exhibit, Q&A sessions and even a Second Life conference cocktail
bar!
The conference is free and open to all. All delegates who register
will receive a Virtual Delegate Pack and 20% off Wiley-Blackwell
books which are part of the book exhibit.
Register for FREE at http://compassconference.wordpress.com!
Wiley-Blackwell is pleased to announce that the Compass
Interdisciplinary Virtual Conference will be taking place October
19-30:
• Keynote speakers include Roger Griffin, David Crystal, Roy
Baumeister, Roy Ludlow, Eileen Joy and Mark Macklin.
• Interdisciplinary papers will be presented on the themes of
paradigms, borders, the environment/energy, communication and
justice/human rights.
• A host of other conference events including publishing workshops, a
book exhibit, Q&A sessions and even a Second Life conference cocktail
bar!
The conference is free and open to all. All delegates who register
will receive a Virtual Delegate Pack and 20% off Wiley-Blackwell
books which are part of the book exhibit.
Register for FREE at http://compassconference.wordpress.com!
Tionól 2009
Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh / Tionól / 2009
Tionól 2009
Clár
Note: Not final; subject to change
Dé hAoine, an 20 Samhain 2009
Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh, 10 Bóthar Burlington
* 9.15 – 9.50 Sìm Innes Local piety in medieval Highland Perthshire
* 9.50 – 10.25 Caoimhín Breatnach A poem on the fifteen signs before
Doomsday ascribed to Donnchadh Mór Ó Dálaigh
* 10.25 – 11.00 Richard Glyn Roberts The genealogy of orality
* 11.00 – 11.35 Tea
* 11.35 – 12.10 Gerald Manning TCD MS E.3.3. (now no. 1432) and Uraicecht Becc
* 12.10 – 12.45 Michael Clarke The pseudohistorical preface to the
late Middle Irish Togail Troí Recension III
* 12.45 – 2.00 Lunch
* 2.00 – 2.35 Roisin McLaughlin Cédaín in Braith: a Latin homily in
the Leabhar Breac
* 2.35 – 3.10 Aidan Breen Jonas and the library of seventh-century Bobbio
* 3.10 – 3.45 David Howlett Gematria among the Irish
* 3.45 – 4.30 Tea
* 4.30 – 5.05 Jürgen Uhlich On the transmission of the Cambrai Homily
* 5.05 – 5.40 David Stifter Lexicon Leponticum
Léacht Reachtúil: Coláiste na Tríonóide
* 8.00 – 9.00 Fergus Kelly Women's rights and duties in early Irish
law, with special reference to marriage
Dé Sathairn, an 21 Samhain 2009
Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh, 10 Bóthar Burlington
* 9.15 – 9.50 Ciarán Ó Coigligh Graiméar Rudolf Thurneysen: Foinse
eolais ar chanúintí na Nua-Ghaeilge
* 9.50 – 10.25 Diarmuid Ó Sé The colour terms of Irish
* 10.25 – 11.00 Dónall Ó Baoill Mantfhocail i nGaeilge Iarthuaisceart
Thír Chonaill
* 11.00 – 11.35 Tea
* 11.35 – 12.10 Jacopo Bisagni The origins of the preterite of the
Old Irish copula and substantive verb
* 12.10 – 12.45 Aaron Griffith The etymology of Old Irish ocus ‘and’
* 12.45 – 2.00 Lunch
* 2.00 – 2.35 Iwan Wmffre The so-called ‘diphthongs’ in Gaelic
* 2.35 – 3.10 Lisa Fraser A new etymology for Hamlet? The names
Admlithi, Amlethus, and Amlóði
* 3.10 – 3.45 Deborah Hayden Natural and artificial language in
Auraicept na nÉces, revisited
* 3.45 – 4.30 Tea
* 4.30 – 5.05 Mícheál Ó Mainnín Ráith Arda Macha: The topography and
toponymy of the medieval settlement of Armagh
* 5.05 – 5.40 Ruairí Ó hUiginn The Gamanrad
Tionól 2009
Clár
Note: Not final; subject to change
Dé hAoine, an 20 Samhain 2009
Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh, 10 Bóthar Burlington
* 9.15 – 9.50 Sìm Innes Local piety in medieval Highland Perthshire
* 9.50 – 10.25 Caoimhín Breatnach A poem on the fifteen signs before
Doomsday ascribed to Donnchadh Mór Ó Dálaigh
* 10.25 – 11.00 Richard Glyn Roberts The genealogy of orality
* 11.00 – 11.35 Tea
* 11.35 – 12.10 Gerald Manning TCD MS E.3.3. (now no. 1432) and Uraicecht Becc
* 12.10 – 12.45 Michael Clarke The pseudohistorical preface to the
late Middle Irish Togail Troí Recension III
* 12.45 – 2.00 Lunch
* 2.00 – 2.35 Roisin McLaughlin Cédaín in Braith: a Latin homily in
the Leabhar Breac
* 2.35 – 3.10 Aidan Breen Jonas and the library of seventh-century Bobbio
* 3.10 – 3.45 David Howlett Gematria among the Irish
* 3.45 – 4.30 Tea
* 4.30 – 5.05 Jürgen Uhlich On the transmission of the Cambrai Homily
* 5.05 – 5.40 David Stifter Lexicon Leponticum
Léacht Reachtúil: Coláiste na Tríonóide
* 8.00 – 9.00 Fergus Kelly Women's rights and duties in early Irish
law, with special reference to marriage
Dé Sathairn, an 21 Samhain 2009
Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh, 10 Bóthar Burlington
* 9.15 – 9.50 Ciarán Ó Coigligh Graiméar Rudolf Thurneysen: Foinse
eolais ar chanúintí na Nua-Ghaeilge
* 9.50 – 10.25 Diarmuid Ó Sé The colour terms of Irish
* 10.25 – 11.00 Dónall Ó Baoill Mantfhocail i nGaeilge Iarthuaisceart
Thír Chonaill
* 11.00 – 11.35 Tea
* 11.35 – 12.10 Jacopo Bisagni The origins of the preterite of the
Old Irish copula and substantive verb
* 12.10 – 12.45 Aaron Griffith The etymology of Old Irish ocus ‘and’
* 12.45 – 2.00 Lunch
* 2.00 – 2.35 Iwan Wmffre The so-called ‘diphthongs’
* 2.35 – 3.10 Lisa Fraser A new etymology for Hamlet? The names
Admlithi, Amlethus, and Amlóði
* 3.10 – 3.45 Deborah Hayden Natural and artificial language in
Auraicept na nÉces, revisited
* 3.45 – 4.30 Tea
* 4.30 – 5.05 Mícheál Ó Mainnín Ráith Arda Macha: The topography and
toponymy of the medieval settlement of Armagh
* 5.05 – 5.40 Ruairí Ó hUiginn The Gamanrad
ISSEI
The organizers of the 12th conference of ISSEI, to be held at Çankaya
University, Ankara, Turkey (http://issei2010.haifa.ac.il) invite
scholars from various disciplines such as History, Politics,
Literature, Art,
Philosophy, Science, and Religion, to re-examine, redefine and
reassess the scope of interdisciplinary dialogue in the past and
present.
The conference is divided into five sections:
1. History, Geography, Science
2. Politics, Economics, Law
3. Education, Sociology, Women’s Studies
4. Literature, Art, Music, Theatre, Culture
5. Religion, Philosophy, Anthropology, Psychology, Language
Workshop on the Divine Omnipotence in Medieval European Thought
(http://issei2010.haifa.ac.il/Ivanovic)
Chair: Filip Ivanovic
One of the questions that presented itself with the rise and development of
the Christian faith was the problem of divine omnipotence. By resolving the
problem of divine power, it became possible to explain many focal problems
of mankind and the world, including, for example, the problem of the
existence of evil, or of suffering.
Usually, the eleventh-century theologian Peter Damiani is pointed to as a
pioneer and originator of the discussion of divine powers. St. Isidor
Pelusiot’s considerations were developed five centuries before Damiani wrote
his famous treatise De divina omnipotentia. The debate in Scholasticism
emerged as a long and lively discussion of different ways of defining the
problem. The distinction of potentia absoluta and potentia ordinata
contributed greatly to debating the general question of divine omnipotence.
However, although it was useful in the theological-philosophical sense, this
distinction later on provoked political solutions which sometimes served the
interest of only one man (for example, the authority of the pope and the
request of Henry VIII regarding the annulment of his marriage).
The aim of this workshop is to reconsider the attribute of the divine power
as elaborated during the Middle Ages, in both Western and Byzantine cultural
spheres, in theological, philosophical, literary works (papers that deal
with Byzantine tradition are particularly encouraged). Papers that point out
the contemporary significance of the problem are especially welcome.
The themes suitable for the workshop could include, but are not
limited to, the following questions:
1) The divine omnipotence in the West and in Byzantium
2) The anthropological issues – human will, divine will, the
problem of will in Christ
3) The problem of evil in relation to the divine power
4) Political issues – popes, kings, emperors, State-Church
5) The creation – relationships creator-creature, divine
nature-divine will
6) Ockham on divine omnipotence
7) Contingency of the world
8) The relationship between ancient religion/philosophy/literature and
medieval religion/philosophy/literature
9) Divine power in medieval and contemporary perspectives (for example
traditional theology vs. process theology)
Abstracts of ca. 300 words should be sent by e-mail to:
Filip Ivanovic filiwycat@yahoo.com
University, Ankara, Turkey (http://issei2010.haifa.ac.il) invite
scholars from various disciplines such as History, Politics,
Literature, Art,
Philosophy, Science, and Religion, to re-examine, redefine and
reassess the scope of interdisciplinary dialogue in the past and
present.
The conference is divided into five sections:
1. History, Geography, Science
2. Politics, Economics, Law
3. Education, Sociology, Women’s Studies
4. Literature, Art, Music, Theatre, Culture
5. Religion, Philosophy, Anthropology, Psychology, Language
Workshop on the Divine Omnipotence in Medieval European Thought
(http://issei2010.haifa.ac.il/Ivanovic)
Chair: Filip Ivanovic
One of the questions that presented itself with the rise and development of
the Christian faith was the problem of divine omnipotence. By resolving the
problem of divine power, it became possible to explain many focal problems
of mankind and the world, including, for example, the problem of the
existence of evil, or of suffering.
Usually, the eleventh-century theologian Peter Damiani is pointed to as a
pioneer and originator of the discussion of divine powers. St. Isidor
Pelusiot’s considerations were developed five centuries before Damiani wrote
his famous treatise De divina omnipotentia. The debate in Scholasticism
emerged as a long and lively discussion of different ways of defining the
problem. The distinction of potentia absoluta and potentia ordinata
contributed greatly to debating the general question of divine omnipotence.
However, although it was useful in the theological-philosophical sense, this
distinction later on provoked political solutions which sometimes served the
interest of only one man (for example, the authority of the pope and the
request of Henry VIII regarding the annulment of his marriage).
The aim of this workshop is to reconsider the attribute of the divine power
as elaborated during the Middle Ages, in both Western and Byzantine cultural
spheres, in theological, philosophical, literary works (papers that deal
with Byzantine tradition are particularly encouraged). Papers that point out
the contemporary significance of the problem are especially welcome.
The themes suitable for the workshop could include, but are not
limited to, the following questions:
1) The divine omnipotence in the West and in Byzantium
2) The anthropological issues – human will, divine will, the
problem of will in Christ
3) The problem of evil in relation to the divine power
4) Political issues – popes, kings, emperors, State-Church
5) The creation – relationships creator-creature, divine
nature-divine will
6) Ockham on divine omnipotence
7) Contingency of the world
8) The relationship between ancient religion/philosophy/literature and
medieval religion/philosophy/literature
9) Divine power in medieval and contemporary perspectives (for example
traditional theology vs. process theology)
Abstracts of ca. 300 words should be sent by e-mail to:
Filip Ivanovic filiwycat@yahoo.com
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