The University of Connecticut Medieval Studies Program invites your
students to submit abstracts for the 27th Annual New England Medieval
Studies Consortium Graduate Student Conference. The theme of the
conference is “Medieval Perspectives: From the Mundane to the
Miraculous.” The conference will be held on April 10, 2010 in
Storrs,CT.
Call for papers: Abstracts from graduate students are now being
accepted on all topics concerning late antiquity through the
lateMiddle Ages. We strongly encourage papers from a variety of
disciplines, including:
Anthropology – Archaeology – Art History – Classical Studies
–Comparative Literature – Disability Studies – Drama –
Gerontology –History – History of Science – Language Studies
– Literary Studies – Manuscript Studies – Musicology –
Philosophy – Paleography – Religious Studies – Urban Studies
– Women’s and Gender Studies.
Papers are to be no more than 20 minutes long and read in English.
Please send proposals of no more than 200 words, with affiliation and
contact details, to Pamela Longo and Jeanette Zissell, via email
(uconn.nemsc@gmail.com) as a Word attachment, or by post (University
of Connecticut Department of English, U-Box 4025, 215 Glenbrook
Road, Storrs, CT 06269). The deadline for receipt of abstracts is 15
January 2010.
The conference has a Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=303296950220
Monday, December 14, 2009
MAMA: NOTE THE DATE TOMORROW!
A reminder that the deadline for abstracts for the February MAMA conference are due December 15; send them to thomassull@gmail.com
The Foreign, the Familiar, and the Fantastic in the Middle Ages
CALL FOR PAPERS
22nd Annual Medieval Studies Symposium
March 26-27, 2010
Indiana University, Bloomington
*Abstracts due February 2nd, 2010*
The Foreign, the Familiar, and the Fantastic in the Middle Ages
Traditional notions of the Middle Ages conceive of its peoples as
insular and close-minded, as living in a period of willful ignorance
that lies in stark contrast to the cosmopolitanism and
inquisitiveness that characterizes the Renaissance. This conception
of medieval peoples as being ignorant of other cultures has recently
been challenged by scholars who point to moments of contact with the
foreign. The fact remains, however, that in the Middle Ages there
existed a tenuous relationship between the familiar and the foreign.
The presence of the fantastic complicates the dichotomy of the
foreign and the familiar. Many instances of contact between foreign
peoples and ideas were occasioned, e.g., by religious convictions.
The most obvious example of this dynamic is the Crusades, but
numerous other cases exist where the fantastic - the divine, the
supernatural, etc. - is intimately bound up in navigating the tension
between the foreign and the familiar.
But scholars do not have to look only at the meetings of foreign
peoples to uncover a concern about foreignness-the foreign can also
be found at home. Here, too, in the realm of the familiar, religion
provided a conceptual framework for thinking about foreign ideas,
peoples, and phenomena. In such examples as demonic possession,
saints' miracles, and the romance tradition, among many others,
medieval peoples expressed concern with otherness and found ways to
bring it into dialogue with their own familiar worldview.
We welcome papers that interrogate notions of the foreign, the
familiar, and the fantastic in the Middle Ages. We seek papers from
both faculty and graduate students in any medieval field of study,
East or West. Topics may include, but are not limited to, those
related to spirituality, philosophy, history, science and learning,
art and architecture, music and literature, politics, influential
figures, law, commerce, ideology and belief, or language.
For examples, papers might address one of the following:
-- Contact between the East and West
-- Confrontations between different cultures during the Crusades
-- Relations between Jews, Christians, and Muslims
-- Notions of the human and the divine
-- Understanding/defining the categories "natural," "supernatural,"
and "unnatural"
-- Controversies of heresy and orthodoxy
-- Conceptions of the self and the other
-- Any other topics that examine notions of familiarity, foreignness,
and fantasy
Medievalists of all disciplines are encouraged to participate.
Please submit one-page abstracts by February 1, 2009, to the
following website:
http://www.indiana.edu/~medieval/symposium
Click on the link for "The Foreign, the Familiar, and the Fantastic
in the Middle Ages" and then the link to "Submit an Abstract." You
will be led to a page where you can create an account for the
symposium and submit your abstract to the conference committee. If
you have any questions, please send an e-mail to mest@indiana.edu.
Feel free to pass this CFP along to any other medieval listservs.
22nd Annual Medieval Studies Symposium
March 26-27, 2010
Indiana University, Bloomington
*Abstracts due February 2nd, 2010*
The Foreign, the Familiar, and the Fantastic in the Middle Ages
Traditional notions of the Middle Ages conceive of its peoples as
insular and close-minded, as living in a period of willful ignorance
that lies in stark contrast to the cosmopolitanism and
inquisitiveness that characterizes the Renaissance. This conception
of medieval peoples as being ignorant of other cultures has recently
been challenged by scholars who point to moments of contact with the
foreign. The fact remains, however, that in the Middle Ages there
existed a tenuous relationship between the familiar and the foreign.
The presence of the fantastic complicates the dichotomy of the
foreign and the familiar. Many instances of contact between foreign
peoples and ideas were occasioned, e.g., by religious convictions.
The most obvious example of this dynamic is the Crusades, but
numerous other cases exist where the fantastic - the divine, the
supernatural, etc. - is intimately bound up in navigating the tension
between the foreign and the familiar.
But scholars do not have to look only at the meetings of foreign
peoples to uncover a concern about foreignness-the foreign can also
be found at home. Here, too, in the realm of the familiar, religion
provided a conceptual framework for thinking about foreign ideas,
peoples, and phenomena. In such examples as demonic possession,
saints' miracles, and the romance tradition, among many others,
medieval peoples expressed concern with otherness and found ways to
bring it into dialogue with their own familiar worldview.
We welcome papers that interrogate notions of the foreign, the
familiar, and the fantastic in the Middle Ages. We seek papers from
both faculty and graduate students in any medieval field of study,
East or West. Topics may include, but are not limited to, those
related to spirituality, philosophy, history, science and learning,
art and architecture, music and literature, politics, influential
figures, law, commerce, ideology and belief, or language.
For examples, papers might address one of the following:
-- Contact between the East and West
-- Confrontations between different cultures during the Crusades
-- Relations between Jews, Christians, and Muslims
-- Notions of the human and the divine
-- Understanding/defining the categories "natural," "supernatural,"
and "unnatural"
-- Controversies of heresy and orthodoxy
-- Conceptions of the self and the other
-- Any other topics that examine notions of familiarity, foreignness,
and fantasy
Medievalists of all disciplines are encouraged to participate.
Please submit one-page abstracts by February 1, 2009, to the
following website:
http://www.indiana.edu/~medieval/symposium
Click on the link for "The Foreign, the Familiar, and the Fantastic
in the Middle Ages" and then the link to "Submit an Abstract." You
will be led to a page where you can create an account for the
symposium and submit your abstract to the conference committee. If
you have any questions, please send an e-mail to mest@indiana.edu.
Feel free to pass this CFP along to any other medieval listservs.
POST-DOCTORAL TEACHING FELLOWSHIPS IN BYZANTINE STUDIES
DUMBARTON OAKS
POST-DOCTORAL TEACHING FELLOWSHIPS IN BYZANTINE STUDIES
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection (www.doaks.org)
announces a new three-year post-doctoral teaching fellowship within
the Program in Byzantine Studies. Our goal is to stimulate American
Byzantine Studies, especially in the DC area, through early career
fellowships for American or US-educated scholars. No support for
pursuit of visas will be provided. The fellowship will rotate among
disciplines, including history, literature, and religion. The
three-year fellowship held from 2009-2010 through 2011-2012 is in
early Christian and Byzantine art, architecture, and archaeology, at
Dumbarton Oaks and Catholic University of America. Beginning in the
academic year 2010-11 the fellowship will be in history, and in
2011-12 it is hoped that a fellowship will be offered in Byzantine
religious studies and/or theology or in post-classical Greek language
and literature.
Dumbarton Oaks Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellows in Byzantine Studies
will be provided study space at Dumbarton Oaks, and expected to spend
half of their time there on personal research projects. They will
also have the opportunity to teach on a half-time basis at a
Washington-area university (two semester-long courses per year). At
the end of the three years the university that has benefited from
their teaching will offer them the option of a fourth year of
full-time teaching, to be supported wholly by the university.
The purpose of these fellowships is to enable outstanding recent
recipients of the Ph.D. to advance their research, while gaining
experience in the classroom. Successful candidates will also be
expected to contribute to the intellectual life of the academic
community at Dumbarton Oaks by participating regularly in various
academic events such as colloquia and seminars.
The fellowship to be offered for 2010-2011 will be in Byzantine
history in its widest sense (CE 300-1500). The teaching component of
the fellowship will take place at George Washington University.
Candidates with interdisciplinary and cross-cultural interests will
be welcomed.
Applicants must have completed all requirements for the doctoral
degree by March 2009, but no earlier than June 2005. Candidates must
be citizens of the United States or Canada or graduates of a North
American university, and must have an excellent command of spoken and
written English.
The salary will be $60,000 per year, and fellows will be eligible for
health insurance. In addition to their salary, fellows will receive
$1000 per year for research expenses, and travel expenses when
presenting a paper at an academic conference (annual limit of $850
for a domestic conference or $1000 for an international conference).
Fellows are responsible for their own travel and moving expenses, as
well as for finding and paying for their housing in the Washington
area. The place of residence during the summer months will be
optional; fellows may work at Dumbarton Oaks or travel elsewhere.
The selection committee will award the post-doctoral teaching
fellowship on the basis of the following criteria: 1) demonstrated
scholarly accomplishment, and overall academic excellence and promise
2) potential future impact on the field of Byzantine studies through
teaching and writing 3) significance and quality of the research
project(s) to be carried out at Dumbarton Oaks 4) knowledge of the
relevant ancient and modern languages 5) ability to contribute to the
academic community at Dumbarton Oaks and local area universities.
By January 1, 2010 candidates should submit six copies of an
application consisting of a cover letter that includes a statement of
teaching experience and proposed courses, a curriculum vitae, and a
1000-word description of the research project(s) to be carried out
during the term of the fellowship. Three letters of recommendation
should also be submitted by this date. Please send all materials to:
Margaret Mullett
Director of Byzantine Studies
Dumbarton Oaks
1703 32nd St., NW
Washington, DC 20007
mullettm@doaks.org
202-339-6942
______________________________________________
POST-DOCTORAL TEACHING FELLOWSHIPS IN BYZANTINE STUDIES
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection (www.doaks.org)
announces a new three-year post-doctoral teaching fellowship within
the Program in Byzantine Studies. Our goal is to stimulate American
Byzantine Studies, especially in the DC area, through early career
fellowships for American or US-educated scholars. No support for
pursuit of visas will be provided. The fellowship will rotate among
disciplines, including history, literature, and religion. The
three-year fellowship held from 2009-2010 through 2011-2012 is in
early Christian and Byzantine art, architecture, and archaeology, at
Dumbarton Oaks and Catholic University of America. Beginning in the
academic year 2010-11 the fellowship will be in history, and in
2011-12 it is hoped that a fellowship will be offered in Byzantine
religious studies and/or theology or in post-classical Greek language
and literature.
Dumbarton Oaks Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellows in Byzantine Studies
will be provided study space at Dumbarton Oaks, and expected to spend
half of their time there on personal research projects. They will
also have the opportunity to teach on a half-time basis at a
Washington-area university (two semester-long courses per year). At
the end of the three years the university that has benefited from
their teaching will offer them the option of a fourth year of
full-time teaching, to be supported wholly by the university.
The purpose of these fellowships is to enable outstanding recent
recipients of the Ph.D. to advance their research, while gaining
experience in the classroom. Successful candidates will also be
expected to contribute to the intellectual life of the academic
community at Dumbarton Oaks by participating regularly in various
academic events such as colloquia and seminars.
The fellowship to be offered for 2010-2011 will be in Byzantine
history in its widest sense (CE 300-1500). The teaching component of
the fellowship will take place at George Washington University.
Candidates with interdisciplinary and cross-cultural interests will
be welcomed.
Applicants must have completed all requirements for the doctoral
degree by March 2009, but no earlier than June 2005. Candidates must
be citizens of the United States or Canada or graduates of a North
American university, and must have an excellent command of spoken and
written English.
The salary will be $60,000 per year, and fellows will be eligible for
health insurance. In addition to their salary, fellows will receive
$1000 per year for research expenses, and travel expenses when
presenting a paper at an academic conference (annual limit of $850
for a domestic conference or $1000 for an international conference).
Fellows are responsible for their own travel and moving expenses, as
well as for finding and paying for their housing in the Washington
area. The place of residence during the summer months will be
optional; fellows may work at Dumbarton Oaks or travel elsewhere.
The selection committee will award the post-doctoral teaching
fellowship on the basis of the following criteria: 1) demonstrated
scholarly accomplishment, and overall academic excellence and promise
2) potential future impact on the field of Byzantine studies through
teaching and writing 3) significance and quality of the research
project(s) to be carried out at Dumbarton Oaks 4) knowledge of the
relevant ancient and modern languages 5) ability to contribute to the
academic community at Dumbarton Oaks and local area universities.
By January 1, 2010 candidates should submit six copies of an
application consisting of a cover letter that includes a statement of
teaching experience and proposed courses, a curriculum vitae, and a
1000-word description of the research project(s) to be carried out
during the term of the fellowship. Three letters of recommendation
should also be submitted by this date. Please send all materials to:
Margaret Mullett
Director of Byzantine Studies
Dumbarton Oaks
1703 32nd St., NW
Washington, DC 20007
mullettm@doaks.org
202-339-6942
______________________________________________
Monday, December 7, 2009
Disney's Medievalisms
Call for Papers:
“Disney’s Medievalisms”
> From medieval fairs to modern films, the industries of popular culture
continually revisit and reinvent the Middle Ages, entertaining audiences while
generating a profit. And Disney’s--both Walt’s and the
Corporation’s—contribution to this field is virtually unparalleled. From its
many “medieval” films (Sword in the Stone, Robin Hood, A Kid in King Arthur’s
Court) to its re-creations of fairy-tale romances (Cinderella,
Sleeping Beauty,
Beauty and the Beast, Enchanted), from its architecture of iconic
castles to its
renovation of outmoded identities (princesses, pirates), Disney’s multifaceted
medievalism is America’s most culturally visible monument to the
western Middle
Ages—a monument that, like all of Disney’s products, has been globally
disseminated. However, since Disney’s Middle Ages spans from his pre-Mickey
retellings of fairy tales, through the studio’s early princess films and into
“re-writings” of the company’s own traditions in more recent films, this
monument is itself continually under reconstruction. Our proposed essay
collection “Disney’s Medievalisms” will tackle this cultural legacy from a
variety of disciplinary backgrounds, including literary, cinematic,
architectural, and sociological. It will address such questions as: How do the
Middle Ages figure in Disney’s essentially American historical narrative? What
do Disney’s turns to medievalism reveal about twentieth- and
twenty-first-century cultural concerns, and why are the Middle Ages a
preferred
setting for modern’s children entertainment? How do the child and the medieval
intersect, and to what end?
Potential contributors should contact Susan Aronstein (aronstei@uwyo.edu) and
Tison Pugh (tpugh@mail.ucf.edu) with 200-word abstracts of their proposals by
May 1, 2010. Professor Aronstein is the author of Hollywood Knights: Arthurian
Cinema and the Politics of Nostalgia, and Professor Pugh is the author of
Queering Medieval Genres and the co-editor of two collections addressing
“medieval” cinema: Race, Class, and Gender in “Medieval” Cinema and
Queer Movie
Medievalisms.
“Disney’s Medievalisms”
> From medieval fairs to modern films, the industries of popular culture
continually revisit and reinvent the Middle Ages, entertaining audiences while
generating a profit. And Disney’s--both Walt’s and the
Corporation’s—contribution to this field is virtually unparalleled. From its
many “medieval” films (Sword in the Stone, Robin Hood, A Kid in King Arthur’s
Court) to its re-creations of fairy-tale romances (Cinderella,
Sleeping Beauty,
Beauty and the Beast, Enchanted), from its architecture of iconic
castles to its
renovation of outmoded identities (princesses, pirates), Disney’s multifaceted
medievalism is America’s most culturally visible monument to the
western Middle
Ages—a monument that, like all of Disney’s products, has been globally
disseminated. However, since Disney’s Middle Ages spans from his pre-Mickey
retellings of fairy tales, through the studio’s early princess films and into
“re-writings” of the company’s own traditions in more recent films, this
monument is itself continually under reconstruction. Our proposed essay
collection “Disney’s Medievalisms” will tackle this cultural legacy from a
variety of disciplinary backgrounds, including literary, cinematic,
architectural, and sociological. It will address such questions as: How do the
Middle Ages figure in Disney’s essentially American historical narrative? What
do Disney’s turns to medievalism reveal about twentieth- and
twenty-first-century cultural concerns, and why are the Middle Ages a
preferred
setting for modern’s children entertainment? How do the child and the medieval
intersect, and to what end?
Potential contributors should contact Susan Aronstein (aronstei@uwyo.edu) and
Tison Pugh (tpugh@mail.ucf.edu) with 200-word abstracts of their proposals by
May 1, 2010. Professor Aronstein is the author of Hollywood Knights: Arthurian
Cinema and the Politics of Nostalgia, and Professor Pugh is the author of
Queering Medieval Genres and the co-editor of two collections addressing
“medieval” cinema: Race, Class, and Gender in “Medieval” Cinema and
Queer Movie
Medievalisms.
Seeing, Hearing, Reading and Believing
Please visit also the conference site
http://www.glossa.fi/authorities
Seeing, Hearing, Reading and Believing. Authorities in the Middle Ages
will be arranged in Helsinki 20-23 September 2010. This international
conference seeks to offer a multidisciplinary forum for researchers and
academics, enhance interdiscpilinary discussion, promote scholarly
networking, and set up an innovative platform for scholars who engage with
questions of power and authority.
The conference is aimed at established researchers, doctoral students and
those working on their master's thesis in medieval history or art history,
archaeology, theology, philosophy or literature. Conference sessions will
be open to the public. The conference will be held in English.
The conference is organised by Glossa, the Society for Medieval Studies in
Finland, the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (HCAS) and the
Written Culture in Medieval Finland Project at the University of Helsinki.
Selected conference papers will be published as a refereed theme issue in
Mirator, an electronic open access jourrnal on medieval studies.
Call for Papers
The Latin word auctoritas means not only authority and influence, but more
generally opinion, encouragement, decree or example. The concept thus
resonates deeply in the study of social structures, communication or
religious culture, for instance. Who had auctoritas, and how? How was
influence built and maintained, how was it lost? How was authority
contested? What about model and precedent?
Glossa - the society for medieval studies in Finland is arranging with the
Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Sudies the multidisciplinary conference
SEEING, HEARING, READING AND BELIEVING. AUTHORITIES IN THE MIDDLE AGES in
Helsinki, 20-23 September 2010. The organisers seek proposals for papers
on the topic of authorities in the Middle Ages. Themes include (but are
not limited to) authority/-ies in politics, military history, trade and
communication, intellectual history, art and literature as well as
religious conformism, adaptation and dissidence. We invite explorations of
exercise of authority in different spheres of life, as well as of medieval
meditations on the nature of authority, or of the authority of texts and
traditions. The conference welcomes researchers across all scholarly
fields and disciplines.
Confirmed keynote speakers include Professor David Abulafia (University of
Cambridge), Professor Sverre Bagge (University of Bergen) and Professor
Albrecht Classen (University of Arizona).
We welcome working papers from established researchers, doctoral students
and those working on their Master's thesis. Please send proposals for
individual papers of twenty minutes or for whole sessions of three papers
with contact details and a 200 word abstract to Tuija Ainonen, at
tuija.ainonen@helsinki.fi by 15 December 2009.
http://www.glossa.fi/authorities
Seeing, Hearing, Reading and Believing. Authorities in the Middle Ages
will be arranged in Helsinki 20-23 September 2010. This international
conference seeks to offer a multidisciplinary forum for researchers and
academics, enhance interdiscpilinary discussion, promote scholarly
networking, and set up an innovative platform for scholars who engage with
questions of power and authority.
The conference is aimed at established researchers, doctoral students and
those working on their master's thesis in medieval history or art history,
archaeology, theology, philosophy or literature. Conference sessions will
be open to the public. The conference will be held in English.
The conference is organised by Glossa, the Society for Medieval Studies in
Finland, the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (HCAS) and the
Written Culture in Medieval Finland Project at the University of Helsinki.
Selected conference papers will be published as a refereed theme issue in
Mirator, an electronic open access jourrnal on medieval studies.
Call for Papers
The Latin word auctoritas means not only authority and influence, but more
generally opinion, encouragement, decree or example. The concept thus
resonates deeply in the study of social structures, communication or
religious culture, for instance. Who had auctoritas, and how? How was
influence built and maintained, how was it lost? How was authority
contested? What about model and precedent?
Glossa - the society for medieval studies in Finland is arranging with the
Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Sudies the multidisciplinary conference
SEEING, HEARING, READING AND BELIEVING. AUTHORITIES IN THE MIDDLE AGES in
Helsinki, 20-23 September 2010. The organisers seek proposals for papers
on the topic of authorities in the Middle Ages. Themes include (but are
not limited to) authority/-ies in politics, military history, trade and
communication, intellectual history, art and literature as well as
religious conformism, adaptation and dissidence. We invite explorations of
exercise of authority in different spheres of life, as well as of medieval
meditations on the nature of authority, or of the authority of texts and
traditions. The conference welcomes researchers across all scholarly
fields and disciplines.
Confirmed keynote speakers include Professor David Abulafia (University of
Cambridge), Professor Sverre Bagge (University of Bergen) and Professor
Albrecht Classen (University of Arizona).
We welcome working papers from established researchers, doctoral students
and those working on their Master's thesis. Please send proposals for
individual papers of twenty minutes or for whole sessions of three papers
with contact details and a 200 word abstract to Tuija Ainonen, at
tuija.ainonen@helsinki.fi by 15 December 2009.
Marginalia CFP
Call for Papers
"MARGINALIA", an interdisciplinary graduate journal of the Middle Ages, invites submissions for its 2010 Issue on the theme of "Apocalypse".
Papers might address the idea of 'Apocalypse' in terms of:
visions and revelation
social and political crises
millennial anxiety
beasts
death and judgement
living the good life
the Ages of the World
literatures of pessimism and optimism
endings
We invite submissions in the form of long articles (approximately 5,000 words) and shorter Notes and Queries style articles (approximately 1,000 words). Please see our website www.marginalia.co.uk for further details.
Proposals for papers should be sent via email, no later than 31 January 2010, to Aisling Byrne (anb36@cam.ac.uk). We will be happy to answer queries before the deadline.
The editors of Marginalia are graduate students, advised by a board of academics from the University of Cambridge.
"MARGINALIA", an interdisciplinary graduate journal of the Middle Ages, invites submissions for its 2010 Issue on the theme of "Apocalypse".
Papers might address the idea of 'Apocalypse' in terms of:
visions and revelation
social and political crises
millennial anxiety
beasts
death and judgement
living the good life
the Ages of the World
literatures of pessimism and optimism
endings
We invite submissions in the form of long articles (approximately 5,000 words) and shorter Notes and Queries style articles (approximately 1,000 words). Please see our website www.marginalia.co.uk for further details.
Proposals for papers should be sent via email, no later than 31 January 2010, to Aisling Byrne (anb36@cam.ac.uk). We will be happy to answer queries before the deadline.
The editors of Marginalia are graduate students, advised by a board of academics from the University of Cambridge.
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