The following sessions will be of considerable interest to several list
members, I think. I send it along to you with the usual pleas for
forgiveness for cross-posting. Please feel free to forward to other interested parties!
Generational Difference and Medieval Masculinity (2 sessions)
1: Fathers and Sons in the Early Middle Ages
2: Fathers and Sons in the Later Middle Ages
These sessions have two aims. First, they will focus on masculinity, which
functions as an unexamined given in much gender scholarship; second,
they will
integrate cross-generational relations into the discussion by exploring
relations between fathers and sons. The paradigmatic father-son
relationship is
that of Abraham and Isaac; the standard reading explores kinds and degrees of
obedience. When the issue of obedience is decentered, however, father-son
relationships become a framework for a wider, more culturally complex inquiry
into law; labor; the history of the family, of motherhood, of childhood;
education in the craft shop or in the home; and others. There are
also affilial
relationships that acquire filial overtones, e.g., in monastic contexts, the
relationship between an abbot and his “son,” the monk. Many
behavioral traits
not necessarily raised in scriptural examples, including competition between
fathers and sons, Oedipal desire, homosociality, and others,
nonetheless figure
into medieval history, literary texts, and iconography.
One of the premises of the session is that father-son relationships raise
questions of masculinity in which one party poses a standard the
other must try
to reach. Not every father is an example to his son, however, and the
generational advantage of age does not establish the higher standard in every
case. Two-page abstracts for 20-minute papers are invited by August 31. For
more information and submissions, please contact Allen J.
Frantzen (afrantz@luc.edu).
Monday, August 2, 2010
*TEXTS OF MEDIEVAL FRANCE IN MANUSCRIPT CONTEXT*
*TEXTS OF MEDIEVAL FRANCE IN MANUSCRIPT CONTEXT*
The International Medieval Society-Paris invites proposals for an
interdisciplinary session that will illustrate the importance of
studying medieval texts in their manuscript context. As codicological
studies become an increasingly important component of scholarship on
the Middle Ages, even in fields that have, for some time, neglected
archives, we would like to explore the diverse ways in which the
material, visual form of the manuscript page or book inflects the
text it contains. To that end, papers might focus on the ways
extra-textual material such as /tituli/, rubrics, and illuminations
influence the reader’s reception of texts; the way the varied texts
of a miscellany may be understood with relation to each other; what
the transmission history of a given text may tell us about how it was
read; the function of the book as cultural artifact; the production
of manuscripts within the context of patronage, royal or otherwise,
and the importance of patronage to the history of the book; or more
generally the importance of integrating archival or manuscript
research into studies of this period. We encourage submissions from
history, the history of philosophy, the history of science, art
history, or literature that advance the study of medieval texts
within their original, manuscript context and would thereby increase
our understanding of medieval readers, writers, and manuscript
production in France during the Middle Ages.
The International Medieval Society-Paris invites proposals for an
interdisciplinary session that will illustrate the importance of
studying medieval texts in their manuscript context. As codicological
studies become an increasingly important component of scholarship on
the Middle Ages, even in fields that have, for some time, neglected
archives, we would like to explore the diverse ways in which the
material, visual form of the manuscript page or book inflects the
text it contains. To that end, papers might focus on the ways
extra-textual material such as /tituli/, rubrics, and illuminations
influence the reader’s reception of texts; the way the varied texts
of a miscellany may be understood with relation to each other; what
the transmission history of a given text may tell us about how it was
read; the function of the book as cultural artifact; the production
of manuscripts within the context of patronage, royal or otherwise,
and the importance of patronage to the history of the book; or more
generally the importance of integrating archival or manuscript
research into studies of this period. We encourage submissions from
history, the history of philosophy, the history of science, art
history, or literature that advance the study of medieval texts
within their original, manuscript context and would thereby increase
our understanding of medieval readers, writers, and manuscript
production in France during the Middle Ages.
University of Louisville Medieval Workshop
Now that the Congress organizing committee has posted the Call for
Papers for the 46th International Congress on Medieval Studies, it is my
pleasure to announce two sessions sponsored by the University of
Louisville Medieval Workshop:
I. LAW AND LEGAL CULTURE IN ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND
Recognizing the extent to which the study of early law has changed over
the last century, this session looks to bring together scholars from a
variety of disciplines to discuss new ways of understanding pre-Conquest
legal culture. As we have in the past, this year also we invite papers
that examine the many ways in which law was made, understood, practiced,
promulgated, and transcribed in the Anglo-Saxon world> We are eager to
receive submissions representing a variety of perspectives
methodologies, and disciplines. Possible topics include (but are not
limited to): royal legislation, legal manuscripts, law in/and
literature, legal procedure, charters and diplomatics, writs and wills,
dispute resolution, theories of law and justice, perceptions of early
law in later periods, and law in/and art.
II. ARCHBISHOP WULFSTAN AND THE SERMO LUPI AD ANGLOS
This session is being organized to mark the approaching 1000th
anniversary (in 2014) of Archbishop Wulfstan's most famous composition,
the Sermo lupi ad Anglos. As recent scholarship has revealed the scope
of Wulfstan's activities as prelate, homilist, legislator, and royal
councilor, scholars have come to understand the Sermo lupi, not as an
isolated composition, but as part of a larger attempt to reshape England
into a "Holy Society." For this session, we seek proposals examining
all aspects of the Sermo lupi itself, its place in the Wulfstanian
canon, as well as its influence of Anglo-Saxon culture generally.
Proposals or questions can be sent via e-mail to
andrew.rabin@louisville.edu.
Best,
AR
Andrew Rabin
Assistant Professor
Department of English
The University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
Papers for the 46th International Congress on Medieval Studies, it is my
pleasure to announce two sessions sponsored by the University of
Louisville Medieval Workshop:
I. LAW AND LEGAL CULTURE IN ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND
Recognizing the extent to which the study of early law has changed over
the last century, this session looks to bring together scholars from a
variety of disciplines to discuss new ways of understanding pre-Conquest
legal culture. As we have in the past, this year also we invite papers
that examine the many ways in which law was made, understood, practiced,
promulgated, and transcribed in the Anglo-Saxon world> We are eager to
receive submissions representing a variety of perspectives
methodologies, and disciplines. Possible topics include (but are not
limited to): royal legislation, legal manuscripts, law in/and
literature, legal procedure, charters and diplomatics, writs and wills,
dispute resolution, theories of law and justice, perceptions of early
law in later periods, and law in/and art.
II. ARCHBISHOP WULFSTAN AND THE SERMO LUPI AD ANGLOS
This session is being organized to mark the approaching 1000th
anniversary (in 2014) of Archbishop Wulfstan's most famous composition,
the Sermo lupi ad Anglos. As recent scholarship has revealed the scope
of Wulfstan's activities as prelate, homilist, legislator, and royal
councilor, scholars have come to understand the Sermo lupi, not as an
isolated composition, but as part of a larger attempt to reshape England
into a "Holy Society." For this session, we seek proposals examining
all aspects of the Sermo lupi itself, its place in the Wulfstanian
canon, as well as its influence of Anglo-Saxon culture generally.
Proposals or questions can be sent via e-mail to
andrew.rabin@louisville.edu.
Best,
AR
Andrew Rabin
Assistant Professor
Department of English
The University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
Men, Marriage, and the Family in the Middle Ages
CALL FOR PAPERS, Kalamazoo 2010 - please don't hesitate to
circulate, and sorry
for cross-listing.
Session: Men, Marriage, and the Family in the Middle Ages
The literature on women in the domestic sphere, as wives, mothers, daughters,
and in work, has contributed significantly to our understanding of the Middle
Ages. Thanks to this body of research we have not only gained insight into
everyday lives, but now also have more nuanced views of for example
power, law,
religion, piety, and society.
More and more scholars have begun to ask, what could we learn if we
applied the
methods and questions we have so fruitfully used in studying women to
the study
of men? Questions about agency, identity, patriarchy and the everyday
experiences of men are relatively new, and they are yielding fascinating
studies of men as part of social groups and in familial roles, as well as
contributing to our understanding of the Middle Ages. Men were, of course,
members of the family, and of medieval society as well as of the patriarchal
systems of Church and secular rule. How did men qua men navigate the religious
and social institution of marriage and the roles, rights and responsibilities
the family placed on them as fathers, husbands, brothers sons, or even uncles?
For this session we invite scholars studying men within the myriad
frameworks of
marriage and family to come together to further explore the field and thus
contribute to the discussion, as well as increase all our knowledge of the
cultures and societies of the Middle Ages.
To submit an abstract or for more questions, please e-mail:
marita.vonweissenberg@yale.edu.
Organizers: Grace Philip (Grand Valley State University)
Marita von Weissenberg (Yale University)
circulate, and sorry
for cross-listing.
Session: Men, Marriage, and the Family in the Middle Ages
The literature on women in the domestic sphere, as wives, mothers, daughters,
and in work, has contributed significantly to our understanding of the Middle
Ages. Thanks to this body of research we have not only gained insight into
everyday lives, but now also have more nuanced views of for example
power, law,
religion, piety, and society.
More and more scholars have begun to ask, what could we learn if we
applied the
methods and questions we have so fruitfully used in studying women to
the study
of men? Questions about agency, identity, patriarchy and the everyday
experiences of men are relatively new, and they are yielding fascinating
studies of men as part of social groups and in familial roles, as well as
contributing to our understanding of the Middle Ages. Men were, of course,
members of the family, and of medieval society as well as of the patriarchal
systems of Church and secular rule. How did men qua men navigate the religious
and social institution of marriage and the roles, rights and responsibilities
the family placed on them as fathers, husbands, brothers sons, or even uncles?
For this session we invite scholars studying men within the myriad
frameworks of
marriage and family to come together to further explore the field and thus
contribute to the discussion, as well as increase all our knowledge of the
cultures and societies of the Middle Ages.
To submit an abstract or for more questions, please e-mail:
marita.vonweissenberg@yale.edu.
Organizers: Grace Philip (Grand Valley State University)
Marita von Weissenberg (Yale University)
The Syon Abbey Society Inaugural Sponsored Session at Kalamazoo 2011
The Syon Abbey Society Inaugural Sponsored Session at Kalamazoo 2011
“Syon Abbey and Its Neighbors”
We are looking for papers on the relationship between Syon and any neighboring communities that influenced or were influenced by Syon's prominent role in the religious culture of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century England. For instance: Sheen Charterhouse, the royal court, local lay readers, aristocratic patrons, visiting pilgrim populations, urban manuscript workshops, and London print shops; likewise, Syon's neighbors close at heart but further afield - the Bridgettine motherhouse at Vadstena, the Bridgettine houses across Europe, and Carthusian houses across England and abroad - and its neighbors after the Dissolution: sympathetic Continental communities in the Low Countries, France, and Portugal.
Organizers: Laura Miles (Yale) & Alex Da Costa (Oxford)
Please email syonabbeysociety@gmail.com to submit an abstract or for more information.
THE SYON ABBEY SOCIETY
www.syonabbeysociety.com
This new society, founded in 2009, aims to promote the study of the history and literature of Syon Abbey through sponsored conference sessions and a semi-annual newsletter distributed online. Membership is free.
To get on our mailing list and be a part of the Society, please email
syonabbeysociety@gmail.com
We are seeking members to contribute book and article reviews, notes, bibliography, and announcements to our first newsletter, to be issued in PDF form to a mailing list and on our website in Fall 2010.
Co-founders:
Alex Da Costa, Keble College, Oxford University
Laura Saetveit Miles, Yale University
Paul J. Patterson, Saint Joseph’s University
“Syon Abbey and Its Neighbors”
We are looking for papers on the relationship between Syon and any neighboring communities that influenced or were influenced by Syon's prominent role in the religious culture of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century England. For instance: Sheen Charterhouse, the royal court, local lay readers, aristocratic patrons, visiting pilgrim populations, urban manuscript workshops, and London print shops; likewise, Syon's neighbors close at heart but further afield - the Bridgettine motherhouse at Vadstena, the Bridgettine houses across Europe, and Carthusian houses across England and abroad - and its neighbors after the Dissolution: sympathetic Continental communities in the Low Countries, France, and Portugal.
Organizers: Laura Miles (Yale) & Alex Da Costa (Oxford)
Please email syonabbeysociety@gmail.com to submit an abstract or for more information.
THE SYON ABBEY SOCIETY
www.syonabbeysociety.com
This new society, founded in 2009, aims to promote the study of the history and literature of Syon Abbey through sponsored conference sessions and a semi-annual newsletter distributed online. Membership is free.
To get on our mailing list and be a part of the Society, please email
syonabbeysociety@gmail.com
We are seeking members to contribute book and article reviews, notes, bibliography, and announcements to our first newsletter, to be issued in PDF form to a mailing list and on our website in Fall 2010.
Co-founders:
Alex Da Costa, Keble College, Oxford University
Laura Saetveit Miles, Yale University
Paul J. Patterson, Saint Joseph’s University
“Proselytism and Performance”
“Proselytism and Performance”
International Medieval Congress in Kalamazoo, Michigan
12-15 May 2011
Throughout the Middle Ages and Renaissance, live performances served to promote religious ideologies and practices among believers, as well as to proselytize to those outside a given faith. At times such proselytism was overtly aimed at conversion, while in other circumstances it was concerned with negotiating the spaces between two or more religious communities or systems of belief. These functions were not restricted to a performance’s text or language, but were also achieved through staging practices, locale, rhythmic and musical elements, visual devices, and other performance tactics. These performative strategies—whether subtle or explicit—could prove especially useful when contact between faiths generated conflict or anxiety.
This panel invites work that considers the relationship between proselytism and performance across the Middle Ages and Renaissance. The organizer conceives of both terms—“proselytism” and “performance”—broadly, and specifically invites topics from across all geographic regions and religions in the Middle Ages and/or Renaissance.
Please submit one-page abstracts and a completed Participant Information form (http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#Paper) to Jill Stevenson at jstevenson@mmm.edu no later than September 15, 2010. Feel free to contact Jill with questions about the session. For general information about the 2011 Medieval Congress, visit: http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/
International Medieval Congress in Kalamazoo, Michigan
12-15 May 2011
Throughout the Middle Ages and Renaissance, live performances served to promote religious ideologies and practices among believers, as well as to proselytize to those outside a given faith. At times such proselytism was overtly aimed at conversion, while in other circumstances it was concerned with negotiating the spaces between two or more religious communities or systems of belief. These functions were not restricted to a performance’s text or language, but were also achieved through staging practices, locale, rhythmic and musical elements, visual devices, and other performance tactics. These performative strategies—whether subtle or explicit—could prove especially useful when contact between faiths generated conflict or anxiety.
This panel invites work that considers the relationship between proselytism and performance across the Middle Ages and Renaissance. The organizer conceives of both terms—“proselytism” and “performance”—broadly, and specifically invites topics from across all geographic regions and religions in the Middle Ages and/or Renaissance.
Please submit one-page abstracts and a completed Participant Information form (http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#Paper) to Jill Stevenson at jstevenson@mmm.edu no later than September 15, 2010. Feel free to contact Jill with questions about the session. For general information about the 2011 Medieval Congress, visit: http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/
University of Vermont Libraries' Center for Digital Initiatives
The University of Vermont Libraries' Center for Digital Initiatives
(CDI) is pleased to announce our
newest digital collection, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts.
The manuscripts in UVM's Special Collections have been
comprehensively digitized. This
collection includes 21 loose manuscripts and 10 bound items dating
from the 12th to 17th
centuries.
The collection includes books of hours, Koran leaves, three works of
Cicero bound into a single
volume, and a distinctive Italian herbal with whimsical,
anthropomorphic illustrations of plants.
We invite you to see the manuscripts in the CDI at
http://cdi.uvm.edu
(CDI) is pleased to announce our
newest digital collection, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts.
The manuscripts in UVM's Special Collections have been
comprehensively digitized. This
collection includes 21 loose manuscripts and 10 bound items dating
from the 12th to 17th
centuries.
The collection includes books of hours, Koran leaves, three works of
Cicero bound into a single
volume, and a distinctive Italian herbal with whimsical,
anthropomorphic illustrations of plants.
We invite you to see the manuscripts in the CDI at
http://cdi.uvm.edu
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