University of Tampere, Finland
6. - 8. August, 2015
CALL FOR PAPERS (deadline September 15th 2014)
The sixth international Passages from Antiquity to the Middle Ages
conference will focus on social approaches to travelling, mobility,
pilgrimages, and cultural exchange. Interaction between society and
space has been a key interest of scholars after the 'Spatial Turn'.
Nevertheless, larger comparisons between eras and cultures are mainly
missing.
The archetypal journey of Odysseys served as a metaphor and model for
later narrations of travelling. In both Ancient and medieval worlds,
religious reasons were significant motivations for travelling; these
travels confront the traditional idea of these periods as eras of
immobility. However, the challenges of setting out for a journey, as
well as the dangers of the road, were not dependent on the incentive
but rather on distance and other geographical settings, social status
of the traveller, and political climate.
The conference aims at concentrating on social and cultural
interaction before, during and after travelling. What kinds of
motivations were there for ancient and medieval people to get on the
road and what kind of negotiations and networks were inherent in
travelling? We welcome papers, which have a sensitive approach to
social differences: gender, age, health, and status. Actors,
experiences and various levels of negotiations are of main interest,
and our focus lies on society and the history of everyday life, on the
differences and similarities between elite and popular culture, and on
the expectations linked to gender and life cycle stage, visible in the
practices and policies of travelling. We encourage proposals that
integrate the theme of travelling into wider larger social and
cultural contexts.
We aim at a broad coverage not only chronologically but also
geographically and disciplinarily (all branches of Classical,
Byzantine and Medieval Studies). Most preferable are contributions
that have themselves a comparative and/or interdisciplinary viewpoint
or focusing on a longue durée perspective.
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If interested, please submit an abstract of 300 words (setting out
thesis and conclusions) for a twenty-minute paper together with your
contact details (with academic affiliation, address and e-mail) by
e-mail attachment to the conference secretary, passages@uta.fi. The
deadline for abstracts is September 15th 2014, and the notification of
paper acceptance will be made in November 2014.
Conference papers may also be presented in French, German or Italian,
however, supplied with an English summary (as a hand-out) or
translation if the language of presentation is not English. The
sessions are formed on the basis of thematic coherence of the papers
and comparisons between Antiquity and the Middle Ages, thus session
proposals focusing on one period only will not be accepted.
The registration fee is 100 EUR (doctoral students: 50 EUR). For further
information, please visit http://www.uta.fi/trivium/passages/ or
contact the organizers by sending an e-mail to passages@uta.fi. The
registration opens in November 2014 at
http://www.uta.fi/trivium/passages.
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Vanderbilt University invites you to participate in a summer seminar for humanities scholars working with XML documents (such as TEI, EAD, or MODS).
Vanderbilt University invites you to participate in a summer seminar for humanities scholars working with XML documents (such as TEI, EAD, or MODS).
The XQuery Summer Institute is designed for scholars with basic experience marking up texts who would like to acquire advanced skills in how to query and computationally analyze XML documents.
We welcome applications from archivists, faculty members, librarians, alt-ac professionals, and advanced graduate students. Over the course of two weeks, we will teach you how to program in XQuery, a language designed for querying and manipulating XML documents. You will leave the Institute knowing how to maximize the value of your XML encoding.
The Institute will take place from Monday, June 9 to Friday, June 20 in 2014 on the campus of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. It will be led by six instructors with experience in the digital humanities (see http://xqueryinstitute.org/instructors), including Jonathan Robie, Lead Editor of the XQuery and XPath specifications at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
There are no registration costs to the Institute thanks to generous support from the Office of Digital Humanities at the National Endowment for the Humanities (see the announcement of Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities http://www.neh.gov/divisions/odh/grant- ... -july-2013). We will also provide subventions for participants’ travel, lodging, and meals. Participation is limited to twelve. Applications are due by February 14, 2014.
Please join us! Take your XML skills to the next level in Nashville this summer. For information about the Institute and the application process, seehttp://xqueryinstitute.org/. Questions? Please email Clifford Anderson, Director for Scholarly Communications, at Vanderbilt University:clifford.anderson@vanderbilt.edu.
Summer Intensive Course - Luminosus Limes: Geographical, Ethnic, Social and Cultural Frontiers in Late Antiquity
Central European University, Budapest, July 7-12, 2014
http://www.summer.ceu.hu/limes-2014
What is a frontier? Does it serve to separate or to link countries,
peoples, classes, ideas? Frontiers have become increasingly
significant in the study of Late Antiquity, the fastest growing
historical discipline, as scholars recognized the fundamental importance
of shifting barriers in the process of transformation that led from the
classical to the post-classical world. People living in the Roman world
between the second and the sixth century tore down many walls
demarcating cultures, religions, ethnicities. Frontiers once firmly
separating empires, ethnic groups, religions, friends and even the sexes
have been intensely crossed in late antiquity – a phenomenon comparable
only to the recent transition from modernity to post-modernity -- a
comparison that we intend to exploit in our methodology.
The “Bright Frontier” summer course explores the dynamic transformation
of classical frontiers between the second and the sixth century from a
multidisciplinary perspective: archaeology, medieval studies, social and
cultural history, art, theology, and literature. Offering a
groundbreaking approach to the field of border studies including social,
gender, ethnic and religious categories with the participation of
outstanding scholars in the field, this course will provide students
with a solid knowledge of up-to-date international scholarship on
frontiers: a strong theoretical background as well as hands-on
acquaintance with physical borders and material artifacts excavated
along the Danube River (the ripa Pannonica) as well as in the late
antique cemetery of Pécs in Hungary.
Course Director(s):
Marianne Saghy
Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest,
Hungary
Noel Lenski
Department of Classics, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
Rita Lizzi Testa
Department of Roman History, University of Perugia, Italy
Course Faculty:
Claudia-Maria Behling
Department of Classical Archeology, University of Vienna, Austria
Maijastina Kahlos
Finnish Academy of Science, Finland
Levente Nagy
Department of Contemporary History, University of Pecs, Hungary
Anna Toth
Karoli Gaspar University, Budapest, Hungary
Zsolt Visy
Department of Archaeology, University of Pecs, Hungary
Guest Speaker(s):
Sylvia Palagyi
Museum Directorate of Veszprém County, Roman Villa Complex, Hungary
Adam Szabo
Archaeology, Hungarian National Museum, Hungary
Paula Zsidi
Budapest Historic Museum, Aquincum, Hungary
http://www.summer.ceu.hu/limes-2014
What is a frontier? Does it serve to separate or to link countries,
peoples, classes, ideas? Frontiers have become increasingly
significant in the study of Late Antiquity, the fastest growing
historical discipline, as scholars recognized the fundamental importance
of shifting barriers in the process of transformation that led from the
classical to the post-classical world. People living in the Roman world
between the second and the sixth century tore down many walls
demarcating cultures, religions, ethnicities. Frontiers once firmly
separating empires, ethnic groups, religions, friends and even the sexes
have been intensely crossed in late antiquity – a phenomenon comparable
only to the recent transition from modernity to post-modernity -- a
comparison that we intend to exploit in our methodology.
The “Bright Frontier” summer course explores the dynamic transformation
of classical frontiers between the second and the sixth century from a
multidisciplinary perspective: archaeology, medieval studies, social and
cultural history, art, theology, and literature. Offering a
groundbreaking approach to the field of border studies including social,
gender, ethnic and religious categories with the participation of
outstanding scholars in the field, this course will provide students
with a solid knowledge of up-to-date international scholarship on
frontiers: a strong theoretical background as well as hands-on
acquaintance with physical borders and material artifacts excavated
along the Danube River (the ripa Pannonica) as well as in the late
antique cemetery of Pécs in Hungary.
Course Director(s):
Marianne Saghy
Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest,
Hungary
Noel Lenski
Department of Classics, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
Rita Lizzi Testa
Department of Roman History, University of Perugia, Italy
Course Faculty:
Claudia-Maria Behling
Department of Classical Archeology, University of Vienna, Austria
Maijastina Kahlos
Finnish Academy of Science, Finland
Levente Nagy
Department of Contemporary History, University of Pecs, Hungary
Anna Toth
Karoli Gaspar University, Budapest, Hungary
Zsolt Visy
Department of Archaeology, University of Pecs, Hungary
Guest Speaker(s):
Sylvia Palagyi
Museum Directorate of Veszprém County, Roman Villa Complex, Hungary
Adam Szabo
Archaeology, Hungarian National Museum, Hungary
Paula Zsidi
Budapest Historic Museum, Aquincum, Hungary
CFP Charlemagne after Charlemagne. 11th Annual Symposium of the International Medieval Society, Paris
The International Medieval Society Paris (IMS-Paris) invites paper proposals and session themes for its upcoming symposium centered on "Charlemagne after Charlemagne".
A looming presence during the Middle Ages and beyond, this Frankish king and emperor, who died in 814, had a cultural afterlife that far exceeded any other medieval historical figure. The symposium for 2014 seeks to examine the medieval reception (and representation) of Charlemagne on the 1200th anniversary of his death, as he became a model sovereign, a literary personage, and a saint. This holy emperor was venerated in a complex though limited manner, resulting in the elaboration of a distinct hagiographical discourse and the composition of a liturgical office.
The literary fortunes of Charlemagne, highlighted as early as 1865 by Gaston Paris, experienced multiple permutations. Latin and vernacular literature (French, Italian, German, English, etc.), produced divergent associations and separate developments, from historical works to chansons de geste. These literary representations went hand in hand with visual portrayals in manuscripts, stained glass, sculpture, and architecture. Charlemagne was also conjured as a figure of pilgrimage and a founder (real or imagined) of monasteries, cities, and universities, attached to these institutions through stories and forged documents to which his name was affixed. The figure of Charlemagne served to construct and define an ideal, which was shaped and reshaped by different eras according to their respective needs.
For its 2014 symposium, the International Medieval Society seeks to mark this anniversary through a reevaluation of Charlemagne’s legacy during the medieval period. Although the geographic area of France will be given priority, comparisons with other regional ‘Charlemagnes’ are certainly possible. We invite papers that deal with material from after Charlemagne’s death in 814 to the end of the Middle Ages.
Proposals of 300 words or less (in English or French) for a 20-minute paper should be e-mailed to ims.paris.2014@gmail.com no later than February 10th 2014. Each should be accompanied by full contact information, a CV, and a list of audiovisual equipment you require.
Please be aware that the IMS-Paris submissions review process is highly competitive and is carried out on a strictly blind basis. The selection committee will notify applicants of its decision by e-mail by February 26th 2014.
Titles of accepted papers will be made available on the IMS-Paris web site. Authors of accepted papers will be responsible for their own travel costs and conference registration fee (35 euros, reduced for students, free for IMS-Paris members).
The IMS-Paris is an interdisciplinary, bilingual (French/English) organization that fosters exchanges between French and foreign scholars. For the past ten years, the IMS has served as a centre for medievalists who travel to France to conduct research, work, or study. For more information about the IMS-Paris and the programme of last year’s symposium, please visit our website: www.ims-paris.org.
IMS-Paris Graduate Student Prize
The IMS-Paris is pleased to offer one prize for the best graduate student paper proposal.
Applications should consist of:
1) symposium paper abstract/proposal
2) current research project (Ph.D. dissertation research)
3) names and contact information of two academic references
The prizewinner will be selected by the board and a committee of honorary members, and will be notified upon acceptance to the Symposium. An award of 350 euros to support international travel/accommodations (within France, 150 euros) will be paid at the Symposium.
DIXIT ITIN: Early Stage Researchers
Apologies for cross-posting. I just would like to remind everybody that the DIXIT ITN deadline is rapidly approaching: your applications should be sent by the 10th of December to the respective host institution and to the central coordinator institution (University of Cologne).
DIXIT ITN is offering 12 fellowships for Early Stage Researchers. Please notice the following criteria for eligibility which it seems they were somehow not so clearly expressed before:
- Candidates should not have already a PhD: the fellowship is meant to support the successful candidate to obtain one.
- Candidates should not have more than 4 years full time research experience
- Candidates should NOT having spent more than 12 months in the host country during the past 3 years.
Application for one Experienced Researcher is also out which has the following eligibility criteria:
- Candidates should have already a PhD or an equivalent research achievement.
- Candidates should not have more than 5 years full time research experience and not less than 4.
- Candidate should NOT having spent more than 12 months in the host country during the past 3 years.
Please find here the references to all open positions: http://dixit.uni-koeln.de/fellows.html
Two of the Early Career Researchers will be based at King's College London (see http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/pertra/vacancy/external/pers_detail.php?jobindex=13929): please get in touch with me if you are interested either in documentary editing or social editing.
Sharing Ancient Wisdoms Project
We are delighted to announce the completion of the Sharing Ancient
Wisdoms project: see http://www.ancientwisdoms.ac.uk/
Please ask your librarian to add any or all of the following items to
your library catalogue:
Kekaumenos, Consilia et Narrationes
SAWS edition, 2013
Greek text, English translation and commentary by Charlotte Roueché,
with further translations by H.G. Beck, J. Signes Codoner, G.G.
Litavrin, M.D. Spadaro
ISBN 978-1-897747-29-2
Available at
http://www.ancientwisdoms.ac.uk/library/kekaumenos-consilia-et-narrationes/
Apophthegmata et gnomae secundum alphabetum
SAWS edition, 2013
Annotated edition of Greek Gnomologia by Denis Searby, Måns Bylund,
Pontus Österdahl, with English translation by Denis Searby
ISBN 978-1-897747-26-1
Available at http://www.ancientwisdoms.ac.uk/library/gnomologia/
Gnomological Material in Arabic and in Arabic-Spanish transmission\
SAWS edition, 2013
Texts established by Ines Dallaji, Lorenz Nigst, Christoph Storz, Elvira
Wakelnig
ISBN 978-1-897747-27-8
Available at http://www.ancientwisdoms.ac.uk/library/arabicgnomol/
Arabic Philosophical Compendia and Excerpts of Arabic and Latin
Philosophical Texts
SAWS edition, 2013
Texts established by Christoph Storz and Elvira Wakelnig
ISBN 978-1-897747-28-5
Available at http://www.ancientwisdoms.ac.uk/library/arabicphilos/
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Wisdoms project: see http://www.ancientwisdoms.ac.uk/
Please ask your librarian to add any or all of the following items to
your library catalogue:
Kekaumenos, Consilia et Narrationes
SAWS edition, 2013
Greek text, English translation and commentary by Charlotte Roueché,
with further translations by H.G. Beck, J. Signes Codoner, G.G.
Litavrin, M.D. Spadaro
ISBN 978-1-897747-29-2
Available at
http://www.ancientwisdoms.ac.uk/library/kekaumenos-consilia-et-narrationes/
Apophthegmata et gnomae secundum alphabetum
SAWS edition, 2013
Annotated edition of Greek Gnomologia by Denis Searby, Måns Bylund,
Pontus Österdahl, with English translation by Denis Searby
ISBN 978-1-897747-26-1
Available at http://www.ancientwisdoms.ac.uk/library/gnomologia/
Gnomological Material in Arabic and in Arabic-Spanish transmission\
SAWS edition, 2013
Texts established by Ines Dallaji, Lorenz Nigst, Christoph Storz, Elvira
Wakelnig
ISBN 978-1-897747-27-8
Available at http://www.ancientwisdoms.ac.uk/library/arabicgnomol/
Arabic Philosophical Compendia and Excerpts of Arabic and Latin
Philosophical Texts
SAWS edition, 2013
Texts established by Christoph Storz and Elvira Wakelnig
ISBN 978-1-897747-28-5
Available at http://www.ancientwisdoms.ac.uk/library/arabicphilos/
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CFP: Writing Britain: 500-1500
Writing Britain: 500-1500
University of Cambridge, Faculty of English, 30 June - 2 July 2014
Under the auspices of the Centre for Material Texts
Writing Britain is a biennial event which aims to draw on a range of approaches and perspectives to exchange ideas about manuscript studies, material culture, multilingualism in texts and books, book history, readers, audience and scribes across the medieval period. The 2014 iteration of the Writing Britain Conference will take place in the English Faculty at the University of Cambridge under the auspices of the Centre for Material Texts. Some of the topics which we are keen to explore are literary and non-literary agencies and their significance and/or relevance in the medieval period across British medieval written culture in English, French, Latin, Norse and the Celtic languages. More broadly, we are interested in other questions such as: How did local writers, compilers and readers use writing to inscribe regional identity within broader conventions or, on the other hand, impress 'universal' practices and constructs on local populations? What were the different markets for books? Can we characterize their developments and differences? What new or existing methodologies can be employed to localise texts and books across Britain? What is the role of the Digital Humanities in the study of medieval book culture?
Plenary speakers: Jonathan Wilcox (University of Iowa), Richard Beadle (University of Cambridge) and Simon Horobin (University of Oxford)
We welcome proposals from scholars working on any aspects of British medieval written culture up to 1500. Please visit our conference web site in order to submit an abstract (300 words or fewer) for a twenty-minute paper. Please send your abstract by 20 February 2014. Abstracts from postgraduate students are welcome and graduate rates will be provided. For further information please visit the website where contact details of the organisers will also be available.
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