MA Funding for University of York

Dear Colleagues

 

Please draw these scholarships to the attention of undergraduates considering pursuing a Masters degree.

 

With all good wishes

Elizabeth Tyler

 

The Centre for Medieval Literature (CML) is pleased to announce two fee waivers at the University of York at the Home/EU rate (£6,200). These scholarships are open to students applying for the MA in Medieval Literature (Department of English and Related Literature) and the MA in Medieval Studies (Centre for Medieval Studies) at the University of York.
The Centre for Medieval Literature (CML) is funded by the Danish National Research Foundation. It is jointly based at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU in Odense) and the University of York (UK).
Students applying for the MA scholarships should be particularly interested in medieval texts,whether studied from the discipline of literature or from the discipline of history, and be planning tocontinue on to study for a PhD in the areas of medieval literature, medieval history or medieval studies. The scholarships are competitive and a candidates should have an excellent undergraduate record.

 

    For further details: www.sdu.dk/cml

 

Phillip J. Pirages Catalogue 65

Dear Colleagues,

 

Please find below a link which will take you to a view of our newest catalogue 65. Please feel free to place your order on our website or send us an email to info@pirages.com.  You can also leave us a voicemail at 800-962-6666 or 503-472-0476.   If you would prefer to receive a printed catalogue in the mail please let us know.

 

http://www.pirages.com/dl.php?file=/images/upload/Pirages-Cat-65-web.pdf&type=pdf

 

Many thanks and Happy Holidays,

Tammy Opheim

Phillip Pirages Fine Books

Mélanges de l’École française de Rome – Antiquite,

Dear colleagues,

Subscribers to this list may be interested to learn of the publication,
as a themed fascicule (125.2) of the Mélanges de l’École française de
Rome – Antiquite, of the proceedings of a “table ronde” held at the
l’École française de Rome on 30 June-1 July 2009 on « Codifications et
réformes dans l’Empire tardif et les royaumes barbares », edited by
Oliver Huck.

This is available freely online at http://mefra.revues.org/1511 .

Dr R. W. Benet Salway

Department of History
University College London
Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT

News from DigiPal

Dear all,

A lot of exciting developments have been happening behind the scenes on
DigiPal in the last few 
weeks. These include the ability for users to create their own
annotations, group them, and share 
a persistent URL with others; a very swishy lightbox and workspace where
images can be resized, 
rotated, their colours and opacities changed, and again the results can
be saved and shared; and the 
facility to gather your favourite letters and manuscripts into
collections that you can save, arrange, 
and share. More about all of that soon. 

In the meanwhile, in addition to all the other manuscripts, we now have
c. 350 images from the British 
Library. There are mostly new photos, which hitherto have only been seen
in the original manuscripts  -- 
or by those who follow me on Twitter ;-)

So, if you're interested in Old English (or even Anglo-Saxon!!)
manuscripts, take a look at 
www.digipal.eu

For a list of BL mss, see:

http://www.digipal.eu/digipal/page/?town_or_city=&repository=London%2C+British+Library&date=

FP: MAMA

Mid America Medieval Association, Columbia, Missouri, 22 February 2014

We have received many great proposals but still have room about about half a dozen more (or two full sessions).
Please note that we will entertain proposals on any area of medieval studies, including medievalism(s).


Call for Papers


Mid America Medieval Association (MAMA) 38 The Global Middle Ages

Where: The University of Missouri and Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri

When: February 22, 2014

Theme: The Global Middle Ages

Plenary Address: Sahar Amer, Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Sydney³Reading Medieval French Literature from a Global Perspective²



This year¹s MAMA Conference will focus on the study of the medieval period in a global context.

The rise of world history in the Academy, as well as the increasingly interconnected world in which we live in the 21st century, has not left medievalists unaffected. Paper and session proposals in any area of medieval studies will be welcome, but we hope to pay particular attention to the following topics:

the transferability of the concept of a "middle age" to non-European societies and economies post-colonial and/or comparative studies focusing on exchanges between Europe, Asia, and Africa book arts, preservation, calligraphy, paleography and codicology of non-western manuscripts the interdependency of pre-modern cultures travel accounts, maps, and other evidence of historical or imaginative cultural exchange global trade and representations of luxury goods such as ivory, spices, silks, ceramics, and jewels the influence of global cultures on European science, medicine, fashion, food, and art medieval European perceptions of African and Asian peoples and civilizations papers or sessions dedicated to the non-European locations (e.g. cities like Jerusalem or  Timbuktu, or ³medieval² eras such as the Sui or Tang dynasties in China, the Heian/Kamakura eras in Japan, Moghul India, Fatamid/Abassid/Mamluk
periods)

pedagogical approaches to teaching the Middle Ages as part of World History/ Literature/Religion Programs Submissions should be in the form of abstracts (300 word limit) for both individual papers and sessions, and should include all contact information.

Presenters in session proposals must be listed, with all contact information. Deadline for submission of paper and session proposals:
Monday, 30 December 2013

Send all submissions via email to: 38mama2014@gmail.com


Graduate Students whose papers have been accepted and may submit them for the Jim Falls Prize <http://www.midamericamedievalassociation.org/fallspaperprize.htm>.

The Deadline for full paper submission, which must be limited to 10 pages and must contain footnotes/endnotes and bibliography, is January 10, 2014. Send submissions to Professor Linda Mitchell, chair, via
email: mitchellli@umkc.edu.

Dictionary of Old English plea

Dear ISAS Members,

 

I hope this all finds you well, surviving the collective end of terms and semesters, and looking forward to what I am sure are well-deserved breaks.

 

As Roberta Frank recently reminded me, The Dictionary of Old English is in urgent need of funds (before 1 April) to match a major foundation grant;  you can read more about this initiative here:  http://www.doe.utoronto.ca/pages/support.html

 

If you are inclined to help, this might also be a timely moment to thank Antonette diPaolo Healey for her extraordinary contribution to theDictionary and our field over the past three decades and more (n.b. I have temporarily removed her from the ISAS list-serv so she will not see this email!). 

 

Contributions to the project sent with the message -- "In honour of Antonette diPaolo Healey" -- would be listed under her name in the 2014 annual report.

 

All good wishes for a happy 2014,

2 x fully-funded PhD studentships in either Medieval Literature or Medieval Studies Department of English and Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of York

Closing date for applications:  27 January 2014 

Applications are invited for two PhD studentships, available from October 2014. Studentships are funded by the Centre for Medieval Literature (CML).

CML is funded by the Danish National Research Foundation until 2022. It is jointly based at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU in Odense) and the University of York (UK). CML takes an integrated European approach to medieval literature from Scandinavia to the Middle East.  Research is organised into three areas: languages, fictionality, and canon formation.  The work of CML is interdisciplinary (literature and history) in studying texts as embedded within social relationships. We also attend to modern receptions of medieval literature.

Successful candidates for studentships will be committed to 1) collaboration which unites scholarship across disciplines and languages; 2) creating a shared research environment across SDU and York; 3) situating the work of their PhD within a wider European framework. CML research programme and organisation: www.sdu.dk/cml

PhDs based at York will work with Professor Elizabeth Tyler (www.york.ac.uk/english/our-staff/elizabeth-tyler/). Topics can be single or co-supervised at York or across York and SDU. Co-supervision with any of the participants in the CML (www.sdu.dk/cm) or member of the Centre for Medieval Studies (www.york.ac.uk/medieval-studies/) or the Department of English (www.york.ac.uk/english) is encouraged. You will be expected to spend at least a term in Odense.

The studentship will cover EU/Home tuition fees and stipend (£13,726 per annum), tenable for three years and two months.

This opportunity is for studentships at York, those at SDU will be announced later.  Students may apply to both York and SDU.

 

Full details can be found at: http://www.york.ac.uk/medieval-studies/prospective/funding/phdstudentships/