Call for Papers
M A N C A S S
5th Annual Postgraduate Conference
2nd - 3rd March, 2009
Anglo-Saxon Texts and Writers
We are inviting postgraduate students in all disciplines to submit
proposals for 20-minute papers for the 5th Annual MANCASS Postgraduate
Conference, 2nd- 3rd March, 2009. This year's conference will focus on:
-- The nature of Anglo-Saxon texts (literary, legal or religious) with
special reference to the manuscripts and codices used in their
transmission.
-- The influence and distribution of these texts and their authors in
other insular and continental cultures.
-- Post-medieval usages and interpretations of the Anglo-Saxon texts and
manuscripts.
Proposals should not exceed 300 words. Selected papers will be
published in the online journal, The Proceedings of the Manchester
Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies Postgraduate Conference.
All proposals should be directed to Fran Álvarez at
Fran.Alvarez@manchester.ac.uk
The deadline for proposals is 23 January, 2009
Sunday, November 30, 2008
via Old Irish net
I just came across 3 important works of Old Irish grammatical
scholarship that have been placed online. I'm not sure if people are
aware of them, so I thought I'd send the links to the list.
1) O Maille's 'contributions to the history of the verbs of
existence in Irish' (1911)
http://www.archive.org/details/contributionstoh00mrich
2) Strachan's 'substantive verb in the glosses' (1899)
http://www.archive.org/details/transact189900philuoft
while rather old, these two do have a lot of interesting things about
the development and usage of the substantive verb and the copula from
Old Irish to Modern Irish.
scholarship that have been placed online. I'm not sure if people are
aware of them, so I thought I'd send the links to the list.
1) O Maille's 'contributions to the history of the verbs of
existence in Irish' (1911)
http://www.archive.org/details/contributionstoh00mrich
2) Strachan's 'substantive verb in the glosses' (1899)
http://www.archive.org/details/transact189900philuoft
while rather old, these two do have a lot of interesting things about
the development and usage of the substantive verb and the copula from
Old Irish to Modern Irish.
FROM THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF BYZANTINE MUSIC AND HYMNOLOGY
SECOND NOTICE:
FROM THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF BYZANTINE MUSIC AND HYMNOLOGY
In preparation for the Second International Conference to be held in
Athens in June of 2009, the Society and the co-organisers, are
preparing an audiovisual album entitled "BYZANTINE CHOIRS OF THE
HELLENIC DIASPORA". Canada and Europe will be represented by a number of
Byzantine Choirs who have already confirmed participation.
The Society has requested participation from Byzantine choirs across the
Hellenic Diaspora including Europe, Africa, the US and Australia, in
communication with the Archdioceses and the Metropolises.
This communication serves as an auxiliary notification-request, the
first has already been received by your hierarchs who have hopefully
communicated it to you, to individuals and choirs who wish to
participate in this historically unique and relevant album.
To be considered, choirs should select traditional Byzantine music
material of a theme (and in a language) of their choice (duration no
longer than one hour) and preferably recorded in live video-DVD format
(i.e. choir should be visible; recorded in an empty church or other
ecclesiastically-relevant place). Alternatively, audio is acceptable in
CD form. The material should be new (and not from other published
projects or previous copyrighted recordings).
Accompanying the audiovisual material should be a description of the
choir and its history, a short bio of the director and a list of all
current and past choristers.
As part of the Conference events, this album will be unveiled at an
evening event attended by diplomats from embassies of the participants,
musicians, musicologists, academics, writers, artists, poets, and other
people of the Greek fine arts Diaspora.
When the Conference website is up, we also encourage a representative of
each choir to register to attend the meeting to receive a plaque of
recognition for their role in preserving and disseminating Byzantine
music in the Diaspora.
The deadline to submit the materials is February 1st, 2009.
Please let us know as soon as possible about your intent to participate
by email. Our website is currently under reconstruction, but should
be up before
the end of the month (www.asbmh.pitt.edu) with an electronic version
of all papers
of the 1st Conference, video of the speaker sessions of the 1st conference
and a lot more useful information.
Please submit DVD/CD material and all accompanying letters to:
The American Society of Byzantine Music and Hymnology
c/o Dr. Nick Giannoukakis
Center for Russian & East European Studies
University Center for International Studies
4400 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
USA
FROM THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF BYZANTINE MUSIC AND HYMNOLOGY
In preparation for the Second International Conference to be held in
Athens in June of 2009, the Society and the co-organisers, are
preparing an audiovisual album entitled "BYZANTINE CHOIRS OF THE
HELLENIC DIASPORA". Canada and Europe will be represented by a number of
Byzantine Choirs who have already confirmed participation.
The Society has requested participation from Byzantine choirs across the
Hellenic Diaspora including Europe, Africa, the US and Australia, in
communication with the Archdioceses and the Metropolises.
This communication serves as an auxiliary notification-request, the
first has already been received by your hierarchs who have hopefully
communicated it to you, to individuals and choirs who wish to
participate in this historically unique and relevant album.
To be considered, choirs should select traditional Byzantine music
material of a theme (and in a language) of their choice (duration no
longer than one hour) and preferably recorded in live video-DVD format
(i.e. choir should be visible; recorded in an empty church or other
ecclesiastically-relevant place). Alternatively, audio is acceptable in
CD form. The material should be new (and not from other published
projects or previous copyrighted recordings).
Accompanying the audiovisual material should be a description of the
choir and its history, a short bio of the director and a list of all
current and past choristers.
As part of the Conference events, this album will be unveiled at an
evening event attended by diplomats from embassies of the participants,
musicians, musicologists, academics, writers, artists, poets, and other
people of the Greek fine arts Diaspora.
When the Conference website is up, we also encourage a representative of
each choir to register to attend the meeting to receive a plaque of
recognition for their role in preserving and disseminating Byzantine
music in the Diaspora.
The deadline to submit the materials is February 1st, 2009.
Please let us know as soon as possible about your intent to participate
by email. Our website is currently under reconstruction, but should
be up before
the end of the month (www.asbmh.pitt.edu) with an electronic version
of all papers
of the 1st Conference, video of the speaker sessions of the 1st conference
and a lot more useful information.
Please submit DVD/CD material and all accompanying letters to:
The American Society of Byzantine Music and Hymnology
c/o Dr. Nick Giannoukakis
Center for Russian & East European Studies
University Center for International Studies
4400 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
USA
Lindsay Young Visiting Fellowships
The Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies announces the first Lindsay Young Visiting Fellowships. Thanks to the generosity of the Aslan Foundation, the Institute will offer Visiting Fellowships beginning January 1, 2009. These non-service Fellowships are intended to bring scholars from Tennessee and the neighboring region to UTK, where they can make use of research resources in medieval and Renaissance fields to further their research agendas and take part in the intellectual life of the Institute. Fellowships are open to scholars at all regional institutions of higher education and credentialed independent scholars, but preference will be given to faculty teaching in the state of Tennessee. The tenure of the Visiting Fellowship is variable according to the requirements of an individual's research plan and will carry a stipend of $600/week for a period of between one and ten weeks. The costs of travel to and from Knoxville are also covered by the Fellowship. Vi siting Fellows are encouraged to arrange their plans to take advantage of the various symposia and workshops offered by the Institute (a schedule can be viewed at http://web.utk.edu/~marco/ ). Fellows will have library privileges for the duration of their Fellowship and are expected to acknowledge the support of the Institute in publications arising from their tenure of the Fellowship. Applications, including curriculum vitae and a detailed research plan, should be sent to Prof. Michael Kulikowski, Riggsby Director, Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Newberry Library Fellowships in the Humanities, 2009-2010
Newberry Library Fellowships in the Humanities, 2009-2010
The Newberry Library, an independent research library in
Chicago,Illinois, invites applications for its 2009-2010 Fellowships
in the Humanities. Newberry Library fellowships support research in
residence at the Library, and all proposed research must be
appropriate to the collections (excluding the Terra Foundation
Fellowship and certain short-term awards). Our fellowship program
rests on the belief that all projects funded by the Newberry benefit
from engagement both with the materials in the Newberry’s collections
and with the lively community of researchers that gathers around
those collections. Long-term residential fellowships are available
for periods of six to eleven months to postdoctoral scholars who must
hold the Ph.D. at the time of application. The stipend for these
fellowships ranges from $25,500 to $70,000. In 2008-2009 the Library
inaugurated a new Terra Foundation for American Art Fellowship in Art
History carrying an academic-year stipend of $70,000 for a full
professor (or its equivalent outside the academy) and $50,400 for all
other awardees. Short-term residential fellowships are intended for
postdoctoral scholars or Ph.D. candidates from outside the Chicago
area who have a specific need for Newberry collections. The tenure of
short-term fellowships varies form one week to two months. The amount
of the award is generally $1600 per month. Applications for long-term
fellowships are due January 12, 2009; applications for most
short-term fellowships are due March 2, 2009. For more information or
to download application materials, visit our website at:
http://www.newberry.org/research/felshp/fellowshome.html
If you would like materials sent to you by mail, write to the
Committee on Awards, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, Il 60610-3380.
If you have questions about the fellowships program, contact
research@newberry.org or (312) 255-3666.
The Newberry Library, an independent research library in
Chicago,Illinois, invites applications for its 2009-2010 Fellowships
in the Humanities. Newberry Library fellowships support research in
residence at the Library, and all proposed research must be
appropriate to the collections (excluding the Terra Foundation
Fellowship and certain short-term awards). Our fellowship program
rests on the belief that all projects funded by the Newberry benefit
from engagement both with the materials in the Newberry’s collections
and with the lively community of researchers that gathers around
those collections. Long-term residential fellowships are available
for periods of six to eleven months to postdoctoral scholars who must
hold the Ph.D. at the time of application. The stipend for these
fellowships ranges from $25,500 to $70,000. In 2008-2009 the Library
inaugurated a new Terra Foundation for American Art Fellowship in Art
History carrying an academic-year stipend of $70,000 for a full
professor (or its equivalent outside the academy) and $50,400 for all
other awardees. Short-term residential fellowships are intended for
postdoctoral scholars or Ph.D. candidates from outside the Chicago
area who have a specific need for Newberry collections. The tenure of
short-term fellowships varies form one week to two months. The amount
of the award is generally $1600 per month. Applications for long-term
fellowships are due January 12, 2009; applications for most
short-term fellowships are due March 2, 2009. For more information or
to download application materials, visit our website at:
http://www.newberry.org/research/felshp/fellowshome.html
If you would like materials sent to you by mail, write to the
Committee on Awards, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, Il 60610-3380.
If you have questions about the fellowships program, contact
research@newberry.org or (312) 255-3666.
EPISCOPAL ELECTIONS IN LATE ANTIQUITY (CA. 250 - CA. 600 AD) CFP
CALL FOR PAPERS
International Conference
26-28 October 2009
EPISCOPAL ELECTIONS IN LATE ANTIQUITY (CA. 250 - CA. 600 AD)
Hosted by the Faculty of Theology
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Keynote speakers include:
Pauline Allen (ACU, Brisbane), George Bevan (Queen’s, Kingston),
Philippe Blaudeau (Paris XII), Peter Bruns (Bamberg), Bruno Dumézil
(Paris X), Geoffrey Dunn (ACU, Brisbane), Rudolf Haensch (DAI, München),
David G. Hunter (Kentucky), Hartmut Leppin (Frankfurt), Veit Rosenberger
(Erfurt), Claire Sotinel (Tours), Raymond Van Dam (Michigan), Eckhard
Wirbelauer (Strasbourg), Ewa Wipszycka (Warsaw)
Organising Committee: Boudewijn Dehandschutter (Leuven), Johan Leemans
(Leuven), Peter Van Nuffelen (Exeter), Shawn Keough (Leuven), Carla
Nicolaye (Leuven – Aachen)
URL: Episcopal Elections and Episcopal Succession in Late Antiquity
Conference Secretary: Dr. Shawn Keough: shawn.keough@theo.kuleuven.be
It is well known that episcopal elections in the later Roman Empire were
often a complicated and complicating event, as the controversy (and even
violence) attendant upon the elections and successions of many bishops
indicates. This conference will approach the phenomenon of episcopal
elections and succession from the broadest possible perspective,
examining the varied combination of factors, personalities, rules and
habits that played a role in the process that eventually resulted in one
specific candidate becoming the new bishop, and not another. The many
diverse and even conflicting aspects of this phenomenon will be
addressed: the influence of doctrinal conflicts, the relationship
between Church and State, patronage, local habits and regional
differences, chronological developments, ethnic identity. Also relevant
is the development of images of the ideal bishop, especially the manner
in which such idealized representations shaped the outcome of contested
elections and affected the character and exercise of episcopal authority
in late antique society.
Proposals for papers approaching the broader theme by any number of
perspectives and methodologies are welcome: particular elections,
specific bishops, geographical surveys (e.g. a city or a province), and
concrete texts (e.g. legislation – both civil and canonical, or,
hagiography) are all legitimate points of entry shedding valuable light
upon a relatively little studied phenomenon.
English will be the primary conference language, although proposals for
papers in French and German are equally acceptable. Following the
conference there will be opportunity for participants to submit their
papers for peer review, as the conference organizers intend to edit the
conference proceedings for publication.
Paper proposals should be sent to the conference secretary by 15 May
2008. Proposals should consist of a title and an abstract of up to 300
words providing a clear indication of the paper’s thesis, sources and
methodology.
All those interested are encouraged to contact the conference secretary,
Dr. Shawn Keough [shawn.keough@theo.kuleuven.be].
Disclaimer: http://www.kuleuven.be/cwis/email_disclaimer.htm
International Conference
26-28 October 2009
EPISCOPAL ELECTIONS IN LATE ANTIQUITY (CA. 250 - CA. 600 AD)
Hosted by the Faculty of Theology
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Keynote speakers include:
Pauline Allen (ACU, Brisbane), George Bevan (Queen’s, Kingston),
Philippe Blaudeau (Paris XII), Peter Bruns (Bamberg), Bruno Dumézil
(Paris X), Geoffrey Dunn (ACU, Brisbane), Rudolf Haensch (DAI, München),
David G. Hunter (Kentucky), Hartmut Leppin (Frankfurt), Veit Rosenberger
(Erfurt), Claire Sotinel (Tours), Raymond Van Dam (Michigan), Eckhard
Wirbelauer (Strasbourg), Ewa Wipszycka (Warsaw)
Organising Committee: Boudewijn Dehandschutter (Leuven), Johan Leemans
(Leuven), Peter Van Nuffelen (Exeter), Shawn Keough (Leuven), Carla
Nicolaye (Leuven – Aachen)
URL: Episcopal Elections and Episcopal Succession in Late Antiquity
Conference Secretary: Dr. Shawn Keough: shawn.keough@theo.kuleuven.be
It is well known that episcopal elections in the later Roman Empire were
often a complicated and complicating event, as the controversy (and even
violence) attendant upon the elections and successions of many bishops
indicates. This conference will approach the phenomenon of episcopal
elections and succession from the broadest possible perspective,
examining the varied combination of factors, personalities, rules and
habits that played a role in the process that eventually resulted in one
specific candidate becoming the new bishop, and not another. The many
diverse and even conflicting aspects of this phenomenon will be
addressed: the influence of doctrinal conflicts, the relationship
between Church and State, patronage, local habits and regional
differences, chronological developments, ethnic identity. Also relevant
is the development of images of the ideal bishop, especially the manner
in which such idealized representations shaped the outcome of contested
elections and affected the character and exercise of episcopal authority
in late antique society.
Proposals for papers approaching the broader theme by any number of
perspectives and methodologies are welcome: particular elections,
specific bishops, geographical surveys (e.g. a city or a province), and
concrete texts (e.g. legislation – both civil and canonical, or,
hagiography) are all legitimate points of entry shedding valuable light
upon a relatively little studied phenomenon.
English will be the primary conference language, although proposals for
papers in French and German are equally acceptable. Following the
conference there will be opportunity for participants to submit their
papers for peer review, as the conference organizers intend to edit the
conference proceedings for publication.
Paper proposals should be sent to the conference secretary by 15 May
2008. Proposals should consist of a title and an abstract of up to 300
words providing a clear indication of the paper’s thesis, sources and
methodology.
All those interested are encouraged to contact the conference secretary,
Dr. Shawn Keough [shawn.keough@theo.kuleuven.be].
Disclaimer: http://www.kuleuven.be/cwis/email_disclaimer.htm
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