Early Medieval mount found in Yorkshire should stay in the UK, says
Culture Minister
Medievalist among the Carnegie Scholars:
Assistant Professor
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Title: Medieval Violence and Modern Tolerance
Hussein Anwar Fancy, a medieval historian, will offer a novel
perspective on religious violence in the Middle Ages that challenges and
redirects contemporary debates about tolerance. His research will center
on a virtually unknown history of the Crusades in which thousands of
Muslim and Christian soldiers were traded to serve in kingdoms of the
other faith: Christian soldiers in service of North African sultans and
Muslim soldiers in service of Catalan kings. These curious exchanges
paradoxically reinforced religious violence, rather than acting to
diminish them. Fancy argues that the language of tolerance, grounded in
assumptions about medieval religion, has impeded both the understanding
of the historical past and the mitigation of conflict. His work will
examine unpublished archival material from the 13th century in an effort
to bring to light rules and limits to the use of violence in the context
of the Crusades and jihad across the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa.
In the resulting articles and books, aimed at audiences in the United
States and abroad, the University of Michigan historian will offer a
revised understanding of violence and religion in order to re-focus
debates on values such as justice and equality, notions that have long
been obscured by the language of tolerance and intolerance.
Five new sites proposed for Unesco heritage list
Secrets of castle to be unlocked
New search to find ancient tower at castle site
Harbour site excavated at castle
Raping, pillaging Vikings were progressive
Archaeological artifacts found in Iraq
Mosaic Painting Discovered in Idleb
China finds another 1,000 miles of the Great Wall
Viking Legacy On English: What Language Tells Us About Immigration And
Integration
(This last is not exactly news, but, it made the news.)
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Call for Papers. Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies
Call for Papers. Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies (PMR) at Villanova University invites you to participate in its 34th International PMR Conference. October 16-18, 2009.
The PMR committee this year makes a special invitation to scholars from all disciplines in these fields to address our plenary theme : Ora et Labora. Pray and Work.
As always, the PMR makes an open call to scholars, institutions, and societies to propose Papers, Panels, or Sponsored Sessions in all areas and topics in Late Antiquity / Patristics, Byzantine Studies, Medieval Studies, Islamic Studies, Jewish Studies, and Renaissance & Reformation Studies.
From the Christian liturgy of the hours to Jewish daily liturgy and the Muslim call to prayer, the cultures of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages marked the movement of the day's work with prayer. The day's frame was set by spiritual exercises of many sorts, and thus the fruits of one's labor, one's work, bore within it something of the fruits of the spirit. What is the relationship between the many forms of work - intellectual, manual, cultural, artistic, social, political, economic - and prayer ? Are there points of tension ? Resistance ? From lectio divina and sacred theology, to scholastic philosophy and canon law ; from the Divine Comedy and liturgical plays, to sacred architecture and iconography, from the Holy Roman Empire and educational foundations, to Byzantine schools and monasteries, to Jewish chevruta and Islamic madrasas, this year's thematic "conference within a conference" will explore these questions and more, opening up a fresh, new perspective on perennial questions of matter and spirit, reason and faith, politics and religion.
Deadline for submissions : May 29, 2009.
Notice of acceptance will be made by June 30, 2009.
Source.
Abstract submissions.
The PMR committee this year makes a special invitation to scholars from all disciplines in these fields to address our plenary theme : Ora et Labora. Pray and Work.
As always, the PMR makes an open call to scholars, institutions, and societies to propose Papers, Panels, or Sponsored Sessions in all areas and topics in Late Antiquity / Patristics, Byzantine Studies, Medieval Studies, Islamic Studies, Jewish Studies, and Renaissance & Reformation Studies.
From the Christian liturgy of the hours to Jewish daily liturgy and the Muslim call to prayer, the cultures of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages marked the movement of the day's work with prayer. The day's frame was set by spiritual exercises of many sorts, and thus the fruits of one's labor, one's work, bore within it something of the fruits of the spirit. What is the relationship between the many forms of work - intellectual, manual, cultural, artistic, social, political, economic - and prayer ? Are there points of tension ? Resistance ? From lectio divina and sacred theology, to scholastic philosophy and canon law ; from the Divine Comedy and liturgical plays, to sacred architecture and iconography, from the Holy Roman Empire and educational foundations, to Byzantine schools and monasteries, to Jewish chevruta and Islamic madrasas, this year's thematic "conference within a conference" will explore these questions and more, opening up a fresh, new perspective on perennial questions of matter and spirit, reason and faith, politics and religion.
Deadline for submissions : May 29, 2009.
Notice of acceptance will be made by June 30, 2009.
Source.
Abstract submissions.
Postmedieval: a journal of medieval cultural studies Launched
Today marks the *official* announcement of the joint venture between the BABEL
Working Group and Palgrave Macmillan, "postmedieval: a journal of medieval
cultural studies" [Eileen Joy and Myra Seaman, Editors and Holly Crocker, Book
Reviews Editor]. The journal will be published three times a year [in
print and
online], beginning in 2010, with issue nos. 1 and 3 [April and
November] devoted
to special themes and topics, and issue no. 2 each year [July] set aside as an
open-topic issue. More details concerning that can be found here:
http://www.inthemedievalmiddle.com/2009/04/spaceship-has-landed-announcing.html
The plans for our inaugural issue, "When Did We Become Post/human?" [co-edited
by Eileen Joy and Craig Dionne] are well under way, and more details
about this
issue and everyone involved in it thus far can be found here:
http://www.siue.edu/%7Eejoy/postmedieval_vol1no1_Apr2010_CFP.htm
The full prospectus for the journal, including its background &
history, vision
statement, Editorial Board, and plans for future issues, can be found here:
http://www.siue.edu/~ejoy/postmedievalProspectus.htm
The official Palgrave website for the journal, through which potential
contributors can access guidelines for submissions [and which will
also include
details about ordering the journal, specific issues, etc.], will be up
and running by May 1, I am told, and this is the address:
www.palgrave-journals.com/pmed/
If you are going to be at the Kalamazoo Congress this coming May,
BABEL will be
hosting a party Thursday evening [May 7th], from 9:00 pm to 1:00 am
at Cityscape
[Kalamazoo City Centre] @ 125 S. Kalamazoo Mall, Rm. 103 [just 1
block from the
Radisson Hotel].
Working Group and Palgrave Macmillan, "postmedieval: a journal of medieval
cultural studies" [Eileen Joy and Myra Seaman, Editors and Holly Crocker, Book
Reviews Editor]. The journal will be published three times a year [in
print and
online], beginning in 2010, with issue nos. 1 and 3 [April and
November] devoted
to special themes and topics, and issue no. 2 each year [July] set aside as an
open-topic issue. More details concerning that can be found here:
http://www.inthemedievalmiddle.com/2009/04/spaceship-has-landed-announcing.html
The plans for our inaugural issue, "When Did We Become Post/human?" [co-edited
by Eileen Joy and Craig Dionne] are well under way, and more details
about this
issue and everyone involved in it thus far can be found here:
http://www.siue.edu/%7Eejoy/postmedieval_vol1no1_Apr2010_CFP.htm
The full prospectus for the journal, including its background &
history, vision
statement, Editorial Board, and plans for future issues, can be found here:
http://www.siue.edu/~ejoy/postmedievalProspectus.htm
The official Palgrave website for the journal, through which potential
contributors can access guidelines for submissions [and which will
also include
details about ordering the journal, specific issues, etc.], will be up
and running by May 1, I am told, and this is the address:
www.palgrave-journals.com/pmed/
If you are going to be at the Kalamazoo Congress this coming May,
BABEL will be
hosting a party Thursday evening [May 7th], from 9:00 pm to 1:00 am
at Cityscape
[Kalamazoo City Centre] @ 125 S. Kalamazoo Mall, Rm. 103 [just 1
block from the
Radisson Hotel].
SUMMER SCHOOL IN THE STUDY OF OLD BOOKS
UNIVERSITY OF ZADAR
Ul. F. Tuđmana 24 i
23000 Zadar
Croatia
www.unizd.hr
DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCES PH.D. PROGRAMME KNOWLEDGE
SOCIETY AND INFORMATION TRANSFER Director of the Ph.D. Programme Professor
Tatjana Aparac Jelušić, Ph.D.
taparac@unizd.hr
Announces:
SUMMER SCHOOL IN THE STUDY OF OLD BOOKS
Zadar, Croatia, 28 September to 2 October 2009 http://ozk.unizd.hr/ssob/
Director of the Summer School Associate Professor Mirna Willer, Ph.D.
mwiller@unizd.hr
The main goal of the Summer School in the Study of Old Books is to acquaint
participants with the most recent developments and newly emerged concepts in
the fields of: historical method and epistemology, old book research and
bibliography, bibliographic information organization and its relation to the
archival context, conservation and preservation; and to provide practical
introduction to old books collection management with contemporary approaches
to digitization. The Summer School also aims to provide participants with
insight into current research of old books and manuscripts, and to raise
their awareness of rich and technologically advanced research information
sources such as European Hand Press Book Database, and the Portal for
cross-searching catalogues of European manuscript materials.
The Summer School in the Study of Old Books targets doctoral students and
recent doctoral graduates studying in the fields of: history of book,
library and information sciences, archival studies, and cultural heritage
studies. It also targets the university faculty, researchers and
practitioners working in memory institutions in the fields related to the
topics of the School.
The Summer School in the Study of Old Books is planned to cover 16 lectures,
1 presentation, 2 workshops and group work sessions in 5 days.
Proceedings of the School will publish delivered lectures and accepted
student essays.
Registration fee: doctoral students 100 ?; others 200 ?
The closing date for application is 14 May 2009.
Should you require any further information please contact Marijana Tomić at
mtomic@unizd.hr .
Best regards
Marijana Tomić, resarch assistent
University of Zadar
Departement of Library and Information Science
Ulica dr. Franje Tuđmana 24i
23000 Zadar
mtomic @unizd.hr
tel. +38523/345-011
Ul. F. Tuđmana 24 i
23000 Zadar
Croatia
www.unizd.hr
DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCES PH.D. PROGRAMME KNOWLEDGE
SOCIETY AND INFORMATION TRANSFER Director of the Ph.D. Programme Professor
Tatjana Aparac Jelušić, Ph.D.
taparac@unizd.hr
Announces:
SUMMER SCHOOL IN THE STUDY OF OLD BOOKS
Zadar, Croatia, 28 September to 2 October 2009 http://ozk.unizd.hr/ssob/
Director of the Summer School Associate Professor Mirna Willer, Ph.D.
mwiller@unizd.hr
The main goal of the Summer School in the Study of Old Books is to acquaint
participants with the most recent developments and newly emerged concepts in
the fields of: historical method and epistemology, old book research and
bibliography, bibliographic information organization and its relation to the
archival context, conservation and preservation; and to provide practical
introduction to old books collection management with contemporary approaches
to digitization. The Summer School also aims to provide participants with
insight into current research of old books and manuscripts, and to raise
their awareness of rich and technologically advanced research information
sources such as European Hand Press Book Database, and the Portal for
cross-searching catalogues of European manuscript materials.
The Summer School in the Study of Old Books targets doctoral students and
recent doctoral graduates studying in the fields of: history of book,
library and information sciences, archival studies, and cultural heritage
studies. It also targets the university faculty, researchers and
practitioners working in memory institutions in the fields related to the
topics of the School.
The Summer School in the Study of Old Books is planned to cover 16 lectures,
1 presentation, 2 workshops and group work sessions in 5 days.
Proceedings of the School will publish delivered lectures and accepted
student essays.
Registration fee: doctoral students 100 ?; others 200 ?
The closing date for application is 14 May 2009.
Should you require any further information please contact Marijana Tomić at
mtomic@unizd.hr .
Best regards
Marijana Tomić, resarch assistent
University of Zadar
Departement of Library and Information Science
Ulica dr. Franje Tuđmana 24i
23000 Zadar
mtomic
tel. +38523/345-011
Performance Theory and Medieval Texts
I am currently soliciting paper proposals for a session on "Performance
Theory
and Medieval Texts" at the meeting of the Medieval Academy to be held in New
Haven on 18-21 March 2010. I am looking for inventive and rigorous
applications
of contemporary performance theory to medieval texts (broadly conceived), as
well as thoughtful critical considerations of the possibilities,
implications,
and potential shortcomings of performance studies approaches in a medieval
context.
Papers should be no longer than 30 minutes, and all members of the Medieval
Academy who did not present papers at the 2008 and 2009 annual meetings are
eligible. Proposals should be sent to Anders Winroth
(anders.winroth@yale.edu)
or on paper, in two copies, to Anders Winroth, Department of History, P.O.
Box
208324, New Haven CT 06520-8324.
Details of submission are available in the general call for papers:
http://medievalacademy.org/CallForPapers10.html
The conference also has a Facebook page:
http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=33799240816&ref=ts
I would be happy to answer any questions about the session on "Performance
Theory and Medieval Texts" directed to idumitrescu@smu.edu.
Irina Dumitrescu
idumitrescu@smu.edu
Theory
and Medieval Texts" at the meeting of the Medieval Academy to be held in New
Haven on 18-21 March 2010. I am looking for inventive and rigorous
applications
of contemporary performance theory to medieval texts (broadly conceived), as
well as thoughtful critical considerations of the possibilities,
implications,
and potential shortcomings of performance studies approaches in a medieval
context.
Papers should be no longer than 30 minutes, and all members of the Medieval
Academy who did not present papers at the 2008 and 2009 annual meetings are
eligible. Proposals should be sent to Anders Winroth
(anders.winroth@yale.edu)
or on paper, in two copies, to Anders Winroth, Department of History, P.O.
Box
208324, New Haven CT 06520-8324.
Details of submission are available in the general call for papers:
http://medievalacademy.org/CallForPapers10.html
The conference also has a Facebook page:
http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=33799240816&ref=ts
I would be happy to answer any questions about the session on "Performance
Theory and Medieval Texts" directed to idumitrescu@smu.edu.
Irina Dumitrescu
idumitrescu@smu.edu
Medieval History Journal CFP
Call for papers for a special issue of the Medieval History Journal edited by Sumit Guha,
Literary cultures at the frontiers: literature and identity in the early modern world
In a special issue of Public Culture published in 2000, several leading scholars proposed that ‘the nature of late-twentieth-century nationalism, multiculturalism, and the globalization of late liberalism has created a historical context for reconsidering the concepts of cosmopolitanism.’ They also drew our attention to diverse ways in which cosmopolitan languages (Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, Arabic, Persian, classical Chinese and others) had related to the vernaculars. These were the languages that early developed a self-conscious literary cultures, marked by the distinctions of genre, style, lexical and grammatical correctness. Their cultural power extended beyond regional or imperial frontiers. In the modern era, however the study of literary cultures has all too often succumbed to the self-validating assumptions of national territorial frameworks, with scholars devoting themselves to the identification of the roots of modern languages and ignoring the multicultural and multilingual milieus in which they had functioned. Modern states and education systems did succeed in generating a certain monolingualism world-wide.
Globalization - especially in recent decades - has radically ruptured that fragile homogeneity and created people who perforce partake of many cultures simultaneously. Historically viewed these processes are not altogether new; rather they are variations on themes that have always been present in cities and regions where diverse peoples met in past time. Powerful rulers drew on a wide range of literati skills to run their kingdoms and give luster to their courts. A comparative study of literary production and scholarly culture in such settings will tell us much about cultural coexistence and cross-fertilization in past time and enable us to better understand the irredeemably hybrid modern present. The planned special issue of MHJ is seen as a contribution to this project. We therefore welcome contributions from every part of the world where literary cultures met and mingled in the broadly defined ‘medieval’ period.
English-language papers submitted for this special issue should not exceed 10,000 words in length. They should be original, unpublished work not under consideration by any other journal or book.
Translations of articles that have appeared or will appear in other languages will be considered but preference will be given to original submissions. All submissions will be refereed. If possible, editorial assistance will be offered to contributors who do not usually write in English.
Schedule:
Brief abstracts due by September 30, 2009.
Authors whose articles are approved will be informed by October 31, 2009.
Complete papers formatted in conformity with the Journal's style-sheet will be due by April, 2010
Refereeing will be completed by June 30, 2010. The finished versions of papers must be submitted by October 31, 2010.
The complete issue will go to press on December 1, 2010 and appear as Volum
Literary cultures at the frontiers: literature and identity in the early modern world
In a special issue of Public Culture published in 2000, several leading scholars proposed that ‘the nature of late-twentieth-century nationalism, multiculturalism, and the globalization of late liberalism has created a historical context for reconsidering the concepts of cosmopolitanism.’ They also drew our attention to diverse ways in which cosmopolitan languages (Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, Arabic, Persian, classical Chinese and others) had related to the vernaculars. These were the languages that early developed a self-conscious literary cultures, marked by the distinctions of genre, style, lexical and grammatical correctness. Their cultural power extended beyond regional or imperial frontiers. In the modern era, however the study of literary cultures has all too often succumbed to the self-validating assumptions of national territorial frameworks, with scholars devoting themselves to the identification of the roots of modern languages and ignoring the multicultural and multilingual milieus in which they had functioned. Modern states and education systems did succeed in generating a certain monolingualism world-wide.
Globalization - especially in recent decades - has radically ruptured that fragile homogeneity and created people who perforce partake of many cultures simultaneously. Historically viewed these processes are not altogether new; rather they are variations on themes that have always been present in cities and regions where diverse peoples met in past time. Powerful rulers drew on a wide range of literati skills to run their kingdoms and give luster to their courts. A comparative study of literary production and scholarly culture in such settings will tell us much about cultural coexistence and cross-fertilization in past time and enable us to better understand the irredeemably hybrid modern present. The planned special issue of MHJ is seen as a contribution to this project. We therefore welcome contributions from every part of the world where literary cultures met and mingled in the broadly defined ‘medieval’ period.
English-language papers submitted for this special issue should not exceed 10,000 words in length. They should be original, unpublished work not under consideration by any other journal or book.
Translations of articles that have appeared or will appear in other languages will be considered but preference will be given to original submissions. All submissions will be refereed. If possible, editorial assistance will be offered to contributors who do not usually write in English.
Schedule:
Brief abstracts due by September 30, 2009.
Authors whose articles are approved will be informed by October 31, 2009.
Complete papers formatted in conformity with the Journal's style-sheet will be due by April, 2010
Refereeing will be completed by June 30, 2010. The finished versions of papers must be submitted by October 31, 2010.
The complete issue will go to press on December 1, 2010 and appear as Volum
Early Middle English Society
The Early Middle English Society, which seeks to promote the study and
scholarly discussion of English literary and cultural production from the
late twelfth century to the mid-fourteenth century, is sponsoring two
sessions at the seventeenth International Medieval Congress in Leeds,
12-15 July 2010.
Session one: Travel and Exploration in Early Middle English Texts
Abstracts are invited for papers dealing with descriptions of travel,
exploration, migration and/or conquest in Early Middle English texts, and
with relations between such texts and travel accounts in other texts.
Possible subjects may include, but are not limited to:
• Descriptions of travel, origins, discovery, conquest
• Relations between texts and maps
• Relations between narrative texts and travel accounts
• Geography and ethnography
• Utopian and/or dystopian narrative
• Texts written by travellers or migrants
• Texts as sources of information for travellers
• Awareness of linguistic consequences of travel
Session two: The Travelling Manuscript in Early Middle English
Abstracts are invited for papers dealing with the idea of travel in
relation to the study of manuscripts of the Early Middle English period.
Possible subjects may include, but are not limited to:
• Manuscripts which bring together texts with an interest in travel,
geography, ethnography and/or conquest
• Texts which "travel together", appearing as a corpus in various
manuscript contexts
• Travel (e.g., geographically, socially) of manuscripts
• Travel (e.g., geographically, socially) of individual texts in the
manuscript tradition
• Conversely, manuscripts which in their presentation of texts preclude
the possibility of a text's travel between different environments
• Diachronic travel of texts: OE texts into the Early Middle English
period, and Early Middle English texts after ca. 1350
• Multilingual contexts of the reception of Early Middle English, and the
exploration of linguistic differences
We particularly, but by no means exclusively, welcome papers with
interdisciplinary and/or diachronic approaches, papers that deal with
several texts in relation to each other, and papers that reach beyond the
conventional chronological, linguistic and geographical borders of Early
Middle English studies.
Please send proposals for twenty-minute papers (title and an abstract of
about 250-300 words, with a short bibliography) by e-mail to Sjoerd Levelt
(s.levelt {at} seh.oxon.org) by September 6, 2009. Inquiries are welcome.
scholarly discussion of English literary and cultural production from the
late twelfth century to the mid-fourteenth century, is sponsoring two
sessions at the seventeenth International Medieval Congress in Leeds,
12-15 July 2010.
Session one: Travel and Exploration in Early Middle English Texts
Abstracts are invited for papers dealing with descriptions of travel,
exploration, migration and/or conquest in Early Middle English texts, and
with relations between such texts and travel accounts in other texts.
Possible subjects may include, but are not limited to:
• Descriptions of travel, origins, discovery, conquest
• Relations between texts and maps
• Relations between narrative texts and travel accounts
• Geography and ethnography
• Utopian and/or dystopian narrative
• Texts written by travellers or migrants
• Texts as sources of information for travellers
• Awareness of linguistic consequences of travel
Session two: The Travelling Manuscript in Early Middle English
Abstracts are invited for papers dealing with the idea of travel in
relation to the study of manuscripts of the Early Middle English period.
Possible subjects may include, but are not limited to:
• Manuscripts which bring together texts with an interest in travel,
geography, ethnography and/or conquest
• Texts which "travel together", appearing as a corpus in various
manuscript contexts
• Travel (e.g., geographically, socially) of manuscripts
• Travel (e.g., geographically, socially) of individual texts in the
manuscript tradition
• Conversely, manuscripts which in their presentation of texts preclude
the possibility of a text's travel between different environments
• Diachronic travel of texts: OE texts into the Early Middle English
period, and Early Middle English texts after ca. 1350
• Multilingual contexts of the reception of Early Middle English, and the
exploration of linguistic differences
We particularly, but by no means exclusively, welcome papers with
interdisciplinary and/or diachronic approaches, papers that deal with
several texts in relation to each other, and papers that reach beyond the
conventional chronological, linguistic and geographical borders of Early
Middle English studies.
Please send proposals for twenty-minute papers (title and an abstract of
about 250-300 words, with a short bibliography) by e-mail to Sjoerd Levelt
(s.levelt {at} seh.oxon.org) by September 6, 2009. Inquiries are welcome.
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