call for posters: ARCHAEOLOGY OF FARMING AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY IN EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE

The Research Group on Heritage and Cultural Landscapes   (GIPyPAC) from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) organises the  International Conference ARCHAEOLOGY OF FARMING AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY IN EARLY   MEDIEVAL EUROPE (5th-10th centuries), which will be held at the Faculty of   Letters during the 15th and 16th of November 2012 in Vitoria-Gasteiz. We are   planning to host a poster sesion related to the topics of the Conference  (mainly Archaeobotany, Zooarchaeology, pollen analysis, etc.). 

The call for posters will finish the 1st of July 2012. We invite you to submit an abstract of 300 words  (maximum) and the following information: 
- Title of the  poster:
- Keywords (5):
- Name(s) of the  author(s):
- e-mail:
- University/Department/Institution:

Once your  poster is accepted, we will send you the guidelines for the poster   presentation.

For more information:
- Web   page: https://sites.google.com/site/farmingandhusbandry/
-  e-mail: gipypac@gmail.com
- Address:
             Juan Antonio Quirós Castillo
            Departamento de Geografía,   Prehistoria y Arqueología,
            Facultad de Letras, UPV/EHU, 
            Calle Francisco   Tomás y Valiente s/n,  C.P. 01006 
            Vitoria-Gasteiz,   Spain

24th International Conference on Medievalism

I'm a little late on this, but still time for the student essay contest and of course, time for registering! 

24th International Conference on Medievalism
Hosted by Kent State University Regional Campuses
October 18-20, 2012
ON-CAMPUS LOCATION: Kent State University Stark
ONLINE LOCATION: A portion of this year's conference will be hosted online (October 15 to November 15) in a password-protected location.

PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES: Select papers may be published in THE YEAR'S WORK IN MEDIEVALISM, as well as be considered for publication in MEDIEVALLY SPEAKING and STUDIES IN MEDIEVALISM.

VIDEO GAME POSTER SESSION & WORKSHOP: Co-sponsored by Medieval Electronic Multimedia Organization.

STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST: Undergraduate students might consider submitting completed papers to be judge by several members of the International Society for the Study of Medievalism; prizes are available for the top three essays.


DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: June 1, 2012
DEADLINE FOR STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST: July 15, 2012

THEME: Medievalism(s) & Diversity
Is there diversity in medievalism? How has medievalism represented diversity of religion, race, nationality, ethnicity, sexuality, gender,...? How have medievalist works supported issues concerning equity and inclusion? How have medievalist works oppressed and suppressed? Are there elements of bigotry and discrimination? What about human rights as a medieval concept, as a contemporary concept? Media to consider might include (but are not limited to) any of the following: novels, plays, poetry, films, art works, the Internet, television, historical works, political works, comics, video games. Angles to consider might include (but are not limited to) any of the following: race, gender, sexuality, disability/ability, religion, corporation and/or class, nationality, human rights, political correctness, marginalization, anti-marginalization tactics, rewritten codes, rewritten ideologies, re-affirmed codes, re-affirmed ideologies.

Proposals for papers, paper sessions, round table sessions, workshops, and video game poster presentations will be considered.

MORE INFORMATION:  http://www.medievalism.net/conferences/ksu2012conference.html

Putting England in Its Place

Call For Papers

 Putting England in Its Place:
 Cultural Production and Cultural Relations in the High Middle Ages
 
33rd Annual Conference of the Center for Medieval Studies
Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus, Manhattan
March 9-10 2013

Speakers Include:
 Oliver Creighton, Julia Crick, Robert W. Hanning, Sarah Rees Jones, Elizabeth Tyler, Carol Symes, Paul R. Hyams, Kathryn A. Smith

The Deadline for Submissions is September 5, 2012
 
 Please send an  abstract and cover letter with contact information to Center for Medieval Studies, FMH 405, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458, or by email to medievals@fordham.edu or by fax to (718) 817-3987.
 

Kristen Mapes
Administrative Assistant
Center for Medieval Studies
Fordham University
medievals@fordham.edu
(t) 718.817.4655
(f) 718.817.3987

David J. Wallace

Judith Rodin Professor

University of Pennsylvania 

The Digital World of Art History

The Digital World of Art History

Databases, Initiatives, Policies and Practices Thursday July 12th

2012, Room 106 McCormick Hall Princeton University A one day

conference Full program is available at

http://ica.princeton.edu/conference.php

There is no charge to attend and all are welcome but registration is necessary as spaces are limited.

To register please contact Fiona Barrett at fionab@princeton.edu before July 7th.

Boccaccio at 700: Medieval Contexts and Global Intertexts

Boccaccio at 700: Medieval Contexts and Global Intertexts

An Interdisciplinary Conference: April 26-7, Sponsored by the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York

CFP: http://www2.binghamton.edu/cemers/conferences/boccaccio.html

Panel seeking submissions: Boccaccio in Medieval England

Every Middle English scholar is familiar with Boccaccio’s presence in Chaucer’s work. In 1378, Chaucer went to Lombardy under the direction of the King and John of Gaunt.  On this trip Chaucer is thought to have his first encounter with Boccaccio’s Teseida, the source of his Knight’s Tale, and also to have possibly come in contact with Boccaccio’s Filostrato at this time.  Much work has been done on the textual, cultural, and historical connections between Chaucer and Boccaccio.

But what about other Middle English authors?  With such a well-known and diverse body of work in both Latin and Italian, it is clear that Giovanni Boccaccio would have been known to other Middle English authors besides Chaucer.  This panel seeks to explore the intertextual reverberations between the corpus of Boccaccio and Middle English texts beyond Chaucer.  For instance, contemporary and friend of Chaucer, John Gower undoubtedly was affected by Boccaccio’s writings, but little work has been done showing the Florentine’s impact on Gower.  Likewise, the presence of Boccaccio’s Latin texts, like his De Casibus Virorum Illustrium, in Lydgate’s work would benefit from further investigation.  No single approach, theory, Middle English text or author (with exception to Chaucer) is beyond the purview of this panel.  One of the primary goals of this panel is to explore, on the occasion of his 700^th birthday, the extent of Boccaccio’s reach into late medieval English textual cultures.

Please send abstracts of no more than 300 words for 20 minute papers to:

christianbeck@ucf.edu  Deadline: September 1, 2012.

Reframing Ekphrasis

“Reframing Ekphrasis” 

Comparative Literature Graduate Conference

King’s College London

Friday, November 9^th, 2012

Keynote Speaker:

Stephen Cheeke (University of Bristol)

Ekphrasis is a literary mode that spans the entire breadth of literature, from Achille’s shield to Auden’s ‘Musée des Beaux Arts’. Defined by James Heffernan as “the verbal representation of graphic representation,” the referential scope of ekphrasis has expanded and contracted according to critical taste.  In the light of the increasingly complex way contemporary scholars have come to view visual literacy and culture, ekphrasis once again demands reconsideration. The “visual turn” in criticism, alongside the upsurge of interest in digital and material cultures, has enlarged the boundaries of what representation entails, and has questioned its stability.  In an age of interdisciplinarity, ekphrasis could provide a model for comparison that moves beyond binary encounters between discrete categories, such as national literature, art history, and the classics?  Rather than sublating image to word, might we resituate ekphrasis as a multi-media negotiation of meaning and form?

In this conference, we are interested in questioning not only the nature of ekphrasis, but also the supposedly essential nature of representation.  What dualisms, such as literature/visual arts, subject/authority, are implicit in traditional modes of ekphrasis, and how might other creative forms, like music, subvert this?  What kinds of power structures or hierarchies are embedded in ekphrasis, and how might we negotiate these, especially in the light of post-colonial and transnational theory?  What type of gaze does ekphrasis entail, and is this related to anxieties about the form?  What other art forms might be included in ekphrastic poetics that would contribute to interdisciplinary modes of thinking, such as architecture, performance art, or digital media? How far can ekphrasis provide a self-reflexive model for comparison?

Potential topics for papers might include, but are not limited, to:

-       Literature as a translation of the visual

-       Ekphrasis and the Modern Languages

-       Ekphrastic hierarchies: word/image, dominant/submissive, etc.

-       Taste and aesthetics

-       Relations of space and time in ekphrasis

-       Stasis and movement

-       The reverse: art depicting literature

-       Anxieties of ekphrasis

-       Ekphrasis in the digital age reproduction

-       Music and ekphrasis

-       New media and ekphrasis

-       Icononology and iconoclasm

-       Metapictures

-       Architecture and ekphrasis

We invite proposals for 20-minute papers exploring any aspect of ekphrasis as an inherently comparative mode. Please send 300 word abstracts plus a short biography to reframingekphrasis@gmail.com. Deadline for abstracts is 31^st July 2012. We will inform participants of acceptance by 15^th August 2012.

JMMLA--Flood them with medieval submissions!

The Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association has extended the deadline for essay submissions on its 2011 Conference Theme: “Play.” Essays treating any aspect of “Play” in language, literature, drama, film, and popular culture are welcome.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to: drama and performance studies; satire and parody; linguistic play; game theory; innovative pedagogies; scholarship as play; hoaxes and cons; queerings; subjectivity and identity performance; sport; transgressions and boundary-crossings; mindgames.

All submissions should be sent via email to the MMLA office at mmla@luc.edu by August 1, 2012. Please read the submission guidelines for additional information.