First Medieval News of March!!

Some non-European news: Samurai Exhibit in Denver


Boticelli's Influence, a London Exhibit


The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity


Cranach Paintings Reunited in Moscow


A Comparison of Charlemagne and Trump--Both are called Political Bullies if that gives you something of the flavor


Not Specifically Medieval--A Map of Every Recorded Battle Ever


Joan of Arc Ring Returned to France


Michaelangelo's David gets a uh, ahem...."cleaning"


Was Hrolf Gangr (Rollo) a Dane or a Norwegian, inquiring minds want to know


Post-Norman Oxfordshire


Looking for Henry VII's Birthplace


Crowdfunding for Lindisfarne's original monastery excavation


That Newly Discovered Island from ASE


A Feature on Dunwich, ASE's Atlantis


Banya, Bulgaria, destroyed and rebuilt for Second Bulgarian Empire


Remote Romanian Villages Keep Medieval Traditions Alive


A Piece on an Exhibition of Celtic Artifacts in Scotland


A Report on Mary Carruther's as Guest Lecturer


"Hidden" Medieval Wall Paintings at Stratford's Guild Chapel to be revealed--concealed by Shakespeare's Pa


Oldest Oak Trees in Europe Found in Churchill's Backyard


10000 Images of Medieval and Early Modern Documents from Archbishops of York Going Online


A Call to Protect Medieval Gates from Modern Cars (well, drivers anyway)


The Lindau Gospels on Display at the Morgan Lib. in brighter light to show all that gold


The Vikings as Family Men


A Viking Bronze Pendant Just Found


BEDE'S WORLD SAVED!!

This summer, for the third year running, Will Noel and I will be teaching our course for the Rare Book School, The Medieval Manuscript in the 21st Century. I'll paste the description below, and you can find more information here:http://rarebookschool.org/courses/manuscripts/m95/

The course will be at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia (not in Charlottesville), 10-15 July. We'll start accepting applicants soon, so if you want to attend this summer I encourage you to apply now! Application information is here:

Feel free to email me with any questions.

Thanks!

Dot Porter

Course Description:

This course is designed to introduce students of both the digital humanities and manuscript studies to the concepts and realities of working with medieval manuscripts in the twenty-first century. Through the course, students and faculty will examine materials from the collections of the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books, and Manuscripts, as well as digitized versions of those materials and others.

Students in the course will consider four issues relating to using medieval manuscripts in a digital world. The first issue is theoretical, considering the relationship between medieval manuscripts and their digital counterparts, and questioning the notion of digital surrogacy. What does “digital surrogacy” mean and how might it affect our consideration of the physical objects represented through the surrogate? The second issue is the practical one of imbuing best practices when creating digital assets out of medieval manuscripts. If we are to digitize manuscripts, how can we ensure that those digital versions are the best they can be? And again: what does that mean? The third issue concerns the present landscape for digital medieval manuscripts (and medieval studies more generally), including current publication technologies and the place of Open Data. The fourth issue is that of building resources with and for digitized medieval manuscripts. What tools are available to enable us to create something new? As a final project, students and faculty in the course will work together to build something new—either “hacking” an application to display and sort medieval manuscript data, or creating an exhibition using an existing platform (such as Omeka). The specific direction of the final project will depend upon the skill sets available in the room.

Students should plan to bring a laptop with them to class.

In their personal statement, applicants should indicate their background, special interests, and expectations from the course. They should clearly state their experience working with manuscripts or manuscript-related courses they have taken, as well as any experience using digital technologies. Although it is expected that some students will have some technological experience, it is not a requirement for the course.

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Dot Porter (MA, MSLS)     
Digital Medievalist, Digital Librarian
Email: dot.porter@gmail.com
Personal blog: dotporterdigital.org
Medieval Electronic Scholarly Alliance: http://www.mesa-medieval.org
MESA blog: http://mesamedieval.wordpress.com/
MESA on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MedievalElectronicScholarlyAlliance

Subject: CFP: Call for Sessions: Forum Kunst des Mittelalters (Berlin,
20-23 Sept 17)

Berlin und Brandenburg, 20. - 23.09.2017
Deadline: Jun 1, 2016

IV. FORUM KUNST DES MITTELALTERS / FORUM MEDIEVAL ART
Berlin und Brandenburg, 20.-23.09.2017

Sektionenausschreibung / Call for Sessions

[please scroll down for English version – version française ci-dessous]

360° – Verortung, Entgrenzung, Globalisierung

Das vierte Forum Kunst des Mittelalters widmet sich schwerpunktmäßig
Themenbereichen, die an den geographischen und methodischen Grenzen
klassischer Mittelalterforschung angesiedelt sind. Ausgangspunkt sind
die Veranstaltungsorte Berlin und Brandenburg an der Havel, wo
einerseits lokale mediävistische Themen zu verhandeln, andererseits
reiche Sammlungsbestände zu byzantinischer und vorderasiatischer Kunst
vorhanden sind. Entsprechend wird es um die Interaktion
zentraleuropäischer Kunst des Mittelalters mit künstlerischer
Produktion in anderen Regionen gehen: von Osteuropa über den
byzantinischen Bereich, den Vorderen Orient, die Kaukasusregion und den
Mittelmeerraum bis hin zu den britischen Inseln und dem Ostseeraum.
Damit sollen auch Forschungsbereiche wie die Byzantinistik oder die
Islamische Kunstgeschichte in den Fokus des mediävistischen
Bewusstseins gerückt werden, gerade vor dem Hintergrund der massiven
Gefährdungen künstlerischer und architektonischer Denkmäler im Vorderen
Orient. Zu thematisieren sind etwa Phänomene wie Migration,
Medientransformation und kulturelle Paradigmenwechsel. Indem wir nach
kulturell prägenden Regionen an den Grenzen „Europas“ und nach
transkulturellen Kontaktzonen fragen, können auch Definitionen von
Mittelalter zur Debatte gestellt werden. – Als Pendant zu diesem
Rundblick soll auch die Forschung zur Region Brandenburg/Berlin
präsentiert werden. Dazu gehören ebenfalls Themen der museologischen
und kunstwissenschaftlichen Geschichte Berlins, wo die Erschließung von
Zonen kulturellen Austauschs eine lange Tradition hat.

Ihre Vorschläge für Sektionen richten Sie bitte bis spätestens 1. Juni
2016 an
mail@mittelalterkongress.de

Nach Auswahl der Sektionsvorschläge wird der Call for Papers
voraussichtlich im Juli 2016 veröffentlicht.

Deutscher Verein für Kunstwissenschaft
Organisation: Christian Freigang und Antje Fehrmann (Freie Universität
Berlin), Kai Kappel und Tina Zürn (Humboldt-Universität Berlin) mit
weiteren Partnern in Berlin und Brandenburg
www.mittelalterkongress.de

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IV. FORUM MEDIEVAL ART
Berlin and Brandenburg, September 20 - 23, 2017

CALL FOR SESSIONS

360° – Places, Boundaries, Global Perspectives

The 4th Forum Medieval Art will focus on research at the geographical
and methodological boundaries of classical medieval studies. The
various venues in Berlin and Brandenburg are the starting point, where,
on the one hand, local medieval topics will be discussed, and on the
other hand, the rich collections of Byzantine and Middle Eastern art
are available. Accordingly, the conference will highlight the
interaction of Central European medieval art and artistic production
with other regions ranging from Eastern Europe, Byzantium, the Middle
East, the Caucasus and the Mediterranean to the British Isles and the
Baltic region. Thus research areas such as Byzantine Studies or Islamic
Art History will be brought into the focus and consciousness of
medieval studies, particularly in the context of the severely
threatened artistic and architectural monuments of the Middle East.
Especially welcome are topics discussing phenomena such as migration,
media transformation and cultural paradigms. By asking for culturally
formative regions at the borders of "Europe" and transcultural contact
zones, definitions of the Middle Ages can be put up for debate. As a
counterpart to this panorama, research about the region of Brandenburg
and Berlin will also be presented. This includes subjects of museum
studies and the history art of and in Berlin, where the development of
areas of cultural exchange has a long tradition.

Please send your submission until June 1, 2016, to
mail@mittelalterkongress.de

Deutscher Verein für Kunstwissenschaft
Organisation: Christian Freigang and Antje Fehrmann (Freie Universität
Berlin), Kai Kappel and Tina Zürn (Humboldt-Universität Berlin) with
further partners in Berlin and Brandenburg
www.mittelalterkongress.de

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IV. FORUM ART MEDIEVAL
Berlin et Brandenburg, 20.-23.09.2017

CALL FOR SESSIONS

360° – Lieux, Frontières, Mondialisation

Le quatrième « Forum Kunst des Mittelalters » sera consacré à des
thématiques situées aux confins géographiques et méthodologiques des
recherches classiques médiévistes. Les lieux où se déroulent le
colloque, Berlin et Brandenburg, y servent comme points de départs :
d’une part, il existe un riche patrimoine médiéval dans cette région,
d’autre part les musées abritent des collections particulièrement
riches, notamment en arts byzantin et du Proche-Orient. Suivant cette
programmatique il s’agira de traiter les interactions multiples entre
les arts de l’Europe centrale, d’un côté, et les productions
artistiques dans d’autres régions : de l’Europe de l’est, à travers
l’Empire byzantin, le Proche-Orient, la région caucasienne, le bassin
méditerranéen, jusqu’aux Îles britanniques et le Baltique. On essayera
également de mettre en relief l’importance d’autres disciplines telles
que l’histoire de l’art byzantin ou l’histoire de l’art musulman, en
pleine considération des périls qui menacent actuellement les monuments
artistiques et architecturaux du Proche-Orient. Seront à approfondir
des phénomènes tels que la migration artistique, la transformation
médiatique, ou les changements de paradigmes culturels. En étudiant des
régions influentes aux confins de « l’Europe » et des zones
d’enchevêtrements culturels il aura aussi lieu de s’interroger sur la
notion de « Moyen Âge ». – Parallèlement à ce tour d’horizon,
l’occasion est donnée de présenter les recherches sur la région de
Berlin/Brandenburg, y inclus l’histoire des collections et de
l’histoire de l’art à Berlin où la mise en valeur des zones d’échange
interculturel connaît une longue tradition.

Les propositions de séance sont à soumettre jusqu’au 1er juin 2016 par
e-mail à l’adresse suivante :
mail@mittelalterkongress.de

Deutscher Verein für Kunstwissenschaft
Organisation: Christian Freigang et Antje Fehrmann (Freie Universität
Berlin), Kai Kappel et Tina Zürn (Humboldt-Universität Berlin) avec
d’autres partenaires à Berlin et Brandenburg
www.mittelalterkongress.de

Reference / Quellennachweis:
CFP: Call for Sessions: Forum Kunst des Mittelalters (Berlin, 20-23
Sept 17). In: H-ArtHist, Mar 2, 2016.
<http://arthist.net/archive/12338>.

CALL FOR PAPERS
for a renaissance in feminist scholarship on Anglo-Saxon England

We invite abstracts for essays to be published in a collection showcasing new work on masculinity, family, relationships, sexuality, virginity, women, and other topics related to gender or enabling feminist approaches, broadly conceived. We encourage submissions from people working at all stages of the profession and in all areas of interest. The editors will be writing grant proposals to engage graduate students as both research assistants and authors and to enable conference opportunities to workshop projects and develop links among collaborators. Our process will be collaborative, supportive, and rigorous. The final product will be a traditional collection published by an academic press.

The editors welcome enquiries by email and in person at Kalamazoo. Please submit abstracts by the end of May 2016 to support the editors in drafting grant proposals during Summer 2016. Essays will be due in May 2018, after conference activity in 2017. The manuscript will go to press in Fall 2018 for publication in 2019.

We also invite mentors and mentees to join our community, to support and learn from our authors and editors, to serve as readers, responders, and in other roles. Please send a brief email describing your potential involvement by the end of May 2016.

Robin Norris, Carleton University, robin_norris@carleton.ca
Rebecca Stephenson, University College Dublin, rebecca.stephenson@ucd.ie
Renée R. Trilling, University of Illinois, trilling@illinois.edu

The MLA is in Philadelphia next January. This year’s conference in Austin was super, and we had some excellent papers and roundtable discussions for the Old English thread. We’d really like to encourage Anglo-Saxonists to come to the MLA and help build a community of participants there. We’ll organize a dinner and drinks, and we’re making every effort to have Old English show itself as a dynamic and well-attended area of the MLA’s program.

Here are two of the sessions we’re putting on this year. Another CFP for two other sessions will follow shortly. Please do submit a 300-word abstract in .doc format to me (etreharne@mac.com) by 15th March 2016. It would be great to have a lively crowd in Philadelphia.

All best wishes,

Elaine (and on behalf of the rest of the Executive Committee of the OE Forum—Samantha Zacher, Matt Hussey, Renee Trilling)

Session 1) The Present is Another Country (Roundtable)

This roundtable, which seeks four focused case studies in total, will emphasize the ways in which Old English Literature and Language can make a significant contribution to contemporary discussions of diversity, ethnicity, disability, and other pressing issues in society and culture. Speakers are invited to present their case studies in a tightly argued ten-minute proposition. A respondent will synthesize the central themes emerging from the case studies.

Session 2) Beyond Measure

This session provides three speakers (or pairs of co-speakers) with the opportunity to present their research on any aspect of Old English Literature that is ‘beyond measure’; that is, texts or textual objects that are incomparable, ineffable, immeasurable, impenetrable, indecipherable, or that are simply outside of the understanding or intellectual reach of present-day scholarship.

Elaine Treharne, FSA, FRHistS, FEA
Roberta Bowman Denning Professor of Humanities
Co-Director of CMEMS; Director of Stanford TexT
Department of English
Building 460, 450 Serra Mall
Stanford University, CA 94305-2087
Tel: 650 723 4609
https://texttechnologies.stanford.edu/
https://english.stanford.edu/people/elaine-treharne

Elaine Treharne, FSA, FRHistS, FEA
Roberta Bowman Denning Professor of Humanities
Co-Director of CMEMS; Director of Stanford TexT
Department of English
Building 460, 450 Serra Mall
Stanford University, CA 94305-2087
Tel: 650 723 4609
https://texttechnologies.stanford.edu/
https://english.stanford.edu/people/elaine-treharne

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I am writing to invite submissions for the annual conference of the Texas Medieval Association (TEMA), which will take place at Texas A&M University on Sept. 23-25.  Proposals for individual papers and for full sessions are equally welcome.

All topics in medieval studies are eligible.  However, we are particularly interested in attracting papers and panels contributing to the 2016 conference theme: in shorthand, –form–, but invoking any word sharing this root.  The numerous –form– terms, though divergent in meaning, all pertain to organization, configuration, or structured relations.  Virtually any topic in any discipline can be viewed through its engagement with these concepts.  Those who wish to connect to the conference theme may seek intersections of their areas of interest with ideas of transformation, information, conformity/non-conformity, performance, formulation, reformation, or any other component of the far-reaching –form– network.

Papers may be delivered in English or Spanish.  If the presentation language will be Spanish, please specify this.  Send abstracts (in English) of approximately 200 words to Britt Mize (bmize@tamu.edubmize@tamu.edu

>) no later than August 1, 2016. Early submission is encouraged: rolling acceptance will begin on May 31, 2016, and space may become limited after this date. Among proposals for full sessions, those including participants from more than one institution will be given priority. A prize will be awarded for the best paper by a graduate student. I am attaching the Call for Papers in a form suitable for printing, posting, and sharing. If the attachment is stripped away by the server, it can be found (along with other information) at the conference website: tema.tamu.edu<http://tema.tamu.edu>. All best, Britt Mize _________________ 2016 President, Texas Medieval Association Associate Professor and Associate Head (interim) Department of English Texas A&M University