Durham University’s Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (IMEMS) is launching two new short courses: Manuscripts Up Close: An Introduction to Codicology and Working with Early Printed Books, 1476-1700, which are both fully online, one-week courses which can be taken flexibly and remotely. These will sit alongside their popular two-week courses, Latin European Medieval Palaeography and Reading English Handwriting 1500-1700.
Both Manuscripts Up Close: An Introduction to Codicology and Working with Early Printed Books, 1476-1700 are designed to include a week’s worth of material, which students have access to for eight weeks, allowing them to learn at their own pace. The courses are supported by two live, online Q&A sessions, which are optional to attend.
For more information, and how to apply, click the links below:
The Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (IMEMS) at Durham University is delighted to announce a new series of online palaeography courses to run from 25th November – 6th December 2024:
Latin European Medieval Palaeography with Dr Manuel Muñoz García.
Early Modern English Palaeography (1500-1700) with Dr Arnold Hunt.
The courses provide quality skills training to facilitate working with manuscripts, whether at graduate level or for those working in a professional environment as a librarian, archivist, etc. Feedback from former students highlights the quality and breadth of the content, the flexibility of the course and the opportunity to engage with a great range of optional videos.
The courses will run 25th November – 6th December. These are online, full-time courses that consist of asynchronous content and daily live sessions, which are duplicated to allow students from multiple time zones to join. Students will receive feedback on a portfolio of transcriptions after the course, as well as continued access to the asynchronous material for two months.
There are limited spaces (24 students per course) and applications are now open. We would appreciate it if you could circulate this announcement via your networks. Please get in touch if you have any questions or queries.
The final deadline for applications is November 10th 2024, but we encourage early applications as places will be offered to successful candidates on a first-come, first-served basis.
CHRISTOPHER DAWSON CENTRE SUMMER SCHOOL IN KOINE AND BIBLICAL GREEK 13 – 17 JANUARY, 2025
This five-day intensive school is for beginners who want to experience the excitement of reading parts of the Bible and early Christian literature in the original language. We shall read extracts from the Gospel and Epistles, as well as some important passages from the Septuagint (the ancient Greek version of the Old Testament), as well as some pieces from the early Fathers of the Church and the Liturgy of St John Chrysostom.
This course is suitable for beginners, provided that they are willing to undertake preliminary work on the Greek alphabet (to be provided) before the course begins.
Fr John Wall Community Library, in the rear of 31 Tower Road, New Town, Tasmania (about two kms from central Hobart – we will provide a map)
Monday 13 January to Friday 17 January 2025
9.00 am to 3.00 pm each day for five days
Tuition Fee $350 (concession available) includes workbook
Registrations are essential: email Dr David Daintree dccdain@gmail.com
Prior knowledge of Greek is not essential, but beginners are advised to purchase a self-instruction primer and work on the basics between now and the start of the course. It is particularly important to begin the course with a comfortable recognition knowledge of the Greek alphabet, otherwise learning even basic grammar and vocabulary will be frustrating and inefficient. Participants will never be embarrassed if their Greek is imperfect: the teaching method leaves the entire task of translation and exposition to the Lecturer. This approach has been useful to relative beginners as well as those who are more experienced.
Each intending participant should purchase, as soon as possible, a primer of New Testament Greek. There are many available, but a good choice is Gavin Betts, Complete New Testament Greek: A Comprehensive Guide to Reading and Understanding New Testament Greek with Original Texts. Langenscheidt’s pocket Greek Dictionary is also useful.
The Lecturer is Dr David Daintree who founded the Annual Latin Summer School in Hobart in 1993. Proceeds from this course will go to support The Christopher Dawson Centre. To enrol and for further information contact David Daintree at dccdain@gmail.com.
CHRISTOPHER DAWSON CENTRE 35th ANNUAL SUMMER SCHOOL IN MEDIEVAL AND LATER LATIN NOTRE DAME PRIORY, COLEBROOK, TASMANIA 6 – 10 JANUARY, 2025
Latin is arguably the mother tongue of Europe. Its literature is immensely rich. This course will offer a general introduction to Latin of all periods but with particular emphasis on the enormous body of medieval and later literature. We shall read original passages of scripture, liturgy, history, theology and poetry, both secular and secular. There will also be an introduction to palaeography, including an opportunity to handle original medieval manuscripts. There will be a strong emphasis on the pronunciation of Latin in speech and music.
The course us designed for students who already have some Latin, but determined absolute beginners should purchase a self-instruction primer and work on the basics between now and the start of the course. Participants will never be embarrassed by their shaky Latin: the teaching method leaves the entire task of translation and exposition to the Lecturer. This approach has been useful to relative beginners as well as those who are more experienced.
There will be four lectures a day on each of the five days, from Monday 6th to Friday 10th, starting at 9.00 am. There will be only one lecture after lunch each day, to free up the afternoons for private study.
TOPICS COVERED
Liturgy and Scripture.
Latin prose narrative: including passages from the Venerable Bede, St Brendan, Peter Abelard, Isidore of Seville, Robert Grosseteste
Hymns, sequences and religious poetry, including works by St Ambrose, Venantius Fortunatus, Adam of St Victor, and St Thomas Aquinas.
Secular Poetry, including songs from the Carmina Burana.
The Classical tradition, starting with passages from Virgil.
Theology and Patristics: St Augustine, Boethius, St Thomas Aquinas, St Benedict, St Patrick and Thomas a Kempis.
Palaeography – handling and interpreting manuscripts.
Participants should bring both a grammar and a small dictionary to class each day.
All course run during the period 5-9 February. Applications and payment must be finalised by 5 January. Some bursaries are available and these are also open for applications.
For general information, see the School’s website. For specific information on each course and to apply to attend, please use the links above.
Latin is arguably the mother tongue of Europe. Its literature is immensely rich. In a sense it never died; original work continues to be written in Latin up to modern times. This course will offer a general introduction to Latin with particular emphasis on the enormous body of medieval and later literature. We shall read original passages of Scripture, liturgy, history, theology and poetry, both secular and secular. There will also be an introduction to palaeography, including an opportunity to handle original medieval manuscripts. There will be a strong emphasis on the pronunciation of Latin in speech and music.
The course us designed for students who already have some Latin, but determined absolute beginners should purchase a self-instruction primer and work on the basics between now and the start of the course. Participants will never be embarrassed by their shaky Latin: the teaching method leaves the entire task of translation and exposition to the Lecturer. This approach has been useful to relative beginners as well as those who are more experienced. The instructor is Dr David Daintree.
Where: Notre Dame Priory, Colebrook When: Monday 15 January to Friday 19 January 2024 Time: 9.00 am to 3.00 pm each day for five days Cost: $350.00. Tea and coffee and lunch will be provided daily. Accommodation with all meals at the Priory’s guest house, Bethany, may be available at an additional charge of $100 per day. Registrations are essential: email director@dawsoncentre.org.
THE PROGRAMME There will be four lectures a day on each of the five days, from Monday 15 to Friday 19, starting at 9.00 am. There will be only one lecture after lunch each day, to free up the afternoons for private study.
TOPICS COVERED: • Liturgy and Scripture. • Latin prose narrative: including passages from the Venerable Bede, St Brendan, Peter Abelard, Isidore of Seville, Robert Grosseteste • Hymns, sequences and religious poetry, including works by St Ambrose, Venantius Fortunatus, Adam of St Victor, and St Thomas Aquinas. • Secular Poetry, including songs from the Carmina Burana. • The Classical tradition, starting with passages from Virgil. • Theology and Patristics: St Augustine, Boethius, St Thomas Aquinas, St Benedict, St Patrick and Thomas a Kempis. • Palaeography – handling and interpreting manuscripts.
Participants should bring both a grammar and a small dictionary to class each day. Any Latin Primer designed for self-instruction can be used, but F Kinchin Smith’s Teach Yourself Latin (out of print, but copies are available from www.abebooks.com) is particularly recommended. A free digitised version is available at https://archive.org/details/TeachYourselfLatin_201810/mode/2up.
All proceeds from this course go to the Priory and the Christopher Dawson Centre (http://www.dawsoncentre.org).
This five-day intensive school is for beginners who want to experience the excitement of reading parts of the Bible and early Christian literature in the original language. We shall read extracts from the Gospel and Epistles, as well as some important passages from the Septuagint (the ancient Greek version of the Old Testament), as well as some pieces from the early Fathers of the Church and the Liturgy of St John Chrysostom. Accommodation at the Centre is available on request. We are trialling the Emmanuel Centre for the first time – it sounds ideal. We would appreciate expressions of interest at this time.
This course is suitable for beginners, provided that they are willing to undertake preliminary work on the Greek alphabet (to be provided) before the course begins.
Where: The Emmanuel Centre, 123 Abbott Street, Newstead, Launceston When: Monday 22 January to Friday 26 January 2024 Time: 9.00 am to 3.00 pm each day for five days Cost: $350 (pension concession available) Registrations are essential: email Dr David Daintree dccdain@gmail.com
Some prior knowledge of Greek is not essential, but beginners should purchase a self-instruction primer (see below) and work on the basics between now and the start of the course. It is particularly important to begin the course with a comfortable recognition knowledge of the Greek alphabet, otherwise learning even basic grammar and vocabulary will be frustrating and inefficient. Alphabet recognition exercises will be sent to registered participants prior to the start of the course. Participants will never be embarrassed if their Greek is imperfect: the teaching method leaves the entire task of translation and exposition to the Lecturer. This approach has been useful to relative beginners as well as those who are more experienced.
Each intending participant should purchase, as soon as possible, a primer of New Testament Greek. There are many available, but a good choice is Gavin Betts, Complete New Testament Greek: A Comprehensive Guide to Reading and Understanding New Testament Greek with Original Texts.
The Lecturer is Dr David Daintree who founded the Annual Latin Summer School in Hobart in 1993. Proceeds from this course will go to support The Christopher Dawson Centre.
THE PROGRAMME
There will be four lectures a day on each of the five days, starting at 9.00 am. There will be only one lecture after lunch each day, to free up the afternoons for private study.
To enrol and for further information contact David Daintree dccdain@gmail.com.
The first session of the ANZAMEMS PGR/ECR Reading Group took place on Zoom on Tuesday 28 February. The topic was ‘compassion’, and the readings were Diana Barnes’s introductory article on ‘Cultures of Compassion’ from the latest (39/2, 2022) issue of Parergon, and Katherine Ibbett’s chapter on ‘The Compassion Machine’ in her 2017 Compassion’s Edge: Fellow-Feeling and its Limits in Early Modern France. There were twelve attendees, and we enjoyed a great discussion on the two readings.
There was discussion over whether understanding and reason must precede feelings of compassion, or whether compassion was a pre-rational response to others’ pain. The readings brought in the idea that compassion was fellow-feeling for those suffering undeservedly, implying that a judgement must be made as to whether a sufferer was deserving or not. This linked to whether there was a boundary between the self and object of compassion. Selfishness was a common theme which kept appearing in our discussion. Wrath and despair were noted as opposites of compassion.
A major theme in the readings was the rational or self-managing versus the excessive or spontaneous. Barnes quoted Milton, showing unmediated compassion as divine rather than human, while humanity’s compassion was deemed rational. Our discussion teased beyond the Christian roots of the concept of compassion, noting the links to Stoicism in the Barnes reading, and Aristotelian links in Ibbett. Comparison was also drawn to the Buddhist notion of the selfishness of suffering which will benefit the self.
We then turned to the Reformation and differences in compassion in Catholicism and Protestant thought. There was particular discussion on how suffering can be seen as good or as bad. It could signal a lack of predestination, or a purging to bring the sufferer closer to God (such as in purgatory or the Crusades). This led to the question of whether others can feel joy for another’s suffering. Does joy arise from the sufferer or observer? Does a sufferer need an observer to gain compassion (a performance of suffering)? Good points were made about viewers of drama and readers of texts being communal audiences rather than sole observers. This idea of the ‘collective’ linked to notions of the ‘contagion’ of compassion, spreading from person to person.
Finally, there was consideration of the gendered aspect of compassion. Ibbett devoted a small section of her chapter to compassion as a female trait. We then linked this back to the idea of those ‘deserving’ of compassion (by being undeserving of their suffering), showing that female characters are often judged less favourably. This was attributed in part to their reactions or revenge for their suffering being deemed unacceptable for women.
Two interesting texts were suggested in the discussion:
Charles Zika’s chapter ‘Compassion in Punishment: The Visual Evidence in Sixteenth-Century Depictions of Calvary’, in Cultural Shifts and Ritual Transformations in Reformation Europe, ed. by Victoria Christman and Marjorie Elizabeth Plummer (Brill, 2020), doi:10.1163/9789004436022_013
ANZAMEMS is excited to announce it will be running a Professional Development Day for postgraduates and early career researchers from both Australia and New Zealand at the upcoming Congress of the Council of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHASS) in Melbourne, in late November 2022.
The event will be held both in person at The University of Melbourne, and online via Zoom on Wednesday 30 November 2022.
The ANZAMEMS Professional Development Day will assist postgraduate and ECR scholars in their development as researchers and provide opportunities to network with experts and other postgraduates working in similar fields. The program will offer a mix of career development and state of the field/s reflections. A detailed program and list of speakers will be announced shortly.
Registration for the ANZAMEMS Professional Development Day is required. Registration is FREE for all attendees.
To register to attend the ANZAMEMS Professional Development Day either in-person or online, please visit: https://www.trybooking.com/954218
Covid-Safe Event
Please note: Covid-Safe measures will be in place during the Event for those attending in person:
Free masks, RATs and hand sanitiser will be provided by Event organisers;
In-person attendees will be required to wear masks whilst indoors, and to provide proof of a negative RAT the morning of the Event;
ANZAMEMS strongly encourages individuals to remain up to date with their COVID-19 vaccinations;
Covid-safe meal options for morning/afternoon tea and lunch will also be provided.
Childcare
The Congress of HASS is a child friendly event. For more information about childcare options, please visit the Congress website: https://www.chass.org.au/congress.
Travel and Carer Bursaries
A limited number of Travel and Carer bursaries will be available to ANZAMEMS members who are current or recent Postgraduates or Early Career Researchers to attend the Professional Development Day. This includes members from New Zealand. The amount of funding available, and hence the number of bursaries funded, will be determined by the Event organising committee after they have considered all the applications. Bursaries will be awarded on a competitive basis and applicants will be ranked according to distance travelled, financial need, current employment status, and access to other sources of funding.
Current Postgraduates should be enrolled in higher degree research programs (MA by research or PhD) at the time of their application.
Early Career Researchers should have graduated from a higher degree research program (MA by research or PhD), and should not yet be employed in an ongoing academic position.
To apply for a bursary, please send an email titled 2022 ANZAMEMS Professional Development Day Bursary Application to Dr Marina Gerzic (info@anzamems.org) with the following information included in a Word document attached to the email (please do not send these details directly in the email itself):
Name, and affiliation (if any);
Type of bursary you are applying for, i.e., Travel or Carer;
Confirm whether you are a Postgraduate or Early Career Researcher;
Confirm that you are a financial member of ANZAMEMS for 2022;
A short budget (no more than 1/2 page) detailing the cost of attending the Event;
Details of any other sources of funding.
The closing date for bursary application is Friday 30 September.
Dr Victoria Flood (University of Birmingham) will be visiting The University of Western Australia later this month. Dr Flood’s visit is supported by the Institute of Advanced Studies and Medieval and Early Modern Studies at UWA.
Dr Flood will be delivering the following Masterclass for IAS (see also the below flyer):
‘Invisible Worlds: Visibility and Invisibility in Public-Facing Heritage Interpretation’
