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ARC Kathleen Fitzpatrick Laureate Fellowship Mentoring Scheme at the University of Melbourne

This scheme is fully funded by the Australian Research Council and is a part of Professor Joy Damousi’s ARC Kathleen Fitzpatrick Laureate Fellowship. It will be offered annually for the next 5 years. The aim is to attract outstanding early career female researchers who have completed their PhDs within the past 10 years in the humanities and the social sciences to an intensive mentoring programme. All travel and accommodation costs to Melbourne will be covered.

Applications for the 3-7 December program are now open. Applications close 14 May 2018, 5PM (AEST) For more information and to apply, go to https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/shaps/research/projects/kathleen-fitzpatrick-laureate-fellowship/mentoring-scheme

The focus of this programme is on research leadership and conducting best practice in research activity. It will involve workshops on all aspects of developing a research career: preparation of publications such as articles and books; writing grant applications; developing networking opportunities; honing presentation and public speaking skills; and conducting ethics in research. It will involve participants presenting their research; commenting and providing feedback on drafts; and exposing participants to a variety of speakers who would share their own experiences. In addition to these practical activities and direct mentoring of their own research projects, this programme will also offer participants an exploration of a range of skills such as developing career strategies and enhancing career progression. Over five days, the participants will gain insight into these aspects of career advancement and cover the following themes: focusing on issues confronting women researchers; identifying career opportunities; engaging in national and international research environment; managing institutional change and developing time management skills. The programme aims to reach outside of institutional boundaries to develop broad professional supportive networks that will assist those committed to fully developing their research career.

Enquiries: email KFLaureate-Fellowship@unimelb.edu.au

History of the Celts in 20 Objects Study Day

Saturday 21 April, Australian School of Celtic Learning, www.celticlearning.com.au

The Celts are defined linguistically, and yet we are able to associate a vast collection of objects, decorative and utilitarian, with Celtic culture over more than two millennia.  An attempt to define the history of the Celts through such a small sample as twenty objects is doomed to failure.  Rather, this study day seeks to touch on some of the more intriguing aspects of Celtic culture though the objects that are associated with it.  In examining our twenty objects, we will also glance quickly at some additional objects that did not make the cut.  We will talk about what makes an object Celtic, what is special about each object, and how it represents a particular aspect of Celtic culture.  Each object will be illustrated with a range of photographs.

Schedule
9.30-11.00 – metalwork
11.30-1.00 – stone sculpture
1.30-3.00 – manuscripts
3.30-5.00 – other objects

Venue
Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney

Cost
AU$95 full fee     $65 student/unwaged
includes morning and afternoon teas, light lunch and booklet
download flyer including registration form

Shakespeare summer school – Montpellier, France 2018

Montpellier, France 2018
Shakespeare summer school
9 – 13 July 2018

You’re invited to join us for a unique literary summer school experience in Montpellier, in the south of France, exploring the work of Shakespeare and his world. Sessions will include lectures from an international group of scholars on various aspects of Shakespeare and the early modern world, and on Shakespeare on screen, together with play readings from our focus plays Henry IV Part 1 and Henry V. A detailed programme will be provided closer to the time.
 

No prior experience is necessary; students, general readers, scholars all welcome!

Convenors: Dr Victoria Bladen (The University of Queensland, Australia) &

Prof Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin (University Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3), in partnership with the Institut de Recherche sur la Renaissance, l’âge Classique et les Lumières (IRCL)

Click here for information about the convenors

 

Enquiries:  victoria.bladen@uqconnect.edu.au or  nvienneguerrin@orange.fr

http://victoriabladen.wixsite.com/shakespeareforall

Cost: Full – 300 euros        Student/Unwaged – 250 euros

Students of the host institution (Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier III): no registration fee

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Call for Applications –  DIGITAL EDITING AND THE MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT ROLL

Call for Applications

 DIGITAL EDITING AND THE MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT ROLL

March 30th and 31st, 2018

University of Pennsylvania

 This graduate training workshop will cover topics in:

  • Paleography and Cataloging of Medieval Manuscript Rolls
  • Manuscript Transcription and Scholarly Editing
  • Introduction to the Digital Edition: Challenges and Best Practices
  • Collaborative Editing
  • XML, Text Encoding Fundamentals and the TEI Schema

No prior paleography or encoding experience is required.

The workshop covers the fundamentals of digital editing while tackling the codicological challenges posed by manuscript rolls. Practical sessions inform collective editorial decision-making: participants will undertake the work of transcription and commentary, and encode (according to TEI P5 protocols) the text and images of a medieval manuscript roll. The workshop will result in a collaborative digital edition.

The workshop will take place March 30th and 31st, 2018 (Friday-Saturday) 9.30am-4.30pm, and will be run by Yale and Penn graduate students. It is free of charge, and lunches will be provided. The workshop will be limited to ten places, with preference given to graduate students who demonstrate need for training in manuscript study and text encoding.

An information booklet and syllabus can be found on the website – please read this document before applying, and apply online by February 5th (https://goo.gl/forms/WVF0mBkGR7zb4iRm2). Applicants will be notified whether they can be offered a place by February 15th. For more information, see the project website or email pennmedieval@gmail.com

Irish Archaeology Field School (IAFS) Forensic Anthropology Course

The Irish Archaeology Field School (IAFS) provides third level training in heritage based studies to a number of university partners (see www.iafs.ie for more detail). This year the IAFS are launching an exciting new forensic anthropology course (see here) in partnership with Maynooth University and the Irish National Heritage Park. This week long course will run twice, starting March 11th and June 10th and carries 7.5 ECTS credits (awarded by Maynooth University).

The program will be taught from the site of Carrick Castle (and settlement), the first Norman Castle in Ireland, constructed in 1169. The castle site is located within the stunning confines of the Irish National Heritage Park in Wexford, southeast Ireland, a 40 acre parkland featuring the largest open air museum in Ireland. The course is particularly suitable for any students with an interest in osteoarchaeology and physical/forensic anthropology but may also appeal to a wide range of backgrounds including archaeology, history, anthropology, medieval studies – or just students looking for a unique study abroad experience in general. The program will include students of all ages and nationalities.

Brochure https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/sites/default/files/assets/document/Forensic%20Anthro%20Brochure_0.pdf

For further information contact:

Mairead Stobie
Program Administrator 

mairead.stobie@iafs.ie 

Reading Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts Professional Masterclass by Professor Michelle P. Brown

Reading Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts Professional Masterclass by Professor Michelle P. Brown

When Wednesday 24 January 2018 from 09:30AM to 04:00PM

Venue Great Southern Room, State Library of Western Australia 

Details Professor Brown will share her expertise in a Masterclass for the collecting sector, students and scholars.  The Masterclass will examine manufacturing techniques and contexts for the commissioning and making of illuminated manuscripts from late antiquity to the early 16th century. Professor Brown will relate the principles established in the making of illuminated manuscripts to the early printed book and into the electronic age.

The Masterclass is strictly limited to 50 places. 

For information contact Dr Kate Gregory 9427 3480

https://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/whats-on/events-exhibitions/reading-medieval-illuminated-manuscripts-professional-masterclass

Shakespeare Matters – a free online course from AdelaideX

Shakespeare Matters – a free online course from AdelaideX

Hosted on the edX platform, Shakespeare Matters is a free 5-week online course on the relevance of Shakespeare in today’s society. The course focuses on the emotions of love, hate and jealousy in Hamlet, Othello, The Winter’s Tale, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and King Henry V.

In this introductory course, you will learn how Shakespeare uses emotion in his plays, how his characters experience and manipulate emotions, and how the emotional resonance of the plays makes them powerfully relevant to the modern world.

When does it start?
The course launches on the 14th December 2017 and goes for 5 weeks. Learners should spend 2-3 hours per week.

Who can enrol?
Shakespeare Matters is open to anyone globally.

How do I enrol?
Enrol by going to the edX website and registering your details. This will give you access to the portal where you can start the course as of the 14th December 2017.

Enrol here.

Please let me know if you have any questions about this course. You can also have a look at our social media channels:
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Hobart Summer Schools 2018

HOBART SUMMER SCHOOLS 2018

SUMMER SCHOOL IN LATIN

Intensive reading course in Medieval and Ecclesiastical Latin.  This will be the 25th annual Hobart Latin Summer School!  It is now taught under the auspices of the Christopher Dawson Centre.  Some prior knowledge of Latin is a prerequisite, though a person with some background in another language can readily come up to the starting gate.  Readings from some of the great and influential literature, poetry and prose, from antiquity to the dawn of the modern world.

Hobart (venue to be determined, but a central location)

22-26 January 2018

9.00 am to 3.00 pm daily for five days

SUMMER SCHOOL IN NEW TESTAMENT GREEK

In association with the Verbum Domini Institute, this is an intensive course in the koine Greek of the New Testament, a continuation of last summer’s course that is also suitable for virtual beginners who are willing to undertake some preliminary work on the Greek alphabet.  We shall read passages from the Gospels and from Christian literature of the apostolic age. 

Hobart, 35 Tower Road, New Town

29 January to 2 February 2018

9.00 am to 3.00 pm daily for five days

Please contact David Daintree directly – dccdain@gmail.com – for further information about either of these two courses.