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Devotion, Gender and the Body in the Religious Cultures of Europe 1100-1800: PATS and Symposium – Call For Applications Extended to 15 June

Religious History Association
“Devotion, Gender and the Body in the Religious Cultures of Europe 1100-1800”
A Postgraduate Advanced Training Seminar (PATS) and Symposium

  • Friday 18 August 2017 at Monash University (Clayton Campus): 11am-5pm
  • Saturday 19 August 2017 at Pilgrim Theological College, College Crescent, Parkville: 9:30am-4:30pm

The Religious History Association is keen to promote the study of religious history across a wide range of chronological periods and religious traditions. To this end, it is hosting a postgraduate advanced training seminar (PATS) and symposium, held on Friday 18 August under the auspices of the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Monash University, at its Clayton Campus, and on Saturday 19 August at Pilgrim Theological College (part of the University of Divinity), College Crescent, Parkville.

Religious devotion has always been profoundly shaped by broader assumptions in society about gender and the body, involving access to the divine through the senses, the emotions and materiality. While the practice of theology and preaching has often been perceived as an exercise dominated by men, devotional practices have often been pursued by both men and women, providing a possibility to examine the impact of both gender and materiality in shaping religious culture. In many different religious traditions, the body provides a frequently contested site for competing ideas about gender and sexuality to be considered as well as ideals of religious devotion. This PATS and symposium provides an opportunity for postgraduates and early career researchers to share their research in any aspect of religious history in the medieval, early modern or modern periods, that touches on devotion, gender and the body, whether in Jewish, Christian or Islamic contexts between the medieval and modern periods.

The PATS (which begins with a presentation by Prof Clare Waters on Friday at 11.00 am-12.00 noon) will provide an opportunity in the afternoon for student focused workshop sessions, where graduates can discuss their research with established scholars. On the Saturday, there will be speaker presentations and round table discussion about the theme of devotion, gender and the body in the medieval and early modern periods.

Invited Speakers

  • Dr Lisa Beaven (Centre for the History of the Emotions, University of Melbourne)
  • Assoc. Professor Erin Griffey (Dept of Art History, University of Auckland)
  • Dr Claire Walker (Dept of History, University of Adelaide)
  • Prof. Claire Waters (Dept of English, University of California at Davis)
  • Prof. Constant Mews (Centre for Religious Studies, Monash University)

Submissions

Interested postgraduate students are invited to apply for a place at the PATS by the extended to deadline of 15 June, addressed to The Secretary, Religious History Association, katharine.massam@ctm.uca.edu.au.

  1. Name, affiliation, research degree and title of research project
  2. A statement (up to 500 words) detailing the benefit of the PATS to your research
  3. One academic reference, normally from your research supervisor. This can be brief (up to 500 words), and should be included in your application.

The PATS is intended primarily for postgraduate students, but applications from early career researchers (within two years of completion of a doctoral degree) will also be considered.

A limited number of bursaries are available from the Religious History Association to postgraduates wishing to participate in this PATS and symposium, to assist in covering travel and overnight accommodation costs. See: http://ctm.uca.edu.au/support-services/accommodation.

Applications for these bursaries can be submitted with your application for the PATS, and should include a copy of a quotation for travel to and from the PATS, and for accommodation expenses.

Postgrads and researchers in the Melbourne region, interested in attending but not asking for a bursary, are encouraged to register by 15 June, in order that we can establish numbers.

Professor Constant Mews, President, Religious History Association: Constant.Mews@monash.edu

Devotion, Gender and the Body in the Religious Cultures of Europe 1100-1800: PATS and Symposium – Call For Applications

Religious History Association
“Devotion, Gender and the Body in the Religious Cultures of Europe 1100-1800”
A Postgraduate Advanced Training Seminar (PATS) and Symposium

  • Friday 18 August 2017 at Monash University (Clayton Campus): 11am-5pm
  • Saturday 19 August 2017 at Pilgrim Theological College, College Crescent, Parkville: 9:30am-4:30pm

The Religious History Association is keen to promote the study of religious history across a wide range of chronological periods and religious traditions. To this end, it is hosting a postgraduate advanced training seminar (PATS) and symposium, held on Friday 18 August under the auspices of the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Monash University, at its Clayton Campus, and on Saturday 19 August at Pilgrim Theological College (part of the University of Divinity), College Crescent, Parkville.

Religious devotion has always been profoundly shaped by broader assumptions in society about gender and the body, involving access to the divine through the senses, the emotions and materiality. While the practice of theology and preaching has often been perceived as an exercise dominated by men, devotional practices have often been pursued by both men and women, providing a possibility to examine the impact of both gender and materiality in shaping religious culture. In many different religious traditions, the body provides a frequently contested site for competing ideas about gender and sexuality to be considered as well as ideals of religious devotion. This PATS and symposium provides an opportunity for postgraduates and early career researchers to share their research in any aspect of religious history in the medieval, early modern or modern periods, that touches on devotion, gender and the body, whether in Jewish, Christian or Islamic contexts between the medieval and modern periods.

The PATS (which begins with a presentation by Prof Clare Waters on Friday at 11.00 am-12.00 noon) will provide an opportunity in the afternoon for student focused workshop sessions, where graduates can discuss their research with established scholars. On the Saturday, there will be speaker presentations and round table discussion about the theme of devotion, gender and the body in the medieval and early modern periods.

Invited Speakers

  • Dr Lisa Beaven (Centre for the History of the Emotions, University of Melbourne)
  • Assoc. Professor Erin Griffey (Dept of Art History, University of Auckland)
  • Dr Claire Walker (Dept of History, University of Adelaide)
  • Prof. Claire Waters (Dept of English, University of California at Davis)
  • Prof. Constant Mews (Centre for Religious Studies, Monash University)

Submissions

Interested postgraduate students are invited to apply for a place at the PATS by end of Wednesday 7 June 2017, addressed to The Secretary, Religious History Association, katharine.massam@ctm.uca.edu.au.

  1. Name, affiliation, research degree and title of research project
  2. A statement (up to 500 words) detailing the benefit of the PATS to your research
  3. One academic reference, normally from your research supervisor. This can be brief (up to 500 words), and should be included in your application.

The PATS is intended primarily for postgraduate students, but applications from early career researchers (within two years of completion of a doctoral degree) will also be considered.

A limited number of bursaries are available from the Religious History Association to postgraduates wishing to participate in this PATS and symposium, to assist in covering travel and overnight accommodation costs. See: http://ctm.uca.edu.au/support-services/accommodation.

Applications for these bursaries can be submitted with your application for the PATS, and should include a copy of a quotation for travel to and from the PATS, and for accommodation expenses.

Professor Constant Mews, President, Religious History Association: Constant.Mews@monash.edu

Melbourne Masterclass: Objects, Sounds and Stories of Love

Melbourne Masterclass: Objects, Sounds and Stories of Love

Date: Wednesdays 12, 19, and 26 April, 2017
Time: 6:00pm-8:30pm

As part of the Love: Art of Emotion 1400-1800 exhibition held at the National Gallery of Victoria (March 31- June 18 2017) a masterclass held three weeks will examine a theme within the exhibition.

Led by Love: Art of Emotion curator and lead researcher, Dr Angela Hesson, the masterclass series will be a blend of lectures, discussions and performances exploring the materiality, visions and sounds of love.

There will also be exclusive exhibition viewing for the first two sessions.

To view the full program, including speaker biographies and abstracts, download the program flyer.

This masterclass program and free exhibition are subsidized through the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions. Spaces are limited.

University of Cambridge Shakespeare Summer Programme 2017 – Call For Applications

University of Cambridge Shakespeare Summer Programme 2017
International Summer Programmes, Cambridge, United Kingdom
6-19 August, 2017

This open-access programme will run from 6 to 19 August 2017 and allows participants to find out about the latest developments in Shakespeare studies. You can study the power, beauty, meaning and context of his plays, explore aspects of performance in workshops led by a professional actor and director, and discover connections with the wider world of Elizabethan culture. Leading academics teach our rich collection of open-access courses and the classroom sessions allow for close discussion. These are supplemented by morning lectures and evening talks given by subject specialists. What’s more, you can join an excursion to see Much Ado About Nothing at Shakespeare’s Globe and enjoy evening performances of some of his plays in beautiful College gardens.

What makes the programme so special is that you can choose to stay and dine in a historic Cambridge College, enjoy weekend excursions, social activities and all that Cambridge has to offer.

The closing date for applications is 24 July, 2017.

For more information, please visit: http://www.ice.cam.ac.uk/course/shakespeare-summer-programme.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at intenq@ice.cam.ac.uk.

Objects, Sounds and Stories of Love Masterclass Program (April 2017)

Melbourne Masterclass: Objects, Sounds and Stories of Love
Wednesdays 12, 19, and 26 April,2017 6.00pm-8.30pm

As part of the Love: Art of Emotion 1400-1800 exhibition held at the National Gallery of Victoria (March 31- June 18 2017) a masterclass series held over three weeks will examine a theme within the exhibition.

Led by Love: Art of Emotion curator and lead researcher, Dr Angela Hesson, the masterclass series will be a blend of lectures, discussions and performances exploring the materiality, visions and sounds of love.

There will also be exclusive exhibition viewing for the first two sessions.

To view the full program, including speaker biographies and abstracts, download the program flyer.

Program outline:

Wednesday 12 April: Objects of Love: History
Introduction by Dr Angela Hesson
Speakers: Professor Charles Zika, Dr Matthew Martin
Venue: Clemenger Auditorium BBDO, NGV International

Wednesday 19 April: Stories of Love: Film and Literature
Introduction by Dr Angela Hesson
Speakers: Professor Stephanie Trigg, Dr Mark Nicholls, Dr Lucy Van
Venue: Clemenger Auditorium BBDO, NGV International

Wednesday 26 April: Sounds of Love: Music
Introduction by Dr Angela Hesson
Speakers: Professor Jane Davidson, David Haberfeld, Dr Erin Helyard, Dr Anthony Lyons
Venue: Forum Theatre, Arts West Building, The University of Melbourne, Parkville

Cost: $40 individual session / $100 series pass (Includes light refreshments)

This masterclass program and free exhibition are subsidized through the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions. Spaces are limited.

A collaborative project produced with the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions at The University of Melbourne.

University of Cambridge: Medieval Studies Summer Programme – Call For Applications

University of Cambridge
Medieval Studies Summer Programme
6-19 August, 2017

The academic programme:

  • Four courses (two per week)
  • Series of plenary lectures: Rebellion and Revolt
  • Evening talks

Programme description:

Course Directors encourage you to develop your own arguments about big historical issues while helping you to understand the complexities of the chosen field. The programme is challenging and is predicated on doing advance reading. It attracts current undergraduate and graduate students, and college and university teachers. Its interdisciplinary nature will appeal to anyone with an interest in medieval studies. We welcome those coming from any background but with some knowledge and a genuine interest in the period. Courses are led by recognised experts from the University and other British universities. The typical week tab gives more information about the daily schedule.

For full details and course costs, please visit: http://www.ice.cam.ac.uk/course/medieval-studies-summer-programme

Applications close 24 July, 2017.

Love: Art of Emotion 1400-1800 Exhibition @ NGV and Master Classes @ The University of Melbourne

Love: Art of Emotion 1400-1800
Opens 31 March, Runs until 18 June
NGV International, Melbourne

More info: http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/love

Love: Art of Emotion 1400–1800 draws upon the NGV’s diverse permanent collection to explore the theme of love in art, and the changing representations of this complex emotion throughout the early modern period in Europe.

While popular conceptions of love tend frequently to focus upon romantic love, Love: Art of Emotion explores love’s varied manifestations across the realms of human experience, including familial relationships, religious devotion, friendship, altruism, patriotism, narcissism, materialism and nostalgia. The exhibition presents depictions of love’s many variations in painting, sculpture, prints and drawings, as well as non-representational and functional objects such as costume, furniture and religious artefacts.

Featuring more than 200 works from the NGV’s International Collection, some of which have never been displayed before, the exhibition demonstrates the balance between modest and grandiose, civic and domestic, micro and macro, from Vivarini’s grand-scale, much-celebrated painting The Garden of Love to tiny pieces of jewellery, worn against the body as love tokens or in memoriam. Through these diverse objects and images, the exhibition explores notions of public display and private emotion, ostentation and intimacy, of performance and of feeling.

The exhibition also considers love in relation to its associated emotions such as desire, wonder, ecstasy, affection, compassion, envy, melancholy, longing and hope, as well as the ways in which these combine and intersect. Bringing together a diverse array of works from the Medieval to the Romantic period, Love: Art of Emotion examines the shifting, multifaceted expressions of this rich and perennially relevant subject.

There will be a series of masterclasses associated with this exhibition. Information about these events can be found here: http://alumni.online.unimelb.edu.au/love2017

This exhibition is produced in collaboration with the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, The National Gallery of Victoria and The University of Melbourne.

Ravello Literary Summer School – Call For Applications

Ravello Literary Summer School
Pastoral Visions: Exploring the Idea of Retreat in Literature, Art and Film
17–21 July, 2017

You’re invited to join us for a unique literary summer school experience in Ravello, Italy, to explore the pastoral and ideas of retreat in literature, art and film. Situated about 5 km from Amalfi, overlooking the coast, Ravello has inspired many writers, artists and musicians throughout history. There will be lectures from an international group of scholars, playreadings from Shakespeare, other readings from a range of texts from the classical to the contemporary, a poetry writing workshop for those interested in creative writing, excursions to the gardens of Villa Cimbrone and Villa Rufolo (with the opportunity for sketching), and a walk in the footsteps of E.M. Forster. Topics of sessions will include classical pastoral, exploring the work of Theocritus and Virgil, early modern and Shakespearean pastoral, the myth of the Mediterranean, the pastoral in modernism, and the pastoral in film. 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)
  • Assoc Prof Maddalena Pennacchia (Roma Tre University, Italy)

More information about the Convenors: http://victoriabladen.wixsite.com/shakespeareforall/about-the-convenors

Enquiries: victoria.bladen@uqconnect.edu.au or maddalena.pennacchia@uniroma3.it

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Summer School in Latin (2017): Bracciano and Rome – Call for Applications

Summer School in Latin
Bracciano and Rome
8-22 July, 2017

THE COURSE

This two-week intensive course will guide participants through the basics of Latin to selected literature from the classical and medieval ages. We shall also read works in neo-Latin (Latin written in the Renaissance and since) and inscriptions from all periods, ancient and modern. The major emphasis will be on the Latin of the Middle Ages.

THE VENUES

Week one will be taught at the Villaggio Betania, run by the Nashville Dominican Sisters, in Bracciano, an attractive town about 30 kms from Rome. Week two will be spent at the Bernardi campus of the University of St Thomas, overlooking the Tiber in central Rome, and close to sites of extraordinary interest and beauty.

WHY LATIN?

Latin is arguably the mother-tongue of Europe. Its literature is immensely rich: original work continued to be written in the Latin language up to modern times. It is arguable that some knowledge of Latin is essential to the full appreciation of English literature written up to at the least the beginning of the twentieth century, because Latin was part of the intellectual equipment of most authors until that time. Students of history, philosophy and modern languages also recognize the value of increased familiarity with primary sources. Latin is a doorway that can lead you to wonderful delights.

PREREQUISITES?

There are no formal prerequisites. However beginners, especially those who have never studied a language other than English, are strongly urged to buy a self-instruction primer and work through the initial stages at least prior to the start of the course. On the other hand, already proficient readers of Latin have enjoyed our courses and derived benefit and pleasure from reading material from outside the standard curricula. The teaching method allows this versatility. All translation is done by the lecturer to ensure rapid and efficient coverage of material, and no participant is embarrassed by questioning. On the other hand questioning and discussion is encouraged: participants from a diversity of backgrounds have contributed wonderfully to the success of these schools.

COURSE CONTENT

We shall read only ‘real’ Latin. Scripture and basic liturgical texts will be included as introductory material due to their relative ease and familiarity. Patristic authors such as St Augustine will be examined. Other material covered: philosophical and theological Latin (Boethius, Aquinas); secular poetry (e.g. the Carmina Burana) and religious poetry including specimens of the great tradition of Latin hymnody (Ambrose, Venantius, sequences); narrative and history (Einhard, the Legenda Aurea); texts representing the continuation of the classical tradition. Other material can be included on request.

WHY ITALY?

What better place to learn Latin than in its heartland? Excursions to sites of particular interest in Rome and surrounding areas form a part of the course. We shall learn to interpret inscriptions that tell us so much yet escape the notice of ordinary visitors. Italian culture and language are intimately involved with Latin and the course will seek to clarify the linkage between the two.

THE LECTURER

David Daintree has taught intensive summer schools in Latin for over twenty years. His courses have been offered in Hobart, Sydney, Perth and New Zealand. With Dr Susanna Rizzo he established Campion College’s biennial Rome Summer School in 2012.

THE COST

The cost of the two-week programme will be 1,500 Euros for twin-share accommodation. Single accommodation will also be available on request. The cost includes accommodation, tuition, written materials and some meals – all meals at Bracciano and breakfast only at the Bernardi campus. It excludes air fares and airport transfers – participants should make their own arrangements to arrive in time for the course. Arrive Bracciano Saturday 8 July (own arrangements). We shall travel as a group by train to central Rome on Saturday 15 July. Check out Saturday 22 July.

FURTHER INFORMATION AND ENROLMENTS

Please contact Dr Daintree directly – dccdain@gmail.com