Daily Archives: 13 December 2011

Medieval Association of the Pacific: John F. Benton Award – Applications Open

The John F. Benton Award

This award, named in honor of its progenitor, John F. Benton, MAP President 1982-1984, provides travel funds for all members of the Medieval Association of the Pacific–independent medievalists and graduate students in particular–who might not otherwise receive support from institutions.

The award may be used to defray costs connected with delivering a paper at any conference, especially for MAP conferences, or connected to scholarly research. Up to three awards will be presented each year, for $400 apiece. Applications should include a one-page vita, an abstract of a paper submitted to the conference, and a photocopy of the Call for Papers or conference announcement; if the application is for travel to research, it should include a one-page vita, and a letter outlining the research project. Send applications via email attachment by January 5, 2012 to the vice president of the Association, Anita Obermeier: AObermei@unm.edu

For more information about the award and MAP visit the grants page at the MAP website.

South Italy, Sicily and the Mediterranean: Cultural Interactions Conference 2012 – Second Call for Papers

South Italy, Sicily and the Mediterranean: Cultural Interactions Conference
Museo Italiano, Carlton, Melbourne, July 17-21, 2012.
Conference Website

Hosted by the Centre for Greek Studies and the A.D. Trendall Research Centre for Ancient Mediterranean Studies at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, this conference will focus on the movement of people and interactions of culture in the region of Southern Italy and Sicily from antiquity until the present. This inter-disciplinary conference seeks to foster critical analysis of geographical and chronological interconnections between Southern Italy, Sicily and the Mediterranean. Consideration of cultural interaction, population movements, and changing religious and philosophical ideas over a period of approximately 3000 years will prompt scholarly discussion around continuity and change over time in this region of the Mediterranean.

Abstracts of 300 words are being sought from academics and graduate students. Abstracts should be sent to Sarah Midford at s.midford@latrobe.edu.au before 6th February 2012. Papers will be programmed into 30 minute timeslots and should be no longer than 20 minutes.

**Edit: the deadline for abstract submissions has been extended until the of 17th of February 2012.**

Graduate Conference of Magdalene Medievalists Society 2012 – Call For Papers

Medieval Multilingualism in the British Isles
Graduate Conference of Magdalene Medievalists Society 2012
Magdalene College, Cambridge, Saturday 21st July, 2012
Conference Website

Keynote Speaker: Dr Tony Hunt, St Peter’s College, Oxford

Call for papers – now open 

Abstract submission date: February 1 2012

We invite papers that address any aspect of the interaction between the speakers of different languages in the Middle Ages, including, but not limited to:

  • attitudes to the tres linguae sacrae and to the vernaculars
  • pedagogy and medieval perceptions of language acquistion
  • translation
  • orality and its depictions
  • medieval views of linguistic history
  • code-switching, miscellanies and scribal practice

Submissions acepted from graduate students and early career scholars in English and other languages and literatures, History, Linguistics, and all related disciplines. Papers should be no more than 20 minutes in length; please send abstracts of 250 words or less to Sara Harris at mms@magd.cam.ac.uk by February 1st, 2012.