Monthly Archives: February 2013

Journal for Early Modern Studies 2013 (Fall issue) – Call For Papers

The Editors of the Journal of Early Modern Studies are pleased to announce a call for papers for the Fall 2013 general (non-thematic) issue of JEMS. Submissions of articles and reviews falling within the general scope of JEMS are welcome.

JEMS is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal of intellectual history, dedicated to explorations of the interactions between philosophy, science and religion in Early Modern Europe. It is edited by the Research Centre “Foundations of Modern Thought”, University of Bucharest, and published and distributed by Zeta Books.

For further information on JEMS and its previous issues, please visit: http://www.zetabooks.com/journal-of-early-modern-studies.html

Please send your contributions no later than the 1st of March 2013 to jems@zetabooks.com

Teaching Position Available, Department of English, National Chengchi University, Taiwan – Call For Applications


The English Department of National Chengchi University seeks to fill a full-time position starting from August, 2013. We welcome applications from scholars specialized in English and American literature, cultural studies, translation, or other relevant fields such as drama and comparative literature.  Applicants must have a PhD degree by the start of the appointment, preferably at the time of the interview.  Commitment to teaching undergraduate and graduate literature courses in English and sustained publication are expected.  The responsibilities of the position also include teaching language courses and supervising student activities.  Our undergraduate students are required to take 27 credits of language courses and 27 credits of literature courses.  They had ten years of English courses before they came in the department and are expected to have both the knowledge and skill to write research papers on literature, linguistics, or TESOL when they graduate.  Our MA and PhD students are expected to meet the standards that MA and PhD students in the US or England have to meet.

The College of Foreign Languages at Chengchi University is the home of many international scholars, from Korea, Japan, Jordan, Turkey, Russia, the United States, France, Spain, and Germany.  NCCU is a university committed to the study of humanities and the social sciences.  We take pride in passing down the spirit of humanism and building bridges between different cultures both locally and internationally.

A newly hired professor teaches six hours a week for the first two years, and from the third year, the regular course load is nine hours a week.  The starting salary for an assistant professor in Taiwan is around US$34,500 dollars per year, including the subsidies for new professors.  Income taxes are about 12%.  Apartments can be rented for about ¼ of the monthly salary for a single person.  The National Health Insurance program costs around 800 dollars per year, which includes a dental plan, and most health professionals can speak English.

Qualifications:
  1. Ph.D. in English/American literature or cultural studies, translation, or relevant fields
  2. Ability to teach undergraduate language, liberal arts, and graduate-level courses
  3. College teaching experience preferred, but not required
 
Application Documents:
  1. Curriculum vitae
  2. Copy of diploma and proof of previous academic employment
  3. Undergraduate and Graduate transcripts
  4. Two letters of recommendation written within the last two years
  5. Three copies of Dissertation and publications within five years
  6. Sample course syllabi
 
Deadline: All application materials must be received no later than March 1, 2013.
 
Applications should be sent to:
Search Committee
Department of English
National Chengchi University
Taipei, Taiwan 116
R.O.C.

 
If you want to know more about life in Taipei, Taiwan and NCCU, you can go to our school and department websites or click the following link: http://english.nccu.edu.tw/news/news.php?Sn=445.  If you want to understand more about a teaching and research career in Taiwan from the perspective of the international scholars who have been here for a long time, you can send your inquiry to Jennifer Chang, our assistant (jenchang@nccu.edu.tw), and she will direct your inquiry to faculty members of our department who came from abroad.

University of Lincoln: International Visiting Fellowship in Medieval History – Call For Applications

The University of Lincoln is pleased to offer a non‐stipendiary Visiting Fellowship in Medieval History. Applications are invited from international scholars specializing in medieval history. It is anticipated that the Fellowship will be suitable for scholars who wish to have a base in Lincoln for 4‐8 weeks, at any point between June 1 and September 15, 2013. The Fellow will be provided with office space, computer facilities, and a library card.

The University of Lincoln is situated in the medieval city of Lincoln within walking distance of a range of rich medieval archival, literary, and material sources, to which the Fellow will have access.

It is hoped that the Fellow will contribute to the School’s research and teaching culture, by offering a seminar or workshop relevant to their research expertise to postgraduates on the MA in Medieval Studies and doctoral programmes.

For information on the MA in Medieval Studies visit: www.lincoln.ac.uk/humanities

The Fellowship is open to scholars at all career stages.

Applications should be sent by email by February 22, 2013 to Dr Philippa Hoskin: phoskin@lincoln.ac.uk.

Please include the following:

  • A full curriculum vitae
  • An outline proposal (of up to 500 words) of a seminar or workshop, or suitable equivalent
  • name and contact details of one referee
  • anticipated start date and requested duration of Fellowship.

Applicants will be notified by February 28, 2013.

View this notice online here.

Death(cha)Kucha

Death(cha)Kucha
Friday 8 March, 6pm-7:30pm
Carriageworks (245 Wilson St, Eveleigh NSW)

A pecha kucha night with a deathly twist.

Researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions present short, visually arresting presentations on death, dying and things macabre. Tracing a lineage from medieval Europe to the present day, this quick-fire barrage of taboos will cover suicide, mutilation, executions, mental illness, infanticide and medication. Death(cha) Kucha is a short-course for the morbidly inclined.

Speakers:

  • Rebecca McNamara (USyd, CHE) Suicide in the Middle Ages
  • Una McIlvenna (USyd, CHE) Singing the News of Death
  • Joanne McEwan (UWA, CHE) Child-Murder in C18th Scotland
  • Atilla Orel (USyd) To Kill and Consume, C19th Sexual Murder
  • Zoe Alderton (USyd) Colin McCahon and the Victory over Death
  • Diana Jefferies (UWS) Reviving Passions from Previous Lives

Death(cha) Kucha is part of the Clubhouse program, Performance Space’s ongoing series of one-off talks, lectures, film screenings and special events geared at generating discussion on topics related to the season’s program. Matters of Life and Death is a program of international and Australian works exploring the ultimate driving force of life: our fear of death. Pack up your most primal fears and your brightest hopes, and join us for an inspiring three weeks of participatory performance, unsettling installations, contemporary dance, food preserving workshops, discussions about the great beyond, and much more.

Find out more about the Matters of Life and Death program and download the online brochure.

Cost: $10, limited seats, advance booking recommended.
Tickets & Info: 8571 9111 or performancespace.com.au

Power Symposium: “Of Loves and Ladies, Knights and Arms:”The Renaissance Effect

“Of Loves and Ladies, Knights and Arms:”The Renaissance Effect
Power Symposium
Co-presented by the Power Institute with the Italian Embassy

Date: Monday, 25 February 2013
Time: 3:00 – 6:30pm (Followed by a reception with light refreshments provided)
Venue: Wooley Common Room, Level 4, John Woolley Building A20 Science Road, University of Sydney
Cost: FREE – The event is free, however seats are limited and registration is essential.
Registration: sydney.edu.au/arts/power/events
Further Information: T: 02 9351 4211
Email: powerinstitute.events@sydney.edu.au

When we think of Renaissance art, we may think of individual examples of great painting and sculpture, but these works were often planned within complex decorative ensembles. In this afternoon of four diverse talks, notable Italian scholars and curators will explore concepts of decoration, luxury and utility in the Renaissance and bringing to our attention many fascinating objects and decorative schemes of the 15th and 16th centuries and their modern afterlives.

Co-presented with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Sydney.

Speakers:

  • Massimo Ciavolella
    Professor & Chair, Department of Italian, and Professor of Comparative Literature. UCLA, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Los Angeles
  • Alessandro Della Latta
    Research Associate at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Florence
  • Marxiano Melotti
    Professor of Contemporary History Niccolo Cusano University, Rome
  • Annalisa Zanni
    Director, Poldi Pezzoli Museum, Milan

Rare Book School – Summer School Courses

The Rare Book School provides five-day, intensive courses for students from all disciplines and levels to study the history of manuscript, printed, and born-digital materials with leading scholars and professionals in the field.

The 2013 online application is now available at the Rare Book School website, http://www.rarebookschool.org/

This year, RBS are pleased to present more than thirty courses on the history of books and printing, many of which focus on medieval manuscripts, book history, and culture. For a full schedule of courses in 2013, visit: http://www.rarebookschool.org/schedule/

The following four courses will be of particular interest to Medievalists:

M-10 Introduction to Paleography
July 22–26 in Charlottesville, VA
Taught by Consuelo Dutschke (Columbia University)

This course provides an introduction to the book-based scripts and the text typologies of the western European Middle Ages and the Renaissance from 800 to 1500, from Caroline minuscule through early print. The goal is to learn to read the texts (mainly in Latin). Students will learn the basic tools for working with medieval codices and begin to assess areas that can provide information on localizing and dating the manuscripts.

For more information: http://www.rarebookschool.org/courses/manuscripts/m10/

M-20 Introduction to Western Codicology
June 17–21 in Charlottesville, VA
Taught by Albert Derolez (Free Universities of Brussels)
Learn the principles of analyzing and describing Western medieval and Renaissance manuscripts. The course will deal with manuscript materials, structure, layout, script and decoration, showing how to investigate and describe these features. This is a course for non-specialists, but applicants must have considerable background in the historical humanities and at least an introductory knowledge of Latin.

For more information: http://www.rarebookschool.org/courses/manuscripts/m20/

B-40 Medieval & Early Renaissance Bookbinding Structures
June 17–21 in New Haven, CT
Taught by Christopher Clarkson (independent conservator).

Learn about European bookbinding structures, including the identification of the main types of binding structures, their dating and provenance, and the recognition and recording of materials and techniques. The course is aimed at librarians, archivists, and art historians specializing in early books and manuscripts, and others who handle such material. The course will emphasize studies of the physical book and binding craft techniques of the period.

For more information: http://www.rarebookschool.org/courses/binding/b40/

M-90 Advanced Seminar: Medieval Manuscript Studies
June 17–21 in New Haven, CT
Taught by Barbara A. Shailor (Yale University)

This advanced course in medieval manuscript studies builds upon the skills acquired in introductory classes in paleography, codicology, and the history of the hand-produced book to deepen understanding of the varied approaches to medieval and Renaissance manuscripts. In addition to practical sessions of transcribing difficult scripts from the later Middle Ages (ca. 1200–1500), there will be workshops by Yale conservators on inks and pigments, parchment, and paper, including watermark identification.

For more information: http://www.rarebookschool.org/courses/manuscripts/m90/

Print Networks – Peter Isaac Essay Prize – Call For Applications

In honour of their founder, the late Professor Peter Isaac, Print Networks announces the foundation of a biennial essay prize for the best essay in the field of the History of the Book Trade in the Anglophone world.

The Rules

  1. The essay can be on any aspect of the History of the Book Trade in the Anglophone world during the manuscript or print eras. Papers drawing on research in primary sources and critical, methodological or theoretical essays are welcome.
  2. Any student registered for a postgraduate degree (master’s or doctoral) is eligible to enter the competition. Early career scholars within three years of completion of their PhD are also eligible, as
    are independent scholars without a formal affiliation.
  3. The text of the essay (exclusive of references and bibliography) must be between 6000 and 8000 words. The essay must be submitted in English.
  4. The essay must not have been published elsewhere.
  5. An electronic copy of the essay (in Word format) must be submitted as an email attachment to Dr Catherine Armstrong convenor of Print Networks by 30 March 2013. C.M.Armstrong@mmu.ac.uk

The Decision

  1. The essays submitted will be assessed by at least three members of the ‘Print Networks’ committee (all of whom are active researchers in the field).
  2. Submissions will be judged in terms of their originality, depth, scope and rigour and the extent to which they make a new contribution to historical understanding, as well as qualities of style and presentation.
  3. The Print Networks committee reserves the right not to award a prize in any particular year.
  4. The prize will be announced in early July via email, on the Print Networks website and will be awarded publically at the Print Networks conference.
  5. The prize will be £150 plus free entry (including food, drink and overnight accommodation) to the annual conference in Chichester from 23-25th July 2013.

Translation and the Circulation of Knowledge in Early Modern Science – Call For Papers

Translation and the Circulation of Knowledge in Early Modern Science
A one-day colloquium at the Warburg Institute, London,
Friday 28 June, 2013

Colloquium Website

Paper proposals are invited for a one-day colloquium on the role of translation and translators in the circulation of knowledge in Early Modern science.

In recent decades, scholars have offered myriad new insights into the exchange and propagation of scientific ideas in the early modern Republic of Letters. Within this vibrant field, however, the part played by translation and translators remains little studied. This colloquium will explore the role of translation in early modern science, providing a forum for discussion about translations as well as the translators, mediators, agents, and interpreters whose role in the intellectual history of the period remains ill defined and deserves greater attention. The topics listed below offer some guidance for proposals:

  • Philosophy and theory of translation
  • The practice of translating texts and images
  • The `professional translator´
  • The function and use of translations
  • Translation in academies
  • The use of auxiliary languages
  • Translation in learned correspondence
  • The readers of translations
  • Informal translations: adaptations, paraphrases, summaries

Proposals for 25-minute papers should be submitted to Niall Hodson (n.d.hodson@durham.ac.uk) and Sietske Fransen (sietske.fransen@postgrad.sas.ac.uk) by 28th February 2013. A dedicated committee will evaluate the proposals and respond to submissions by 15th March 2013.

For further details, please visit the colloquium website at: http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/colloquia/translation

This colloquium is supported by the Warburg Institute and Durham University, and is organized in collaboration with the Visualizing Knowledge in the Early Modern Netherlands project at the Courtauld Institute, London.

Tenebrae et Lux (Darkness and Light)

Perth International Arts Festival, in association with the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions (Europe 1100-1800) presents the exclusive world premiere of Tenebrae et Lux (Darkness and Light) framed by CHE Deputy Director and Winthrop Professor Jane Davidson. The Tenebrae Responsoria by Carlo Gesualdo are a monument to a Cappella singing, traditionally accompanied by the movement and extinguishing of candlelight. In this extraordinary Perth Festival commission, esteemed Paris-based new media visual artist Benjamin Bergery responds to and heightens the emotion of Gesualdo’s music with a new light-based installation, using technology by fellow artist, Jim Campbell.

Winthrop Professor Jane Davidson will introduce Tenebrae et Lux in a free pre-concert lecture on Tuesday 12th February at 7pm at the University of Western Australia’s Dolphin Theatre, ahead of the 8pm performance in Winthrop Hall. Her talk situates the work in terms of its emotional context, content and impact of this early masterpiece. Tenebrae et Lux is a journey into darkness and light, where Gesualdo’s evocative 400-year-old works are brought to life by the full strength of St George’s Cathedral Consort to create an immersive experience of unmatched power and beauty.
 
For more information about Tenebrae et Lux (Darkness and Light) visit: http://www.perthfestival.com.au/What%27s-On/Event/Tenebrae-et-Lux–Darkness-and-Light-