Monthly Archives: April 2013

Medievalism: Its Centers and Margins – Call For Papers

Medievalism: Its Centers and Margins
28th International Conference on Medievalism
St. Norbert College
De Pere, Wisconsin
October 17-19, 2013

In addition to the authors, texts, and considerations that normally form the core of studies in medievalism, what authors occupy, haunt, or draw the boundaries of what we consider proper matter for this field? What currently lies outside that we should certainly include, and what perhaps lies near the center that doesn’t really fit at all? Within the texts we study, what ideas or approaches form the core, and what has lingered at the margins, or what do we need to bring from outside toward center state for careful study and consideration? Participants should feel welcome to submit abstracts directed to the conference theme or on any other aspects of medievalism–the study of later ages’ use of the material of the Middle Ages–that they choose to explore.

St. Norbert College (De Pere, Wisconsin) is just four miles from Green Bay and ten minutes from Green Bay Austin Straubel Airport (with daily service to Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, Cleveland, and Atlanta), about a two-hour dirve north from Milwaukee and four hours’ drive from Chicago.

PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES: Presenters may feel welcome to submit papers to The Year’s Work in Medievalism (edited by E. L. Risden). Longer articles (over 6000 words) should be submitted to Studies in Medievalism (edited by Karl Fugelso).

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: July 1, 2013 

Please send papers, abstracts, or session proposals to:
Edward Risden, Professor of English St. Norbert College 100 Grant St. De Pere, WI 54115 or edward.risden@snc.edu

JEMS 4, 2015: Service and Servants in Early Modern Culture – Call for Papers

Service and Servants in Early Modern Culture, 1500-1750
JEMS Volume 4, 2015

Journal Website

The Journal of Early Modern Studies (JEMS) are now inviting contributions for volume 4 of the Journal, to be released online in March 2015. Jointly edited by William C. Carroll (Boston University) and Jeanne Clegg (Università Ca’ Foscari, Venice), JEMS 4, entitled Service and Servants in Early Modern Culture, 1500-1750, aims to bring together scholars from across a wide disciplinary spectrum to inquire into differences and similarities, continuities and changes in the ethics, representation and practice of service and servitude in different countries and contexts. The issue will be open to contributions on oral and visual forms of cultural expression as well as textual, and we invite studies of emerging voices and works intended for and by, as well as about, servants and service. Contributions addressing issues of class, gender, and ethnic/national representations are particularly encouraged.

Main deadlines:

  • 1st October 2013: adhere to project and send working title and short abstract to William Carroll (wcarroll@bu.edu) and Jeanne Clegg (jfclegg@unive.it).
  • 31st January 2014: finalize paper for submission to referees. Articles must comply with the editorial norms and must not exceed 12,000 words, including endnotes and bibliography.

All articles are published in English. Please be so kind as to have your paper revised by a native speaker.

Violence in the Ancient and Medieval World – Call For Papers

Violence in the Ancient and Medieval World
International Conference
Lisbon, Portugal
17-19 February, 2014

Conference Website

With the goal of promoting and encouraging a critical reflection on the permanence of personages, values and perspectives from the ancient and medieval world(s) in western literature and culture, the Research Area “Classical Antiquity: Texts and Contexts” of the Center for Classical Studies, in collaboration with the Center of History, of the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon, is organising an international conference on Violence in the Ancient and Medieval World.

The conference, to be held 17-19 February, 2014, aims at bringing together different fields of research to deal with the theme of violence and its multiple interpretations, representations and narratives in the ancient and medieval worlds.

Having in mind this interdisciplinary approach, the international conference “Violence in the Ancient and Medieval World” has the purpose of:

  • approaching the criteria/standards of violence in the historical and literary contexts of Antiquity and the Middle Ages;
  • examining representations and readings of violence in literature and material culture;
  • pondering the ancient and medieval worlds as stages of violence in its various manifestations.

The conference organisers invite paper proposals on the topic «Violence in the Ancient and Medieval World». We welcome abstracts on the following subtopics from all social and human sciences:

  • violence and war
  • violence and law
  • violence and politics
  • violence and familiar bounds
  • violence and sexuality
  • violence and religion
  • violence and myth
  • rhetorics of violence

The conference will include plenary lectures by guest speakers and thematic parallel sessions for registered delegates.

Working languages: Portuguese, English, Italian, French and Spanish.

Papers: 20 minutes

We welcome:

  • individual proposals for a 20-minute paper (ca. 500 words);
  • joint proposals for thematic panels consisting of 3 papers (ca. 350 words per paper).

Please include the following information with your proposal:

  1. the full title of your paper / of your panel and respective papers;
  2. abstract (ca. 500 words per paper), eventually with a short list of bibliographical references;
  3. a short biographical note (ca. 200 words)

All paper proposals will be peer-reviewed.

Selected papers delivered at the Conference will be eligible for publication.

Deadline for proposals: August 31, 2013
Notification of acceptance: October 15, 2013

Please submit your abstract:

  • by e-mail (saved in MS Word or PDF format): violencia.mundo.antigo@gmail.com; subject header: Abstract proposal
  • or by post:

International Conference «Violence in the Ancient and Medieval World»
A/C Centro de Estudos Clássicos OR Centro de História
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa – Alameda da Universidade
1600-214 Lisboa
Portugal

Visual Forms in the Age of Shakespeare – Call For Papers

Visual Forms in the Age of Shakespeare
A short residential course for doctoral students
University of Agder, Norway, 23-27 May

Increasingly, critical readings of the plays and poems have explored their location within, around and in debate with visual structures of their age. Discussions of structure, imagery, character construction and direct allusion have become frequent, and the major editions of the plays now often include images from the period as part of their introductions. Finding a balance between the use of such forms as adjuncts to critical and theoretical analysis amd preserving their own identities is a major, yet often unstated, issue in thinking of this kind.

This short residential course brings together some leading figures in the discussion of visual forms of the period (see below), both to discuss the major genres with which the plays and poems might be said to interact and to offer their own guidance to doctoral students working in the field.

The main bulk of the meeting will be given over to the close discussion of short pieces – parts of chapters, overall thesis summaries, statements of critical positions, or other kinds of writing on the topic. In this way, the meeting will operate as a genuine exchange of ideas as well as a means of offering advice and comment for work currently being produced.

The meeting will begin with dinner on the evening of the 23rd, continue with three full days of lectures and discussions, and end after breakfast on the 27th. We envisage a total attendance of around 15 doctoral students.

A small number of bursaries will be available to cover the cost of accommodation, while students will be expected to fund their travel costs from the institutions at which they are registered.

Those interested in attending should send, by email to Professor Stuart Sillars (stuart.sillars@if.uib.no) no later than 31 March*:

  • Details of their institution, doctoral subject, and expected date of completion;
  • A description of their research topic, in about 200 words
  • A title and short abstract of the piece of writing they will submit for consideration – of no more than 12 douible-spaced pages.

Those selected for bursaries will be notified as soon as possible after receipt of their proposals. Details of the hotel, the University and the timetable will follow at a later stage.

*Please note the application deadline has been extended through April, and there is still time to apply.

Harold White Fellowships – Call For Applications

The National Library of Australia offers annual fellowships to established researchers and writers. Established by the Council of the National Library of Australia in 1983 as the National Library Fellowships, the first Fellows commenced their research at the Library in 1984. The fellowships were renamed in honour of Sir Harold White CBE (1905-1992), the first National Librarian, in 1985. The fellowships scheme aims to promote the Library as a centre of scholarly activity and research, encourage scholarly and literary use of the Library’s collections and production of publications arising from that scholarship, and to promote the Library’s rich and varied collections. Four to seven fellowships, of periods from three to six months, are awarded annually.

Fellowships are open to established Australian and international researchers and creative writers in any discipline in which the Library has strong collections. Successful applicants are generally senior scholars or writers with a strong publication track record, including publication of full length monographs. Fellowships are not intended for post-doctoral or early career researchers. More than 100 Fellowships have been awarded to scholars from a wide variety of disciplines, and to several award winning Australian creative writers, including Frank Moorhouse, Sara Dowse and David Foster.

Fellowships are not provided to assist with the completion of degree studies and applications from currently enrolled students will not be considered.  Fellowships are awarded once only to each individual; subsequent applications from previous recipients will not be considered.

Fellows are provided with a return economy airfare to Canberra, an honorarium of $850 per week for the period of the Fellowship in Canberra, use of a fully equipped office, 24 hour access to the Library, and free photocopying and interlibrary loans.

All fellows are required to take up their Fellowships during the calendar year for which the Fellowship is awarded and to stay in Canberra for a continuous block of at least three months, spending the majority of their Fellowship time at the Library.  Fellows give a public lecture and a staff talk towards the end of their tenure, and provide the Library with a brief report on their research outcomes and their experience of the Library’s services.  The Library also asks Fellows – where appropriate – to give the Library the first opportunity to publish the results of their research.

Applications for 2014 Fellowships are now open. Applications close on 30 April 2013 (17:00 Australian Eastern Standard Time).  Applicants will be notified of results by the end of August 2013.

For further information and to apply, visit: http://www.nla.gov.au/awards-and-grants/harold-white-fellowships

Morton W. Bloomfield Visiting Scholar Program – Call For Applications

The Morton W. Bloomfield Fund at Harvard University, in conjunction with the Medieval Doctoral Conference of the Department of English, invites applications to the Bloomfield Visiting Scholar Program.

The program is intended to assist scholars wishing to conduct research at Harvard over approximately a four-week period during the regular academic year, in any of the fields associated with Morton W. Bloomfield: particularly Old and Middle English, the history of English, the history of Christian thought, and medieval Jewish studies. We offer $3000 in travel and accommodation subsidy for one or more selected scholars in these fields; we may be able to offer a further travel subsidy for fellows travelling from outside North America.

Bloomfield fellows will give a presentation of their work at the Medieval Doctoral Conference and might also be asked to meet with graduate students or attend a student seminar as a temporary member of our community. Harvard’s academic year runs from early September to early December, and from early February to the end of April. Although applications are open to anyone, preference will be given to younger scholars who might benefit from access to Harvard’s resources.

To apply, please send a brief curriculum vitae, the title of a possible talk, a one-page project description, and a covering note detailing your proposed travel plans (offering alternative sets of dates if possible) to: Daniel Donoghue, Department of English, Harvard University, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. by April 30, 2013.

For more information contact Daniel Donoghue: dgd@wjh.harvard.edu