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Conference on Medieval Archaeology – Call For Papers

Conference on Medieval Archaeology
State University of Cortland, Cortland, NY
October 4-6, 2013

Submissions for 15-20 minute papers on medieval archaeology are now being accepted for presentation at the first American conference dedicated to medieval archaeology. Paper topics can include any aspect of the study of medieval archaeology in Europe and the Mediterranean world. The expected time frame is roughly 500-1500 AD.

Topics can include any aspect of archaeological work: examples include results of field surveys, excavations, or field schools; collection analysis, material culture studies, or museum studies; cultural landscape, built environment, or architectural studies; zooarchaeological, archaeobotanical, or bioarchaeological studies; diet, food culture, and health; archaeogeophysics and archaeometric studies; application of methodological techniques or theory to medieval archaeological resources; or approaches to teaching medieval archaeology in the field or classroom.

The intent of this conference is to give an opportunity for medieval archaeologists based in North America to gather, network, and exchange ideas in a dedicated forum, rather than scattered in more general archaeological or medieval studies conferences. Papers should be directed at an educated audience but one that may not be familiar with the detailed literature of any given area of study.

Submissions should be 200 words or less, and include three keywords regarding the subject matter of the paper. Submissions should include name and contact information for the author(s).

Please send submissions to Scott Stull, by email to scott.stull@cortland.edu, or by mail to:

Scott Stull,
Dept. of Sociology-Anthropology,
SUNY Cortland,
P.O. Box 2000,
Cortland, NY 13045

Submissions must be received by Friday, July 26, 2013.

King’s Collge London – PhD Scholarship in Palaeography and Manuscript Studies

2013/14 PhD programme in Palaeography and Manuscript Studies, King’s College London

Applications are now being accepted for a PhD scholarship (value £24,500 to cover fees with the balance payable as a stipend in 12 equal monthly instalments; tenable for a three-year period) to be awarded competitively to a suitably qualified candidate. The applicant will be completing or have completed a Master’s level qualification, will have knowledge of Latin or at least one medieval language, and must have developed a research proposal relating to some aspect of medieval manuscripts and palaeography. Research students in King’s have access to advanced Latin and palaeography training, although it is expected that the successful candidate will have already gained experience of both disciplines.

London boasts unrivalled collections of Western manuscripts, in private as well as public hands, a large concentration of experts on medieval palaeography, numerous research seminars, including the London Palaeography seminar, and the extensive resources of the Senate House Palaeography Room as well as the British Library Manuscripts Reading Room. Postgraduate students at King’s belong to the Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies, one of the best-established interdisciplinary centres of its kind in the country, which brings together international scholars working at the forefront of their disciplines, as well as visiting academics from overseas.

Students within Palaeography and Manuscript Studies have the opportunity of co-supervision in a discipline appropriate to their research interests: Classics and Hellenic Studies, Digital Humanities, History, Literature (English, French, German, Occitan, Spanish), Music, or Theology and Religious Studies. Current major research projects hosted at King’s which involve the study of medieval manuscripts include Digipal, Dynamics of the Medieval Manuscript, Medieval Francophone Literature outside France.

To apply: CV, 600-word research proposal, academic transcript, sent to Michael.Broderick@kcl.ac.uk.

Deadline for applications: 1st July 2013.

For further information please contact Julia Crick, Professor of Palaeography and Manuscript Studies (Julia.Crick@kcl.ac.uk)

Gender 
and
 Status – Call For Papers

Gender 
and
 Status
Gender
 and
 Medieval
 Studies
 Conference 
2014 
The 
University 
of 
Winchester
9‐11 
January, 2014

Conference Website

Keynote
 speaker: 
Barbara
Yorke, 
Professor 
Emerita
 of 
Early 
Medieval 
History,
 University
 of 
Winchester

In a social hierarchy, gender and status are closely interrelated. These beliefs create constraining bonds, which can limit but also encourage attempts to circumvent them. We can discern different methods of both manoeuvring within social status and also breaking free of it.

The extent to which gender determines and informs status has led to different medieval explanations of this system. The 2014 Gender and Medieval Studies Conference welcomes a range of multifaceted or interdisciplinary approaches to the topic of Gender and Status in the Middle Ages. The examination of both femininities and masculinities, individually or in conjunction to each other, with theoretical or interpretive approaches from literature, history, art history, archaeology, music history, philosophy, theology or any related discipline are especially desired. We would also like to offer early‐stage postgraduate students the opportunity to share their research in progress through poster presentations.

Areas that could be explored (but are not limited to) include:

  • Economics
  • Social status
  • Mobility
  • Employment
  • Corpus Christi
  • Spheres of influence
  • Life cycles
  • Access to power
  • Authority
  • The concept ‘status’
  • Servitude and slavery
  • Marital status
  • Sexuality
  • Poverty

The GMS 2014 will include a round table on gender and pedagogy, and we are seeking academics with teaching experience from a wide range of disciplines to participate.

We invite proposals for 20‐minute papers or posters on any aspect of this topic. Please e‐mail proposals of approximately 250 words (or for sessions, 250‐500 words including participants’ names and paper titles) to gmswinchester2014@gmail.com by 2 September 2013.

 If you would like to participate in the pedagogy round table, please express your interest to the committee at the same email address.

University of Sydney: Lecturer In Medieval History – Call For Applications

University of Sydney
Lecturer In Medieval History
School Of Philosophical And Historical Inquiry
Faculty Of Arts And Social Sciences

Reference No. 1515/0912

Full-time, continuing: $104.6K – $124.2K p.a. (including salary, leave loading and up to 17% super)

The University of Sydney is Australia’s first university and has an outstanding global reputation for academic and research excellence. It employs over 7,500 permanent staff supporting over 49,000 students.

The University of Sydney’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences has a proud history of intellectual rigour and offers a vibrant research and teaching environment. The School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry (SOPHI) is one of four schools in the Faculty, made up of the departments of Archaeology, Classics and Ancient History, Gender and Cultural Studies, History and Philosophy. The School brings together an exciting group of academics and students who participate in a wide array of undergraduate and postgraduate programs. It is home to some of the most outstanding researchers and teachers in Australia and the world, and regularly hosts prominent visitors and international colloquia.

The Department of History at the University of Sydney, founded in 1891, is a leading centre for research and teaching offering a wide range of opportunities for undergraduate and postgraduate study in many fields including American, Chinese, Australian, and Medieval, Early Modern and Modern European history.

As a Lecturer in Medieval history, c. 1000-1500, you will teach the first year Medieval History program, as well as specialist senior units. While you will be expected to teach units dealing with the Medieval European world, expertise in other areas including relations between Christian, Jewish and Islamic cultures; the Mediterranean world; or the European periphery will be an advantage. PhD qualified, you will demonstrate a potential for outstanding scholarly achievement. You will also have a publication record, experience in teaching, and a commitment to teamwork in curriculum development.

The expected commencement date is early 2014 (preferably February).

Remuneration package Lecturer (Academic Level B): $104,644 to $124,263 (which includes a base salary $88,426 to $105,004 p.a., leave loading and up to 17% employer’s contribution to superannuation).

All applications must be submitted via the University of Sydney careers website. Visit sydney.edu.au/recruitment and search by the reference number 1515/0912 for more information and to apply.

Closing Date: 28 July 2013 (11:30pm Sydney time)

ANZAMEMS member news: Stephanie Hollis

Dear members, Stephanie Hollis (based at at The University of Auckland) has shared the following news of her research with us, including a brief list of her recent book chapter publications and a note on her current research.

Thanks Stephanie!

Stephanie Hollis – Recent publications

Stephanie Hollis, ‘Secular Learning in Anglo-Saxon England: an Overview’, in Secular Learning in Anglo-Saxon England: Exploring the Vernacular, ed. László Sándor Chardonnens and Bryan Corella (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2012), pp. 1-42. 

Stephanie Hollis, ‘Barking’s Monastic School, Late Seventh to Twelfth Century: History, Saint-Making and Literary Culture’, in Barking Abbey and Medieval Literary Culture: Authorship and Authority in a Female Community, ed. Jennifer N. Brown and Donna Alfano Bussell (Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, 2012), pp. 33-55.

Stephanie Hollis, ‘The Literary Culture of the Anglo-Saxon Royal Nunneries: Romsey and London, British Library, MS Lansdowne 436’, in Nuns’ Literacies in Medieval Europe: the Hull Dialogue, ed. V. Blanton, V. O’Mara and P. Stoop (Turnhout: Brepols, 2013), pp. 111-20.

Current research

Stephanie is currently working on two related publications, one on texts by Goscelin of Canterbury commissioned by Barking Abbey c. 1086, which will include translations by Michael Wright. The other is a study of seven nunneries from the time of their foundation in the late Anglo-Saxon period until the dissolution (Amesbury, Barking, Nunnaminster, Romsey, Shaftesbury, Wherwell and Wilton), which focuses on the role and representation of the Anglo-Saxon past in their literary and artistic culture.


Shakespearean Journeys: Inaugural Conference of the Asian Shakespeare Association – Call For Papers

Shakespearean Journeys
The Inaugural Conference of the Asian Shakespeare Association
Taipei
15-17 May 2014

Conference Website

By land or sea, across city and country, journeys comprise an important motif in Shakespeare’s works, be they smooth or perilous, round trip or to an undiscovered country from whose bourne no travelers return. The journeys undertaken can be physical, emotional, spiritual, or a combination. Though not in person, Shakespeare also journeys extensively, crossing not only time and space but also language, culture, and media. A most versatile and protean voyager, Shakespeare sometimes travels light and does as the locals do, yet sometimes carries heavy baggage and remains a stranger in a foreign land.

“Shakespearean Journeys” aims to explore all aspects of this theme. Topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Travel and relocation in early modern Europe
  • Shakespearean travelers, exiles, shipwrecks
  • Geographic discovery and the New World
  • Emotional or spiritual journeys
  • Foreign Shakespeare: translation, adaptation, and teaching
  • Transnational, cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, or intergeneric theory or practice

Keynote Speakers:

  • Peter Holbrook, University of Queensland, Chair of the International Shakespeare Association
  • Kawachi Yoshiko, Kyorin University
  • Lena Cowen Orlin, Georgetown University, Executive Director of the Shakespeare Association of America
  • Shen Lin, Central Academy of Drama (China)

Special Guests:

  • Rustom Bharucha, Jawaharlal Nehru University, cultural critic and theatre director
  • Ing K(anjanavanit), filmmaker, journalist, painter, writer

Live Performances:

  • Betrayal (an adaptation of Cardenio by Rom Shing Hakka Opera Troupe from Taiwan, dir. Wu Ziming)
  • King Lear (a modern rock adaptation by Nomad Theatre from Korea, dir. Son Jeung-Woo)
  • Sintang Dalisay (an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet in traditional music and dance by Tanghalang Ateneo from the Philippines, dir., Ricardo Abad)

Film Screening:

  • Shakespeare Must Die (an adaptation of Macbeth from Thailand, dir. Ing K)

Submission Guidelines:

The conference includes both paper sessions and seminars. Graduate students are welcome.

  1. Paper: please submit a 250-word abstract, plus a short bio.
  2. Seminar: please submit a 250-word description of the seminar, plus a short bio including a summary of your previous seminar experience.

All conference participants must be registered members of the ASA and must remit the conference registration fee. If you wish to apply for a need-based fee waiver or a travel grant, please add a paragraph of explanation.

Deadline for submission is 15 August 2013. Results will be announced in September.

Submissions and queries should be sent to admin@AsianShakespeare.org.

ANZAMEMS member news – Nicola Wright

Dear ANZAMEMS members, Nicola Wright (based at The University of Auckland) has shared the following news of her research with us. Nicola has recently completed her Masters thesis on the topic of early medieval Europe studies. An abstract of her research is included below:

Congratulations Nicola!

Thesis title: Palms of Blood: Christianity, Violence and Identity in Late Antiquity.

My thesis examines attitudes toward religious violence in Western Europe between c.400 and c.700 CE, with a focus on Italy and Gaul. Violence was, at one and the same time, something used to punish sinners yet also to mark out the faithful. Suffering and pain were inescapable features of life in the late antique world, but not only heathens were expected to suffer. Some Christians mortified their flesh as a safe-guard against sin, others chose the long martyrdom of asceticism, and many more still participated in ritual reenactments of the suffering and deaths of the martyrs; seeking the ‘palms of blood’ which inspired the title of my work. Sinners were disciplined with a religiously sanctioned violence and festivial celebrations were, at times, accompanied by outbursts of mob violence and rioting. Though Christianity was imbued with attitudes toward violence which are sometimes surprising to the modern mind, these attitudes and the mentalities behind them are fundamental to any consideration of the religious culture of the post-Roman world.

Children’s Literature, Childhood Death, and the Emotions 1500-1800 – Call For Papers

Children’s Literature, Childhood Death, and the Emotions 1500-1800 
The University of Western Australia
5-6 December, 2013

Conference Website

Confirmed plenary speakers from the Children’s Literature Unit in the School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics, Newcastle University, UK:

  • Kate Chedgzoy, Professor of Renaissance Literature and Head of School
  • Matthew Grenby, Professor of Eighteenth-Century Studies
  • Kimberley Reynolds, Professor of Children’s Literature 

Proposals are invited for papers on any topic from any discipline that can be used to increase understanding of how the death of children was presented to children in texts for them as part of the emotional economies of the period.

Topics of interest could include but are not limited to:

  • Childhood death and grief/sorrow
  • Adults’ responses to childhood death
  • Institutional responses to childhood death
  • Illustrating death for/of children
  • Managing children’s responses to childhood death
  • Children’s fear of death
  • Emotions associated with potentially fatal illnesses and injuries
  • Child martyrdom, child murder and infanticide
  • Dramatizing the death of children 

It is intended to bring a number of papers from the conference together to create either an edited volume suitable, for example, for the Palgrave History of Childhood series, or a special number of an appropriate peer-reviewed journal. Please send 300-word abstracts to kim.reynolds@ncl.ac.uk by 31 July 2013. General queries about the conference theme should also be sent to Kim Reynolds at that address.

Queries about travel, venue, and other practical arrangements should be addressed to Pam Bond at UWA.

Medieval Memoria Online (MeMO)

Medieval Memoria Online (MeMO) has recently launched an extensive database containing images, inscriptions, epitaphs, altarpieces, tomb monuments, stained glass, and archival sources.

This valuable resource is the result of a multi-year project headed by art historian Truus van Bueren at the University of Utrecht. The research team has catalogued material for the area corresponding to what is today the Netherlands for the time up to 1580.

You can access it at: http://memo.hum.uu.nl/database/index.html

Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship – Best Graduate Student Article Contest 2013

The Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship announces the 2013 competition for the best graduate student article in any area of medieval studies. Nominated articles should represent the best in feminist scholarship written in the 2012-2013 academic year. 
 
The prize includes an award of 5 years’ membership in SMFS and publication of the winning paper,
subject to editing, in our journal Medieval Feminist Forum. 
 
Self-nominations are welcome. 
 
Please send nominated articles by September 5, 2013, to:

Prof. Sally Livingston
Department of Humanities-Classics
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware, OH 43015
saliving@owu.edu