Monthly Archives: June 2013

Emotions in History: Ceræ, an Australasian Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies – Call For Papers

Ceræ: An Australasian Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (http://www.ceraejournal.com) would like to invite submissions for its inaugural issue on the theme ‘Emotions in History’, sponsored by the ARC Centre for the History of the Emotions. Submissions are welcomed from scholars working in any discipline related to the medieval and early modern world, including representations of the medieval and early modern eras in later culture.

Emotions drive individual actions and effect broader social change. The way they are felt, expressed and performed evolves over time, and in exploring the way these emotions were experienced in their historical context, we can both gain a better understanding of how past societies understood their experience, and how this has influenced the way we experience emotions today.

We are particularly interested in submissions which engage with the growing field of the digital humanities, and are happy to work with authors to accommodate any requirements involving multimedia or alternative formatting. We also encourage submissions from authors working on emotions in performance and material culture. All submissions will be peer-reviewed by qualified experts in the field.

The ARC Centre for the History of the Emotions is generously funding a prize for the best article published in this issue.

Articles should be approximately 5000-7000 words and formatted according to MLA Guidelines. Submissions should be made to editorcerae@gmail.com by 31 October 2013.

New Journal Launch: Ceræ: An Australasian Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies

Ceræ: An Australasian Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies would like to announce the launch of its new website, www.ceraejournal.com.

Administered from the University of Western Australia with the generous support of faculty and staff, the journal is directed by a committee of interstate and international graduate students and early career researchers. We are united in our commitment to open-access publishing, the possibilities of the digital humanities, and to forging a strong community of medieval and early modern scholars in the region.

The word ‘ceræ’ refers to the wax tablets used throughout antiquity and the medieval period as a reusable writing surface. Like the wax tablet, online publishing is a flexible medium which can be rewritten and re-inscribed—it has a malleability that traditional print forums do not. Our sources range from tablets and scrolls to manuscript codices, printed pamphlets, archaeological finds and architectural features—and our research outputs likewise can take any form from traditional text to audio-visual recordings, images, and interactive projects in the digital humanities.

We gladly accept manuscripts from any discipline related to medieval and early modern studies (including medievalism in later culture) and will accommodate the needs of authors in including audio-visual material and unusual or innovative formatting requirements. All submissions will be peer-reviewed by qualified experts before publication.

We are supported by the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of the Emotions, who are generously sponsoring our inaugural issue on Emotions in History. The call for papers can be found at: http://ceraejournal.com/journal/.

ANZAMEMS member news – Sarah Greer

Dear ANZAMEMS members, Sarah Greer (recently based at the University of Auckland) has shared the following news about her research with us.

Sarah has recently received my Masters degree in History from the University of Auckland, with my thesis “Behind the Veil: The rise of female monasticism and the double house in Early Medieval Francia” receiving first class honours. The abstract of this thesis is found below.

Sarah has also been selected as a Marie Curie fellow at the University of St Andrews, where she will study for my PhD in History as an Early Career Researcher as part of the international research group “Power and Institutions in Medieval Islam and Christendom”. Her research will focus on a comparative analysis of the patronage relationships constructed by elite women with female religious institutions in Wessex, Francia and Saxony in the 8th to 10th centuries, under the supervision of Dr. Simon MacLean.

Congratulations Sarah!

Abstract

Female monasticism occupied an incredibly important position in the world of early medieval Francia. Convents, and the women living within them, were key figures in the political, social, cultural and religious history of the Frankish kingdoms. Contemporary sources, from secular histories to saints’ lives to monastic rules are filled with the names of convents and nuns, and recognize their powerful roles in the Frankish world.

Yet, in modern historiography, early medieval nuns have been marginalized. Viewed by historians as less important than male monasticism, or as an example of the misogyny of the Carolingian world, female monasticism has not received the scholarly attention it deserves. Indeed, there is a lack of information on some of the most fundamental questions on this subject. Why did monasticism become increasingly attractive in the sixth to ninth centuries? What was the experience of
women inside monasteries? How did communities of nuns interact with the world outside their walls? What can we learn from the monastic regulae about the perceptions of women and the religious life?

This thesis addresses these questions, among others, in order to reveal the complexity and variety that existed in Frankish female monasticism. The flexibility of early medieval women to adapt the monastic life to their own needs and requirements set up the foundation for female monasticism in the centuries to come. The story of monastic women in the Frankish kingdoms is not one of misogynistic repression of female religious freedom, but rather illustrates the ability of women to shape their own lives with the support of various kings, noblemen, bishops and male clergy. My research is an attempt to restore medieval monastic women to the position of importance and respect accorded to them by their contemporaries.

Warburg Institute: Research Assistant in Art History – Call For Applications

Warburg Institute
Research Assistant in Art History (fixed term, 10 months) 
The Production and Reading of Polyphonic Music Sources, 1480–1530 (PRoMS)

Applications are invited for a research assistantship in Art History, as part of this major research project funded by the AHRC.

Funded by the AHRC since December 2010, the project ‘The Production and Reading of Music Sources, 1480–1530 (PRoMS)’ conducts the first systematic study of the mise-en-page of Renaissance sources of polyphonic music (http://www.proms.ac.uk). The project examines how the verbal text, musical notation and other visual devices interact on the pages of these manuscripts and printed books, and it explores the ways in which meaning is constructed through such interactions by their makers and users; it also transfers the results of the investigation to present-day performances. The successful candidate will, in collaboration with the other members of the research team, contribute to an online catalogue of mise-en-page information for all extant sources from this period. S/he will also research and analyse two manuscript sources and their layout in detail with regard to strategies of production and use and adapt these and existing case studies to the online environment, as well as assist in the editing of the printed outputs.

The appointee, based at the Warburg Institute, will be an art historian with a doctorate or equivalent qualification; s/he will have specialist knowledge of art of the 15th and 16th centuries, specifically of manuscript illumination. Expertise in codicology and paleography will be essential, as will be willingness to engage actively in the development and preparation of the database and online resource. An interest in music of the period and knowledge of musical notation would be desirable, as would previous experience in working with databases and online environments, and an ability to engage with theoretical aspects of material culture of the late medieval/early modern period.

The project is a collaboration between the University of Manchester, the Warburg Institute, Bangor University, the University of York, the Alamire Foundation (Leuven/Belgium), and the Department of Digital Humanities (DDH) at King’s College London.

This replacement post is tenable immediately for a fixed term of 10 months. The appointment will be to Level 7 (Research), currently £29,541–36,298 p.a. plus London Allowance of £2,134 p.a., making a total of £31,675–38,432 p.a.

Further details of the project, the assistantship and how to apply can be found at http://warburg.sas.ac.uk.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to the project director, Professor Thomas Schmidt, at thomas.schmidt@manchester.ac.uk.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 30 June 2013, and interviews will be held in London on Monday, 15 July 2013.

The Medieval Academy of America Annual Meeting, 2014 – Call For Papers

2014 Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America
UCLA, Los Angeles
10-12 April 2014 

Conference Website

The 2014 Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America will be held jointly with the Medieval Association of the Pacific on 10-12 April, in Los Angeles at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and hosted by the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
The Program Committee invites proposals for papers on all topics and in all disciplines and periods of medieval studies. Any member of the Medieval Academy may submit a paper proposal, excepting those who presented papers at the annual meetings of the Medieval Academy in 2012 and 2013; others may submit proposals as well but must become members in order to present papers at the meeting. Special consideration can be given to individuals whose specialty would not normally involve membership in the Medieval Academy.

The complete Call for Papers with additional information, submission procedures, selections guidelines, and organizers is available here.

Deadline for submission is 15 June 2013.

Please contact Prof. Massimo Ciavolella at UCLA, if you have any questions.

Symposium: Violence and the emotions in Europe, 1400-1800 – Call For Papers

Violence and the emotions in Europe, 1400-1800 

Date: Wednesday 2 October 2013
Time: 9:00 – 17:00
Location: Perth, Western Australia

Organised by Susan Broomhall
Contact: susan.broomhall@uwa.edu.au for more information

Participating speakers include:

  • Denis Crouzet (Université de Paris-Sorbonne, IV);
  • Elisabeth Crouzet-Pavan (Université de Paris-Sorbonne, IV);
  • Philip Dwyer (Newcastle); and
  • Charles Zika (Melbourne)

In this symposium, we explore the way in which emotions engendered and sustained violence in Europe from 1400 to 1800. We seek to explore the changing relationship of emotional language (textual, visual or material) to the experience, repression or conceptualisation of violence over this period.

Papers are invited from scholars interested in exploring affective articulation of violence as it can be explored in the textual, visual and material culture of that period. Proposals consisting of a title and 150 word abstract should be submitted by June 30, 2013.

For more information, please visit: http://www.historyofemotions.org.au/upcoming-events/violence-and-emotions-in-europe-1400-1800.aspx

Emotions in Curation Workshop – Call For Applications

The Institute of Advanced Studies at UWA, and the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions present:

Emotions in Curation workshop 

Date: Monday 16 September
Time: 12-2pm
Venue: The University of Western Australia
Practitioners-in Residence:
Michael McGinnes, Collections Manager, Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum
Lesley Botten, Display Design & Activities Curator, Dunfermline Museum & Art Gallery

In this seminar, CHE Practitioners-In-Residence discuss the role of emotions in curating urban collections for contemporary audiences. Two current museum and art gallery curators explore the selection of objects and the strong emotional currents that underpin visitor experiences. How do collections and their managers create a sense of intimate or remote access to particular artefacts through their position, placement and assemblage with other objects, and what are the distinct feelings that these approaches generate? Interested honours, postgraduate, and staff very welcome. Time for questions and group discussion is planned. Places are strictly limited. RSVP for registration by 9 September 2013 (or until filled) to sarah.finn@uwa.edu.au. Bring your own lunch, and join us for this intriguing seminar.

For more information, please visit: http://www.historyofemotions.org.au/upcoming-events/emotions-in-curation.aspx

Launching ANZAMEMS Member News – new feature of the newsletter

Dear members,

I am launching a new feature of the newsletter. As well as publishing CFP and notices of interest, starting from today I will also be publishing more news concerning the work and research of medievalists and early modernists based in Australia and New Zealand. Any news concerning recent publications and projects, forthcoming conferences and symposia, for example, are welcome.

The following comes from ANZAMEMS committee member Chris Jones, who shares the following following web-based project of interest.

With the financial assistance of a University of Canterbury Summer Scholarship, the collaboration of Canterbury’s Web Support services and the hard work of Chris’ former Honours student Maree Shirota, they have recently completed a website that offers a scrolling version of Canterbury’s fifteenth-century genealogical roll, archive quality photographs and a basic introduction to the document’s content:

www.canterbury.ac.nz/canterburyrol

By making this unique document available to a worldwide audience their aim is to both increase awareness of the Canterbury collection and to contribute to the wider research environment. Maree is now an MA student and working on a new edition of the roll’s text as part of her thesis.

As well as this web project, Chris is presently putting the finishing touches to collection about John of Paris. The volume will include twelve essays and a substantial introduction. Chris, along with his colleague Jennifer Clement, are also presently planning a proposal for a jointly-edited special edition of a journal that would deal with medieval and Early Modern manuscripts and books in New Zealand and Australia. Expressions of interest from collaborators will be solicited in the near future.

S. Ernest Sprott Fellowship 2013

The late Samuel Ernest Sprott, who died on 20 May 2009, was born in Hobart, Tasmania. He was an academic in the department of English at Dalhousie University, Canada, from 1958 to 1985. For almost 25 years after his retirement he kept an office at Dalhousie University and continued his research in early modern literature (most notably in Shakespeare studies). He was best known for his work on John Milton, notably Milton’s Art of Prosody, his first book, which appeared in nine editions between 1953 and 1978, and John Milton, A Maske: the Earlier Versions. His book Suicide: The English Debate from Donne to Hume was published in 1961. He also published a collection of poems in 1955.

Conditions

Applicants who must demonstrate an outstanding record of scholarship. They must outline a program of scholarly study outside Australia, leading to a book relating to dramatic or non-dramatic English literature of the sixteenth or seventeenth centuries.

It is recommended that the applicant seek some kind of formal affiliation with a relevant library or university.

Fellowship funds will be paid in quarterly instalments providing that the committee is satisfied with the progress of the candidate who will submit quarterly reports.

Application process

  • You must supply the following documents to support your application. You can upload these into the application form:
  • A brief proposal detailing the intended scholarly studies outside Australia on dramatic or non-dramatic English literature of the sixteenth or seventeenth centuries (no more than one page)
  • A short budget, including estimates of travel and living expenses
  • A curriculum vitae (including present position and publications) (no more than two pages)
  • Certified copy of Australian Citizenship (Passport, Birth Certificate, Citizenship Certificate)
  • Two academic references
  • Further supporting information that may assist the committee in making its decision

The closing date for the University of Melbourne’s Ernest Sprott Fellowship for overseas travel for Australians working on sixteenth and seventeenth century English literature is June 28.

For further details and to apply, please visit: http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/award/sernest-sprott-fellowship