Daily Archives: 12 June 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